Tri-City News April 6 2016

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How many locals are on Airbnb?

Dozens in Tri-City aiming to take in some extra cash GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

Need a place to stay for a night or two in the Tri-Cities?

How about a nice clean suite with a pool and hot tub in Coquitlam’s City Centre for $57 per night?

Or a spacious 1,000 sq. ft. suite with access to a small private putting green in Ranch Park for $80 per night?

These places and more are available through popular accommodation rental website Airbnb — but there’s a catch: They may not be legal.

“If they are operating a

licensed bed and breakfast, that would be fine,” said Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s director of development services.

“If they weren’t, they would be running afoul of the zoning bylaw.”

In Coquitlam, licences are required for anyone operating a bed and breakfast and regulations stipulate that the home in question must also be occupied by an owner and cannot be used solely for vacation rentals in a residential area. As well, many strata complexes’ bylaws do not allow short-term rentals.

That means full apartment rentals, of which a handful are listed on the Airbnb website, contravene municipal bylaws. see NOT ALL, page 6

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INSIDE: SD43 budget time [pg. 3] / TC Arts/Ent. [pg. 23] / TC Sports [pg. 26]

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 Your community. Your stories.

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TRAINING FOR TERRY

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A sunny Sunday morning greeted runners who took part in the second annual Terry Fox Training Run, a 10-mile route that travelled from Terry’s hometown of Port Coquitlam through the north side of Coquitlam to Port Moody and back. More photos on page 9.

THE ENVIRONMENT

Lots of buzz at this Tri-City biz SARAH PAYNE

The Tri-CiTy News

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Jay Ashworth with a honeycomb at Associated Labels and Packaging.

On a blustery Monday morning, Shaun Ashworth traded his suit jacket for a beekeeping suit and stepped into a fenced enclosure to help his brother, Jay Ashworth, pour

32,000 honey bees into specially made homes in the parking lot of Associated Labels and Packaging.

As the president of the Coquitlam company, Shaun is decidedly more at home in an office than an apiary but is keen to support the beekeep-

ing venture proposed by Jay, the company’s marketing and sustainability manager.

“Our company is focused on sustainability, awareness, creating less of a carbon footprint and contributing less trash to the landfill,” Shaun said. “Even if he wasn’t my brother I prob-

ably would have said yes.”

As Jay completed a beekeeping course, Shaun had a fenced enclosure built at the rear of the property, where it backs on to a greenbelt that joins up with the Fraser Mills site. see ROOM TO GROW, page 15

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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43 BUILDING

New Centennial just one of district’s projects Name needed for planned school on Burke Mountain

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It’s not all fundraising, meetings and kids’ sports for parents of students in School District 43.

A May 3 pub night social is being organized by the SD43 District Parent Advisory Committee at Milestones, 2745 Barnet Hwy. in Coquitlam.

This is a chance for parents with students in SD43 schools to mingle and interact with one another in a casual, fun, kid-free setting. Tickets are $20 and include a burger and a beverage.

For more information, including how to get tickets, contact the DPAC office at 604-939-3680 or office @dpac43.org.

All SD43 parents are invited.

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A striking-looking building with lots of windows, red cladding and a round silver silo for high school fine arts programming is rising next to Centennial secondary school, and by fall it will be home to approximately 1,300 students.

It’s one of three projects under construction — or soon to be — in School District 43 to replace older buildings under the province’s seismic mitigation program. Another, a new school for Burke Mountain, in the works to accommodate students moving to the community.

Of the four, Centennial, a $50-million project, is the furthest along, with contractors working quickly to get everything in place for opening day.

“It’s going to be tight to get everything completed for a September opening,” said Ivano Cecchini, SD43’s assistant secretary-treasurer for facilities and planning services, who said the interior work is well underway while the outside cladding is still being worked on.

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BANTING MIDDLE

Other SD43 construction news:

SD43 is seeking building permits for the project. The plan is to begin partial demolition of the existing Banting building to make way for the $22.5-million school this summer. Work is also required to do power separation between Banting and nearby Miller Park elementary this summer with construction to begin on the new building this fall.

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The replacement for Centennial secondary school is under construction and is supposed to be ready for occupancy in September.

12,200 sq. m school will have classrooms with flexible learning spaces for student and teacher collaboration, a library next to an amphitheatre that can be used for band and choir concerts and outdoor learning, as well as a teaching kitchen, shops for metal work, automotive and carpentry, and a 220-seat theatre.

The project is being built in

two stages, with a neighbourhood learning centre built after students have moved in and the old building is torn down.

One of the existing gyms, however, will be retained.

Cecchini could not confirm what agencies will locate in the neighbourhood learning centre, noting that negotiations are still ongoing.

Most of the excavation work for the $24-million Port Moody replacement school — which is to be a school with an arts focus — is complete and about half of the concrete is in place. The project is on track

Houses on the Burke Mountain property that will be the school site have been demolished and building permit applications have been submitted. The district already has pre-qualified contractors

that will be able to bid on the project when it goes to tender.

Environmental setback and other details for the $20-million school are being worked on, too, Cecchini said.

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Smiling Creek elementary may be the unofficial name of the long-awaited Burke Mountain school, but it’s not the official name. In fact, a name has yet to be chosen and the public can have a say. As many as 12 names have been submitted so far but more are welcome, with the board of education making the final selection. Email your ideas by April 21 to facilitiesnaming@ sd43.bc.ca dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

SCHOOL DISTRICT 43 BUDGET

SD43 budget time – your time to speak up Province says it will give an extra $52 per student

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After years of turmoil and budget cutting, School District 43 is finally on an even keel when it comes to finances, having paid down most of its debt and weathered two years of layoffs and cost cutting.

Now, it’s time to start rebuilding, says Coquitlam Teachers’ Association president Charley King, and he’s hoping the public will pay attention to next Tuesday’s budget meeting and not let up on demands for improvements to education funding.

“It’s so easy for underfunding to become the new normal.

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CHARLEY KING, CTA those stories and be reminded of what’s happening out there,” he said of the district’s threeweek series of budget meetings, which kick off April 12 at Winslow Centre.

THE BACKGROUND

Not long ago, the district was facing a $10-million deficit blamed largely on inaccurate projections but both teachers and the district pointed to

The following dates have been set aside for School District 43’s 2016/’17 budget process: • Tuesday, April 12, 7 p.m. — preliminary budget presentation and open house; • Thursday, April 14, 4 to 5 p.m. — Twitter chat, using hashtag #sd43budget; • Tuesday, April 19, 6 p.m. — delegations make presentations to the board; • Tuesday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. — final budget presentation and board approval.

The April 12, 19 and 26 meetings will be held in the gymnasium at Winslow Centre, 1100 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. chronic underfunding as problems, too.

To stem the bleeding, as many 165 FTE teaching positions were cut, entire departments were reorganized or chopped, middle school cafeterias were closed and bus service was cancelled.

