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Coquitlam gymnast Tamara O’Brien shows off the bronze medal she received at the 33rd world trampoline gymnastics championships in Russia. Even though she wasn’t able to compete because of a cancer diagnosis in 2017, the Canadian squad presented her with the medal it won in the team competition when she was able to travel to the meet with the help of a foundation that provides life experiences to young adults facing a difficult health challenge. For more on O’Brien’s trip – and her journey – read story on page 3. MarIO BarteL/tHe trI-CItY neWS

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Coquitlam council took exception to BC Assessment’s methods of determining property market value when two officials from the provincial body came calling Monday. Mayor Richard Stewart and others on council came to the defence of businesses in the Austin Heights neighbourhood whose assessed values have jumped substantially in the past three years, creating hardships in paying increased property tax. Stewart said in many instances, the market is being driven up by speculation for potential property use even though the city has either not passed a rezoning or is un-

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Who spent how much to run for office in last fall’s civic elections? tricitynews.com likely to do so. He said for one property in Austin Heights, “there is not a hope in hell a 25-storey office tower will be built there but it’s being taxed like it is… and I don’t know how to get it past that. It’s not possible to have a 30-storey office building on Austin.” The high assessed values, said Stewart and other councillors, place a significant burden on many business tenants because, in many cases, they’re the ones paying the property tax, not the land owners. see

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amara O’Brien thought her gymnastics career and community were lost, her medal-winning days done when she was diagnosed with Stage 4 melanoma. But the example set by another young adult who battled cancer — and succumbed to the disease — showed that her fears were unfounded and imbued her with the confidence to forge ahead. Here’s what happened: In fall 2017, after returning from a competition in Spain, O’Brien was diagnosed with cancer. Her surgeon subsequently removed 23 lymph nodes, four of them showing signs of melanoma. She has since undergone a variety of treatments but, last spring, a new CT scan showed signs of cancer in her groin, liver, ribs and spine. Her news diagnosis: Stage 4. Last fall, Danielle Schroeder, one of O’Brien’s counsellors at the Callanish Society, a support organization for young adults dealing with a cancer diagnosis, told her about a new foundation that offers a special experience to people like her enduring a life-threatening illness. The Forward Foundation was started by Christopher Cayford, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, when he was 27 years old, and died from the disease last March. An active recreational hockey player in Richmond until he got sick, Cayford saw a gap in the support system that of-

Tamara O’Brien (right) poses with Canadian gymnast during the world trampoline gymnastics championships in Russia, to watch former teammates and competitors after her own career was ended by a cancer diagnosis. PaM KriaNGKUM PHoto

comforting whomever she chose as her travel companion. Then, as O’Brien lay in bed one night, it came to her. She sat up and retrieved the application form from her nightstand. She wrote that she wanted to attend the World Trampoline Gymnastics Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia and she wanted to take her friend and teammate, Pam Kriangkum, from Edmonton. “This is about me,” O’Brien said of her choice. “I’m allowed to be selfish.” Two days after she’d submitted her application, the Forward Foundation contacted O’Brien to tell her she’d been approved. But with the Worlds just a month away, time was short to arrange the necessary visas, book flights and hotels — and there was the small matter of informing Kriangkum.

“My intention was to be able to say ‘goodbye.’ I was really scared about it.”

Tamara O’Brien Gymnast, on her trip to the worlds in Russia

fered plenty of opportunities for children and adolescents going through trying medical challenges to have life-affirming experiences, but little for young adults like himself. Schroeder suggested O’Brien apply to be the foundation’s first recipient of such an experience. At first, the Coquitlam gymnast who competed for New Westminster’s Shasta Trampoline Club and had won medals at several international

competitions, including a silver in double mini-trampoline at the World Games in Poland just before she got sick, was reluctant. “I couldn’t think of what I wanted,” O’Brien told The Tri-City News, adding a GoFundMe campaign last year that raised $16,000 had given her the financial means to pursue a life experience or two on her own if she so desired. As well, any idea that came to mind seemed more about

Embarking on the long journey to Edmonton, then Amsterdam and on to Saint Petersburg, O’Brien kept her expectations in check. She said she chose going to the Worlds so she could close the door on her athletic career. “My intention was to be able to say ‘goodbye,’” she said, adding, “I was really scared about it.” O’Brien said she didn’t know how the gymnasts would react to her presence. She didn’t want to be a distraction, she didn’t want to make them sad, “I just wanted to be there and watch.” A missed connection in Amsterdam delayed the travelling companions’ arrival in Russia. O’Brien and her friend landed in Russia exhausted but Kriangkum told her they had to attend Team Canada’s dinner that night because O’Brien had been chosen to be their

