Tri-City News November 16 2016

IN REMEMBRANCE

Hundreds of people of all ages gathered in Coquitlam, PoCo, Port Moody and Belcarra last Friday to mark Remembrance Day. The somber events with their moments of silence honoured those lost to war and those who served and survived.

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Take a deep breath, Port Coquitlam.

Your property bills are guaranteed to go up for the next four years to pay for the city’s biggest infrastructure project since the Coast Meridian Overpass.

This week, city council revealed the cost of a new PoCo recreation complex: $132 million.

And it revealed how city hall plans to pay for it: • Every property owner will be charged $25 for every parcel they own in the city, each year for the next four years.

• Every property owner will also see a combined 2.5% tacked onto their municipal tax bill until 2020 — an aver-

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• And after 2020, every property owner will have to shell out $85 a year to pay off the 30-year, $52-million debt that’s about to be incurred and to fund the centre’s ongoing operations and maintenance. see TAX HIKES, page 3

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Ali Afrazi is a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Terry Fox secondary school in Port Coquitlam and a member of the Ravens football team.

But before September, the native of Iran didn’t know the difference between a sack and a scrimmage. Read his story on page 11.

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As well, the city plans to dip into its internal reserves — to the tune of $41.2 million — and sell its four-acre former works yard, behind the rec centre, for $17 million to a developer for new housing (see sidebar).

Rec centre levies and the $12.5-million federal grant the city received last year — just before the election — will round out the total.

If the price tag is hard to swallow, the city wants you to think about this: The new rec complex will not only have three sheets of ice, a pool, a new seniors’ centre and two-storey library, it will also spur a revitalization of the downtown core.

“The redevelopment of the downtown hinges on the new recreation complex,” said Susanna Walden, executive director of the Downtown Port Coquitlam Business Improvement Association. “I know it comes at a price but it will bring more people into the downtown and new retailers and new restaurants.

“Businesses will want to locate here and developers will want to build new homes here,” she said, “and people purchasing those units will have access to new, top-class amenities right in the heart of our beautiful city. I can’t wait.”

Mayor Greg Moore said the city has its eye on the future.

PoCo’s current population of 58,000 residents is expected to swell by 10,000 by the time the new rec centre opens in the summer of 2021. A decade after that, PoCo is projected to have 76,000 people.

But according to city documents, PoCo is also anticipating that Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows residents will also flock to the facility. Pitt Meadows, with a population of 20,000 residents, recently dropped its plans for a new pool

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Illustrations from the city of Port Coquitlam show an overview of the planned recreation complex (above) and a plan for the ground floor of the complex (right). from its five-year capital agenda.

“We believe that the construction of our community recreation complex will defer, if not eliminate, the need for Pitt Meadows to construct a facility of its own,” a PoCo city staff report reads. (This is not unheard of in the Tri-Cities, where Coquitlam’s Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex and City Centre Aquatic Complex are regional draws.)

In addition, PoCo staff are predicting new residents living on Kwikwetlem First Nation lands will also visit the complex regularly.

Plans to replace the aging rec centre, library and Tri-City Transitions office on the 15-acre campus have been in the works for at least three years. It was listed as council’s top priority after a facility condition assessment study showed it would be cheaper to build a new facility than to update the current one.

Still, at Monday’s meeting, council had little to say on the project given its scale and scope — a building that’s expected to last for the next 75 years.

Moore talked about the public feedback that helped

shape internal discussions to design a community gathering place while Coun. Mike Forrest congratulated city managers for taking heat from council as it deliberated the investment.

Coun. Darrell Penner, chair of the city’s healthy community, offered the most insight about the closed-doors negotiations.

“It’s been kind of tough,” he told council. “We have spent a lot of hours. All of us kind of went in there saying, ‘It’s going to do this, it’s going to do that.’

It’s a reflection, I think, of the community and then we kind of came together. We had a lot of conversations — arguments, possibly, you might want to say — but the point being is that we came together to conclude this.

I believe what we have here is going to be absolutely fantastic for the community.”

Moore told The Tri-City News before the meeting he’s not concerned about the city’s longterm debt.

Once the $52-million loan is approved by the Municipal Finance Authority, PoCo will have one of the biggest debt loads in B.C. for a municipality of its size (Prince George and

Kamloops have higher levels).

Currently, PoCo still owes for the $135-million Coast Meridian Overpass, for which the debt is due to be retired in 2039. As well, the city owes $29 million to its internal land sale reserve, including $10 million for the viaduct.

There will be other costs, too.

Because the new pool will only be for leisure use, the city will spend $2.5 million to upgrade the outdoor Centennial Pool at Aggie Park for competitions.

As well, Wilson Centre members will see significant change.

While its replacement will be about the same size, its multipurpose rooms will be shared; and Moore said arts and crafts sessions will move over to the under-utilized Leigh Square Community Arts Village.

As for the arenas, two rinks will be kept open — at all times — during the four-year building period.

West Coast Express riders will have to find alternate parking in the area, however.

Groundbreaking is set for this spring.

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Port Coquitlam’s new community rec centre will include: • accessible leisure pool with sloped entry, three 20 m lanes; • three ice sheets: one spectator, one participant and one multi-purpose; • games room, lounge and kitchen as well as a multi-purpose rooms, a café and a child-minding area; • Terry Fox Library; • fitness centre and gymnasium; • outdoor plaza with seating, sport courts, amphitheatre and spray park; • sport medicine office; • and an underground parkade with 450 stalls.

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The $17-million sale of the four-acre former city works yard, behind the community recreation complex, is part of the overall proposal by Ventana — the centre’s planners, designers and builders — to Quantum Properties.

The proposal, which is required to go through a rezoning process, is to build five six-storey, wood-frame condo complexes with up to 450 housing units. That would mean 650 to 750 more people would live near the campus.

The city says Quantum has indicated it wants to build three market condo buildings on the lot south of Kelly Avenue, one rental apartment building south of Kelly and adjacent to Mary Hill Road, and one building for seniors north of Kelly and adjacent to Mary Hill.

“We will be working with Quantum to determine an appropriate mix of unit sizes within the buildings as part of the development review process,” said Laura Lee Richard, PoCo’s director of development services.

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$30M request for NE Coquitlam works yard $3M for current works yard work GARY MCKENNA

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Engineering staff in Coquitlam are asking council to approve a funding request for $30 million to build a new works yard in the northeast

part of the city.

The department is also seeking another $3 million to expand its Austin Avenue works yard in an effort to improve service levels in the city’s newest neighbourhoods, said Dana Soong, the acting general manager of engineering and public works.

“We are doing this to decentralize our operations,” he told

council during a budget presentation Tuesday morning. “As our community is growing in northeast Coquitlam, we aren’t able to provide the same service as we are in the rest of the city.”

Staff noted that it can take a truck approximately 30 to 40 minutes each way to reach some of the neighbourhoods in the northeast, like Burke Mountain and the new

Partington Creek area. If the new works yard is approved, it would house vehicles such as snow plows and act as a home base for some public works employees.

“We have to look at a satellite area,” said Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge, a Burke Mountain resident. “The northeast is a long way to get to… I am thinking snow remov-

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Not everyone at the council table agreed.

Coun. Bonita Zarrillo said that she would need more information about the benefits of a new works yard before she would sign off on approving what would be the largest budget request this year.

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City manager Peter Steblin acknowledged during Tuesday’s budget meeting that a consultant had been hired and that a staff report was given to council during closed meetings last month. Under the Community Charter, cities are allowed to hold closed meetings when discussing land sales or acquisitions, labour issues or legal matters.

The $33-million request comes as council prepares it 2017 financial plan, which will guide the city’s spending priorities for the next five years. On Monday and Tuesday, managers from each department presented their list of needs, with a total price tag of more than $39.5 million (including works yard costs).

The second largest expense after the engineering request comes from the Coquitlam RCMP, with the detachment seeking $3 million for a new community police station in Burquitlam.

As well, the city’s parks, recreation and culture department is looking for close to $1 million in new funding for service enhancements, including $181,000 for the Kaleidoscope Festival and $28,000 for block parties.