In the three years since, classrooms are larger and

teachers are seeing more students with special needs and greater numbers of English language learners as a proportion of students — and all while resources have stayed roughly stagnant.

During last year’s budget meetings, for example, trustees were told about longer waiting lists for speech and language

services and psychological assessments, and heard stories of how school library hours were cut and fewer books were taken out.

A BETTER FOOTING

Things improved this year.

International education revenues from fees foreign students pay added $2.1 million to the bottom line and 300 more students arrived than expected, boosting provincial funding.

Compared to other districts where schools have to be closed to pay the bills, SD43 is in a much better position than it has been in the past. Still, there’s no windfall waiting in the wings to run schools in 2016/’17.

Some new money — about $52 per student — is coming from the province to cover labour agreements and other costs. That would be the equivalent of about $1.5 million for SD43 based on approximately

33,000 students. Still, the district has to find $2.9 million to cover administrative savings required by the province and pay off the remaining $2.8 million in debt. It’s also expecting to see about 174 fewer students in September 2016 than last September.

But with most of the district’s financial problems behind it, King hopes this year’s budget will provide some relief.

“What I think the public should be paying attention to is whether or not the board starts adding back services,” he told The Tri-City News.

“In the municipal elections, most ran on a platform of gradually restoring services,” King said, adding that the budget meetings will be a good primer for getting up to speed on education in anticipation of the provincial election in May 2017. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Another month, another increase in housing prices in the Tri-Cities.

But rising prices have not slowed down buyers, according to Dan Morrison, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, who said March was the busiest month on record.

“Today’s demand is broad based,” he said in a press release. “Home buyers are active in neighbourhoods across our region.”

“Strong job and economic growth in our province, positive net migration and low interest rates are helping to drive this activity,” Morrison said.

Across Metro Vancouver, the number of residential property sales shot up dramatically in March, with a record 5,173 transactions — a 27.4% increase compared to the same month last year and 24% climb from February.

In the Tri-Cities, Coquitlam’s transaction numbers climbed from 303 to 434 (43.3%) from the same time last year while Port Coquitlam’s number rose from 138 to 218 (58%) and Port Moody’s climbed from 76 to 126 (66%).

The increased sales activity had corresponding price increases.

The benchmark value for a single-family detached home in Coquitlam is now $1,046,100, a 3.9% rise in the last 30 days and a 29.7% increase from this time last year. A detached home in Port Coquitlam is now $804,900, up 32.2% in the last year

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while Port Moody’s is up 29% over the last 12 months at $1,210,800.

Townhouse prices rose in Coquitlam by 23.2% in the last year to a benchmark average of $480,000 while PoCo’s numbers rose 27.4% to $485,200 and Port Moody’s increased 20.3% to $521,700.

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Not all Airbnb accommodations legal continued from front page

Similar rules apply in Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, where listings have increased significantly over the last year.

A brief search of airbnb.com

by The Tri-City News found 82 listings in Coquitlam, 34 in Port Moody, 17 in Port Coquitlam and three in Anmore — a total of 136.

The overall number is up from last year, according to Karen Sawatzky, a Simon Fraser University Urban Studies masters student who is writing her thesis on Airbnb’s impact on the residential rental market.

Her data shows that in January 2015, there were approximately 53 listings in Coquitlam while Port Moody was at 35 and PoCo 14 for a Tri-City total of 102.

While Coquitlam does not have the kinds of listing figures seen in other municipalities — for example, Vancouver had

more than 3,400 as of June 2015 — McIntyre said it is an issue that the city will have to get ahead of.

With the Evergreen Line beginning operations next year, he said, it is likely the number of residents looking to use Airbnb to make some extra money will not be falling.

It could mean re-thinking and updating regulations that have not changed in decades, McIntyre said, noting the issue is similar to the debate around the ride-hailing app Uber.

“Times are changing,” he said. “Do people want to have that freedom or flexibility? Now could be the time to have that debate.”

But until regulations change, many short-term rentals will remain in violation of city bylaws.

PoCo, for example, has not issued a single bed and breakfast permit, which means the 17 listings currently on Airbnb

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“Enforcement of these provisions is complaint-driven,” said PoCo’s manager of bylaw services, Dan Scoones. “To date, the bylaw division has not received any complaints about illegal transient accommodation uses. An inquiry or two, yes, but no actual complaints.”

And not all Airbnb listings are unlicensed.

In Port Moody, Robyn MacLeod, the manager of building, bylaws and licensing, said the city has issued many bed and breakfast licences to

residents who are likely advertising on Airbnb.

“Airbnb is just a website,” she said. “Whether it is operated as a bed and breakfast or a complete unit, Airbnb is just another website to advertise your listings. It’s like Craigslist.”

But there are some differences between sites like Craigslist and VRBO, according to Sawatzky.

She notes that Airbnb has made posting a listing easier and has gone to lengths to train hosts how to serve their customers better. Perhaps more importantly, the company has

brought rural short-term vacation rentals to the urban environment, she said.

“Airbnb started out as more of a ‘share my living room’ sort of thing,” Sawatzky said. “Of course, it isn’t like that anymore. It has urbanized vacation rentals.”

Her research has found that the proliferation of Airbnb listings in Vancouver has had some unintended consequences, particularly in the residential rental markets. Some homeowners believe they can make more money with shortterm rentals, she said, while

people looking for long-term housing have to compete with vacationers.

She added that if there are 133 listings on Airbnb in the Tri-Cities, that means there are fewer suites and accommodations available for long-term residents, driving up the overall cost of housing.

“There is a fairly critical shortage of affordable housing and housing options,” she said.

“Housing is so crucial. It is a necessity. Tourist accommodations are not a life necessity.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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An online fundraising site has been set up to help the family of Cole Marsh, a Terry Fox student who died last week after a fall in Lynn Canyon.

The GoFundMe page was created by Marsh’s friend, Jeremy Diffner, as a way of helping the 17-year-old’s parents with funeral costs and lost wages.

“I would like Cole to have the type of [celebration] he deserves, with your donations we could make this happen,”

Diffner wrote.

He originally hoped to raise $3,000 for the Marsh family but surpassed that within a day.

After four days, the total had reached nearly $8,400.

“I am absolutely shocked by how well this has been working out,” Diffner wrote in an update on the page. “Whether you have donated or shared this, thank you.”

Marsh was at Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver on March 28, the last day of spring break, when he climbed over the safety fence near the suspen-

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He clung to the rocks for about 30 minutes as rescuers tried to reach him but he let go and was swept into the water.

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The amending Bylaws provide for changes to the City’s regulation of temporary buildings and structures such as fabric-covered structures, modular steel containers, pre-constructed buildings and regulation of structural additions such as industrial awnings. In summary, the amendments would allow shipping containers to be used for storage purposes in industrial, highway commercial, institutional and agriculture zones; treat modular buildings as permanent structures; eliminate the current 5-year limit for tents and restriction on their height; remove application of design controls for temporary buildings; and, clarify parking requirements.

