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Pinetree goes camp with Cry-Baby POCO CP RAIL YARD FIRE

Flames, smoke at PoCo CP yard

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 2018 Your community. Your stories.

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GARY MCKENNA

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Nobody was injured during Monday night’s spectacular blaze at the Port Coquitlam CP Rail yard and an investigation is underway to determine the cause.

Fire broke out at approximately 6:40 p.m. when a tanker truck carrying ethanol collided with a rail car and burst into flames, sending flames and plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen for kilometres.

The incident forced the evacuation of all residents and businesses within an 800metre radius and shut down Lougheed Highway between Shaughnessy Street and Coast Meridian Road.

see ‘I WOULD’, page 6

AMBER GREGORY PHOTO

Amber Gregory, who was working out at Gold’s Gym on the Oxford Connector in Port Coquitlam when fire broke out at the nearby CP Rail yard, snapped this photo of the blaze, caused when a tanker truck full of ethanol and a train collided.

ALFRED WONG

Funeral Sat. for Alfred Wong DIANE STRANDBERG THE TRI-CITY NEWS

The family of the Pinetree secondary student who was killed by a stray bullet on Jan.

13 has launched two scholarships in his name and announced that a funeral will be held Saturday to remember 15-year-old Alfred Wong.

At a press conference

Monday at Vancouver Police Department headquarters, the family’s pastor, Caleb Choi, and Wong’s brother, Wilfred Wong, expressed thanks for the professionalism and kindness

something like this would happen to us,” Wilfred Wong said.

“Everything is very raw right now, it’s difficult to look back.”

of police and hospital staff, and for they support they have received from the community in the week since Alfred Wong died two days after being shot.

“We’re all full of shock that

see ALFRED WAS, page 3

Alfred Wong, in an undated family photo.

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ALFRED WONG

Alfred ‘was a gentle child and he made our family incredibly happy’ continued from front page

Choi described the events leading up to Alfred’s death when he was hit by a bullet fired into the car as the family was driving home from a family dinner they had with the Wongs’ older son.

Police say assailants were firing at each other and the Wong vehicle got caught in the crossfire. A 23-year-old man, Kevin Whiteside, was also killed. The shooting occurred between 9 and 9:30 p.m. on East Broadway near Ontario Street, Pastor Choi described Alfred, who was in Grade 10 at Pinetree, as a “bright young man who excelled at his studies” and was “passionate about every cause.”

He was also an athlete, studying martial arts, playing basketball and swimming with the Hyack Swim Club.

The family was very close, Choi said, and enjoyed traveling. The teen was taken much too soon but lived “to the fullest extent,” he told the media.

Alfred Wong had been planning to study electronic engineering and so the Alfred Y.F. Wong Memorial Scholarship established with School District 43 will be given to a deserving Pinetree secondary school graduate “who is pursuing a post-secondary education with a focus on engineering and who embodies what we most admired in Alfred: his curiosity, determination, academic excellence and achievement in all areas of life.”

A second scholarship has been established with the Hyack Swim Club, where Alfred was a member. It will be awarded to help members of the club who intend to pursue post-secondary education and swim at the university level.

In lieu of gifts or flowers, individuals are encouraged to make a donation in Alfred Wong’s name to the scholarship funds. A link to the SD43 scholarship is on the Pinetree

DAN TOULGOET/VANCOUVER COURIER

Above: Vancouver Police Department Chief Adam Palmer said escalating gang violence has resulted in shootings in public places, including one that resulted in the death of Coquitlam’s Alfred Wong. Below left: Wilfred Wong spoke at a VPD press conference Monday about his family’s grief. Pastor Caleb Choi also spoke about how the family is dealing with the crisis. A funeral service is planned for Saturday.

website (sd43.bc.ca/School/ pinetree) and Hyack members can get info through the club.

In a statement to the media, the family described Alfred Wong as follows: “Alfred Wong

was born in Canada and has lived in Coquitlam his whole life. He was a hardworking student, caring brother and loving son. He was involved in many extracurricular activities

outside school including martial arts, swimming, basketball and Kumon. He was in Grade 10 and a straight-A student. He had plans to be a future lifeguard and an electronic engi-

neer. He was kind to everyone he met. He is survived by his older brother and his parents.”

The family also stated that it is coping with the support of friends and relatives, along

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with the “belief that Alfred is now in a better place with God. He was a gentle child and he made our family incredibly happy. As parents, we are proud to have called Alfred our son, and no words can express how much we will miss him.”

In a statement, the Coquitlam Christ Church of China noted that many teenagers in the congregation grew up alongside Alfred. “Alfred was whimsical and always brought joy to our congregations. We are deeply saddened and will miss his thoughtfulness and kindness.”

To deal with the grieving, the church is consulting with professionals on a healing strategy.

The funeral service will take place Saturday, Jan. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Coquitlam Alliance Church, 2601 Spuraway Ave., Coquitlam. Those who attend are asked not to take photos or videos inside the church during the service.

During Monday’s press conference, VPD Chief Adam Palmer said as many as 100 officers have worked on the case in various capacities and the chain of events has been recreated but police are not releasing any details at this time. A mobile command centre was set up at the scene and police obtained more tips and dashcam video.

But police are asking that anyone who has not yet provided any information come forward because they may have an important missing detail.

“Alfred’s murder has rocked our community,” Palmer said, adding later, “It’s very rare that we see an innocent person killed. It’s heartbreaking to see this.”

• Investigators with the VPD’s Major Crime Section are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this shooting or who may have dashcam footage and driving in the area between 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, to call 604-717-2500. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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COQUITLAM COUNCIL

Zarrillo says she’ll talk to lawyer about council feedback on Facebook comment Mayor questions why she voted in favour of panel

whO’s ON sTraTegiC COmmiTTee iN COQ.?

GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

A Coquitlam city councillor is considering her legal options after she said she was the subject of “character attacks” during a committee meeting Monday.

While Coun. Bonita Zarrillo did not name names, she told The Tri-City News that her personal lawyer will be reviewing comments she said are “slander” from at least two council members.

“I believe that some of the things that were said on Monday were borderlining on character attacks,” she said. “It deserves a proper review.”

