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Girl, 16, dies of drug OD in PoMo SARAH PAYNE

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The family and friends of a 16-year-old Coquitlam girl are mourning her shocking death after she is believed to have overdosed on drugs in the bathroom of a Port Moody Starbucks.

The Gleneagle secondary student and coach at TAG Gymnastics was found unresponsive in the bathroom of the Ioco Road location shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday; emergency responders were unable to revive her.

see WARNINGS, page 7

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A Coquitlam RCMP officer at the scene Sunday in Port Coquitlam where 65-year-old Robert Harold Vidovich of Coquitlam was stabbed and killed during a fight.

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Suspect sought in stabbing death on Sunday in PoCo SARAH PAYNE The Tri-CiTy News

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the victim in a stabbing outside a Port Coquitlam pub Sunday afternoon as 65-year-old Robert Harold

Vidovich of Coquitlam.

It’s the fifth murder in the Tri-Cities so far in 2016. The most recent was a murder-suicide last month in Coquitlam.

Coquitlam RCMP were called when a fight started outside the Shaughnessy Square mall in the 2000-block

of Lougheed Highway just after 3:15 p.m. Sunday. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds allegedly sustained during the fight, according to witnesses. see INVESTIGATORS, page 5

MORE FROM A DEADLY WEEKEND

A 24-year-old Port Coquitlam woman was killed in an accident on the water in Osoyoos: page 9

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Streamkeepers disturbed at request to move creek to make way for house A 10,000-sq. ft. ‘dream house’ is planned for PoCo

“When you move a stream you never get back the productivity of the stream.”

Sandy Budd, Maple Creek Streamkeepers pres.

DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

A group of Port Coquitlam streamkeepers are raising the alarm about a plan to move a large portion of a Maple Creek tributary to make way for a massive house.

Maple Creek Streamkeepers say the plan to move 55 m of a Maple Creek side channel 5 m northwest of its existing path will undo 20 years of hard work in improving habitat and enhancing coho salmon and cutthroat trout in the area.

“When you move a stream you never get back the productivity of the stream,” said Sandy Budd, the group’s president, who fears the approval of a watercourse development permit to move the creek running behind an existing house at 2545 Kitchener Ave. will unleash a flood of similar requests.

The proposal by property owner Yang de Yang, a retired businessman from China, has received approval by Fisheries and Oceans Canada after consultation with the Kwikwetlem First Nation. And Yang’s daughter, who plans to live in the proposed 10,000-sq. ft. house with her extended family, said work will be done to save fish and improve habitat

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Sandy Budd, president of the Maple Creek Streamkeepers in Port Coquitlam, and Jeff Rudd, a volunteer, scan the waters of the creek near the confluence of its main stem and a tributary where a property owner wants to move the creek to make way for a 10,000-sq. ft. home. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has approved the application, which will come before PoCo’s Smart Growth committee this fall. as part of the creek relocation.

“My father… he wants to build a kind of dream home for us,” Amelia Yang told The Tri-City News. “That’s why we would like to take time and spend money to relocate the creek.

“We have put a lot of effort [into it],” she said. “We hired professionals to see how we can minimize the effect on the environment.”

But the proposal for such

a large home on the narrow, tree-lined street has neighbours riled and the streamkeepers concerned.

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Coun. Brad West, who chairs PoCo’s Smart Growth committee, which will deal with the application this fall, said he is well aware of the proposal and neighbours’ concerns.

“Just on the face of it, my interest is ensuring the pres-

ervation and enhancement of Maple Creek, and it’s hard to see how a development proposal that would alter the creek would do any of that,” West said.

The city will seek more information about the size of structures, among other things, and while the project is raising alarm bells, it’s not unusual for the city to receive between two to three water course development permit applications in a

year. All must meet city, provincial and federal regulations, a spokesperson from the planning department said.

Meanwhile, Budd says she is surprised the plan has got so far and she criticizes Fisheries and Oceans Canada for not consulting with streamkeeper groups, its community advisor or neighbours of the property.

“No residential property gets a stream moved — maybe a road, maybe a corporation,” Budd said. “We already have problems with our salmonbearing stream.”

According to a document at city hall, the project has been in the works for at least two years, with CSR Environmental conducting plant and fish inventories, and proposing a plan to dig the new tributary by hand and with small excavators. Sediment controls would be in place and most of the work done during dry periods or when there is less chance of fish being affected.

Once dug, the planned new creek portion would be stabilized, gravel and rocks installed to create riffle pools, and the newly constructed stream connected to the existing channel. The older portion would be isolated and fish

moved to the new creek.

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada sent a list of its requirements for the project to The Tri-City News; it includes that new rearing and spawning habitat be constructed, plants replaced, mature trees protected and water flows and other factors monitored.

Moving the portion of the tributary is not expected to change water temperature or how the tributary flows into Maple Creek, according to CSR Environmental, which predicts an “overall increase in habitat quality for coho salmon (and potentially cutthroat trout).”

But Budd is worried about tree removal, and the upsetting of the creek’s natural attributes with the digging, including a reduction in food for fish, especially when the creek portion is new and plants and soil and life-giving nutrients are not yet established. She plans to bring her concerns to city council when the permit is dealt with.

“We have little enough habitat, this is one of the few remaining areas that is still a natural stream,” she said. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Summertime efforts help feed the needy #OneBagChallenge among measures used to aid Share DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Share Family and Community Services asked the community to remember to donate to the food bank this summer to help fill empty shelves and the non-profit organization wasn’t disappointed.

