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Port Coquitlam’s Jesserin Tang was a keen observer of the biathlon competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The 18-year-old BCIT student has been practising the sport as part of a program with 777 Neptune Air Cadet Squadron for three years and recently competed at the provincial championships for cadets at Comox. For more on Tang and her sport, see story on page 27.

WILD INSIDE seashells, stick bugs and nature — inside a school: page 3

School District 43 has neither the money nor the space to add more daycares to schools and is passing the ball to other agencies to find a way to get more spaces.

And the board of education says it’s not the right time to talk about it.

Tuesday, the board of education defeated a motion to hold a roundtable discussion on the topic involving municipal, provincial and federal governments and other stakeholders, choosing instead to forward a school daycare capacity report to the TriCities ECD (Early Childhood Development) Committee for potential action.

“We agree this type of meeting is warranted, we don’t have the ability at this time,” said board chair Kerry Palmer Isaak. see ‘THE SCHOOL’, page 4

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Seaview elementary students visit the school’s nature room, created by school librarian and music teacher Sheri Evans. The room at the Port Moody school is now open for class field trips for kindergarten to Grade 8 students from other schools.

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Seaview brings the outdoors indoors Librarian Evans creates nature display in school Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

This week’s snow and frost didn’t stop a group of elementary school students from enjoying nature.

But instead of donning boots and coats for a frigid field trip, this group of Seaview elementary students was searching for seashells, sorting rocks,

identifying birds and animals, doing puzzles, reading books, counting rings in a tree stump and learning about the solar system.

And they did it all inside, in the school’s Nature Room.

“Can I touch the ducks?” asked one child.

“How do I put this on?” asked another, donning a mink stole that is part of a Canadian fur-bearing animals display.

“This is broken,” said another, as librarian and Nature Room creator Sheri Evans picked up a broken container from an inquiring hand and

stuck it on a counter.

“We’re learning as we go,” said Evans, who noted her multi-disciplinary, hands-on room with its many displays is a way to teach children about nature and First Nations’ culture without worrying about the rain.

But the room — featuring colourful murals, painted by Evans herself, and dozens of displays — is more than just an escape from the elements.

It’s a delight for kids and a learning resource for teachers.

One year ago, Evans came up with the idea and con-

vinced her principal, Frank Pearse, to let her have the room for the interactive displays. She took her colleagues for a field trip to a similar nature room at Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver and, since then, colleagues, family and friends helped provide items.

School District 43 works crews also painted the walls as a blank canvass and the ceiling blue for the sky, which helped Evans. Then she got to work.

He artistic ability turned a bland cinder-block room into a mini Science World — complete with the havoc and fun of

raised voices pushing buttons, caressing fur, playing with traditional First Nations clothes and talking sticks or lying among pillows in a covered teepee.

“Basically it’s everything I could possibly collect that had to deal with B.C. animals and other provinces,” Evans said. “I thought it would be so cool to have something they can come and touch and feel that didn’t require them to stand out in the rain.”

There are also live stick bugs to watch and alevin-stage salmon growing in a tank and

the sound of bird song in the air.

With so much of the revised curriculum dealing with nature and lessons based on inquiry (answering a question), the room is perfect for classes of all ages up to Grade 8 and field trips are available.

And more lessons are being created by Evans at home to freshen up the exhibit. To find out more about upcoming field trips, contact Seaview elementary school principal, fpearse@ sd43.bc.ca. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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The decision comes as the province announces $1 billion in budgeted spending over three years for increased daycare subsidies for low-income families and 22,000 new spaces.

One of the reasons the board passed on Port Moody Trustee Keith Watkins’ motion to discuss ways to get affordable daycares on to school and municipal sites was lack of information on the NDP government’s daycare plan.

But some trustees also expressed concern that the school district would be taking on a task outside its mandate if it hosted a meeting with the aim of finding ways to get more daycares into schools.

“I think it’s a community problem. I don’t think the school is the only answer,” said Coquitlam Trustee Chuck Denison, noting that daycares exist in a number of locations in the Tri-Cities besides schools.

But Watkins argued trustees should try to press for measures to get daycares into new schools and he disagreed with a suggestion from Palmer Isaak to postpone the motion while the district waits for more information from the province.

“In my belief, it’s about taking some action,” he said. “I

BY THE NUMBERS • Number of new licensed child care spaces across B.C. over three years planned by the provincial government: 22,000 • Number of licensed daycare spaces currently in the Tri-Cities: Coquitlam, 3,794; Port Coquitlam, 1,920; Port Moody, 973; Anmore, 63 • Number of child care facilities in SD43’s 46 elementary schools: daycare, 23; before and after, 32; preschools, 22; city programs, 11 – sources: Tri-Cities Child Care and Referral; School District 43 POMO TRUSTEE KEITH WATKINS think we can do things, make a call.”

According to SD43’s daycare report, there are 23 daycares, 32 before- and after-school programs, 21 pre-schools and 11 city-run after-school programs in 46 elementary schools.

That’s a small proportion of the 311 licensed care facilities in the Tri-Cities, according to Fraser Health’s latest numbers, which show that care for the youngest children —those up to three years of age — is in the shortest supply.

Meanwhile, Burnaby School District is working with its city council to erect modular buildings to accommodate daycares for 100 children at school sites with $6 million in city density bonus money.

In the Tri-Cities, the daycare issue continues to be a

challenge for parents.

Many parents were upset last year when told their children’s daycares that were located in SD43 schools would have to move to make way for more classroom space to meet class size and composition requirements. This year, another such child care operation at Lord Baden Powell elementary has to move before September.

“We’re in a perfect storm situation,” Ivano Cecchini, the district’s assistant secretary treasurer for facilities planning services, told trustees.

He said growth in Burquitlam coupled with class size and composition requirements from a Supreme Court of Canada ruling mean there is no room for a daycare at Baden Powell or other nearby schools, even though they are currently below capacity, because the district

has to plan for the long term.

“Our entire district is changing, Cecchini said.

A suggestion to open a daycare at the shuttered College Park elementary in Port Moody was also quashed because of the high costs of renovating the closed school, while the cost of portables, challenges in siting them and finding contractors are also contributing to the problem, he added.

Trustees said it’s important for parents to understand the district’s position and the report will be posted along with the Feb. 20 agenda on the district’s website (www.sd43. bc.ca).

“We look like bad guys, but I have to say that we’re not,” said Coquitlam Trustee Barb Hobson. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

WHAT B.C. BUDGET DID ABOUT DAYCARE

Universal daycare for $10 was one of the BC NDP’s key promises in its successful 2017 provincial election campaign.

But it wasn’t achieved in its first budget as government on Tuesday.

It will take time, Finance Minister Carole James said.

“Universal care can’t be delivered overnight.”