Inspection of documents: A copy of the proposed Bylaws may be inspected in the Corporate Office, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, except Saturdays, Sundays, and any Statutory Holiday, between March 29, 2016 and April 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm.

Also available for inspection is the “Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630” and “Official Community Plan No. 3838” (which would be amended by the proposed Bylaws) and various reports referring specifically to the purpose of the amending Bylaws.

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The city of Port Coquitlam is set to put pressure on the provincial government — and on vacant homeowners — to crack down on foreign investment in real estate.

Last week, PoCo’s smart growth committee recommended city council write a letter to Victoria to address housing affordability and ownership, a topic raised last month by the committee chair, Coun. Brad West, in response to the amount of offshore money reportedly used to buy local real estate — and drive up housing prices.

According to a city report at last Thursday’s meeting, the number of PoCo properties owned by shell companies has doubled over the past year.

Still, despite skyrocketing housing costs in the Lower Mainland, city staff say there’s not much evidence to point the blame on overseas buyers: B.C.’s strong economy, low bank interest rates and good mortgage terms are also boosting demand, therefore making the area attractive.

West said the province needs to implement housing speculation taxes on foreign buyers,

“[Coun. Brad] West said the province needs to implement housing speculation taxes on foreign buyers, a fee that’s already in place in big cities around the world.” a fee that’s already in place in big cities around the world.

(Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson also floated the idea last year and the BC NDP is calling for a 2% tax through a series of private member’s bills.)

West admits the powers of local governments are limited on housing ownership but municipalities can still take action on the appearance of properties whose owners don’t live on them.

His committee is suggesting council step up its unsightly premises action by having bylaw enforcement monitor homes with absentee owners.

Residential lots left unkempt “become a real detriment to the neighbourhood,” West said, citing an example of a relative’s house in Burnaby where the grass of a neighbour’s yard was not mowed for years.

West is also calling on residents and businesses to alert bylaw staff when they suspect a PoCo property is vacant. If it is found to be empty and is deemed unsightly, the city can force the owner to clean it up or city staff will clear it up and bill

the homeowner through the annual property tax bill.

West first raised the issue in The Tri-City News a month ago, saying he was willing to put his reputation on the line to voice his concerns about the amount of foreign wealth coming into the community.

At the time, West said he had recently attended an open house in PoCo where a 2,400 sq. ft. home was listed for $1.1 million. He said the realtor told him “in no uncertain terms” that it would sell within the week and at a much higher price due to demand from overseas buyers.

West also said he’s concerned with some realtors openly promoting themselves to draw Asian interest to PoCo. The controversial topic has fuelled plenty of discussion in B.C. over the past year, especially as China’s stock market is in turmoil and its economy slows. Investors there are seeking better returns and seeing Lower Mainland real estate as a sure bet, experts say. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

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Fast-track for new liquor regs proposed for Port Coquitlam Council gets first look Monday, with hearing to follow

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Changes to Port Coquitlam’s liquor rules have been fasttracked to city council.

And given the speed of the proposed city bylaw, it’s likely the regulations will be updated well before those in Coquitlam, which has been discussing the topic for some time.

Last week, PoCo’s smart growth committee voted to skip a public consultation for the liquor policy and, instead, push the amended bylaw directly to the next city council meeting, on April 11, for introduction.

“We’ve heard from people about this issue for quite some time now and the message from the community is we need to get on with the changes,” committee chair Coun. Brad West told The Tri-City News Tuesday.

“Going through an additional review would a waste of time.”

The hurry comes as mi-

POCO COUN. BRAD WEST crobreweries — especially in cities such as Port Moody and Vancouver — are gaining in popularity, drawing out-oftown guests and increasing economic spin-offs.

PoCo’s bylaw amendment would allow for microbrews to be located in light and general industrial zones but West said he would like council to consider commercial districts as well. “There have been some interesting ideas out there from industry representatives: Should we cluster them to create a district or do we want them spread out? It would be nice to see a couple in our downtown core, too.”

Currently, the city has one proposal for a microbrew, planned for the Dominion Triangle, but that application is on hold pending the city’s liquor regulation changes.

As well, city staff are recommending council allow on-premises brewing at neighbourhood pubs; to permit sales of packaged liquor at farmers’ markets; and to expand the number of zones that allow UBrews and UVins (as well as cider and cooler making).

The liquor bylaw is expected to go to first reading at the April 25 city council meeting; if granted first reading, that would be followed by a public hearing.

The changes are a result of the provincial government’s revised Liquor Policy Review in 2013 that called for more flexibility for businesses to serve booze.

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Proposed liquor regulation changes that have been under consideration by the city of Coquitlam for close to a year will go to a second public hearing later this month following a contentious council debate Monday.

The rule changes would allow for liquor manufacturing and the creation of craft breweries and distilleries in some industrial and commercial zones.

It would also permit liquor retailers to operate within grocery stores, providing they abided by certain separation distances.

The revised bylaw was unanimously moved from first reading to public hearing, but not before behind-the-scenes tensions spilled out into the open council meeting.

Coun. Bonita Zarrillo said she was disappointed with how the revisions were drafted, noting that council members took unofficial votes on each piece of the bylaw during a committee meeting last month that she did not attend. She added that it appeared some council members had already made up their minds on the rules before they had gone to another public hearing.

“Actual details of the bylaw have been decided on by some kind of straw poll that I wasn’t present for,” she said, later adding, “We shouldn’t be cloak and

COUN. BONITA ZARRILLO shadows around what we do.”

The comments drew a rebuke from Mayor Richard Stewart, who noted that the process was decided on by council members.

Following the first public hearing on the issue in February, which ended with council sending the bylaw back to committee, staff said they would go through the bylaw piece by piece to gauge what aspects of the regulations council supported.

City manager Peter Steblin defended the process, saying Monday that unofficial votes “are not final decisions — they are expressions of intent… This is the process we felt had the greatest possibility of success.”

“I think the process actually worked quite well,” Stewart added.

The mayor also took issue with Zarrillo’s suggestion that council “did anything untow-

ard,” adding “I would suggest this not be something you berate your council colleagues on.”

“I am not berating anyone,” Zarrillo responded.

Several council members countered Zarrillo’s assertions that the drafting of the bylaw was not an open process.

Coun. Dennis Marsden said informal polls of council in committee were conducted during the drafting of the affordable housing strategy and that he was comfortable utilizing that framework for the liquor rules.

Coun. Terry O’Neill concurred, noting that all of the discussions were done in an open committee meeting that can be viewed on the city’s website.

“There are no shadows or subterfuge here,” O’Neill said. “I would like the public to be very confident that this process has been very open.”

There are several key differences between the revised bylaw and the document that was working its way through council in February.