In fact, dozens of groups collected funds and food to feed

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Keeping food bank shelves filled was the goal of several organizations this summer, including Rotary Club Coquitlam Sunrisers, who participated in the #OneBagChallenge.

400 families in need each week during the Remember the Food Bank Campaign and the #OneBagChallenge on social media.

“Summertime is difficult.

Definitely, you can see that across Canada,” said Michelle Murray, fund development manager for Share. “People graciously donate all year round but we notice the shelves are lower in summer.”

To ensure there’s enough food to fill hampers for Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam families in need, Share reached out to the community and was rewarded with

several hundred pounds of food and cash donations.

The Coquitlam Life Assembly Church donated 664 lb. of food, a food drive at the Shaughnessy Station Safeway resulted in 1,664 lb. of food being collected and a viral social media campaign — the #OneBagChallenge — that started in Kelowna generated cash and food.

The goal of the campaign is to get people to donate a bag of food and challenge others to do the same. Among those involved were the Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise and Selina Robinson, Coquitlam-

Maillardville MLA, and her son Aaron Robinson with the TriCities Chamber of Commerce.

They challenged others to step up and donate food to the food bank and because there is no end date to a viral campaign, people can still donate a bag of food to Share and encourage others to do so as well.

As well, Joey Restaurant in Coquitlam is donating $1 to Share for every scoop of Spun Daily Ice Cream sold in August.

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Cones mark the area of investigation Sunday at Shaughnessy Square in Port Coquitlam, where a 65-year-old man from Coquitlam was stabbed to death.

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Investigators search for motive to killing continued from front page

The victim was treated at the scene and taken to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The other man apparently fled on foot. The Lower Mainland District Police Dog Service was brought in but the suspect was not located.

The suspect described as a Caucasian man about 5’8”

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Anyone with information is asked to call the IHIT tip line at 1-877-551-4448 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-2228477, or via www.solvecrime. ca.

to 5’10” tall, weighing about 150 lb., and possibly wearing a black hoodie and pants, and carrying a backpack.

“IHIT continues to work alongside the Forensics Unit, the Coroner’s Service and the Coquitlam RCMP in an effort to identify and locate the male suspect,” said IHIT spokesperson Cpl. Meghan Foster in a release.

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Coq. firefighters will get naloxone training Increase in no. of overdoses prompts policy change GARY MCKENNA

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Coquitlam Fire and Rescue is expected to begin training its staff in administering the opioid overdose antidote naloxone.

Fire Chief Wade Pierlot said the department is scheduling sessions with B.C. Health and Emergency Services and he will report on the training to city council this fall.

“This is an additional tool,” he said. “If all goes well, we hope to be providing this treatment.”

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to patients attending emergency rooms for overdoses and all 12 Fraser Health ERs are equipped to dispense the kits.

Between January and May, 857 take-home kits were dispensed in ERs throughout the region, however Eagle Ridge Hospital had yet to hand out any.

Port Coquitlam Fire Chief Nick Delmonico told The TriCity News last month that his crews were trained in naloxone administration three months

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Port Moody Police said there was drug paraphernalia and a small amount of drugs located at the scene that lead police to suspect a drug overdose.

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Homes have been found for a majority of the victims displaced by a July 28 fire on Cottonwood Avenue in Coquitlam but there are still 10 families, some of them refugees, without a place to live.

Fire Chief Wade Pierlot told The Tri-City News that contractors worked quickly to cap utilities and seal off building 21, where the bulk of the damage occurred, and building 20, which was damaged when the fire wall was breached. That means that buildings 18 and 19 have been reoccupied and Concert Properties, the company that owns the site, was able to find

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A fire last month at an apartment complex on Cottonwood Avenue in Coquitlam displaced a number of families, including some refugees who had only recently come to Canada. additional units in other buildings for some of the victims.

“We have been able to get people back in,” Pierlot said.

“However, that left 10 families still without a place to go.”

For now, the refugee families that have yet to find a permanent place to live are being assisted by Immigrant Services Society of BC and their emergency shelter accommodations

have been extended.

The fire broke out on a Thursday afternoon and was sparked by a plumber’s torch during routine maintenance.

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uated while firefighters worked to contain the flames.

Since the blaze occurred, many community members have stepped up to help.

The Coquitlam Foundation presented a cheque for $23,000 to the Coquitlam Firefighters Charitable Society, which will distribute food and merchandise gift cards to fire victims. A large part of that contribution came from Concert Properties, which donated $20,000. Real Canadian Superstore also donated $500 in gift cards while a GoFundMe campaign launched by Coquitlam Coun.

Teri Towner had raised $4,175 as of Tuesday afternoon.

“This overwhelming generosity is an example of our community’s immediate and generous response to those in need,” said Janet Toddington, chair of the Coquitlam Foundation.

James Martins, the president of the Coquitlam Firefighters

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“We will be reassessing all information as we continue to receive it and as more funds pour in,” Martins said in a press release.

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The Kwikwetlem First Nation’s annual financial report has been released and shows the band is in a similar financial position as last year.

Released under the federal First Nations Financial Transparency Act, the audited financial statements for the year ending March 31, 2016 include the Coquitlam band’s financial position, balance sheet, program spending and salaries.

According to the statements, the Kwikwetlem’s assets stood at $3.9 million, down from the $5.6 million reported the previous year, while its liabilities also decreased by about $1.3 million to $2.3 million.