The incident stems from comments Zarrillo first made on social media criticizing the gender makeup of several of the city’s economic advisory groups, including the Strategic Investment Advisory Panel (SIAP). She also noted in a Facebook post that as a city councillor, she is not allowed to attend SIAP meetings because she’s been told “if I attended,

COUN. BONITA ZARRILLO

COUN. MAE REID

MAYOR RICHARD STEWART

the committee members would not be comfortable speaking their minds.”

Coun. Mae Reid, who is the council representative on the panel along with Mayor Richard Stewart, who chairs the SIAP meetings, took exception to Zarrillo’s online comments.

She said suggestions that the panel has a “hidden agenda” are inaccurate and that members — most of whom work in the development and real estate industries — are specifically chosen to ensure they do not have business before the city that could put them in conflict (see sidebar).

Reid called the group a “think tank” and said it has been a valuable source of information that can benefit city decision making.

“People are taking offence,” she said, commenting on Zarrillo’s Facebook during Monday’s committee meeting.

“I am very upset about this… It is very hurtful and I don’t want to see us lose this group.”

She told The Tri-City News Tuesday that “posts on Facebook that are absolute lies are disruptive. It has got to stop.”

Zarrillo said that posts on her personal Facebook page are not city business and do not need to be discussed at the council table.

“I didn’t want to engage in that,” she said, later adding: “As elected officials, we need to understand clearly what is personal and personal experiences and what is city business and the two do not need to meet.”

Stewart said he is unable to see Zarrillo’s Facebook posts first hand because he has been blocked from viewing her page.

He also noted that council, including Zarrillo, voted unanimously to approve the committee makeups and mandates last fall, and she should have made her concerns known at that time. “It is unfortunate,” he said. “Her colleagues take issue with her voting in favour of a plan that she intends to then denounce.”

Stewart also defended the work of the SIAP. He said the panel has provided high-level input on everything from urban land economics and business development to industrial architecture and land investments associated with the

According to the city website, SIAP has nine members in addition to Mayor Richard Stewart and Coun. Mae Reid, including: • Michael Geller, an architect, planner, real estate consultant and columnist; • Ann McAfee, a former co-director of planning at the city of Vancouver and adjunct professor at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning; • Malcolm Earle, senior vice-president at Colliers International; • Michael Ferreira, the managing principal at Urban Analytics; • Bernie Magnan, economist and manager director at Bernard Magnan and Associates; • Jeff Rank of Bentall Kennedy; • Geoff Nagle, director of development, Western Canada at Morguard Investments; • Bob Rennie, a Vancouver-based real estate marketer; • and Iain Black, a former Tri-Cities BC Liberal MLA and current president of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

For more on Coquitlam’s strategic investment advisory Panel, read our story in Friday’s Tri-City News

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“Some of them are worldrenowned,” Stewart said. “I am just ecstatic that they are willing to sit with their colleagues on a

panel to give us ideas on how to make Coquitlam as good as it can be.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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A woman walking to a bus stop in the area of Cecile and Evergreen drives in Port Moody was trapped by branches from a tree that had fallen during a windstorm.

A transit bus was also hit by the tree. Port Moody firefighters and police responded to the emergency, as did BC Ambulance paramedics.

SUNDAY WINDSTORM

Fallen tree in Port Moody traps woman Windstorm blew down branches & trees across region A Port Moody woman was struck by branches from a falling tree during the violent windstorm Sunday morning that also caused power outages and road closures.

The 23-year-old was walking to a bus stop in the area of Cecile and Evergreen drives when she was hit and had to be rescued from under the branches by paramedics and firefighters.

A nearby Coast Mountain bus was also struck by the branches of the tree as it fell, reported Port Moody Police, who were called to the scene at approximately 9:05 a.m.

Several occupants of the bus also provided assistance to the woman until Port Moody Fire Rescue crews and BC Ambulance Service arrived to safely remove her from under the branches. She was taken to hospital with minor injuries, according police.

The downed tree blocked one lane of Cecile Drive until city crews were able to remove it.

PoMo police responded to six calls related to wind damage while PoMo Fire Rescue received 32 reports of windrelated incidents, including downed power lines and fallen trees. There were also numerous road closures in the city while Hydro crews worked to restore power.

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Flames burned through the night at the CP Rail yard in Port Coquitlam after a collision between a tanker truck full of ethanol and a train.

The fire prompted the evacuation of buildings within 800 metres of the site.

POCO CP RAIL YARD FIRE

‘I would describe it as surreal,’ says witness continued from front page

Tuesday morning, Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore told The Tri-City News that he has received assurances from CP Rail and Transport Canada the fire will be fully investigated.

“We want to learn how this occurred and what can be done in the future to prevent it,” he said.

While Moore praised the response of emergency officials, he said any time there is a major incident, there are things the city can learn and improve upon. One area he said he would be asking about is the fact CP Rail’s foam suppression vehicle is located in Abbotsford.

The unit was sent to the blaze Monday night under police escort but Moore said it may be

necessary to have the equipment located closer to Port Coquitlam given that PoCo’s CP Rail yard is one of the largest in western Canada.

“That is something we need to review,” he said.

But communication between the fire department and CP Rail has greatly improved over the last two years, which showed Monday night, said Moore. He noted the use of a new app that allows firefighters to determine in real time what a train is carrying based on the rail car’s reporting mark.

“There was good communication between CP and the fire department,” he said. “Everyone played their role… Because of our preparedness, I think people could observe that things happened really seamlessly.”

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Port Coquitlam Fire Chief Nick Delmonico told reporters Monday night that due to the nature of the fire, it was difficult for crews to battle the blaze.

He said that firefighters had to make sure that the area was secure and intended to let the fire burn out, which eventually occurred at around 3 a.m.

“We don’t know the limit of the fuel in the car at this

point,” he said during a hastily arranged news conference in front of the Shaughnessy Station Safeway store at around 9 p.m. Monday. “We also have diesel tanks on the train that are a concern for us as well. We did have a number of other trains in the yard that were loaded with other chemicals that were rather dangerous.”

Amber Gregory was working

out at Golds gym when she first noticed the blaze.

She said emergency crews moved into the area quickly to evacuate but it took 45 minutes to get out of the Safeway parking lot because many vehicles were blocked in.

“I would describe it as surreal,” she said in a message to The Tri-City News, later adding: “[It] was very scary not being

able to leave… when you are hearing a [voice on a] microphone to evacuate.”

