Tri-City News February 12 2016

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SHARE’S IMAGINE FUNDRAISER

Wayne Harris has made his career by creating delicious meals but the kickoff to the Imagine 2016 gala presented a new challenge: cooking tasty dishes based only on the contents of a typical Share Society food bank hamper.

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Hearts, flowers, music, more for V-Day LAND CLAIMS

Kwikwetlem claim R’view, Colony Farm & Gates Park Kwikwetlem want to use land & benefit from its use SARAH PAYNE

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Kwikwetlem First Nation has filed an Aboriginal title claim for a small but highly significant portion of its traditional territory that includes the Riverview Hospital and Forensic Psychiatric Hospital lands as well as Colony Farm Regional Park and part of Gates Park in Port Coquitlam.

The claim is for just 1% of Kwikwetlem’s territory, which covers much of the

Coquitlam watershed.

But the band says it’s the heart of that territory, near the confluence of the lower Coquitlam and Fraser rivers, that is critical for the Kwikwetlem, and for which they have filed the claim in B.C. Supreme Court.

“Our territory has been developed by many other users without our community having an appropriate role in the decision making,” said Kwikwetlem Coun. Fred Hulbert. “We’ve tried many ways to assert our rights and title over the years and we believe this claim is the next appropriate step.” see REDEV’T. NOT, page 14

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Squamish Nation artist Jody Broomfield poses with one of the 12 salmon sculptures he’s creating for a public art legacy project to mark Coquitlam’s 125th birthday. The first two fibreglass pieces arrived Wednesday at the Innovation Centre. For more, see article on page 6.

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THE FUTURE OF RIVERVIEW

Coq. council slams Riverview ‘sales job’ GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

The visioning exercise underway to determine the future of the Riverview Hospital grounds does not represent the view of the city of Coquitlam or the community.

That was the consensus from city councillors during a special committee meeting Tuesday afternoon at which they voted in favour of sending a letter outlining their concerns to BC Housing and the provincial government.

“The people in this community feel strongly about Riverview and about preservation,” said Coun. Craig Hodge, who chairs the Riverview Lands Advisory Committee.

“I don’t know if the [Renew Riverview] document aligns with the goals of this city or the goals of our residents.”

Among the list of grievances with the visioning report that was released last month was a lack of inclusion of the findings in the Higenbottam report.

Dr. John Higenbottam is a former vice-president of Riverview Hospital who stated the 244-acre site should be dedicated for the treatment of people with severe mental illness, a view shared by city council.

“In essence, the province has looked at that and said ‘No,’” said Coun. Terry O’Neill, later adding that the province

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“got the public input and said, ‘OK, that is interesting, but here’s our vision.’”

But O’Neill said council should take comfort in some of the commitments from the province, which has stated its intentions to maintain the arboretum and the green space.

In other cases, the province has liquidated its excess land to the highest bidder, something O’Neill noted was not the case with Riverview because of its importance to the city and the community.

“Those are important things that we have to realize and keep in mind,” he said. “The community and council asked for the stars… We didn’t get everything we asked for but we got a lot more than I think other communities got… in terms of assets being liquidated.”

But O’Neill’s assertions did little to soothe others at the council table, who said some of the claims made in the re-

port could open the door to residential development on the property.

Coun. Mae Reid said the province’s stated “break-even mandate,” which seeks to recoup costs put into the property through revenue generation, is particularly concerning.

She stated she would prefer the land be kept for a future hospital, an amenity that will be needed as the population grows north of the Fraser River.

Coun. Chris Wilson went one step further, saying the process has ignored the public and the city’s views.

“It is a slick sales job that has cherry-picked any feedback they wanted and ignored the feedback that they didn’t want,” he said. “It is extremely frustrating.”

BC Housing was unable to provide a comment before deadline. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

People said 1 thing, BC housing another Elaine Golds examined data from feedback

A majority of Tri-City residents are opposed to development taking place on the 244-acre Riverview Hospital site and hope to see it restored as a health care facility, according to a report from the Burke Mountain Naturalists.

Director Elaine Golds said in a report that she was able to track down data collected

by BC Housing in an online survey last year that were never reported by the Crown corporation.

“It is disappointing this information was not summarized by BC Housing or shared with the members of the public who took the time to participate in this survey,” Golds, a Tri-City News environmental columnist, stated in the conclusion of the document.

Participants were asked

ELAINE GOLDS to rate the potential of 47 illustrations and planning themes on whether they loved it, thought it was OK but needed work or whether it belonged elsewhere. A total of 597 people participated but, because of the number of themes outlined, some responded to more of the illustrations than others.

For example, under the category for health care services and employment activities that featured landscape as healing, 269 people responded, with 80% saying they loved it, 16% saying it

was OK but needed work and 4% saying it belonged elsewhere.

Under the theme of “continuum of care,” which included hospital patients making a community garden, a total of 71 people responded, with 89% saying they loved it, 11% saying the idea was OK and none saying it belonged elsewhere.

Other features were not quite as popular, according to Golds’ findings.

Under the illustration for “interactive park space” featuring a beer garden with local beers and wines, 190 people commented, with 71% voting that it belonged elsewhere, 15% saying they loved the idea and 14% saying it was OK but needed some work.

Another 69% said townhouses belonged elsewhere while 64% said residences and retail should not be built on the Riverview property.

For a link to Golds’ report, go to www.bmn.bc.ca. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

PUBLIC SAFETY

Ambulance reforms pledged to shrink waits More paramedics & other changes are promised

BY THE NUMBERS Ambulance call locations for 2014/’15: • Coquitlam — 7,934 • Port Coquitlam — 4,305 • Port Moody — 1,412

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A new plan to boost the number of ambulances and paramedics in the Lower Mainland and streamline emergency calls should reduce the waits for ambulances in the Tri-Cities, according to the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS).

The changes announced last week come more than a year after Tri-City fire chiefs and mayors complained that it took too long to get ambulance services, causing distress to patients and holding up fire department personnel who attend calls and have to wait for paramedics to arrive.

“There are still too many patients waiting too long for an ambulance who need one and there are too many patients receiving an ambulance and a transport to an ED [emergency department] that don’t require it,” BCEHS executive vicepresident Linda Lupini said of the plan to introduce major reforms.

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A new B.C. Emergency Health Services plan for addressing emergency services in B.C. could see shorter wait times for ambulances in the Tri-Cities. won’t be getting any of the additional ambulances or paramedics — those will go to areas with high call volume such as Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford — Lupini said this region is expected to benefit because ambulances based in Port Moody and Coquitlam won’t have to leave the area as often to assist in life-threatening medical emergencies.

“That should keep calls ready in the Tri-Cities in terms

of proximity to call,” Lupini said, explaining that under the BCEHS dynamic deployment model, the closest ambulance to the life-threatening emergency is dispatched, often requiring ambulances to leave their jurisdictions.

In fact, as many of 53% calls for service to Tri-Cities-based ambulances come from outside the area, in from cities as Surrey, New Westminster and Burnaby, where hospital emer-

gency rooms are also busy and paramedics often have to wait to be able to release a patient into hospital care.

Lupini said the addition of services in Surrey, Abbotsford and Langley should take some of the pressure off of ambulance services here so emergency personnel can arrive to local calls more quickly.

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The impetus to reduce waiting time comes from an independent review that found it takes an average of 10 minutes and 24 seconds for ambulances to reach life-threatening calls in the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria.

A new target of under nine minutes for 75% of those critical calls is being adopted, in line with international standards.

The review also warns popu-

lation growth and aging will drive up call volumes 6% a year and push ambulance response times up to more than 15 minutes by 2020 if no improvements are made.

Lupini said the additional services are an immediate move to relieve pressure, with much more improvement required through a combination of more resources and innovation.

Without changes in procedure, she estimated, up to 30 more ambulances would be required by 2020 and at least 10 single-responder vehicles.

While more money is being requested, many of the planned reforms focus on other methods to speed up ambulance response times to critical calls and to cancel or redirect ambulance transport for less urgent calls that can be handled differently.

Lupini said many of those calls “could be dealt with by physicians over the phone or a paramedic seeing and treating a patient without bringing a patient to an emergency room, because that’s what really ties up resources.”

The top reform priority is to reduce how long paramedics wait in hospital emergency rooms to hand over incoming patients so they can get back on the road. Fraser Health

hospitals are expected to be at the forefront of making the necessary emergency room reforms.

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Still, Coquitlam’s mayor is hoping for improvements.

Richard Stewart said a shortage of ambulance puts residents at risk, noting, “I’ve seen those long ambulance waits first hand, and nobody should accept an hour-long wait for an ambulance.

“In southwest Coquitlam, we’re particularly challenged, since there are several hours each day when congestion obstructs the only routes to our closest hospital — RCH [Royal Columbian]. If you can’t get an ambulance quickly and you can’t drive there yourself because of congestion, somebody’s going to die en route to the next-closest hospital,” Stewart told The Tri-City News in an email.

He added that the fire department has documented many instances when fire crews were tied up while waiting for an ambulance and that rationing ambulances doesn’t save taxpayers’ money but simply adds to downloading.

“It’s just the province causing cities to incur more costs.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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COQUITLAM 125

Artists sought to tell stories on sculptures JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

They are more than six feet tall, six feet long and three feet deep. And, starting this summer, a dozen of them will dot the landscape at parks and public venues around Coquitlam.

For its 125th anniversary, the city commissioned Squamish Nation artist Jody Broomfield to make 12 salmon sculptures similar to the Spirit bear and orca statues that were auctioned off a decade ago for the BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities. Those public art pieces are now scattered around the province — one bear is located at Port Moody’s Suter Brook Village — but the salmon will stay local and be uniquely Coquitlam.

The city is calling for artists and artistic teams to decorate Broomfield’s salmon and, on Monday, it will host an information session to talk about beautifying the fish.

Lynda Baker, Coquitlam’s cultural and community events coordinator, said the Coquitlam 125 Anniversary Steering Task (CAST) Force is looking for designs that will reflect the city’s past, present and future as well as reinforce the theme of the milestone year: Stories Told, Stories to be Created.

An emphasis will be placed on First Nations artwork, too, because of the salmon link to the city’s name: “Coquitlam” is derived from the Kwikwetlem First Nation, meaning “red fish up the river.” The story told is that the Coquitlam River once teemed with sockeye salmon but, when the dam was built in the early 1900s, the species disappeared;. Because of the recent work between the Kwikwetlem and BC Hydro, sockeye have returned to spawn.

Broomfield said he wanted to celebrate the success story by incorporating the letter “C” (for Coquitlam) in the shape of his fish. As well, he wanted the iconic symbol to smile about its homecoming. “I wanted a happy salmon,” he said.

Broomfield, whose First Nation carvings can also be seen at the entrance to Port Moody city hall with the welcoming posts, said he hopes the artists selected to decorate his salmon will be bold with their images.

“They’re a blank canvas,” he said of his 12 forms. “People should think outside the box and test their boundaries, use their imagination.”

And where will the salmon go?

• Blue Mountain Park • City hall • Como Lake Park • Cottonwood Park • Coquitlam Crunch • Coquitlam Public Library (Poirier branch) • Mackin Park (two) • Mundy Park • Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex • Town Centre Park • Victoria Park jwarren@tricitynews.com

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Artists or artistic teams wanting to decorate a salmon can attend an information session on Monday, Feb. 15 at the Innovation Centre (1207 Pinetree Way, beside Evergreen Cultural Centre) at 7 p.m.