Revenues were recorded at $4.3 million, an increase from the $3.7 million for 2015. Top revenue categories were the provincial government and BC Housing (about $1.1 million combined); Ottawa transferred about half as much as the $1.1 million it paid to the

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Chief Ron Giesbrecht of Kwikwetlem First Nation was paid $122,422 in the past year while council members Ed Hall and Fred Hulbert Sr. earned $65,409 and $57,811 respectively. band last year.

A contract with Quantum Murray, an environmental and industrial services, brought in just over $1.1 million, up from $947,000 the previous year. Fireworks sales were also down slightly, bring-

ing in about $39,800.

Expenses were down just about a third, with $6.3 million in costs coming from economic development ($2.5 million), band programs ($2 million), capital projects ($583,759) and community

services ($406,711). Social services accounted for $121,397 and education was $91,750.

The overall deficit of $2 million was down from the previous year’s $5.6 million.

Band members were set to receive a healthy cheque, with a note in the financial documents stating that on May 25, the band council — Chief Ron Giesbrecht and councillors Ed Hall and Fred Hulbert Sr. — approved a resolution to distribute $1.2 million to eligible band members as of April 9, 2016. If that includes all 82 members, they would receive $14,634.15 each.

Those council members also saw sizeable increases to their remuneration.

Giesbrecht, who made headlines in 2014 as one of the highest-paid chiefs in Canada because of a 10% bonus he reaped from the $8.2-million sale of the band’s Burke Mountain lands to the provincial government, earned a $122,422 salary and recorded $18,580 in expenses.

The previous year his pay was $113,167 in salary and bonuses.

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Giving up on the Olympic dreams of young athletes through our own arrogance, cynicism and distrust sends a poor message. It tells them that excellence is not worth striving for because the obstacles are not worth overcoming.

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We could say, for example, that the Olympics are too big and have become too rich, too much of a spectacle. Some might also say it is nothing but a proxy war between Russia and the rest of the world, with the result being that blood doping is still a problem.

Should we then simply give up on the famous flag, held up as an example of harmony in sport between the world’s nations, becoming so self-satisfied in our cynicism that the Olympics is destroyed or is reduced to being a club that only wealthy can join?

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TC LETTERS East-west road needed in PoMo area, not to mention the citizens of Anmore and Belcarra, who have been enduring continually increasing traffic counts related to existing developments and the popularity of White Pine Beach, Buntzen Lake and Belcarra Regional Park.

The Ioco Townsite will be repopulated to something approaching its historical density and the former Imperial Oil lands to the north of the Townsite in both Port Moody and Anmore will be developed.

It is imperative that an additional east/west connector be added north of Ioco Road for the benefit of all residents of the city’s north shore. Now is not the time to ask council to “pull up the drawbridge” to prevent the long-planned and logical next step.

Peter Bevan-Stewart, Port Moody

in 1989 to include the Ioco area west of April Road.

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Open letter to Premier Christy Clark, Minister of Finance Mike de Jong and Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth: Regarding the tax on foreign home buyers, my main complaint is that you didn’t impose a tax long ago. A friend of mine who has been a realtor since 1979 says something should have been done 25 years ago.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the purpose of a house was to provide a place to live, especially for people who are

citizens of the country where the house is located. A house should not be a piece of property whose main purpose is as an investment.

Because of foreign buyers, our own citizens are finding it unaffordable to live here. Who is our top priority, taxpaying Canadian citizens or foreigners?

I’m afraid I have no sympathy for foreign buyers, as the letter writer Trevor Street does.

These foreign buyers have a place to live far away and probably have millions of dollars at their disposal.

Yes, I know that some realtors are angry because the new

tax could affect their bottom line. But I prefer to see housing prices at a more affordable level rather than having realtors becoming richer at the expense of their countrymen. It is a downright shame that young people here might never be able to afford to own a home, mostly due to foreign buyers.

In my opinion, foreigners should not be allowed to buy homes here — period. If they want to make money, let them invest in the stock market or something else that doesn’t inflict pain upon others by putting the price of a home out of reach.

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NEW FRIENDS FOUND AT BLOCK PARTY The Editor, On Sunday, July 24, I attended my first neighbourhood block party along with two of my longtime friends, Pat and Linda. It was held in the 1100-block of Dansey Avenue and hosted by Jeff Kim to celebrate the city of Coquitlam’s 125th birthday.

Since we live in the cul de

sac area (since the mid-1960s), we had not met all our neighbours at the other end of the street. This gathering — with people ranging in age from six months to mid-80s — gave us the opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones. It was a delightful event, where everyone contributed side dishes while city funding

paid for hot dogs, hamburgers and soft drinks.

If you have the opportunity to facilitate a block party in your neighbourhood, accept the challenge. You won’t be sorry.

And thank you to the city of Coquitlam, Jeff and the new neighbours I met.

Lovern Mattice, Coquitlam

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Geocaching event Thursday to focus on Maillardville history A francophone group that promotes Maillardville has found a trendy way for the community to learn about its French-Canadian roots.

Tomorrow (Thursday), Société Francophone de Maillardville will host its first geocaching project for the public to explore the historic neighbourhood.

Geocaching is a treasure hunt where participants can look for hidden objects using

GPS coordinates posted on a website, via their smart phone.

Launched in March to coincide with the society’s annual Festival du Bois at Mackin Park, the federally funded project, with additional revenue from Conseil culturel et artistique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique, is based on similar exercises employed in bilingual communities in Kamloops and Kelowna.

The Maillardville geocache

has 12 logs that contain stories about Maillardville’s past, written in English and French.