Another $400,000 is being sought for tree risk assessments. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

SOME MAJOR FUNDING REQUESTS ENGINEERING & PUBLIC WORKS: • Northeast satellite works yard: $30 million • Austin works yard expansion: $3 million • Traffic operations engineer: $108,600 • Utility planning engineer: $107,100 • Clerk 3: $22,000 • Disposal costs for works yard operations: $17,500 TOTAL: $33,255,200

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He was found in his room by another client in the earlymorning hours of March 7. Staff performed CPR until emergency crews arrived; no nursing staff were on duty at the time and naloxone was not administered.

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It’s getting more expensive for staff in School District 43, with more spent on salaries and expenses last year — including larger a slice of the pie going to employees at the top of the list.

The figures are included in the latest statement of financial information (SOFI), which publishes the names and salaries of those who make more than $75,000, and which was expected to be approved by the board of education last week and later placed on the district’s website.

By the end of June, 2016, the report showed SD43 had paid out $203.1 million in wages — that’s up from $192.8 million reported in the 2014/’15 SOFI — including a total of $104.2 million paid out to employees earning more than $75,000 annually.

(The previous year, $77 million was spent on employees earning more than $75,000 a

PAreNTs CAN LeArN ABOUT FreshGrADe

Parents can get an eye-opening look at an app that links them with their kids’ school work at the next District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) meeting slated for Wednesday, Nov. 30.

FreshGrade is being used by School District 43 teachers, students and parents to capture student learning and create digital portfolios.

Stephen Whiffin, SD43’s associate director of instruction, learning and information services, will talk about the tool and offer some tips. In addition, DPAC will hold elections to fill vacant executive positions of secretary and member at large.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Room at Winslow Centre, 1100 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. For more information, visit www.dpac43.ca. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

year while staff who are paid less than that amount represent a declining share of salaries at $98.9 million in 2015/’16 compared to $115.8 million reported in the 2014/’15 SOFI.) The report also shows that expenses more than doubled to $625,837 for the 2015/’16 year but the difference is explained by the international education department, which

spent $377,252 on travel and marketing to foreign students.

For example, expenses for Robert Lajoie, marketing manager for international education, totalled $112,615 while Patricia Gartland, who headed up the department before becoming superintendent, spent $43,182 on expenses to do her job.

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In a statement, SD43 community relations manager Peter Chevrier noted the program’s expenses are paid out of fees foreign students pay — not provincial taxpayer funds — and were used to help to generate increased revenue for SD43.

Trustees’ visit to China at the behest of the Chinese government is also recorded in the latest SOFI report. Four trustees went on the trip, which cost $32,064 but was paid for by HanBan, the Chinese cultural institute.

In all, it cost $363,626 to pay for trustees’ indemnities, down slightly from the year previous, when SOFI reported $368,552 in salaries for trustees, including those who worked part of the year before the 2014 civic election and then were either not elected or retired.

Judy Shirra, a Port Coquitlam trustee and board chair, earned $43,714 while Michael Thomas, also a PoCo trustee and the board’s vicechair, received an indemnity of $40,898. Kerri Palmer Isaak, who represents Anmore and Belcarra, received $40,569 for her job as trustee and for act-

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As for School District 43 administrative salaries, in the year ending June 30, 2016, the following remuneration was paid to district leadership staff.

• superintendent Patricia Gartland, $187,560; • secretary-treasurer Mark Ferrari, $149,507; • assistant superintendent Reno Ciolfi, $139,324; • assistant superintendent Carey Chute, $139,324; • assistant superintendent Gerald Shong, $129,001; • assistant superintendent Rob Zambrano, $127,625; • director of learning services Paul McNaughton, $127,913. ing as vice-chair.

Base trustee pay of $39,740 went to Carol Cahoon, Chuck Denison, Diane Sowden and Barbara Hobson (all of Coquitlam), and Lisa Park and Keith Watkins of Port Moody.

But all trustees received a pay raise back dated to Jan. 1 this year and now make $42,364.71 base pay.

In comparison, the base rate for a Surrey school trustee — responsible for close to 70,000 students compared to 31,000 for SD43 — is $32,000. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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PoMo biz raises alarm after it was scammed of $1,400 DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

A Port Moody business that specializes in vintage collectibles from a bygone era faced a rude awakening to the digital age when a fraud artist stole merchandise by manipulating the credit card reader.

Now, Heather Wallace is raising the alarm so other small businesses don’t suffer the same fate.

“There are things they can do to protect themselves,” said Wallace, whose Pinball Alley Vintage has made a niche for itself on St. Johns Street with its extensive collection of vintage clothes, kitchenware, vinyl records and toys.

In three years of business, Wallace has never faced the kind of theft that occurred when a woman purchased clothes and other collectible items with a stolen credit card by bypassing the pin using a manual override.

“She said she was working in film and was dressing other actors; we believed she had a pin.”

The ruse was identified several weeks later when Wallace was about to pay rent but

found the company bank account was short $1,400.

After failing to get answers from the credit card and card processing companies, Wallace’s own research led to the discovery that the theft occurred in August during a large transaction. Instead of putting in a pin, the customer punched in the card’s numbers and used a default password (the original installed with the card reader) to bypass the pin requirement.

Wallace was flabbergasted at how easily the theft occurred.

“Losing almost $1,400 almost crippled us,” said Wallace. “The lesson is, don’t turn away [when the pin is input] because you’re not in control.”

And she recommends that business owners make sure they update their card reader passwords, read the manual and ask questions if they don’t understand something, saying, “You have to do your own homework.”

Concerned she wouldn’t be able pay the rent, the mother of two small boys started a GoFundMe page recently and quickly surpassed her $1,000 goal. An emotional Wallace is both amazed at and grateful for

the community support.

“Fresh tears would come every time I saw a donation coming in.”

The couple plans a fundraiser for one of their special causes once they get back on their feet and though they will continue to accept credit cards, they hope in future more customers will pay with good, old-fashioned cash. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

Heather Wallace in her Port Moody collectibles store Pinball Alley Vintage. The small business owner was recently victimized by a fraud artist who stole $1,400 worth of goods by manipulating the credit card reader. Wallace wants to warn other businesses of the scam and to thank the community for coming to her aid through a GoFundMe page.

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TRI-CITY CRIME

Girl, 12, is grabbed while in Bert Flinn A 12-year-old girl was assaulted on her way home from school through Bert Flinn Park last Thursday, according to Port Moody Police.

Shortly before 3:40 p.m. on Nov. 10, the girl was walking in the park when she was grabbed by an unidentified male. She screamed and fought back, causing the suspect to flee into the wooded area of the park.

Numerous Port Moody Police units, Lower Mainland Police Dog Service and RCMP Helicopter Air 1 searched the area but did not locate the suspect.

He is described as a Caucasian male in his mid to late teens, about 5’6” tall, wearing a dark blue jacket, dark blue jeans and black runners. The victim described the suspect’s face as being partially covered.

The victim and her parents are upset by the incident and the Victim Services unit is working with the family.

The Port Moody Police Major Crime Section is investigating and asking anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the area at the time to contact police at 604461-3456. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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On Nov. 30, the old drop-off point at 995 United Blvd. — west of King Edward Street and next to Eaglequest Golf — is closing and, as of Dec. 1, people will be asked to take those materials to the regional transfer facility operated by Wastech at 1200 United.

Lawn clippings, leaves and small branches (less than 10 cm) will be accepted at the Wastech facility and the service will continue to be free for any person with proof of Coquitlam residency (garbage should be separated as fees still apply for garbage loads).

And that change is just one

involving land use and trash along United Boulevard.

Verne Kucey, the city of Coquitlam’s environmental projects manager, said the lease on the current drop-off location, which is owned by Metro Vancouver and operated by Wastech — to which Coquitlam pays a fee for residents using its service — expires at the end of the year.

The construction and yard waste site will eventually be the location of a new Metro Van regional transfer facility, taking the place of the current Wastech location, which is owned by Beedie, the company planning to redevelop the old Fraser Mills site along the Fraser River.

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FOX FOOTBALL & A FAR-OFF LAND

Afrazi looks forward to future in Canada thanks to football & his Ravens ‘brothers’ Fox student has come a long way from home in Iran

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t would be easy for a 17-year-old who is attending a new school, in a new country while learning a new language to retreat into the shadows and simply survive on the sidelines until graduation day.