Candidates have until March 15 to apply via coquitlam. ca/bidopportunities. The finished pieces will be unveiled at the Kaleidoscope arts festival at Town Centre Park on July 23 and 24.

COQUITLAM 125 EVENTS NEXT WEEK

Want to be part of the Coquitlam 125 festivities? Two more events are on the books for next week.

• On Tuesday, bring your appetite to Pasta Polo (2574 Barnet Hwy.) as the Dish and Dialogues series continues with a cultural feast, from 6 to 9:30 p.m.

• And on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Coquitlam city hall (3000 Guildford Way), city archivist Emily Lonie will lead a talk and show photos from Coquitlam’s 13 decades.

Visit coquitlam125.ca for more information.

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Squamish Nation artist Jody Broomfield with one of the 12 salmon sculptures that will be part of a public art legacy project to mark the city of Coquitlam’s 125th birthday.

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2. Online by credit card (Mastercard, Visa or American Express) at www.portmoody.ca/utility 3. At your bank, available at most Canadian financial institutions.

4. By cheque in the 24-hour Finance drop box located at the rear entrance to City Hall and the library. Please make cheque payable to “City of Port Moody”.

5. By mail at City of Port Moody, 100 Newport Dr, Port Moody B.C. V3H 5C3. Please make cheque payable to “City of Port Moody”.

6. In person at City Hall, main floor, 100 Newport Drive, 8:30am to 5pm Monday to Friday excluding holidays using credit card, debit card, cheque or cash.

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Chef Wayne Harris, Share Family and Community Services CEO Sylvia Ceacero and Galen Doerksen get ready to prepare a meal using items from a food hamper. The hamper contained canned foods, cookies, rice and other staples, with those items turned into a parfait, a shepherd’s pie and a special fried rice dish (below) that was eaten by those attending Share’s Imagine Gala kickoff Wednesday.

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Imagine kick-off a reminder of food scarcity and need DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News

Chef Wayne Harris has faced challenges before, including a time he and celebrity chef Rob Feenie faced off against knifewielding opponents on Iron Chef America.

But when tasked with turning a medium-sized bag of canned goods and rice — the contents of a typical food bank hamper for the Tri-Cities’ most needy families — into a fabulous meal for guests, Harris was stumped.

He’d known pressure as a Cactus Club restaurant chef and in previous posts at Lumiére and the Pan Pacific Hotels Group. But this was different.

Not only did he want to make something wonderful to surprise guests at the kickoff for Share Family and Community Services’ Imagine gala, but he was struck by the reality faced by families in the Tri-Cities.

“It created an awareness of what people have to do to survive,” Harris said before embarking on the live cooking demonstration at Wednesday’s kickoff for the March 5 Imagine event. “I think a lot of people are blinded by what they have at home in their four walls. This created awareness for me.”

Harris said he spent an hour looking at the food, breaking down the ingredients into something that he could whip into a culinary creation.

Eventually, he came up with three dishes: a pork-and-beanbased shepherd’s pie, a fried rice dish and a layered parfait.

Each of the dishes took flavour and ingredients from the base staple; for example, the shepherd’s pie drew from flavourings in the pork and beans

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while the layered parfait was infused with fruit from a can of fruit cocktail.

Harris said it was not impossible to make a great meal from the food bank hamper but he did have to add other ingredients, such as ginger, red onion and an egg, as well as ground beef for the savoury dishes and whip cream and yogurt for the parfait.

“You have to play with the flavours,” Harris said.

He was assisted in his effort by some experienced sous chefs. Share CEO Sylvia Ceacero is a notable cook herself, the proud owner of 5,000 cookbooks, including 350 hardcovers and the remainder in eBooks. “I was taught to cook by my mother, it was an important skill for a girl to be marriageable,” said Ceacero, who grew up in Spain.

“I just loved [cooking]. I feel food is a universal language. It brings people together, it nourishes us.”

Also assisting was recent CABE graduate Galen Doerksen, who is working on his Red Seal certificate in the culinary arts.

Together, the trio chopped and sautéed, boiled and

whipped to make the dishes, which they served to sponsors during the gala kickoff.

IMAGINE DETAILS

• To see more master chefstyle cooking and support Share services, including the food bank, you can attend the Imagine 2016 gala on Saturday, March 5. The night features a signature tasting competition between restaurants competing in the categories of sweet and savoury, judged by some of the most celebrated chefs in the region. The year’s culinary line-up features Brown’s Socialhouse (Town Centre), Christine Catering Company, The Wild Fig at the Executive Plaza Hotel, Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, Mr. Mike’s Steakhouse Casual, White Spot (Sunwood Square) and Wilbur and Sabastian’s Smokehouse and Bistro. There will also be four teams competing to create a two-course meal from the contents of a Share food bank hamper, live entertainment, auctions and raffle prizes.

Tickets are $85 and available at sharesociety.ca/imagine or call 604-529-5105. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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

Monday, February 15, 2016 7:00 p.m.

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

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

Item 1 Text Amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to Revise Liquor Retailing Regulations and Permit Liquor Manufacturing The City recently undertook a comprehensive review of its current liquor licensing policies and regulations, including a review of zoning designations to make liquor manufacturing permissible.

This review was conducted in response to the many recent changes to the provincial liquor licensing policy and a concurrent desire to update elements of the Zoning Bylaw in order to align with these changes, as well as respond to enquiries from liquor manufacturers wishing to locate in Coquitlam.

The intent of Bylaw 4640, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to: • Allow liquor manufacturing as a permitted use in the M-l, M-2, B-l, C-2, C-4, C-5, C-7, CS-1, CS-2 and CD-I Fraser Mills zones; • Permit outdoor seating areas for liquor manufacturers consistent with other liquor and food primary businesses in the C-2, C-4, C-5, C-7, CS-l, CS-2 and CD-I Fraser Mills zones; • Remove restrictions on liquor stores locating as a store-within-a-store in grocery stores; • Remove the separation distance requirements between liquor stores and public parks, schools, and places of worship; and • Increase the separation distance between liquor stores from 300m to 1km in order to be consistent with the Provincial regulations.

If approved, the application would permit liquor manufacturing within appropriate industrial service commercial and commercial zones, remove restrictions on liquor stores locating as a storewithin-a-store in grocery stores, remove the separation distance between liquor stores and public parks, schools and places of worship, and increase the separation distance between liquor stores.

Any person wishing further information or clarification with regard to the proposed amendments should contact Chris Jarvie, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3438. Additional information is also available on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/liquorreview.

How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaw, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from February 3rd to February 15th, 2016 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

Prior to the Public Hearing, written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: Regular mail: In person: Fax:

clerks@coquitlam.ca 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015

You may also obtain further information at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

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

How do I provide input?

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List. To have your name added to the Speakers List, please call 604927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

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

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

Marnie Burnham Deputy City Clerk

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A Burke Mountain resident took these photographs of damage done to her car that will cost her $300 for an ICBC deductible. off. It’s just frustrating.”

Coquitlam RCMP Const.

Jamie Phillipson said investigators were canvassing the neighbourhood, primarily looking for anybody with video surveillance outside their homes that could help police identify a suspect.

“It’s thousands of dollars worth of damage in what can only be described as a

senseless act of vandalism,” Phillipson said, adding that the use of the swastika is “extremely troubling.”

Anyone with information and/or surveillance footage to provide is asked to contact Coquitlam RCMP at 604-9451550 and quote file number 2016-4339.

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Several Burke Mountain residents woke up to a nasty surprise Wednesday morning when they discovered their vehicles had been keyed — including one with a swastika carved into the door.

Coquitlam RCMP said about 25 vehicles were damaged, mainly in the 3300-block of Highland Avenue, west of Coast Meridian Road. In addition to entire side panels being keyed, several vehicles had door locks and mirror smashed.

Carolyn Cowe discovered her vehicle had been keyed and is now facing the hassle of getting it repaired, along with the $300 ICBC deductible.

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PORT MOODY

Cash for Canada Day

City of Coquitlam

No money for fireworks this year, however

City of Coquitlam Highway Dedication Cancellation Bylaw No. 4653, 2016

SARAH PAYNE

The Tri-CiTy News

Port Moody council is beefing up Canada Day celebrations this year and pondering the addition of a new, one-day music festival later in the summer.

The city is providing $36,000 in funding for a headline act, roving entertainment and community public art for July 1 to enhance and complement the Golden Spike Days festivities that are set to run from the eve-

ning of June 30 through July 3.

What won’t be on the July 1 menu is an evening of fireworks, which were slated to cost $34,000.

“I’m torn because $34,000 is a lot to spend on fireworks… but it is Canada Day and fireworks are awesome,” said Coun. Rob Vagramov, who also suggested each of the TriCities alternate hosting July 1 fireworks.

Coun. Diana Dilworth noted fireworks events are “incredibly successful here” and when they’re not available in Port Moody, residents often go elsewhere to celebrate July 1.

Mayor Mike Clay suggested skipping a fireworks event this

year since Coquitlam will be investing heavily in its show as part of the city’s 125th anniversary celebrations.

Council held off on devoting $40,000 to the Inlet Music Festival, tentatively planned for Aug. 27, to see if there’s room in the budget.

Festival promoters Corey Hawkins and Clyde Hill brought the idea to council last month, and hope to get financial support for the event that would run from noon to 10 p.m. and include country, rock, folk and possibly blues performers, as well as a beer garden. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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The intent of the Bylaw is to close and remove the dedication of a 0.289 ha (0.71 acres) road allowance adjacent to 3438, 3441, 3450, 3451, 3460 & 3461 Queenston Avenue. The applicant (School District 43) is requesting to cancel the road allowance to enable the creation of the future Smiling Creek Elementary School site.

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to convey to Council, please submit them in writing no later than Friday, March 4, 2016 to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca; In person at the City Clerk’s office which is located on the second floor of City Hall at 3000 Guildford Way; By fax at 604-927-3015.

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ART OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ART PROJECT Make your mark as an artist and be part of an exciting public art project.

Artists seeking broad exposure and the challenge of a 3-D canvas are invited to decorate one of a dozen large salmon sculptures to be installed later this year as part of the Coquitlam 125 anniversary celebrations.

Entrance to Colony Farm 19th century

1960s

Running hurdles at the 1991 BC Summer Games

Hurtles at the BC Summer Games 1991 (Don Cunnings fonds, City of Coquitlam Archives)

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Everyone has their own story to tell about Coquitlam, but what stories can be found in the records preserved in the City’s Archives? Join Coquitlam’s City Archivist and find out what the records in the Archives can tell us about the past 125 years of Coquitlam’s history.

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ast week’s airing of the fact that $25 million remains on the School District 43’s books as unfunded liability for employee future benefits is a rare bit of transparency from the board of education.

Whether you agree that funds should be set aside to cover future medical and pension payments or just current needs the board has little choice other than to set aside the funds and remove the liability, according to generally accepted accounting principles.

By bringing the issue up in a public forum, SD43 staff reminded trustees about the obligation, sparking a discussion and even a decision, albeit one that will likely be further discussed at a finance meeting not open to the public — although there’s no legal reason for them to hold such discussions behind closed doors.