They are descriptions of the enclave’s origins, its pioneers, the Fraser Mills sawmill and the call for preservation. A vehicle is required to locate the dozen caches.

Attendees are asked to meet at the skateboard park at Mackin Park (1046 Brunette Ave.) on Aug. 11 at 12:30 p.m.

The first 50 participants will

receive a T-shirt or a reusable bag with an image of the public art piece designed by Sylvie Roussel-Janssens representing the compass of Maillardville.

Participation is free. Visit geocaching.com to log on (member name: francomaillardville). To RSVP, email cstlaurent@maillardville.com.

More info: maillardville.com for more information. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

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Seniors’ health covered on Aug. 18, 19 Four free workshops designed to help older adults will be presented next week at the Poirier branch of Coquitlam Public Library.

The library, along with Dogwood Pavilion and the Council of Senior Citizens’

Organizations of BC (COSCO) have partnered for the sessions, which run next Thursday and Friday.

Trained COSCO volunteers will lead the sessions in the Nancy Bennett Room (575 Poirier St.) to talk about

• eating right (Aug. 18, 1 to 3 p.m.); • medication awareness (Aug. 18, 7 to 9 p.m.); • wills and estate planning (Aug. 19, 10 a.m. to noon); • and road safety while driving (Aug. 19, 1 to 3 p.m.).

The series is sanctioned as part of the Coquitlam 125 anniversary celebrations.

To save a spot, leave a message on the library’s registration line at 604-937-4155. Visit library.coquitlam.bc.ca for info.

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Port Coquitlam’s Odette Pepper will take part in the Ride To Conquer Cancer, a two-day 200-km ride from Vancouver to Seattle that will be start in Vancouver Aug. 27. This will be the eighth year the ride has been held and, to date, it has raised $70 million for the BC Cancer Foundation. Last year, 2,087 riders raised $8.4 million.

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Survivor in training for cancer ride Pepper is still raising money for fundraising ride GARY MCKENNA

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Odette Pepper has achieved her fundraising goal of $5,000 but with two weeks left until she takes part in the Ride To Conquer Cancer, she says more donations are welcome.

The Port Coquitlam cyclist has been training and raising money for the ride since April in preparation for the two-day, 200-km ride from Vancouver to Seattle. This will be Pepper’s fifth ride and she said she is looking forward to receiving a gold-painted helmet in recognition of her participation in the event.

“It has probably been my best year for fundraising,” she said. “I actually have a cheque on me right now for $500, which will take me to $5,600.”

All proceeds from the Ride To Conquer Cancer, which has raised $70 million since 2009, goes to the BC Cancer Foundation for research and treatment.

Pepper know first-hand how

important fundraising can be.

She credits the foundation with helping find a treatment that has successfully reduced the size of her tumours since her cancer returned in 2011.

The 48-year-old was able to get back on her bike in 2012 and took part in her first Ride To Conquer Cancer event that year.

This year’s training effort was interrupted by injury but she said she has been cycling a lot during the last few weeks and is ready for the trip to Seattle.

She is riding 100 km a week or more in preparation and said she knows what she is in for when the gets on the road for the event, running Aug. 27 and 28.

“I am lucky I have a physical job,” said the UPS courier delivery worker. “It keeps me in shape.”

Pepper will be participating in this year’s ride with the Cap’s Westwood Cycle team, which is made up of 24 cyclists.

Those who wish to contribute money can click the donate button at www.conquercancer. ca and search “Odette Pepper” or “Cap’s Westwoodcycle.ca.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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A: You can’t force the other out of the home without a written agreement or a Court Order. All written agreements should be prepared by a lawyer experienced in family law.

If you cannot live together while you attempt to settle the legal matters, you may leave the home yourself. If you have children and your spouse is not capable of caring for them, you should not leave the children. If the children go with you, it’s important that you ensure your spouse knows where the children are and is able to contact them. You may also offer arrangements for your spouse to see the children. Leaving the home does not constitute “abandonment” or “desertion”.

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Last month, Coquitlam Public Library ran a contest called Tiny Stories, sponsored in part by The Tri-City News. And the entries were tiny indeed: Each could be no more than 420 characters, including spaces and punctuation — no small challenge when telling a tale. The stories of the three winners in each category (teens and adults) are printed below: TEENS

CARLY

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THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY

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SNOW DAY

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Last night Carly called me again. She and I are no longer together. I slumped into my sofa weakly. Images of Carly flooded my mind. Her flame red hair, her glowing green eyes, her brilliant smile…

Before I knew it, tears soaked me. After purchasing a bouquet of roses, I drove out to Carly. “I love you,” I said, “So please stop bothering me.” As I placed the bouquet in front of Carly’s grave.

“That was really funny!” she exclaimed as I exit the stage. I cockily push the hair from my face and deliver what I imagine to be a knockout smoulder as a makeshift thanks. “You managed to make me push air out of my nose with slightly more force than usual,” she finished blithely. Postperformance glee dissolves into embarrassment as the applause which belonged to my act transitions into anticipation for hers.

The instant the bell rang, the girl burst out of the doors like a charging buffalo, stomping her way through the snow and barrelling into her father with a tackling hug that almost knocked the poor man into the snow drift.

“Ooof, what’s gotten into you?” the father chuckles and readjusts his daughter’s fleecy toque.

“It’s snowing, so let’s go build something!” and she skipped out of the school yard, father in tow.