flag-bearer at the opening ceremonies. O’Brien said she was humbled by the news. She’d carried Canada’s flag at international competitions before, “but it was really different this time.” When she entered the hotel’s banquet room, she got another surprise. The entire Canadian delegation rose to their feet, clapping, and they were all wearing shirts that said: “We jump for Tamara.” O’Brien was overwhelmed. “For months, I’d felt I had lost my community, but now I felt like every single one of them was there with me.” During the competition, O’Brien had accreditation that allowed her to be on the floor with her teammates, or watch from the stands. The experience felt both familiar and foreign. “I felt like I belonged there, like I was injured but I couldn’t compete,” she said. “I was almost relieved not to be competing because I hadn’t trained in a year.” O’Brien admitted her nerves ratcheted up for the double mini-trampoline competition, her specialty. But being able to see her friends and competitors do well made her proud. “I wasn’t jealous of everybody,” she said. “I was so happy for their success.” At the end of the four-day competition at the Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, O’Brien and Kriangkum were able to secure tickets to the athletes’ banquet, a formal affair for competitors to let their hair down and blow out the week’s stresses. But first, Kriangkum informed O’Brien, they had to make a pitstop at Canada’s team meeting. see

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Tree Management The City is exploring a new approach to tree management within and next to Streamside Protection and Enhancement Areas (SPEAs) to improve public safety and refine the management of these areas. Recent weather events involving hazardous trees falling have highlighted the need to review tree management in SPEAs. This new approach – which would apply citywide – would involve the transfer of SPEA lands, trail corridors and adjacent windfirm areas (trees able to withstand strong winds that protect the SPEA) to the City for ownership as part of the rezoning process. Developers would still be responsible for completing tree management requirements under the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR). Implementation would involve amendments to the Citywide Official Community Plan, the Zoning Bylaw, and adoption of a new City Policy. To learn more and to provide comments, visit coquitlam.ca/SPEA. Feedback deadline is February 24.

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Another three towers could be added to the Coquitlam City Centre skyline. Monday, council sent to public hearing a proposal by the Onni Group to build the highrises on the southeast corner of Pinetree Way and Glen Drive. Onni is proposing towers of 49, 45 and 25 storeys, comprising 891 units, including 186 rental units in the smallest tower. Ninetyfive of the 705 market condos will be three-bedroom units while 31 of the 186 rental units will have three bedrooms. (The report recommended requiring the rental tower be occupied prior to the market condominium towers.) The developer also proposes 72,000 sq. ft. of commercial space on a six-storey podium on Glen Drive, with eight retail units, four floors of offices and a daycare space accommodating 80 to 100 children. It would be next door to a 40-storey

tower being built by Polygon at Glen and Westwood Street that was approved last year. Council gave the go-ahead to that project despite several speakers at a public hearing complaining the area would become â&#x20AC;&#x153;a concrete jungle.â&#x20AC;? Coun. Bonita Zarrillo was the only councillor to oppose Onniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application going to a public hearing, expressing concern about the many buildings and lack of access to family housing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is far too quick of a change,â&#x20AC;? said Zarrillo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think this is the time to do this type of zoning given the lack of family and entrylevel housing.â&#x20AC;? The proposal calls for a $250,000 public art feature, two car-share vehicles, bike repair rooms, parking for 1,329 vehicles and 1,166 bicycles. A staff report said more design considerations have to be developed with Onni including a more distinct look to the podium. The report said the development will generate an estimated $12 million in development cost charges and $31 million in density bonus funds, of which $2 million will go in the affordable housing reserve fund.

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But BC Assessmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regional assessor, Ed Shum, told council: â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are sales up and down Austin that are telling us that is the market value of a lot. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using.â&#x20AC;? City Centre assessed values have jumped significantly, too, with the highest value assessment in the city being 54acre Coquitlam Centre mall property valued at just under $700 million. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The one that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m worried about is Coquitlam Centre because thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the core of our retail economy,â&#x20AC;? said Coun. Bonita Zarrillo, who said an area plan is still in the works and approving development is a slow process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t push these things as fast as the developers want us to push and recover these type of things [property tax paid],â&#x20AC;? she said. But Shum noted the mallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s managers, Morguard Investments, have already announced plans to build nine towers on the northeast corner of the property without losing any buildings currently being used. He said BC Assessment looked at other malls with redevelopment plans, including Oakridge in Vancouver and Brentwood and Lougheed in Burnaby, before determining the

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Coquitlam propertyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s valuation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You are making an assumption of what this council will approve,â&#x20AC;? said city manager Pete Steblin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They have applied for nine towers. Whether or not they get them is up to council. I would argue they might not get them.â&#x20AC;? Shum and deputy assessor Niko Papoutsakis noted a neighbourhood plan for an area alongside rapid transit can affect value in areas such as Burquitlam-Lougheed. Just outside of that area, properties sold for $176 per square foot while, inside the zone, where there is potential for multi-family developments, property goes for $463/sq. ft.