CP Rail issued a statement to The Tri-City News yesterday confirming that there were no injuries in the blaze and stating that no further details would be released until the incident has been investigated. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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The city of Port Moody spent $173,189 putting on community events last year — and the dollars spent weren’t the only big numbers associated with those happenings.

The biggest bash by far was the city’s Canada Day celebrations at Rocky Point Park.

According to a staff report that was to be presented to council yesterday, it attracted “the highest number of people ever gathered in Rocky Point Park” — 30,000 to 40,000 — for family activities like games and displays at the Canada 150 Zone, a concert by the band Trooper, and fireworks.

The actual $91,605 cost of staging the event was less than the $104,000 budgeted, and most of that approved as a special one-off for Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations. Future Canada Day celebrations are budgeted for a more modest $41,500.

The city’s first Car Free Day on Aug. 20 attracted more than 20,000 people to St. Johns Street, which was closed to traffic between Douglas and Moody streets so people could enjoy roving performers, a climbing

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Golden Spike Days in Port Moody was just one popular event in 2017 and Canada Day celebrations drew record crowds. wall, bike rodeo, live music and entertainment as they visited local businesses they might otherwise drive past on the busy commuter thoroughfare.

While higher than anticipated costs to close the road and staff the event cost the city about $8,000 more than it budgeted, more than half the event’s $91,301 in expenses was recouped from sponsorships and revenues.

And “staff plan to increase sponsorship and revenues in 2018,” said the report.

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Creek Hatchery and at Ghost Town Day Sept. 24 at the Ioco townsite. The new Holiday Cheer at the Pier tree lighting event at Rocky Point Park Dec. 2 attracted about 4,000 people and cost $554 more than the $12,000 that was budgeted.

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An open house on project scheduled for Wed., Jan. 31 MARIO BARTEL

The Tri-CiTy News

Port Moody residents will get their first look on Jan. 31 at a mixed-use development proposed for the 3200-block of St. Johns Street.

The Berezan Group, a Langley-based developer, is holding a community information meeting in the Inlet Theatre Galleria from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a formal presentation at 7 p.m.

Ralph Berezan said the project would be comprised of three residential towers of 20, 24, and 26 storeys, with a total of 601 units, including 84 rental units. The towers would sit atop podiums with 50,104 sq. ft. of commercial space.

Berezan said he has owned the properties since the 1970s.

They’re currently occupied by light industrial and commercial tenants like an auto repair garage, Koko’s Activity Centre and Brew Street Craft and Kitchen.

Berezan said the arrival of SkyTrain’s Evergreen Extension made the time right to realize the site’s potential.

“I think it’s even better we build these clusters of housing around these rapid transit stations,” Berezan said of the site’s location just a few hundred metres west of the Inlet Centre SkyTrain station.

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An illustration by the Berezan Group of the development it’s proposing on St. Johns Street property Ralph Berezan has owned since the 1970s. That property, which currently houses auto shops and a children’s play centre, is between the Inlet Centre SkyTrain station and Moray Street. amendment to Port Moody’s official community plan as well as rezoning.

The site is east of Port Moody’s new transit-oriented development area that runs between St. Johns Street and the railroad tracks, from Moody Street to Electronic Avenue, which will transform the six square blocks around the Moody Centre station to a dense, pedestrian-friendly neighbourhood of multi-family residential buildings from six to 26 storeys, shops, offices, wide sidewalks and public plazas. The amendment to the city’s official community plan for that area was adopted by city council Nov. 30 after a contentious two-and-a-half hour public meeting and vigorous debate that raised the spectre of the area turning into another cluster of towers like Burnaby’s Metrotown or the Burquitlam neighbourhood in Coquitlam.

Berezan’s project would represent the first incursion of highrises along St. Johns but he said people have to look past that to the amenities that would come with the development, including the possibility of a grocery store. And while he couldn’t say whether a reborn pub might be part of the plan, Berezan did say he still owns the licence for a beer and wine store at the site.

The plan for the property also includes the enhancement of Pigeon Creek. Berezan said he acquired the stretch of property through which the creek runs just a couple of years ago at the city’s behest so its restoration could be part of any future redevelopment.

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Union says Sunwood Safeway will close DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Ten Safeway stores in B.C. — including one at Sunwood Square in Coquitlam — are slated to close, the union representing workers says.

But Safeway’s parent company has yet to confirm the news.

Ivan Limpright, president of UFCW Local 1518, said he was informed by Sobeys late Monday that the company is planning to close the stores but may re-open five under its discount banner FreshCo. The announcement comes as the UCFW prepares to bargain with Sobeys on behalf of staff at all B.C. Safeway stores.

Limpright said he only learned of the decision late Monday and said hundreds of members will lose their jobs.

A call to Sobeys Inc.’s communication department was not returned by The Tri-City News’ print deadline.

A property manager for Bentall Kennedy, which leases Sunwood Square, said the company had no information on the closure.

The possible closure of the Sunwood Square Safeway would follow the recent closure of the Safeway in Austin

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS Notice is provided pursuant to Section 26(3) and 94 of the Community Charter that the City of Coquitlam (the “City”) intends to exchange lands owned by the City plus cash in the amount of $3,897,087 for lands owned by Double Kappa Holdings Ltd. (“Double Kappa”). The lands to be exchanged are as follows: Lands owned by the City: • •

a 4.505 hectare portion of the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 028-843-991, Lot 1, Section 17, Township 40, NWD Plan BCP50410; and a 0.353 hectare portion of the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 030-334-233, Lot A, District Lot 8248, Group 1 NWD Plan EPP74348 (collectively, the “City Lands”)

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The old Safeway on Austin Avenue in Coquitlam was torn down recently to make way for a new development. Now, the union representing Safeway works says the supermarket chain’s owner is planning to close the Sunwood Square Safeway in May, although the company has not confirmed that information.

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Broadmoor in Richmond; Newton Town Centre and Strawberry Hills in Surrey; and Mission.

The union says the closures are scheduled for May 5, except for City Square, which is set to close on July 28.

Also this week, Sobeys announced that it has signed an agreement with Ocado Group to bring an online grocery platform to Canada.

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Heights to make way for a new development and a new store.

(The 91,500-sq. ft. property at 1029-1033 Austin Ave. is owned by Beedie Living and Sobeys is reportedly planning to replace the Safeway with a new one, which the developer plans to flank with two towers.)