In 2007 when The Tri-City News first raised the issue, the board’s response was “we’ll deal with it” — and nothing more was said in public.

More transparency on these issues is necessary if trustees want to fulfill their election promises and be taken seriously as stewards of SD43 finances.

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THAT’S LIFE

Learning to love pets in a dog-eat-dog world AS I SEE IT

ANDY PREST

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et lovers, I finally get where you’re coming from.

You choose your favourite type of domesticated animal, buy a pack of them and let them loose in the house. You feed them, make sure the conditions are ripe for growth and then watch them develop, learn, explore, and slowly eat each other until one champion emerges.

And then you love that one forever. Right? At least that’s how it went for me. Maybe I should back up a bit.

I’d never owned any type of animal until last month.

My parents weren’t pet people so we never had one in the house while I was growing up. I was happy with this arrangement as owning a pet never seemed like a good idea.

I had lots of friends who had dogs and when I would visit their houses it always struck me that their dogs were about as smart as your average potted fern. But louder.

Typical visits went like this: I’d ring the doorbell and the dog would immediately start barking as if it couldn’t in its wildest dreams imagine that this bell that rang many times a day was RINGING AGAIN RIGHT NOW! Barkbarkbarkbarkbark!

This insane barking was immediately accompanied by the sound of paws blasting across linoleum and a loud

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thump as the dog slammed into the door and attempted to solve the age-old riddle of how to open it.

Scratchscratchscratch!

Eventually, the door would open — the scratching worked! — and the dog would start applying the same jumping/clawing/barking treatment to my leg.

My host would finally clue in that I was not enjoying all the attention after I washed my hands for the 37th time and then the dog would be locked in a basement so we could focus our attention on the important boyhood work of sharing burps and suppressing feelings.

Cats weren’t any better. Aside from the fact that one sent me to hospital with a severe asthma attack, I couldn’t understand the appeal of owning a pet that clearly lived by the credo “If I was big enough to eat you, I would.”

As an adult my stance has softened a little bit as I’ve gotten to know pets owned by friends. My neighbours own a cat that is friendly to my family and spends most of its time jumping from treetops to rooftops like a character from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. If a burglar ever tried to break into our house in the middle of the night, I suspect I would find the crook in the morning lying in our

garden moaning incoherently about a furry ninja.

I’ve even cuddled up to a dog or two.

This all led up to my first-ever pets. As is often the case, it was a Christmas gift for my kids but I ended up assuming the role of primary caregiver. The animals? A pack of tadpole shrimps.

The gift appeared to be nothing more than a bag of dirt but, after a few days in a small tank of water, the little swimmers miraculously appeared. The instructions warned that the triops needed heat and light, and that on occasion one of the group would grow faster than the rest and then eat all of its buddies.

That’s what happened in our tank, and I fell in love with our little triop champ, a.k.a. Shrimp Bizkit. One day while I was at work, his heat lamp got turned off by mistake. I came home to find him lying motionless on the bottom of the tank.

Through tears I disposed of him the only way I knew how — tossed in a light garlic butter sauce.

Just kidding. I flushed him. No one in the family seemed to mind the loss much except for me. Maybe, after all these years, I’m a pet man after all.

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TRI-CITY HERITAGE

History & ‘Village of Ignore’ The Editor Allow me to suggest that signs at the approach of East Road and Sunnyside now read: “Welcome to the Village of Ignore.”

The Village of Ignore is about to lose its history — and its only public place of memory. The founding Ma (and George) Murray homestead, which resolutely served as village hall, will meet the wrecker’s ball after dodging it some years before, when the village was incorporated.

Too bad no one on village

council today is familiar with the English 19th century literary giant George Elliot (a woman writing under a pseudonym, unlike Ma Murray) who eloquently explains in her landmark novel Middlemarch: “Life would be no better than candlelight tinsel and daylight rubbish if our spirits were not touched by what has been.”

Spirit Park, adjacent to the physical culture of the Murray home, will be ever more devoid of meaning, as will Ma Murray Day — nothing but a

wistful recollection of handme-down impressions of a woman who caught the nation’s imagination by publishing newspapers, a life today impaired by Ignore gentry.

There were efforts to find funding for restoration of the homestead, but the problem was that former MP James Moore was a Conservative and the Murrays were Laurier Liberals. No federal money was going to go to “lost” causes, so the Village of Ignore got ignored by the Harper Conservatives’

pre-election largesse.

So it’s so long Ma and Pa Murray — after a centenary. I particularly enjoyed the green moss on the uneven roof, the low slopes and crooked character, signs of time well-worn and passed. I hope you find solace in the fact that in the next hundred years, everyone in the Village of Ignore will be forgotten too, just as the majestic trees here get reduced to stumps in the mounting haste to replace what has been.

Joerge Dyrkton, Anmore

THE ENVIRONMENT

We’ve surely dammed enough lakes in B.C. The Editor, Someone, please explain how BC Hydro has the right to prepare land and infrastructure for a dam it supposedly does not yet have permission to construct, flooding land it does not yet have permission to flood. A future defence of “look how much money, time and effort we’ve already invested in this project” is not going to cut it.

Most people in B.C. do not realize how many dams already exist on this province’s lakes and rivers, from Okanagan Lake east and north of Revelstoke — Kinbasket Lake, Revelstoke Lake, the Arrow Lakes, Kootenay Lake and many small minor lakes and their tributaries, all leading into the Columbia River system, all part of a treaty with the Americans and geared to

their water and power needs — and it ruined the salmon fishery. This list does not include the biggest dammed lake in B.C. already on the Peace River system, Williston Lake.

Is Site C really for us or for the Americans?

People of Metro Vancouver, get out this summer and see for yourselves what’s already happened in the past 100 years in your province. Go to

Barkerville, see Hell’s Gate, stop at Revelstoke Dam. From building a railway that catastrophically affected the salmon fishery, to poor logging and mining practices, we live with the sometimes ill-conceived decisions of our predecessors to this very day.

This is the best place on Earth. We need to be treading far more carefully.

Janet Klopp, Coquitlam

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ROAD SAFETY

Please remember Gatensbury limit is mostly 30 km/h The Editor, Let me start by clarifying that the speed limit is 30 km/h all along Gatensbury Street from down in Port Moody at Henry Street, past Como Lake, to the five-way stop at Foster Avenue.

To those guys in trucks with your company name on the side, please slow down — or I will tell my friends not to use your company’s services.

To those teenagers with an N, stop texting on your phones and slow down by Como Lake as it is 30 km/h there all the way.

You should lose your licence for speeding near the playground regardless of the weather. It is the wet coast, kids are there all day.

These are the rules of the road. Do you want to have to tell your parents that you maimed a pedestrian or

worse?

To the moms getting their darlings to school (late?) speeding along Como Lake, past at least two school zones, remember it could be your child getting hurt by a driver going too fast who cannot stop soon enough. We have speed limits for a reason.

Our rainy, dark weather only makes things worse.

Finally, don’t tailgate me because I am doing the speed limit. Don’t intimidate me to make me feel I should go just a bit faster. Don’t pass me on a solid line at the pedestrian crossing.

Remember, speed kills.

This is our neighbourhood and I want to feel proud of my fellow citizens/ neighbours, not disgusted.

Thank you.

D. Pengelley, Coquitlam

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Redev’t. ‘not in step’ with KFN objectives continued from front page

Hulbert said increasing development on the claimed lands has left the Kwikwetlem with “little space to exercise our right to fish, to hunt, to harvest and to perform our traditional ceremonies and use our resources in a way that is in keeping with our culture and traditions.”

SIGNIFICANT LANDS

Kwikwetlem’s territory sits in an urban and rapidly growing region of Metro Vancouver but the lands being claimed are particularly significant.

Since the 100-year-old Riverview Hospital closed in 2012, the 244-acre site has been the subject of a revisioning process by the provincial government. In December, the province unveiled a draft plan that includes mental health facilities, a commercial centre, public amenities and housing.

But a Kwikwetlem statement that was attached to A Vision for Renewing Riverview clearly stated the band’s objections to “the continued use or expansion of health services and/or facilities… without the express prior consent of the KFN.” They also outlined expectations for “significant financial accommodation for redevelopment that is not in-step with KFN principles, objectives and interests of the site,” and

According to a map from Kwikwetlem First Nation, their claim includes Colony Farm Forensic Psychiatric Institute and park lands, Riverview lands and Port Coquitlam lands, including Gates Park. to own some or all of the commercial businesses on the site.

“Just like any urban nation, their territory has seen lots of development,” said Karey Brooks, the Kwikwetlem’s lawyer. “But in none of those decisions about using the land… did the province seek the consent of the nation or consult with the nation about planning or managing how those lands would be used.

“So Kwikwetlem wants to make sure, in the course of the

Riverview redevelopment process, there’s a consent-based decision making process that BC Housing uses to ensure the Kwikwetlem are meaningfully involved in the redevelopment process.”

Coun. Hulbert said the nation informed the province in 2012 that, based on their “strong title claim,” they expected to be “meaningfully involved” in any redevelopment plans.

“But the province is pro-

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Colony Farm Regional Park, a 647-acre parcel of trails, wetlands, community gardens and other amenities, is located between the band’s two reserve areas. Operated by Metro Vancouver since it was dedicated as a regional park in 1996, it is home to 200 species of birds and other wildlife, and is a popular walking and birdwatching location.

Metro Vancouver only received the notice of civil claim Wednesday and the regional authority’s legal team has yet to go through it in detail, said Carol Mason, Metro’s chief administration officer, but will be expected to defend its position in court at some point.

“We will be taking a look through the document very

carefully,” Mason said.

But she pointed out that Metro Vancouver has an ongoing relationship with Kwikwetlem First Nation — “We consult with them on activities that take place on the farm and in our watershed” — and she doesn’t expect the claim will have any impact on activities.

“At the current time, our activities would continue as they are established through the regional parks function,” Mason said.

Kwikwetlem’s land title claim also includes Gates Park, a 38-acre parcel that includes public tennis courts, soccer fields and access to the Traboulay PoCo Trail, and the city of Port Coquitlam is specifically named in the suit Laura Lee Richard, PoCo’s acting chief administration officer, said the municipality is working with the province and Metro Vancouver to determine the next steps.

“Gates Park is highly valued as a city-owned public park and its retention as such is a priority,” she said in an email. see ‘THIS IS BETWEEN’, page 16

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‘This is between the band & the province’ “I don’t know that it complicates things,” he said. “It is one of the realities with that parcel of land… Crown land is subject to these realities.”

continued from page 14

“It is business as usual at Gates Park and all existing services and activities are continuing.”

She added that the city is seeking legal advice to better understand the claim.

‘FAIR RESOLUTION’

CHILCOTIN STRATEGY Kwikwetlem’s claim comes less than two years after the landmark Chilcotin decision in Canada’s Supreme Court.

That decision awarded aboriginal title over a large swath of land in B.C.’s central Interior and, while it said the provincial and federal governments can regulate economic activity on such titled land, they must gain consent from the affected group.

It was the first decision of its kind in Canada and gave the Tsilhqot’in “the right to use and control the land and to reap the benefits flowing from it.”