Coun. Trish Mandewo said there are assessment models used in other countries that would better reflect value but Shum and Papoutsakis said the â&#x20AC;&#x153;highest and best useâ&#x20AC;? method has proven to be the most appropriate. Papoutsakis also pointed out BC Assessment was rated as the top assessor in North America and second-best in the world. Stewart said he has expressed frustration in the past that BC Assessment wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t step into the role of letting people know a lot of what landowners complain about when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re upset about falls under the jurisdictions of the federal and provincial governments.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our mandate is to ensure market value is provided July 1 of every year,â&#x20AC;? said Shum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we look at our key role and mandate. Tax policy is not really within our mandate.â&#x20AC;? In his presentation to council, Papoutsakis noted Coquitlamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total land value has gone from $30.8 billion in 2014 to $62.7 billion in the latest assessment. He also reported 683 assessments were appealed, which makes up 1.41% of the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total. The appeal board disallowed 544 of them and changed 120, with 18 withdrawn and one being ruled too late. Since then, a quarter of those who appealed have made a second appeal.

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Donation bins in Port Coquitlam have been removed in the wake of recent deaths involving the containers elsewhere in Metro Vancouver. Last month, city council called for businesses and non-profit groups to voluntarily remove their clothing bins from private property. The move affected about two dozen collection bins owned by Developmental Disabilities, Kinsight, Diabetes Canada and Inclusion BC as well as the Green Inspiration BC, a for-profit recycling business that supports environmental programs, the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC and BC/Yukon Legion branches. Paula Jones, PoCoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager of bylaw services, told The Tri-City News the

New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eve death of a 34-year-old man stuck in a bin in West Vancouver â&#x20AC;&#x201D; plus three other deaths since 2015 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; prompted city council to act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In addition, the city was concerned about the increase in illegal dumping that occurs around the bins,â&#x20AC;? said Jones, who had a report before Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s committee of council meeting. Developmental Disabilities and Green Inspiration have since altered the design of their container bins but, Jones wrote in her report that â&#x20AC;&#x153;city staff do not have the expertise to assess the safety of the modified bins.â&#x20AC;? Diabetes Canada also noted on its website that it, too, is making retrofits to its bins to prevent injury and death. Port Moody, Maple Ridge, Burnaby, Surrey and Delta have also requested voluntary removal of donation bins while Pitt Meadows, West Vancouver and Vancouver last month ordered all bins be taken off public and private land.

Interest has been high in acquiring weed store licences JANIS Cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open season for entrepreneurs wanting to set up a recreational pot shop in Port Coquitlam. Yesterday (Wednesday), the day after council adopted new regulations for retail cannabis stores, city staff posted forms online for business owners to apply for one of the seven spots available. Interest in the application process has been high, PoCo planning manager Jennifer Little told The Tri-City News Tuesday, with owners inquiring about the new rules for rezoning, development procedures and bylaw notice enforcement, among other things. Under the council-approved plan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the first in the TriCities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; entrepreneurs have 30 days to submit their bids for a cannabis outlet. After the March 6 deadline, city staff will review the applications and assess each based on the criteria; recommendations will then be made to city council and public hearings will be held. In general, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policy

PoCo council adopted new regulations for retail sales of cannabis products and forms are now online for business applications. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

for locating pot shops will follow the liquor sales framework â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that is, with stores about a kilometre apart, and at least 250 metres from a school, playground, community centre or sports field. Other factors taken into consideration include: distance to public gathering places, child care facilities, recovery homes and emergency shelters; potential impacts to area residents; traffic implications; parking availability; proximity to public transit; and exterior design.

Tuesday, after council amended its bylaws following a public hearing that attracted no speakers, several business owners stayed behind to speak with city councillors about their proposals. Among them was Steve Dowsley, a Riverside secondary grad who co-founded, and is the CFO of, burb. His company has secured two locations in PoCo to sell clothing but, he said, if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful with its applications to the city, the stores will turn into cannabis shops to sell govern-

ment-regulated weed. Burbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stores will open in commercial strip malls on the Mary Hill Bypass at Broadway and at Lougheed Highway and Westwood Street, near Pomme Natural Market. The mall owners and neighbours â&#x20AC;&#x153;have given us an overwhelmingly positive responseâ&#x20AC;? should burbâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stores sell recreational cannabis, said Dowsley, a Maple Ridge resident. The federal government legalized recreational cannabis Oct. 17, 2018.