Here are some of the things the John Horgan government’s first budget says it will deliver for families with children in daycare: • a program, beginning in April, to reduce fees at licensed care facilities that opt into it by up to $350 a month for group infant and toddler care to $60 a month for kids aged 3 to 5 in a family daycare; • a new provincial child care benefit beginning in September of up to $1,250 a month for an infant in a lowincome family earning less than $45,000 a year to $306 for a child of a family earning up to $79,999 a year that attends licensed care before and after school; • the creation of 22,000 new daycare spaces at an expected cost of $237 million; • expansion of Head Start programming; • and $136 million for more training and development of child care workers. mbartel@tricitynews.com

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Community police station closed on weekend for work The Ridgeway Community Police Station in Coquitlam will be closed for the next few days as work crews work on the building to deal with recent water damage.

In the meantime, the public is asked to visit the Burquitlam Community Police Station, located at 413-552 Clarke Rd. Calling ahead at 604-933-6833 for hours of operation is recommended.

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Coquitlam RCMP telecommunications operator Arshia Maleki sacrifices his 19 cm beard to clippers — operated by his father, Hamid, who’s a barber — yesterday (Thursday) to raise money for the detachment’s four officers who will participating in the 2018 Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast bike ride in September. Maleki said the beard took him 14 months to grow. Cutting it off raised more than $1,000. Dozens of police officers and other emergency responders participate in the annual fundraising bike tour; there are also other such rides in other parts of B.C.

This is the second time the station had to be closed for repairs in a week. Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Mike McLaughlin said crews were in the building earlier but the damage was more extensive then realized. It’s not known when the Ridgeway station will re-open.

If you need to reach the Coquitlam RCMP, call 911 in an emergency or 604-945-1550 for non-emergency issues.

Public Hearing Notice When: February 27, 2018 at 7pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. Port Moody Council is holding a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed bylaw (Bylaw No. 3125):

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1. Location: 211 Mount Royal Drive (Rezoning Application #6700-20-162 ) Applicant: William Laidler Purpose: The owner of 211 Mount Royal Drive has applied to rezone the existing property from One-Family Residential (RS1) to the Single Detached – Small Lot Zone (RS1-S). If the rezoning bylaw is adopted, it will allow for consideration of the subdivision of the property into two small lots.

February 28, 2018 at portmoody.ca/video We live stream our Council meetings online at portmoody.ca/watchlive.

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Review application #6700-20-162 and related information at the Planning Division counter on the 2nd floor of City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/publichearing after February 19, 2018.

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Off to China they go, again Trustees, officials on China-funded trip for 11 days Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

Six Tri-City school trustees will be heading to China next week, courtesy of the Chinese government, to pave the way for students from China to get educated in School District 43.

Unlike Tri-City mayors, whose trade trip to China last year was paid for by taxpayers, SD43 politicians will be letting the Chinese government cover the entire $54,600 in costs.

“The decision to go has always been made. We’ve always agreed that it benefits the international education program,” board chair Kerri Palmer Isaak told The Tri-City News.

It’s a cultural grant, trustees say, offered by the Confucius Institute which provides SD43 $228,000 in grants to the district for language, dance, calligraphy and other classes for the community plus $4, 000 for its bilingual Mandarin school program at Walton elementary school.

But this trip is mostly business, according to trustees.

(The Tri-City News asked the district for information about tourism activities on the trip but it was not provided.) “[The trip] really helps us with the international education program,” Palmer Isaak said. “It gives us the support for creating globally minded students, promoting global and cultural aspects of the students, and financial aspects of the district.”

This year, six of SD43’s nine trustees will go to China from Feb. 26 to March 9, up from

TRUSTEE KERRI PALMER ISAAK four last year, with trips to Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing on the itinerary.

Among the stops will be visits to education bureaus, the Canadian embassy and schools to see how Hong Kong students work with Micro:Bits, programmable toys, which are also used in SD43 middle schools to teach computational thinking.

Palmer Isaak will be joined on the trip by Port Coquitlam trustees Michael Thomas (who’s also the board of education vice-chair) and Judy Shirra; and Coquitlam trustees Carol Cahoon, Barb Hobson and Diane Sowden. Last year Palmer Isaak, Cahoon, Shirra and Thomas went on the trip.

Superintendent Patricia Gartland told the board of education Tuesday the purpose of the trip is “beneficial for continuing to support the prosperous international education program. We’re so delighted to have the Confucius Institute support us in this way.”

While the local teachers union didn’t criticize the trip, reliance on international education funding is a problem for Coquitlam Teachers’ Association president Ken Christensen. And he would like

to see more support for international students in schools using international education revenues.

This year, the district will see 2,036 students attending local schools, 60% of whom come from China. Each student pays $15,000 in fees to attend local programs and the program generates $34 million in revenue — about 10% of the SD43 budget.

Christensen said more funds are needed to help with English as an additional language programs and help students, many of whom are here without families, adjust to their new school life. “There was time when more money went back to schools.

During the lean times, that was cut back. I would have that restored to previous levels,” he said, adding that international ed. students are not counted as part of the class size and composition language that was restored last year after a Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

Palmer Isaak said provincial funding should cover all the costs associated with schools but because it doesn’t, international ed. funding fills in the gaps. She also said students and teachers are already supported in schools with funds from education revenue.

School trustees aren’t the only officials visiting China. The country has been a popular destination for civic and provincial politicians of late, although airfare in other cases is typically paid for by taxpayers, at least for Tri-City mayors.

When Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart went to China May in 2016 to speak at a conference and meet with officials, his $2,025 airfare was paid for by the city, although his accommodations were arranged by

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Have an opinion on a Tri-City News story? Leave a comment on our Facebook page. his hosts and the costs are not known.

For Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore’s trip to China in May 2017 to support local business and sign a friendship agreement, the city paid for travel. His accommodation was paid for by hosts while the trip was organized by the Canada China City and Town Friendship Association and local businessmen.

Similarly, the city of Port Moody paid $3,423 for Mayor Mike Clay to visit China May last year but his accommodation was paid for by the local hosts. His visit was part of the Canadian BC Mayor’s Delegation to China.

Some have criticized the school district for accepting funding from China’s Confucius Institute, arguing the benefit could affect trustees’ judgement in its dealings with the international education program, a charge to which SD43’s board chair objects.

Palmer Isaak said the district is not beholden to the government of China and is open and transparent about accepting funding. “We give full disclosure about where the funding is coming from, essentially, even though we do get some criticism,” she said.

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PINK SHIRT DAY

Fox kids are in the pink Pink Shirt Day has taken on a life of its own since it was started in small-town Nova Scotia in 2007 by an act of kindness of two high school students in support of a bullied teen.

They distributed pink T-shirts in support of the youth, and the colour pink has been a positive symbol ever since.

Across B.C., adults and youth are working on projects to promote kindness and to wear pink to symbolize intolerance of bullying.

But at Terry Fox secondary in Port Coquitlam, students have their own project.

Each year for the past six, leadership students organize the printing and sale of T-shirts emblazoned with a positive message, with funds going to KidSport Tri-Cities. This year, the shirt reminds youth that “It’s Cool to be Kind.” For the past several weeks, Fox students have been selling the shirts to schools all across School District 43.

