Tri-City News July 8 2016

ONLINE 24/7: TRICITYNEWS.COM

TC THINGS-TO-DO GUIDE: 16

Music on the Grill and much more FOREIGN HOME OWNERSHIP

$350M in property purchases in 20 days Foreigners make up 5.1% of Metro buyers: gov. data JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS

Foreign nationals, mainly from China, bought 5.1% of the homes sold in Metro Vancouver in a three-week period of June, according to the first release by the B.C. government of data on the impact of offshore real es-

TC

INSIDE: International field lacrosse competition comes to Coquitlam [pg. 27]

FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016 Your community. Your stories.

TRI-CITY

NEWS

POCO GRAND PRIX IS ONE WEEK AWAY

While the Tour de France is going on thousands of kilometres away, the BC Superweek series of bike races starts today. Next Friday, the series comes to the Tri-Cities for the inaugural PoCo Grand Prix. For more info, see page 3

tate investment.

Speculation has swirled for years about the effect of offshore buyers, particularly from China, but the province only began tracking the citizenship of home buyers in June.

Buyers are now required to declare on their property tax transfer form if they are Canadian citizens or permanent residents, or else provide their country of citizenship. see FOREIGN BUYERS, page 14

Chevron asks Coquitlam to change its gas station rules: see page 6

GREG DESCANTES/BC SUPERWEEK

CONTACT THE TRI-CITY NEWS: newsroom@tricitynews.com / sales@tricitynews.com / delivery@tricitynews.com / 604-472-3040

Your Heating & Cooling Specialist

Beat The Heat Manufacturer’s 2015 roll-back pricing!!

Order your NEW Cooling/Heating System by July 31st and YOU will SAVE $$$$$$$.

Authorized Dealer for:

Serving the Tri-Cities since 1996

Call now for your FREE in-home estimate.

604.552.2990 Calls answered 24/7

Follow Us:

www.thomsonindustries.ca

A2 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

BBQ Duck (Large) Whole 脆皮大燒鴨

New Pacific Supermarket Live Lobster (2lb. and up)

Effective from July 8 to July 11, 2016

Fried Fish Balls

Champagne Red Grapes

炸魚蛋

香檳紅葡萄

生猛游水龍蝦 (每隻兩磅或以上) $

13

$

$

新疆香梨

中國鮮准山

16.99

$

LKK Panda Oyster Sauce

ＳＲ有機特級橄欖油

李錦記熊貓蠔油

$

8.69 /EA.

Wang Korean Seasoned Seaweed (Laver) 16x4g

瘦肉

4.99

$

/LB.

2.99 /LB.

ABC Sweet Soy Sauce 620ml

510g

ＡＢＣ 甜醬油

2.49

$

/LB.

Lean Pork

五花腩

San Remo Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil 750ml

/BAG

Sempio BBQ Sauce 900g - 3 Selections 泉字韓國排骨醬/香辣排骨醬 /烤肉醬

Pork Belly

/LB.

/LB.

1.99

$

/LB.

99¢

1.29

$

本地車厘子(櫻桃)

99¢

/LB.

/LB.

China Hwai Shan - Grade A

/LB.

亞姐泰國香米

99¢

3.99

/EA.

Cherries (Local)

White Nectarines 白肉水蜜桃

XinJian Pears

.99

Fair Brand Thai Jasmine Rice 20lb

1799

$

5.39

$

/EA.

Sunrise Soft Tofu Blue Pack 日昇藍盒滑豆腐

300g

/EA.

Sunrise Marinated Tofu 320g 日昇滷水豆乾

皇牌韓國即食紫菜

Superior Organic Pressed Tofu 350g 頂好有機白豆干

1.15

2.39

$

/EA.

Thai Best Cooked White Shrimp 21-25 300g

ＴＢ泰國蝦皇急凍熟基圍蝦

2 for$10.99 /EA.

/EA.

Searay Emperor 海威三去廉尖

2.59

$

/LB.

Searay Belt Fish (Ribbonfish) Chunk 500g

海威野生牙帶魚段

頂好-五香豆乾 $

2 for$5.99

2.39

$

/EA.

/EA.

Skin On Bone Pork Butt Steaks 豬上肉(有骨有皮)

2.29

$

/LB.

Beef Sirloin Tip 西冷炒牛肉

5.49

$

Largest Selection of Locally Grown Vegetables From Our Own Farm!

604.552.6108

/EA.

/LB.

Northern Ave COQUITLAM CENTRE

Unit 1056, 1163 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam

(Located in Henderson Mall)

Offers valid from July 8-11, 2016. Quantities and /or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in store, no rain check or substitution. Advertised prices and product selection may vary by store, New Pacific Supermarket reserves the right to limit quantities, descriptions take precedence over photos. We reserve the right to correct any unintentional errors that may occur in the copy or illustrations.

Glen Dr

Linc

oln

An

son

Ave

Ave

Westwood St

350g

2.39

$

/EA.

Heffley Crescent

Superior-5 Spice Flav Pressed Tofu

2 for$1.89

ay

/EA.

ew

Sunrise Silken Tofu Tube 400g 日昇圓子嫩豆腐條

5.39

The High St

$

/EA.

etr e

3.99

Pin

$

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A3

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

POCO GRAND PRIX

whAT is POCO GrAND PriX? The PoCo Grand Prix is a road bike race that’s part of BC Superweek and involves professional male and female cyclists competing on a 1.3-km circuit in a criterium course (about 40 to 65 laps). It’s free to watch and viewers can also take in the kids’, youth and corporate challenge races as well as live entertainment and children’s activities.

whAT is BC sUPerweeK?

Canada’s largest professional cycling series, BC Superweek runs today (Friday) to July 17 and offers more than $125,000 in prize cash for competitors. The series also includes: Tour de Delta (July 8, 9 and 10); Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix (July 13); Giro di Burnaby (July 14); and Tour de White Rock (July 16 and 17)

sOme rACiNG VOCABULAry

• CRITERIUM: A bike race made up of laps around a closed circuit, with each lap ranging from 1- to 1.5 km.

• PRIME (pronounced preem): Race watchers will hear the PA announcer mention primes, which are sprints within a race that offer cyclists extra points or a cash prize (sponsored by businesses or funding from the crowd).

GREG DESCANTES/BC SUPERWEEK

BC Superweek has long been one of Canada’s biggest road bike race series and next Friday, it’s coming to downtown Port Coquitlam with the first PoCo Grand Prix, in part sponsored by The Tri-City News.

One week ’til PoCo’s big bike race JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

RACE SCHEDULE • 12:20 p.m.: women’s category 3-4

• 1:10 p.m.: men’s category 3-4 • 2:05 p.m.: awards • 2:15 p.m.: corporate challenge • 4:15 p.m.: kids’ race • 4:45 p.m.: youth race • 5:15 p.m.: opening remarks • 6 p.m.: women’s category 1-2 • 7:30 p.m.: men’s pro race • 8:40 p.m.: women’s and men’s awards

Downtown Port Coquitlam will be flooded with spectators next Friday to watch the city’s first road bike race, part of one of the biggest cycling series in the country.

The PoCo Grand Prix is making its debut as part of BC Superweek, a race series that also includes stops in Delta, Gastown, Burnaby and White Rock this and next week, and features 175 professional riders from a dozen countries racing at speeds of up to 63 km/h.

Sponsored by Dominion Lending, the PoCo Grand Prix will also see the city’s two main biking businesses — retailer Cap’s Westwood Cycle and manufacturer Norco — join forces to celebrate the sport.

“This is very positive for our community,” said Norco marketing manager Chris Cook, who has been on the Grand Prix advisory committee with Kelly Hobbis, owner of Cap’s Westwood Cycle. “We are very excited about this happening in our hometown in Port Coquitlam.”

PARKING ON RACE DAY

Parking will be at a premium next Friday in downtown Port Coquitlam from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., so spectators and volunteers are encouraged to take public transit, walk or cycle in (Cap’s Westwood Cycle will offer a free bike valet service).

The area between Shaughnessy Street and Mary Hill Road, between Elgin and Wilson avenues, will be closed to traffic.

Public parking will be open at the PoCo recreation complex.

VOLUNTEERS AND HOSTS NEEDED

Want to help? Organizers need about 200 volunteers 16 and older to stage the race. Among the jobs: athlete accommodation, racecourse fencing and signage, marshalling, set up and take down, spectator engagement, VIP tent and beer garden, fundraising, first aid, the PoCo Grand Prix Expo (trade show) and pace vehicle drivers. Visit pocograndprix.ca/volunteer.

As well, Tri-City families able to provide a place to sleep or shower — and a safe storage place for a bike — can host a BC Superweek competitor between July 8 and 17. Go to pocograndprix.ca/volunteer to register.

Norco is putting on the kids’ race at 4:15 p.m., which so far has drawn 175 entries from five- to nine-year-olds wanting to race a lap on the professional course.

“For us, we design and distribute bikes for play to the podium,” Cook said, “so this was a natural fit.”

As well, Norco is sponsor-

ing the H&R Block Pro Cycling Team, which in April won the circuit race at the Sea Otter Cycling Classic in Salinas, Cal. Brad Fenton, president of the Port Coquitlam Downtown Business Improvement Association, said his group is also on board to sponsor the trade show, the PoCo Grand Prix Business Expo. The BIA also

Wednesday: meet the racers, see the race route & check out entertainment plans for the first PoCo Grand Prix

has had an official on the advisory committee “whose job it is to help ensure business members interests are represented.”

“Because this is a new event, it has the ability to draw bicycle enthusiasts and the general public to downtown Port Coquitlam and bring awareness to the businesses in the area,” he wrote in an email to The TriCity News on Wednesday. “Our business members will have the ability to showcase their products and services to new potential customers.”

Still, the decision to host the race doesn’t sit well with some business owners.

Jim Van Rassel of New Trend Optical on Shaughnessy Street said downtown merchants weren’t consulted beforehand.

“I like bicycle races but it has to be in the right area, at the right time,” he told The Tri-City News Thursday, adding, “People can’t get to their appointments… I

just think it’s a poorly thoughtout location.”

But city spokesperson Pardeep Purewal said the downtown will be open to shoppers on July 15.

And since the PoCo Grand Prix was announced last year, she said the municipality has reached out to downtown businesses on how to participate (the latest flyer was distributed on Wednesday).

“This is a really high-profile event and it will bring people from across the region. We have international riders and their followers who will also be in town. We encourage our local businesses to see this as an opportunity to grow their business and showcase what we have to offer to the thousands that will be here.”

• Visit pocograndprix.ca for full details. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

A4 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

MORREYNISSAN.COM

THE FASTEST GROWING AUTOMOTIVE BRAND IN CANADA Based on full-line brands on 12 month, year over year rolling unit sales

2016

PATHFINDER

5,000

$

UP TO

IN STANDARD RATE FINANCE CASH ON 2016 PATHFINDER PLATINUM 4x4

2016

VERSA NOTE

AVAILABLE FEATURES INCLUDE: • AROUND VIEW MONITOR • BLIND SPOT WARNING • REAR CROSS TRAFFIC ALERT

STEP UP TO THE SV M5 FOR ONLY $8 MORE PER WEEK FEATURING: • REARVIEW MONITOR • NISSANCONNECT WITH MOBILE APPS & 5” COLOUR DISPLAY • REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY • POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS • DIVIDE N HIDE ADJUSTABLE FLOOR • HANDS FREE TEXT MESSAGING ASSISTANT

LEASE FROM $151 MONTHLY WITH $0 DOWN. THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

2016

SENTRA

STEP UP TO THE SV M6 MOONROOF FOR ONLY $8 MORE PER WEEK FEATURING: • 16” ALUMINUM-ALLOY WHEELS • NISSAN INTELLIGENT KEY WITH PUSH BUTTON IGNITION • HANDS FREE TEXT MESSAGING ASSISTANT

LEASE FROM $169 MONTHLY WITH $0 DOWN. THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

2016

ROGUE

35 0.49%

$

STEP UP TO THE SV SPECIAL EDITION FOR ONLY $8 MORE PER WEEK FEATURING: • ALUMINUM-ALLOY WHEELS • PUSH BUTTON IGNITION • HEATED FRONT SEATS & MORE

WEEKLY ON 2016 VERSA NOTE S M5

LEASE FROM $255 MONTHLY WITH $0 DOWN. THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

39 0.99% $59 0.99%

$

WEEKLY ON 2016 SENTRA S M6

AT

AT

APR FOR 60 MONTHS

AT

APR FOR 60 MONTHS

WEEKLY ON 2016 ROGUE S FWD

APR FOR 60 MONTHS

2016

MICRA

STEP UP TO THE SV MT FOR ONLY $8 MORE PER WEEK FEATURING: • BLUETOOTH HANDS FREE PHONE SYSTEM • POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS • REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY • ILLUMINATED STEERING WHEEL MOUNTED AUDIO CONTROLS

LEASE FROM $126 MONTHLY WITH $0 DOWN. THAT’S LIKE PAYING ONLY

29 1.49%

$

AT

WEEKLY ON 2016 MICRA 1.6 S MT

APR FOR 60 MONTHS

LO

HE

ED

TO HWY #1

COQUITLAM

Call 604-464-9291 • 2710 Lougheed Hwy • Port Coquitlam

NISSAN of

BURNABY

MORREYNISSAN.COM

NISSAN of Burnaby

GILMORE

NISSAN of

morrey morrey

ILL

Y

NISSANNISSAN of Coquitlam Infiniti

morrey morrey

LOUGHEED HWY

morrey ST

HW

ROAD

LOUGHEED HWY

UG

WESTWOOD

ETR

PIN

COQUITLAM CENTRE

CR

EEK

WILLINGDON AVE.

ET

BOUNDARY

BARN

EE

OFFERS END AUGUST 2nd!

TRANS CANADA HWY #1

CANADA WAY

Call 604-291-7261 • 4450 Still Creek Drive • Burnaby

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A5

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

DAYE

3

Fresh Kabobs

SA1L0

9AT 8 FRI S

Available in both the Meat & Seafood Departments.

Assorted

Sirloin Beef or Chicken Kabobs Regular Retail: $4.49 Each or $6.99–$12.61/lb, $15.41–$27.79/kg

3 DAY SALE

50

%

Off at Till

JULY 8 – 10 FRI • SAT • SUN

Seafood Kabobs Previously Frozen Regular Retail: $2.49–$5.99 Each or $4.99–$5.99/100g, $22.63–$27.17/lb

Island Finest

Paradise Island

Product of Nanaimo, BC Regular Retail: $3.49 Each

Packaged in Nanaimo, BC 35 Assorted Varieties, Including Organic Random Weight

Organic Compost Mix

Random Cut Cheese

3 DAY SALE

3 DAY SALE

Off at Till

Off at Till

50

50

%

%

JULY 8 – 10

JULY 8 – 10

FRI • SAT • SUN

Coke, Pepsi, or Selected Flavours 24 Pack Regular Retail: $10.99–$12.99 Each

FRI • SAT • SUN

Nature’s Path

Organic Eco Pac Cereal Selected 650–907g Regular Retail: $9.99 Each

3 DAY SALE

3 DAY SALE

Off at Till

Off at Till

50

50

%

%

JULY 8 – 10

JULY 8 – 10

FRI • SAT • SUN

FRI • SAT • SUN

Where this symbol appears, deposit & enviro levies are applicable.

THRIFTYFOODS.COM

Specials in effect from JULY 8–10

2016

SUN

A6 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

COQUITLAM

Should Coquitlam allow self-serve gas stations? Leave a comment online or send a letter to the editor to newsroom @tricitynews.com

Chevron pushing on city’s regs re. self-serve stations GARY MCKENNA

You can comment on any story at tricitynews.com

COUNCIL MEETING

The Tri-CiTy News

Is it time for Coquitlam to change its rules prohibiting self-serve gas stations?

Chevron thinks so.

The company’s policy, government and public affairs representative, Adrien Byrne, said the city’s “antiquated” bylaws are an impediment to market demand and hindering investment in the municipality.

The company would like to expand its hours of operation beyond 10 p.m., he said, but the labour costs associated with full-serve at night do not make economic sense. Byrne also added that having a staff member outside the building during the evening hours is unsafe.

“From a safety perspective, we need to have our people inside from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.,” he told The Tri-City News, noting that self-serve stations largely rely on pay-at-the-pump service at night. “Full-serve requires someone outside… It is just not practical.”

Chevron is lobbying for change in the form of a rezoning application that would modify the conditions of use for its two Coquitlam stations — one on Brunette Avenue in Maillardville, the other on

Speak up!

When: Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Where: Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Drive Port Moody, B.C. GARY MCKENNA/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Chevron spokesperson Adrien Byrne said the company is pushing the city of Coquitlam to change its “antiquated” regulation that prohibits self-serve gas stations in the municipality.

Como Lake Avenue at Poirier Street — and allow for selfserve.