Other Safeway locations slated for closure, according to the union, are Lougheed Mall and Royal Oak in Burnaby; City Square and Point Grey in Vancouver; Blundel and

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a 1.298 hectare portion of the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 029-267-781, Lot A, Section 17, Township 40, NWD Plan EPP37927; a 3.361 hectare portion of the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 029-426-278, Block B, Section 17, Township 40 East of the Coast Meridian, NWD Except Plans EPP50860, EPP50867, and EPP61635; a 1.27 hectare portion of the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 029-541-867, Lot 2, Section 18, Township 40, NWD Plan EPP49564 except Plans EPP50859 EPP61635; the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 029-426-294, Block C, Section 17, Township 40 East of the Coast Meridian NWD; the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 029-390-010, Lot 1, Section 17, Township 40, NWD Plan EPP43580; and the lands legally described as Parcel Identifier 007-055-234, Lot 15, Section 17, Township 40, NWD Plan 34808.

For further information please contact Mr. Jeff Burton, Manager, Real Estate at 604-927-6958.

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Canada walks a tightrope in its dealings with powerhouse China W ith protectionism rising in the U.S. and NAFTA on the ropes, it makes sense for Canada to turn to China to strengthen economic ties.

But Canadians shouldn’t walk in wearing blinders.

China is a mighty nation using both hard and soft power tools to bolster its influence.

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Investors who merely want to park their money in expensive condos and houses and use trusts and schemes for evading Chinese laws and Canadian taxes are not welcome in B.C. While the premier has said his government has no plans to ban foreigners from buying homes, he should reiterate that Canadians want to see more tourists and investment in clean technology, forestry, energy,

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We already have a trade deficit when it comes to manufacturing. In 2012, for example, Canada-China merchandise trade totalled $70.1 billion but imports were $50.7 billion compared to just $19.4 billion in Canadian exports.

Chinese business leaders need to know B.C. has much to offer in terms of agricultural products — blueberries are popular — as well clean technology, and our tourism sector is strong and appealing.

At the same time, taxpayers who are footing the bills for these trips or who pay the

salaries of politicians who go on them, want an accounting of what was accomplished and who will benefit.

It’s time there was more transparency and less smokescreen when it comes to Canada’s dealings with China.

We don’t want the Lower Mainland to become a playground for rich Chinese expats — nor do we want to approve of Chinese human rights abuses — but we do want to grow our exports to China, currently valued at about $6 billion, so that British Columbians come first China is a big fish to our minnow but that is no reason we can’t stick up for ourselves.

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WOMEN’S MARCHES

Many reasons to march The Editor, On the weekend, thousands of women congregated in Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, joining their friends and allies all over the world in marching to demand women’s rights.

I’ll admit when the rain was thrashing against my window, I debated not going. But then I thought about comments I’ve heard from male politicians in the Tri-Cities, both those who I would usually think of as allies and those I wouldn’t, about how there is not a systemic problem with women getting involved in politics because two of the five Tri-Cities councils have more than one woman on them.

When there are more mayors named John in Metro Vancouver than women mayors, I would argue that there is still a long way to go, and this doesn’t address women of colour and women with disabilities, who face even more barriers stacked against their participation.

With the pelting wind and rain, women, men and children got up to march for many reasons. Some marched

because women in Canada are still making 87 cents to the dollar compared to men in the same position, and those of minority and Indigenous status make less than that.

Some marched because women still don’t have access to the medical care they need, especially after assault experiences.

Some raised their signs because women are more likely to be affected by precarious work and discrimination or harassment, and must endure negative working conditions or face repercussions, including being fired. This is worse for migrant women, who come to take care of children, seniors and people with disabilities for low wages, and can be deported if their employer is displeased (the speaker on this topic at the Vancouver March was very moving).

Some people marched because even here in the TriCities, women fleeing abusive relationships often go back to unsafe homes because, with the lack of affordable housing and transition housing, they have nowhere else to go.

There are many reasons to march but the point is we need to do more to promote gender equity in our communities, from schools to council chambers to Parliament. We need politicians of all genders to make sure that they make decisions with a lens of gender — and, I would add, racial and disability — equity. We need more supports to help raise women out of poverty and precarious work.

As the Tri-Cities try to address affordable housing, we need to ensure more housing for women and children in need, understanding single moms face discrimination in the rental market. The task can seem daunting but we can start small and see where we can get involved. One speaker at the march spoke of social isolation and suggested even just checking on the single mom in your neighbourhood to see if you can do something to make her day a bit easier.

I’m glad I went to the march but like many women, I look forward to the day we don’t have to.

Amy Lubik, Port Moody

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Latest Suter Brook plan would be big The Editor, Re. “Port Moody needs a density discussion” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 17).

There has been some discussion recently about the relative density of population per square kilometre in Port Moody compared to other communities. Around 1,300/ sq. km for Port Moody versus 5,000 plus for Vancouver. (It should be understood that these numbers are averages and there are pockets of low and pockets of high.)

So how does 50,000-plus/sq. km sound? Ridiculous, right?

But that is the ratio that Port Moody council is considering for Parcel D, the last piece of the Suter Brook development.

This would be achieved by squeezing another highrise onto what has already been approved for this minuscule property and justified by quoting the need for higher density and rental units adjacent to SkyTrain stations. To give you

SPEAK Have an opinion on a Tri-City News story? Leave a comment on our Facebook page. another idea of the scale, it is like planning to have up to 1,000 people living on a piece of property the size of the town hall complex. Laughable but not funny, really.

Now here comes the interesting bit. Council has already been down that road in other developments, where they have approved multiple highrises but with a minimum 60 m spacing.

So if the thinking is that 60 m is appropriate, why half that spacing in Suter Brook?

In addition to all the problems associated with such extreme high density, such as

strain on local services, safety, traffic, hospitals, etc., the introduction of such a huge amount of concrete “massing” is entirely foreign to the existing village design and the original architectural plans.

The residents in Suter Brook already live in a higher than average density area but are content with it. They understand the wish for more housing, including rentals, and have accepted what has already been approved for the land. I have not heard a single complaint concerning rental units being part of the deal in the current approved zoning.

So council, why are you trying to create a concrete canyon, traffic-blocked town?

Look at what you have already achieved in Suter Brook. Do not discriminate with double standards. Help us maintain the quality of life that makes Port Moody such a great place in which to live.