It’s hoped that as many as 40 children and youth will be able to play sports this year because of funds raised.

Local retailer London Drugs is promoting Pink Shirt Day to raise awareness about cyberbullying. This year the company is selling official “Nice Needs No Filter” Pink Shirt Day T-shirts, with proceeds supporting anti-bullying programs According to Canadian statistics, it can be a challenge to escape online negativity, whether it takes the shape of harassment, spreading rumours, sharing embarrassing information or posting threats.

In fact, nearly one in five young Canadians aged 15 to 29 have reported being cyberbullied or cyberstalked.

The 2018 official Pink Shirt Day T-shirt proclaiming ‘Nice Needs No Filter’ aims to offer a message of possibility — possibility that with education and encouragement, the World Wide Web can be a more kind and positive space.

Net proceeds from the sale of the shirts are distributed through CKNW Orphans’ Fund to support youth anti-bullying programs in British Columbia.

Pink Shirt Day takes place this year on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Find out more at www.pinkshirtday.ca.

The OFFICIAL ShIRTS Cyberbullying the focus of Pink Shirt Day 2018

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Terry Fox leadership students created their own pink shirts to sell and raise funds for KidSport Tri-Cities, an organization that provides financial support and registration fees to kids from low-income families seeking to participate in sports. Among the leadership students selling the shirts are, from left: Paige Foulds, Amy Duplantis, Ashlee Van Straten and Fabian Arriagada.

I Am Someone pushes pink, help Next Wednesday, you can wear pink and let people know you support a society that uplifts people instead of bullying them.

That is the goal of I Am Someone Ending Bullying Society, a Port Coquitlam-based

group that will be at Evergreen Extension stations in Coquitlam and Port Moody promoting Pink Shirt Day Feb. 28.

“We support Pink Shirt Day because we are communicating the same message about antibullying,” explained Andrea

Howorth, IAS executive director.

IAS is helping create understanding about what bullying is and is helping to promote Text 211, a service youth can access with their cell phones to get in touch with trained professionals who will help them

get help. It is confidential and anonymous.

The group also has a website (www.bullyingornot.ca) with information about what bullying looks like.

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Collaboration key to create affordable housing: mayor Developer worked with CMHC on one Moody project

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An initiative by the developer putting the finishing touches on The Strand condo project in Port Moody helped put those 84 units within reach of first-time home buyers.

But the city’s mayor says making housing affordable should be the product of government policy working in collaboration with developers.

Chris Colbeck, the vicepresident of sales and marketing for Townline Homes, which is building the five-storey project on the site of the old Port Moody Legion, said a sister company, TL Housing Solutions, was looking for an alternative way to make new condos affordable to young buyers aiming to get their first home but who didn’t have the means to scrape together huge down payments. Working with BC Housing and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, it came up with a plan that provided an 8% grant off the units’ independently appraised prices that would then be applied to qualified purchasers’ down payments.

In return, buyers had to meet all the normal requirements to attain a mortgage, earn a household income less than $65,850 to buy a one-bedroom unit or less than $92,000 for a two-bedroom, and have no guarantors or co-signers to their loan. They also had to agree to live in their unit as their principal residence for at least two years.

The idea, Colbeck said, was to reach a segment of the market that has good incomes but not enough left over for a down

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Workers are putting the finishing touches on The Strand, an 84-unit condo development with retail shops on the ground floor in Port Moody. payment in the tens of thousands of dollars. It must have struck a nerve, Colbeck said, as more than 2,000 people registered prior to the homes hitting the presale market in early 2016.

One of those buyers were partners Scott Fraser and Erica Gordon.

Having lived in the basement suite of Gordon’s parents’ home for the better part of three years, the couple decided the time had come to strike out on their own. But even their subsidized living arrangement didn’t allow 28-year-old Fraser, a contractor, and 25-year-old Gordon, who works for E-Comm, to save for a down payment.

“It doesn’t seem like your money goes very far,” Fraser said.

When they heard about Townline’s program at The Strand and realized they met all the qualifications, they brought along a realtor to help them through the process and

purchased a 900-sq. ft. twobedroom unit on the building’s fourth floor.

“It’s going to be fantastic,” Fraser said in anticipation of taking possession of the couple’s new home this spring.

Many young people who want to stay in the city in which they grew up, and those who want to move out of their parents’ basement to start their life are just the kind of residents Port Moody needs as new projects are planned, especially around transit stations, Mayor Mike Clay said.

“But the big numbers are those telling me they have to leave as they can’t afford to stay,” he said.

To help reverse that trend, the city has struck a housing affordability task force and is planning to host a workshop on the issue for its citizens’ advisory committee that offers grassroots feedback on city initiatives and council decisions.

Clay said municipalities have to do more than just throttle the housing supply by speeding up growth or slowing it down as a way to influence affordability.

The city of Coquitlam, for instance, has put some of the density bonus payments it has received from developers into an affordable housing fund that has generated approval for the construction of 475 market rental units and 86 non-market units, with more in the pipeline.

“With good land use policy, the developers know what the city wants and will bring projects that work to achieve that,” Clay said. “Developers want to build across the spectrum and different developers work in different segments of the market.”

For that to keep happening, though, Colbeck said, “we need help from cities like additional flexibility for density and those sorts of things.”

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CRIME

Bail conditions for piano teacher facing sex assault charges

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A Coquitlam piano teacher charged this week with three counts of sex assault involving former students has a long list of strict conditions following his bail hearing.

Wednesday at Port Coquitlam Provincial Court, Dmytro ‘Dmitri’ Kubyshkin was released on a $500 recognizance. The court also imposed several conditions against the 67-year-old man, who is alleged to have committed the crimes between 1998 and 2015 in the Tri-Cities.

Kubyshkin, who is due to return to court March 14, was released on conditions that he, among other things: • have no contact with his alleged victims or be near their residences, school or workplaces; • not engage, volunteer or work with anyone under the age of 18 unless their guardians are notified of his charges; • not be alone with anyone under the age of 14 except his own children; • and not teach music lessons unless the students and their guardians are aware of the allegations.

Yesterday (Thursday), Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Michael McLaughlin told The Tri-City News that while some people may be upset that Kubyshkin is

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Dmytro Kubyshkin in a photo from the DM Piano School website. out of custody, “there are a lot of tight conditions that he has to adhere to and if anyone sees him violating them to please call the police.”

McLaughlin also said Mounties have received tips since the detachment issued a public appeal on Tuesday afternoon for his current and former students to come forward.

McLaughlin declined to comment on the nature of the responses but said each report is being followed up (earlier this week, McLaughlin told The TriCity News there’s a possibility other minors may be victims).

According to the website for his company, DM Piano School, Kubyshkin and his teaching partner gave music lessons in private homes over the past 20 years to more than 200 students (the website could not be accessed Thursday).

Kubyshkin is a 67-year-old Caucasian man with white/ blonde hair, blue eyes and a moustache; he stands 5’10 tall,

has a medium build and weighs 160 lb. He also speaks with an accent.