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BEST FRIEND

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Kit was at that age when kids want to do everything their dads do. One Sunday he saw me penning a flash fiction-contest entry and decided to do one too. “That’s great,” I told him. “Just be sure it comes out to 420 characters.” An hour later, he was back with a fistful of pages. “So far I’ve got a wizard, an ogre, a ninja and an elf,” Kit said. “If I gotta write that many characters, I’m gonna need a lot more paper!”

The chickadee tapped on the window by my hospice bed, I knew in my heart it was my love who died last year. I’m sad to go but my life has been full. My granddaughter asks me to give her a sign that I will always watch over her. I promise I will and she squeezes my hand. Later that evening as she is tucked in bed by my son, two chickadees visit and lightly tap on her bedroom window. She smiles knowing I’m OK.

She enters the small enclosure and quietly sits on the cold, cement floor. She opens the tattered book and starts to softly read. The barking stops, and the dog listens. This neglected dog, the one who has never known love, slowly makes his way to where the little girl sits and rests his head gently in her lap. He starts to lick the girl’s hand to tell her that he will be her loyal and faithful friend forever.

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TC CALENDAR MONDAY, AUG. 15 • Heritage Writers’ Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Get started writing your own life story for family and posterity; bring pen and paper or laptop.

No charge to attend.

• Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets, 7 p.m., at the Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (street parking only). New members are welcome. Directions and info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 17 • Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring, foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. For info or another session date: 604-764-8098.

SUNDAY, AUG. 21 • Downtown Port Coquitlam Car Show: PoCo’s biggest oneday event of the year; drop by the PoCo Heritage booth outside the museum on McAllister, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and try your hand at “movie star car” guessing game. Also: Volunteers wanted; call 604-927-8403 or email info@pocoheritage.org.

• Burke Mountain Naturalists and the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society host heritage walk on Riverview Hospital grounds focusing on the historical buildings on the site. Meet at 1:00 PM at the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. Meet at 1 p.m. at upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. Site map: www. rhcs.org. Info: 604-942-7378.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 • Coquitlam-Burke Mountain NDP MLA Jodie Wickens hosts a barbecue from noon to 3 p.m. at her constituency office, 510-

The Tri-City News’ online calendar is packed full of local community events — and you can add yours, too at www. tricitynews.com. The online calendar requires no login or password, and the form to submit an item is easy to use.

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• Burrard Inlet Fishfest, taking place at Rocky Point Park and Noons Creek Hatchery Aug. 12-14, needs volunteers for setup and take-down, working with performers, logistics, powering the green stage, working with film crew and more. Students can log volunteer hours. Info: info@fishfest.ca or fishfest.ca.

• Share Family and Community services is looking for volunteers to work with seniors for its shop by phone and Friendly Visiting programs, and transportation to community resources.

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• PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society is looking for volunteers to staff booth at the Downtown Port Coquitlam Car Show on Sunday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m-4 p.m.

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A Grade 1 pipe band that includes seven musicians from the Tri-Cities is in Scotland to compete at Glasgow Green this weekend.

The six-time champion band from Simon Fraser University — with local residents Reid Maxwell as lead drummer and fellow drummers Mackenzie Webster, Kyle Wallis, Gavin McCrae and Duncan Millar and pipers Dani Millar and Alastair Lee — hopes to capture the international title against 20 other Grade 1 ensembles, four of which also hail from Canada.

Managed by Coquitlam’s Rob MacNeil, the 45-member pipe band has a fine roster of professionals at its fingertips: Its newest members are Zachary Read, an opera singer who spent five years piping with the 78th Fraser Highlanders, and Allison Anderson, a 16-year-old student and bass drummer.

As well, pipe major Alan Bevan is a lawyer, piper Derek Milloy is a high school teacher and pipe sergeant Jack Lee is among the world’s best solo pipers and piping bag makers.

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Lead drummer Reid Maxwell of Coquitlam conducts a practice last week at the Simon Fraser University Burnaby campus with the band. placed fifth overall; however, this year it has scored success on the circuit and is confident it can win high points in Glasgow to knock the current champions, Scottish band Shotts and Dykehead, from the top (the four years previous were clinched by Field Marshal

Montgomery from Northern Ireland).

According to the BC Pipers’ Association website, SFU took the highest standing this season for a Grade 1 band with 536 points received at the BCPA annual gathering as well as the Victoria,

Bellingham, BC Highland (Coquitlam), Kamloops and Pacific Northwest games. At the latter event, in Enumclaw, Washington State, on July 30 and 31, the SFU band earned first overall for Medley and for the March, Strathspey & Reel.

But not competing at the

2016 worlds will be Grade 1 pipe band Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band of Port Coquitlam, which last year placed 10th overall (a request for comment from pipe major and PoCo resident David Hilder was not immediately returned). In June, Dowco —

with new lead drummer Gary Corkin — competed at the UK Championships held in Stormont Estate in Belfast.

And next year, it will play at the pre-season concert in Aberdeen, Scotland and will be at the British Championships in Paisley, Scotland as well as the worlds in Glasgow, its website reads.

The worlds draw more than 200 bands with some 8,000 pipers and drummers.

“The level of competition has seen more and more bands come to the fore to compete for the ultimate prize in pipe band music and we can expect a similarly hard fought contest this year,” said Ian Embelton, chief executive of the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association, in a news release.

Meanwhile, the SFU pipe band has two more public events when it returns: The SFU convocation ceremony in October and the Port Moody Remembrance Day ceremonies on Nov. 11.

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A new song for Coquitlam’s 125th JANIS WARREN

HOME AND LOVE

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In 1991, Coquitlam resident and Philippine native Del Gachallan composed a song in honour of the city’s centennial year. The work by the retired engineer, musician and author was titled Coquitlam, My Town.