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The Tri-Cities Off Road Cycling Association (TORCA) is expanding its agreement with the city of Port Moody so it can maintain additional trails in the city.

Representatives from the mountain biking club appeared before city council’s committee of the whole Jan. 16 to seek renewal of an agreement it made with the city in November 2014 for the use and maintenance of two trail networks: North Starz in Bert Flinn Park, and Imby at the top of Fernway Drive on Eagle Mountain. That agreement expired in November 2016.

The mountain bikers now want to bring four additional trails — about 5.4 km in all — that they’ve been improving and maintaining into the agreement, which city staff has recommended should be extended for five years, until January 2023.

Steve Sheldon, TORCA’s vice president, said the group will maintain the trails to International Mountain Bike Association and Whistler Trail standards, with individual volunteer labour and group trail days. It would submit an annual report to the city of any work done to the trails, their health and the surrounding environment.

“A well-maintained trail encourages riders to stay on trail,” TORCA’s Ken Porter told councillors. “If you create a trail that is appealing, then people will ride it.”

TORCA would also increase signage on the trails and could eventually install information kiosks at access points where users can get maps, information about the immediate environment and community events as well as guidelines about trail user courtesy.

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Mayor Mike Clay said signage would be especially important for reminding new users to the trails that they could encounter speeding bikes.

“People walking just don’t know what’s going on, if we don’t have a way of letting people know this is a downhill trail,” Clay said.

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In December, TORCA put the final touches on a letter of understanding with land managers, user groups and various levels of government to legitimize access for mountain bikers to a network of about 40 kilometres of trails on Eagle Mountain from Port Moody into Coquitlam.

Karaleen Gioia, TORCA’s president, said that agreement, which took five years of consultation and negotiation, could pave the way to putting the mountain on the international map as a cycling destination.

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School’s fire protection changes Sasamat VFD has taken over from PoMo department DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Eagle Mountain middle school is well-protected by the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department in the case of a fire emergency, according to the chief, whose department took over responsibility for school fire protection on Dec. 1.

SVFD Chief Jay Sharpe responded to Tri-City News inquiries about a change in fire protection for the school in an email last week, stating that he is confident the volunteer staff of 42 trained firefighters plus two district fire chiefs and one chief is up to the job.

Prior to December, the school, located in Anmore, which opened in April 2015, was served by the Port Moody Fire Department, but that agreement ended Nov. 30 and wasn’t renewed.

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Chevrier said the volunteer fire department is “well positioned to provide the level of fire services we require.�

SVFD has also provided fire protection for Anmore elementary, a wood-framed structure, for 39 years.

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Alzheimer Society of BC’s education co-ordinator, Dorothy Leclair, said she knows of people who refuse to tell others about their condition and family members who won’t even participate in an education pro-

gram because of stigma.

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“It’s kind of scary when we look at the projection of the numbers. In the next 15 to 20 years, we’re going to double the number of people diagnosed and that’s because we’re living longer — and we’re not ready.”

Her comments come as the Alzheimer Society of BC launches a website ilivewithdementia.ca to share people’s stories. January is also Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and the society is encouraging people to tell

their stories so people can put a face to dementia.

On the website, visitors will also find tips on how to be more dementia friendly, activities to test their knowledge and other resources to take action against stigma and be better informed about dementia.

One thing people can do is to be unafraid to help someone they think may be lost or confused; as well, businesses can be more supportive if someone shows up with a card explaining they have dementia.

“People with dementia are still people and just because you have a diagnosis of dementia doesn’t mean you can’t have a conversation,” Leclair said. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

• Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Topic: Research tips: discovering stories in 19th century North America will be presented by Yvonne Harris, local author of many books of historical fiction for adults and children; explore research methods for digging up story ideas, and hear some of her stories. Admission is free but library registration is required; call 604-927-7999. Info: tricitywordsmiths.ca.

TUESDAY, FEB. 6 • Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Sarah Weller, a clinical exercise physiologist and certified cancer exercise specialist who works with cancer patients. All those affected by prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

Info: Craig, 604-928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

• 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., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North

Fraser Recruitment Team, 604764-8098.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7

• Coquitlam Retired Teachers’ Association Meeting, Winslow Centre, Gallery Room; 9:30 a.m. social, 10 a.m. meeting and presentation: Emergency Preparedness: Be A Hero, Be Prepared. Info: 604-461-0008.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society monthly meeting, 3636 Coast Meridian Rd., PoCo. The public are invited to attend the meeting, tour the facility and see what projects we are currently undertaking. The society is looking for volunteers – you choose the time and days that you are free to help. Education tour guides and assistants for daytime school visits are always needed, as are volunteers interested in working with day-to-day operations. Info: hydecreek.org or email hcws. info@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEERS

• Volunteer drivers needed for Share Family and Community Services’ Better at Home program to give seniors rides to doctors’ appointments.

Drivers must be 21 or older, have a reliable vehicle, insurance and driver’s licence, and be willing to undergo a criminal record check and commit for a minimum of three months (up to six trips a month).

Reimbursement for mileage is available. Info: Paola, 604937-6991 or paola.wakefordmejia@sharesociety.ca.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society is looking for volunteers to assist with programs and operations; society is made up of volunteers of all ages who donate time that will fit their schedules. If you have an interest in helping with hatchery tours, building operations or event planning, email hydecreek.info@gmail.com.

Info: www.hydecreek.org.

• Volunteers wanted for Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Weekend Coffee Program in the main lobby at ERH; openings for both Saturday and Sunday shifts. Info: 604-5441470.

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midwife in London’s east end in the 1950s. She is candid and real, and her experiences are not sugar-coated for readers.

It is an extraordinary book and it was the influence for the popular TV show of the same name.

Kari Wagner-Peck is in her 40s when she and her husband decide to adopt a child who is in foster care.

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Eleven-year-old Princess Celie’s favourite day is Tuesday. That is because every Tuesday, her house, Castle Glower, adds a new room, stairway or secret passageway.

Celie is one of the only people who knows all of the castle’s intricacies. When her parents, the King and Queen, go missing, it falls to her to protect their home and save the kingdom using her secret knowledge of the castle’s neverending twists and turns. A fun, mystical adventure, Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George is a book that is not to be missed.