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A recent fire at Port Moody’s Pacific Coast Terminals that sent four workers to hospital has the union representing employees raising concerns over the company’s safety protocols. Jerry Yamamoto, a member of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union executive, said PCT is not following federal regulations when it comes to workplace safety and incident reporting. “Upon initial investigation, we found immediately they’re not compliant in many areas,” he told The TriCity News last week. PoMo Fire Department confirmed a blaze occurred Jan. 9 while contractors were welding inside the sulphur train dumper. According to Local 500, four people were taken to hospital and one has not been able to return to work. Yamamoto said when the incident occurred, there was no emergency callout to workers, staff or the fire department until one of the affected workers dialled 911. Even more concerning, he said, is that he has since learned of two other fires on the waterfront site that were not reported to the union’s

safety committee. The lack of transparency is problematic, he added, because assessing incidents, even if they are minor, helps ensure that they do not occur again. Yamamoto said he has concerns over how large the fire could have grown if a worker hadn’t dialled 911. In a statement to The TriCity News, PCT said during last month’s fire, the company halted operations and evacuated staff immediately. The company said the fire was extinguished within an hour and the workers were sent to hospital “as a precautionary measure” and discharged within 24 hours. The company said it would be reviewing the Jan. 9 incident with the joint safety committee, which includes representatives from Local 500. And in a response to follow up questions, Andre Olivier, PCT’s vice-president and GM, acknowledged that another fire occurred in the sulphur train dumper last August that was not brought to the union’s attention. Because the incident was deemed minor, it was “not discussed at the joint safety committee, as there was not assessed risk to worker safety stemming from that incident.”

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Repairs and renovations to three Port Moody civic facilities will cost the city almost $700,000 more than budgeted — and more than $13 million overall. At its meeting Tuesday, council’s finance committee agreed to a staff recommendation to cover the $685,740 overrun with funds from the city’s debt reserve, which is currently at $750,000. In her report that was presented to the committee, Port Moody’s general manager of community services, Kate Zanon, said the total estimated cost for the work done to city hall, the adjacent recreation complex, and the arts centre, which is located at old city hall on St. Johns Street, will be $13,245,740. When the project was awarded in 2017 to ICE Developments, it was budgeted to cost $12.56 million. Zanon said the construction was originally projected to take about a year but the extent of work required at city hall turned out to be more complex than anticipated. The renovations are now expected to be

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Much of the exterior of Port Moody city hall has been shrouded in scaffolding as repairs are done to address problems with water getting behind brickwork. tRI-CItY NEWs FILE PhOtO

completed sometime in the spring. A building envelope assessment done for the city in 2015 by Elemental Engineering targeted several problems at city hall, which was built between 1994 and 1996, including: • water ingress that was causing staining of the walls, corroded flashing and soggy masonry; • soggy gypsum because of the lack of a drainage cavity in unprotected stucco exterior walls; • corroded steel studs and beams, and weakened masonry caused by the lack of a protective membrane behind

some of the building’s brick exterior walls; • a thin roof membrane that was at the end of its lifespan; • and failing grout around windows. Zanon said some of the work at city hall ended up being more complicated and expensive than originally thought. “The full extent of the work required cannot be realized until after demolition occurs,” she said in her report. She also said the project was affected by a demanding construction market, challenges to scheduling trades and additional design requirements. Several components of the

rec complex, which was built in the 1970s, had also reached the end of their lifespan, including the roof. Work there also included updates to improve the energy efficiency of newer parts of the building, including the gym and second arena that were added in 2006-’08. But Dave Stevens, the city’s manager of facilities, said the scope of some of that work changed once the project started. He cited the spa, hot tub and steam room that was due for new ventilation, saying after walls were stripped away, substantial corrosion was discovered in steel components. It had to be redesigned and rebuilt with a new exterior as well as better, more powerful mechanical equipment to ensure the proper venting of moisture. The arts centre received a new roof and exterior stairway as well as cleaning and repainting of the exterior. In her report, Zanon said the project was initially budgeted in 2015 to cost $9,475,000, and a loan of $10,500,000 was authorized by city council that also included money for a contingency fund. But when the only bid for the contract came in at $12,560,000 two years later, part of that contingency was put towards funding the contract as well as additional money from some of the city’s various reserve funds.

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t’s not easy living through this cold snap. You have to bundle up with extra layers, turn up the heat on your furnace, maybe scrape your car windows. Now, imagine you are homeless. Every day, your survival is a challenge and one bitterly cold night could result in a trip to the emergency room — or worse. Thankfully, we have a yearround permanent shelter in Coquitlam offering 30 shelter beds and 30 transitional housing units for people who don’t have permanent housing. But in recent years, the TriCities’ homeless numbers have continued to grow, requiring the provision of more services, especially in winter.