Twenty-five years on, the municipality has another tune to mark its milestone anniversary. And, ironically, the musical tale is also penned by an immigrant — this time, by George Chung, a Taiwaneseborn Canadian who moved to Coquitlam with his family at the age of 10.

Chung’s song is called Home and Love, a two-and-a-half minute choral piece that had its world premiere in June with the Coastal Sound Music Academy, the award-winning Coquitlam-based group of which Chung has been its youth choir accompanist since 1998 (the song was also sung last month at the opening ceremonies of Kaleidoscope, the signature festival of Coquitlam 125).

Reached this week in New York City, where he is undertaking his post-doctoral fellowship in medical genetics, Chung said he was honoured to have been invited to write the Coquitlam 125 song.

“It means there’s going to be

Just Home and Love! the words are small Four little letters unto each; And yet you will not find in all The wide and gracious range of speech Two more so tenderly complete: When angels talk in Heaven above, I’m sure they have no words more sweet Than Home and Love.

GEORGE CHUNG IN NYC another 125 years to come,” he said in a phone interview on Monday.

Chung was asked to take on the project last year by Diana Clark, Coastal Sound’s artistic director, children’s choir director and Con Brio co-director. They applied for — and received — a grant for the commission through the Coquitlam Foundation and the city’s Spirit of Coquitlam program, the latter of which is funded by gaming proceeds.

Chung said he dug around for a suitable text and landed on Robert William Service’s poem, Home and Love. In the three verses, the late British author speaks how home and love are intertwined, each needing a place to survive: “And if you’ve both, well then I’m sure/ You ought to sing the whole day long.”

Just Home and Love! it’s hard to guess Which of the two were best to gain; Home without Love is bitterness; Love without Home is often pain.

No! each alone will seldom do; Somehow they travel hand and glove: If you win one you must have two, Both Home and Love.

And if you’ve both, well then I’m sure You ought to sing the whole day long; It doesn’t matter if you’re poor With these to make divine your song.

And so I praisefully repeat, When angels talk in Heaven above, There are no words more simply sweet Than Home and Love.

Robert William Service Chung said the poem connected with him. “Having a home without family or friends isn’t so great,” he said. “For me, many of my childhood friends are still there [in Coquitlam] and some have spread out to the east coast, like me,

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but we are is still very much Coquitlam.”

Chung said he misses Coquitlam’s green spaces and forests — “because New York is not very green!” — and the hills. “It’s so close to nature. It’s like a wild playground.”

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The Coastal Sound Music Academy performed Home and Love at the Kaleidoscope Festival last month.

He wrote the song in A-flat major but turns the key into F-minor when the poem transitions to the two lines: “Home without Love is bitterness/Love without Home is often pain.”

“I wanted to drive home the message that home isn’t so sweet when there’s no love,” said the Port Moody secondary IB graduate (class of 2004).

As well, Chung also referenced Dvorak’s patriotic New World Symphony in the midsection.

Clark said Coastal Sound wanted a universal song that could be accessible to other choirs — “a piece for Coquitlam that could become part of the general choral

repertoire in the world,” she said, adding, “George’s piece Home and Love turned out to be the perfect fit: A beautiful melody and lush harmonies benefitting Coquitlam’s natural scenery and a pan-cultural message that sings about the idea that home and love have to co-exist.”

Home and Love is Chung’s second commission: He also wrote the music based on the text of The Little Prince for the Vancouver Youth Choir under the direction of Carrie Tennant, the associate artistic director and youth choir director for Coastal Sound. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

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Swim club makes a splash for Coq. 125 The Sharks are chasing a salmon to honour Coquitlam’s 125th year.

The Coquitlam LACHEUR swim club will sponsor the salmon sculpture at Mundy Park, a $5,000 public art project handpainted by April Lacheur.

Club donors and members of the public can contribute online via: coquitlamsharks. org/salmon-sculpture-donations.

Of the dozen sculptures commissioned by the city, only two have yet to find sponsors.

Both will be located at Mackin Park and are created by artists Wilfrido Limvalencia and Jolayne Devente. For more on the city’s legacy artwork, visit coquitlam125.ca/salmon.

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Dominuss, a hip hop dance team that competes in Las Vegas this week, includes Coquitlam resident Kristina Nishi-Beckingham. ber on the Dominuss team, qualified in March for the national finals at the preliminary round in Vancouver.

Three months later, in Montreal, it was picked to represent Canada at the World Hip Hop Championships in Las Vegas.

Previously, the team — under choreographer Paul Otterbein, owner of the Street Kings Academy — won two U.S. grand champion titles; six members also competed last October at the World IDO Hip Hop Championships in Italy.

VEGAS HOP

An elite all-girls’ dance team that includes a Coquitlam resident is in Las Vegas this week.

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posed for a part of the cityowned land currently occupied by the Port Moody Arts Centre (PMAC).

Last month, during a committee of the whole meeting, PMAC staff asked city council for permission to work with civic employees to see if they could apply for federal funding to develop the public art garden.

Executive director Stephen Torrence told The Tri-City News last week PMAC wants to gain a grant as part of the Canada 150 celebrations; the application is due Oct. 1.

Torrence said no firm location or concept has been

decided; however, the garden would likely go in the front of the historic building to face St. Johns Street, he said. Torrence was also not able to say if any trees would be lost although, if approved, a landscape architect would be hired.