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Grade 12 students Marley Jordan and Alexandra Haagen (front) join Briana Chamberlin, Alexys Murphy and Doryen Diaz on stage this and next month for the musical Cry-Baby, directed by Natalee Fera.

The cast in Pinetree secondary school’s musical admits this winter production is a complete 180 from last year — and even quite a twist from the year before that.

In 2016, Treehouse Theatre showcased their talents in the Disney hit High School Musical, a fun (but squeaky clean) romp that followed the new girl in town.

Up next was the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, The Sound of Music — a favourite that got the audience singing along with the Von Trapp family and others.

For 2018, though, musical theatre students and director Natalee Fera sifted through scripts and settled on a catchy but wacky musical based on John Waters’ 1990 flick.

Cry-Baby, a campy teen musical/romantic comedy movie that starred Johnny Depp as a 1950s bad ass in Baltimore, was rewritten as a rockabilly by the

same people who also adapted Waters’ film Hairspray; like the movie, Cry-Baby: The Musical centres on Allison VernonWilliams, a prim and proper girl who’s attracted to Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker.

Marley Jordan, 17, who is cast as Lenora Frigid and also swoons for Cry-Baby, played Brigita Von Trapp in The Sound of Music and a cheerleader in High School Musical.

“What we’re doing this year is a complete reversal from last year,” she said, spinning her finger around, “but we’re so proud because it’s our last one and it’s going to be so fun.”

Indeed, the songs stick in your head. Jordan, who helped choreograph the steps with Cry-Baby lead actor Gregory Jungco as well as Fera, has a solo titled Screw Loose.

Allison, portrayed by Alexandra Haagen, 17, also has duets with her amour CryBaby.

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But the weirdest character, by far, is Mona Malnorowski aka Hatchet-Face, who is taken on by Alexys Murphy — a “Drape” member who carries a weapon and is feared.

Because of its content, Treehouse Theatre has placed a PG14 warning label on the show but Fera said much of the language has been toned down for younger audiences (two of its matinees are for feeder schools: Scott Creek and Eagle Mountain middle).

Fera said it’s the first time in Treehouse’s history that a show has been chosen by committee. “We looked at quite a few and thought this would be the best fit for these students,” she told The Tri-City News during a rehearsal last Thursday at the Coquitlam school.

Cry-Baby includes a 17-member orchestra with teacher Marcia Carmichael conducting.

• Cry-Baby opens tonight (Wednesday) and runs until Feb. 1. Tickets at $13 in advance (or $15 at the door) are available in the school office (3000 Pinewood Ave., Coquitlam) and from the 30 cast members. Call 604-464-2513. jcleugh@tricitynews.com @jcleughTC

SCHOOL THEATRES

SD43 looks to pump up rentals of school theatres JANIS CLEUGH

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The opening of a new $61-million secondary in Coquitlam is prompting School District 43 to push the rental of the school’s 253-seat professional theatre and two others it manages.

At last Tuesday’s board of education meeting, SD43 chief financial officer and secretary-

treasurer Chris Nicolls said he wants to generate more revenue from the new Centennial venue as well as from the theatres at Heritage Woods in Port Moody and Terry Fox in Port Coquitlam. “The Centennial theatre is new this year so it brings new opportunities to the school district,” Nicolls told The Tri-City News last Friday.

“We are putting more energy to renting these two addi-

tional theatres as the Terry Fox Theatre is in high demand during the November to June time period and we want to provide alternate locations and opportunities to our communities.”

Nicolls hopes SD43 can book the Fox theatre’s low months with private events.

According to his report, Terry Fox Theatre — a 336seat proscenium theatre that opened in 1999 and is attached

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to Terry Fox secondary — was used for public functions 236 times between July 1, 2016, and June 30, 2017, which earned SD43 a total of $79,973 in user fees (in the previous reporting period, the theatre was used for 164 public events).

The city of PoCo, which contributed to the construction of the Terry Fox Theatre, also rented it out, mostly for its Sunday Coffee Concerts.

Still, there are some challenges with renting out Heritage Woods and Centennial theatres, Nicolls noted in his report.

At Heritage Woods, which has a 328-seating capacity and a grand hall for receptions, there’s limited back of house space and no grand piano available; as well, custodial hours are charged at double time on Sundays as there’s no

manager on site.

The disadvantages are even greater at Centennial, Nicolls noted, citing the lack of dressing room (needed for dance recitals and plays); the stage right access is only from the back of house; there’s no grand piano; and there is no external loading dock to the stage level nor a cooling system. jcleugh@tricitynews.com @jcleughTC

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ROBBIE BURNS CONCERT

Viens comes back home for Burns Blackthorn starts Celtic season with nods to Scotland’s most famous poet JANIS CLEUGH

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A Celtic folk band that includes a Place des Arts fiddle master and her Maillardvilleraised husband will be back at the Coquitlam venue for a Robbie Burns show.

It’s the sixth time Blackthorn has been invited to entertain at Place des Arts to honour the Scottish poet, whose birthday on Jan. 25 is celebrated around the world.

While the dinner portion of the evening is now sold out, vocalist and guitarist Michael Viens promises the Blackthorn concert that follows the meal will be full of surprises.

“We love playing there,” he said. “It’s very much become a tradition for us. It’s an intimate venue and we connect with the audience. I hope they feel the same way.”

Viens said Blackthorn — which also features his wife, Rosie Carver; flautist Michelle Carlisle; and bassist Tim

HIGHLAND DANCE HIGH KICKS Hundreds of Highland dancers will be at Coquitlam’s Centennial secondary on Saturday for a competition.

The BC Highland Dancing Association — a non-profit, volunteer-run group that started in 1934 — will host its second of three winter gatherings in the new school (570 Poirier St.) theatre Jan. 27. The morning features pre-premier events while the afternoon will include cakewalks and solo/duet/ group choreographies. The contest runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The association returns to the school on May 26 for the BC Closed Championships. Visit bchda.wildapricot.org.

Renaud — will include host Ed Mornin of Greenock, Scotland, for the Address to the Haggis; he will also provide a talk about Burns’ life and work.

Burns Nights kick off a busy season for Blackthorn: Tonight (Wednesday), they pay tribute to the icon at Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver and, on Saturday, at Place des Arts. In between are private events at seniors and community facilities as a band as well as duo and trio ensembles.