But Ali Afrazi is not one of those students.

The lanky kid from Rasht, Iran, a small town sandwiched between mountains and the Caspian Sea, arrived in Port Coquitlam in December 2015 to attend Terry Fox secondary.

“The weather is like here — rainy,” Afrazi said of his hometown. “Everything else is really different. The culture, how you communicate with people, how you socialize.”

Without family or friends here, he quickly recognized he needed to get involved if he wanted to connect with others in his new country.

“The international students usually stick together… but I found it really useful to

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Ali Afrazi, 17, arrived in Port Coquitlam last December and in September, joined the Terry Fox football team even though he had never played the game before. His first game experience was in October. improve my English, to find friends… to go out there and experience different things.”

Afrazi looked around and noticed sports are an important part of the Canadian high school experience. He’d played soccer and basketball back in Iran but American football — now that was something new he could try.

“When I told my friends I want to join the football team, they said, ‘No, don’t, it’s too dangerous.’ But I said I want to

experience, I want to try everything,” Afrazi said.

So in September, he showed up to the football field not knowing the difference between a wide receiver and a quarterback, a scrimmage and a sack.

“At first, I thought I can’t get along with the players so well,” he said — the rest of the team had been attending school and playing football together for years, and Afrazi was an outsider in more ways than one.

“But they treat me like family. I didn’t know the meaning of the [play] and all of them, they become like a teacher for me. They are my brothers.”

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Coach Martin McDonnell has been shepherding the Terry Fox Ravens for the past 20 years and proudly notes the team is ranked Number 1 in the province and nationally.

“We’ve been pretty successful,” McDonnell said. “And we

HIS FUTURE

Afrazi will be at Fox until the end of this year before transferring to Douglas College; he hopes to obtain his Canadian citizenship and then study business at Simon Fraser University — and, with any luck, join the football team.

Until then, Afrazi says the experience at Fox has taught him not only about the intricacies of a sport but also about focus, determination, staying strong and never giving up.

“I am sure this is going to be one of the great pages in my life story,” Afrazi said. “One that I will always remember.” spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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Afrazi sent a video clip to his parents in Iran, who were initially alarmed until he explained the run was a good thing, that it was how to score a touchdown.

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Even so, many players have worked their way up the ranks from the time they enter Grade 9, and most have grown up with some understanding of how football is played.

“We don’t get a lot of brand new Canadians coming out,” McDonnell said, adding the sport also tends to attract players who bring a certain physical presence to the field. “Ali’s not a big kid, he’s a bit slight in stature.”

What Afrazi lacked in size, football terminology and experience, he made up for in dedication.

“He’s out there at every practice, learning something new,” McDonnell said, adding, “You have to earn your spot” to get time on the field during a game.

For Afrazi, a running back, that moment came during an early October game in which the Ravens were pummelling Abbotsford’s W.J. Mouat secondary 57-0.

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Good news after years of bad

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e know that last week’s Supreme Court decision is a victory for the teachers’ right to collective bargaining but will it be a boon for students?

We don’t know yet as it will likely take some time before some of the $100-million fund set aside for this eventuality trickles down to local districts because the province and the BC Teachers’ Federation still have to hammer out a deal.

In the meantime, we wonder what could have been different had the BC Liberal government — including then-education minister Christy Clark — not torn up the 2002 contract that regulated class size limits and guaranteed numbers of specialist teachers, counsellors, teacher-librarians and special education teachers.

Entire graduating classes have felt the effects of the BC Liberal squeeze on class size and composition for

the many years since.

As recently as February, for example, The Tri-City News reported that School District 43 class size averages were among the highest in the province and there were hundreds of classes where there were seven or more students with individual education plans needing supports or seven or more new English speakers who

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The Coquitlam Teachers’ Association president at the time, Charley King, explained that the problem was lack of funding, and although SD43 administration provided assurances that student needs were being met through school teams and pullout programs, he worried about the overall impact on students.

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“You’re seeing students in more classes more crowded with less oneon-one time and there’s no additional resources to help students,” King said.

If the 2002 collective agreement hadn’t been torn up, would the situation have been better?

It’s also not known whether the district will be able to bring back librarians and music teachers who were basically cut from the system because of funding issues.

We get that it’s a challenge to negotiate working conditions and the province may have needed more flexibility, but the combination of funding limits, higher needs and no protections through the collective agreement — now since restored — has resulted in the situation we have today.

This should be good news for students today but what about the thousands who went through the system while it was under stress?

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Remembrance for War Amps and the many who served

A “postcard for peace” written by a School District 43 student and left at the cenotaph in Port Coquitlam’s Veterans Park.

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The Editor, The photo above was taken at the Port Coquitlam cenotaph. My students wrote “postcards for peace” for veterans and I delivered

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Later, a colleague saw a friend’s post on her social

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I want my students to know that the things they do matter.

They can make a difference.

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The Editor, I am proud to be part of Operation Legacy, in which members and graduates of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program pass on the Remembrance Day message to the younger generation. As Remembrance Day just passed, I would like to pay special tribute to all men and women who have served in Canada’s military, and especially those who lost a limb or limbs in war.

I was born without my left arm below the elbow and have learned to overcome this challenge thanks to programs put in place by amputee veterans of The War Amps. I am thankful for war amputee veterans, as without them and the sacrifices they made for us, the

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DRUG ABUSE

New fentanyl site for first responder safety The Justice Institute of BC has launched a website to support the safety of first responders who frequently come into contact with fentanyl.

While designed with first responders in mind, the information is also accessible to the general public to help bolster awareness of the dangers of the highly toxic narcotic.

There have been 555 overdose-related deaths this year in B.C. between January and September, according to recent statistics from B.C. Coroners Services.

The website includes information about what fentanyl is and why it is so dangerous for first responders, safe handling of suspected fentanyl, and what Naloxone is and how it can save lives in cases of opioid overdoses.

Corp. Eric Boechler, with the RCMP Federal Clandestine Laboratory Enforcement and Response Team in B.C., said those on the front-lines hav-

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The Justice Institute has launched a website to provide one more tool for first responders dealing with the fentanyl crisis. ing up-to-date information on handling fentanyl and overdoses is “paramount.”

“First responders across the province are increasingly concerned about possible exposure to fentanyl during the course of their duties. This public health epidemic not

only directly affects people who use drugs, and their families, but also the first responders in our community tasked with tackling this epidemic on the streets,” he said.

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A16 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS

City of Coquitlam

Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws. This meeting will be held on:

Date: Time: Location:

Monday, November 28, 2016 7:30 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

Item 1

Text Amendment to add Dental Practitioner, as a Site-Specific Permitted use, to the C-1 Local Commercial Zone at 1655 Como Lake Avenue

Item 2

The intent of Bylaw 4720, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to add dental practitioner to the C-1 Local Commercial zone, as a site-specific permitted use at 1655 Como Lake Avenue.

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City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Addresses: 559, 567, 571, 577 and 581 Clarke Road

The intent of Bylaw 4725, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4725, 2016 from CS-1 Service Commercial and CS-2 Limited Commercial to C-7 Transit-Village Commercial.

The intent of Bylaw 4726, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to designate 567, 571, 577 and 581 Clarke Road as Affordable Housing or Special Needs Housing lots. This will allow the application to potentially utilize the density and parking relaxation incentives for purpose-built rental housing contained within the City’s Housing Affordability Strategy.

If approved, the C-7 zone would facilitate the development of a 49-storey market condominium high-rise tower with approximately 364 residential units and 2 commercial units, and a 15-storey purpose-built rental tower with approximately 101 residential units and 3 commercial units.

How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from November 16 to November 28, 2016 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 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 further information with regard to the bylaws mentioned above on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

How do I provide input?

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010.

Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts.

Prior to the Public Hearing written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; Regular mail: 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; In person: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Office prior to noon on the day of the hearing.

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 on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

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PoMo looks for new fire chief in 2017 GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Every firefighter remembers their first major blaze and Remo Faedo’s is a doozy.

The Port Moody fire chief, who will retire in January after close to 28 years on the job, was one of dozens of first responders on the scene when the Port Moody Inn went up in flames in April, 1990.