First, the new rules would see the separation distances between liquor stores and schools reduced from 300 m in the first draft to 150 m in the second. The revisions would also maintain the 300 m separation distances between individual liquor stores while creating a definition for wine stores.

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Regulate, but tread lightly T ary suites, any regulatory emphasis must be placed on safety and effect on neighbours.

Currently, regulations and tax policy for inns, cottages and hotels of four units or more don’t apply to small-scale Airbnb accommodations. And even city bed-and-breakfast licensing doesn’t quite fit the bill because many Airbnb rentals are apartments, not suites in owneroccupied houses, leaving

this market segment flying a bit under the radar.

It makes sense for regulators to take a closer look at the industry.

If there is a case to be made for regulation, it is to perhaps differentiate between apartments purchased and rented solely to Airbnb and those rooms and suites rented out in owner-occupied houses.

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As for the typical TriCity Airbnb operators, they are not likely to cut too much into the hospitality industry market because they don’t have the amenities. In fact, they could even make the region more attractive to younger holidayers, benefiting the local economy.

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ri-City residents living in one of the most beautiful — and most expensive areas — in the world are renting out rooms, apartments and suites through Airbnb.

Why shouldn’t people use their property to generate some extra income?

Sure, doing so may remove some affordable rental stock but with housing costs going through the roof in the Tri-Cities and the rest of Metro Vancouver, people need to do what they can to make ends meet. And Airbnb is also an easy way to get into the rental market for people not ready to commit to being a long-term landlord.

The argument for regulating Airbnb is a lot like the debate over secondary suites a few years ago. It turned out that basement suites were an important part of the housing market, like Airbnb might become in the future as the sharing economy grows.

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TEETH? Long before smart phones & Google, 3D enthralled kids The Editor, Re. “Google takes Best kids on VR field trips” (The Tri-City News, March 4).

Congratulations to Dr. Charles Best secondary school and teacher Sean O’Reilly, whom, it seems, goes the extra mile for his students, and to his students in Google’s 3D pilot project . I am impressed.

But the adage “nothing new under the sun” deserves some attention. Near the time of the 3D excitement at Best, I happened to look at old photos taken at a museum. On display was a stereoscope with picture cards that allowed a viewer to experience worldly scenes in three dimensions. It was virtual reality before that term was coined.

News of this 3D use of smart phones motivated my look into the history of the stereoscope.

In the early 1600s, men made drawings that alluded to the concept of the stereoscope but lacked the means to

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Dr. Charles Best secondary students and teachers last month got to try out Google Expeditions, a series of 3D virtual reality field trips using Google Cardboard with a smartphone and an app. build it. The first stereoscope was created by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1833, before photographs were readily available. Drawings were used to create the 3D views in Wheatstone’s stereoscope.

What a tedious process it must have been to draw the pairs

of views with slightly different perspectives.

The oldest known photograph was made in 1825, according to a clipping from the Globe and Mail in 2002.

Several years passed while photography evolved from new discovery to practical use,

thus it was the 1850s when stereoscopic photography made stereoscopes a practical reality. In 1859, Oliver Wendell Holmes invented the handheld stereoscopic viewer.

In the era before radio, motion pictures, TV, computers and the internet, stereoscopes became immensely popular and a huge industry evolved to produce millions of postcard views that were eagerly purchased by owners of stereoscopes. It was big business.

We never had a stereoscope in our house when I was a child but one of our neighbours had one with a great many viewing cards. I readily remember being enthralled by the reality of the three-dimensional scenes.

Now, the newest generation enjoys the same sensation with its smart phones.

Downloading new views, for a fee, will become big business.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Battle of signs over trails along Coquitlam River GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

The city of Coquitlam has a message for whoever is clearing paths and building bridges in the forest around Coquitlam River Park: Leave trail building to the professionals.

Urban forestry and park services manager Lanny Englund told The Tri-City News the problems started last year and could have a negative impact on fish-bearing streams and environmentally sensitive areas in the park.

“We can’t have people modifying parks and trails without consulting us,” he said. “We are open to talking about it but we have to be involved.”

Safety is a major concern, he said, noting that proper city trails meet stringent requirements. The process is also nec-

essary to ensure that environmental degradation is limited and fish-bearing streams are protected.

Englund said a small creek bed near the river was bridged over by the trail builders and several trees were cut down in the process.

“They are pedestrian crossings over fish bearing streams,” he said.

Similar issues have cropped up at other parks in the past but Englund said that, for the moment, the Coquitlam River is the only area where staff have been dealing with unsanctioned trails.

The city put up a sign in the area asking the trail builders to contact them. But when it did not receive a response, a new sign was posted at one of the trail heads noting that unsanctioned trail building and the

The city of Coquitlam put up a sign warning amateur trail builders to stop their work along the Coquitlam River and one person responded with a sign of their own, saying there is no problem with the trails. cutting of trees on city parks is prohibited.

Not everyone agrees with the city’s position on unsanctioned trails. A note was posted above the city’s sign on the weekend said the new pathways are well maintained and enjoyed by many park users. “These are not different than the [hundreds] of small trails all over our city,” said the anonymous note.

“No live trees were cut. There is no good reason to remove these trails. Call the city to protest.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Room to grow for Associated’s bees continued from front page

There are two wooden apiaries now, and plenty of room for expansion.

On Monday, a handful of the company’s 180 employees gathered to watch the installation as Jay and Shaun emptied two long tubes, each packed with two pounds of bees — that’s 16,000 per tube — into each “house.”

The queen bee is installed in a cage to keep her — and the rest of the bees — from flying away, and the bees will likely have her released within a few days.

They’ll survive on pre-mixed sugar water until more flowers crop up in the area; Jay and his girlfriend, Sarah Rutherford, planted wildflower seeds in the area as future bee food. And by September, the honeycombs will be removed and the honey harvested and likely given away as gifts (labels for the jars shouldn’t be a problem).

Interested employees can be part of the action as Jay will be giving courses for anyone interested in learning about beekeeping.

“It’s been awesome for company culture,” he said, noting the project has generated

plenty of conversation among the staff.

Jay is also spearheading a community garden project at Associated Labels, with plans to turn disused parking lot plant beds into food-growing plots.

Meanwhile, Shaun is applying environmentally friendly principles to the business with the creation of the first fully compostable, non-GMO stand-up pouch in North America.

“It was four years in development,” Shaun said. “It took a lot of time and money… but there’s enough garbage out there already going out to the landfill.”

In fact, of the 17 billion plastic stand-up pouches made in 2013, none were recyclable or compostable — a number that gave Shaun pause when he thought of the future he’d be leaving for his children.

“We’re trying to do our part with end-of-life packaging,” he said. “Even if this went into the trash, I know it will be gone.

Maybe not within six months but definitely in a year.”

The packages, made of nonGMO corn starch and Forestry Stewardship Council-certified birch and eucalyptus pulp, with non-toxic ink, are being

used by the quinoa company Alter Eco. Testing has shown the packages disintegrate in about three to six months.