Byrne said the company hopes its initiative will force the city to take another look at its regulations and make changes that would allow for all stations in the city to operate how they see fit.

“We wanted to get staff’s attention,” he said. “The broad industry has been advocating for change. It never really made much progress… Looking at the economics of it, we have decided to go it alone.”

The rezoning application is

expected to come to a councilin-committee meeting later this month for further discussion.

Mayor Richard Stewart told The Tri-City News on Wednesday that he is open to the idea of making changes to the city’s gas station regulations.

But he said his concerns about how elderly or disabled people would be affected if the city has only self-serve stations would have to be addressed.

Stewart added that a split between self- and full-serve, known as the separate island

model, is likely necessary.

“It works in other communities,” he said, adding that selfserve could operate between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., when there is currently no gas station service in Coquitlam. “I am comfortable with it.”

The rules prohibiting selfserve stations dates back to the early 1980s, stipulating that gas can only be pumped by service station attendants. Coquitlam and Richmond are the only municipalities in Metro Vancouver with such rules. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

Times: Regular Council Meeting, 7pm Television coverage airs on Shaw Cable 4 at 9am on Saturday, July 16, 2016.

We live stream our Council meetings online at www.portmoody.ca/watchlive. While you’re on our website, sign up for Council e-notifications. Get an agenda package at City Hall, the Port Moody Public Library or www.portmoody.ca/agendas

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A7

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

$2.3M for better Wi-Fi for local students and teachers DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

A $2.3-million project to upgrade Wi-Fi in Tri-City public schools was approved Tuesday with the hopes of giving glitchfree service to 30,000 students and 1,200 teachers when it’s installed over the next year.

The plan is to upgrade switching infrastructure, install wiring and add 1,400 new access points, which are similar to wireless routers used in the home but are controlled centrally and whose only job is to allow devices to connect to the internet.

“Everyone has identified

that this is one of the most important issues,” said Stephen Whiffin, School District 43’s associate director of instruction for learning and information technology.

“The current model is outdated,” he said, pointing out that with current infrastructure, some classes don’t have Wi-Fi coverage or the system can only cope with four or five devices when the ability to handle 30 is needed, such as when students are accessing course material online at the same time.

The funds will allow the district to double the total number of access points and

install wiring that will enable schools to keep pace with the need for internet access for the next decade.

“We are guaranteeing that the system will support every student with at least one device,” Whiffin said.

Schools that already have upgraded systems — including Glen, James Park and Irvine elementary schools and Pitt River and Eagle Mountain middle schools — won’t need the new service while older schools slated for redevelopment, such as Moody and Banting middle, will be assisted with some inexpensive temporary upgrades.

Trustees unanimously approved the expenditure, which will come out of the district’s capital reserves and follows up on provincial initiatives to link schools to high-speed internet with the Next Generation Network.

Next Generation, a partnership between the education ministry, Telus and IBM, will ensure that all B.C. schools are connected to high-speed by March 31, 2017. It comes as the province rolls out new curriculum for kindergarten to Grade 9 students in September, with changes to high school curriculum the following year. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Who knew? Brexit hits SD43, too The U.K.’s Brexit vote has had far-reaching ramifications — possibly dipping into the pockets of School District 43 pensioners.

In anticipation of the referendum that resulted in a decision by Britain to leave the European Union, managers of SD43’s pension for nonteaching staff held off on buying global real estate because of concerns about the impact of the vote on assets.

“We held off pending Brexit

knowing that this is a potential area of concern,” SD43 assistant secretary treasurer Chris Nicolls noted in a report on the pension fund for SD43 nonteaching retirees, who include managers other than principals, as well as support workers, such as educational assistants, custodians and secretaries.

The fund was also hit by flat market conditions last year but still managed to increase assets 2.2% from $152.9 million to $156.3 million, according to a

financial audit.

The plan also saw an increasing number of retirees drawing down on their pensions, with benefits increasing last year by 9.9%, but the year still ended with a surplus of $8.9 million.

Managing risk is a “big factor” in looking after the plan, Nicolls said, and the aging demographics of the district’s workforce is something fund managers are going to pay attention to.

“It’s an area we are taking a look at,” Nicolls told trustees, who approved the 2015 financial audit of the pension plan for non-teaching retirees.

The non-teaching pension plan has a retirement committee made up of four individuals appointed by management and four appointed by CUPE. Currently, there are approximately 650 retirees receiving benefits. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

CTA’S KING MOVING TO BCTF Coquitlam Teachers’ Association will be electing a new president this fall to replace Charley King, who is moving on to a post with the BC Teachers’ Federation. King, who has been with School District 43 for 16 years, including his time with the executive of the union representing local public school teachers, will be with the BCTF’s field services division but will stay on as CTA president until Aug. 31.

COUNCIL AGENDA

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016 7:00 PM – COUNCIL CHAMBERS 2580 SHAUgHNESSy StREEt, PORt COqUItLAM PUBLIC HEARINgS

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3945 for Agricultural Zones Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3958 for 3608 and 3620 Cedar Drive Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3957 for 2575 & 2579 Larkin Avenue and 2574 Lincoln Avenue Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3959 for 1678 Manning Avenue

PUBLIC INPUt OPPORtUNIty Road Closure Bylaw No. 3950 for Lougheed and Suffolk Avenue

ByLAWS

REAdINg

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3945 for Agricultural Zones Third Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3958 for 3608 and 3620 Cedar Drive Third Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3957 for 2575 & 2579 Larkin Avenue and 2574 Third Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3959 for 1678 Manning Avenue Third Road Closure Bylaw No. 3950 for Lougheed and Suffolk Avenue Final

REPORtS

Rezoning Application and Development Variance Permit for 1244 and 1248 Pitt River Road Proposed Adjustments to Agenda Timelines Coast Meridian Barge Ramp Lease Agreement

Join us a Ci Hall: 2580 Shau hness S or wa ch meetin s live online www.por co ui lam.ca/council

INTRODUCING TWO NEW PHYSICIANS TO OUR CLINIC

Able Care Medical Clinic

Dr. Morne’ Smit welcomes walk – in, family practice patients meet and greet as walk in first, ICBC & WCB. Dr. Monica Yuzak will see walk – in patients, Monday & Tuesday 9 – 2, interested in women’s wellness offering pap tests and treatment of female issues, ICBC & WCB.

Hours:

Mon & Tues 9am-7:30pm Wed - Fri 9am-4pm Sat 9am-2pm Sundays closed Stat holidays 9am-2pm

Walk-in/no appointments necessary 604-945-7819 | 604-945-7891 UNIT 56 - 2991 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam

A8 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

TRI-CITY CRIME

Cops seek a suspect with different names GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Coquitlam Mounties believe a man in a selfie they obtained may be responsible for the robbery of a woman on Howie Avenue earlier this year.

The RCMP will not say how investigators got the image but noted the man in the photograph goes by the alias Joshua Hurley and Patrick Kelly.

Anyone with any information about his true identity or his whereabouts is asked to call the police immediately.

The investigation stems from an incident that occurred in the 1000-block of Howie Avenue at around 6:30 a.m. on March 11. A woman was getting into her car when she was approached from

Coquitlam RCMP said that the man in this photograph goes by the names Joshua Hurley and Patrick Kelly. Anyone with any information as to his real identity is asked to call police at 604-945-1580. behind and grabbed by the hair.

She dropped her purse in the struggle and the suspect, who

she described as a tall, skinny Caucasian male who spoke with an Irish accent, made off with her wallet. Police dogs searched the area but they were unable to locate the suspect.

Hours later, investigators detected stolen credit card activity at two separate businesses.

From that, police were able to obtain surveillance photos and the aliases of the suspect.

Anyone with any information about the whereabouts of Joshua Hurley, a.k.a. Patrick Kelly, or his true identity, are asked to call the Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1580. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or go online at www.solvecrime.ca.

Helping YOU is what we do

“We provide care, respect and dignity in your time of need” Sensibly priced funerals

KEITH LOUW

SAMUEL LI

JILL WORRALL

• 200 plus seating • multi-faith facilities • reception facility • ample parking

1340 Dominion Ave., Port Coquitlam • 604-944-4128

Burkeview Chapel

www.firstmemorialportcoquitlam.com

gmckenna@tricitynews.com

Bear spray in attempted theft just before midnight for an attempted theft from a vehicle. A security guard from the hospital had interrupted the attempted theft and as the three suspects were running toward a waiting vehicle, one of them blasted the

An incident at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam Tuesday left a security guard recovering from a bear spray blast.

Coquitlam RCMP were called to the Colony Farm location

guard with bear spray.

There was no description of the suspects that was available other than they fled in a lightcoloured sedan.

spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

Traffic advisory: above ground cable upgrade Port Coquitlam We are currently doing work to upgrade above ground cables in Port Coquitlam.

Where:

Kingsway Avenue, between Langan Avenue and Wilson Avenue.

Work will then continue to the end of Wilson Avenue.

When: Time: Work days:

Ongoing until mid-August 2016 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday to Friday

Please adhere to all traffic signs and flaggers as they direct motorists around crews.

Financial security solutions for all stages of life

We’re sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. We’re striving to complete the work as quickly and safely as possible.

If you have any questions or would like more information about this project, please contact us at 1 800 647 3334 or stakeholderengagement@bchydro.com.

Whether your financial security goals include buying a home, financing a child’s education, building a successful business or retiring comfortably, Freedom 55 Financial has a range of products to meet your needs: • • • •

Wilson Ave 7

• • • •

Individual critical illness insurance Individual health and dental insurance Group insurance and retirement plans Mortgages

Ov er pa

ss

Kelly Ave

Individual life insurance Segregated fund policies, RRSPs and TFSAs Payout annuities, RRIFs and LIFs Individual disability insurance

idia n

Benny Zanetti, CFP

Pitt River Rd

5061

Certified Financial Planner and Investment Representative 604-732-1508, ext. 4591 Cell: 604-626-3171

Brown St

Taylor St

Shaughnessy St

McLean Ave

Construction route

Quadrus Investment Services Ltd. offers: • Mutual funds – RESPs, RRSPs, RRIFs, TFSAs and RDSPs

as t

M

er

gs wa yA ve

Co

Tyner St

Kin

Langan Ave

Freedom 55 Financial and design are trademarks of London Life Insurance Company. Quadrus, Quadrus and design, Quadrus Investment Services Ltd. and design and Quadrus Group of Funds are trademarks of Quadrus Investment Services Ltd. Used with permission.

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A9

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

FORD EMPLOYEE PRICING IS BACK

AT KEY WEST FORD $ * 15,000 !

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD FIESTA HATCHBACK

#163804 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

17,064

$

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD FUSION HYBRID SAVE $ 5,209

#163619 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

25,240

$

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD FOCUS SE SEDAN

Save Over With

IN FACTORY INCENTIVES

OVER 400 NEW FORDS ** TO CHOOSE FROM

Plus

RECEIVE A 5 DAY/ 4 NIGHT CARIBBEAN CRUISE FOR TWO

#163032 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

20,256

$

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD ESCAPE TITANIUM SAVE $ 5,154

#164454 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

31,235

$

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD MUSTANG COUPE

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD F150 XLT SUPERCAB

SAVE 4,561

$

SAVE 9,704

$

EXCLUSIVELY AT KEY WEST FORD #163324 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

31,087

$

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD F150 XLT 4X4 CREW CAB

Valued at over 1800 $

ELIGIBLE COSTCO MEMBERS RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL

1000

$

SAVE 9,694

$

#166024 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

30,075

$

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD F350 CREW CAB 4X4 DIESEL SAVE 15,042

$

TOWARDS MOST NEW VEHICLES #166447 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

35,255

$

#168062 YOUR EMPLOYYE PRICE

604-256-8489 or call toll free:1-888-243-1384 *Refers to stock number 168062. Prices are net of all incentives including employee pricing rebates. Prices are subject to applicable taxes, fees and dealer doc fee of $599. Vehicles my not be exactly as shown.

Ad expires July 11th. **refers to stock and in transit units. ***on select 2016/2017 brand new ford models

70,557

$

A10 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

Keep Smiling on Burke DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

THE OTHER NAMES

Although it’s more than two years away from opening, Smiling Creek elementary school received its official name this week after a community consultation that drew 17 suggestions for the planned Burke Mountain school and settled on what has been its working title.

In a unanimous decision

by School District 43 trustees, Smiling Creek was chosen among the top three picks made by a name selection committee.

The other top names were Black Bear elementary and Burke Mountain elementary.

“The names give a strong sense of community pride,” said Devon Ross, the district’s acting principal of facilities initiatives.

But despite the school being located on Burke Mountain and in the habitat of black bears, the name Smiling Creek, named for creeks in the area, was chosen as the school’s moniker.

“The area is called Smiling Creek… ‘Smiling,’ it sounds appropriate,” said Coquitlam Trustee Diane Sowden who proposed the naming motion.

“It provides visions of rainbows and butterflies,” said Port Coquitlam Trustee Michael Thomas.

Other proposed names ranged from those commemorating well-known locals — including BC Lions legend Lui Passaglia, Burke

Names proposed by the school community, including students, for what will be Smiling Creek elementary were: • Burke Top elementary; • Captain George Richards elementary; • Dave Barrett elementary; • David Suzuki elementary; • Edmund Burke elementary; • Eleanor Ward elementary; • Lui Passaglia elementary; • Michael Cuccione elementary; • Pinecone elementary; • Princeton elementary; • Queenston Park elementary; • Schooly McSchoolface elementary; • Sky View elementary; • and Vermont elementary.

Mountain community activist Eleanor Ward (after whom the David Avenue bridge over the Coquitlam River is named) and former B.C. premier Dave Barrett, who was an MLA in the area in the early 1970s.

In bigger news for the school, which will be located at 3456 Princeton Ave., trustees also approved a $14.2-million contract to Yellowridge Construction Ltd. to build it. It is scheduled to open in September 2018.

CONSTRUCTION

In other construction news, SD43 has awarded a $799,000 contract to NT Construction Management Ltd. for the partial demolition of Coquitlam’s Banting middle school to allow for the reconfiguring of

exit corridors and routes and electrical changes to permit the construction of a $22.5-million replacement school. Other projects receiving approval include an LED lighting upgrade to Port Coquitlam’s Maple Creek middle school, with $156,400 in provincial funding and $17,300 paid for by the district.

According to a letter from the province, projects approved to go to the next stage in the district’s five-year capital plan include replacement of Minnekhada middle school and seismic work at Irvine elementary and Montgomery middle.

As well, Riverside secondary school is slated to get some building envelope repairs. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

City of Coquitlam

Notice of Public Consultation The City has received an application for a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) for the property located at 801 Brunette Avenue. The applicant, BC Home Leisure, has applied for a commercial TUP to allow for retail sales of household goods (hot tubs, patio furniture, bbqs and related accessory products). The commercial retail unit would operate 7 days a week from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This TUP would be for a three (3) year period.

You are invited to provide input to Council relative to this application. Additional information related to this application, including a copy of the proposed permit, may be inspected from Tuesday, June 28, 2016 to Monday, July 18, 2016 at the City’s Planning and Development Department, 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 more information on this application by calling Julia Healy, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3475 or emailing Julia at jhealy@coquitlam.ca.

This application will be considered by Council at their Regular Meeting on Monday, July 18, 2016. The Council Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. and is held in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2.

If you wish to provide input in writing please submit your comments 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 2nd floor of City Hall at 3000 Guildford Way; By fax at 604-927-3015.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam/agendas.

Taste the

803

801

805

807

809 811

813

817

LOU GHE

HENDERSON AVE 802

808

810

812

814 816

818

820

ED

HW Y

830

822

220

204

SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

219 20

208

2 82

8 E 81 AV 4TE 81 ET N U 2 81 BR

106

801

2 80

RA MP

5 72

HIG HW AY

Basil • Blueberry • Borage • Bush Beans Calendula • Chives • Cucumber • Mint Nasturtium • Oregano • Swiss Chard • Thyme

6 82

5 81

1 80

Come sample what’s in season in our Austin Heights public produce planters!

8 82

BLUE MOUNTAIN ST

0

209

21 T S EY CH AT 203 RN 205 BE 7

9 81

3 82

1 82

108

213

212

A 21515B 2

831 9 82

Find planter locations and supporting businesses at coquitlam.ca/cib

803

813

815

819

823

845

TUPPER AVE

Subject Property (801 Brunette)

Application No.: 16 107338 TU Map Date: 6/23/2016

NOT TO SCALE

16 107338_B&W_TU_TS

CityofCoquitlam | #coquitlaminbloom

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A11

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

PORT COQUITLAM

Check out Blakeburn designs on July 19 JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

Feedback gathered in May about revamping the area around the Blakeburn Lagoons is now part of a plan for the new Port Coquitlam park.

And on Tuesday, July 19, the public can view the preliminary design proposal at an information session at Blakeburn elementary school (1040 Riverside Dr.).

Municipal staff will be on

hand to answer questions about the new park; last year, the city received provincial and federal funding to remediate the 27-acre site, which has two decommissioned sewage ponds.