He had only been volunteering with the department for a few months but “they put me on a hose line and asked me to protect a certain part of the building. I had never done this before and they gave me that responsibility.”

It was around this time that Faedo said he was becoming more interested in taking his career to the next level and becoming a professional firefighter. Three years later, he was hired and slowly began working his way up the ranks.

Five years ago, then deputy chief, he made the final step to chief and began taking on more of the administrative side of the job. These days, he’s just as likely to be hanging out with councillors and city staff than the crew at Fire Hall No. 1.

“Most firefighters are focused on operations,” he said.

“But there is so much more than that — fire prevention, emergency management — and administration is a big part of it.”

The next chief is expected to have a bachelors degree in business and needs to be aware of all of the emerging trends in training and technol-

CHIEF REMO FAEDO ogy when it comes to emergency preparedness, Faedo said.

There is also the emerging issues of post-traumatic stress and how departments can work with their firefighters to make sure they are processing some of the issues that can arise in the high-stress environment that comes with being a first responder.

“Fire chiefs have to pay attention to that and look at implementing those types of elements,” he said. “A fire chief has to see the big picture.”

Faedo said he would be around to help with the transition but also noted that he intends to spend more time with his wife, kids and grandchildren as well as his aging parents. He added that he wants to start playing hockey again and will likely get back into fishing.

But he said he will still miss the camaraderie and friendships he has made at the department during his close to three decades at the hall. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Get your bibs and appetites ready — the Rotary Club of Port Moody has announced its dates for the 2017 RibFest.

The third annual event will be at Rocky Point Park from July 21 to 23 and is expected to feature award-winning ribbers delivering mouth-watering barbecued meats, beverage gardens and live entertainment.

But whether the group receives the same level of support from the city as it has in the past two years remains to be seen.

Organizers have asked for $34,000 of city support for 2017, mainly for parks staff ($11,000) and police ($9,500), with additional costs for portable toilets and waste collection for organics, garbage and grey water.

The amount requested is higher than the approximately $29,000 used for the 2016 RibFest, when the Rotary Club

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The 2017 edition of Rotary Club of Port Moody’s RibFest will be held July 21 to 23 at Rocky Point Park. was able to take advantage of a Metro Vancouver program that provided largely free portable toilets.

As well, additional costs are being budgeted to further fine-tune the organic waste diversion.

In 2015, RibFest received $22,400 of in-kind support from the city ($35,000 was budgeted), and raised about $40,000 for Rotary’s community donations and programs.

At its Nov. 8 meeting, council voted to defer the funding request.

Coun. Diana Dilworth suggested the delay so that council could discuss funding levels for all the city’s festivals and events to make sure that each is being treated equitably.

The matter is expected to be on the city’s finance agenda later this month.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY 2016: PORT MOODY

Hundreds gathered in Port Moody last Friday morning for one of four Remembrance Day events in the Tri-Cities. “The Last Post” was played, wreaths were laid in memory of Canadians lost to war and, at the 11th hour, a moment of silence was observed as those in attendance — and people across the country — honoured our nation’s veterans. (For photos of the Port Coquitlam ceremony, go to tricitynews.com.)

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waterway that looks like a ditch flowing under Bedford Street in Port Coquitlam is alive with chum salmon. The fish splash noisily as they thrust their way out from a culvert to glide through a patch of deeper water under cover of blackberry brambles that have been chopped and left to rot.

It’s messy but the salmon don’t seem to mind as they thrash and glide along until they reach a stretch of open water behind a glass repair shop.

“I am absolutely thrilled and amazed,” says Maple Creek Streamkeepers Society president Sandy Budd of the unusually large number of chum salmon that have shown up in the creek to spawn this fall.

“Our iconic salmon, they’re like the troopers of the world — it’s amazing.”

Is it a miracle that these chum salmon have made it back to the creek they were spawned in?

Budd, an 18-year member of the streamkeeper group, says No. In part, she credits nature and the salmon’s will to survive, but also the work of streamkeepers who have kept Maple Creek viable by doggedly working at improvements along the stretch of waterway that begins

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• The one thing people can do to ensure the existence of wild Pacific salmon is to treat their streams like diamonds and protect and cherish them because without this habitat, no salmon.

Sandy Budd, president of Maple Creek Streamkeepers see HERE’S HOW, page 22

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Jeff Rudd and Connie Boulos walk the banks of Maple Creek to see if recently installed spawning gravel is encouraging chum salmon to lay and fertilize eggs in the creek. in a well near Ozada Avenue in Coquitlam.

Over the years, the group has spent a great deal of effort lobbying politicians to pay attention to creek-protection issues — this summer, in fact, they raised the alarm that a 10,000-sq. ft. house was being planned that would have required the creek to be relocated.

That proposal hasn’t officially come to Port Coquitlam council yet, and indications are that it will be scaled back, but when it does re-surface, Budd says, her group will be ready with petitions and lawn signs to make

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sure nothing is done to alter the course of the waterway.

“We are trying to improve the watershed and water quality, and clean up the mess that development has created in the watershed,” Budd says, pulling no punches about what she believes has caused the drastic reduction in salmon in Tri-City creeks and streams in just a few generations.

Were it not for local hatcheries and streamkeeper groups that remind people to keep development from encroaching on streams and raise salmon from eggs to fry or smolts, the

region would be devoid of salmon, she says. As it is, the salmon runs are a tenth of what they used to be when she was a girl growing up in PoCo. Indeed, Maple Creek is the Rodney Dangerfield of salmonbearing streams. Development in the Pipeline Road area harmed the headwaters years ago, requiring Coquitlam to install and maintain a pump to feed water into the creek. But the pump sometimes falters, as it did when it broke down this past summer, leaving fish stranded.

Along its 7-km stretch,

Maple Creek flows through private property and behind businesses, and in some places looks like little more than a ditch because it has been channelized to accommodate development.

Budd gets furious when people describe Maple Creek as a ditch.

“Maple Creek supports all seven species of wild salmon.

Take a look, it’s never just a ditch it’s a channelized watercourse.”

But Maple Creek has been disturbed in countless ways, recorded in stories published

by The Tri-City News, and when the salmon do return home from up to three years spent in the ocean, they then have to run a gauntlet of culverts and a floodgate that closes when the creek runs too high.

This year, the salmon were greeted by a beautiful stretch of spawning grounds created by volunteers with the help of

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“We just get a little excited,” says Connie Boulos, who lives nearby on Jane Street and has been a member of the group for more than 17 years.

“That means they are getting over the barriers,” she says, pointing to the fish darting about the river along the newly created spawning grounds.

You could say it’s a miracle, and indeed it’s surprising to see such a powerful example of nature’s resilience, and one seen more and more along the Coquitlam River, Port Moody inlet and local creeks.

It’s no miracle, but a community effort that has been more than 30 years in the making. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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SOS PART 7: WHAT YOU CAN DO

Here’s how to do your part for salmon, from the experts

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Locally, the miracle of salmon spawning in the Tri-Cities’ creeks really brings it home to us that there is hope and optimism for the co-existence of nature

bird sanctuary, botanical society, Bad Seed workshop, wildlife refuge, ocean stewardship group or beach clean-up.

Rod MacVicar, founder, Mossom Creek Hatchery

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It is only when we act locally, literally in our own backyards that we can make a difference.

It changes the community in which we live. It really gets better and an individual can make a difference. So volunteer at organizations like your local hatchery, nature centre, outdoor club,

• Avoid discharging water containing cleaning agents, water-treatment products or other contaminants from household exterior cleaning or swimming pools directly into storm sewers or drainage ditches, which sooner or later flow into salmonspawning and -rearing areas.

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Norm Fletcher, Grist Goeson Memorial Hatchery coordinator • People should understand how urban stormwater runoff impacts local salmon-bearing streams and how you can adopt

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Ian McArthur, Coquitlam Riverwatch • If I could ask people to do one thing for wild salmon, it would be to get involved and lend their voice to this issue.

Pacific B.C. salmon are a crucial part of our coastal communities, our environment and our economy. Without them we lose everything — so speak up!

Tracy Green, president of the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society

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For example, you can learn to identify and remove invasive species such as English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry to help your local salmon population.