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Amphitheatre, 125th events get fed. funding Two Coquitlam initiatives are getting a funding boost of more than $600,000 in grants courtesy of the federal government.

The Department of Canadian Heritage’s Legacy Fund will give the city $500,000 for the Town Centre Park Plaza — the amphitheatre being built next to Lafarge Lake — while $116,500 will go toward supporting the city’s 125th anniversary celebrations.

The new performance plaza is scheduled for completion in June and will be located on the eastern shore of Lafarge.

According to the city, it will accommodate events of various sizes, with a seating capacity of 900 that can be increased to 1,300 for larger events.

Meanwhile, the 125th anniversary is a year-long celebration that will feature events like the Salmon Leave Home festival, the BC Highland

Games and Scottish Festival, and the Kaleidoscope festival.

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If your kids like playing cops and robbers — or, at least, cops — Coquitlam RCMP may have a fun summer camp for them.

Applications are being accepted for the sixth annual Coquitlam Junior Mountie Police Academy, which will run in August and is offered for free to children in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Anmore, Belcarra and Kwikwetlem First Nation.

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Daughter and father team up to ride for Eagle Ridge Hospital Cycle of Life squad fundraising goal is $10,000 SARAH PAYNE

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ith just under a month to go before Wheel 2 Heal, Russ and Amanda Loader are hastily scheduling some tandem training rides and firing up their fundraising efforts for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation.

Neither should be a problem for the already active fatherdaughter duo; it will be the third W2H event for Russ — who first participated about five years ago in the 40-km trail ride and is now gearing up for his second 100-km road ride in as many years — but a slightly new experience for Amanda, who’s no slouch herself, having polished off several half marathons.

Still, “I’ve actually never been on a road bike,” she said outside her parents’ Port Moody home.

And while she’s a bit nervous about the 100-km ride that is fast approaching — Russ had to correct her initial three-hour estimate to closer to five hours, which came as a bit of a surprise — she’s eager to help her team, Cycle of Life, reach their $10,000 fundraising goal.

Both Amanda and Russ are in pharmaceutical sales and have sent out emails to friends, family members, colleagues and clients with a passionate plea to support Eagle Ridge Hospital and have so far brought in about $6,000.

“It’s our local hospital,” Amanda explained. “I’ve been there, my family and friends have been there. Without them, we’d have to go to Vancouver to be cared for.”

She remembers well an emergency trip to ERH for a badly broken arm, a cheerleading accident at the age of 15. As well, more recently, she tells of visiting her aunt, who had been an avid triathlete, at the hospital; to help lift her

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Russ and Amanda Loader — under the team banner Cycle of Life — will take part in the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation’s Wheel to Heal fundraising ride on April 30.

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Wheel to Heal — sponsored in part by The Tri-City News — is on April 30. To register or donate, visit www.wheeltoheal.ca. spirits, Amanda picked up longdistance running to share the experience with her.

Russ has several long-distance rides to his credit and is keen to beat his 2015 fundraising record of more than $7,000.

“I’ve been road riding forever, I’ve done a bunch of the [gran] fondos, so I figured why

not raise some money, send out a few emails and see what happens, and everyone has been very kind.”

Father and daughter will be hitting the road over the next four weeks leading up to W2H on April 30, and Russ is confident his daughter can make the switch from spin classes to road

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warrior. “She’s young, she’s got young legs,” he laughed. “And hopefully it’ll be a nice day.”

ERHF executive director Charlene Giovanetti-King is hoping for much the same, particularly since organizers will be testing a new route.

“The new route is really exciting, it’s crossing three bridges — the Port Mann, Golden Ears and Pitt River,” she said of the 100-km route.

And for those aiming for a shorter ride, there is a 55-km route and two trail rides of 15

and 40 km to choose from.

There are also fundraising incentive prizes for participants who raise $250 or $500. The “heroes” who raise $1,000 or more by April 15 get to join an exclusive ride with two-time Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Jens Voigt on April 17.

Organizers are also beefing up the celebration plaza at Town Centre park, with entertainment, games, food and beverage area.

Giovanetti-King said they are “trending ahead” for the

number of registered riders and are on track to have 350 riders in the event, showing steady growth for the eighth annual W2H, and that’s good news for the hospital — on average, 70% of the hospital’s new equipment is purchased with funds raised

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DOGWOOD

Sugar talk for 50-plus How much sugar do you consume?

Laura Murray, a nutritionist from makinghealthychoices. ca, will talk about sugar at Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion next Thursday.

Sugar is prevalent in modern diets and is commonly added to foods where we would not expect it. Murray will discuss sugar content in food, offer tips for choosing products with less sugar, teach how to calculate the amount of sugar in your diet and how to choose and adjust recipes for reduced sugar.

Admission is $7 and preregistration is required. This session, which starts at 6:30 p.m., is open to adults 50 years and older. Participants don’t need to bring any special supplies or information but it’s advisable to bring a notebook if they want to take notes.

For more information and to register, visit coquitlam.ca/ dogwood, call 604-927-4386, or visit Dogwood or Glen Pine pavilions.

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Trivia night fundraiser for Coquitlam library If you know your trivia and want to help Coquitlam’s library, an event on Friday is for you.

On April 8 at the City Centre branch, the Friends of Coquitlam Public Library celebrate CPL’s 40th anniversary and the city’s 125th birthday with the annual trivia night fundraiser, an evening of fun questions with friends and neighbours. There will be

prizes, snacks and desserts, plus trivia bragging rights for a year for the winners. Proceeds from this fundraiser will support the library’s science and technology literacy programs.

Tickets cost $25 each and include coffee, dessert and a chance to win prizes.

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TC CALENDAR • Tickets are on sale for Archbishop Carney regional secondary school’s An Evening Under the Stars auction and dinner on April 30. The evening includes a live auction with PoCo Mayor Greg Moore as auctioneer, silent auction, dinner, entertainment, raffles and more. Tickets: $50 or $450 for table of 10 if purchased before April 11. To buy tickets or make a donation to the auction, call 604-942-7465 or visit www. acrss.org.

• Rhymes of Times, 10:3011:30 a.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 2248 McAllister Ave., PoCo. Topic: “Work, Work, Work” – We all did it, or are still doing it. What twists and turns did your work life take? Info: pocoheritage.org.

• Tri-City Photography Club, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., Port Moody. Topic: Hands-on session – panning, zooming and 2nd curtain synching. Info: www. tricityphotoclub.ca.

TUESDAY, APRIL 12

• Burke Mountain Naturalists monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam. Speaker: Fisheries biologist Marvin Rosenau will give a slide presentation on the ecological significance of the Fraser River estuary. Free admission, all are welcome. Info: 604-461-3864 or www.bmn.bc.ca for more info.

• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring, foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 10 a.m.-noon, at 200906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam.

