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FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015 Your community. Your stories.
TRI-CITY
NEWS
Tens of thousands of Tri-City residents take part each year in Terry Fox Runs and Terry Fox school runs. This year, if you’re in shape and willing to travel, you can climb a mountain — Mt. Terry Fox, in fact — to mark the 35th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope: see story, page A7
HOUSING
How much $$ will you require to buy in the Tri-Cities? GARY MCKENNA
The Tri-CiTy News
You and your partner are planning to buy a home in the Tri-Cities. But your housing wants will determine your income needs — meaning if one number is bigger, the other has to be, too. And the difference between buying a compact condo or a spacious detached house could be as much as $12,000 per month in household income, according to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver’s monthly home price index. In fact, numbers analyzed by The Tri-City News show that someone looking to buy a single-family home in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam or Port Moody now have to earn a household income of at least six figures. The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation states in its affordability guidelines that monthly housing costs, including heating and property tax, should not exceed 32% of gross monthly income. SUBMITTED PHOTO
see YOU’LL NEED, page A8
TRI-CITY ENVIRONMENT
Hundreds of Tri-City residents will take aim at chafer beetles But drought may change the rules GARY MCKENNA
The Tri-CiTy News
Close to 750 permits have been issued to Tri-Cities
residents for lawn watering exemptions in an effort to combat the chafer beetle. Last month, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody announced they would allow residents treating their property with nematodes to water outside the restricted times for
a three-week period. Nematodes are effective in battling the beetle and work best when applied to thoroughly watered lawns during the chafer grub’s most vulnerable stage, which is generally between July 1 and Aug. 15. Residents applying for the
permits must fill out an application form indicating the size and location of the affected areas on their property along with proof they have purchased nematodes. So far this season, Coquitlam has issued 300 permits while PoCo has issued 199 and Port Moody 249.
But if the hot dry weather continues, the cities may cease issuing new permits while nullifying those that have already been issued, according to Steffanie Warriner, Coquitlam’s manager of environmental services. see WATER, page A3
A PoCo couple champions a special tree: see page A3
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