Melissa Dick Coquitlam River Watershed Society coordinator • Take action by asking for or purchasing wild salmon or land-raised salmon; supporting MP Fin Donnelly’s Bill C-228, which transitions West Coast salmon farms to safe closed containment; and take the watershed pledge (bit.ly/watershedpledge).

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f you could go back and live in the 1970s, would you do it? Gas was a lot cheaper, there were rotary phones and Pong was the hottest video game back then. The 1970s were an interesting era.

Here’s a look at a selection of novels set in the 1970s.

What was it like for a Chinese American to marry a white woman in the ’70s? Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng is the tragic story of a ChineseAmerican family losing a teenage daughter and, beyond that, it is the story of racism and alienation. A lot of interesting issues are brought to the surface, such as the children’s biracial experience and the wife who has dreams of having a life outside of the home. There is also the husband who has always felt different and takes out his frustration in unexpected ways.

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A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve examines a marriage and illustrates social attitudes that were prevalent in the 1970s.

Margaret and Patrick have been married a few short months when Patrick announces they will be joining a climbing expedition to Mount Kenya.

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enough for the taxing hike on a high-altitude glacier, and yet agrees to go along. The trip ends in tragedy when a team member becomes disorientated and falls to her death. In the aftermath, the couple’s marriage is on shaky ground. Patrick blames Margaret for the accident and Margaret is unable to cope with her feelings. Shreve’s story illustrates the conflicting emotions that people dealt with at a time where there were many challenges associated with the general apathy toward working women.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides is a bizarre tale about the Lisbon girls, all five of whom committed suicide in the early 1970s. The novel, set in the author’s native Michigan, conveys the immaturity of high school boys and their obsession with the girls. The boys narrate the story and their recollections represent the collective memories of the group and their memories of what happened to the family and the girls. The overall feeling is rather dark and creepy, and there is never one straight forward reason for what happened.

This is hardly an appealing topic but Eugenides writes it so well that you are pulled into it.

The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley is one of the best examples of portraying the gothic genre’s gloomy, scary and sinister elements. Growing up with a strict Catholic mother, two boys have their faith tested each

year when the family and some other members of the church, including the local priest, travel to the remote Lancashire coast around Easter. Their mother looks for a miracle every year that will cure her son and forces the whole group to fast and pray.

The danger and isolation of the location combined with the old and creepy house they stay in stand in stark contradiction with any sort of Easter pilgrimage.

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen features a mole for the northern communists who finds himself torn between ideology and friendship. This

Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a captivating and stimulating book and an indictment of the U.S.’s treatment of the Vietnamese during and after the war. We’ve had many examinations of the war from the American point of view, here’s one from the opposing side.

Drop by your local library and find out more about the 1970s, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Susan Clark works at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library.

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• Tri-City Greendrinks presents Our Moment of Power: Let’s Solarize our Cities, 6:30– 9:30 p.m., Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody, featuring Force of Nature, an environmental advocacy organization working in the Tri-Cities, Burnaby and Vancouver to promote alternative energy solutions. Bistro will feature a select menu; call 604937-0998 to reserve a meal and/or request gluten-free. Info: meetup.com/tricity-greendrinks.

• Burke Mountain’s community organization, North East Coquitlam Ratepayers Association, meets, 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr., Coquitlam. Speaker: Helga Ovington, the facilities booking manager for city of Coquitlam.

Info: 604-970-2579.

• PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society general meeting, 1-3 p.m., PoCo Heritage Museum & Archives, Leigh Square. Final general meeting of 2016; local historian Bryan Ness and PoCo Heritage president Julie Schmidt share on Remembrance Day.

MONDAY, NOV. 21

• PoCo Heritage Society’s 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 your laptop.

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

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NOV. 19: WINTER & XMAS SALES • Riverside secondary school’s winter market, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 2215 Reeve St., PoCo. More than 100 artisans and vendors offering seasonal items for sale, including a variety of handmade items for holiday shoppers. All proceeds from the market will benefit the dry grad celebration of the 2017 graduating class. Info: facebook.com/riversidecraftfair.

• Christmas bazaar, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, 948 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam.

Crafts, jams, jellies, bake table, books, white elephant, kids’ corner, jewellery, soap, silent auction, plants and lunch.

Info: 604-939-6136.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts small stamp auction; viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier community centre, 630 Poirier S., Coquitlam. Info: www. stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

THURSDAY, NOV. 24 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info :604-9370836.

MONDAY, NOV. 28 • Tri-City Photography Club, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., Port Moody. Topic: Travel photography. Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca.

SENIORS • Dogwood Drama Club meets Mondays and Thursdays, 1-3:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam (entrance and parking off Winslow Avenue). New members are always welcome for acting roles or backstage crew. Info: Don, 604-526-2345.

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• 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.

• 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, 604937-6964.

• Stroke Recovery Association of BC, Coquitlam branch at Dogwood Pavilion invites people recovering from stroke and their caregivers most Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. for speech therapy, exercise, indoor bocce, music, dance, games, speakers, outings, fun and friendship, 624 Poirier St. (enter off Winslow Avenue). Info: Margaret, 604-927-6093 or mhansen@coquitlam.ca. see page 26

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TC CALENDAR continued from page 25 • Dogwood Songsters meet every Monday, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Dogwood Pavilion; group also visits and entertains at seniors’ facilities weekly. If you love to sing, you can join. Info: 778285-4873 or 604-464-2252.

• Seniors meet every Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m., to do fun group activities including physical fitness exercises, games, storytelling, local tours and recipe sharing. All women and men 50 or older are welcome at Share Family and Community Services’ Mountain View Family Resource Centre, 699 Robinson St., Coquitlam (corner of Smith Avenue and Robinson Street).

Info: Gina, 604-937-6970.

• Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO) is an advocacy group devoted to seniors’ concerns. Seniors’ organizations and others interested in joining, call Ernie, 604-5769734, or email tsn@shaw.ca.

• Glen Pine 50Plus group plays bridge Mondays, 12:453:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9:3011:45 a.m. at Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam. New members welcome. Info: 604-927-6940.

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ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUPS • The Alzheimer Society of BC has two active support groups in the Tri-Cities. One meets on the second Wednesday of each month, the other meets on the last Wednesday of each month. People who are interested in participating in a caregiver support group should call Dorothy Leclair at 604-298-0780.

Friday of each month, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam, 10 a.m.-noon. Info: 604-933-6098.

• Monthly seniors luncheon with Jewish entertainment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Coquitlam. Info: 604-5527221 or info@burquest.org.

• ABCs of Fraud, a consumer fraud prevention program for seniors, by seniors, gives free one-hour presentations to seniors groups of 10 or more.

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• Honeycombs, a group of people over 50 who entertain with song, dance and skits, meets Thursdays, 1 p.m., at Wilson Centre, PoCo. Performers plus prop, sound and stage hands needed. Info or show bookings: Frances, 604-9411745.

ONGOING • PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 150-2248 McAllister Ave., is open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Friday. 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff is available Tuesday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; volunteers may be on-site at other times. Info: 604-9278403 or www.pocoheritage.org.

• SPARC radio museum on Riverview Hospital grounds is open most Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with tours given by volunteers; large collection of antique consumer, military, marine, amateur radios and broadcast studio equipment. Located in the old pharmaceutical warehouse on Kerria Drive at the top of the hill. Info: 604-777-1885 or sparcradio.ca.

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• Burquitlam Community Association holds its monthly meeting on the first Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m., in the library at Miller Park elementary school, Coquitlam.

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Life is too short

ANN KITCHING

PMAC hONOUrs KiTChiNG wiTh A GALLery

A gallery space at the Port Moody Arts Centre is now named after a past president of the society that runs it.

Last Thursday, staff at the St. Johns Street arts hub announced the 3D Gallery will now be known as the Ann Kitching Gallery.

Kitching, a freedom of the city recipient, is currently at the Crossroads hospice centre with terminal cancer.

She was not at last week’s exhibit opening for Winter Treasures and the Christmas Marketplace, when the announcement was made; however, a private recognition ceremony is expected to take place with her next week.

PMAC society president Val Simons said the gallery name was requested

by Townline Homes, a developer that committed $20,000 to the arts centre earlier this year.

