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Wind storm takes a life A PoMo woman dies after house struck by tree
Rec for boomers is a Coq. concern GARY MCKENNA
SARAH PAYNE
The Tri-CiTy News
The Tri-CiTy News
A Port Moody woman died Thursday morning after a tree fell on her home in the violent storm that ripped through much of Metro Vancouver overnight. Jill Calder, 57, was reportedly at home with her husband when the large hemlock tree came down at about 6:30 a.m. on their Alpine Place home, located just off Noons Creek Drive, pinning her inside. Port Moody Fire Rescue crews worked feverishly to locate and uncover her but she succumbed to her injuries. Calder was the longtime executive director of the New View Society, the Port Coquitlam-based community mental health organization. Neighbours on the closeknit cul-de-sac expressed shock at the tragedy. “They’re more like family than neighbours,” said Ken Ellis, who lives two doors away. He has known the Calder family since he moved in more than 20 years ago and their families are close friends. Ellis said he got up to let the dog out shortly after 3 a.m. and the wind was so bad, the pooch didn’t want to go outside. But when he left for work at 4:15 a.m., everything was quiet. His wife called him at 7:30 a.m. to tell him the news. “It’s very sad,” he said. “There really are no words. The
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A tree fell on a house off Noons Creek Drive on Heritage Mountain in Port Moody on Thursday morning following an overnight windstorm. Fifty-seven-year-old Jill Calder was pinned by the tree and died before she could be rescued. poor family is devastated.” Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay said he is “deeply saddened by this event and my heart goes out to the family. The city will do all that we can to help them through this tragic time and we all extend our deepest condolences.” A release from the city of Port Moody also expressed condolences to the family, adding it understands some residents will be concerned
about trees in their neighbourhood as a result of the tragedy, and recommend anyone who would like to arrange an inspection of trees on city lands to contact the operations division at 604-469-4574. Port Moody Police Victim Services Unit was deployed to provide support to the family members and the BC Coroner Service is investigating. see POWER OUTAGES, page 10
Jill Calder of the New View soc. in PoCo is remembered as a caring, strong leader: page 10
Baby boomers are retired, or will be soon, and the city of Coquitlam is coming up with ways of making recreation activities and facilities more appealing to this large, aging demographic. Just don’t call them seniors. Mary Morrison-Clark, Coquitlam’s manager of community recreation and culture, said sensitivities and changing attitudes about what it means to be an older adult has made even naming the city’s plan — currently referred to as the seniors services strategy — somewhat controversial. “It is a tough one,” she said, when asked about the definition of seniors. “How do we refer to this population? You hate to label anybody but at the same time you need to… It isn’t easy.” The boomers’ approach to aging is remarkably different from past generations, Morrison-Clark said. There are significant variations in activity levels in older adults today versus past decades and that will have to be reflected in the recreation services people seek, she said. see ‘THEY VALUE’, page 8
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