The band’s lawyer said the Kwikwetlem’s case is slightly different — it’s a small, urban band and the claim area is much smaller — but they are hoping for a similar outcome.

“These are lands that are of high significance and importance to the nation historically, culturally and currently,” Brooks said. “The history of land use in the area has excluded the nation from participating in how the lands

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Gates Park on Port Coquitlam’s southside and the lands that contain the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital and Colony Farm Regional Park are part of a wide-ranging land claim filed by the Kwikwetlem First Nation. will be used and as further development is contemplated the nation is bringing this claim to ensure their title and rights are enforced.”

RIVERVIEW PROCESS The Kwikwetlem first announced their intention to claim aboriginal title to the Riverview lands in the summer of 2014, with an eye to leading future development on the site.

At the time, Chief Ron Giesbrecht said the band intended to pursue the “highest and best use” for the land and to maximize benefits to the Kwikwetlem as land owner.

But two years ago, the provincial government had a dif-

ferent take on the matter, saying the recent Tsilhqot’in decision would not apply to the Kwikwetlem because there had not been a declaration of title to a particular piece of land.

An agreement had been established, the province added, that would enable consultation with the Kwikwetlem on the future use of the Riverview lands.

Thursday, BC Housing Minister Rich Coleman said Kwikwetlem’s claim filing would not alter the Riverview redevelopment process.

“We recognize that Riverview has an historic value to the Kwikwetlem First Nation,” Coleman wrote in an email to The Tri-City News.

“BC Housing has an excellent relationship with the KFN, they have been actively involved from the start and will continue to be engaged with us throughout the process.

“We negotiated a protocol agreement in advance of the visioning process and we continue to work closely regarding the future development of Riverview.”

Asked how the Kwikwetlem’s claim would affect the way the province engages with the band in the redevelopment process, Coleman wrote, “BC Housing expects that its approach to First Nations engagement and our respect for aboriginal title will lead to

a mutually beneficial arrangement with the KFN. “We are committed to moving forward with plans for Riverview in a way that honours the cultural ties to the lands and provides opportunities for their members.”

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said the city was aware that the Kwikwetlem First Nation was considering filing an aboriginal title and Charter claim with the Supreme Court.

“It doesn’t change very much,” he said. “This is obviously between the band and the province.”

Stewart said he doesn’t believe the title claim would impede the process.

If Kwikwetlem is successful, Brooks said, they are seeking a declaration that any titles be transferred to the nation.

“Aboriginal title lands generally give a number of rights to the nation,” she added. “They get rights to occupy the land, decide how the land is used, enjoy the economic benefits from the land and manage and use the land.”

Whether or not the claim is successful, it will nonetheless be a bargaining tool in the Riverview redevelopment process.

“We are willing… to work with local governments to ensure we gain ourselves an equal partnership in the matter and will be fully recognized within our treaty and rights,” Hulbert said.

Added Brooks: “We hope this brings some sharp focus to the government’s mind about involving the Kwikwetlem in redevelopment plans, and using this consent-based decision making model in making those decisions.”

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Coquitlam collects $1.8M from casino Coquitlam collected more than $7 million last year as host to the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, including the final quarterly instalment of $1.8 million received last week.

Last year’s total is up from 2014, when Coquitlam reaped $6.3 million in Hard Rock’s first full year as a rebranded property.

The gambling venue opened in 2002 as Boulevard Casino and, at the time, was

making the municipality about $10 million a year.

But because of the downturn in the economy in 2007/’08 — as well as construction on the Port Mann bridge and Highway 1 — both the casino and city and incomes took a nose dive.

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the Burke Mountain fire hall and Coquitlam Public Library’s City Centre branch.

Another 12.5% is spent on non-profit groups via the city’s Spirit of Coquitlam grants. Last December, council awarded nearly $236,000 for 25 projects.

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Funding four more Mounties and saving for a new community recreation complex are the driving costs behind a proposed 3.4% property tax hike in Port Coquitlam this year.

The city says the two items — as well as future infrastructure projects — make up more than 2% of the planned tax increase, which would mean another $68 for the owner of an average single-family house, $53 for townhomes and $31 for apartments.

But sewer, water and garbage rates will remain the same as last year, city staff say.

The draft financial plan, which opened for public comment Thursday, includes an additional $643,600 (or 1.1%) for: • four extra RCMP for a new Crime Reduction Unit that would focus on so-called “hot spots;” • funding to replace the PoCo recreation complex; • and hiring a new cultural development and community services manager.

Council is also considering earmarking $429,500 from the surplus and reserve accounts

• Port Coquitlam residents have until March 7 to comment on the draft budget and take a survey. Visit portcoquitlam.ca/budget or call 604-927-5280.

COUN. DEAN WASHINGTON for one-time improvements such as a festival and events committee, new parklets in the downtown core and expansion of the PoCo Sports Alliance.

As well, council will look at $7.8 million in capital projects for major infrastructure. These include upgrading Pitt River Road and McLean Avenue; building the Nicola Avenue connection; updating the Sun Valley wading pool and spray park (with federal funds); and repairing the Coquitlam River bridge on Lougheed Highway.

Another 1% in taxes will be set aside for future infrastructure replacement, totalling $585,000.

Still, council plans to shave $428,000 from its 2016 budget by eliminating a vacant posi-

tion and cutting the contribution to capital funding reserve accounts.

Coun. Dean Washington, who chairs the city’s budget committee, told The Tri-City News he lobbied hard to bring down costs.

“If you look at the increase for the police officers, longterm infrastructure and the rec centre as well as the police compensation, and our share of the [RCMP] safety building, there’s not much there,” he said. “It’s less than 1% for new initiatives.”

Washington said much of the increase is tied to unionized contracts. This year, the city will go into bargaining for a new collective agreement with CUPE Local 498.

By comparison, Coquitlam, which also heads into negotiations this year with its CUPE local, passed its budget last December that saw a residential tax jump of about 2.64% (an average increase of $55) to pay for six new Mounties,

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On Tuesday, Port Moody — which also goes into bargaining with the CUPE local representing its workers this year — wrapped up the Ipsos Reid customer satisfaction survey on which council bases some of its budget decisions.

It is considering a 5.13% tax increase (or $97 more for a home assessed at $566,700) to pay for government and police services as well as an asset renewal levy. With utilities, the tax hike would be $150 this year.

The first three readings of PoCo’s 2016-’20 financial plan bylaw are scheduled for April 26.

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Kevin Desmond doesn’t yet have a plan to fix TransLink’s battered public image but says he is up for the challenge and will start by carefully listening to staff and passengers.

TransLink’s new CEO from Seattle takes the helm of the embattled transit agency at a time advocates hope will prove a turning point for the better.

“I like to climb mountains,” Desmond said Wednesday when asked why he would want the job.

The Texas-born and New York-raised general manager of King County’s Metro Transit system is no stranger to the problems and politics here — as well as the strengths.

Desmond said Metro Vancouver’s system has been a leader that he and others in Seattle have looked to with admiration and often tried to emulate.

“A lot works really well at TransLink,” he said, but added it has “suffered a bruise to its brand.”

Desmond vowed to restore public trust and confidence in the system while looking for more ways to make it more effective and efficient.

He takes over March 21 and will be the fourth CEO to head TransLink in just over a year since former longtime CEO Ian Jarvis was shuffled aside at the outset of last year’s failed transit tax plebiscite, followed by interim CEOs Doug Allen and Cathy McLay, who continues as chief financial officer.

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

Monday, February 22, 2016

Time:

7:00 p.m.

Location:

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

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

Item 1

Address: 3411 Victoria Drive

The intent of Bylaw 4647, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4647, 2016 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RS-7 Small Village Single Family Residential.

If approved, the application would facilitate the subdivision of the existing lot into two single-family residential lots.

Item 2

Addresses: 3541 Sheffield Avenue and 1369 Mitchell Street

The intent of Bylaw 4650, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4650, 2016 from A-3 Agricultural and Resource to RS-8 Large Village Single Family Residential and RS-9 Large Single Family Residential.

If approved, the application would facilitate the subdivision of the existing lots in order to allow for the development of approximately 108 singlefamily residential lots.

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Item 4

The intent of Bylaw 4651, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4651, 2016 from RS-2 OneFamily Suburban Residential to RS-7 Small Village Single Family Residential and RS-8 Large Village Single Family Residential.

The intent of Bylaw 4649, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4649, 2016 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RS-3 One-Family Residential and P-5 Special Park.

If approved, the application would facilitate the development of four (4) singlefamily lots and a streamside protection area to be dedicated as Park.

If approved, the application would facilitate the subdivision of the existing lot into eight single-family residential lots.

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Address: 1207 Cartier Avenue

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If approved, the application would facilitate the development of two single-family homes, each with a carriage house.

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The intent of Bylaw 4596, 2016 is to enter into a Heritage Revitalization Agreement with the owner of 1207 Cartier Avenue.

The intent of Bylaw 4657, 2016 is to authorize the City to designate the lands, building, and resited structure at 1207 Cartier Avenue, as protected heritage property.

Address: 905 Sheriff Street

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Location: City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2 How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from February 12th to February 22, 2016 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

You may also obtain further information at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

How do I provide input?

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

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts Prior to the Public Hearing, written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: Regular mail: In person: Fax:

clerks@coquitlam.ca 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015

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

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

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

Marnie Burnham Deputy City Clerk

REAL ESTATE

Premier’s comments on city fees are just a ‘red herring’: mayor Supply & demand key factors, not fees, says Stewart GARY MCKENNA JEFF NAGEL

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Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart is pushing back against the provincial government’s assertions that municipal fees and development cost charges (DCCs) are a contributing factor to sky-high real estate prices in Metro Vancouver.

Tuesday’s throne speech pledged the province will “work with municipalities to reduce the hidden cost in home purchases, and to make those hidden costs clear and transparent to the home buyer.”

That’s expected to translate into a requirement that home buyers receive a breakdown of how various fees and levies imposed by local governments on developers add to the cost of a new unit.

But Premier Christy Clark said she won’t force cities to reduce their fees, which help fund everything from water and sewer lines to parks and social housing.

“We don’t intend to interfere with that,” Clark told reporters.

“I think local governments are just as concerned about this as I am. So hopefully they’ll address their end of it.”

But on Wednesday Stewart called the issue a red herring, noting that economists have found cities’ fees have almost no effect on the market price of housing.

“Local governments have very few tools to finance the costs associated with new development,” he said. “Our goal has to be to ensure that the new development pays its own way, and that those costs aren’t thrown on the back of existing homeowners.”

The provincial government regulations set DCCs, which Stewart said are used to connect new commercial and housing project to the grid and ensure that there are service to support the additional population increases.

Reducing DCCs, he said, would only mean that the developer would pocket more money while existing taxpayers would foot the bill for new infrastructure and services associated with new projects.

The high price of housing is a function of demand, Stewart said, noting that increasing the residential stock is the only way economists believe will real estate costs can be reduced.

“We are all facing enormous pressure to try to allow the supply to meet demand,” he said.

“We are going to need the basic amenities in our communities to support that as well. That

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Cities’ development cost and amenity charges are not responsible for the hot housing market, says Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart. can’t be funded on the backs of existing residents.”