Since October, the Hope for Freedom Society has been offering sleeping mats at Coquitlam churches while in Port Coquitlam, Trinity United Church is providing 20 temporary mats when the weather is extreme or temperatures dip below zero. These programs receive BC Housing funding to operate but what makes them a success is the volunteers who do the set-up and take-down, and make all the meals. Sometimes, they also provide clothes, toothbrushes or other needed items and they always offer smiles and acknowledgement. Whatever the support, these efforts are making a difference. As of last count, for example, housing was found for 29 people who used the Coquitlam and Maple Ridge bridge shelters, and a number of people also decided to deal with their

“Every day, your survival is a challenge and one bitterly cold night could result in a trip to the ER — or worse.”

addiction. Clearly, then, these temporary shelters are making a difference in people’s lives. Could more be done? Yes, there should be more help and less stigma for people in poverty. A winter warming centre is needed for people who have to leave these tem-

porary shelters during the day. As well, Income supports could be higher for people on welfare and more supportive housing could be made available for those who need it. Mental health services need to be expanded, early intervention provided for children in school so they get off on the right foot and more recovery and detox programs could be made available. But while these additional supports are important, housing is a first priority and these church-based programs, although temporary, appear to be an important conduit between homelessness and housing. We also need to acknowledge the hard work of volunteers who make these programs happen, and the outreach staff and churches that provide the warm place to stay in this frigid time of need.

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The voters spoke on Flinn The Editor, Re. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why spend all that cash?â&#x20AC;? (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 31) and â&#x20AC;&#x153;PoMo road changes could cost >$300kâ&#x20AC;? (The Tri-City News, Jan. 24). I disagree with letter writer Stirling Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s views in favour of retaining the right of way (ROW) in Bert Flinn Park. Mr. Ward argues the city should retain the ROW to protect our â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard-earned dollarsâ&#x20AC;? from flagrant misuse because why would the city spend any money on protecting our largest nature park when property taxes are going up again? I mean, how abhorrent, because, as argued by Mr. Ward, the current council can simply reject any development plans

requiring a road through Bert Flinn without spending any of our tax dollars (because it apparently costs nothing for the city to review and reject doomed development plans). In reality, how a city spends its money is a valuesbased equation and should be representative of the majority views of a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents. Mr. Ward and the views he and other candidates represented during the 2018 Port Moody municipal campaign were overwhelm-

ingly defeated. This is why we have a new mayor and a new council makeup: to implement the campaign promises made and uphold the values that are important to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residents. It is without question that the residents of Port Moody have directed the city to permanently protect Bert Flinn Park from the threat of fragmentation due to a road. While a potential cost of $100,000 to more than $300,000 (out of an operating

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budget of about $50 million) is literally a small price to pay to protect Bert Flinn for future generations, the benefits to Port Moody by taking immediate and unwavering action to do so are invaluable. And hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an idea: How much did it cost the city to run the 2018 election? Maybe we could have saved all that money and kept the last mayor and council. That would have been an even cheaper way to ignore the public. Haven Lurbiecki, Port Moody (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Haven Lurbiecki worked on Mayor Rob Vagramovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2018 election campaign.)

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Perhaps they can explain why they deserve a higher pay than trustees in larger districts. During the election campaign last fall, neither one of these gentlemen shared their true feelings on trustee wages. Finally, this district has at least one new trustee willing to take on the pay issue that several of the other trustees stated they would take on last term. Dave Ginter, President, CUPE Local 561

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Cameron Murphy used to get his dad to drive him the five or so kilometres from his Port Coquitlam home to Burke Mountain so he could ride the trails on his mountain bike. Now, the 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Terry Fox secondary school pedals his way up the steady incline to the trailhead next to the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting & Fishing Club. He’s in better shape and he’s doing his own small part to combat climate change. Murphy said he would like other mountain bikers to follow his lead so, for his Social Justice 12 class, he produced a video to show cyclists the little things they can do to help save the planet while still having fun.

For a school project, Terry Fox student Cameron Murphy took his camera to some of his favourite mountain biking trails to share ideas on how mountain bikers can combat climate change. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

VIDEO EXTRA ONLINE To see Cameron Murphy’s video project, look for this story at tricitynews.com. Murphy, who has been riding for almost three years and is on the School District 43 mountain biking team, said the effort can be as little as picking up litter alongside

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It was a class discussion about climate change that tweaked Murphy’s desire to rally the two-wheel community. Murphy said he spent about 10 hours over the course of three days filming himself riding some of his favourite trails and then editing his project. Some of his ideas include: • riding to the trail, or using public transportation “because there will be one less car on the road”; • recycling materials like old inner tubes that can be turned into elastics or wrapped around stays to protect them from the bike’s chain or flying stones; • and using hand tools or electric chainsaws, rather than gas-powered devices, for trail building. Murphy said mountain biking is his passion and he doesn’t want to lose his ability to enjoy it because of the threats posed by climate change to natural environs like the forested slopes of Burke Mountain.