Under the plan, the new park will link the two lagoons and provide trails and ecological education; as well, wildlife habitat will be improved.

The two concepts are to either turn the site into a people’s park — including public

access to the lagoon water — or a nature park.

There is also a call to have a healing garden included to honour the women murdered by serial killer Robert Pickton, who lived nearby.

At the May session, more than 150 people turned out and some 500 responded to the city survey. To view the plans, visit portcoquitlam.ca/ blakeburn. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

rilli n g Wit h G t e G

Hanger Steak Canadian Angus, Pasture Raised Beef

1149

$ T R ES T O QU CU N RE O CED SLI

BU

Fresh, Boneless, Skinless

Boneless

Fresh, free run, Fraser Valley Chicken.

Fresh from the Fraser Valley.

No added hormones or antibiotics

Pork Loin Roast

Chicken Breast

7

$

49

lb

$

M RE STO

$

lb

200

JOIN US FOR:

Battered (Frozen)

Halibut Burger Filets (4oz.) Lightly battered filets ready for the oven

$

549

ea

Garlic Toast (5 servings per package)

129

$

ea

FOR COS EAT OR TA R G RS E RG

E

Greek Salad

Neptune Stuffed Mushroom Caps With Real Crab Meat

AD

4

99

lb

/100g

Summerfest

$

200

ea

SUNDAY JULY 24

GAMES, LIVE MUSIC, BBQ AND LOTS OF SAMPLES! 11:00AM - 5:00PM Prices in effect July 8 - July 21, 2016

245 Newport Drive, Located in Newport Village, Port Moody, BC

604-469-9274 info@georgesgourmet.com www.georgesgourmet.com

Board of Directors Opportunities Since 1988, Crossroads Hospice has been a leader in providing compassionate care and support to terminally-ill individuals and their loved ones in the Tri-Cities and New Westminster area.

We are currently recruiting dedicated and passionate board members to contribute to the fulfillment of our organization's mission. Specifically we need individuals who are rooted in the community and have professional expertise in the following areas:

Red Wiggler Day

• Health Care • Legal • Strategic Development

at the Market July 14

Our governance board provides strong leadership and actively engages in the strategic direction of Crossroads Hospice.

Worm Composting Demo in the Event Tent

If you are passionate about supporting individuals, families and loved ones affected by the end-of-life experience please contact:

Plus the finest local peaches, corn, BC Wines, artisan baking and handmade gifts At Leigh Square next to the City Hall in downtown Port Coquitlam

Thursday, July 14th 3pm – 7pm

Jason Jakubec, Chair Crossroads Hospice Board of Directors info@crossroadshospice.org Our deadline for inquiries is July 30, 2016

A12 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

TC OPINIONS

CONTACT

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/opinion

THE TRI-CITY NEWS IS A DIVISION OF LMP PUBLICATION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, PUBLISHED AT 115-1525 BROADWAY ST., PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. V3C 6P6

INGRID RICE

OUR OPINION

Camp fired up

A

bit of a hue and cry has been raised about travel companies and scalpers snapping up camping reservations on B.C.’s Discover Camping Reservation Service.

It seems unfair that B.C. residents lose out on their favourite camp spots because people who are using the online system to their advantage snag them all first. The province apparently isn’t worried because these resellers provide an important role in providing tourism services.

According to the latest annual report on B.C. parks, by far most (75%) of reservations go to B.C. residents, with Albertans snapping up 14%, the rest of Canada and the U.S. at 3% each and overseas campers at 5%. The park service also has been continually improving the system but there is the fear that camping will only be for the rich, who can pay top dollar.

Perhaps the best way around this would be to charge non-residents or businesses an additional transaction fee and use the funds to create more camping spots.

No one should be barred from enjoying B.C.’s beautiful outdoors.

WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? VOTE AT tricitynews.com/opinion/poll

THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

Should non-residents and travel companies pay a transaction fee to book B.C. campsites?

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION:

Are you willing to pay higher prices for local, organic produce to make farming viable in the Tri-Cities?

RESULTS: YES 48% / NO 52%

B.C. WATER

Water everywhere but provincial political will is dry AS I SEE IT

ADEL GAMAR Adel Gamar is a Coquitlam resident and hockey dad to five daughters. He’s also a former UNESCO education specialist and current policy fellow at the Harvard Law School. @AdelGamar

NEWSROOM 604-472-3030 DELIVERY 604-472-3040 DISPLAY ADS 604-472-3020 CLASSIFIED ADS 604-630-3300 n

T

here are two principles politicians must follow if they are to honour their public office: They must be guided by the public interest and they must elevate this collective wellbeing above special interest groups.

These rules were penned by Marcus Cicero — one of ancient Rome’s finest philosophers and constitutionalists — as a road map for public servants.

Despite these simple principles, governments are often driven by calculated political agendas that set priorities contrary to the best interests of the public. Although provincial policy decisions are anything but simple, often involving a complex balancing act of stakeholders, there is one resource so crucial that it ought to be exempt from political special interests: water.

British Columbians deeply appreciate our province’s abundant rivers and pristine lakes. It is here that a quarter of our nation’s fresh water flows and where natural splendour is key to our B.C. pride.

In accordance with these values, regional water regulations are implemented seasonally to prevent overconsumption of this valuable resource. Metro Vancouver, a political body made up of 21 Lower Mainland munici-

TC

palities, implements regional sprinkling regulations every summer for the collective wellbeing of residents.

If Metro Vancouver residents are able to prioritize the greater good, why has the provincial government been unable to place safeguards surrounding the extraction of our precious groundwater?

Nestlé Waters, a subsidiary of Swiss-based Nestlé and the largest water bottling company in Canada, is extracting groundwater from Hope virtually free of charge. Due to the recently enacted Water Sustainability Act, corporations pay a nominal fee of $2.25 per million litres to access our province’s aquifers. At the mandated rate, when Nestlé sucks up roughly 265 million litres of groundwater annually — enough to fill more than 100 Olympic-sized swimming pools — it pays B.C. a mere $600 for the privilege. Meanwhile, Nestlé takes in $334 million in revenue from our water on the international market. This is a great bargain for the company but it leaves B.C. high and dry.

This low rate makes it doubtful that the act was implemented with any adherence to the Ciceronian code, as it is certainly not safeguarding the collective wellbeing.

Water is a critical and finite resource. Across our

province, there are thousands of families, and entire Indigenous territories, that still do not have access to clean drinking water. While we impose restrictions on summer sprinkling for the common good, there are no corresponding safeguards that regulate corporations from siphoning hundreds of millions of litres from our aquifers.

With record droughts projected in the coming decades, and the horrific scenes of the Fort McMurray fires fresh in our minds, it is crucial we reduce corporate exploitation of our groundwater. The B.C. government can design and implement a fairer regulatory process. A comprehensive review of the policies surrounding groundwater extraction by corporations that profit while paying a pittance for our water would potentially lessen the depletion of our groundwater while preserving and prioritizing it for residents.

Cicero’s ancient principles still ring true: Safeguarding the wellbeing of the populace must remain the priority of public servants. The work of Metro Vancouver on water restriction bylaws is in line with this priority. The province, however, has its work cut out for it in elevating the public good by regulating Nestlé’s unbridled extraction of our groundwater. It’s the Ciceronian thing to do.

Shannon Mitchell PUBLISHER

TRI-CITY

NEWS

118-1680 Broadway St., Port Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 2M8 audited circulation: 52,692

Richard Dal Monte

Michelle Baniulis

EDITOR

DIRECTOR OF ADVERTISING

Kim Yorston

PRODUCTION MANAGER

CIRCULATION MANAGER

THE TRI-CITY NEWS is an independent community newspaper, qualified under Schedule 111, Part 111, Paragraph 11 of the Excise Tax Act. A division of LMP Publication Limited Partnership, it is published Wednesday and Friday. Copyright and/or property rights subsist in all display advertising and other material appearing in this issue of The Tri-City News. Second class mailing registration No, 4830 The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher’s liability for other errors or omissions in connection with any advertisement is strictly limited to publication of the advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement.

Trixi Agrios

Matt Blair

CLASSIFIED MANAGER

n CONCERNS The Tri-City News is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent orga-

nization established to deal with acceptable journalistic practices and ethical behaviour. If you have concerns about editorial content, please contact editor@tricitynews.com or 604-472-3030. If you are not satisfied with the response and wish to file a formal complaint, visit the web site at mediacouncil.ca or call toll-free 1-844-877-1163 for additional information.

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

TC LETTERS

THE FUTURE OF RIVERVIEW

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A13

CONTACT

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/opinion/letters

THE ENVIRONMENT

Riverview & developers’ gold People of B.C. The Editor, Re. “A disturbing demolition on Riverview grounds” (Green Scene, The Tri-City News, June 24).

Elaine Golds ends her (as usual) excellent column regarding the provincial government’s re-purposing of the Riverview lands for uses other than mental health care in favour of massive real estate development by asking “What is the real reason behind the destruction of Riverview?”

The answer may be found, at least in part, in the back-up essays appended to the renewingriverview.com website at the time of the pretend public survey, in which mental health care is once again seen as best provided within communities. This “new” exposition of the same tired, old reason that services at Riverview were shut down in the first place in the 1980s and ’90s, would have the province create a perfect, ideal community on Riverview lands within which the experiment of community enfolded mental health care could be set up and studied more intensively.

At the same time, hungry real estate developers could be

BRUCE BRANDHORST PHOTO

The Valleyview Building is being torn down to make way for a new structure on the Riverview Hospital grounds in Coquitlam. satisfied, and gold will be heard clinking generously from that source into government coffers to fund the whole thing — no extra disbursement for mental health care required.

Why, as we Canadians like to say, it’s a win-win-win from coast to coast to coast, eh? The proposal even got support from a few mental health service organizations, after being (first?) promoted by some university professors, notably Julian Somers at SFU. But here’s the hitch: For

all the benefits communitybased care may bring for large numbers of hospital-treated mentally ill clients, it will never meet the needs of another large group: those so severely mentally ill that they require longer-term institutionalized care than hospital-based wards can provide. For them, modernized Riverview buildings and approaches would indeed have been ideal. They are now shunted into no-man’s land.

And there’s a second hitch: Just as the first wave of depopu-

SPONSORED CONTENT

D

Businesses that On Track Dental

r. Myrna Pearce first opened her dental practice in Port Coquitlam more than three decades ago.

And her commitment to the highest quality care is as strong as ever.

“A lot has changed over the years in terms of technology,” says Dr. Pearce, remarking that some of her patients have been coming to her for over 30 years. “But our approach to patient care has remained constant. The most important part of dentistry is still meeting the patient’s needs in a manner that the patient is comfortable with.”

Most recently, the practice unveiled a new name, On Track Dental, and a new logo. The name has a double meaning: first, it reflects the practice’s focus on getting patients’ oral hygiene on track. But it’s also a reference to the fact the office is located along the train tracks on Shaughnessy Street, which is why there are train tracks in the new logo design.

On Track Dental offers sedation dentistry, dental implants and cosmetic dentistry as well as family dentistry.

“We all still practice general dentistry and take care of our patients’ day-to-day needs, but we are also able to provide services to those patients who may require something out of the ordinary,” says Dr. Pearce, who is an Associate Fellow at the American Association of Implant Dentistry. “I find that patients feel more comfortable when all their

treatment is provided at the same office.”

Over the years, Dr. Pearce has remained a student of dentistry, pursuing education and certifications that have given her the knowledge and skills to ensure she’s providing patients with the best possible care.

At On Track Dental, Pearce leads a likeminded team that also includes Dr. Candace Woodman, Dr. Felix Wu and Dr. Darren Zomar.

To find out more about On Track Dental or to schedule an appointment, visit portcoquitlamcosmeticdentist.com, email info@drmyrnapearce.com, call 604-5529700 or visit their location at #2203 – 2850 Shaughnessy Street in Port Coquitlam.

StandOUT is a content marketing program designed to introduce exceptional local businesses to readers in our community. For more information on how your business can StandOUT, contact the Tri-City News at 604-472-3020 or email admanager@tricitynews.com

lating Riverview enabled progressively worse government underfunding of that very same community-based care, resulting in the mentally ill now wandering our streets untreated for decades, so future governments will continue to be in a position to dole out symbolic dribs and drabs while still avoiding the major supports, resources and funding required to truly tackle this blight on our so-called civil, “families-first” society. And the ghosts will continue to wander our high-tech, 24-hour-monitored streets just as before.

The answer to Ms. Golds’ question is that the current projects act as a perfect smokescreen for continued minimal attention to what most governments and citizens would rather not see. Jesus apparently forgot to add “the mentally ill” to his prophetic dictum, “The poor you will have always with you.”

My question is: Why is there this deafening silence from the primarily affected municipalities? In particular from Coquitlam, after its wellpublicized stance on Riverview lands?

Felix Thijssen, Coquitlam

must speak up on KM pipeline The Editor, Re. “Safety measures aplenty in pipeline plan: Kinder” (Letters, The Tri-City News, June 24) and “Review ends with whimper & 157 conditions” (Green Scene, The Tri-City News, June 10).

Dear Kinder Morgan and NEB: This very newspaper printed an article recently about your review. All I have to say to you is go away or come out of the dark ages.

Renewables are on the rise and incredible organizations like Iron and Earth are retraining workers of your field in wind and solar.

Dear communities of British Columbia: The article that I read about NEB review made me sick to my stomach. For example, there was no cross examination on “evidence” or “witnesses” allowed. There has been no baseline data

Elaine Golds’ latest column is on page 21

on the marine life in Burrard Inlet and the NEB actually stated: “The board finds that a large spill in Burrard Inlet is not a likely event.” Wow, they can read the future.

I beg of you, my neighbours, for the future of this beautiful planet and our children, stand together. We are at a crossroads that will have serious repercussions if we don’t choose wisely. That’s the beautiful and exciting part, that we do have that choice.

Let’s give future generations something to look back at with pride, with the path we chose to follow.

Jami Roberts, Port Coquitlam

A14 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

FOREIGN HOME OWNERSHIP

Foreign buyers paid more, on average continued from front page

Of the 5,118 property transactions in Metro from June 10 to 29, there were 260 deals with foreign buyers and 234 of those or 4.6% declared Chinese citizenship. No other country accounted for more than 0.1% of transactions, and Korea, Taiwan, India and Romania were the next highest sources.

A total of 337 purchases by foreign nationals were made province-wide.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong noted the average purchase price paid by foreign buyers was significantly higher — $1.1 million — compared to $735,000 for the average Canadian citizen or permanent resident. As a result, the homes bought by foreign nationals accounted for 6.5% of the Metro

Vancouver total by value, or $350 million worth of property.

No specific data were released for the Tri-Cities but in Surrey, foreign transactions made up 3% of the total but accounted for 5% of the value of homes sold.

Foreign purchases were most prevalent in Richmond, where they made up 14% of the total counted, followed by 11% in Burnaby and 4% in Vancouver.

De Jong said he doesn’t want to draw major conclusions until more data comes in but said the province will finally have real evidence to base policy on.

“It is actual, it is factual and it is beyond conjecture,” de Jong said. “It is beyond theories and speculation. I attach importance to the data and

we’re going to approach it with an open mind.”

The province also released statistics showing 108,000 new housing units are at various stages of development within six Metro Vancouver cities. They include 30,000 in Burnaby, 25,500 in Vancouver, 20,000 in Surrey, 16,500 in Richmond, 10,500 in New Westminster and 5,500 in Coquitlam.

“In the purchase market and the rental market, there is a vast number of housing projects on the books that if they were approved would begin to ease considerably some of that pressure,” de Jong said.

De Jong also noted the province’s budget move to expand the exemption for lower priced homes from the property transfer tax is being used — an average of 27 families a day are

buying PTT-exempt homes.

The finance minister also said demand for housing in B.C. is being driven by the fact more people want to come to this province than any other, and because B.C.’s economy is strong, leading Canada in job creation.

“It is a challenge virtually every other jurisdiction would like to have because it is a challenge associated with a growing economy,” de Jong said, adding that doesn’t detract from the “frustration” B.C. families feel that can’t find a place to rent or a home they can afford where they want to live.

NDP leader John Horgan said the real level of foreign activity is likely considerably higher because the government’s statistics rely on self-

TEACHER LED TRIP FOR STUDENTS (15 18 YRS) TO

EUROPE May 12-22, 2017

July 11, 2016 at 6pm

in the Green Room at the Port Coquitlam Arena, 2150 Wilson Ave, Port Coquitlam.

We’re relocating a power line in your area.

Meet the teachers leading this excursion, learn more about this unique travel opportunity and secure a spot on this trip!

ay Ave raw

u Sp

To accommodate FortisBC’s Lower Mainland System Upgrade project, we need to move one of the two Construction route

See the sites of Europe

Mariner Way

Both power lines and all the work will remain in the right-of-way. The off-leash dog park, bike park, parking lots, and pathways will remain open during construction. Pedestrians using the paved community path will be detoured around the work when needed to

jnagel@blackpress.ca @jeffnagel

INFORMATION MEETING

Coquitlam

around the power lines—will be moved 10 metres to the east.

absurd. British Columbians are not happy about this problem.”