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson echoed some of the Stewart’s statement.

He said development cost charges reflect the city and staff costs of dealing with a development while community amenity charges are invested in new facilities so neighbourhoods keep pace with growth.

“If we’re going to do a whole bunch of growth and not collect that money, then we don’t have money to invest in community centres and parks and that,” Robertson warned.

But Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association CEO Bob de Wit said additional municipal levies and fees can make a difference for home buyers. A 2014 study commissioned by the association found municipal fees and charges added $17,124, or 4%, to the cost of a typical townhouse in Metro Vancouver.

But that can vary wildly. For instance, the study found fees in Surrey added 10% ($33,700) to the cost of each unit in one sample development. De Wit said the total additional costs from fees and taxes likely climbs to around 23% once provincial and federal taxes are added.

“If we can reduce that 23% from all government fees to 15 or 18%, that’s a huge chunk of money for most people and it could be the difference between not being able to buy at all or

buying a house instead of a townhouse or a townhouse instead of a condo,” de Wit said.

While rising land values are the dominant factor in soaring prices for Vancouver houses, de Wit said fees “matter a lot” for first-time buyers seeking more affordable entry-level homes, particularly in outlying suburbs.

De Wit noted cities are inconsistent in how high the fees are and what they go towards.

“In Vancouver, the emphasis is on social housing. In Surrey, it’s more on parks,” he said.

Community amenity fees are negotiated in some areas and fixed in others, he added.

“They’re all calculated differently,” he said. “What we like as an industry is predictability.”

Robertson said the only government interventions that make sense to him are luxury or speculation taxes to target the “very high profits that are being harvested from a market that’s growing very fast and punishing people on low and middle incomes who can’t afford to stay.”

The province has signalled it may adjust the property transfer tax to charge more when highvalue homes change hands.

The B.C. Liberals have long argued that cities could help the housing affordability crisis on the supply side by giving the green light to denser neighbourhoods and the construction of more units. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Bucket List rescheduled Due to low ticket sales, a fundraiser for the Crossroads Hospice Society has been postponed until June.

The Bucket List Festival — an day of valuable information, resources and prizes featuring experts addressing issues people face as they plan for their future — was due to be

held at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster on Feb. 20. Now, the day-long event will take place on June 11. Topics to be covered include advanced care planning; de-cluttering and downsizing; wills and estates; and the living bucket list.

For tickets at $25, visit crossroadshospicesociety.com.

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Hearts, flowers and a whole lot of fun for Valentine’s weekend SARAH PAYNE

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

This weekend offers plenty of ways to enjoy a special date night or have a fun outing with family and friends.

Friday, Feb. 12 STROKES SWIM-A-THON

Get your heart pumping for the big day with some great events in support of PoCo’s third annual Strokes for Heart Swim-a-Thon at the Hyde Creek rec centre (1379 Laurier Ave.). Registration is closed for the swim-a-thon but there’s a public swim and aquafit classes, masters swim challenges, spin for heart, squash and racquetball bookings, after-school events and more. Visit www. portcoquitlam.ca/swimathon for full details.

CHAPTER 11

Don’t panic — this Chapter 11 is all about great entertainment.

Musicians Bob Collins and Rob Sheridan are at the Gathering Place at Leigh Square (2253 Leigh Square, PoCo) for an evening of interesting music to benefit Crossroads Hospice Society at 7 p.m.

MOVIE NIGHT

Let loose at the Port Moody Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.) when the film society presents Wild Tales, an Argentine black comedy made up of standalone shorts. Each one is as dark as the next, full of revenge, suspicious conversations, arguments and more. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes (2014) and Best Foreign Language Oscar (2015). Show time is at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $5; visit pmfilm.ca for more info.

BELLE STARR

Named for a famous outlaw, the trio of Stephanie Cadman, Kendel Carson and Miranda Mulholland (also a member of the Great Lake Swimmers) will be firing up the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) tonight at 8 p.m.

And with inspiration like the Bandit Queen, you can bet the music — a modern take on old-time folk — will be a blast. Tickets are $35/$30/$15 at www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca or 604-927-6555.

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Stephanie Cadman, Kendel Carson and Miranda Mulholland — better known as Belle Starr — are inspired by the 19th-century American outlaw known for her stylish flair (and crack shot), so you know their Evergreen Cultural Centre show Friday night will be a hit. out the information sessions. Visit www.portcoquitlam.ca or call 604-927-7970 for more details.

MOUNTAIN FILM FEST

Saturday, Feb. 13

Get an up-close, 3-D look at the stunning topography of Antarctica, climb the west face of The Eiger with a team of paraclimbers and pursue a string of wild mustangs from Mexico to Canada when the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival stops at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., PoMo) this weekend. There are several films screening today and tomorrow; visit www.vimff.org for full details and to purchase tickets.

HEALTHY LIVING

CLAVINOVA NIGHTS

Want to know more about healthy living? The Wilson Centre (2150 Wilson Ave., PoCo) hosts an info session covering everything from tinnitus to safe driving, aromatherapy, wholesome cooking, yoga and more, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Admission is free and people of all ages are welcome to visit the displays and check

Catch jazz crooners Clavinova Nights in a special performance at Rodos Kouzina Mediterranean Grille (221 Ioco Rd., PoMo) at 7 p.m. Sway to the sounds of Bobby Darin’s Beyond the Sea, Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me to the Moon and much more. Reserve your table by calling 604-469-1150.

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DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY

Get warmed up for Valentine’s Day the Latin way and salsa on up to your partner — or meet someone new — at the Hot Salsa Dance Zone dance party at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Enjoy some chocolates and join the lesson at 8 p.m., followed by dancing until 12:30 a.m. Tickets are $10; visit www.hotsalsadancezone.com for more info.

Sunday, Feb. 14 VALENTINE’S DAY

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You’ll create an account and use it to back up your files and photos, share large files and collaborate with others. Bring your own laptop computers or use one of the library’s. Call the library at 604-469-4577 to reserve a seat. • Pro-D day movies: On Friday, Feb. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., children five years of age and older can drop in to PMPL’s ParkLane Room for a screening of DreamWorks Animation’s Home. Parents must remain in the building.

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Adults upgrading their reading skills or learning English are welcome to join. The books discussed vary from ELSA Level 2 to 5 according to the reading levels and interests of the group. Enjoy this lighthearted approach to reading together. The group meets at Fox on the second Friday of the month, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. and registration is appreciated. • Coffee Mug Club: Meet fellow book lovers and discuss a selected title at Fox library on the fourth Wednesday of each month, 7 to 8 p.m. New members are welcome to join. • Kids’ movie matinee: Looking for some fun on your day off? Come to the Terry Fox Library for a fantastic family film. Librarians will be screening Shaun the Sheep on Friday, Feb. 19, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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On Mondays, the branch hosts Toddler storytimes for two- and three-year-olds. On Tuesdays and Fridays, it hosts Tiny Tots storytimes for children three years and younger.

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Donald A. Drysdale

Richard Rainey www.dbmlaw.ca 604.939.8321 Good advice. Good Law. Good People

Don & Richard have a busy Wills and Estates practice. They also teach courses on the subject of real estate, wills and estates.

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Maura Fitzpatrick, fundraising manager for the Children of the Street Society, received $500 from Joanne Krisko, secretary for the Maple Ridge Fraternal Order of Eagles #2831, Ladies Auxiliary.

EAGLES KEEP KIDS OFF STREETS

A $20,000 grant from Variety - The Children’s Charity is paying for twice-a-week music therapy sessions in the pediatric unit at Royal Columbian Hospital, which serves the Tri-Cities.

MUSIC MAKERS FOR KIDS AT RCH

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Proceeds from the first annual football pool at the Frog and Nightgown Pub in Coquitlam hopped in $1,662 for the Crossroads Hospice Society coffers this month.

HOSPICE CASH FROM THE FROG PUB

SHARING WEALTH

SCHOLARSHIPS

An annual blanket drive

by Lower Mainland realtors helped more than 17,000 working poor and homeless people this winter.

The Realtors Care Blanket campaign saw some 100 real estate offices serve as drop-off points for donations between Nov. 16 and 23, 2015.

Volunteers then collected, sorted and delivered the donations to local charities, including to groups in the TriCities, according to a release.

“These donations serve a real need and make a difference in communities across the region,” Darcy McLeod, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver president, said in a press release.

A union local handed over $1,000 to help Tri-City families in need last month.

Business manager Brian Cochrane and union officers with the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 115 pitched in the cash to the Tri-Citybased Share Family and Community Services Society as a result of its call for help around Christmas time.

“While most of us have been fortunate to have a joyous season filled with food, there are many families in need of the basics right here in our communities. A large portion of those people are children,” Cochrane said in a news release.

Two Tri-City undergraduates at the University of Alberta are scholarship winners at the Augustana campus they are attending.

Ian Ferguson of Port Coquitlam, a first-year science student, scored $3,500 from the institution while XinTao Long of Coquitlam clinched the same amount.

As well, the Horatio Alger Association of Canada has presented Coquitlam’s Hannah Im with a scholarship for her post-secondary education. Im is one of 85 students to receive the accolade, which is given out to youth who have overcome great adversity and are wanting to further their studies.

Indian dancers celebrated Coquitlam’s 125th year at the inaugural Dish & Dialogues last week at Douglas College. The next meal and cultural gathering is Feb. 16 at Pasta Polo. Visit coquitlam125.ca.

CITY OF PORT MOODY

KEEPING WARM

TALKING, DANCING AT DISH & DIALOGUE

Port Moody Rotarians kicked over $17,457 to the city’s youth leaders this week to fund the Youth Employment Training Project, organized by PoMo and Port Coquitlam youth services staff.

ROTARY HELPS AT-RISK YOUTH

Your Will - Make it Part of Your Spring Cleaning “TO DO” List

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Don & Richard have a busy Wills and Estates practice.

They also teach courses on the subject of real estate, wills and estates.

Preparing a thorough, well-planned will is one of those critical things in life that too many people put off until it is too late. We all die, but it is totally unnecessary to reach this point unprepared.

Passing on without a clear statement of what is to happen to all you have built makes an already tragic situation even worse.

We have helped thousands of families develop a thorough, tax effective estate plan.

Please call us today.

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604-942-8554 WILDLIFE RESCUE ASSOCIATION PHOTO

As Valentine’s Day approaches, both humans and animals have their minds focused on love and romance.

While humans focus on cards and chocolate, birds and mammals will be pairing up and looking for a suitable place to raise a family — and that suitable place could be your home.

That is why the Wildlife Rescue Association (WRA) is calling on property owners and tenants around Metro Vancouver to critter-proof their properties ahead of the denning and nesting season.

Every spring, the organiza-

tion receives calls about geese and ducks on highrise balconies, squirrels, raccoons and skunks in sheds and attics, and woodpeckers building nests after enlarging holes in the siding of buildings.

“We advise property owners and building managers to check their properties, sheds, garages, eaves and balconies for holes and other potential entry points to deter unwelcome guests,” Janelle VanderBeek, WRA wildlife hospital co-ordinator, said in a press release.

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“Once the babies are born,” she noted, “moving the family is a more complicated process that can put the animals’ lives at risk. It is illegal to interfere with most nests and licensed wildlife control experts need to be called in.”