“Then we head right into ceilidhs in Vancouver before the St. Patrick’s Day parties begin,” Viens said. “All Celtic fun.”

A Centennial secondary grad who now lives in Vancouver, Viens said he also looks forward to Blackthorn returning to Festival du Bois

— the Maillardville FrenchCanadian weekend fete (the band is scheduled to play at Mackin Park on March 24).

For tickets to the Place des Arts’ Robbie Burns concert (the dinner is now sold out) on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 p.m., call 604-646-1636 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

• Tickets are available for the SFU Pipe Band’s Robbie Burns fundraiser on Saturday night at the Executive Plaza Hotel (405 North Rd., Coquitlam). The event, which includes a dinner with haggis, highland dancing and music from its award-winning groups, costs $80 per person with proceeds supporting the Robert Malcolm Memorial pipe band organization. Visit sfupipeband.com for more details. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Blackthorn — aka Place des Arts’ faculty member Rosie Carver, Tim Renaud, Michelle Carlisle and Coquitlam native Michael Viens — return to the Maillardville venue for the sixth time for a Robbie Burns show. For tickets for the concert (dinner is sold out), call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.

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On Feb. 2, Coquitlam’s Place des Arts will open its doors for workshops that allow adults to learn how to draw, paint, sculpture or play music while sipping on a drink and snacking on appies — in a relaxed social environment.

Night of the Arts!, which is part of the pARTy@PDA series, lets participants pick two

mediums during the two-hour event that begins at 7 p.m.: • Block 1: cartooning and guitar for beginners • Block 2: clay hand-building and drawing • Block 3: fibre arts (felted pouch) and cartooning • Block 4: guitar for beginners and clay hand-building • Block 5: drawing and fibre arts (felted pouch) Faculty members Vanessa Kelly (cartooning), Jimmy

Baldwin (guitar) Noelle Horrocks (clay), Rosie Kerschbaumer (felting) and Rebecca Blair (drawing) will lead the sessions.

Tickets at $26 per person or $42 for two guests include the classes and hors d’oeuvres; a cash bar with wine from sponsor Monte Creek Ranch will be served as well as beer and pop.

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Annie Wilkes (Lucia Frangione) is the “number one fan” of author Paul Sheldon (Andrew McNee) in the play Misery, which opened last night (Tuesday) at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam.

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Lucia Frangione made sure she didn’t see the movie.

Stephen King’s chilling novel, Misery, was scary enough for Frangione not to get worked up about the flick that followed three years later — the one in which Kathy Bates won the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actress in her role as the psychopathic Annie Wilkes.

Rather, Frangione — in preparation of the Arts Club Theatre stage production, which runs this week at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre — reached out to a psychologist friend to get an assessment of the script.

“I didn’t want to come off as just crazy,” Frangione said of her character. “I also wanted to be respectful to Annie because she’s mentally ill. She’s in pain.

I wanted to know, What are the seeds of her terrible trauma?”

Frangione’s “gentle and quiet” performance of Annie has already won her many

standing ovations as the company tours the show this and next month around the Lower Mainland — and in Vernon — before it opens for a six-week run at the Granville Island Stage in Vancouver, in April.

In the William Goldman stage adaptation, Frangione plays opposite Andrew McNee, whose character Paul Sheldon, a successful romance writer, is rescued from a car crash near the home of his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, who holds him prisoner.

Munish Sharma portrays Buster, the sheriff, in which Annie plays a game of cat-andmouse as he seeks answers into the disappearance of Sheldon. He has an important role and their scenes are surprisingly tricky, Frangione said, as both are trying to glean information from each other without revealing too much.

Still, it’s Annie who takes control. “I love making the audience gasp,” she said. “I’ve never played anyone do that before. It’s so refreshing not to be the femme fatale who

has her cleavage out. I’d much rather play somebody who is fierce and takes power on stage.”

Frangione is no stranger to the Arts Club Theatre. As a playwright, the Alberta native was commissioned to pen Paradise Garden (2010), in which she played Leyla under the direction of Morris Ertman.

She also wrote In a Blue Moon that Arts Club took on tour (with a stop in Coquitlam) in January 2016. As an actor, she was in its 2015 production of Farewell, My Lovely.

“I have loved my relationship with the Arts Club Theatre,” she said. “They have an arts and business savvy, and are keen to promote new Canadian plays. In the absence of a true regional theatre, they have stepped up.”

• Tickets for Misery at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) are via the box office at 604-9276555 or online at evergreenculturalcentre.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Taekwondo teen kicking up results Taekwondo and winning are a family affair in this Port Moody household MARIO BARTEL

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Kyler Arnold has come a long way since he had to fight his mom. Now he spars with his sister.

Taekwondo is a family affair in the Arnold’s Port Moody household.

Kyler’s older brother, Riley, competed at the national level and is now an instructor at Port Moody Taekwondo. His sister, Ashlyn, represented Canada at the 2017 Universiade Summer Games in Taipei, Taiwan last August.

Kyler was the last to join the family fray, when he was just four years old. His mom, Tracy, sensed he needed some help at the dojang, so she signed up too. They trained together frequently — even got their black belts at the same time — until about five years ago when Tracy stepped off the mat to focus on managing her brood’s schedules, getting them to and from practices and competitions.

Increasingly that meant trips to the airport as her kids started to find success at competitions across North America and around the world — in Mexico, South Korea, Austria, Luxembourg.

Kyler, who’s in Grade 9 at Heritage Woods secondary school, said growing up in a taekwondo household made his own ascendancy in the sport pretty much inevitable.

“Everyone is on the same page,” he said. “We motivate each other.”

Last year was chockablock with accomplishments for

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Kyler Arnold started his taekwondo career sparring with his mom, Tracy, who took up the sport herself so she could help him out. the youngest of the sparring Arnolds as he finished out his career as a cadet and graduates to compete as a junior. Kyler won provincial and national championships, as well as the US Open. He won a silver medal at the Pan Am championships in Costa Rica despite competing with pneumonia and a foot injury.

In October, Kyler won first place at the President’s Cup in Las Vegas then challenged himself by stepping up to some junior competitions so he

could get a taste of what’s to come in 2018. He won his junior division at the Governors Cup in Washington and at the B.C. Masters Cup, and he managed to finish first as both a cadet and a junior at a competition in Detroit, Mich.