• Anyone with information or has been a victim of a crime involving Dmytro ‘Dmitri’ Kubyshkin is asked to call 604945-1550, quoting file #20181860 to the Investigative Support Team.

Other court news: A former Port Coquitlam city employee will see his theft and fraud case return to court March 7.

Dean Lawrence McIntosh, 51, is alleged to have stolen about $175,000 by buying tools and other equipment using city accounts, then reselling the items for cash. He returned the money in full before resigning.

In response, the municipality brought in a number of new accountability policies for transactions — plus whistleblower protection — following the revelation last year. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Schools + daycare The province is planning to cut daycare costs for families with children in licensed care. but that doesn’t help anyone who can’t find a space — and that includes many Tri-City families.

This week, School district 43’s board of education was faced with the stark realization that it is maxed out when it comes to providing daycare space on its many properties.

It’s up to victoria to think big.

This province should ensure any new schools or any schools undergoing seismic rebuilds or substantial renovations include dedicated, permanent space for daycare.

While it’s true that daycares do not under the public school mandate, the province has recognized boards of education’s roles in educating preschoolers.

There’s no reason they can’t expand that to include daycare space where possible. These are places that are close to people’s homes and have ample space to play.

Now that b.C.’s budget has put forward $237 million over three years to create more than 20,000 new child care spaces, we welcome more details, including a plan to ensure new schools and rebuilds include space for daycares.

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A bevy of taxes to cool B.C.’s real-estate market b .C. finance Minister Carole James on Tuesday poured several pails of cold water on the province’s overheated real-estate market.

The NdP government unveiled a 30-point plan to make housing fairer and more affordable. about a third of the measures involve taxes, some designed specifically to penalize owners who leave properties vacant.

The previous bC Liberal governLES LEYNE ment was considered audacious in 2016 when it slapped a 15% tax on foreigners buying real estate in Metro vancouver, the first such surtax in Canada. The NdP budget goes far beyond that. although they were skeptical of the bC Liberal move at the time, they are hiking the foreign buyers’ tax to 20% — that was effective Wednesday. The area it applies is also being expanded, to include southern vancouver Island, Nanaimo, the fraser valley and the central okanagan. It will amount to $200,000 on a $1-million home, over and above the property-transfer tax.

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taxes in b.C. The annual levy will cover the same regions as the increased foreign buyers’ tax, starting at $5 per $1,000 of assessed value and rising to $20 in 2019. It’s designed to encourage them to rent out properties if vacant, if they don’t just opt out and sell. also going up starting this week is the standard property-transfer tax on high-end homes. It will be raised to 5% from 3% on homes worth more than $3 million.

“Those who have benefited the most from the rising real-estate market should contribute their fair share,” said a budget document. and starting in 2019, the school tax on homes over $3 million will be hiked as well.

“This is what a progressive tax system looks like,” said a backgrounder.

The collective impact will likely be to decimate, if not eradicate, foreign interest in the biggest real-estate markets in b.C. a foreigner buying an expensive home for investment purposes will have to ante up several hundred thousand dollars in extra taxes to do so.

The big question is whether it will make a difference to the vast bulk of the market, made up of domestic buyers. Some market watchers expect the initial shock to sideline many foreign buyers. If they recover and regain interest later, that would spell policy failure.

It’s more likely the expensive series of penalties will make many of them lose interest permanently. but curtailing a small fraction of

the demand — much of it at the higher end — might not be enough to achieve the goal of “moderating” mid-range prices so averageincome people can afford homes.

Still on the free-wheeling tax theme, notice was served Tuesday that the homeowner grant will be reviewed, so that owners and renters are treated equally. a $400 annual rebate to renters was initially promised by the NdP but hasn’t materialized. Cutting the grant to homeowners instead would be another way to achieve fairness.

There are also several moves to improve the collection of existing taxes. With attorney General david Eby raising continual alarms about real-estate corruption, steps will be taken to curb evasion and hidden ownership, close loopholes and stop money laundering. a new speculator tax, an increased and expanded foreign buyers’ tax and two more tax hikes for the $3-million-plus market bring the government to the edge of a balancing act. The federal government is already curbing mortgage accessibility, so prices might already be moderating. Easing the price spiral without taxing the market into a sharp correction is a tightrope walk for the government. four separate housing taxes staged over two years that are projected to bring in half a billion dollars worth of extra revenue will go a long way toward determining exactly where the balancing point is.

Les Leyne is a columnist with the Victoria Times Colonist, a Glacier Media sister paper of The Tri-City News.

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Campaign finance reform Bring bee project to is certainly needed in Coq. Port Moody, please The Editor, British Columbia has been referred to as “the wild west of politics” for our relaxed regulations regarding campaign donations to provincial parties.

There are also issues at lower levels of government.

Two main issues for residents of Coquitlam surround developer donations to city council and the development of Burke Mountain. Digging into political donations to Coquitlam councillors, I came across a troubling trend: The majority of donations to council candidates during the 2014 municipal election campaign came from developers. (Editor’s note: As reported by The Tri-City News in February 2015.)

One developer, Wesbild Holdings Ltd., stood out, for donating to every councillor’s campaign. Burke Mountain LP also donated to every councillor’s campaign, except Coun.

Bonita Zarrillo’s, and every councillor who received donations from Burke Mountain LP voted in favour of the Burke Mountain expansion.

From Wesbild and Burke Mountain LP combined, every councillor received a total donation of $2,500, with the exception of Coun. Zarrillo, who received a donation of $1,500, and Mayor Richard Stewart, who received $9,000.

(I also discovered on Election BC’s website that Wesbild Holdings and Burke Mountain LP both list Hassan Khosrowshahi as a director.

With a net worth of $1.16 billion, Mr. Khosrowshahi, the founder of Future Shop, is one of the richest people in Canada. In addition to Wesbild and Burke Mountain LP, he is also affiliated with a number of other companies that have donated $777,356 to municipal and provincial politicians, and is one of the BC Liberal party’s biggest donors.)

Back in November of 2017, Coquitlam council decided to send a letter to Andrew Weaver, leader of the BC Green Party, to express its disappointment in what it perceived to be him going back on his word regarding the implementation of campaign finance reform. At the

time, Mayor Stewart and a number of councillors also spoke out publicly against the changes to campaign financing, arguing that the changes would prevent lower income and marginalized folks from entering politics.

From my experience, running for the Greens in the last provincial election as a marginalized person with a limited income, and with no influential corporate and union donations, the changes introduced by the B.C. government may not be perfect but they’re on the right track, and we will see candidates who compete on a more level playing field and politicians who are more accountable to their constituents.

I look forward to seeing our upcoming election in Coquitlam provide more opportunity for candidates, whether they are wealthy and/ or connected to corporations and unions, or not. I also hope to see B.C. more fairly represented, under a proportional representation system, following the fall referendum.

Nicola Spurling, Coquitlam

The Editor Re. “No joke: Teens are working for the bees” (The TriCity News, Feb. 14).