The funding would be used for commissions and installation while the city would be responsible for maintaining it.

WRITERS WANTED

The deadline is Aug. 31 for scribes wanting to join the next Writers in Our Midst in Port Moody.

Organizers with the the Gallery Bistro series are asking for five or six writers — from the Tri-Cities and New Westminster — to step forward on Sept. 10 to read from their original work for up to 10 minutes; performing artists can also apply for a shorter set.

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Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.) is calling for artists and artisans to be part of its annual Christmas Boutique and Positively Petite miniature show.

The boutique — an expanded version of the facility’s year-round shop — and the exhibit will run from mid-November to mid-December.

For the boutique, staff are looking for finely crafted items such as felted pieces, silver work, unique pottery, leather products, hand-weaving and

other quality handcrafted items (no hand-made cards, photos, paintings, prints or assembled — as in beaded — jewelry).

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And new artists are asked to deliver their works on Oct. 17 to be juried while returning artists can hand in their pieces — with artwork identification cards attached — between Oct. 31 and Nov. 5. Call 604-6641636 (ext. 32) for more details. jwarren@tricitynews.com @jwarrenTC

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Olsen qualifies in vault, Rogers just misses finals GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Omega gymnast Shallon Olsen competed in her first ever Olympic qualifier last weekend.

And with a sixth-place showing in the vault event, she is now getting ready for her first ever Olympic final.

The 16-year-old Centennial secondary student finished with a 14.950, behind Uzbekistan’s Oksana Chusovitina (14.999) and ahead of China’s Wang Yan (14.949). That means she will be among the eight competitors in the finals Sunday.

Before leaving for Rio, Olsen told The Tri-City News that she was excited to be heading to her first Olympic Games and said joining Team Canada for the event was “a dream come true.”

“I worked so hard to get to this point,” she said during an interview at the Omega Gymnastics Sports Centre, where she has trained regularly for the last 13 years. “I worked so hard to get to this point. I am really glad I accomplished it.”

Olsen took 26th place in the floor exercise with a 13.866, but needed a 14.333 to break into the top nine qualifiers. She was

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Omega gymnast Shallon Olsen has earned a spot in the vault finals at the 2016 Rio Olympics. also part of the women’s all around team that just missed qualifying for the finals in ninth place with a score of 171.761.

Meanwhile, Coquitlam gymnast Brittany Rogers fell one-tenth of a point short of heading to the finals in the vault event.

The 23-year-old athlete, who has spent the last year competing with the Georgia Bulldogs

of the NCAA, scored a 14.783, just shy of eighth-place qualifier Dipa Karmakar of India, who scored 14.850. Simone Biles of the U.S. won the qualification round with a 16.050, while Hong Un-jong of North Korea took second (15.683) and Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland took third (15.266).

Rogers was also a member of the team that just missed qual-

ifying in the all-around event.

This is the second trip to the Olympics for the journalism major, who finished fifth during the 2012 Games in London.

Rogers told The Tri-City News before leaving for Rio that she had been uncertain whether she would make Team Canada after her four years in the NCAA. Getting back into Olympic shape was a difficult task, she added, but she moved to Calgary in order to be closer to her coach and trainers ahead of her trip to Brazil.

“I went from 20 hours [of training] a week to 35 hours a week,” she said. “It was a real kick in the butt but it had to be done to make the team.”

While the London Olympics were a whirlwind trip for the then 19-year-old, she said in Rio that she hoped to take in some of the sights and enjoy the atmosphere.

“Most events we go to are strictly gymnastics,” she said.

“This time around I will be able to engage more. In London, I didn’t know what to expect.

It was like a deer in the headlights. Now that I have been to a Games, I know it is okay to have fun and let it all sink in.” sports@tricitynews.com @TriCityNews

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Coquitlam gymnast Brittany Rogers just missed the vault finals by a tenth of a point during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games qualifier last weekend.

MINOR BASEBALL

Coq.-Moody reds win baseball championship Club downs North Langley 13-12 in tournament final

The Coquitlam-Moody Reds may have just squeaked out a spot in the under-11 B.C. Minor Baseball Provincial Tournament but that was all they needed to win a championship banner.

The team took down an undefeated North Langley squad in a dramatic come-from-behind victory that saw the Reds trailing 11-5 heading into the sixth and final inning.

With two outs and two strikes against Coquitlam-Moody’s Elliot Howker, the game appeared to be over when he managed to smack a single that sparked the rally.

Reds runner Deaglan Sheriff was later able to steal home and fire up his team, which quickly loaded the bases and tied things up with runs from Kai Rawnsley, Jake Brown and Jack McLeod on a Matthew Phillips triple. When Phillips touched home plate, the game was tied at 11-11.

That’s when Nicki Moise hit a single that sent home Aden

Chorner for the go-ahead run and added an insurance marker when Moise circled the bases and stole home plate.

When the dust finally settled, the Coquitlam-Moody Reds were provincial champions following a 13-12 victory over Langley and a strong performance on the mound from Charlie Dragan helped the club secure the victory.

However, the tournament did not get off to a strong start for the Reds.

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In the semis, the team rallied in the fifth inning to defeat Tsawwassen 6-4 and punch their ticket to the finals.

The Reds formed in June and immediately suffered three straight regular season losses — two of which came at the hands of Aldergrove. However, the team was able to finish the regular season with a 6-4 record, which was good enough to secure the final berth in the provincial championships in West Kelowna last week.

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BATHTUB RACE

PoCo bathtub racer takes second place Glenn finished 64 seconds behind record breaker

“I wanted to break my old record. I said, if I’m going in it, I’m going to win and I want to break the record. I would have, too.”

