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Bike to work and Bike to School weeks kick off on may 25 across the lower mainland — including in the tri-Cities, where there will be two celebration stations — but some related events are scheduled next week. see story, page 18
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TRI-CITY MAYORS
three amigos to go on the road again – to edmonton tri-City mayors to again rv to FCm
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see RESOURCES FOCUS, page 8
Cities, sd43 aim to cut emissions diane strandberg
Janis Warren The Three amigos are hitting the road again. Next month, the mayors of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody will reprise their Town Haul journey to the federation of Canadian Municipalities (fCM) convention. This year’s Rv trip will be much shorter than last year’s inaugural edition — three days to Edmonton.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
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From left, mayors Greg Moore of Port Coquitlam, Mike Clay of Port Moody and Richard stewart of Coquitlam during their first town haul trip to the FCM convention last year in an RV.
School district 43 and the cities of Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam are cutting greenhouse gas emissions by up to 30% with massive retrofits of lighting and heating as well as changes in behaviour. Local governments are required to report on their progress in achieving their carbon neutral goals under b.C.’s Climate action Charter, and this week many are tallying up their efforts in a bid to meet
MoRe on tRi-CitY sChools what do School district 43 and local authorities do in case of a threat to a school? see article, page 3 provincial regulations. on Monday, the city of Coquitlam announced it was on track to achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gasses by 30% by the end of 2015. Sd43 is on the same wavelength with a 26% reduction. In Port Moody, a major
project to retrofit lighting and install a low-emissivity ceiling at the arena resulted in an annual savings of 335,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) and is keeping the ice cooler while using less energy. see BIG CUTS, page 6
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