As an urban gardening advocate and biologist, I was excited to read of the School District 43 students’ project for the bees — that is, until I read further and learned they were carrying out their project not anywhere in the Tri-Cities but near UBC and in a daycare.

This raised a number of questions but, most importantly, why not Port Moody?

Along St. Johns Street, there are a number of weedy lots adjoining businesses that could be converted to urban gardening such as the teens have planned: pollinator wildflowers or plants that would contribute to the beauty of our city. There are many examples in Vancouver where this has been done in cooperation with the city and private land owners having under-utilized lots. This is also featured at the

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Patrick Zhao and Jason Liao of the Pollinator Project get ready to plant their first pollination garden. gardeners school of the ongoing Home and Garden Show in Vancouver. It would also be convenient to SD43 schools in their environmental programs, encourage private homes’ participation, as suggested by

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The keen interest and persistence of the teens in this project is great. Can it catch on?

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Lisa Beecroft of Gabi and Jules bakery presented a petition to Port Moody council’s committee of the whole Tuesday asking the city to change the parking designation on the south side of Clarke Street from residents-only to a three-hour limit for anyone.

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PM parking issues could soon have a solution Mario Bartel The Tri-CiTy News

A group of business owners on the north side of Clarke Street in Port Moody says customers and staff are feeling the heat from residents on the south side of the street trying to guard curbside parking in front of their homes.

But the city is planning to change parking regulations in the area, possibly eliminating the problem.

Lisa Beecroft of Gabi and Jules bakery said residents have come into some of the businesses, which also include a restaurant, aesthetics studio and a martial arts gym, demanding staff get customers to move their vehicles.

While the south side of Clarke Street, from 2301 to 2325, is designated with signs for residents-only parking, Beecroft said that should change and, on Tuesday, she made her case on behalf of the businesses on the north side of the street to city council’s committee of the whole.

She also presented a petition signed by owners of 11 businesses asking the city to install a pedestrian crosswalk at Elgin Street to make it safer for customers trying to get to those businesses (currently, there is no crosswalk between the lights at Douglas Street and the pedestrian-activated crossing at Queens Street).

Beecroft said bringing parking regulations along the short stretch of Clarke Street’s south side in line with the rest of the neighbourhood, which has a three-hour time limit, would go a long way to easing tensions.

According to Port Moody’s manager of communications and engagement, that’s exactly what the city plans to do: implementing three-hour residential parking restrictions in all residential areas around SkyTrain stations as part of its Evergreen Extension parking strategy.

Rosemary Lodge also said that part of Clarke Street is one of only three in the city with curbside parking currently designated specifically for residents — the others are the north side of the 1100-block of Cecile Drive and Cecile Place in the Seaview area, and at 640 Alderside Rd., on PoMo’s north shore. She said bylaw enforcement officers have issued about 100 tickets on that section of Clarke Street over the past five years, “which is consistent with other areas in Port Moody that have a mix of residential and commercial properties.”

Beecroft said residents and businesses have to find a way to co-exist to create a vibrant community.

“Businesses are contributing to the community,” she said.

“We want to create a scenario that makes it welcoming.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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The mother of Brandon Jansen, a Coquitlam man who died while in treatment for an opioid addiction, will put what she learned in two years of her son’s attempt to get clean into a recovery centre she hopes will save lives.

Opening March 1 in Penticton, the Brandon Jansen Memorial Recovery Centre will provide treatment for six clients, with counselling, addiction education, skill development, wellness therapies and post-care support.

“In 12 private facilities in less than two years, I learned about what works and what doesn’t,” said Michelle Jansen, whose son grew up in Port Moody and Coquitlam, and died of a fentanyl overdose in March 2016 while at a treatment facility in Powell River.

In the intervening months, Jansen said, she has worked with various levels of government to develop a program and acquire property that will be located in Penticton, with further sites planned for Vernon and Osoyoos. Patients will be treated with methadone or suboxone, which Jansen said is important for recovery and was not available to her son when he went into a treatment centre.

As well, security will be on site, which she said was lacking at the

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A coroner’s jury into Jansen’s death recommended providing better access to suboxone, which is used in opioid addiction treatment, and called for improved standards and outcome measures for addicts seeking treatment at B.C. centres.

Jansen said her program, with a head office in Coquitlam, will provide follow-up care to clients after they leave and she hopes her centre will be a model for others.

“We want to give people a fighting chance to stay alive and recover from opioid addiction,” she told The Tri-City News.

The Brandon Jansen Foundation is close to getting charitable status through the Canada Revenue Agency and Jansen said funds raised through the foundation will help to subsidize the cost of beds, which are $18,500 for 30 days.

Nick Jansen, Brandon’s brother, said funds to open the recovery centre have been raised privately by the family, and with donations from the Brandon Jansen Foundation.

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Barbados native — and Vancouver author — Ronald Callender unveils his new book The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same, at Western Sky Books (2132-2859 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam). The launch and book signing is from 2 to 3 p.m. Visit westernskybooks.com.

For Pro-D Day, take the kids to the Coquitlam Public Library, where both the Poirier (575 Poirier St.) and City Centre (1169 Pinetree Way) branches will run the rated-G animated movie Captain Underpants at 1:30 p.m. No registration required. Visit coqlibrary.ca.

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FAN NIGHT

Jazz fusion and rock will be among the genres coming from the Roham & Babak Quartet Band, at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at $45 are by calling 604-773-4717 or 778-833-4778.

The Langley Rivermen go up against the Coquitlam Express, which play their last home game of the regular season at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam) at 7 p.m. And enjoy the family fun and activities during fan appreciation night. Visit coquitlamexpress.ca.

GET GROOVY

Accomplished musicians Mike Taylor, Diane Lines and Tony Chamberlist perform at the Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St., Port Moody) for their Acoustic Groove Show, starting at 8 p.m.

For tickets to the dinner and concert at $34, visit gallerybistroportmoody.com/box-office.

COFFEEHOUSE

Hear live music from headliners Second Wind at the Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse, held in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall) starting at 7 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door with proceeds supporting the Port Moody hospice. Visit crossroadshospicesociety.com.

Sunday, Feb. 25 ART EXHIBIT

KITT’S DREAMS

Snafu’s original — and very eccentric — play, Little Orange Man, runs tonight at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

Call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca for tickets at $33/$28/$15.

Saturday, Feb. 24 TECH HELP

Adults can get tips from teens — for free — on how to use their electronic devices, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Port Moody Public Library (100 Newport Dr.). Book an appointment by calling 604-469-4577 or visit library.portmoody.ca.

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The grand opening for PoCo Heritage’s new

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River’s Edge Theatre presents the SD43 premiere of the edgy musical Rent: School Edition at Riverside secondary school (2215 Reeve St., Port Coquitlam) tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. under the direction of Nicole Roberge, Krista Wallace and Glenda Ottens. Admission is $12/$10 at the door on show night or online at brownpapertickets.com. includes tea and scones, served in the parlour at 2 p.m. The event is rain or shine. Tickets are $5 by visiting coquitlamheritage.ca.

exhibit PoCo Stories: Sports — celebrating the city’s top-notch athletes and games — and is at 1 p.m. at the museum (2248 McAllister Ave., Port Coquitlam) Visit pocoheritage.org.