Because of the size of its contribution, the company was allowed to name a room in the facility.

Townline chose Kitching’s name to be at the entrance to the gallery (with its name inside as sponsors) in honour of her lifelong devotion to the arts and education.

Its funding will be used for operations and equipment, Simons said.

“It’s a lovely thing that they have done and very special to our organization.”

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Laurent Goldstein directed a documentary titled Your Second Fifty, based on the book by Calgarian Frank Moffatt. The film will be screened at the Port Moody Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.) on Monday, Nov. 21 with Goldstein and a panel talking about aging afterward.

COQUITLAM ARTS POLICY

Arts leaders make their case before Coq. council

JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

Officials from five Coquitlam arts organizations that receive taxpayer funding stood before city council this week to ask for more cash to run next year’s programs.

Yesterday (Tuesday), representatives from the Coquitlam Public Library, Place des Arts, Societe Place Maillardville, Coquitlam Heritage Society and the Evergreen Cultural Centre each laid out their accomplishments over the past year and presented their wish lists as part of the 2017 city budget discusssions.

Library chairperson Alice Hale and executive director Todd Gnissios were up first to tell council about its suc-

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Place des Arts’ Steve Kim, Joan McCauley and Barb Hobsen promoted the venue’s online auction last month. cesses and challenges with operating two branches in City Centre and on Poirier Street.

Next year, it plans to add more training and devel-

opment for staff as well as grow its book, magazine and digital collections, at a cost of $50,000.

The library’s base grant request is $4.9 million including a 2.4% labour increase equal to $115,000.

Over at Place des Arts, the Maillardville hub — which receives about 38% of its revenues from the city, sponsors and donations — wants another $20,000 for a financial assistant, a position it pushed for last year at the request of its auditor. As well, its asking for an extra $15,000 for ActiveNet operating costs and $20,000 more for an artist-in-residence program.

The latter project, said executive director Joan McCauley, will serve up to 1,200 Coquitlam children by

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teaching multiculturalism through Taiko drumming and south Asian dance, for example, as well as provide teen mentorship.

The three new funding requests — costing $55,000 — will add to Place des Arts’ base budget to bring its total to $937,640 in 2017, she said.

Meanwhile, Luke Balson, executive director of Societe Place Maillardville, has requested an increase of $1 per hour for the organization’s six key staff members while the Coquitlam Heritage Society wants to host its second Coquitlam Heritage Symposium next year, said executive directory Candrina Bailey and Reg Wilford, director of strategic initiatives. see CANADA 150 page 30

how do you continue to have a productive, fruitful life in your so-called golden years? it’s easy, film director Laurent Goldstein said. you need to move. you need to have a passion.

And you need to have a positive spirit.

For a year and a half, Goldstein travelled the world to talk to baby boomers after reading a book by Calgary author Frank Moffatt. he produced, wrote and directed a documentary about aging called your second Fifty — a film that will be screened next Monday night in Port Moody.

“The topic interested me very much,” Goldstein said. “i was interested in time passing by and how we only have a limited time on this planet.” in his study, Goldstein interviewed 100 “game changers” — including doctors, athletes and country singer Naomi Judd — to ask their secrets about staying young.

Of the 42 subjects he kept for the film, they all said this: The most important thing to know is that we are more in control of our life than we are led to believe. “That’s a very empowering message,” Goldstein said, adding, “if you picture yourself aging your way, you will manifest your reality. i know it’s kind of a new age-y thing to say but that was the message that was echoed by the entire cast.”

Goldstein said he hopes to provide an inspiring look at aging through the journeys of seniors in Asia to a 92-year-old woman riding her motorcycle across the U.s. They are people who “don’t have extraordinary powers. They just don’t want to stop unless their bodies break.”

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Art, biz in new gallery DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News

A strip of heritage buildings along Clarke Street in Port Moody is ground zero for artistic endeavours, helping the city achieve its moniker of the City of the Arts.

At Gallery Bistro at 2411 Clarke St., Rainer and Helen Daniels have been serving up brunch, lunch and dinner along with evening concerts, jazz jam sessions and gallery art shows.

Next door, the newest entry to the artistic block, Silk Gallery, at 2419 Clarke St., is melding local art with the business of urban design and planning.

The gallery was recently opened in the 1906-era building by Gaetan Royer, CEO of CityState Consulting Services,

who wanted to combine his passions for art and design and who believes art is oxygen for the soul.

Silk Gallery manager Melissa Chaun, who is also a sustainability planner for CityState and writes a column in The TriCity News, said she supports the sentiment, having grown up in an art-filled home and amassing her own collection when she attained adulthood.

“We’re actually all creative.

It’s an integral part of our being,” Chaun said.

The effort to create a space that is both a gallery and an office has clearly paid off.

The 100-year-old building that was once a butcher shop and most recently a book store is now a high-ceilinged, white-walled salon filled with paintings, photographs and sculptures by B.C. artists.

Lit by large windows that peek out onto the Evergreen Extension, the gallery is open and airy as well as a good place to view paintings by artists such as Jean Duguay, a recent Federation of Canadian Artists award winner.

The desk used by CityState staff, including gallery attendant Daniel Broderick, is a beautifully polished slab of Douglas fir and guests are welcomed with the offer of a cup of tea.

So far the gallery appears to have drawn a following with more than 100 visitors signing the guest book.

• Art lovers can visit Silk Gallery daily, Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Gallery manager and sustainability consultant Melissa Chaun, who also writes a column for The TriCity News, with some of the paintings on display in Silk Gallery at 2419 Clarke St., Port Moody.

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shaw to headline surrey tree lighting festival Coquitlam heartthrob Tyler Shaw is the featured performer during Surrey’s annual Tree Lighting Festival, set for Saturday at Surrey City Hall Plaza.

Shaw’s Kiss Goodnight was a pop hit in 2013, leading to

a Juno award nomination for Breakout Artist of the Year in 2014. Last spring, the 22-yearold Riverside secondary graduate opened for Selena Gomez on some Canadian dates. In Surrey, on Nov. 19, he’ll perform before and after the 55-

foot tree is lit, which will happen from 6:10 to 6:30 p.m.

The festival is from noon to 7 p.m. at the plaza, located at 13450 104th Ave., Surrey.

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Acrylic painter Skai Fowler, a graduate of Emily Carr University of Art + Design, will talk about and demonstrate her skill at the Art Focus Artists

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The event is at 7 p.m. in the Outlet (behind Port Coquitlam city hall, in the Leigh Square Community Arts Village).

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nationally since 1987, worked for a decade as the head scenic painter at the Great Northern Way Scene Shop.

Currently, she shares Studio 13 Fine Arts with two other artists.

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COQUITLAM ARTS POLICY

Sunday art fun for teens Canada 150 Place des Arts’ new Youth Arts Council will launch a first this weekend — an event designed specifically by teens, for teens.

Council president Kevin Zhang, a Grade 12 student at Heritage Woods secondary in Port Moody, said Teen Day at PdA! will provide free drop-in activities for young people aged 13 to 17.

Among the art fun happening on Sunday will be sessions on: • mini tea-stain drawing with Positively Petite artist JoAnn Sheen (using shapes of tea or coffee stains on printmaking paper); • mini pop-art drawing (with pencil crayons or markers on card stock); • mini holiday wreath making (using natural materials); • and lantern making, with faculty member Catherine Dumaine.

“The council is looking to engage youth in the arts and get people interested in the facility so that they are more likely to come back,” Zhang told The Tri-City News on Monday.

Teen Day at PdA! builds on the council’s programs from last year — all of which had multicultural components, he said. As well, the council plans to host a new children’s Christmas function next

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Members of Place des Arts’ 2016/17 Youth Arts Council get ready for Teen Day at PdA! on Nov. 20 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Maillardville facility (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). month and, sometime in the new year, another Art After Dark for teens.

Zhang, who is in his third year on the council and second as president, said his team is getting the word out about Teen Day at PdA! through poster drops at high schools and social media. He has also promoted the event via TriCities Community TV. Zhang is joined on council by 18 members, all of whom

are earning volunteering credits at their schools in the Tri-Cities, Burnaby and New Westminster. The executive is made up of Alexandru Ullmann as finance director, Catalina Ionescu as external relations director, Elaine Wang as internal relations director, Jaimie Lee as community events director and Kara Han as marketing director.