For info or another session date: 604-764-8098.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

• Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a stamp presentation. Visitors welcome. Stamp “swap and shop” at 7 p.m., presentation by speaker after 8 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14

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

• RSVP Ministries, formerly Christian Women’s Club, hosts luncheon, noon, Executive Inn, 405 North Rd., Coquitlam, Feature: Fashion show, Tanjay & Alia with Eby. Speaker: Cathy

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• Laughing Matter: The Gaby Davis Foundation presents a Comedy Night Gala, Port Moody Inlet Theatre, to raise funds for BC Families Affected By Childhood Cancer. Four comedians featuring headliner and local talent John Cullen, MC Sunee Dhaliwal, Chris James and Katie Burrell. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show begins at 7:30 p.m. This is a private event and no tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets can be purchased by Visa and Mastercard by calling 604-464-4229.

Light hot and cold appetizers and wine will be available for purchase. This is a 19+ event.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 15

• The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ fun 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,604-9419032.

• 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 p.m., Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (street parking only). New members welcome. Info: Darline, 604466-0017.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16

• Coquitlam Heritage Society symposium bringing together expert speakers and community leaders to discuss and develop ways to enrich the city through the sharing of heritage, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam.

Tickets include lunch, snacks and beverages: $32.50 each or group rate of five tickets for $125. Registration: www.coquitlamsymposium.com or from Mackin House Museum. Early registration is encouraged as attendance is limited to 120.

MONDAY APRIL 18

• Heritage Writers’ Group meets, 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, and let’s get writing. Info: pocoheritage.org.

TUESDAY, APRIL 19

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Como Lake

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• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring, foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. For info or another session date: 604-764-8098.

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SUPPORT GROUPS

• Dogwood White Cane Club meets every Thursday from September to June, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion. Those who are legally blind are welcome.

• Alzheimer Society of BC has a new dementia support group for caregivers for a person with dementia who lives in residential care. The group meets on the fourth Saturday of each month, 1-3 p.m., in Coquitlam.

Info: Vivian or Kim, 604-2980780 or vtsai@alzheimerbc.org.

• LifeRing weekly recovery meetings, Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m., Vancity Credit Union, Shaughnessy Station (Shaughnessy at Lougheed), PoCo. All welcome. Info: 604377-1364.

• B.C. Schizophrenia Society meets the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604720-3935.

• Joy’s Place Transition House is an emergency shelter for physically and/or emotionally abused women and their children. Info: 604-492-1700.

• GriefShare is a support group for people who have lost a spouse, child, family member or friend through death.

This 11-week, Christ-centred, biblically based support group meets every Saturday, 10 a.m.noon, Northside Church, 1460 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam. Each session has a video presentation followed by small group discussion and you can attend at anytime. Info: 604-942-7711.

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“Thank you to all of our loyal customers for your support over the years.” Terry Stillman In April, customers with a valid store credit may use it for up to 50% of the purchase price.

In May, customers with a valid store credit may use it for up to 25% of the purchase price.

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Port Coquitlam will relaunch its Sound Lounge next week with a monthlong line up that includes a mix of genres.

Sound Lounge performances start April 16 in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square Community Arts Village with Jack Garton and the Demon Squadron.

Named after Garton’s grandfather’s special ops flights squadron in the Second World War, the band blends rockabilly and rock steady with country and cajun sounds.

Next up on the roster is Blue Moon Marquee on April 30. The blues band is made up of A.W. Cardinal on vocals and guitar and Jasmine Colette on vocals, bass and drums.

On May 14, John Welsh will entertain. He’s a musician who draws his influences from the likes of Ben Harper, Sam Roberts and Joel Plaskett, combining folk, surf rock, reggae and Latin music.

And finally, on May 28, David Beckingham — a founding member with Hey Ocean who releases his debut album, Just When the Light, on May 27 — will close the series.

All shows run from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Michael Wright Art Gallery.

For tickets at $10/$8/$5, call the city at 604-927-7529 or visit experienceit.ca. jwarren@tricitynews.com

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Sophia Reid-Gantzert, six, won first place in her category at the Vienna International Ballet Experience (VIBE) competition last month.

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A kindergarten student from Port Coquitlam is back home after clinching a top prize at the Vienna International Ballet Experience (VIBE).

Sophia Reid-Gantzert, a student at the Caulfield School of Dance in Port Moody, took first in her “mini” division for dancers under the age of seven, at the prestigious contest last month in Austria.

The six-year-old girl was accompanied by her parents, René and Kerri-Ann, and her teacher Cori Caulfield, who choreographed her dance solo that was based on the Valkyrie myth and set to Richard Wagner’s composition Ride of the Valkyries.

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Her father René Gantzert told The Tri-City News this week the dance required plenty of strength as it involved several jumps and leaps.

Gantzert said his daughter — the youngest of six children — was thrilled with the win. “She was very cute,” he recalled. “She curtsied to absolutely everyone including the janitor. She was very happy.”

Reid-Gantzert, who qualified for VIBE after submitting a video, was also one of 27 competitors asked by the international jury to perform at the competition’s gala evening.

The night featured the Vienna State Opera Ballet with the Sommerakademie der Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra and was staged at the historic Volkstheatre, a fa-

cility built in 1889.

A student at Meadowridge School in Maple Ridge, ReidGantzert started dancing at Encore Dance Academy in PoCo at the age of two. She transferred to Caulfield in September 2014 and currently studies tap, jazz, musical theatre and ballet.

Reid-Gantzert began dancing solo only this year.

Recently, she won her category at the Chilliwack Lions Club Music and Dance Festival; next up is the Surrey Festival of Dance and, this summer, a stint at a ballet academy in London, England.

As for her future, Gantzert said with a chuckle, “She’s six.

She wants to be a ballerina and an archeologist all at once.”

fashioN DEBUT for pm GRAD

An outdoor menswear line designed by Port Moody secondary grad Sarah Lowe will be on the catwalk this week.

The Kwantlen Polytechnic University fashion student will see her collection in the Wilson School of Design’s 2016 The Show, the biggest student runway in B.C. Lowe’s line, called Surface, will be featured alongside 35 other student collections at five sold-out shows today (Wednesday) and tomorrow at the Imperial Vancouver. The Show is an industry-grade event.

Lowe’s clothes feature venting, reflective patches and articulation to give the wearer comfort throughout the day.

Surface is part of Lowe’s final project before graduating from KPU’s four-year fashion, design and technology program next month.

“It will be great to see all the hard work I’ve done come down the runway,” Lowe said.

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MUSICAL THEATRE

VISUAL ARTS

Fiddler themes as germane Use words today as half a century ago JANIS WARREN

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A musical theatre classic that opens this week in New Westminster — and features Tri-City talent — tells a familiar tale after having premiered on Broadway more than half a century ago.

Fiddler on the Roof weaves the story of displaced people and their quest for a better life, a common theme today as Syrians flee their war-torn homeland to countries such as Canada.