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HISTORIC WALK

The BC Psychological Association hosts free public presentations in February during Psychology Month, including a workshop at the Port Moody Public Library (100 Newport Dr.) from Dr. Sara David. From 1:30 to 3 p.m., she

Learn about Maillardville’s past in a walking tour of the historic French-Canadian enclave. The trip starts at 1 p.m. at Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) and

Tour the Port Moody Arts Centre (2425 St. Johns St.) to view the latest displays that opened Thursday night: Our Roots Exposed (April Lacheur with woodturner Jim Johnson); Spirits from the Woods (Sarah Ronald); and Industrial Revolution (Amy Li Chuan Chang). The galleries are open Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit pomoarts.ca.

YOUNG VOICES

Conductor Nina Falcos leads the Greater Vancouver Youth Music Academy’s Symphonic Wind Ensemble through a program that includes compositions by Aaron Copland, Claude Debussy and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The show is at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 7:30 p.m. Visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com.

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Learning to live with and help our local wildlife LIVING GREEN

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ear season isn’t far away in the Tri-Cities and, with it, a focus on managing attractants such as garbage.

But there’s more to living with bears and other wildlife than keeping our food waste inside until it’s time for pickup.

Urbanization affects how wildlife moves through watersheds — and, FYI, we all live in a watershed. Development fragments and destroys wildlife habitat. Wildlife must then adjust to an ever-changing world, seeking new habitat to forage for food, hunt for prey and raise their young.

We can minimize stressful encounters and potential conflict with wildlife by being aware of the diversity of wildlife around us, by using common sense and by employing preventative techniques. Bear and coyote sightings, for example, often increase as a result of humans providing a food source.

While bears will find and

feed on overflowing bird feeders, mismanaged compost and fallen fruit, these food sources also attract rats, squirrels and chipmunks, regular prey items for coyotes.

Recently, I sat down with local beaver advocates Jim and Judy Atkinson. I wanted to hear about their more than 25 years of experience living in Jasper National Park and how they had come to have such a deep appreciation and passion for so many of our native wildlife.

Living in a small town (Jasper currently has 4,600 inhabitants) within a vast national park (Jasper National Park, established in 1907, spans 13,000 sq. km), residents are conditioned to heed and respect the native wildlife.

First deer, then elk, came into town annually to give birth, where the urban environment afforded them temporary protection from predators. As they were understandably protective of their calves, Parks Canada eventually had to deter their return by fencing off large grassy areas on which the elk liked to graze (school grounds and fields), and to dissuade them from coming into town by waving hockey sticks with plastic streamers attached Returning to the industrious beaver, I am further enlightened by the Atkinsons. Beavers have existed for the past 30 to 60 million years. Spanning

some 300 years, beaver trapping occurred ahead of European settlers and decimated the mammals’ population to 1% of its original numbers.

Today’s society, therefore, has not co-evolved with beavers.

The Haida First Nation, on the other hand, has long recognized the interconnection between beavers and salmon. Beaver dams create ponds that provide resting areas for migrating salmon and make ideal nurseries for juvenile fish by creating complex edge habitat, increasing insect food supply and contributing beneficial woody debris into the ecosystem.

What can we do? Here are some co-habiting/co-adapting strategies to get started: • Enhance native habitat/ minimize lawn areas: Keep lawn areas to a minimum and replace with a diversity of native trees and shrubs that provide natural food and cover. Where lawn is required, eliminating chemicals and reducing mowing are beneficial for birds and their insect prey. To dissuade bears from coming into town, partner with the appropriate jurisdiction and local non-profit to enhance outlying (higher) regions with food plants (berryproducing shrubs).

• Compost edibles carefully: “A garbage bear is a dead bear,” is the phrase and, certainly, wildlife suffers when human activities result in harmful

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A pair of adolescent grizzly bears — not the type of bears Tri-City residents are used to seeing. practices. For instance, Patrick and Lisa Beecroft, who own Caffe Divano, stopped selling the popular freshly squeezed orange juice when they noticed a black bear would visit the business’ outdoor compost area every Friday seeking the tasty orange rinds. Heed all guidelines from your city when it comes to curbside collection of compost, recyclables and garbage. Wash and rinse both your recyclables and plastic meat wrappings to minimize odour and facilitate better recycling.

• Avoid poison: Pests such as rats have co-existed with humans for centuries and cannot be eradicated. They can be prey to native wildlife such as coyotes and ravens. Poison is

not species-specific and affects the entire food chain. Remove bird feeders (and other food sources) at night, when rats are most active (healthlinkbc.ca is a great resource for this issue).

• Take care with pets and pet waste: Keep your beloved canine on leash while using trails and dispose of pet waste responsibly. Ideally, pack it out and carefully empty contents down toilet; soiled bag in garbage. Alternately, check out store.bokashicycle.com for its pet waste composter.

• Reduce noise and light after dusk: Our wildlife neighbours need their rest. Noise is stressful to both them and us.

Promote and use Dark Skycompatible lighting (darksky.

org). Unlike other forms of pollution, light pollution can be addressed easily with immediate, positive results.

• Get bear smart: The Get Bear Smart Society aims to minimize the number of bears killed as a result of human-caused problems. Awareness comes first but changing our behaviour is key. Coyote Watch Canada, the Stanley Park Ecological Society and our own Burke Mountain Naturalists are all great resources from whom we can learn how to co-habit and co-adapt to our struggling wildlife. And since bears need salmon…

• Save wild salmon: Wild Pacific salmon are threatened

by Atlantic salmon fish farm viruses and sea lice. Visit Wild Salmon Defenders Alliance (wsda.ca) for ways to support this critical cause. Remember all storm drains lead to aquatic habitat so help keep them free and clear of foreign debris. And since salmon need beavers…

• Help beavers: Facilitate the return of beavers to local watersheds by supporting thefurbearers.com and encourage your city and developers to install rain gardens along city streets.

Melissa Chaun of Port Moody is an ecologist with a passion for all things sustainable. She is events co-ordinator with the Rivershed Society of BC, volunteers on various city committees and co-ordinates the monthly meetings for Tri-City Greendrinks.

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Are you up to Scratch? Also: Skype & full STEAM ahead bOOKs PlUs Books Plus runs in The TriCity News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

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• Science Expo 2018: Coquitlam Public Library will host its third annual Science Expo May 10. Tri-Cities students from grades 4 to 12 will display their experiments and innovations at the City Centre branch for a chance to win medals, trophies and some of the more than $2,000 in prize money. Deadline for participants is April 16. For more information about the expo, or for registration and consent forms, go to www.coqlibrary. ca.