The NDP has previously proposed a speculation tax, similar to one floated by UBC economists.

Horgan wouldn’t say exactly where he thinks Lower Mainland home prices should end up, but said the government must suppress the exponential growth of house prices that have left a growing gap compared to what average residents can afford.

Educational Excursion with EF Travel led by certified, experienced Coquitlam teachers.

Begin in Paris, France then travel on to Florence, Pisa, Rome, Capri and Sorrento.

Construction advisory: power line relocation

power lines that runs along Mariner Way. The line on the west side of the right-of-way—the area under and

reporting by buyers, and fail to include property purchases made through numbered companies or trusts.

Even taking the data at face value, Horgan said, it means Lower Mainland residents were “squeezed out” of $20 million a day worth of property or nearly $400 million over the 19-day period measured.

“It’s outrageous and it has to stop,” Horgan said, denouncing de Jong’s response.

“We should be the envy of the world because of our ridiculous housing prices? That’s

Mundy Park

More info? Contact Tara at tricitysecondarystudenttour@gmail.com

keep crews and the public safe.

Time:

8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

nt ce Cr es

Ongoing until the end of September 2016.

Ri

ve r

vi

When:

Hickey Dr

On the power line right-of-way adjacent to Mariner Way and Mundy Park, beginning at Cape Horn Avenue and proceeding north to Spuraway Avenue.

ew

Where:

Work days: Monday to Friday We’re sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding. We’ll complete the work as quickly and safely as possible.

r

rD

oo

rtm Da

ay rW

ne ari

Celebrate the opening of Transat Travel Customer Appreciation Day! Saturday, July 9, 2016 11:00am - 4:00pm Bring the entire family for complimentary snack & refreshments. Plus kids receive a FREE GIFT!

M

If you have any questions or would like more information about this project, please contact us at 1 800 647 3334 or stakeholderengagement@bchydro.com.

You could WIN* 2500

AIR MILES® reward miles!

7

Coquitlam Centre-Upper Level | 2929 Barnet Hwy

604-464-2133 | www.transattravel.com/780

5060

*No purchase necessary. Contest is sponsored by Transat Travel. and begins at 11:00 a.m. ET on July 9, 2016 and ends at 4:00 p.m.

ET on July 9, 2016. Contest open to residents of Canada who have attained the age of majority in their province or territory of residence and who are enrolled in the AIR MILES Reward Program, or will be enrolled before acceptance of the contest prize. One (1) entry will be awarded for each completed contest ballot deposited in the designated ballot box. Maximum of one (1) entry per person. There is one (1) prize of 2500 AIR MILES reward miles to be won. Prize value depends on the reward options chosen. Odds of winning depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. In order to be declared a winner, the selected entrant must correctly answer, unaided, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question. ®TMTrademarks of AIR MILES International Trading B.V. Used under license by LoyaltyOne, Co., and Transat Distribution Canada Inc. Transat Travel is a division of Transat Distribution Canada Inc. ON Reg. #50015084, BC Reg. #23567. Head Office: 191 the West Mall, Suite 700, Etobicoke, ON M9C 5K8.

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A15

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

PORT COQUITLAM

PoCo selling land – but house must go JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News

Port Coquitlam is selling off more of its land.

Most recently, the city has listed a 13,713-sq. ft. property in the Mary Hill neighbourhood with an asking price of $799,000.

Currently, the lot at 1363 Elinor Cres. has a large house — with a view of Colony Farm regional park — and a pool but a condition of the sale is that the home be removed.

Braden Hutchins, PoCo’s corporate and lands manager, said the city bought the property in April for $890,000 with the intent of widening the northern road by 2.5 m for future utility projects.

Although it is currently assessed at $915,000, Hutchins said the city is offering a lower price because the sale is for the land only.

One of the conditions of the sale is that the buyer must demolish the home or rebuild it away from the slope and the city right-of-way. If that’s not done within the year, the city can buy back the land at 80% of the purchase price, he said. The sale period ends next Wednesday.

In March, the city closed a deal to sell six surplus lots on

MALLETS AND MAYOR FOR CHARITY

Dress in white and enjoy the view of the Fraser River as Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore hosts the second annual Mayor’s Croquet Tournament this month.

The waterfront property of Harken Towing (1900 Argue St., PoCo) will be the site of the games, which are aimed to build awareness about and raise funds for the PoCo Community Foundation.

Last year’s inaugural event brought in more than $40,000 for the philanthropic group, which to date has granted money to PoCo Heritage, Access Youth Outreach Services Society and Communities Embracing Restorative Action, among others.

This year’s tournament, which takes place July 21 from noon to 9 p.m. at a private residence on the Harken property, and is sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, will see 16 teams — including last year’s winner, the Onni Group — try for the Golden Mallet Award.

Tickets are $95 for full-day activities starting at noon, or $65 for the playoff game round at 4 p.m. Go to pococommunityfoundation.com for more information. jwarren@tricitynews.com

McLean Avenue, collecting more than $2.7 million (they were listed at $2.3 million). And last year, the city sold a 1.8-acre parcel, zoned for multi-family residential housing, at 2560 Pitt River Rd. for $5.4 million (it had been assessed at $3.68 million).

Proceeds from such sales go into the city’s land sales reserve fund, which — under the provincial Community Charter — must be used for capital

infrastructure and future land acquisitions.

Hutchins said the city wants to sell more land: It is now working to close a road allowance and create two RS4-zoned parcels off Pitt River Road. “The city is also working toward the sale of a portion of city-owned land associated with the forthcoming community recreation complex,” he said.

U O R B H H O G OD I E N Nights Burquitlam Date: July 14 Time: 6 – 8 p.m.

Location: Burquitlam Park 579 Smith Ave. Come out and get to know your neighbours!

Join us at this free event for kids’ games, family activities and light refreshments.

Build relationships, promote neighbourhood safety and create a sense of community, while meeting your neighbours and having fun!

NOTE: The event may be cancelled due to rain. Visit the website for updates.

coquitlam125.ca/neighbourhoodnights Presented by

CityofCoquitlam

jwarren@tricitynews.com

“MORREY INFINITI SERVICE”

COME VISIT OUR ALL NEW PARTS AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND RECEIVE A DISCOUNT.......

“MORREY INFINITI OF BURNABY”

$1 MILLION Y A L P S S A P OR

$1,500

$5,000 Every Swipe Wins Up to $500 Free Play | Free Dining | Bonus Ballots | Scratch & Win

Exp. end of30, Aug. Expires July Expires April 30,2016 2016

morreyinfiniti.com

4331 Dominion Street 604-436-2211 grandvillacasino.com

20393 Fraser Hwy 604-530-2211 cascadescasino.ca

350 Gifford Street 604-777-2946 starlightcasino.ca

A16 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

TC WEEKEND

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

CONTACT

email: spayne@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3032 www.tricitynews.com/community

THINGS-TO-DO GUIDE: JULY 8 – 10

Music on the Grill and in the parks, movies and a pool party SARAH PAYNE

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Wasn’t that a party? With all the Canada Day festivities behind us there’s now a full slate of ongoing summer fun in the works, so buckle up and get your weekend organized.

Friday, July 8 MOVIE NIGHT

The Port Moody Film Society presents the House of Sand and Fog, starring Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley. When Behrani, a struggling refugee, buys Kathy’s house for a low price at auction her emotions spiral out of control, setting off an alarming chain of events. Show time is at 7:30 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.). Visit www.pmfilm.ca for more info.

CINEMA UNDER THE STARS

Ease into the weekend by sitting back for an unforgettable — and free — movie experience. PoCo’s 26-foot silver screen begins its summer-long tour for Cinema Under the Stars and tonight it’s at Sun Valley (3700 Hamilton St.) with the hit James Bond flick Spectre (PG-13). PoCo Youth Crew will be barbecuing and there are pre-movie activities as well. The movie starts at 9 p.m.; in case of rain the film is moved to the following week. Check www.facebook.com/leighsquare or 604-927-8400 for confirmation.

Saturday, July 9 SHARING IS CARING

Join the Share food bank at an open house to see how this organization is helping so many in the Tri-Cities. Go behind the scenes, get a tour of the food bank and enjoy a by-donation barbecue lunch. The open house is at the food bank’s PoMo location (2615 Clarke St.) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit www.sharesociety.ca.

BANG A DRUM

Learn the art of taiko drumming at a family workshop at 2922 St. Johns St., PoMo. The introductory class with Uzume Taiko musical director Jason Overy is presented by the PoMo Shotokan Karate Dojo, and runs from noon to 1 p.m. Cost is $5 (8 - 16 years) and $10 (17 and up), available by emailing info@uzume.com.

SPLASH OUT

The Ailsa spray park (400-block Glencoe Drive, PoMo) is reopening with a celebration today from noon to 1:30 p.m. Bring the family for a free barbecue, free ice cream (for the first 125 people), fun activities and, of course, a whole lot of splashing.

VILLAGE VIBE

Leigh Square’s outdoor stage gets a workout with Dancing in the Square, part of PoCo’s summer Village Vibe series.

Professionals from Belly Fusion will lead participants through a fitness-infused dance form combining belly dancing, jazz and

SUBMITTED PHOTO

The Marc Atkinson Trio will be kicking off the Evergreen Cultural Centre’s Music on the Grill series with a show this Saturday night, along with openers West My Friend. Catch local group Clavinova Nights as they play between the barbecue and the show. dance expression. All ages welcome, rain or shine, from 2 to 4 p.m.

MUSIC ON THE GRILL

What goes better with a delicious barbecue dinner than an evening of great live music? The Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) is firing up their annual Music on the Grill series and kicking it off with the outstanding Marc Atkinson Trio. Atkinson is a Juno-nominated musician known for his skilled Django Reinhardt-style gypsy jazz sound. The group’s versatility extends to a variety of styles, executed with exceptional skill. Also performing is West My Friend, an acoustic blend of instruments and four-part harmonies. Combine the BBQ dinner and show for $55 or the concert for $35. Visit www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca or 604-927-6555 for info and tickets.

Sunday, July 10 POOL PARTY

Nothing says summer like a pool party, right? Let’s keep our

fingers crossed that the weather folks are wrong so that everyone can enjoy the Westhill Family Pool Party (203 Westhill Pl., PoMo) under a bright sunny sky. Bring the family for an afternoon of fun complete with a barbecue, games and activities, a clown, pool challenges, bouncy castle and more, from 1 to 4 p.m. Cost is $2.

SUMMER SUNDAYS

Port Moody’s weekly afternoon concert series kicks off with the chill vibe of Mostly Marley. All you need to do is head down to Rocky Point Park with friends, family, a picnic blanket or lawn chairs and be ready to get serious about summertime music. The free show runs from 2 to 4 p.m. Visit www.summersundays.ca.

MUSIC IN THE PARK

There’s more PoCo fun in store with Music in the Park, again at Leigh Square from 2 to 4 p.m. Local sibling duo Sister Says combine their unique mix of musical styles with their HaidaTsimshian background for an exceptional sound. Gillian and Robert Thomson have collaborated with the likes of guitarist Lonny Eagleton and drummers Max Marceau Ley and more, so their show is one you’ll not want to miss.

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A17

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

THE ENVIRONMENT

24/7: www.tricitynews.com, www.twitter.com/tricitynews

Planting for the planet LIVING GREEN

MELISSA CHAUN

I

n March, The Tri-City News published an article by Todd Major about chafer beetles that stated eradication is impossible. Last month, CBC Radio interviewed Paul Robbins, author of Lawn People: How Grass, Weeds and Chemicals Make us Who we Are.

The common alternatives to lawn grass that tend to be shared include food gardens, xeriscapes (landscaping with drought-tolerant species) and, to my absolute dismay, the consideration of fake turf.

Folks, the last thing we need is more (toxic) plastics in our environment. Manufacturers of artificial turf “greenwash” their product by divulging how much water is saved by replacing natural lawn with this plastic carpet. No need to fertilize and oh, by the way, the product is recyclable. They neglect to mention how much water was required to make the product in the first place (i.e., its “blue” water footprint) and that it’s made entirely of petrochemicals.

DENTURE WEARERS!

Moreover, artificial turf companies recommend removing the top four to six inches of topsoil before installation.

Where poor drainage exists, they recommend putting down a layer of sand. In essence, this unnatural, potentially hazardous surface is now replacing the unseen world of beneficial insects and micro-organisms that make life possible.

Not only does there appear to be a lack of awarenessbuilding around the causes of the European chafer beetle infestation but even less about the follies of perpetuating artificial grass as an actual alternative.

COME IN AND RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION AND DENTURE CARE PACKAGE FREE!

Denturist

AUSTIN DENTURE CLINIC 230 - 1140 Austin Avenue Coquitlam

604.939.1313 - Email: austdent@telus.net “Always keeping our patients smiling”

see THERE’S MORE, page 19

Kids on the GO www.westwoodmontessori.com

Summer Camps

Run weekly July 4 through to August 26 Morning Sessions 9:00am-12:00 Noon Afternoon Sessions 1:00pm-4:00pm • Year round lesson program with indoor & outdoor arenas 17312 Ford Detour Road, Pitt Meadows Contact: Krystal Keno (778) 858-5909 email: kc@krystalcreekriding.com www.krystalcreekriding.com for registration forms and more info

• Montessori Preschool / Kindergarten AM or PM Montessori Preschool / Kindergarten AM or PM • Extended Day Program (9 am to 2:30pm) Extended Day Program (9 am to 2:30 pm) • Montessori • Montessori Day Program Full DayFull Program (7 am to 6 (7 pm)am to 6 pm) Burke • Before • Before After Care School Care & After&School (7 am to 6(7am pm) to 6pm) • Infant • Infant Location & Toddler ProgramProgram & Toddler • Choice • Choice of: 5, 4, Day4,Programs of:3 5, 3 Day Programs • •

Come and Visit us!

1438 Pinetree Way (Pinetree & Grizzly) Leah 778-241-0778

3486 Wessex Court (Princeton & Kingston) Anne 778-387-0778

Homemade Crayons

Krystal Creek Riding

To advertise in the next KIDS ON THE GO Contact Andria at 604-998-1211

Preschool

NOW ACCEPTING PRESCHOOL REGISTRATIONS

Preschool Program – 4 hours • 2 ½ - 5 year olds Located on Rochester School grounds at 411 Schoolhouse, Coquitlam

Email: hinbyepreschool@gmail.com 604-937-5437 www.hinbyedaycare.com

MAPLEWOOD FARM Where storybook characters come to life

Visit our fun and educational farm with over 200 domestic and friendly farm animals and birds.

Once a thriving dairy farm, it now offers a truly rural experience among the expanding city limits.

604-929-5610

Citadel Heights

Open 7 days a week Hours: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Owned and Operated by the District of North Vancouver Parks Department

1144A Confederation Dr., Port Coquitlam

Maplewood Farm

(Castle Park Elementary School Grounds)

405 Seymour River Place North Vancouver, B.C.

www.maplewoodfarm.bc.ca

Register Now for Summer Programs

PROGRAMS OFFERED

• Infant Toddler Program • Preschool • Summer Camp Available

• Montessori Full Day Program • Montessori AM/PM Preschool • Montessori Kindergarten • Out of school care

• Languages, phonics, reading and writing • ESL • Mathematics,science • Biology, History, Geography • Music, Drama, Dance & Movement • French • Sport Ball • Chinese

Highly qualified teachers attending to small groups of children, helping your children grow academically, socially, and emotionally in a very safe environment.

604-464-6447

1187 Eagleridge Drive, Coquitlam Come and visit us ! www.bdmontessori.ca

Boris Eroshevski

• 3-5 Year Old Program • Before/After School Care • Spaces Limited

604-941-6745 INFANT & TODDLER, 3-5 DAYCARE PRESCHOOL & SCHOOL-AGE CARE A Loving & Fun Learning Environment

www.juniourcitizens.ca

Register Now For Summer & Fall Programs

This is the perfect “recipe” for making your own homemade crayons out of the broken crayons lying around your house.

Ingredients: paraffin wax crayons - variety of colors, any brand. (Note: the amount of crayons depends on the type of tin/mold used.)

Method: Preheat oven to 150°F. Use an ungreased muffin, mini muffin tin or candy mold to make these crayons.

Parents: Use a butcher knife to chop of the old crayons into pea-size pieces, taking care to keep the colors separate so you kids can combine the colors as they like.

Children: Fill the tin or molds with the crayon pieces, arranging them in different designs as desired.

Bake until the waxes have melted (approx 15-20 minutes).

Let the crayons cool and remove from tins.

If they stick in the tins, place tin in freezer for an hour and the crayons will pop out.