PoMo aims to join other cities with EV charging rules MArIo BArTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Port Moody council will hold a public hearing Feb. 12 to receive input on a proposed bylaw amendment to require the installation of outlets for electric vehicle charging stations in parking stalls of new developments. The bylaw would require infrastructure like plugs, wiring and electrical panels to accommodate stations that can charge an electric vehicle in two to six hours be installed in every parking stall of new residential developments and at least 20% of commercial parking stalls. Owners would still have to install the charging stations at their parking stalls, at a cost that can range from $500 to $1,500 each. In a staff report presented

to council in January, PoMo’s sustainability and energy co-ordinator, Laura Sampliner, said installing infrastructure would cost developers from $200 for a single outlet in a parking stall in a ground-oriented building to up to $5,000 per stall in multi-unit buildings. She said some money could be recouped by a BC Hydro rebate program. The report said ownership of electric vehicles is growing and other municipalities around Metro Vancouver have begun enacting similar bylaws. In New Westminster, 100% of parking spaces in new residential buildings approved after April 1 will have to have Level 2 outlets. Currently Port Moody negotiates the provision of charging infrastructure on a project-by-project basis with every developer. Next Tuesday’s public hearing begins at 7 p.m. in council chambers at Port Moody city hall.

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HOMELESSNESS IN THE TRI-CITIES

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A Tri-City homeless advocate hopes a presentation next week will give the business community better insights into what it is like for people living on the streets. Sandy Burpee, past chair of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group, which is hosting the event, said he has spoken to shop owners in Port Coquitlam’s downtown and knows there is tension between homeless people and businesses. He told The TriCity News the presentation will offer suggestions on how to approach people living on the streets and how to respond to problematic behaviours. “We know that some businesses are impacted by a few [homeless people],” he said. “What we want to do is provide some insights into homelessness and make some sugges-

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Homelessness: A Primer for Business will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 13, in the Michael Wright Art Gallery at the Gathering PLace (200-2253 Leigh Square Pl.) in Port Coquitlam. There is no cost to attend and refreshments and light snacks will be provided. To RSVP, email info@ downtownpocobia.com or call 604-464-1490. doing and have that conversation. If at some point once you have made a connection with that person and acknowledge they are there, if you still continue to feel they are creating a problem, you can ask them to move somewhere else.” Along with Burpee, the presentation will feature Bruce Conlan, a residential mental health and addictions worker who has lived on the streets, and Const. Jen Barker, who works with the RCMP’s Community Response Team. The program will start with a discussion on understanding how and why people become homeless, followed by best practices for how to respond to problematic behaviour at a place of business. They will also discuss resources for the homeless, sharps disposal and

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tion on how to deal with impacts business owners might be experiencing.” When it comes to interacting with a homeless person, Burpee said it is important to treat them like a neighbour or any other person on the street. If, for example, a person is panhandling in front of a store — which Burpee notes in most cases is not illegal — and the owner feels that activity hurts their business, he said that a polite conversation can sometimes resolve the issue. “Greet them with a smile,” he said. “Ask them how they’re

With temperatures way down this week, more homeless people in the Tri-Cities are visiting local shelters to keep dry and warm. As many as six or seven people and their pets are sleeping on mats in the extreme weather shelter at Trinity United Church in Port Coquitlam, according to Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group co-ordinator Polly Krier, with another 10 or more being picked up around the Tri-Cities and taken to Coquitlam Alliance Church for meals and a night inside. These services are in addition to the permanent shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam, which has 30 shelter beds and 30 transitional housing units. “Hopefully, we’ve made their life easier and we’ve provided them with a warm spot,” Krier told The Tri-City News. Rob Thiessen, who runs the Bridge Shelter program that rotates through Coquitlam churches from October to the end of March, says numbers have held steady at about 10 to 14 people a night. But the most important statistic, he said, is the number of people who have found permanent housing through the Bridge Shelter program between Oct. 31 and Dec. 31. Thiessen said as many as 29 people have either found permanent housing or went into substance abuse treatment through the shelter programs running in the TriCities and Maple Ridge. “The bottom line is — regardless of our numbers — our intent isn’t just to bring people into a shelter and feed them. Our intent is to get them off the street permanently, and we have good numbers for that.”

when to call for help, followed by a dialogue session. Burpee said he is sympathetic to business owners’ concerns and understands that just because someone is struggling “does not give them a licence to impact other people.” But he said with a few tools and a bit of understanding, business owners may be able to avoid conflicts with homeless people in their community. “People need to recognize that these people are not the authors of their own misfortune,” Burpee said, noting homeless people are often dealing with trauma and mental illness. “They have probably been dealt a tough hand… What they need is to be recognized.”