Other members include Aariyana Sayani, Alexandra

Youdell, Alice Pinheiro, Amir SD (Sadeghy-Daghighy), Annette Chen, Calvin Choi, Georgia Tuhten, Janice Chan, Jessica Lee, Kelsea Vance, Sophia de Guzmanm, Sydney Lin and Wilson Jiang.

• Teen Day at PdA! is on Nov. 20 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). To save a spot, call 604-664-1636 or visit brownpapertickets.com. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Finally, Douglas Matthews, president of the Evergreen Cultural Centre, which is marking its 40th year, said his venue is so busy that, since July, it’s had to turn away 49 events because of lack of space.

Evergreen is asking for another $25,000 for a parttime administrator plus an additional $73,500 in capital costs for a new outdoor digital sign and rehearsal hall flooring. As part of his PowerPoint presentation, Matthews also included two renderings commissioned by the Evergreen Cultural Centre about eight years ago of an expanded facility that includes a playhouse. City council is expected to give first reading to the budget Dec. 5.

FESTIVALS

As the city winds down its 125th year, municipal staff are already working on how Coquitlam can mark the country’s 150th anniversary on July 1, 2017.

In a report before council-in-committee last Monday, parks and recreation GM Raul Alleuva wrote the city’s Canada Day festival is the biggest

EVERGREEN CULTURAL CENTRE

A rendering by Proscenium Architecture + Interiors Inc., circa 2008, of an expanded Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam. one-day event in the TriCities, which grew to 70,000 visitors this year. Alleuva said the event cost the city $117,000 (including $70,000 in income) and staff already project they will add another $22,700 to the bottom line for the nation’s milestone fete. As in past years, staff will apply for federal funding; its Celebrate Canada grant application is due by Nov. 21.

Meanwhile, Coquitlam staff are also eyeing the city’s festival and events policy. As part of the update, which went before council-in-committee last week, staff will assess event sites, develop guidelines to minimize impact on area residents and review event criteria and licensing procedures.

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B.C. SOCCER PREMIER LEAGUE

Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC’s post-season hopes were dashed when the club fell 2-1 to the visiting Thompson Okanagan FC in the semifinals at Town Centre Park last Saturday. The under-17 B.C. Soccer Premier League club had the game tied 1-1 for most of the match, however the visitors netted a late goal to win. The loss was Coquitlam’s second of the year after the club went 5-1 during the regular season.

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AAA HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

Charles Best gears up for title tilt Squad looks to repeat as B.C. champs after FV playoff victory GARY MCKENNA

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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils have spent the last few weeks quietly working their way through the list of steps necessary to win their second straight AAA high school soccer provincial title.

Finish the regular season with a perfect record: Check.

Outscore all opponents 41-5: Check.

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The Dr. Charles Best secondary Blue Devils have won the Fraser Valley Championship banner and have set their sights on their second AAA high school soccer provincial championship Win the Fraser Valley championship for the second year in a row: Check.

But there is one final item on the to-do list the club will begin working toward next week, when they take the field

in Burnaby for the final tournament of the year.

“We are just getting set for it,” said head coach Dave Jones on Monday, two days after the club won the regional title. “It’s just one of those

things where we really want to repeat as provincial champions.”

But the Blue Devils are up against some tough competition if they hope to win another B.C. banner. First there’s North Vancouver’s Argyle secondary, a school that is still smarting from last year’s loss to Best in the championship finals. There is also Surrey’s Sullivan Heights secondary, a team that struggled to break into the top three at the Fraser Valleys but has been consistently strong throughout the regular season.

“They have had a tough go,” said Jones. “But I think they could be a bit of a dark horse.”

But Best is strong up and

down the roster.

During last year’s championship run, Jones said he was careful to give his Grade 11 players 50% of the playing time.

That decision is paying off this season as he fields one of the more experienced rosters in the league. Most of the players preparing for the provincials have been there before, Jones said, and know what they have to do to win.

“They have had the experience going into this,” he said.

“Aside from maybe two players, they are all Grade 12s in the starting lineup.”

Best’s experience was on display throughout the regional playdowns.

The club kicked off the post-season with a 5-0 shutout win over Abbotsford secondary, before defeating Fraser Heights secondary 2-0 a few weeks later.

The squad’s strong defence was once again on display in the semifinals, where they bested L.A. Matheson secondary of Surrey and they managed to keep the shutout streak going into the championship game when they took down Tamanawis secondary 2-0.

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JUNIOR HOCKEY

Express stuck in BCHL basement Team hopes return to Poirier will help snap six-game losing skid GARY MCKENNA

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There’s no place like home.

At least that is what the Coquitlam Express are hoping.

After a stretch that has seen the club play one of their last six games in front of the friendly faces at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, the team will return to Coquitlam this weekend for an extended run on home ice.

The break from the road couldn’t come soon enough.

The Express have not won a game since Oct. 21 — a 5-4 victory against the Wenatchee Wild — and the injuryravaged team has quickly tumbled down the BCHL standings to last place in the league.

Last weekend’s games did little to turn things around for the club.

On Saturday, the Chilliwack Chiefs were the latest to put another mark in the Express’ loss column, defeating the visiting Coquitlam team 9-1 in front of 2,989 fans at the Prospera Centre.

Cal Babych, who was brought onboard after a spate of injuries hit the the Express last month, scored Coquitlam’s loan goal in the outing, which came in the third period after the team was already down 8-0.

Chilliwack’s Davis Bunz restored the eight-goal lead 30 seconds later, while Express goalie Reid Cooper faced 53 shots in 60 minutes of action Saturday night.

Friday’s game was not much better for Coquitlam.

The team fell 6-3 to Prince George during a rare home game that saw the Express spot the visitors a 3-0 lead in the first period.

Alex Amrbrosio managed to momentarily halt the Spruce Kings’ scoring streak with a minute left in the first period to make it 3-1 going into the first intermission. But Prince George resumed putting the puck in the net in the second with goals from Jarod Hovde and Travis Schneider.

Express forwards Christian Bosa and Ryleigh Anderson scored their first of the season during Friday’s game, but it was not enough to help the team make a come back.

If Coquitlam hopes to snap their losing skid, they will have to do it against some tough competition.

The league-leading Penticton Vees will be in town on Friday (Nov. 18) for a 7 p.m. faceoff, before Chilliwack visits the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex on Saturday at 7 p.m. Coquitlam will also play a mid-week game on Wednesday against the Surrey Eagles at 7 p.m.

For more information and a complete season schedule go to www. coquitlamexpress.ca. gmckenna@tricitynews.com

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Coquitlam Express forward Erik Udahl carries the puck during a rare home game against the Prince George Spruce Kings last Friday night. The Express have not won a game in their last eight outings and are currently in last place in the BCHL. S

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Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711, Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

MEMORIAL DONATIONS

TRI-CITY WOMAN retired. Loves sports, walks, dancing and some dining out. If you’re interested in friendship and good company please call 778-386-3763

TAKE NOTICE THAT on November 2, 2016, an order was made for service on you of a Notice of Claim and blank Re− ply issued from the Port Coquitlam Registry of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in proceeding number 16316 by way of this advertisement.

You may obtain, from the Port Coquitlam Registry, at Unit A, 2620 Mary Hill Road, Port Coquitlam, a copy of the Notice of Claim and the order providing for service by this advertise− ment.

This advertisement is placed by Fitterer Electric Ltd., whose address for service is c/o BTM Lawyers LLP, #530−130 Brew Street, Port Moody, British Columbia, V3H 0E3 (Fax: 604−937−5577).

SEE YOUR SPOT RUN HERE

HOME CARE HOME SUPPORT WANTED P/T. Stretching, Lifting, Clean.

• Full-time: 4 days @ 10 hrs • Parts-time: 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:

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RESTAURANT/ HOTEL

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TRADES HELP

FIRST CLASS AUTOBODY

is seeking a certified, exp’d autobody technician and an auto body painter for our busy ICBC valet shop. Please apply in person to 2902 St. Johns St. Port Moody or send to firstclassautobody@shaw.ca 604-461-4040

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GARAGE SALES .