Kyler credits his coach, Dan Thornton, a Grandmaster who coaches with Canada’s national team, with upping his kagup, instilling in him a keen sense for the sport’s strategic component.

“I think of it as a game,” Kyler

said.

And what he doesn’t absorb at the dojang, Kyler’s sure to hear about around the dinner table.

“I do talk about it if they ask for my advice,” his mom, Tracy, said.

The coming year promises to be equally as busy as the one just passed for Kyler. He had his first competition as a true junior in mid January, and he’ll compete at the Canadian nationals in Ottawa in February.

If he does well there, he’ll be

headed to the junior world championships in Tunisia. But he’s careful not to look too far into the future.

Kyler said he likes to keep his goals close to his chest, focussing on the short term so he doesn’t put too much pressure on himself.

“My mindset is to have fun,” he said. “When all you’re thinking of is what could go wrong, you can psyche yourself out.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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The Coquitlam Express sandwiched a pair of home-ice wins around a 4-1 loss at South Surrey Arena on Saturday to the Surrey Eagles.

The result could yet serve up the Express a spot in the BC Hockey League playoffs.

A 2-1 win over the Vernon Vipers on Sunday, and a 6-3 victory over Nanaimo on Friday put the Express six points ahead of the Cowichan Valley Capitals for the BCHL’s last playoff position as a cross-over team into the Interior division. If those playoffs started today, the Express would be that division’s last seed and they would play the topranked Pentictions Vees in the best-of-seven opening round.

But the Vees are neckand-neck for the top placing with the Vipers, who’ve played three more games than their Okanagan rival.

One of those games was Sunday’s loss to the Express.

After spotting the visitors a quick 1-0 lead when the Vipers’ Jesse Lansdell beat Coquitlam goalie Brock Hamm 1:06 into the game, the Express got two straight power play goals by William Lawrence and Troy Robillard to take a 2-1 advantage to the first intermission.

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The third straight home ice win was a nice bounce back from their 4-1 setback to the Eagles on Saturday in Surrey.

The Eagles, who’d lost their previous two meetings to Coquitlam, including an 8-1 shellacking on Jan. 17, were determined not to make it an ignominious three-peat and scored three unanswered goals in the first period.

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Jackson Ross opened the barrage just 32 seconds after the opening faceoff and Ty Westgard made it 2-0 before the game was two minutes old.

John Wesley added the third.

Westgard’s second goal of the game midway through the second period made it 4-0 for the home team before Eric Linell was able to get one of those back 9:25 into the third period while Surrey’s Wesley was in the penalty box serving a minor for roughing.

Against Nanaimo on Friday, the Express again spotted the visitors the game’s first goal when Cal Babych scored his ninth of the season just 4:26

into the game.

But the Express tied it less than six minutes later on a goal

by Jack MacNab, who used to play for the Clippers, and they then took the lead on Colby Pederson’s power play marker at 18:19.

After a scoreless second period, Linell increased Coquitlam’s cushion to 3-1 early in the third with his 23rd goal of the season.

Parker Colley got the Clippers back to within a goal with a shorthanded effort.

But the Express wrested control with goals by Jake Toor and Josh Wildauer 34 seconds apart.

Less than three minutes after that flurry, Christian Sanda made it 6-2 for the home team with a shorthanded goal of his own.

Nanaimo’s Brad Belisle rounded out the scoring.

Hamm stopped 33 of the 36 shots he faced for the Express, while his mates managed only 21 shots at Nanaimo goalie Noah FeatherStonhaugh Gowe.

The Express had a chance to further solidify their hold on a playoff spot when they played West Kelowna at Royal LePage Place on Tuesday (after The Tri-City News print deadline).

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on. We fight Uber, we fight ride-share, we fight AirBnB, we tax foreign ownership for coming to Canada... I’m not at all surprised Amazon didn’t come to Vancouver. We’re just not on the right side of technology and change.”

This could be putting the region on the “wrong side of change,” said Kevin Layden, president and CEO of local development company Wesbild.

Another of the main reasons for this is a “capacity issue,” said Layden, adding that city planning departments in many of Metro Vancouver’s municipalities do not have enough staffing resources to clear the massive backlog of building permit applications, and that the construction industry is at capacity in terms of how many projects they can take on. “It’s not unlike this room – [this event] sold out within 48 hours, we could have easily filled another room this size.”

Speaking at a recent Urban Development Institute 2018 forecast panel event, a sold-out lunch at the Hyatt Hotel, Layden said that the pace of change in the industry is much too slow to keep up with the global pace.

He likened the region’s development landscape to struggling retailers such as Sears, which he said failed because it did not keep up with retail trends and customer demand for online shopping.

Responding to a comment about Amazon not shortlisting Vancouver for its HQ2, Layden said, “Again, it’s about what side of change you’re

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Ward McAllister, co-panellist and president/ CEO of Ledingham McAllister, said that it was possible to find innovative solutions to the problems facing development, and that the City of Burnaby was a good example of this.

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with solutions to create more rental housing, and worked with developers to give them free floor-area if they build market and non-market rental units – and the market has taken it by the bit and run with it. It’s great to show other municipalities how it can be done, and how working with the private sector can address the problem.”

Todd Yuen of Beedie Developments said that public opposition to development was a huge barrier, and that much of it seems to be “not against a project’s character or form, but an opposition to development, period.”

He added, “Our approach has to be different in different communities and we have to understand the community. Because the opposition we face now is changing… We literally have people who are sitting in their cars with binoculars and cameras, watching every aspect of our site operations, just waiting for us to make a mistake. And as soon as we do, it’s straight to the municipality, straight to the media. We’ve had people trespass onto our properties and place props there to suggest we are not acting properly.”

“MEGA-TRENDS” PREDICTIONS In his 2018 “mega-trends” predictions, Layden said that he hopes all new homes will be built with delivery lock-boxes with refrigeration to accept online deliveries and groceries, as well as integrated AI systems such as Amazon Echo and Google Home. He also expects the real estate industry to increasingly adopt virtual reality, augmented reality and a mix of the two, to offer city officials, the public and customers a realistic view of new developments, individual homes and finishes.

“This is the direction we need to go,” added Layden. “Policymakers need to understand the world stage, we need to understanding technology and what is happening elsewhere before we start building walls and implementing protectionist policies. We need to be on the right side of change.”

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