Apartment residents should be keeping an eye out for ducks and geese that are on the hunt for quiet spots to build a nest. If they see lone females or mating pairs, now is the time to shoo them away to encourage them to find somewhere more appropriate to lay eggs and raise a family. While a highrise balcony or courtyard offers protection

from predators, it is a dangerous location for newborn ducklings and goslings that are then faced with a multi-storey jump to make it to water.

When property owners are sure no animals are trapped inside, holes and openings can be temporarily blocked with chicken wire and permanent repairs made at a later date. Eaves should also be cleaned. To discourage geese and ducks from courtyards and gardens, ensure the area is well-maintained and trim hedges and grass.

“Taking these measures now will save time and money later on. Once inside your home, some animals can be quite destructive,” VanderBeek added.

“We advise that you spend a few minutes to check your property and make the required repairs before the beginning of March when most animals will be raising their young.”

Baby squirrels can start arriving in mid-February, ducks and geese will start laying eggs at around the same time, with ducklings and goslings hatching in mid-to-late March.

Homeowners who find they have company of the furry or feathered kind should contact a humane wildlife control company. Members of the public can also call the WRA’s Wildlife Helpline at 604-526-7275, or visit www.wildliferescue.ca for further information and advice.

PoCo tomorrow A little over a month has passed since New Year’s resolutions for a healthy lifestyle were made.

Now, a free health and wellness event in Port Coquitlam will offer ways for seniors to take action on those resolutions.

The Wilson Centre Healthy Living Fair, sponsored by the city of Port Coquitlam and Amica at

Mayfair, will be held tomorrow (Saturday) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port Coquitlam rec complex, 2150 Wilson Ave. The fair will feature more than 50 agencies, businesses and non-profits focused on varying aspects of staying healthy as people age. Among the exhibitors will be government agencies, businesses and

non-profits presenting on driver’s safety education, retirement benefits, physical and mental health, wellness, recreation and financial planning.

Admission is free and participants will be able to visit interactive displays, take part in raffle draws and purchase a healthy snack or lunch.

For more information, call 604-927-7974.

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Drug program runs on Wed. evenings Sessions for those who struggle with substance use Share Alcohol and Drug Program is hosting a new education series that kicked off earlier this month and runs on Wednesday evenings through the end of April.

The program is open to everyone in the community and offers information for those who are struggling with substance misuse/abuse or are concerned about their use.

It will also help those people affected by others’ substance use.

There is no cost for this group. Topics will vary from week to week (see outline below), with the format consisting of a video, a brief

presentation, and open discussion. Sessions run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the second floor at Share, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody.

Sessions include: • Feb. 17: Medical aspects and effects of alcohol and drug abuse. What happens to the body and mind under the influence.

• Feb. 24: Cocaine and crystal meth — the struggle to recover, and what long-term recovery looks like.

• March 2: Marijuana — a second class addiction?

• March 9: Heroin and other common depressants/opiates — addiction, struggle and recovery.

• March 16: Trauma and substance use — the possible effects of the influence of trauma on substance use.

• March 23: Anger — under-

standing your anger and learning how to manage it more effectively.

• March 30: Stress — learning how to cope with little and big problems without using.

• April 6: Mental Illness, depression and addiction — understanding the links between the mental illness and substance misuse/abuse will be tonight’s goal.

• April 13: Relapse prevention — discussion on the psychological, emotional and physical aspects of relapsing and what can be done.

• April 20: Substance affected — how others misuse of alcohol and drugs affects us.

How to help others.

• April 27: Stage 2 recovery — life in the future.

For more information, call 604-936-3900. @TriCityNews

CROSSROADS HOSPICE

Compassionate Grief Support Groups Our 8 week Grief Support Groups will assist you in exploring and expressing the many thoughts and feelings associated with the grief process.

Groups are offered free of charge and pre-registration is required.

NEW WESTMINSTER • Wednesdays • March 2 - April 20, 2016 • 1 pm to 3 pm TRI-CITIES • Monday Evenings • March 7 - April 25, 2016 • 7pm to 9pm To Register: Contact Castine Breckwoldt, Bereavement Support Coordinator at 604-949-2274 or Castine@CrossroadsHospice.org

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Thisintimateconcertwillfeaturemusicbotholdandnew inspired by the harp. From songs that harken from the middleagestotuneswrittenjustyesterday,facultymember Rebecca Blair (harp) with guests Judy Henry (harp and flute)andMichelleCarlisle(fluteandvocals)willtakeyou on a delightful musical journey through history.

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• Tri-Cities Parkinson’s Support Group meets, 10 a.m.noon,Eagle Ridge United Church, 2813 Glen Dr., Coquitlam. Info: 604-931-7751.

• Al-Anon Family Group open meeting, 1 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St. Coquitlam. Info: 604-688-1716.

• PoCo Heritage hosts Heritage Writers’ Group, 10:30 a.m.–noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 2248 McAllister Ave., PoCo. This is not a genealogy group but a writing group designed to teach you how to write the story of you. Each of us has a unique story, and this group will help you get started.

Bring a pen, paper and/or your laptop. Info: pocoheritage.org.

TUESDAY, FEB. 16

• PoCo Garden Club meeting, 7:30 p.m., Trinity United Church, 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo. Speaker: Tamsin Baker from the South Coast Conservation Program on local species at risk. Info: 604-945-0906.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-937-0836.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17

• Singles Travel Club meets for dinner, 6 p.m., at ABC Restaurant, 300-100 Schoolhouse, Coquitlam. Club offers group tours for solo travellers – meet new friends, enjoy security of group travel and avoid the costly single supplement. Guest speaker: Quentin of Trafalgar Tours. Info: www. singlestravelclub.ca. RSVP: Val, 604-669-6607 Ext. 304.

• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are

FEB. 17: POMO ECO SOCIETY AGM • Port Moody Ecological Society AGM, 7 p.m., PoMo rec complex (multi-purpose room #2) will feature speaker Chris Cooper of Spirit Dancer Canoe Journeys, who will share stories of a number of journeys by canoe on the B.C. coast.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served.

The meeting is free and members of the public are welcome to attend. Info: 604-469-9106 or www.noonscreek.org. 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.

THURSDAY, FEB. 18 • Southside Family of Schools Presents “Understanding Family Dynamics” with “stress doctor” Nima Rahmany, 6:45-8:15 p.m., Citadel middle school, 1265 Citadel Dr., PoCo. With his goal of bringing stress and resilience education to school-age students, Rahmany (www.drnima. com) is leading an international movement inspiring people to live a life of purpose and in service to others. Admission: $8 per couple, $5 per single; free childcare is available. Registration: ssfspe@gmail.com.

• Burke Mountain’s community association, North East Coquitlam Ratepayers, meet at 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr. Elaine Golds of Burke Mountain Naturalists will speak about efforts to speak up about the Riverview lands and environmental issues. Anyone wishing to hear her speak is welcome.

Regular meeting begins at 8

p.m. Info: 604-970-2579.

FRIDAY, FEB. 19

• The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ singles who are looking to meet new friends and participate in social events such as walking, dancing, dining out, travel, theatre, etc., meets, 7 p.m., PoCo Legion, 133–2675 Shaughnessy St., to plan events.

Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets, 7:30 p.m., Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (street parking only). New members are welcome. Directions and infoL Darline, 604-466-0017.

SUNDAY, FEB. 21

• Respon Chinese New Year Fair, hosted by Tri-City Chinese Canadian Association (TCCA) and Chinese Canadian Photography Association, 9:30 a.m-4:30 p.m., Pinetree community centre, Coquitlam. The free celebration will be based on the theme of the ancient Chinese novel “A Journey to the West.” Visitors will be immersed into an interactive show travelling back to ancient times,

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar involving games, music and plays related to the plot of the story. Professional actors and actresses will perform throughout the seven-hour show and traditional snacks will be available. Info: vantcca@gmail.com or 604-518-0555.

MONDAY, FEB. 22 • Tri-City Photography Club, 7:309:30 p.m., Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., Port Moody.

Topic: Urban/ street photography and projection of quirky portrait images. Info: www.tricityphotoclub. ca.

• Al-Anon Family Group, Circle of Hope, 16th anniversary open meeting, 1 p.m., Como Lake United Church, Room 203, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Topic: So you love an alcoholic? Speakers, fellowship, refreshments. Info: Al-Anon Central Services, 604688-1716.

THURSDAY, FEB. 25 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-9370836.

• PoCo Heritage general meeting, 1 p.m.,

our health care system sustainable and public. Edith MacHattie is an occupational therapist who works at the Centre for Child Development in Surrey with school-aged children and their families; she sits on the coalition steering com-

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a small stamp auction; viewing at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier community centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-9419306.

PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 2248 McAllister Ave. Speaker: Rebecca Bishop from Vancouver Heritage Foundation will discuss Benjamin Moore’s True Colours grant program and early paint technology from when cities were young.

• Tri-City Greendrinks, 6:309:30 p.m., 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody. Find out what BC Health Coalition is all about and what it believes are priorities to keep

mittee. Admission is free; food available for purchase.

CLUBS • City of the Arts Toastmasters, dedicated to improving leadership and public speaking skills, meets 5:30-7 p.m., Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr. Info: Mike, cityofthearts@icloud.com or cityofthearts.toastmastersclubs.org.

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Application Deadline:

Friday, April 1 • 5:00 p.m.

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TC CALENDAR • 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 (on-street parking only). New members are welcome. Info: Darline, 604-4660017.

• 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 foundation 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.

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• 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.

• 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.

• 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: 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 prac-

tice bowls, exercise, clean air, sunshine and friendship. Info: Dennis or Flo, 604-945-2768.

• 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 noonhour Toastmasters club meets at Coquitlam city hall every Tuesday, noon-1 p.m. Guests and visitors welcome. Info: tottcoquitlam. toastmastersclubs.org or Brad, 604-418-2393.

• 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.

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TC CALENDAR continued from page 34 • 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Dogwood and Glen Pine Seniors’ Softball Association seeks players for a new, competitive co-ed team, ages 50+; this team plays in the daytime.

Info: Rick, 604-937-5446.

• Apex Netball Club is held Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,

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LIONS AND ELKS IN THE TRI-CITIES • 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: 604-6447194 or www.barnetlions.com.

• Port Coquitlam Elks Lodge 49 meets first and third Thursdays at 8 p.m. it Elks Hall, 2272 Leigh Sq. Elks are looking for new members. Group provides community service to young people and seniors in the Tri-Cities and beyond. Info: Ed, 604-945-0880 or 604-942-1345.

Hillcrest middle school, 2161 Regan Ave., Coquitlam for women and girls of all ages.

Beginners welcome. Info: Wendy, 604-552-3219.

• Do you want to improve your ability to speak? Check out Rocky Point Toastmasters in Port Moody. Meetings are held Mondays, 7-9:15 p.m. (guests please show up 15 minutes early) at PoMo city hall. Info: rockypoint.freetoasthost.net.

• Pocomo Hiking Club invites people to join Saturday hikes starting at 9:30 a.m. from the Rocky Point Park parking lot.

Info: Maurina, pocomohiking@ hotmail.com.

• Singles over-45 walking group meets Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. at Pitt Meadows rec centre for walks in Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows areas. Info: Graham, 604-464 1839.

