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service’s Sgt. Todd Hunter. “I can’t get to all of the calls, when the issues are DIANE STRANDBERG predominately with resiTri-CiTy News PENNER dential food B.C.’s Conservation Officer waste,” Hunter said. Service is calling on Port He wants to see the cities Coquitlam, Coquitlam and work on a strategy to crack Port Moody to do more endown on garbage and atforcement and education to tractant issues — including reduce the number of wildlife i-City Pre K-12 Christian School stopping businesses and straconflicts involving bears. tas from leaving commercial since 1992. The call comes as the four waste bins open — and on last conservation officers responWednesday, Hunter appeared Scholarship applications hild sible entering for enforcing the before the PoCo community willWildlife be open until September? Act in forests and urban safety committee, the first of May 1, areas 2015 and only from Mission to Burnaby, a limited number what he hopes will be three city t BC Christian Academy including the Tri-Cities, are students of scholarship council visits. of academic and athletic ing grade nine in the dealing with a heavywill volume be accepted. “How bad does it have to of bear conflict complaints. get, we need a strategy to make And while the three cities have sure I can provide the service,” a Group 1 school by the ers a wide range ofstaff and fines to deal bylaws, said Hunter said. ur childwith thrive: garbage scofflaws, more needs to be done, said the CO see ‘IT TAKES’, page 6
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Photographer Eran Roubini got more than he bargained for when he set out to shoot a client mountain biking along the Traboulay PoCo Trail near the Coquitlam River on the morning of Oct. 5. Wrote Roubini in an email: “My client says, ‘Ah, Eran, there’s a bear behind you.’ I turn around and this guy almost tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to get out of the way. He was so casual. Did not care about us at all. Just wanted to clear a path. We backed away slowly with me shooting the whole time.”
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