“It’s so relevant given the refugee crisis going on,” said Coquitlam’s Erin Palm, who portrays Fruma-Sarah in the Royal City Musical Theatre (RCMT) production that goes into previews starting tomorrow (Thursday) at the Massey Theatre.

Fiddler is Palm’s first appearance in a RCMT show, which is being directed and choreographed by Valerie Easton of Port Coquitlam. Easton tapped Palm for the role after working with her in the 2009 Arts Club Theatre production of The Thing About Men (ironically, Palm last auditioned for RCMT as a child for a chance to be cast in Fiddler).

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Tri-City child actors Owen Scott, Arta Nehahpan and Lucas Crandall with Peter Stainton of Port Coquitlam and Erin Palm of Coquitlam.

Scott, Arta Nehahpan and Lucas Crandall are also featured in the musical, with Warren Kimmel portraying the star Tevye.

But Palm said displacement isn’t the only theme running through Fiddler: Family also has a strong voice, especially from the female side.

Port Coquitlam’s Peter Stainton plays the rabbi in his fifth RCMT show. “It’s a fun little role,” the retired school teacher said. “He make humorous cameo appearances… as do many other characters but the rabbi is very high profile with the Jewish villagers.”

Like Palm, Stainton was also

handpicked by Easton to take on the role. He was on holidays when he got the call “and when Valerie Easton phones you, it’s very flattering,” he said.

Fiddler is based on a series of stories by Sholem Aleichem, written between 1894 and 1914, called Tevye and his Daughters. It centres on the father and his attempts to keep his Jewish traditions in Imperial Russia in 1905.

The original Broadway show opened in 1964 and was the first musical theatre run in history to pass the 3,000-performance mark, winning nine Tony Awards along the way.

Stainton said RCMT’s version is full of laughter and song with such memorable numbers as Matchmaker, Matchmaker, If I Were A Rich Man and Do You Love Me? “It’s a high level of professionalism that you rarely get anywhere else,” he said of the company. “It has a full orchestra, wonderful costumes and a wonderful cast.”

• Tickets for Fiddler on the Roof are $47/$38/$29 through ticketsnw.ca. The show runs at the Massey Theatre (735 Eighth Ave., New Westminster) until April 23. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

A Lions Bay artist who works in the film industry as a costume cutter returns to the Tri-Cities this month with a new abstract show.

Druh Ireland’s latest collection, which opens in Leigh Square Community Arts Village in Port Coquitlam tomorrow (Thursday), is titled Use Your Words — a rough take to remind people to use language rather than raw emotions to communicate.

Ireland’s oil paintings are considered statement pieces, offering glimpses and semi-conscious thoughts through clues and symbols.

A member of the North Shore Community Arts Council, Ireland last had a solo exhibit in the Tri-Cities at Place des Arts. Her 2014 show in Coquitlam was titled You Are Here.

• The opening reception for Use Your Words is April 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Michael Wright Art Gallery in the Gathering Place (beside PoCo city hall). Admission is free and snacks will be served. The exhibit runs until April 27.

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Transparent is part of Druh Ireland’s new show in PoCo called Use Your Words. groups wanting to showcase their cultural wares at Coquitlam city hall have until April 29 to apply.

Two display cases in the main foyer (3000 Guildford Way) are now available for items that promote Coquitlam’s cultural diversity and have an educational benefit.

The municipality is promoting its multicultural work in response to the number of immigrants.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC

Comedy night Hagen takes a solo musical flight for her final concert A comedy night to benefit a Tri-City charity will be held in Port Moody on Saturday.

The Gaby Davis Foundation, a non-profit group that helps B.C. families affected by childhood cancer, will host the gala on April 9 featuring John Cullen, MC Sunee Dhaliwal and Chris James and Katie Burrell.

Tickets for the 19+ event are available by calling 604464-4229.

FOR THE FAMILY

Kids can learn how to use watercolour paints, create robot heads and make largescale art projects at the next Family Day at PdA! Place des Arts’ spring event on Sunday starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Maillardville facility and is based on current exhibits by Ban Kubba, Geemon Xin Meng and Claudine Pommier.

To register for the free activities on April 10, visit brownpapertickets.com or call 604-664-1636 (ext. 0).

CONTEST ALERT

Post a picture of yourself in a bridesmaid dress for a chance to win tickets to opening night of Five Women Wearing the Same Dress.

Coquitlam’s Stage 43 Theatrical Society has its Facebook contest until April 15 (enter at https://www.

facebook.com/stage43/).

The production is the last in the company’s season and features Tri-City residents Christie King, Jill Menkveld and Paige Farbacher.

Directed by Angela Bell, Five also includes Emily Hamel-Brisson, Ashley Sutton and Chris Francisque and runs at the Evergreen Cultural Centre April 28 to 30, May 1 and May 4 to 7. Saint St. Grill and Blue Heron Fruit Winery will host a reception after the show on opening night.

Meanwhile, Stage 43 is also offering two-for-one ticket nights on May 4 and May 5.

Visit stage43.org/ticket.

HAWAII BABY

Got a ukulele at home that’s not being played?

Spring is the time to dust it off with the help of Coquitlam volunteer musicians.

The Cutie Circle will host its free ukulele workshop series for beginners starting April 16.

The course runs on Saturdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., until June 11, in the MIchael Wright Art Gallery at the Gathering Place, in Port Coquitlam’s Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall).

Pre-registration is required by visiting cutiecircle.com.

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Pianist Sarah Hagen has shared the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage with many worldclass musicians over the past four years.

This season alone, her Musical Mornings series has seen the likes of soprano Anne Grimm, clarinetist Francois Houle, Marcus Takizawa on viola and Soren Bebe, a Copenhagen-based jazz pianist.

But for her closer next week, Hagen will take the spotlight alone.

It’s not by choice.

Her guest entertainers, the Bergmann Piano Duo, whom she met more than a decade ago at the Banff Centre, was forced to cancel last week.

As a result, Hagen had to compile a last-minute solo program — one in which she plans to base on the theme of birds and birdsong.

A work by Jean-Philippe Rameau, one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era, will be performed at her April 13 recital along with pieces by the Romantic composers Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann as well as

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Pianist Sarah Hagen concludes her season of Musical Mornings at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, on Wednesday, April 13, with a solo show based on birds and birdsong. Call 604-9276555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca for tickets.

Vancouver’s own Jeffrey Ryan, the recipient of SOCAN’s 2014 Jan V. Matejcek New Classical Music Award for career achievement.

Speaking from Squamish last week, en route to a Whistler show that night with cellist Rebecca Wenham,

Hagen said she has enjoyed seeing her audience grow in Coquitlam.

“To me, that’s how I measure success,” she said.

And Evergreen staff have been equally thrilled with the feedback.

When the series started

four years ago, the venue drew about 25 guests to the salonstyle concerts on Wednesday mornings; now, the count is around 100 at each of her five events.