• Super Strikers Youth Cricket Club plays at Mackin Park in Coquitlam; all levels welcome, including handball cricket for U16 and U14 and kanga (softball) cricket for U10. Info: 604461-2522 or kittybridgens@ yahoo.ca.

• Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, Tri-Cities Committee, meets the first Tuesday of each

month, 7 p.m., Port Moody city hall. If you ride your bike in the Tri-Cities, meet and work with other cyclists to help improve cycling facilities in the area. New participants always welcome.

Info: John, 604-469-0361 or jseinen@shaw.ca.

• The Kinsmen Club of PoCo is looking for new members. It is a service club operating since 1965 that combines raising money with fun times. Kinsmen meet the second Thursday of each month and commit time for projects and social events.

Anyone interested in joining or attending a meeting, call Cyrille at 604-942-4826 or email kincyril@shaw.ca.

• Crystal Clear Speakers Toastmasters meet every second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., the Oasis, 1111 Austin Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Walter, 604941-0191 or http://crystalclearspeakers.freetoasthost. Info.

• Tri-City Airedale Terrier Club is organizing events for local Airedale owners (and dogs).

Info: s@tricityairedales.com or www.tricityairedales.com.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society meets first Wednesday of every month, 7:15 p.m., Hyde Creek rec centre. Info:

604-461-FISH (3474).

• Centennial Stamp Club meets second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 7 p.m., social rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604945-1017 or www.stampclub.ca.

an international non-profit organization devoted to the interest and welfare of single parents and their children. Information meetings for new members run the second

meet the third Wednesday of each month. Info: 604-9413402.

• PoCo Chess Club meets every Thursday, 7-10 p.m., at Wilson Centre (PoCo rec com-

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• Maillardville Community Lions now meet at Coquitlam branch of Royal Canadian Legion, 1025 Ridgeway Ave. Info: 604-9370310.

• 777 Neptune Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, parade every Wednesday, 6:30-9:30 p.m., L’Ecole des Pionniers, 3550 Wellington St., PoCo; girls and boys 12-19 welcome.

Info: 604-941-6227.

• Happy Wanderers Walking Club welcomes all singles 45 and older for walks in the TriCities and Ridge Meadows areas; meet every Saturday at 9:15 a.m. Info: Marilyn, 604463-8874.

• PoMo Canoe and Kayak Club meets first and third Thursdays of each month, 7 p.m., Old Mill Boathouse at Rocky Point Park. Info: Brent, 604-461-8863 or Gordon, 604936-8203.

• Parents Without Partners is

Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Howe Room, Coquitlam rec centre, 630 Poirier St. Info: 604-9452407.

• Brunette Enviro-Committee meets third Wednesday of each month, 6-8 p.m., PoMo Arts Centre. Info: Mi, 604-936-7470.

• PoCo Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at Trinity United church, Prairie and Shaughnessy. Info: 604-9418465.

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Info: Nathan, 604-3406208 or email: pocochessclub@ chessmastery.com.

• Minnekhada Park Association is a group of local volunteers who work in partnership with Metro Vancouver Parks to preserve and enhance the natural environment of Minnekhada Regional Park.

The group runs a bear aware program to educate visitors about appropriate behaviour when encountering bears in the park and organizes work days to support nest box program, and to enhance the park’s historical features. Volunteers are always needed. Info: Karen, 604-5206442.

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EATING LOCALLY

Have a healthy heart, and pulses MARKET FRESH

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appy February and Happy Heart Month, too. And while we are at it, Happy Year of the Pulses.

How on Earth is all this connected? Trust me, there is a connection.

Since February is the month most associated with hearts, I thought I would tell you about some of the amazing hearthealthy foods you can find at market. That includes pulses, or dried legumes. The United Nations has declared 2016 to be International Year of Pulses. To be honest, I’m not really sure what that means other than we should learn more about them.

I’ll tell you what I know: • Canada is the world’s biggest producer of pulses. We don’t grow them on a large scale in B.C. but they are available. Forstbauer Farms grows them.

• They are a really inexpensive source of high quality nutrition.

• They can be used in just about any recipe, even as a meat substitute.

• They are good for your heart; half a cup per day can reduce LDL-cholesterol levels, which translates into a reduced risk of stroke or heart attack (according to pulsecanada. com).

Try making a healthy pot of soup using a pulse mix. A simple pot full of broth, veggies and beans, and seasoned with a creative hand (with a bit of help from Amazing foods or The Salt Dispensary) will nourish you in more ways than one.

If you soak the beans overnight, the soup can be ready in no time.

Aside from generally eating well, you can maintain a healthy heart by using specific foods. Most of us know the common foods such as nuts, whole grains and salmon (which can also all be found at market) but perhaps you don’t know about some of the others — green tea is on the list, as is popcorn.

Joanne at Culinary Blossoms can certainly fix you up with the green tea. She has a fabulous array of green teas as well as other teas. Can’t wait till June for strawberries? Try her Strawberry Delight Green Tea. Delightful.

As for the popcorn, there are two choices at the Port

Moody Market. Mike from Cravings Kettle Corn is always trying something new in the flavour department and Jasan from Gary’s can be counted on for consistently delicious caramel corn. Popcorn is a heart-healthy choice because popcorn delivers polyphenols — antioxidants linked to improving heart health. Gram for gram, popcorn boasts three times more polyphenols than kidney beans (the highest vegetable polyphenol source) and four times more than cranberries (the best fruit source), according to recent research out of the University of Scranton.

Who knew?

Apples and Blueberries make the list, too. Snowy Mountain Organics is at the Port Moody market every week with a great selection of apples.

Walter and Lisa will let you try them so you can pick the variety you like best. Pectin is what makes apples so amazing. Pectin is a water-soluble form of fibre that can also help lower your cholesterol. And blueberries, well, they just make everything better, even without all the anti-oxidants they boast. Forstbauer Farms and Beckman’s have them frozen for you.

One last thing: If you really want to get to know your market vendors, head over to the Port Moody Farmers Market

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MEATLESS SHEPHERD’S PIE Here is an inexpensive comfort food dish to warm your heart. I made it for my family last week and it makes the most of pulses and market produce, and it’s vegetarian, too.

LENTIL SHEPHERD’S PIE

2 cups green lentils, washed and sorted 4 cups vegetable broth ½ cup finely minced onion 1 tsp minced garlic 1 tbsp flour 2 tbsp water Salt and pepper 2-3 cups diced vegetables (I used carrots, peas and corn but squash or beets would be good, too) 3-4 potatoes, mashed with milk and butter Simmer lentils with onions and garlic in the vegetable broth for 30 minutes or so. The lentils should be tender but not mushy. You should have liquid left over in the pot.

Make a paste with the flour and water and add it to the lentil mixture. (Alternatively, you can thicken the liquid with Veloutine or some other gravy mix). Season the lentils with salt and pepper and simmer 5 minutes or so. Add more broth if needed — you want the lentils to be saucy. Place the lentil mixture in the bottom of a greased casserole dish.

Layer the veggies on top, followed by the mashed potatoes.

Bake at 350 F until the top is nicely browned.

• Note: If you are using fresh carrots, it’s a good idea to pre-cook them so they get nice and soft in the shepherd’s pie. Try adding tomatoes to the lentils too.

Facebook page and enter our “Check In To Win” contest.

Simply by checking the page every Sunday, you will be entered for a chance to win 50 market bucks — that would go a long way to making many

healthy meals.

Karen Curtis is the Lemonade Lady (www.kicslemonade.ca and kicslemonade.blogspot.ca) at the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam farmers markets. Her column runs monthly.

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On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Port Moody Public Library, you can learn about identity theft and fraud protection.

Participants will get tips to guard their money and protect themselves against online or mail identity theft. Identity fraud is the fastest growing type of financial crime but there are easy ways to improve your online and personal financial security so that you don’t become a victim.

The workshop is one of a series on money management hosted

by PMPL with Vancity’s financial trainers to help people keep their financial resolutions and achieve their goals.

This free workshop will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in PoMo library’s ParkLane room.

Registration is appreciated by phoning the library at 604-469-4577.

For more information, visit library.portmoody.ca.

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celebrates official launch with Grand Opening Thousands of prospective buyers been drawn to the resort-style West Coquitlam development – with many more expected on February 13

decks and balconies – great for entertaining or taking in the sweeping views of the city and nature. While first-time home-buyers and move-up buyers have been showing interest in one of the more efficient two-bedroom suites (727 square feet), which offer excellent value, downsizers have been particularly interested in one of the two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes (959 square feet) that feature expansive entertaining space and incredible southwest views. (The suite illustrated is the fully furnished display suite inside the sales centre).

Once completed, the masterplanned community of Lougheed Heights will feature three towers in this up-and-coming West Coquitlam neighbourhood, steps away from the Millennium Line and the future Evergreen Line.

There is a real resurgence happening in West Coquitlam, fueled in part by its growing reputation as that of Metro Vancouver’s next rapid transit community. In addition, there’s a lot of excitement behind the major redevelopment of the Lougheed Mall. Lougheed

Heights is in the epicentre of the emerging postal code, close to Lougheed Town Centre, excellent schools (including SFU), shops and restaurants.

Lougheed Heights is a partnership between the Bosa family’s BlueSky Properties and Bosa Properties, award-winning builders behind some of the Lower Mainland’s most iconic developments.

With prices starting from $319,900, Lougheed Heights is affordable luxury in the heart of a re-energized community. The Grand Opening is on Saturday, February 13 from noon to 5pm at the sales centre, located at 581 Clarke Road (at Como Lake Ave), Coquitlam. There will be refreshments and appetizers available during the launch.

For more information, visit www. lougheedheights.com, contact the sales team at 604-939-2677 or email: lougheed@blueskyproperties.ca.

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Got fruit trees? Sweet!

IN THE GARDEN

BRIAN MINTER

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ou really don’t have to be an expert to prune fruit trees. All it takes is a little common sense and a few helpful hints. As a rule of thumb, I place fruit trees in three different pruning categories: the ‘open centre’, the ‘central leader’ and the ‘espalier’ form.

Apples, pears and plums should have their centres opened up to allow more sun and air to penetrate.

This technique is called ‘open-vase’ pruning and it allows fruit to develop on the inside of the tree, on the tips and on the outward growing branches.

For this type of pruning, simply choose to retain three to five dominate branches radiating out from the main stem.

These branches should be five or six feet off the ground, allowing you to comfortably walk or work under the tree without hitting your head.

Once you have determined which branches you are going to keep, cut out any other branches left in the centre, as well as any inward growing ones. Next, cut out all the upward growing branches, leaving the tree looking like a very open ‘Y’. The remaining branches should be pruned back each year by approximately two feet, keeping this ‘Y’ formation intact.

A heavy pruning each year, unfortunately, results in a mass of water sprouts shooting out in all directions. To minimize this problem, once you have developed the tree’s ‘open-vase’ shape, you should switch to a training program rather than a pruning program.

Training simply means weighing down the branches with soil-filled plastic bags to encourage growth in a horizontal pattern. This technique will

minimize the need for massive pruning and greatly reduce the number of water sprouts you have to deal with each year.

You will also find that these horizontal branches will be your best fruit-bearing stems.