Lofstrom was running in second place up until taking over the top spot as the competitors reached the Nanaimo

Chris Glenn took the silver medal in the 50th Great International World Championship Bathtub Race in Nanaimo last weekend but not without a bit of controversy.

The Port Coquitlam competitor was suspicious of first-place finisher Justin Lofstrom’s record-breaking time and challenged the result.

However, after an inspection of Lofstrom’s motor, the Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society determined that the engine met all specifications.

Glenn, who finished 64 seconds behind Lofstrom’s record-breaking 1:07:30, said coming around the last corner he saw the finish and started taking the wrong line in that direction before he spotted the final buoys.

“And then he went off to the right and I’m thinking, oh no, I just lost the race…” said Glenn, who was the previous record holder in the event.

Justin Lofstrom nears the shore at the end of last week’s Great International World Championship Bathtub Race. The Nanaimoite won the race and set a record, while Chris Glenn of Port Coquitlam took silver.

Harbour. He has been racing for 12 years and said it was great to earn his first win.

“On the 50th, to win the race and set the record, it can’t be any better,” he said.

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WITNESSES NEEDED Hit and run accident on June 2, 2016 around 9:50 AM. Traveling S/B Oxford Street & Lougheed Highway, Port Co− quitlam. If you saw the acci− dent or have any information please contact: Simpson, Thomas & Associates.

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LOVEGROVE (nee Kiss), Ella E. May 12, 1932 − July 29, 2016 Amid fond memories, we sadly announce the passing of Ella. Born in Winnipeg to John and Katherine "Katy" Kiss, Ella was the eldest of three siblings and quickly learned the value of a dollar and hard work − values that stayed with her throughout life. She excelled at school, was passionate about opera, and planned to continue her studies but love intervened and through her girlfriends she met her husband of 62 years, Gordon. They moved to Vancouver in 1953 and she fell in love with the city the moment she stepped off the train and saw how green the West Coast winters were.

A pillar of strength, Ella was always a cheerleader for her family. She and Gordon raised four children, starting in Vancouver and relocating to Coquitlam in 1971. Never one to let a person go hungry, she would quickly offer up a cup of tea, a bowl of her "grungy" soup, one of her tasty homemade treats, and a dose of her feisty humour to anyone who stopped by; rice pudding, cheezies, and apple fritters remained her own favourite treats to the end. When not cooking or canning up a delicious storm, Ella could be found powering through a juicy ’blood and guts’ mystery novel, blasting CBC’s "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera" or the latest hit album, getting almost all the questions correct during Jeopardy, catching an Oscar−nominated film, loading up on household supplies at $1.49 day, heading downtown for her beloved Opera Club, or using her sharp intellect to lead her team to victory during her weekly bridge games. She was a champion of women’s rights and always had her finger on the pulse of culture.

Ella passed away peacefully with family at her side.

A devoted mother, grandmother, and great− grandmother, she leaves behind a legacy of love, humour, and strength. Ella was predeceased by her husband, Gordon (2015); her brother, Emil; and her granddaughter, Annaliesa. She is survived by her four children: Lori Campeol (Virg), Julie, Gordie Lovegrove (Karen), and Kathie Pike (Howard); her six grandchildren: Brianne, Jim (Brittany), Esther (Marwan), Sarah, Garrett, and Courtney; her three great−grandsons: Jamal, Hakim, and Caleb; her sister: Sylvia; and many sisters−in−law, brothers−in− law, nieces, and nephews.

As per her modest character, Ella did not want "all the fuss" of a memorial service but would love for you and your loved ones to gather for a great meal; there will also be a Celebration of Life for her family and friends in summer 2017. The family would like to thank the staff at the RCH Renal Unit for helping make her final years as comfortable as possible, with special thanks to Dr. Gerald DaRoza. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made in Ella’s honour to your local library or the Canadian Diabetes Association. She will be greatly missed by all but her wisdom and sharp wit will continue in the hearts of her family and friends.

"A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path." − Agatha Christie

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GARAGE SALES L’ARRIVEE (Blanthorne), Donna October 7, 1970 − July 18, 2016 With incredibly heavy hearts we say goodbye to Donna, of Coquitlam, at the tender young age of 45. Donna was freed from her incessant pain and struggles, with family and friends by her side. She is predeceased by her mother Phyllis Osborn. She leaves behind her loving husband, Brad, and cherished son Garrett; her father Ken Blanthorne, brothers Ken (KC) and Colin and twin sister Debra (Debbie); along with many family and countless friends. Donna had a heart of gold. She will be lovingly remembered for her great big smile, her love of laughing and having a good time, her incredible sense of humor, her willingness to reach out and help all including her soft spot for animals, and her genuine love she gave to all. Donna fought long and hard every day, year after year, through her health issues. She was unrelenting in her courage and strength. Now it’s your time to be free Donna. Give Mom a hug for us. We will forever miss you. We lost you too soon but one day we will see you again. You left your mark in countless hearts in this world. Your memory will be cherished for eternity. Celebration of Life to be held at 3PM Saturday, August 13, at The Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Avenue, Port Coquitlam.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Education Trust Fund set up for her son Garrett: Vancity, Branch 29, Account #205336.

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Req’d for weeding, planting, harvesting & grading vegetables. This job involves hard work; bending, lifting, standing & crouching. $10.85/hr, 45+ hr/wk, 6 days/wk, Aug 01 to Dec 15, 2016.

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

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