WE OFFER:

• Preschool: AM, PM & Extended • Full Day Montessori Kindergarten – Ministry of Independent School • Full Day Montessori Program • Before/After School Care (serving Walton Elementary only) • Specialty Programs, including Music, Dance, Drama, French, Mandarin & Art

Canyon Springs Montessori School

2910 Walton Ave., Coquitlam, B.C. V3B 2W3

www.canyonspringsmontessori.com

604-945-0566

Email: admin@canyonspringsmontessori.com

Need Improvement in your Child's Math and Reading Skills?

FREE EVALUATION !

English and Math • Course materials are based on Ministry of Education standards • Also available: Problem Analysis for Math Contests • Problem solving techniques / and exam preparations for Grade 10-12 preparations • Preparations for post-secondary

Tutoring

Get help when you need it!

English also French, Mandarin and Japanese 116-3030 Lincoln Ave.Coquitlam

TEL 604-945-6013

info@cjla.ca

• Theme Program • Creative Art • Math & Science • Phonics • Music & Movement • Literature • Zumba • Cooking • ECE/Infant & Toddler Educators • Special Needs Educators Preschool Extended Pre-K Program

9am - 11:30am 9am - 1pm

Mountain Meadows Elementary School, 999 Noons Creek, Port Moody juniorcitizens@shaw.ca

604-469-KIDS (5437) • 604-779-KIDS (5437)

Now accepting September registration for Coquitlam and New West locations!

Birth - 12 years Mixed Age Care 3 - 5 years Group Care 2.5 - 5 years Preschool 604-375-0957 Www.Anacademicmontessorischool.com

A18 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A19

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

THE ENVIRONMENT

There’s more to planting than grass that isn’t very green continued from page 17

But even our non-native natural lawns — which have a dormant season by nature and are meant to die back during the warmer, drier seasons — are not fully green.

In addition to the significant consumption of water, fertilizer and fossil-fuels required for lawn maintenance, these dominant urban landscape features offer next to no ecological value.

In large spaces that require mowing by large machinery, the sod can become so compact that the area essentially behaves

SUBMITTED PHOTO

Douglas College’s SOL Garden opened last month. as an impervious surface, contributing to stormwater runoff.

It is vital to support our lifegiving pollinators such as our native bumble bees, mason bees, butterflies and hummingbirds

as well as our non-native honey bees. I was fortunate to grow up in a home that had a flourishing garden, complete with veggie patch. But now that I have just an eight-foot-by-10-foot patio, I am having to learn how to prioritize and select plants to achieve as much ecological, as well as nutritional, value to my little corner of the world.

Last month, I joined Douglas College Institute of Urban Ecology’s grand opening of its SOL (Sustainable, Outreach and Learning) Garden. Here are some of the wonderful things this beautiful

resource is hoping to teach us: • Schedule your plantings so that you have blooms throughout the growing season, especially early spring and late fall (e.g., Saskatoon berry, mock orange, highbush cranberry and oceanspray).

• Plant a variety of flowers, including native plants and simple blooms for easy bee access (e.g., salvia, oregano, lavender, Rosa, native asters and penstemon). I’ve just learned that all those pretty-coloured bedding plants commonly for sale not only offer negligible pollen or nectar (except fuch-

sias for hummingbirds) but also can waste pollinators’ energy by attracting them…for nothing.

• Plant in groupings to allow for more efficient foraging by bees.

• The more colours the better — bees particularly like bright white, blue and yellow flowers.

• For shady spots and gardens, there are resources to help you create natural beauty too. Check out Larry Hodgson’s Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows.

To learn more, please join

us Thursday, July 21 when Veronica Wahl, co-ordinator of the Institute of Urban Ecology, will present “What’s All the Buzz About? Pollinators in Urban Gardens” at Tri-City Greendrinks’ monthly gathering. See meetup.com/tricitygreendrinks for details.

Melissa Chaun of Port Moody is an ecologist with a passion for all things sustainable. She is events co-ordinator with the Rivershed Society of BC, volunteers on various city committees and co-ordinates the monthly meetings for Tri-City Greendrinks. Her column runs monthly.

A20 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

The Good Life Hope and help for stress at Dogwood Stress is a growing problem in today’s complex world.

But seniors can convert stress into self-power by attending a free session Monday at Dogwood Pavilion to learn practical strategies for reducing anxiety, aches and pains associated with stress. Participants can learn to break free from the emotional and physical effects of stress so they can start enjoying more of life each day.

The program, facilitated by Fay Wong, is free to attend but you must pre-register by calling 604-927-4386.

The session runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. July 11.

Dogwood Pavilion is a city of Coquitlam recreation centre for people 50 years of age and older. It is located at 1655 Winslow Ave. (at Poirier).

Multiculturalism fair at Glen Pine

Coquitlam’s Glen Pine Pavilion is hosting a free, familyfriendly multicultural fair on Saturday, July 16 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Also at Spirit Square, the event will help you learn about the different cultures that make up our community. There will be live multicultural entertainment, music and dance, plus door prizes and activities for kids as well as adults.

The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Glen Pine Pavilion, a recreation facility for people 50 and older, is located at 1200 Glen Pine Crt. and Spirit Square is at 3003 Burlington Dr., across from Coquitlam city hall.

A Place to Call

Welcome

to The Madison Care Centre.

A beautifully appointed Residential Care home located in the heart of Coquitlam.

Please call to arrange a tour.

50

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW Are you worried about your downsizing journey?

Plus

Next Sessions: Monday July 18, 2016 1 - 2 PM Tuesday, July 19, 2016 1 - 2 PM Coquitlam Public Library

TWO TRI-CITY GROUPS FOR SENIORS • Share Family and Community Services’ free seniors (60+) is offering a free, weekly support group that meets for 90 minutes on Wednesday mornings at Poirier community centre, Coquitlam. No group experience necessary. Info & registration: Rhea, 604-937-6964.

• Minds in Motion, a fitness and social program for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s and a care partner hosted,

by Alzheimer Society of B.C., runs Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Cost: $38 per pair/8 weeks. Register in person or call 604-927-6098.

1169 Pinetree Way Coquitlam, BC

The Rightsizing Consultants Realtor

Mortgage Financial Broker Planner

Transition Manager

Financial Planner

Lawyer

Sell your house, keep your home.

Call to reserve your seat & get the answers to your questions.

Are Your Dentures A Problem?

Our team can restore what you’ve lost... your youthful smile.

Are your dentures loose or painful?

Can you eat what you want and smile with confidence?

Do you avoid social occasions?

Implant Supported Dentures May Be Your Solution Call us today for more information New Patients Always Welcome

ELGIN DENTAL GROUP

778.879.0820

Golden Age Home Support & Companionship Services

Providing Unique & Personalized Services.

• • • •

Companionship Shopping Meals Assistance in Elder Care Facility • Housekeeping • Medication Reminders • Personal Hygiene

We accept D.V.A. Bonded & Insured

Call now:

Dr. Ron Elloway

604-862-3071

www.elgindental.com 604.942.9739

goldenagesupport.ca

2267 Elgin Ave., Port Coquitlam

or visit our website:

Home.

2015 Favourite Retirement Residence • 24 hr personalized care • Nutritious meals • Great activities Reserve now as space is limited

604.936.9231 1399 Foster Ave., Coquitlam

tcgcare.com

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A21

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

THE ENVIRONMENT

Saving habitat for PoMo’s red-legged frogs GREEN SCENE

ELAINE GOLDS

B

ack in 1996, the city of Port Moody was getting ready to develop residential areas on its north shore. With the so-called Neighbourhoods 1 and 2 already built out or under construction on Heritage Mountain, plans were being drawn up for Neighbourhoods 3 and 4 in a forested area to the west.

Residents in the Pleasantside community of Port Moody were dismayed at the possible loss of the forests above them and initiated a number of walks for members of the public. It was on one of these walks that wetland areas along what was then the BC Gas right of way were pointed out to me.

I quickly became enchanted by these wetlands and spent much time exploring them. I learned they are, in fact, really bogs, complete with peat moss beneath them. At that time, public pressure to protect Burns Bog in Delta was one of the emerging issues of the day (80% of Burns

BRUCE BRANDHORST PHOTO

In Bert Flinn Park, the clearing along the gas pipeline helps create conditions that allow bog plants to thrive.

Bog was finally protected as an Ecological Conservancy in 2005), so discovering a similar but much smaller area in Port Moody was timely.

I was delighted to observe many of the plant characteristic of Burns Bog were also present in Port Moody’s wetlands.

These included Pacific crab apple, Labrador tea, western bog-laurel, gentian, northern starflower and carnivorous sundew. In addition, I found red-legged frogs, a species subsequently deemed to be at risk and known to breed in bogs.

Thus, I became adamantly opposed to the 1996 plans to

convert this wetland gem into playing fields for a proposed school in the new areas of Neighbourhoods 3 and 4.

The campaign to protect this area and avoid urban sprawl garnered such huge support in Port Moody that it was declared as Bert Flinn Park following a 1999 referendum.

But this 126-hectare park came with a compromise.

Because the Imperial Oil lands further west might eventually be developed, the park was created with a road right-of-way through it to facilitate that development and thereby avoid additional traffic on Ioco Road. At

the time, it seemed to be a very distant threat to the integrity of the area — and one for future generations to determine.

In the two decades since the first battle to protect this area, its wetlands, forest and extensive trails have become a popular place for recreation. The city has installed boardwalks to protect some of the wetter parts of the Park. Still, most of the critical wetland habitat lies along what is now the Fortis gas pipeline right of way. In fact, if not for the regular clearing required for the pipeline, the wetlands would be evolving into a forest.

Studies showed the layer

of peat mosses is up to 10 feet deep, which indicates these bogs have likely been slowly forming since the time of the last ice age. They presumably started as slight depressions that collected water. There are, in fact, two bogs; the larger three-hectare one has more extensive peat and is slightly more acidic. Of course the size of these wetlands varies seasonally. During unusually dry summers, they disappear.

The larger bog drains mainly north into Mossom Creek, an important salmon-bearing stream, although some overland flow during the wettest periods goes to Hett Creek. The smaller 0.8-hectare wetland drains entirely to Hett Creek, an ephemeral stream that flows south to Burrard Inlet.

The larger bog was once more extensive but some filling of it has occurred on private property in Anmore. Sadly, this is often the fate of bogs in urban areas.

In addition to red-legged frogs, tree frogs and salamanders breed in these wetlands.

For all these species, it is always a race against time to develop into adults before the wetlands dry. Last year, with an extensive drought, it was a race most of these species probably lost.

As the wetlands dry seasonally, it becomes possible for people and their dogs to walk or cycle directly through them.

Such traffic damages the fragile vegetation. For example, I can no longer find gentian blooming in these bogs. Nonetheless, I always felt this area, with its surrounding forests, was perfect for our native frogs. Wetlands are required for tadpole development but, as adults, these frogs require adjacent forests with a damp understorey.

With plans for development of the 94-hectare former Imperial Oil lands now underway, the threat of a major road through Bert Flinn Park has re-emerged.

Is there a solution that could avoid a road through the park?

For example, is there an option to create a road entirely through Anmore in which about two thirds of this land parcel is located? This might also help to minimize impacts on Mossom Creek since the required bridge crossing would be further upstream.

If the existing right-of-way is used could it be partly or entirely covered in a tunnel so that wildlife and people could move freely between the bisected Park? Once again, the people of Port Moody face a challenge to find a solution to this dilemma.

Elaine Golds is a Port Moody environmentalist who is president and conservation chair of the Burke Mountain Naturalists, and member of the boards of the Colony Farm Park Association and the Port Moody Ecological Society.

AUDITIONS ON JULY 16 10AM - 12PM JUNIOR GROUP AGES 8-12 12 PM - 2PM YOUTH GROUP AGES 13-17 AT CENTRE COURT PRIZES 1st Place: $250 2nd Place: $100 3rd Place: $50 INQUIRIES AND REGISTRATION TEL: 604-552-6130 MON - FRI 9AM -5PM FAX: 604-552-6129 EMAIL: DWOOD@HENDERSON-DEVLOPMENT.COM

Henderson Place Mall I 1163 Pinetree Way I 604.552.6130 Organizer & Event Management Henderson Place Mall & Henderson Development (Canada( Ltd.

A22 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Be ready for a long one on Burke TAKE A HIKE

STEVE CHAPMAN HIKE OF THE WEEK Burke Mountain Summit Rating: very strenuous Time Needed: 10-12 hours Length: 23 km Elevation gain: 1,600 m

B

urke Mountain has two summits. The smaller South Summit (otherwise known as Dennett Peak) is the smaller of the two peaks.

The North Summit is slightly higher and provides spectacular 360-degree views.

This week’s route can be cut short by four to five hours by turning back for home at the South Summit, but that means missing out on the best of the viewpoints. The route between the two summits is rough and in places hard to follow, and is recommended only for experienced hikers.

From the entrance to the Gun Club on Harper Road, head up the main gravel road to the right. Pass by the first turning on the left and then, shortly afterwards, take the next

SUBMITTED PHOTO & TRICITIESMAP.COM

The view north from Burke Mountain summit, which you can reach using today’s hike route (see map, right). turning on the left. This is the continuation of Harper Road.

Follow this for about 2 km, ascending gradually until just before a hairpin bend, where there is a green gate. Just before the green gate, there is a track heading off to the left. Follow this track for about 200 m and then take the path on the right just after crossing Pritchett Creek.

Now, following the South Slope Trail upwards, you will shortly come to the site of the old bulldozer. The trail will soon leave the banks of Pritchett Creek and flattens out prior to crossing Coho Creek. This creek crossing can be dangerous when there is high water flow, so consider using the alternative crossing upstream if this is the case.

Another half a kilometre of gentle uphill will bring you out at Lily Pad Lake, the first of several picturesque mountain tarns on the upper Burke Plateau.

Just after Ted Kay Lake, there will be a couple of paths heading off on the right. The first of these connects with the very top of Harper Road, providing an alternative (but slightly longer) route home. The second heads down to Dennett Lake.

Continue up the main trail through subalpine meadows, passing a viewpoint after about a kilometre. The South Summit is about 2 km from Ted Kay Lake on a little side trail to the right. The views from the top are somewhat obscured but a better viewpoint can be found (looking over to Coquitlam Mountain) just to the north of

the summit trail spur.

Although the route to the North Summit doesn’t look far on the map (2.3 km), the return journey from this point will take four to five hours due to the trickiness of the terrain. If you are running short on time or are not confident navigating flag to flag on indistinct “trails,” then this will be the time to head back for home.

For the more adventurous, the trail heads north down to a col, and then up again as it skirts the eastern flanks of Pika Peak. There’s another drop before the ascent to the North Summit, and you will eventually emerge onto a broad ridge with fine views.

For even better views, follow the flagged route southwest to a magnificent rocky platform with 360-degree views. Expect some bushwhacking and easy scrambling to reach the viewpoint, and plan to spend some time here taking in views of Golden Ears, Mount Robbie Reid, Pitt Lake/River, Widgeon Peak and Coquitlam Mountain.

Your route down will retrace your upward route, unless you choose to take the Burke Ridge Trail to Harper Road for a bit of variety.

Steve Chapman is a Coquitlam Search and Rescue volunteer, a member of the Burke Mountain Naturalists and the creator behind a detailed new map of Tri-City trails. More info on safe hiking: www.coquitlam-sar.bc.ca.

CALENDAR SATURDAY, JULY 9 • The Friends of DeBoville Slough will be conducting an invasive plant control work party, 9 a.m.-noon. Meet at the kiosk on the north side of the slough. The Friends will supply tools but if you have a favourite lopper or hand pruner, feel free to bring it along. DeBoville Slough is located at the corner of Cedar Drive and Victoria Drive in northeast Coquitlam. Wear sturdy footwear and dress for the weather. Don’t forget the sunscreen and water if it is hot and sunny. Info: info@ fodbs.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 10 • Riverview Horticultural Centre Society guided tree tour and tea on Riverview Hospital grounds, leaving at 1 p.m. from the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. Site map: www.rhcs.org. This tour was originally scheduled to feature the fragrant Linden trees at Riverview but due to our very early and hot spring, the blooming period has finished prematurely, so walkers will visit many other trees as well as the Lindens. Info: 604290-9910.

FRIDAY, JULY 15 • The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ singles looking to meet new friends and participate in social events such as walking, dancing, dining out, travel, theatre, etc., meets at PoCo Legion, 133–2675 Shaughnessy St., 7 p.m., to plan events. Info: Nina, 604941-9032.

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A23

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

GARY CREWS

Hurry!YOU OWN PROPERTY -

BECOME A MILLIONAIRE! CALL NOW. NOBODY HAS MORE EXPERIENCE! CALL 604-649-5353 COQUITLAM ROTARY LIFETIME HONOURARY MEMBER

®

The Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial has a busy weekend President and Board Induction Ceremony

On June 30, 2016 the Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam held their 12th annual Induction Ceremony for the incoming President Barrie Seaton and his Board of Directors. About 50 members and their guests welcomed the coming Rotary year’s executive and took the opportunity to recognize and thank outgoing President, Ron Goyette and his Board.