• March Tech Club — Introduction to Coding with Scratch: Tech Club is a monthly program for adults who are curious about technology. In this course, we will introduce you to the concepts of block coding using the free program Scratch. Bring your

curiosity and your enthusiasm as you learn exciting new coding skills on Friday, March 2, 2 to 3 p.m. in the City Centre branch computer lab. To register, go to www.coqlibrary. ca. • Chinese New Year: Join librarians March 8, 7 to 8 p.m., in Room 137 at the City Centre branch for a performance of traditional Chinese music by members of the Arts Musical Studio to welcome the arrival of spring and the Year of the Dog. Seats are limited for this free program and registration is required. Phone Shirley Chan at 604-554-7345 to register.

For more information about any of these programs, visit www.coqlibrary.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.

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• Make phone calls with Skype: Skype lets you make video and voice calls to people around the world for free. All you need is your phone, tablet or laptop (with webcam and microphone), and an internet connection. Join us on Tuesday, March 6th from 2 to 3 PM in the Library’s ParkLane Room for this free, hands-on

as the conscious and unconscious mind) interact to work with or against each other.

Sebastian Di Cesare will take you through how hypnotherapy and self-hypnosis work, and how they can be used to manage stress, anger or anxiety. Call 604-469-4577 or visit the library information desk to register for this free program.

For more information, visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex. workshop. Call the library at 604-469-4690 or visit the library information desk to reserve a spot.

• Middle School Book Club: Want to meet other passionate readers? Read the heart-wrenching Patina

by Jason Reynolds and join other middle school students for a librarian-led discussion Tuesday, Feb. 27th from 7 to 8 p.m. in the PMPL’s ParkLane room. Call 604-469-4577 to register.

• Hypnotherapy: March 8 from 7 to 8 p.m., discover how our minds work and how different parts of the mind (such

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• Full STEAM ahead: Experience the future of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) learning at Terry Fox Library’s playground. Program a robotic Sphero SPRK+, take an amazing picture using green-screen technology and build an architectural masterpiece out of KEVA planks on March 22 and April 28, 2 to 4 p.m. (drop-in).

For more information, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604927-7999.

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TC CALENDAR SATURDAY, FEB. 24 • Adidam Vancouver hosts Gerald Sheinfeld, who will present stories from his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master: Stories from my Life with Avatar Adi Da Samraj, 2:30 p.m., Waves, Westwood, PoCo. Info: www.adidam.org/events.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a a “stamp gameâ€? – visitors welcome; swap and shop at 7 p.m., game after 8 p.m. (stamp prizes), Burke Mountain Fire Hall meeting room, 3501 David Ave., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

SATURDAY, MARCH 3 • Funbowl, a fundraiser for Shiloh Place Orphanage in the Congo, 8:30 p.m., PoCo Bowl, 2263 McAllister Ave., PoCo. Ticket: $25 includes games, snacks, prizes, shoe rental and more. Info: Chantal, 604937-5305, shiloplace@gmail. com; or Debbie, 778-995-4493, tekanawa@shaw.ca.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4 • Port Moody Station Museum hosts a heritage fashion show, 2 p.m., in the the Inlet Theatre at PoMo city hall.

Renowned fashion historian Ivan Sayers presents his knowledge and wit in a heritage fashion show: “I can’t believe she wore that� fashion disasters from 1900 to 2000 presents fashion faux pas of the past. The museum invites the audience to come dressed in their worst fashions. There will be prizes for worst fashion disaster as Sayers will welcome people to

FEB. 26: TRI-CITY PHOTO CLUB • Tri-City Photo Club meets in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., 7:30 p.m. – guests are always welcome. Feature: Ian MacDonald on street photography; this night will be followed by a field trip and street assignment. Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca. the stage and give a few comments on each “terribleâ€? choice of dress. Tickets: $28, available at PoMo Station Museum, 2734 Murray St. ($3 discount for anyone paying by cash or cheque).

MONDAY, MARCH 5 • Municipal Pension Retirees Association District 25/TriCities meeting, 11 a.m., ABC Country Restaurant, 300-100 Schoolhouse St., Coquitlam.

Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 • Free Dementia Friends workshop with Alzheimer Society of BC, 6-8:30 p.m., Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt. Pre-registration required: 604298-0780, info.northfraser@ alzheimerbc.org.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 6 • Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Dr. Syed, PhD, who will be presenting on prostate MRIs. All those affected by prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a confidential atmosphere.

Refreshments provided; no charge but donations are welcome. Info: Craig, 604-9289220 or Ken, 604-936-2998. • Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the TriCities 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

• Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse presents Pearl, The Gathering Place, 11002253 Leigh Sq., PoCo, doors open at 7 p.m.; admission: $5 at the door. Info: 604-945-0606 or info@crossroadshospice. org. Pearl is Kathy Francis and Andrea Smith, who draw from a diverse musical palette to deliver gems in many genres, from swing to folk to old-time.

PARENTS, KIDS • Family resource centre at Minnekhada middle school, PoCo, offers multi-sensory and math tutoring; rate is $25 per session. Tutors are Orton Gillingham-trained and centre works in cooperation with SD43.

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TC CALENDAR continued from page 23 • Ignite Choir at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship is for kids 6-14 who love to sing, dance and act; the goal is to give children and youth an introduction to music and. The choir meets Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 13. Info: www. erbf.com.

• Breastfeeding or pregnant and wanting to learn more?

Looking for information or help?

La Leche League Coquitlam groups offer informal, guided discussions and a chance to connect with other nursing mothers. New meeting location: Share Family and Community Services, 2615 Clarke St., PoMo. Meetings held second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. Women interested in breastfeeding and their children are invited to free monthly LLL meetings. Info: 604520-4623 or www.lllc.ca.

• Share Family and Community Services hosts free parent and tot drop–in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900.

• Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs, stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full participants; free; open 9-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elementary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-937-6971.

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PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, OTHERS • Parents, grandparents, and caregivers who want to connect with others who are raising children, gain and offer support and understanding, gain information about parenting and other concerns, and have their children cared for while doing so, free of charge, can join a parent support circle. Parent Support Services of BC runs a Wednesday evening circle in Burquitlam. The support circle is an anonymous, confidential self-help group for parents with children 12 years old and under. Info: 604-669-1616 or www.parentsupportbc.ca. in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672.

• Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents, grandparents and/or caregivers.

Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available.

Info: 604-937-6970.

• Pleasantside Play Pals, a non-profit parent-participation play group for newborns to preschoolers at Old Orchard Hall, PoMo; parents/caregivers invited every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m.

• Parents and tots gather to play and learn in a Jewishthemed environment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-552-7221 or info@ burquest.org.

• Step By Step Child Development Society Family Resource Rooms open for dropin at the following locations: Old

Orchard Hall in Ioco Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m., Harbour View elementary school Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m. and at the Blue Mountain Park Scouts’ Hall on Wed from 10-11:30. Call 604931-1977 for more information or visit the website at www.stepby-step.ca • Millside Family Resource Centre is open Fridays, 9-11 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Millside elementary is at 1432 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161.

• Mountain View Family Resource Centre is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Mountain View elementary is at 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161.