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School District 43 says vaping is far from harmless and is cracking down on use of e-cigarettes among its students just as Health Canada mounts a campaign to discourage young people from vaping. Stores are prohibited from selling vaping products to people under 19 years of age but ecigs are showing up on middle and high school grounds anyway. SD43 staff confiscate such items and sometimes impose disciplinary measures, according to assistant superintendent Rob Zambrano. Recently, SD43 superintendent Patricia Gartland sent a letter to parents reminding them that vaping and use of cannabis by students are prohibited, and

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There, O’Brien was called to the front of the gathering by two-time Olympic gold medalist Rosie McLennan, who thanked her for coming to support the team and assured her the trampoline community would always be with her. Then, McLennan handed O’Brien a small wooden box. In it was a bronze medal McLennan and the rest of Team Canada had won in the team competition, the first time such an event had been contested at the world championships. The team had decided O’Brien, had she been healthy, would have helped the team earn that medal, and McLennan had volunteered to give up hers. “It was a huge affirmation,” O’Brien said. “It was this complete sense of proving me wrong about my community being lost to me.”

Since returning from the championships last November, O’Brien said she has had plenty of time to absorb the enormity and importance of her experience, her ongoing place in the gymnastics community and the unique challenges of being a young adult with cancer. “We’re the forgotten generation of cancer,” she said, adding her trip to Russia has emboldened her because now she knows she can travel. She recently visited Las Vegas and next month, she’s headed for a two-week trip around Europe with her boyfriend. “I’ve learned to go after what I want to do instead of living in fear of the ‘what ifs.’” • To learn more about the Forward Foundation, go toforwardfoundation.ca. To read O’Brien’s blog about her journey with cancer, go to tamarakobrien.wordpress.com.

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With her arms stretched out, Lina Hrabinsky, 8, belts out a few bars of Shy, a song from the musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress. The Grade 3 student at Castle Park elementary is relishing the chance to sing the show tune — as well as Quiet from Matilda — for her début in the CDMF Performing Arts Festival, an annual gathering of young pianists, vocalists and speech arts students that opens next Monday in Port Coquitlam. A student of Margo LeVae at the Tri-City School of Music, Hrabinsky is one of about 260 young students who, over the course of a month, will converge at the Trinity United Church on Prairie Avenue for the festival’s 67th year. And for many, like Hrabinsky, it won’t only be their first time on a stage: It’ll also be their first time to be professionally critiqued, too. Jacques Després of the University of Alberta (Edmonton) will launch the

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festival, on Feb. 11, by assessing two weeks’ worth of piano. Next up is Vancouver soprano Dorothea Hayley, who will adjudicate the classical voice component, starting Feb. 23. Finally, theatre director and actor Barbara Tomasic will wrap up the festival by

judging the speech arts and musical theatre categories, starting Feb. 28. CDMF president Michael Wright, a former PoCo city councillor, told The Tri-City News last Friday that organizers were especially pleased to secure Tomasic as she’s a past

CDMF entrant; it will be her first time at the CDMF adjudicator’s table. But while most students are in it for a chance to hear tips from a pro, a few are also hoping to win a spot at the provincials to compete against other regional festival perform-

ers from Chilliwack, Prince George and Cowichan for example (this year’s Performing Arts BC will be held in late May in Chilliwack). Last year, CDMF scored well at the provincial level with its representatives, taking the titles of: honourable mention in Junior A Piano (Owen Yi Su Wang); first place in Intermediate Piano (Hamilton Lau); runner-up for Senior Piano (Chloe Wong); runnerup for National Piano (Mina McKenzie); runner-up in Intermediate Classical Voice (Sophia Strang); runner-up in Intermediate Musical Theatre (Lyrie Murad); and runnerup in Senior Musical Theatre (Brooklyn White). The public can hear the CDMF reps for 2019 at an honours concert on April 7. Meanwhile, new for this year’s CDMF speech arts entrants are two half scholarships to the Arts Club Theatre’s Creative Teens Theatre program; the two candidates will be recommended by Tomasic. • Admission to CDMF is free at Trinity United Church (2211 Prairie Ave., Port Coquitlam). For performance times, visit cdmffestival.ca. Volunteers are also sought for administration and front-of-house; call 604942-8897 or 236-986-6341.

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Coq. composer with MS opens musical A musical written by a Coquitlam composer with MS will play out at the Evergreen Cultural Centre next week. Understood Betsy by Caroline Forsyth is based on the novel of the same name, by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and follows city girl Elizabeth Ann as she heads into the country to visit cousins. Forsyth, a mother-of-four who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2007, spent

four years writing the show. “The whole process has been a gift to me,” she said in a news release. Directed by Caroline’s daughter, Aurelia Forsyth, a director at Xtreme Theatre, Understood Betsy runs from Feb. 14 to 16 at the Coquitlam venue (1205 Pinetree Way); partial proceeds will go to the MS Society of Canada. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca for tickets.