You will still have to cut them back by 18 to 24 inches to keep the tree’s size in check but this type of pruning will result in a tree that is far more productive and much easier to maintain.

Sweet cherries present a slightly different problem. They are perhaps the most vigorous of all fruit trees and resist any attempt to be pruned in an ‘open-vase’ shape. Sweet cherries tend to have a very strong stem or leader and because of that, they require ‘central leader’ pruning.

‘Central leader’ pruning simply means cutting back the main stem each year to control the rate of growth and at the same time, cutting back the outward growing branches even further, leaving an overall pyramidal form. If there are two or three strong central stems, it may be a good idea to eliminate all but one to avoid competition and to thin out the tree. The outward growing branches should be pruned back at a 45 degree angle.

Next season the central leader may develop two or three new branches. The one that grows into the strongest and most upright main stem should be treated as your central leader and the other remaining stems can be removed or left, depending upon their growth habit. If they can be trained in an outward direction, simply cut them back next year on a 45 degree angle along with the other branches. Try, however, not to let the centre of the tree become cluttered. If you maintain the outside branches at a 45 degree angle each year, the result will be a tree which is fairly open and easy to maintain and one which will stay within reach of your ladder. Probably one of the best root stocks for cherry trees in a smaller home garden is the new dwarf, self-fertile varieties of Giesla root stock from Europe.

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AROUND THE HOUSE

Get in V-Day mood with flowers, of course V

alentine’s Day is on Sunday and if you really want to make your special person happy, here is something you may find interesting.

The Society of American Florists, partnered with the world renowned researcher, Jeannette Haviland-Jones, Ph.D., of Rutgers University, researched the effect of flowers on human emotion and well being. Over a ten month

period, some very interesting results were discovered. Dr.

Read books on pruning continued from page 43

Very compact apple and pear varieties are usually grown in the same manner, except out in the open against a fence or other support device. All that is necessary here is the removal of frontward and backward growing branches which don’t conform to an espalier formation. The most common problem is leaving too many branches on the tree, which causes over-production and simply clutters up the tree.

Choose three to five sets of the strongest sideward-growing branches and remove the rest.

If these branches have a tendency to grow upward, use a long bamboo pole as a T-bar to

hold the branches in place. You will have to be quite ruthless in your pruning to maintain this very strict form. Most branches radiating off this framework will have to be removed, leaving many spurs and fruit buds along each stem.

You will probably run into a hundred questions once you start pruning. Many good, easy-to-understand books are available. Good pruning books will have excellent diagrams showing how your tree should look after each progressive season and as you know, pictures are worth a thousand words.

Often, garden stores offer pruning seminars at this time of year and I find them most helpful and informative.

Haviland-Jones and her team found that the presence of flowers triggers happy emotions, heightens feelings of life satisfaction and affects future behaviour in a positive manner far beyond what is normally true. Flowers are a natural and healthful moderator of moods.

“Common sense tells us that flowers make us happy”, says Dr. Haviland-Jones, “and now science shows that not only do flowers make us happier than we know, they have strong positive effects on our emotional well being.”

Here are five main points as condensed from her report: Flowers have an immediate impact on happiness. Study participants expressed true or excited smiles upon receiving flowers, demonstrating extraordinary delight and gratitude.

This reaction was universal, occurring in all age groups.

Flowers have a long-term positive effect on moods. Study participants reported feeling less depressed, anxious and agitated after receiving flowers and demonstrated a higher sense of enjoyment and life satisfaction.

Flowers make intimate connections. The presence of flowers led to increased contact with family and friends.

Flowers are a symbol for sharing. The study explored where in their homes people displayed flowers. Once received, arrangements were placed in areas of the home that are open to visitors — such as foyers, living rooms and dining rooms — suggesting that flowers make the space more welcoming and create a sharing atmosphere.

People who buy more flow-

ers are happier. Once learning the study results, participants in all age and gift categories reported that they would be buying more flowers in the future.

This may seem like a bit of promotion for the floral and horticultural industry but I thought these results would be interesting to everyone.

With so much stress and depression in today’s world, it’s great to know that something as simple as a bouquet of flowers can help to cheer someone up — a nice thought just before Valentine’s Day.

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Rogers gets chance with the big club Jr. Adanac will stay in Coquitlam GARY MCKENNA Tri-CiTy News

Challen Rogers will not have to travel far when he suits up for upcoming Western Lacrosse Association season.

The former Coquitlam Jr. Adanac was selected by the Sr. A’s in the first round Wednesday night in the 2016 entry draft, the third overall selection.

“Couldn’t be more excited to join the @WLAAdanacs and to stay in the purple and yellow,” he tweeted shortly after the pick was made.

With Rogers, coach Peter Tellis said the team will get a strong two-way player with playoff pedigree who has a long history in Coqutilam.

“Not too many players like Challen Rogers come along very often,” he told The Tri-City News. “He is a very special talent and we are very happy to move up and get the guy we wanted.”

The 6’4”, 215 lb. forward has been a standout player during his junior career. Last season, he racked up 13 goals and 16 assists in 14 games and was a prominent factor in the Jr. Adanacs’ Minto Cup runs in 2014 and 2015.

Most importantly, according to Tellis, he has strong links to the community.

“What he brings will go beyond lacrosse,” he said.

Rogers was chosen third overall, after New Westminster Jr. Salmonbellies standout Josh Byrne was picked up by Burnaby with their first overall pick and Jr. Adanacs forward Michael Messenger was taken

by New West with the second overall pick.

The Adanacs did not have a second-round pick, but chose Alex Bohl from the New Westminster Jr. Salmonbellies with their third-rounder, a 15th overall selection.

Tellis said he was surprised the defenceman was still available that late in the draft, noting that at 6’4” and 215 lbs., he will add some much needed size to the A’s back end.

In the fourth, the club picked up Patrick Thornhill, who had a brief stint with the Port Coquitlam Jr. Saints but has played for the Delta Islanders for the last two years.

He too will add size to the lineup, Tellis said, and was in the team’s sights going into the draft.

New Westminster Jr. Salmonbellies Owen Barker and Luke Morris were chosen with the fourth and fifth round picks respectively, while Jake Carey was chosen in the sixth round from the Delta Islanders. The A’s also picked up the rights to Ryan Ishikawa, Cody Gilliam, Jake Moran, Alex Rainey, Cody Garrison, Daniel Delmonico, Serafino Gentile, Jon Bailey and Alex Mason. sports@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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ON THE PITCH

MeDAls oN The FielD

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The Port Moody Gunners took down another opponent in under-21 Fraser Valley Soccer League action last weekend. The squad defeated the Pacific United FC Selects 4-0, racking up their 15th win of the season on home turf. Port Moody has amassed an impressive goal differential so far this season, outscoring all opponents by 47 goals, the highest in the league. The team currently sits atop the division, with a 15-2-0 record, ahead of Cloverdale FC with an 8-3-6 record.

The Coquitlam Adanacs field lacrosse U18 Tier 1 division player Gordy Bowden was named MVP at the Field Lacrosse Provincial Championships in Langley last weekend.

He was joined by fellow Adanacs Luca Antongiovanni, who took home the honour in U13 Tier 1, while U18s Robert Hofseth, Matthew Small and Thomas Semple all received Warrior Fair Play Awards.

Gabe Procyk, Justin Tambour and Evan Morrison won the Warrior Fair Play Awards in the U15 division, while Mateo Alfonso and Massimo Borghesi were named in the U13 category. Meanwhile, several female players in the Adanacs organization were also recognized with U12 Erin Pomeroy and Nicole Jang named Warrior Fair Play Award recipients.

Several teams took home some medals during the tournament.

In U18 Tier 1 division, the team won a silver, while the organization fielded two clubs in Tier 2, which won gold and bronze. In U15, the Tier 1 squad took home bronze, while the Tier 2 Adanacs # brought home silver.

The U13 Tier 1 squad won gold in its division.

This weekend, the U11 Provincial Championships will get underway at Town Centre Park and the U15 Women’s Provincials are expected to take place later this month.

SFU SOCCER

Tri-City trio will join sFU’s soccer Clan next year Bain, Morden and Mcilveen headed to the NCAA Div. ii

Three Tri-City soccer players will be moving up to the NCAA next year after signing letters of intent with the Simon Fraser University Clan, the school announced on Wednesday.

Port Coquitlam keeper Aidan Bain is one of the signees, a Terry Fox secondary student who currently plays wi the Surrey FC program. The 6’2”, 175-lbs. goalie was captain of the Surrey United under-17 squad and the winner of the

EA Sports B.C. Premier League Cup in 2014. He was named Surrey United 2015 goalkeeper of the year and had a trial with Aston Villa FC in 2014.

Erik Morden and Lucas McIlveen are both Coquitlam Metro Ford FC players and Dr. Charles Best secondary students who helped the team win the 2015 B.C. AAA Provincial Soccer Championships last fall.

McIlveen is a member of the Vancouver Whitecaps youth prospects and won a gold medal with Coquitlam in the under-16 Canadian National Championships.

Meanwhile, Morden

has also participated with the Vancouver Whitecaps residency program, winning the United States Soccer Development Academy Northwest Division cahmpionship in 2014.

“We made it a priority early in the recruiting process to target the best Lower Mainland kids who are the right fit for SFU and I think we have achieved that,” said Clan head coach Clint Schneider.

“This group of players fills our needs on our soccer team and they have all demonstrated academic excellence in the classroom.”

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Left to right: Terry Fox secondary student Aidan Bain of Port Coquitlam and Dr. Charles Best secondary students Lucas McIlveen and Erik Morden are part of Simon Fraser University’s 2016 recruiting class.

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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

Fighting family gets in the ring Skills passed from one generation to the next It only took two rounds for Lance Gibson Jr. to dispatch his opponent during the Pacific Northwest Championship Belt fight at Tulalip Casino last month.

The mixed martial arts fighter, who trains at Gibson MMA in Port Moody, competed in the 155 lb. category, winning the bout 35 seconds into the second round.

Gibson Jr. is not the only fighter in the family.

His father, Lance Gibson Sr., has fought all around the world in the UFC.. In 2002, he retired from the sport as the number one fighter in the world in the Japanese

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The Port Moody Panthers couldn’t turn last Saturday’s win into a streak this week, falling 10-1 to the North Vancouver Wolf Pack during a Wednesday night Pacific Junior Hockey League road game. Only Evan Gain was able to pot one for the Cats, who faced 29 shots in the game, with the Wolf Pack scoring at a rate of 34% success. Port Moody goalie Jack Stradiotti stayed in for most of the night, but was pulled in favour of Joshua Barrett for the last seven minutes of the game. The loss was in sharp contrast to last Saturday, when the Panthers downed Langley in a 6-4 win at home. Port Moody forward Chong Lee was named first star of the game for scoring one goal and three assists, while teammate Kyle Dosanjh scored two and Alexander McGovern and Daniel Obcena each racked up singles.

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From left to right: Lance Gibson Sr., Julia Budd and Lance Gibson Jr. Shooto organization before dedicating his life to training at Gibson MMA. Gibson Sr.’s wife, Julia Budd, is also a fighter and is currently ranked third in the world in her weight class.

She is the Muay ThaiChampion and will compete for the world title this year, a bout that is expected to be televised on Spike TV. sports@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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