The celebrations were M/C’d by Mayor Greg Moore who had to leave to attend another event during the evening, so MLA Mike Farnworth stepped in and took over the responsibilities.

A magic presentation was put on by Dennis Hewson and the always inspirational Glenda Standeven delivered a stirring keynote speech.

The incoming members of the Board of Directors are President Barrie Seaton, Secretary Angela Andersen, Treasurer and Past President Ron Goyette, Directors-at-Large Karly Simms and Russ McMurchie, President Elect Mohan Mohanan and President Elect Nominee Markus Farhner.

Canada Day in Castle Park To participate in the next Rotary page and promote your business in print and online please contact Michelle at 604-472-3020 or michelleb@tricitynews.com

On Canada Day the Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial participated in the festivities in Castle Park. This year the club added some more visuals to their display. They erected a tent that was supplied by Shelter Box and demonstrated to everyone how a family of 10 can be completely self sustaining after they have been affected by a natural disaster. President Barrie Seaton said “it is amazing the amount of equipment that is included in one box and to learn how they are transported to disaster

areas around the world” The club also demonstrated some of the used hospital and medical equipment that had been picked up by Rotary World Help, and described to visitors at the club’s display how this equipment is packed into 40 foot containers and shipped to various countries around the world. Rotary World Help has shipped 59 of these containers to needy countries and it is estimated that in excess of 1,000,000 people have been effected by these shipments of much needed medical equipment.

For more information please visit www.pocorotary.ca, www.shelterboxcanada.org or www.rotaryworldhelp.com.

For more information on how to get involved visit:

www.pocorotary.ca

Thursday, July 14, 5:30-8:30pm

Giro di Burnaby 2016

astings & Carleton

of H Race starts at corner Title Sponsor

Gold Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

Media Sponsor

Supporters

Heights Merchants Association Confederation Seniors Association Paris Orthotics Whole Foods Market® David's Tea Adele-Rae Florist VanCity Burnaby Neighbourhood House Dolomiti Homes HUB Burnaby Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services

Burnaby Public Library Dandy Horse Cycles Shopper's Drug Mart Golder Associates

PRESENTS

www.girodiburnaby.com www.bcsuperweek.ca

A24 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

Oak + Park: A Great Place to Call Home

T

here’s a real transformation going on in Marpole. This enclave is set to become yet another desirable neighbourhood in the red-hot Vancouver Westside market. This is where Alabaster Homes is developing its newest townhome project – Oak + Park.

“Marpole is Vancouver’s next prestigious neighbourhood,” says Yosh Kasahara, director of sales and marketing at Alabaster Homes. “Its Westside location, top-ranked schools, and proximity to Richmond and YVR (Vancouver International Airport) make it the perfect place to invest and live.” a realoftransformation going The here’s collection 40 open-concept in Marpole.

This enclave set homes,on ranging from 1,300 to 1,600issquare to become yet another desirable feet, feature air-conditioning, quartz neighbourhood in the red-hot Vancouver countertops, premium stainless-steel Westside market.

This ishardwood where Alabaster appliances, wide-plank floors, as Homes is developing newest townhome well as heated ensuiteits flooring. project – Oakexteriors + Park. feature extensive The stylish “Marpole is Vancouver’s next prestigious neighbourhood,” says Yosh Kasahara, director of sales and marketing at Alabaster Homes. “Its Westside location, top-ranked schools, and proximity to Richmond and YVR (Vancouver International Airport) make it the perfect place to invest and live.”

The collection of 40 open-concept homes, ranging from 1,300 to 1,600 square feet, feature air-conditioning, quartz countertops, premium stainless-steel appliances, wide-plank hardwood floors, as well as heated ensuite flooring.

The stylish exteriors feature extensive

use of traditional white brickwork and distinctive black metal detailing, making these homes stand out. Designed by the multiple-award-winning firm of Ciccozzi Architecture, Oak + Park is a fusion of classic design and contemporary West Coast elements.

“This is a flagship project for Alabaster Homes. Our vision for Oak + Park is to deliver a project that raises the bar for new townhomes in the city,” he adds.

The three-bedroom-plus-den-and-flex residences are located within the catchment of some of the city’s most prestigious use of traditional and schools, includingwhite Davidbrickwork Lloyd George distinctive black metal detailing, making Elementary and Sir Winston Churchill these homes– stand out. Designed by the Secondary an International Baccalaureate multiple-award-winning firm of Ciccozzi (IB) school.

Architecture, Oakwas + Park a fusion of “The IB school a bigisdraw for buyers classic design contemporary West Coast at our last twoand projects,” adds Kasahara. elements.

“Th ese parents want to give their children “This is a flagship project for Alabaster Homes. Our vision for Oak + Park is to deliver a project that raises the bar for new townhomes in the city,” he adds.

The three-bedroom-plus-den-and-flex residences are located within the catchment of some of the city’s most prestigious schools, including David Lloyd George Elementary and Sir Winston Churchill Secondary – an International Baccalaureate (IB) school.

“The IB school was a big draw for buyers at our last two projects,” adds Kasahara.

“These parents want to give their children

Alabaster Homes brings to the table more the best opportunities, and the program at than 25 years of experience building quality Churchill Secondary is among the best in homes throughout Metro Vancouver. In the country.”

Marpole, the developer recently completed Bounded by Oakridge to the north and the sold-out Osler Residences and launched Richmond to the south, Oak + Park is well Shaughnessy Residences – both boutiquesituated, close to Marpole Town Centre, style townhome projects. which is known for its eclectic blend of “We believe in bringing thoughtful design, shops and amenities. It is minutes to the quality construction, and outstanding Canada Line and transit, and the new facilities at Cambie and Marine Drive, which customer service to our buyers,” says Kasahara. “An Alabaster Home is one that includes a T&T Grocery Store, Cineplex you can count on providing comfort and movie theatres, and more. enjoyment for generations.”

For sports enthusiasts, Oak + Park is a The sales centre, located at suite 301–1788 short distance from the Oakridge-Marpole to the tableonly. more the best opportunities, and the program WAlabaster Broadway,Homes is openbrings by appointment Community Centre located at West 59th at than 25start years of experience building qualityis Churchill Secondary is eamong best in Prices from $1.1 million.

Completion Ave and Oak Street. Th centrethe is adjacent homesfor throughout Metro Vancouver. In theOak country.” slated 2018. to Park, which offers many walking Marpole, the developer recently completed Bounded

by Oakridge to picnic the north and To register or for more information trails throughout the park, areas, the sold-out and launched Richmond to thepark. south, + Parkthere is well about Osler Oak +Residences Park Townhomes, and a kids spray InOak addition, is Shaughnessy Residences – both boutiquesituated, close tennis to Marpole Town Centre, call 604-558-5851 or visit a playground, and basketball courts, style townhome projects. which is roller knownhockey, for its eclectic blend www.alabasterhomes.ca/oak-and-park outdoor soccer and softof ball.

“We believe in bringing thoughtful design, shops and amenities. It is minutes to the quality construction, and outstanding Canada Line and transit, and the new facilities at Cambie and Marine Drive, which customer service to our buyers,” says Kasahara. “An Alabaster Home is one that includes a T&T Grocery Store, Cineplex you can count on providing comfort and movie theatres, and more. enjoyment for generations.”

For sports enthusiasts, Oak + Park is a The sales centre, located at suite 301–1788 short distance from the Oakridge-Marpole W Broadway, is open by appointment only.

Community Centre located at West 59th Contact if you want sell home, Pricesto start fromyour $1.1 million.

Completion is Ave and Oak Street.

The centreus is adjacent slated for market 2018. to Oak Park, which offerslooking many walking or are to Buy. The is active!

To register or for more information trails throughout the park, picnic areas, about Oak + Park Townhomes, and a kids spray park. In addition, there is call 604-558-5851 or visit a playground, tennis and basketball courts, www.alabasterhomes.ca/oak-and-park outdoor roller hockey, soccer and softball.

Oak + Park: A Great Place to Call Home

T

Experts in Port Moody Buying or Selling?

Real Estate Sales

917 THERMAL DRIVE

OPEN HOUSE: Sat & Sun, July 9 and 10 - 2-4 pm $

1,200,000

2059 CONCORD AVENUE

OPEN HOUSE: Sat. July 9 - 2-4 pm $

1,298,000

738 ELLICE AVENUE

OPEN HOUSE: Sun. July 10 - 2-4 pm $

Call! 778-355-0116

1,318,000

www.theAxfords.com www.PortMoodyCondos.ca info@theAxfords.com

Inquire about our FULL SERVICE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at info@theAxfords.com

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A25

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

604-862-3187

The

Independently owned and operated

Hayes Team

• MATTHEW MATTHEW HAYES HAYES • P PAUL AUL HA HAYES YES • PETER HA HAYES YES OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4 JULY 10

23575 Rock Ridge Drive

13115 Edge Street

1,200,000

$

1,988,000

$

24126 Hawkins Ave. Maple Ridge $

849,000

• 3 bedroom/potential 4th bedroom • Full unfinished basement • Kitchen has granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances • Just minutes from downtown Maple Ridge

• Classic sprawling rancher features 5 bedrooms • Vaulted ceilings, gourmet kitchen, opens on to natural swim pond with fountains • A must-see, detached gym area with shower • 4 box stall barn on 2 acres • Just minutes to Town Centre • New interior paint and new flooring being installed

MLS# R2081054

UR ION Y! O T IT TA ODA S VI SEN E T E R PR ENT C

MLS# R2047244

• This beautiful hand crafted 3,000 sq ft home by Zeguma homes • The main floor features hardwood, high 18ft ceilings in the great room • A kitchen with a large island, walk in pantry • Large mudroom off the garage • Upstairs, has 4 bedrooms and laundry room • The master has vaulted ceilings and a beautiful ensuite • The basement unfinished and can be a legal suite

www.granthillestates.com granthillestates@gmail.com

MLS# R2045939

604-862-3187

• Only a few estate lots left • Build your custom home with our builders • View lots still available VISIT US AT:

Self-Employed? Credit Problems? Separated/Divorced?

REFINANCE TO PAY OFF YOUR DEBT!

BEST MORTGAGE!!

5 Yr. VARIABLE PRIME ! y! da LESS .45% To Us Call 3 Year Fixed

2. % 24

*

2.

25 %

CANADA’S LOWEST MORTGAGE RATES

PA R K S I D E L I V I N G

5 Year Fixed

2. % Karen Hall 44

*

*O.A.C. Rates subject to change

NEW LOCATION #3-2929 St. Johns Street, Port Moody

604-936-7740 www.karenhall.ca

AMP,

Mortgage Broker

Dynamic Mortgages Karen Hall Mortgages Inc. - Independently owned & operated

CALL or APPLY ONLINE and get PRE-APPROVED TODAY

Distinguished 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Condo Homes • Parklike setting backing onto dedicated greenspace to the west • Large patios or balconies and expansive, luxurious interiors • Mountain and greenspace views from most homes • Walking distance to downtown Maple Ridge shops and services • Easy access to Lougheed Highway and Golden Ears Bridge

SOLD

1911 Ironwood Court, Port Moody

$1,198,000

• Desirable Mountain Meadows! Quiet cul-de-sac • Well maintained Tudor style home • 3 bedrooms + den, 3 bathrooms • Sliding doors to patio & low maintenance rear yard • Walking distance to schools, hospital, shops, restaurants & more

SOLD

5 Benson Drive Port Moody

$1,298,800

• Bright 5 bed, 5 bath home on corner lot in North Shore Port Moody • Enjoy spectacular views of Burrard Inlet from every room!

• Extensive updates, including new windows, LED lighting, and heated flooring • Features large 1-bedroom legal suite and private patio with ocean view • Close to Old Orchard Park, trails, and schools

3066 Sienna Court, Coquitlam

$1,399,999

PRESENTATION CENTRE 12011 224th Street, Maple Ridge, BC • Open daily 12pm – 5pm 124 AVE

OPEN HOUSE

SAT 12-2 AND SUN 2-4 PM

N 227 ST

PROJECT SITE >

224 ST

222 ST

• Renovated 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom family home • Gorgeous new kitchen with SS appliances, stone counters • Media room and bright nanny suite in basement • Close to all levels of schooling • Parks, beaches, lakes, golf courses nearby

PRESENTATION CENTRE DEWDNEY TRUNK RD DOWNTOWN MAPLE RIDGE

2420 Leggett Drive, Anmore

$1,699,000

• Over 1 acre lot on a quiet street • 3 bedrooms plus a 1 bedroom legal suite • Nice mountain view, perfect for nature lovers • Estimated to be finished mid August • Executive home with top quality finishing

LOUGHEED HIGHWAY

7

C A L L 6 0 4 . 4 7 7 . 1 5 0 0 • R E G I S T E R T O D AY !

www.falconhouse.ca

A26 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

Integrity, Honesty, Respect, Integrity, Honesty, Respect, Community Involvement.

Community Involvement.

At Sterling Realty we are very proud to acknowledge these award winning agents for 2015 each one Realty a shining example of these principles. We appreciate their commitment and - each Sterling is very proud to acknowledge these award winning agents for 2015 dedication to their clients of and theirprinciples. contribution to appreciate our communities. one a shining example these We their commitment and dedication to their clients and their contribution to our communities.

The Gord Axford Team Bill Avgerinos “The A Team” Ally and Patti Ballam Candace Cappellaro Gabriel The GordClark Axford Team Patty and Don Klassen Greg Curtiss Bill Avgerinos Harry Lee Neiland Dinsdale Ally Patti Ballam Terry Marion Leanne Drolet Candace Cappellaro Joanne McCrone Mark &Clark Pat Edmonds Gabriel Milo McGarry Ray Erwin Greg Curtiss Geordie Moski Peter Gain & Associates Neil Dinsdale Joanne and Scott McLean Ken Gollner Leanne Drolet Afsaneh Saffari John Grasty Mark & Pat Edmonds Carole Shaw, Louisa Baker, & Meghan Shaw Diane Hanzl Ray Erwin Carmen Smith & Christine Tossa Andrea Jones Peter & Associates Cosmo Spagnuolo KeithGain Kartzewski Ken Gollner Dianne Swintak Harry Lee John Phil Weber TerryGrasty Marion Diane Hanzl Kim Woodley Joanne McCrone Marcela Zacharik Andrea Jones Milo McGarry Keith Kartzewski Geordie Moski Joanne and Scott McLean Afsaneh Saffari Carole Shaw Carmen Smith and Christine Tossa “The Smith Tossa Team” Cosmo Spagnuolo Dianne Swintak

3137 St. John’s St. Port Moody, B.C. , 604-421-1010 www.sterlingrealty.ca 3137 St. John’s St. Port Moody, B.C. , 604-421-1010

www.sterlingrealty.ca

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A27

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM

TC SPORTS

CONTACT

email: sports@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3035 www.tricitynews.com/sports

Team Canada will take on countries from around the world, including the U.S., Israel, Germany and Australia at Percy Perry Stadium this week as part of the 2016 FIL U19 Men’s World Field Lacrosse Championships. For a complete tournament schedule and up-to-date standings go to 2016filwlc.stats.pointstreak. com.

COURTESY OF 2016 FIL U19 MEN’S WORLD LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

WORLD LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Rees & Semple don the red & white Local lacrosse products take on int’l competition GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

As members of rival TriCity BCJALL teams, Thomas Semple and Ryland Rees are accustomed to battling each other on the lacrosse floor.

But when the pair take the field this week during the 2016 FIL U19 Men’s World Field Lacrosse Championships, they will both be donning Team Canada’s colours.

“I was so humbled to get this opportunity to represent my country,” said Semple, a 17-year-old Centennial secondary student who has scored 27 goals and 14 assists in nine games with the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs this season. “It makes me so excited and happy.”

TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTOS

Thomas Semple, left, of the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs, and Ryland Rees, right, of the Port Coquitlam Saints, will join forces this weekend as members of Team Canada in the 2016 FIL U19 Men’s World Field Lacrosse Championships. The club is looking to unseat the Team USA, which has won gold seven times in a row dating back to the quadrennial tournament’s inception in 1988.

“It is really good,” added 19-year-old Rees, who usually plays with the Port Coquitlam Saints in the BCJALL and New York’s Stony Brook University in the NCAA. “It is going to be a different experience.”

Making the championships even sweeter is the fact that

the tournament will be held at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park.

The location not only saves the players money on expensive flights and accommodations, it also gives them a home field advantage that few on the roster, which is mostly

made up of Ontario players, will have.

Both players said they expect the stands to be filled with friends, family and fans from their club teams.

“It’s a short drive for everyone,” said Rees. “All of my friends and family are close and they’ll be there.”

While two years apart, Rees and Semple have similar lacrosse backgrounds. Both have played in national tournaments with Team BC and both will wear Team Canada’s Maple Leaf for the first time this week.