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Pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann are back at the Evergreen Cultural Centre this month for a recital titled Songs of the Earth. The duo’s program for Feb. 20 includes Beethoven’s 6th Symphony (The Pastoral); Debussy’s Romantic Symphony; and the jazz-influenced La Creation du Monde by Milhaud. The performance is part of their Musical

Mornings series. A coffee/tea reception is at 10 a.m. with the show starting 30 minutes later. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Port Coquitlam’s Kryst Hogan is in a new revue that chronicles the evolution of women in musical theatre. Hogan appears in the Fabulist Theatre production of Better Than This, a show con-

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Last summer when Erin O’Neill was a principal dancer with Ballet Theatre UK, the Centennial secondary graduate heard about a position at her former training school. Pacific DanceArts, the company that O’Neill joined at 11, was looking for a new artistic director. And O’Neill jumped at the chance to come back home and win the role. By September, the 27-year-old classical ballet dancer was in the big chair, leading the Vancouver school in its vision, helping with shows and teaching senior students. “It’s been a full circle,” she said. Her rise from student to principal dancer and leader wasn’t always smooth. In May 2013, while on a summer break from the Atlanta Ballet, she snapped her achilles while taking a class in Vancouver; she was

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His new CD completes a trilogy. Ed Hill cut his first comedy album, Canasian, in his birthplace of Taipei, Taiwan. Next came the Weirdo Whisperer from Seattle, the first city where the Port Coquitlam resident performed as a touring comic. And, this month, the Pinetree secondary grad ventures into the Havana Theatre in Vancouver to bring it all home. Speaking from Arizona last Friday, where he had weekend dates at the Stir Crazy Comedy Club in Glendale, Hill said he’s been working for two years on his material for the upcoming recordings.

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“I’m ready for the tapings,” he said of his four gigs, on Feb. 22 and 23, which will be emceed by fellow comic TJ Wharry. “I’ve been running parts of it here and there, and just doing some last-minute tweakings.” His narrative for Son of Smiley — the show title — will focus on relationships, starting with general friendships and continuing with romantic liaisons and familial bonds

especially with his father, a retired doctor. In the end, the 35-year-old comic realizes how much he’s grown to be like his dad, a Coquitlam resident, who now keeps busy with artistic endeavours. “I’m really becoming my father. This is what I’ve been trying to escape my whole life but it’s inevitable, I guess,” Hill laughed, adding, “His whole life he’s been doing things for other people. I hope to also connect with people and, with my comedy, make their day.” Still, the recording will be a transition for Hill as, like most comics who cut albums, it signals a milestone and a move to get on with other material. “It’s what comics do: you have to start all over. It’s part of the exploration.” • Tickets for Son of Smiley on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23 (7:30 and 9:30 p.m. shows) can be purchased via kingedhill.com/sonof-smiley-album-recording. The edited versions will be released this spring on digital channels.

Full circle with ballet school for Cent. grad National Ballet. Ballet Theatre UK called the same year to recruit O’Neill as its principal dancer. Today, O’Neill said her tendon injury is a distant memory. “I’ve packed quite a bit in over the past few years but it’s still in my head. There’s nothing I can do about it.” She’s grateful to have had the chance to travel the world with her craft. “I think being away gives you more perspective and insight. I’ve got a broader understanding of what it’s like there out in the world and what’s expected of you as a dancer.” As artistic director, “I want the students to have the same experience I had when I went here. It was my home and I want them to have the help and support I had when I was a student so I try hard to keep that family feeling. It’s a happy atmosphere.”

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told she may never dance again. But after months of rehab, she regain her footing. And, by the following May, she appeared as a guest artist in Coppelia with the Coastal City Ballet, a program of Pacific DanceArts. By 2015, she was named a soloist with the Cork City Ballet and, the next year, O’Neill was with the English

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ickie Marie Ayers doesn’t take no for an answer easily when asking for donations to support the Variety Club’s annual telethon. But, then, it’s hard for anyone to turn down to the effervescent and extremely persistent Coquitlam woman who has raised close to $450,000 for the charity. It all began 40 years ago when she was 10. Ayers saw a promotion for the Variety Club’s annual telethon to raise funds for the children’s charity. Although she had learning disabilities herself, she thought of her six-year-old brother David, who had a clubfoot and was autistic. She was in Brownies and asked the pack: “Why don’t we go and collect money for that? So the Brownies went doorto-door, collecting $80, and took it to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, where the telethon was held at that time. Ayers was hooked and she hasn’t stopped fundraising since. “I liked being on TV,” admits Ayers, who got great pleasure

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and inspiration while on stage that day from seeing all the smiling faces in the front row. The next year, Ayers went door-to-door herself and, four decades later, she’s still knocking on doors, figuratively if not

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