FLEA MARKET

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Now Hiring FLAG PERSONS & LANE CLOSURE TECHS .

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

Indoors on Saturday November 19th 9:30 am to 2 pm .

4585 ALBERT Street next to McGill Library (604) 294 -1936

Free Admission

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

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

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Benefits available.

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CONFEDERATION Community Centre Burnaby

CARRIERS NEEDED

Supporting the BC Cancer Agency Supporting the BC Cancer Agency

FOR HE’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW!

Call John • 604-944-0926

PRODUCTION STAFF K-BRO LINEN SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE STREET

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GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

Apply in person: 8035 Enterprise St., Bby Nov 18, 2016 between 9:30 am & 4:00 pm

BC Cancer Foundation 32900 Marshall Rd Abbotsford, BC V2S 0C2

ORDER DESK ETM Distribution

To: Derek Comensoli, Defendant

Enter the raffle to win great prizes from our vendors.

Admission is $2.00 per person, and proceeds will help Miller Park students study Science in new and adventurous ways.

(One of Miller Park’s classes has recently taken part in the SSEP, working with SFU Scientists, to be chosen to have their science experiment sent to space aboard the Space Station!)

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OFFICE/CLERICAL

LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES

You must file a responding pleading/response to petition within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you.

2nd Annual Miller Park Market Miller Park Market − Friday, November 25th

HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT

EMPLOYMENT

In the proceeding, the Plaintiff claims the following relief against you: Unpaid invoice: $14,667.95, plus court ordered interest.

INGLIS, Stuart Clarke Thorson February 7, 1989 - November 5, 2016 After a lifelong battle with diabetes and it’s horrendous complications Stuart finally escaped the pain and sickness on November 5th, 2016. He will be lovingly remembered by his mother Verna; sister Emily; “the Nananator” Joan Inglis; and many aunts, uncles and cousins throughout BC and Alberta.

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

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MARKETPLACE

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Christmas Corner HEATHER HOUSE Invites You to Our 17th ANNUAL

OPEN HOUSE

CRAFT SALE

Sat. & Sun., Nov. 19th & 20th 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

1133 Dansey Ave., Coquitlam (2 blocks south of Austin, off Marmont St.)

Christmas

Bazaar

Coquitlam Presbyterian Church Corner of Blue Mountain & Como Lake Saturday, November 19th 9:30 am - 2:30 pm Delicious Lunch, Silent Auction Childrens Corner, Bake Sale, Crafts, White Elephant Sale …and more…

Come enjoy the fun

SCENTSY MINI FAIR

Monday November 21 2pm - 7pm 2973 Glen Drive, Coquitlam V3B 2P7 In the Party Room, enter from courtyard.

PETS

APARTMENTS/CONDOS FOR RENT

Trinity& St. Catherine’s Churches Saturday, November 26th l0am - 2pm Bake Table Silent Auction Gourmet Table Luncheon and More!

2211 Prairie Ave. Port Coquitlam WILDWOOD PARK Craft/Plus Fair 201 Cayer St, Coq (in the hall) Sat, Nov 19 10am - 3pm Something for Everyone!

Tables are available Call Joan 604-522-9785 Hot Dogs & Drinks

You Are Invited to the... christmas marketplace

November 19, 2016 • 9:30 am to 2:00 pm at Como Lake United Church 1110 King Albert Ave. @Marmont, Coquitlam

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BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/ BOOKKEEPING Bookkeeping Services $20 per hour Hands On Accounting • Payroll • Tax Services Personal & Small Business At Fees You Can Afford .

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Tax Returns - Bookkeeping Personal - Small Business Current - Delinquent 20 yrs exp. 604-671-1000

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RENTALS

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• Jewellery • Baking • Tea Room • New/Nearly New

• Children’s Games • Silent Auction • Lunch Room • Crafts & Gifts

• Jams & Preserves • Thrift Shop • Fresh Produce • Arts, Crafts and more....

We are offering a

25% discount

on Christmas Corner ads Until December 21st

Call 604.630.3300 to book your ad

102-120 Agnes St, New West

CALL 604 525-2122

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

2 BR GROUND level suite for rent. $1100/Mon. incl.

Hot water & electricity.

Separate entrance.

Shared laundry.

Coquitlam: Oxford & Davie.

778-714-1210

BBY S, 3 BR upper dup, 1.5 ba. NS/NP. $1640 +60% utls.

604-539-1959, 604-612-1960 COQ West 3 BR upper suite, $2000 & 3 BR bsmt $1500 or Both $3400. + utls. All appls & own W/D. Small pet ok. Av now. 604-700-4786

604-630-3300

BRAND NEW 1BR basement suite. Just built. $1200/Mon. inclusive.

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Quiet Neighbourhood.

References required. Avail.

Dec 1. 604-328-4971 POCO Lrg 2 BR ste, newly reno’d, sh’d laundry. $1100 incls utls. NS/NP. Avail now.

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NP NS. 604.833.2103

COMMERCIAL

OFFICE/RETAIL

PORT COQUITLAM: 775 - 3,000

1111 Austin Ave, 600 sqft, set up for an office, new floors, new paint, good access. Month to month or lease. $1250 incl triple net.

604-861-9428

sq ft, ground floor commercial area. Facing onto city park. 2 blocks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604.464.3550

AUTOMOTIVE

SPORTS & IMPORTS

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

THE SCRAPPER SCRAP CAR & TRUCK REMOVAL

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

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VILLA MARGARETA

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~ FULLY INSURED~

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604-936-2808

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ELECTRICAL

Electrical Installations

GUTTER CLEANING ROOF CLEANING WINDOW CLEANING POWER WASHING 30 yrs experience WCB/Liability insured

Simon 604-230-0627

TAKE A LOAD OFF

Renos & Repairs. BBB Member.

www.nrgelectric.ca

604-520-9922

Park your car here overnight and it could be gone in the morning.

EXCAVATING

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CASH FOR ALL VEHICLES

GROOVY

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

604.630.3300

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PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm suite $825 or 2 bdrm suite $1,050 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

320-9th St, New West Suites Available.

All suites have balconies, Undergrd. parking avail.

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

Call to place your ad

3BR/2BA $1,800 Blue Mountain & Edgar

One Call Does It All

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call. Lic#89402.

Fast same day service.

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

Systems Ltd.

HOUSES FOR RENT

BBY S, 3 BR with bsmt, 2 bath, $2400. NS/NP. Dec 1.

604-539-1959, 604-612-1960

ELECTRICAL All Electrical, Low Cost.

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

604-463-7919

SUITES FOR RENT

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

ALARM

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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.

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

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ALARM SERVICES

SKYLINE TOWERS

Christmas

Bazaar

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RENTALS

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ROOFING

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

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

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1. John __, Pilgrim settler 2. Drink table on wheels 3. A canoe 4. Baseball player nicknamed “Kitty” 5. Midway between east and southeast 6. Direction of attention 7. Egg-shaped wind instrument 8. Cadavers 9. Farewell 13. Revolutions per minute 14. Small constellation 17. Vineyard

24. Reprint 25. Evergreen genus 26. Vale 27. Not the most dry 30. There are four of them 34. Pie _ _ mode 35. At or near the stern 36. Attached to the side of a motorcycle 41. Soft-bodied beetle 45. “Rule, Britannia” composer 46. __ of March: rough day for Julius Caesar

47. A way of changing taste 50. Bubbled up 54. Remedy 55. Barrooms 56. Henry Clay __, industrialist 57. A citizen of Thailand 59. Cove 60. One and only 61. ‘__ death do us part 62. Zero 63. Thus far 64. Brew 65. Crunches federal numbers

18. Consumed 20. Pitchers need to get them 22. Educational assn. (abbr.)

27. No longer is 28. Peyton’s little brother 29. Small amount 31. An awkward stupid person 32. Popular pro sports league 33. Pigpen 37. Type of head pain 38. “Jiminy” is one 39. Diarist Frank 40. Boat race

41. Can be split 42. Thought 43. Staggering 44. Baltic country 47. Sunscreen rating 48. Paddle 49. Togetherness 51. Beat-influenced poet Anselm 52. Midway between northeast and east 53. Fall back, spring forward 58. Afflict

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