The pair was chosen for the team following a selection camp in Florida last winter, where they scrimmaged against Team USA, who have won the last seven quadrennial world championships dating back to 1988.

Canada won the scrimmage 11-10 in overtime, but Semple is quick to point out that the rosters will be differ-

ent heading into the week. He said he expects the skill level to be tough against some of the international competition, but believes the home team has the horses to knock the U.S. off its perch.

“They have been the frontrunners,” Semple said.

“Obviously, I think we have a good team this year and we have done what we have to do.”

Just making the Team Canada roster is a major accomplishment for a young athlete.

More than 200 people submitted tryout applications last year, a list that was reduced to 24 following the selection camp and exhibition match.

“We tried to select the best team possible,” said head coach Taylor Wray. “This process is very different from simply choosing an all-star team.

There are certainly all-star caliber players that were not selected and that speaks to the depth of talent our country has

been able to produce.”

Canada has won silver in six of the seven world championships and are making a strong push to top the podium in 2016. To win gold they will not only have to defeat the U.S., but tournament newcomers like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Colombia, Ireland and Israel, along with mainstays the Iroquois, Finland, Australia, England and Germany.

The tournament kicked off Thursday night (after The Tri-City News’ deadline) and will continue until July 16, with matches taking place at Percy Perry and on a second field nearby. Canada will take on England on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. followed by a match against the Iroquoois Nationals on Sunday, also at 7:30 p.m.

For up-to-date standings and a full tournament schedule, go to 2016filwlc.stats. pointstreak.com

3-Game homestand starts TOMORROW! TOMORROW JULY 9th

Fireworks Extravaganza & Cowboy Hat Giveaway (first 1,000 fans 19+) Gates at 6pm. First Pitch 7:05

SUNDAY JULY 10th

A&W Family Fun Sunday & Youth Jersey Giveaway (first 500 kids 12 and under) Gates at Noon. First Pitch 1:05

MONDAY JULY 11st

Dog Day Of Summer Dogs Get In Free!

Gates at 6pm. First Pitch 7:05

NEXT HOMESTAND

starts Thursday, July 21 vs. Chicago Cubs affliate Eugene Emeralds

sports@tricitynews.com @TriCityNews

A28 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

HOCKEY

Urbani off to Canisius Goalie will join former Express Fritz on new club

Coquitlam’s Daniel Urbani is headed to Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., as part of the NCAA school’s 2016 recruiting class.

The 21-year-old netminder has been plying his trade in the Ontario Junior Hockey League this last season, where he helped the Trenton Golden Hawks win the championship and the Dudley

Hewitt Cup Along the way, he posted the fourth-lowest goals against average in league history and was named Top Goaltender and first-team all-star. He received the Brent Ladds Trophy as playoff MVP and posting a 16-2 record in the post-season with a 1.54 goals against average and .944 save percentage.

Urbani finished the campaign by leading Trenton to a semifinal finish at the 2016 RBC Cup and was selected as the Top Goaltender at Canada’s Junior A National

DUCKS BEACH BASH

Championship.

At Canisius, Urbani will be joined by another player with Coquitlam connections.

Dan Fritz of Annapolis, Md., who earned defensive MVP honours last year with the Coquitlam Express, has also been recruited by the school. He is currently a member of the Quinnipiac program that advanced to the NCAA championship last season. Fritz also played three years of hockey at Canterbury Prep, earning MVP and AllNew England Prep Team accolades in 2013.

WRESTLING

Lew in Peru wins bronze Defeats Perex of Colombia to take home third place

Jacqueline Lew wrestled her way to a bronze medal showing in the Cadet Wrestling Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru last week.

After falling to Stefana Jelacic of the U.S. in a disappointing bout, she took third place in the 49 kg. weight class after defeating Niyiret Perex of Colombia.

The Pan Americans are a single-elimination tournament, however if a wrestler loses to a competitor that makes it to the finals, they are allowed to compete for third place.

Lew is a Coquitlam athlete who competes with the Coast Wrestling Club at the Pinetree Community Centre. She is currently waiting to hear whether she will be nominated to attend the world championships in Georgia in September.

sports@tricitynews.com @TriCityNews

SUBMITTED PHOTO

Jacqueline Lew took home a bronze medal at the Cadet Wrestling Pan American Championships in Lima, Peru, last week.

ROBERT MCDONALD PHOTO

The sixth annual Ducks Beach Bash, held by the Ducks Volleyball Club, was held on Canada Day last weekend at Town Centre Park. All proceeds from the event went to the Childhood Cancer Canada Foundation. Through donations and clothing sales, the tournament raised $850.

JULY roadtrip SPECIALS DON’T OPEN YOUR HOOD TO STRANGERS...BRING IT TO WESTWOOD HONDA!

AC

UNBEATABLE PRICES

SPECIAL starting at

149

$

88

INCLUDES: Evac and recharge of AC Gas and Inspection of Pollen Filter

ALL SEASON TIRES LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEED! We offer a huge selection of All Season.

We’ve done the shopping for you, visit us at www.westwoodhonda.com for price comparison.

LIFETIME

BRAKE

PAD GUARANTEE See your Service Advisor for Details.

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A29

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM BAN Masthead_TCN.pdf

Your Community

MARKETPLACE Or call to place your ad at

Book your ad ONLINE:

tricitynews.adperfect.com

Phone Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Office Hours: 9 am to 5 pm

604-630-3300

Email: classifieds@van.net

REMEMBRANCES

COMMUNITY

OBITUARIES

THANK YOU After 30 Years Linda’s Lolly-POP Lane Daycare CLOSES

A big THANK YOU to all the parents for entrusting me with their precious children.

Contributions for Linda’s Lolly-POP retirement fund would be greatly appreciated: Bank of Commerce acct# 06910-5411084

EVANS, Helen G. May 13, 1926 − July 4, 2016 Helen Gertrude Evans passed away peacefully on July 4, 2016 at Eagleridge Hospital. She was 90 years of age. Helen was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia on May 13, 1926.

Helen is survived by her adoring daughters Shannon Bellamy and Heather Lambert, her son in laws Greg Bellamy and David Lambert; and grandchildren Cameron and Carly Bellamy and Zachary and Joshua Lambert.

Helen is predeceased by her husband and best friend George Evans.

Helen was a ray of sunshine and her laughter made everyone smile. She was spunky and full of life.

Helen enjoyed bingo, caring for her roses, walks to the mall, visits with her grandchildren, and life itself.

She had a great sense of humor and an infectious laugh. Helen always put her family first and was a devoted Grandmother.

Helen grew up in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia where she worked in the Moirs chocolate factory where she developed a sweet tooth. During World War II she worked in rope making and ammunition factories. At the age of 19 Helen met her future husband George. Once George left the Navy and returned to the small farming community of Beaton, BC, he convinced the city girl to join him.

They settled in Revelstoke, BC until 1993 where they raised their two daughters. Helen worked for many years as a custodian for School District 19. At home she was a great handy woman, seamstress and chauffeur.

In 1993 Helen and George moved to Chilliwack, BC to be close to their grown daughters. In 2003 after George’s passing, Helen moved to Coquitlam, BC to be close to her grandchildren.

Helen and George were always together; hand in hand.

Their loving relationship was a strong example for their daughters. Helen will be sadly missed by her family and those who knew her.

But, now she can join her kindred spirit, George, in a cuddle once more.

We will miss you Mom and Granny! Travel safe Mom and give Dad a kiss for us.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association or the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation in Helen’s name. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

GIBSON, John Harvey 1948 - 2016 It is with heavy hearts and computers full of viruses that we remember and celebrate the life of our “Hound Dog” - John Harvey Gibson.

John decided “It’s Now or Never” on January 8, 1948 when he entered this world and then got us “All Shook Up” when he was marked “Return To Sender” on June 4, 2016. In between, John will be remembered for having a “Burning Love” for a good prank and creating “Suspicious Minds” in everyone that believed the wisdom of that “Teddy Bear”. John was a hard worker that made the Westwood Government Liquor Store a better place; he was the guy you “Can’t Help Falling In Love” with!

There will be no “Crying In The Chapel” as we celebrate “The Wonder of You” with “A Little Less Conversation” and a little more action on Saturday, July 9, 2016.

Rest In Peace dear friend - always missed, forever loved - your Westwood Gang!

COMMUNITY

COMING EVENTS

Now Hiring • Grocery Clerks • Restaurant Staff

Featuring: Guns, Knives, Militaria, And more

Sun. Jul 10, 8:30am-1pm, NEW LOCATION 9291 Corbould St., Chilliwack Membership Available at the Door Proud Supporter of B.C. Cancer Kids Camp www.hacsbc.ca

LOST CAT − REWARD! George is a short haired black cat missing from Prairie and Burns in Poco.

He may be making his way home to Fraser and Newberry. When last seen, he was wearing a black and rhinestone col− lar with a bell, but he may have lost it on his adven− ture. Please contact with any sightings! He has been lost for five days now and is dearly missed by his family.

604−837−2528 or 778−554−7862

Sunday, July 10 9am - 4:30pm Vancouver Flea Market

703 Terminal Ave, Van Admission $2.00 Vendors wanted $40/table over 80 Vendors Join us on Facebook 604-685-8843

BC Cancer Foundation 32900 Marshall Rd Abbotsford, BC V2S 0C2 604.851.4736 bccancerfoundation.com Supporting the BC Cancer Agency Supporting the BC Cancer Agency

PETS

Interior Heavy Equipment Operator School.

Hands-on tasks.

Start Weekly. GPS Training.

Funding & Housing available.

Job Aid. Already a HEO? Get certification proof!

Call 1-866-399-3853 or iheschool.com

MARKETPLACE

APPLIANCES POCO APPLIANCE MART 604-942-4999 • Rebuilt Washer•Dryer•Fridge•Stove Up to 1 Yr warranty • Trade-ins

Coquitlam Farm Fresh Blueberries Please visit 4350 Oliver Road

ALL SMALL BREED PUPS Local, Non-Shedding and Vet Checked.

604-590-3727 www.puppiesfishcritters.com

CHILDREN

DAYCARE CENTERS THE LEARNING CIRCLE CHILDCARE Now with open spaces www.thelearningcircle childcare.com 604−942−2273

tricitynews.adperfect.com

GARAGE SALES

Apply Online: www.saveonfoodsjobs.com 2 F/T Baker Helper at Park’s Bread ‘n’ Buns Factory $1315/hr. Weight lifting up to 50lb Fax: (604) 777-2825 CLEANING PERSON English speaking, physically fit, $14/hr must have own car, 3 days per/wk, flex hrs. 604-808-0212

.

COLLECTORS SALE

SPROTTSHAW.COM

CLASSES & COURSES

FARM PRODUCE

Now Hiring FLAG PERSONS & LANE CLOSURE TECHS

ANTIQUE SHOW

Our beloved husband and father passed away June 30th, 2016 at the age of 63 after a 6 year struggle with Alzheimer’s. Jim is survived by his wife, Lowayne, and his two sons Tannan and Ben. Family and friends are invited to The PoCo Inn and Suites located at 1545 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, BC on July 17th, 2016 at 1PM. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C. www.alzheimer.ca/bc/Get−involved

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

LOST

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

TAYLOR, Jim January 13, 1953 − June 30, 2016

EMPLOYMENT

EDUCATION

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

• Must have reliable vehicle • Must be certified • Union Wages from $18.44 per hr & Benefits

Port Coquitlam

175 tables of Bargains on Deluxe 20th Century Junque!

JUL 17 Sunday • MAR 20 • 10am -3pm Croatian Cultural Centre 3250 Commercial Drive, Van. Info: 604 980-3159 • Adm: $5.00

BIG STREET SALE!

Doble Court, Coquitlam Sat, July 9, 10 - 2 (No previews) Collectibles, Geo Trax, RC planes, model trains, ski and diving items, girl’s bike, books, clothes, toys, c/d/dvds, patio chair, camping, furniture, tools and much more!

Sat July 9th 9-3pm 3380 Vincent St. Garage at the rear in the lane Somethings are free

WILDWOOD Mobile Home Park, Multi Family Annual Garage Sale 201 Cayer St, Coq Sat July 9 • 9am - 3pm Hot Dogs & Drinks Something for Everyone!

One Call Does It All

604-630-3300

.

VALLEY TRAFFIC SYSTEMS Apply in person 9770-199A St, Langley Fax or Email resume: 604-513-3661 darlene@valleytraffic.ca

PRODUCTION STAFF K-BRO LINEN SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE STREET • Full-time: 4 days @ 10 hrs • Part-Time: 4-5 hrs starting at 6pm • Starting pay rate: • $11.22 - $13.25 / hour plus extended Health Insurance • Ability to work weekends is required.

K-Bro Linen operates a large modern commercial laundry facility located within a short walk from Lake City Skytrain in Burnaby.

Apply in person: 8035 Enterprise St., Bby July 14th, 2016 between 9:30am & 4:00pm

MEDICAL/ DENTAL HELP CONFIDENTIAL CASUAL ON CALL MOA Port Coquitlam Family Practice seeking PT MOA. Prefer Oscar experi− ence. Please reply to Office Manager. burkemedical@telus.net

Massive Estate Sale July 8, 12PM−7PM and July 9 & 10, 9AM−2PM 1125 Coutts Way, Port Coquitlam. All furniture and acces− sories (lamps, microwaves etc.), over 1500 pieces of art (original native art paintings and artifacts), tons of tools, saws, gardening supplies, framing supplies, art collector pieces, DVD’s, kitchenware, canning supplies, crystal, col− lector plates... name it, we have it.

CARRIERS NEEDED

The following routes are now available to deliver the News in the Tri City area.

6024 21-57 Bedard Cres, 926-942 Clarke Rd, 16-55 Mount Royal Dr, 964-1020 Seaforth Way, 20-74 Seaview Drive 9055 1497-1599 Elinor Cres, 1451-1455 Flora Pl 1444-1457 Francis Pl, 1143-1455 Gloria Dr (odd) 1477-1641 Western Dr (odd) 9235 2418 Avon Pl. 9107 3481-3490 Greer Pl, 2505-2517 Hastings Pl, 34783641 Hastings St, 2439-2554 Kitchener Ave, 36033691 McRae Cres, 2420-2542 Patricia Ave. 9006 1502-2063 Columbia Ave, 1410-1592 Knappen St (even), 2044-2067 McKenzie Pl, 1397-1592 Pitt River Rd, 2048-2058 Pooley Ave (even), 2025-2075 Routley Ave (odd) 9878 1500-1528 Greenstone Crt, 2620-2642 Marble Crt, 2610-2641 Panorama Drive 8759 1221 Coast Meridian Rd, 3380-3458 Darwin Ave, 1225-1248 Holtby St, 1239 Soball St, 34033465 Victoria Dr (odd), 3388-3476 Wilkie Ave. If you are interested in delivering the papers, please call Circulation 604-472-3040 Other routes not listed may be available, please contact our office

A30 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW HOME SERVICES

LEGAL LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Rogers Communications Inc. from Burnaby, B.C. has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a communications site situated on Provincial Crown land in the vicinity of Westwood Plateau.

The Lands File for this application is 2411771. Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at: http://www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp 2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200 – 10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations until August 11, 2016. Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services in Victoria at: www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/.

ALARM SERVICES

Description: As part of the public consultation process required by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), formerly Industry Canada, Rogers is inviting the public to comment on a proposed telecommunications facility in Crown land consisting of a 60 metre selfsupport tower and ancillary radio equipment to improve wireless services in the vicinity of Westwood Plateau.

Location: Unsurveyed Crown Land, Coquitlam, BC Coordinates: Latitude: N 49.320520°, Longitude: W -122.804070° Location Map For More Information : Contact Rogers at: Tawny Verigin Rogers Site c/o Cypress Land Services Agents to Rogers Communications Inc. Suite 120, 736 Granville Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 1G3 Tel: 604-620-0877 Email: publicconsultation@cypresslandservices.com

604-463-7919 Systems Ltd.

APPLIANCE REPAIRS POCO APPLIANCE MART 604 942-4999 • Servicing ALL Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guar’teed

CHIMNEY SERVICES Santa’s Chimney Services Sweeping, Repairs, Re-builds WETT Certified 778-340-0324

CLEANING Maids “R” US Excellent Home Cleaning! *Best Rates/Prices *Residential & Commercial *Excellent References 28 Years Experience

The public is welcome to comment on the proposal by the end of the business day on August 11, 2016 with respect to this matter.

604-808-0212

CONCRETE Rogers Site Reference: W3447 – Westwood Plateau II

REAL ESTATE

HOUSES FOR SALE 6 BR house in Nanaimo incl a full 2 br suite. Ocean and city view. Owner can carry mortgage with reasonable down pmt. Also, 2 br house with beauty salon on commercial property. 250-753-0160

◀

INVESTOR ALERT! 10 Acres, 2 Houses Maple Ridge Development potential for over 101 Houses!