“We have partnered with Sarah for four seasons now and it has been a great boon to the Evergreen Cultural Centre,” performing arts manager David Mann said. “Outside of our highly successful New Year’s Eve collaboration with the Quiring Chamber Players, we had found it difficult to find a significant audience for classical music programming at Evergreen.

“Musical Mornings opened the door by providing a proven formula for presenting highquality soloists — and occasionally duos — in a format that is a bit more casual and audience friendly than the average classical concert,” Mann said.

• Tickets for Sarah Hagen’s final show on April 13 are available by calling the Evergreen Cultural Centre box office at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca. The event starts with coffee, tea and treats and is followed by a 75-minute concert. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

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Ravens soar in opener, Talons look for first win Ravens beat up on Port Moody with 67-5 victory GARY MCKENNA

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The Gleneagle Talons took on the provincially ranked Elgin Park secondary team in AAA Tier 1 high school rugby action last week. In the end, the Coquitlam team came up short, falling to the White Rock squad 29-12.

The Terry Fox Ravens made a statement in their first senior boys rugby game of the season, taking down Port Moody secondary 67-5 last week.

The Port Coquitlam squad wasted no time in getting on the board, building up a substantial 50-0 lead by the half.

Even with reserves sitting in for most of the second half, the team was still able to score another 17 points.

“It was a good start to the regular season for the boys,” said head coach Craig Geddes.

“We showed a strong desire and work ethic. Hopefully we can build on this and continue to get better every week.”

Taylor Poitras and Isaac Evans each scored a pair of tries in the game, while Harrison Pride, Bryan Cortes, Michael Clarke, Jevon Lefebvre, Tavian Williams, Jimmy Thomas and Jude Hussain all picked up singles in the scoring barrage.

Sean Stewart had five con-

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The club is gearing up for its second bout of the season, a meeting with Dr. Charles Best secondary on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Gleneagle secondary Talons struggled in their first match of the season.

Despite a strong effort, the Coquitlam club came up short against provincially ranked Elgin Park, who defeated the Talons 29-12.

Gleneagle will try again on Thursday in a meeting wtih Earl Marriott. Meanwhile, Port Moody will take on Elgin Park the same day. sports@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

ON THE PITCH

Cents start soccer season on winning foot Kodiaks, Charles Best, also pick up wins in openers

It would have been easy for the Centennial Centaurs to feel discouraged following the first half of their regular season AAA girls’ high school soccer

opener against Riverside secondary Monday night.

Despite carrying the play for the early part of the game, the score was 0-0 at the intermission and the Cents seemed unable net their first goal.

But patience prevailed when Centennial’s Maddy Weir broke thru with a solid leftfooted strike at the 55 minute

mark to put the Coquitlam club up 1-0.

And then the flood gates opened.

Two minutes later, Catrina Olstrom netted her first of the game before following up six minutes later with her second to put Centennial up 3-0. She eventually completed the natural hat trick to close out the

game with a 4-0 victory.

Taylor Kim had two assists in the match while Julia Kostecki had one and Alivia Ungaro earned the shutout in net.

Meanwhile over at Cunnings Field in Coquitlam, the Dr. Charles Best secondary Blue Devils were busy shutting out Gleneagle in a 2-0 bout.

Port Moody’s Heritage

Woods Kodiaks also got their regular season off to a strong start, defeating the Terry Fox Ravens 6-2.

High school AAA girls’ soccer action continues Wednesday night, with Centennial at Terry Fox, Gleneagle at Heritage Woods and Charles Best at Riverside secondary.

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The Coquitlam Chiefs A1 midget team took home the bronze medal during the B.C. Provincial Championships last month. Goalie Laszlo Demeter had two shutouts during the tournament, while skater Michael Cimmarusti scored four goals.

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Coquitlam Chiefs snag third at B.C. provincials Four goals from Cimmarusti leads team to bronze

The Coquitlam Chiefs A1 midget squad wrapped up another season with a bronze medal showing at the B.C. Provincial Championships last month.

Goaltender Laszlo Demeter had two shutouts during the tournament, while Michael

Cimmarusti led the series with four goals and Jordan Mattock chipped in with a game-winning penalty shot in the second match of the weekend.

Lukas Lederer, Liam Jackson, Dylan Diep, Riley Merritt, Joseph Pollack, Alex Suprinowcz, Spencer Allen, Matthew Boustani and Kyle Nichols also racked up points during the tournament. The A1 squad, which is coached

by Mischa Polzin, was one

of three Coquitlam Chiefs midget teams to make the provincials this year.

Meanwhile, the Coquitlam Chiefs atom A2 and juvenile A1 squads also advanced to the final four in their respective divisions, with the bantam A2 team bringing home their series banner.

At home, the Chiefs bantam A1 team hosted the BC Hockey Championship series at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, kick-

ing things off with a banquet with guest speaker Ryan Walters. The tournament saw teams from Prince George, Nanaimo,the North Shore Winter Club and the Burnaby Winter Club compete, with Burnaby taking the championship banner.

The Coquitlam Chiefs C teams also had a strong weekend, bringing home a total of seven playoff banners.

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Speech comprehension is even more challenging when there is background noise or when television programs have background music. The dilemma is that people with hearing loss in the high-frequency range do not consider themselves to have a hearing problem. They can hear deep tones with no

inner-ear damage is present, a hearing care professional will determine the difference relative to normal hearing. These values are then programmed into the hearing aids, which precisely take into account and balance the frequency range of the person being tested.

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HERMANUS, Emmanuel Christian In Loving Memory, 1973-2016

Emmanuel (Manny) Hermanus 42, of Mission, B.C., was tragically taken from his family and friends on March 7th, 2016.

Manny was born on Oct. 1st, 1973, to Gloria Hermanus and Ron Hermanus. He is survived by his greatest treasures in his life, his wife Pamela and daughter Emma Hermanus.

Beloved Son of Gloria and Ron Hermanus. Beloved Brother of Shireen, Gina, Ingrid and Kenneth. Beloved Brother to John Laing, Beloved Uncle to Eleazar and Emily, Beloved Uncle to Trevor, Beloved Uncle to Jeff and Kevin.

Manny had an undeniable zest for life and did whatever made him happy. He had a passion for cooking, gardening, writing, painting.

Manny was loved by his family and friends. Manny had a special place in his heart for his “dog” Coco.

Manny loved the outdoors and spending family time by the lake. Manny always put family time first and this was most important to him. Manny loved Star Wars, Wrestling, Kiss, Corvettes, and was an avid collector of antiques and memorabilia.

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His warm smile and generous nature touched the lives of all who knew him and he will be sadly missed. We love you and you will never be forgotten.

Manny believed in our Savior and we will all see you again in Heaven.

Manny was laid to rest in Maple Ridge Cemetery, March 16th, 2016.

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

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