Below market value Asking 3.3m.

No Real Estate Fees BY OWNER. (604) 761 - 6935

HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO small!

Serving Lower Mainland 26 Yrs! •Prepare •Form •Place •Finish •Granite/Interlock Block Walls & Bricks •Driveways •Stairs •Exposed Aggregate •Stamped Concrete •Sod Placement Excellent Refs•WCB Insured 604-657-2375/604-462-8620

RENTALS APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT * WE BUY HOMES *

Yes, We Pay Cash!

Damaged or Older Houses!!

Condos & Pretty Homes too! www.webuyhomesbc.com

( 604 ) 657-9422

Proposed Site

ALARM

Notice of Proposed Rogers Telecommunications Facility

PROPERTY FOR SALE $667K Galiano Island Waterfront!

1950sf, 3 BR, 2 bath. + Unique Rental Cabin on ppty for B&B, guests etc.

Private sale.

Call Jenna • 778-246-4430 or 604-802-8711 or view; https://youtu.be/80LnOL21Tno

PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm suite - $825 - Includes heat/hot water - 1.5 blks to bus stops - 2 blks to Safeway/medical - City park across street - Gated parking & elevator - Adult oriented building - References required * SORRY NO DOGS * Call for appointment 604-464-3550

SKYLINE TOWERS 102-120 Agnes St, New West .

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool.

1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area. Gated underground parking available.

References required.

DALL’ANTONIA CONCRETE Seniors discount. Friendly, family business, 40+ yrs. 604-240-3408

DRYWALL Repairs. misc service jobs drywall rep. etc. Big or Small, If I can’t do it, It can’t be done. Robert 604-454-4515

ELECTRICAL

CALL 604 525-2122

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

Electrical Installations Renos & Repairs. BBB Member.

HOUSES FOR RENT

www.nrgelectric.ca

604-520-9922

3BR/1BA $1,700 Blue Mountain & Quadling 3 bedroom & 1 bathroom two storey, neat & clean house for rent available now. Rent is month to month. Rent is negotiable. Utilities are not included.

604−783−8609 ravinderchauhan66@gmail.com

All Electrical, Low Cost.

Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes. (604)374-0062

INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL

$$ LOW RATES $$ Lic’d.

We LOVE small jobs!

Fast. Efficient. Bonded. 24/7 30 yrs exp. 604-617-1774

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SERVICES BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU HAVE 10 hrs/wk to turn into $1500/mth using your PC & phone? Free info: www.BossFree123.com

FINANCIAL SERVICES 4 Pillars helps people like you reduce their debt by an average of 85%.

Call Peter Temple today.

778-340-4002 4pillars.ca

FINANCIAL SERVICES LARGE FUND

Borrowers Wanted.

Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone.

1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime.

Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income. CALL ANYTIME 1-800-639-2274 or 604-430-1498 Apply online at www.capitaldirect.ca

FRANCHISES

All 4 Pillars® offifices are independently owned and operated.

4 Pillars® and its associated trademarks are used under license.

GET BACK ON TRACK Bad credit? Bills?

Unemployed?

Need Money? We lend!

If you own your own home you qualify!

Pioneer AcceptanceCorp.

BBB mem. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com 604-987-1420

A Motel and a House on Trans Canada Hwy For Sale Together at Only $500,000 12 Guests Units Motel + 1 Manager’s Residence (2100 sq ft house) + All Appliances (New) + All Motel Furniture and Fixtures + All Motel Inventories Call 306−599−9258 or email to motelsc@gmail.com for further details

RENTALS

1 & 2 Bdrms available $895/mo & $995/mo

Great Location

Queen Anne Apts. * Renovated Suites *

A Great Janitorial Franchise Opportunity *Annual starting revenue of $24,000-$120,000 *Min. investment as low as $6050 req. *Guaranteed cleaning contracts *Professional training provided *Financing available *Ongoing support Contact Coverall of BC A Respected Worldwide Leader in Franchised Office Cleaning!

604.434.7744 • info@coverallbc.com

www.coverallbc.com

ADVERTISING POLICIES

APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT MAPLE RIDGE

*Large *Clean *Very Quiet Includes: Heat, Hot Water

and Hydro

Near Shopping & Amenities.

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-7450 12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings

COQUITLAM United Blvd / Fawcett 3 AC Prime Offices 750sf, Upper floor-face east, w/bathroom & kitchenette.

Rent includes taxes, strata fee, heat & hydro.

Garry • 604-461-7172

GARDEN VILLA

1010 6th Ave. New West.

Suites Available. Beautiful atrium with fountain. By shops, college & transit.

Pets negotiable. Ref req.

CALL 604 715-7764 BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

VILLA MARGARETA

320-9th St, New West Suites Available.

All suites have balconies, Undergrd. parking avail.

Refs. req. Small Pet OK. CALL 604-715-7764

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers.

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.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

Port Coquitlam 775 -3000 sq ft, ground flr commercial area. Facing onto city park.

1 blk from Lougheed / Shaughnessy intersection.

Call (604)464-3550

tricitynews.adperfect.com

Need a New Place?

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call. Lic#89402.

Fast same day service.

Insured. Guar’d. We love small jobs. 604-568-1899

EXCAVATING

.

#1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries

Drainage, Video Inspection, Landscaping, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating, Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

604-341-4446

Find one in the Classifieds

To advertise call 604-630-3300

Home Services

continued on next page

TRI-CITY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, A31

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COM HOME SERVICES FLOORING Hardwood Floor Refinishing Repairs & Staining Installation Free Estimates Century Hardwood Floors 604-376-7224 www.centuryhardwood.com

HANDYPERSON

MOVING

PAINTING/ WALLPAPER

Window Cleaning & Roof Cleaning

AFFORDABLE MOVING

PRO*ACC PAINTING LTD

Repairs to :

• Residential Specialists • WCB, Ins’d, Lic’d • Free Estimates

FENCES DECKS RAILINGS

www.affordablemoversbc.com

WorkSafeBC insured

Gutters Cleaned & Repaired

www.expertpowerwashing.com

Mike 604-961-1280

From

GUTTERS GUTTER CLEANING ROOF CLEANING WINDOW CLEANING POWER WASHING 30 yrs experience For Prompt Service Call

Simon 604-230-0627

Any project,

BIG

1, 2, 3, 5 & 7 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ Since 2001

604-942-4383

www.pro-accpainting.com

Free Estimate/Senior Discount

604-537-4140

HOME REPAIRS RENOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS

MIRACLE MOVING Licensed - Insured - Fully Equip.

Starts from $45/hr Local & Long Distance Moves Mid-month & Seniors Discount miraclemoving.ca

Done Quick. Licenced.

Done Right. Bonded.

Guaranteed. Insured.

604-720-2009

604-878-5232

RELIABLE

MOVING

handymanconnection.com

• Reliable Moving • HouseHold Move specialist • FRiendly. pRoFessional. Well equip.

• senioR discount & MontHly specials

or small...

Est 1985

$45/Hr

Residential~Commercial~Pianos LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

778-986-2758

Find all the help you need in the Home Services section

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

FAIRWAY PAINTING Fully Insured 20 yrs. exp. • Free Est.

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR SPECIALS 10% OFF

AHI Home Maintenance

604.317.0490

ALL RENOVATIONS; Int & Ext. Kitch/Bath, Framing, Tiles, Floors, Paint, Drywall+ 778-836-0436

7291234

from $40.Lic & Ins local &

Enterprise Mechanical Systems Plumbing, Heating, Gas Fitting SAVE BIG on Replacing your old Furnace and Hot Water Tank with a High Efficiency one.

Pioneer at high efficiency gas equipment.

Ask about our

FORTIS BC REBATES

storage. Ca & US long distance 604-505-1386 604-505-9166

604 -230 -3539 778-322-2378 604-339-1989

PATIOS

Free Est. 604-521-2688

www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

D & M Renovations.

Flooring, tiling, finishing.

Fully Insured. Top quality, quick work, 604-724-3832

ALL TYPES of home renos & improvements / restorations 15 yrs exp. 604-612-6323

778 PLUMBING AND HEATING

PAINTING/ WALLPAPER

Comm, res, repairs and installs, gas fitting, renos.

Navien expert. Fully ins’d and ticketed. Reas rates.

Prompt. 778-834-6966

#1 Pay-Less Pro Painting SUMMER Ext/Int SPECIAL LOOK for our YARD SIGNS Free estimates. Licensed Pressure Washing. Insured Serving Tri City 36 Yrs. Call 24Hrs/7 Days Scott 604-891-9967 paylesspropainting.com

.

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc. Paver stones, Hedges driveways/patios, ponds & walls, returfing, demos, yard/perimeter drainage, jack hammering. Old pools filled in, concrete cutting.

604.782.4322 TOBIAS OPERA LANDSCAPING Bobcat, retaining walls, irrigation, paving, fences. 778-688-2444

LAWN & GARDEN .

ABSOLUTE BOBCAT & EXCAVATING LTD .

• All Bobcat / Mini-X Service • Small Hauls ~ Pickup / Delivery

Lawn Removal & Chafer Beetle Solutions!

• Concrete & Asphalt RYAN • 604-329-7792

BC GARDENING 25 Years Exp.

• Lawn & Garden Maint.

• Power Raking, Trimming • Tree Topping, Planting • Cleanup & more!

All Work Guar. Free Est.

Donny 604-600-6049 MARK’S LAWN CARE Lawn care and small handyman work, rubbish removal. Free est., friendly service, insured. Call: Mark at 604-308-8073

Summer Services Same Day Service, Fully Insured FREE ESTIMATES

• Lawn Maintenance • Fertilizing •Yard Clean-ups • Aeration • Pruning/Hedges • Power Raking • Rubbish Removal • Gardening •Yearly Maintenance Programs •

Drain Cleaning, Plumbing, Renovations & Repairs

604-312-7674 ALEX PAINTING

Call 604-785-0369

D&M PAINTING

BOOK A JOB AT

Drainage • Heating • Gas Renos • Maintenance • Installs DJPlumbing.ca 778-227-1119 LIC’d PLUMBER - installs, fire sprinklers heating, video drain inspections. 604-723-2007 LOCAL PLUMBER Licensed, insured, GAS FITTING, renos, repairs.

VISA 604-469-8405

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT JENCO

.

CONSTRUCTION

Complete Renovations .

• Kitchen & Bathrooms • In-law Suites • Additions •Custom Cabinets •Senior Disc www.jenco-online.info

604-724-3832

.

www.jimsmowing.ca

A Gardener & A Gentleman Lawn, Garden, Trees. Prune.

Clean-up. Junk.604-319-5302

Interior & Exterior Specialist .

HOME REPAIRS RENOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS

778-317-7672

Done Quick. Licenced.

Done Right. Bonded.

Guaranteed. Insured.

SPECIAL SUMMER PAINTING DISCOUNT

604-878-5232

PANORAMA PAINTING Interior exterior.

Quality counts!

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR

handymanconnection.com

Residential & Commercial

35%OFF Lawn Care, Shrub-Hedge Trim Installation, Spring Clean-up.

Senior Disc • 604-783-3142

16 years exp. Free Estimates

A. RIGHTWAY PAINTING

778-984-0666

A-1 Contracting & Roofing NEW & RE-ROOFING All Types • Concrete Tile Paint & Seal •Asphalt • Flat All Maintenance & Repairs WCB. 25% Discount.

• Emergency Jobs •

“Your Complete Sundeck Specialists”

• Vinyl Waterproofing • Deck Rebuilds • Custom Built Railings • Patio Covers

GL Roofing, & Repairs. New roof, clean gutters $80. 604240-5362. info@glroofing.ca

778.285.2107 Roofing Expert 778-230-5717 Repairs/re-roof/new roofs.

All work guaranteed. Frank

TREE SERVICES

RUBBISH REMOVAL

GREEN TREE

Always Reddy Rubbish Removal • Respectful • Reliable & • Responsible. All Rubbish, Junk & Recycling.

Summer cleanup. Affordable.

Johnson• 778-999-2803

.

RICK’S

• • • • •

Residential Yard Waste Commercial Construction Free Estimates

Rick 604-329-2783

ARBORIST SERVICE • Tree Removal • Pruning • Hedge Trimming + more 15yrs exp. WCB. Full Ins’d.

Call Tom for Free Est.

778-899-TREE (8733) greentreeservice.ca

TREE SERVICES

Pruning, Hedge Trimming Tree & Stump Removal 60 ft Bucket Trucks 604-787-5915 604-291-7778 treeworksvancouver.ca 10% discount with this ad

AUTOMOTIVE

.

Interior / Exterior Specialist Many Years Experience Fully Insured Top Quality, Quick Work Free estimate

Call 604-240-7594 Craig 604-942-5591

604-591-3500

.

Interior & Exterior Free Est’s • Great Rates

BACH PAINTING AND PROPERTY SERVICES Int/Ext paint, wallpaper, pressure washing, gutter cleaning, hedging. All property maint needs.

WCB, Lic’d. Refs.

20 Year Labour Warranty Available

RUBBISH REMOVAL

• Furnaces • Boilers • Hot Water Heating • Hot Water Tanks

DISPOSAL BINS starting at $219 plus dump fees. Call Disposal King 604-306-8599

Re-Roofing & Repairs Specialists

ROOFING & PLUMBER

Call Ray 604-562-5934

310-JIMS (5467)

778-893-7277

loofaconstruction.ca

.

604-440-8582

SUMMER CLEAN UP •Hedge Trim •Tree Prune Lawn & Yard Maintenance Insured. Guaranteed.

John • 778-867-8785 coquitlamlandscaping.ca

RENOVATIONS & REPAIR lam/wood flrs/tiling,finishing carpentry, drywall, sundecks, windows/doors new roof & siding repairs.

Quality work, Free Est.

$25 OFF JUNK REMOVAL Senior Discount Better Rate Free Estimate 604−500−2003

SUN DECKS

NORM 604-841-1855

PLUMBING

604-931-7575 604-612-4347

LAWN & GARDEN

All Season Roofing

Bath, Kitchen, Basement & More Grade A+, Licensed & Insured RenoRite.com, 604-365-7271

FERREIRA

• Aluminum Patio Covers • Sunrooms and Windows • Aluminum Railings, Vinyl Decking

Home comfort is our Specialty

LANDSCAPING

ScholtensRoofing.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Professional • Licensed • Bonded • Insured • A+ BBB Member Call today!

604-946-4333

604-835-ROOF (7663)

TCP MOVING 1 to 3 men

HEATING

Liability Insurance, WCB, BBB, Free Estimates

PAINTSPECIAL.COM

All interior and Exterior Renovations and Additons Renovation Contractor Licensed and Insured Free Estimates “Satisfaction Guaranteed”

ABE MOVING & Delivery & Rubbish Removal $30/HR per Person• 24/7. 604-999-6020

Bros. Roofing Ltd. Over 40 Years in Business SPECIALIZING IN CEDAR, FIBERGLASS LAMINATES AND TORCH ON.

• BBB A+ Rating • Free Estimates • Senior’s Discount • Liability Insured since 1990

Call 604-

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed.

Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

ROOFING

A-1 Contracting. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tiling, painting & decks. Dhillon, 604-782-1936

Call Jag at:

778-892-1530

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

Century Roofing

THE SCRAPPER

.

SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

Roofing Expert (30 yrs) .

BBB A+ WCB Insured Red Sealed Roofers .

Sloped & Flat Residential Commercial Seniors Discount .

(604)700-9849

CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

604-RUBBISH 782-2474

604-790-3900 OUR SERVIC 2H

E

On Time, Fast. Lowest Rates

• We remove any kind of junk & recycling • Resident, Commercial, Industrial • Basement, Garage, Yard Clean-up • Old Furniture, Appliances 15 & 30 Yard Dumptrucks

Looking to do some

#1 FREE Scrap Vehicle Removal

Ask about $500 Credit!!! $$ PAID for Some 604.683.2200

Home Improvement?

Refer to the Service Directory for all of your home improvement, decorating and gardening needs.

A32 FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMWWW

New Community Savings Branch for Port Coquitlam

COMMUNITY SAVINGS GRAND OPENING The Grand Opening of the new Port Coquitlam branch of Community Savings Credit Union was held on June 20 to glowing reviews. Located at 111 – 2020 Oxford Connector, the new branch embraces an open concept that is designed to reduce wait times and provide a comfortable and friendly environment for members. There is ample parking and the new branch is only five minutes away from its previous location.

Guests at the Opening included Mike Farnworth, MLA for Port Coquitlam, City Councillors, David Black and Gwenne Farrell of Move UP along with CSCU board members, management and employees. John Diak of the Poco Community Foundation accepted a $2,500 donation from the credit union. Our thanks to everyone who helped make the occasion a momentous one. Please drop by to check us out and discover the CSCU service difference.

Follow us: @comsavings

604-654-2000 www.comsavings.com

Burnaby | New Westminster | Victoria | Surrey | Port Coquitlam | Vancouver