• Drop-in for parents/caregivers and children 5 and younger, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Birchland School Family Place, 1331 Fraser St., PoCo. Info: Westcoast Family Resources Society, 604-941-7828.

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar • Christian Service Brigade and Senior Girls Alive at Westwood Community Church, 1294 Johnson St., Coquitlam, invite youth 11-18 to join them on Wednesday nights 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for Battalion program. Info: Ronnie Tan, 604-908-1847.

• Autism Tri-Cities information and support group for adults with relatives with autism spectrum disorder. Info: Clair, 604-9395157.

• PoCoMo Mothers of Multiples club meets the third Thursday of the month. Info: Brenda, 604-937-5534.

• Simon Fraser Society for Community Living hosts Family Support, Education and Networking Group, for families with children with developmental or physical disabilities throughout the school year. For more information, please contact the Family and Individual Support Program at 604-525-9494.

• Parents Together is a mutual help group for parents experiencing conflict with their teen(s), meets in PoCo. Info: 604-3250556.

• Learning Disabilities Association meets the third Thursday of each month at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo, 7-9 p.m.

• Tough Love support group meets Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Stoney Creek community centre (in Burnaby) For parents with children in trouble or experiencing difficulties. Info: Cathy, 604464-2437.

• The Ark Child Services, a non-profit counselling agency specializing in supporting families going through separation and divorce, has an office in the Tri-Cities. Info: Lee Cassels, 604-461-2124.

Check out our online calendar The Tri-City News’ online calendar is packed full of local community events — and you can add yours, too. Go to the calendar directly at tricitynews.com/community/submit-an-event. Or go to tricitynews.com and scroll down, looking for the box you see above here on the right side of your web browser. As always, to add items to The TriCity News’ printed Community Calendar, email details to newsroom@tricitynews.com. To see all items currently in the online calendar, please visit tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar.

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You might have reached for your remote when biathlon came on the TV coverage of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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For the 18-year-old Port Coquitlam woman, the Olympic biathlon competition presented a rare opportunity to watch and learn from the sport’s best athletes; it’s not like we have Biathlon Night in Canada on television every Saturday.

Tang has been part of a program to introduce and foster the sport to air cadets for three of the five years she’s been a member of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets 777 Neptune Squadron in Port Coquitlam.

Recently, Tang and another member of the squadron, 13-year-old Athena Cai, joined more than 80 other athletes at a provincial competition at Mt. Washington in Comox in hopes of achieving a spot on the BC national cadet biathlon team that will travel to Charlottetown, PEI, for the national cadet championship March 5 to10. They finished fifth.

Tang said she joined the biathlon program because she wanted to learn how to ski for free. Biathlon combines the disciplines of cross-country skiing with marksmanship as athletes have to pause several times around a kilometreslong course to fire a rifle at targets on a range. Competitors race against the clock or each other and each missed target means added time or skiing a 150m penalty loop.

Tang said the sport is a fun way to test her capabilities she’s developed as part of the squadron’s range team for five years, and her fitness and emerging skills as a skier. But it’s far from easy.

“I didn’t expect it to be so hard,” she said. “You get tired

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Port Coquitlam’s Jesserin Tang competes at the recent cadet provincial biathlon championships in Comox, B.C. Tang and another team member from RCAC 777 Neptune Squadron, Athena Cai, finished fifth. when you’re skiing and you have to control your breathing when you reach the range.”

Tang’s coach, Lawrence Goh, said top biathletes are able to focus and slow their heartbeat after the physical exertion of skiing.

“You need a lot of time to learn that skill.”

Goh, who’s been guiding the biathlon program at 777 squadron for five years, said the sport is a natural fit for one of the aims of cadets — to pro-

mote physical fitness in youth aged 12 to 18 as they develop skills that might interest them in the sea, land and air activities of the Canadian Armed Forces.

But practising a sport in the temperate Lower Mainland that requires a good ground covering of snow in proximity to a shooting range comes with its own challenges.

Goh’s team skis at Cypress Mountain and hones their shooting skills at the Port

Coquitlam & District Hunting and Fishing Club. The two aspects are only able to come together on ventures to the Whistler Olympic Park.

In the meantime, Goh has his team work on their strength and endurance by running laps around Percy Perry Stadium’s track.

“You need stamina,” he said.

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“I actually understand it a bit more and have a whole new appreciation for the sport,” she said.

Goh hopes the exposure that comes from the Games will attract newcomers to biathlon.

Or at least reduce the glazed looks he gets when he tries to recruit cadets to his program.

“We have to explain what biathlon is to them,” he said.

Biathlon traces its roots to military skiing contests in Norway in the 1700’s but didn’t have a recognized world championship until 1958.

Two years later it was included in the Olympics for men, but women weren’t allowed to compete until the 1992 Games in Albertville, France.

• Individual international races are 20 km (15 km for women) that are skied over five laps.

Competitors pause at the range between each of those laps to shoot four times at targets 50 metres away. The targets have a 45mm diameter when the competitors are shooting from the prone position (lying on their belly) and 115mm when shooting from a standing position.

Competitors must hit all 20 targets in 20 shots and each miss is penalized by adding extra time to their finish.

• Sprint races are 10 km for men and 7.5 km for women, skied over three laps with two pauses at the range where competitors must hit all 10 targets with their total of 10 shots.

Each missed target means they have to ski a 150-metre penalty lap.

• There are also pursuit, relay and mass start races with their own variations of distance and shooting rules.

• Biathletes can ski using classic crosscountry or the free (skate-style) techniques.

• The small-bore .22 calibre bolt-action rifle athletes use on the range must weigh at least 3.5 kg. It must be carried by the skier on their back.

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Austman’s Olympic skate falls just .04 short Coquitlam skater fails to qualify to advance to free skate finale MARIO BARTEL TRI-CITY NEWS

Coquitlam’s Larkyn Austman skated her best short program of her international season, but it still wasn’t enough to qualify her for Thursday’s free skate at the ladies figure skating competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Of the 30 skaters at the Olympic competition held at the Guangneung Ice Arena Wednesday morning local time, only the top 24 earned the opportunity to continue their quest for a medal.

Austman’s score of 51.42 placed her 25th. That was just .04 points behind China’s Li Xiangning, who finished 24th.

The 20-year-old who trains at the Coquitlam Skating Club (she just celebrated her 20th birthday in South Korea) was philosophical about her truncated Olympic experience.

“Life will go on and I will get over it,” Austman said in a message posted to her Facebook page. “I had the time of my life out on Olympic ice and I wish

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Coquitlam’s Larkyn Austman skates her short program Tuesday at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Austman finished 25th of 30 skaters in the competition, but only the top 24 qualified for Thursday’s free skate. it could have lasted a lifetime” Austman told CBC reporter Paul Martini that rating her short program’s performance in Pyeongchang as the best of her season was a little misleading as her previous best “was a terrible skate.” That was at the ISU Ondrej Nepela Trophy event in Bratislava in Slovakia

last September, where she scored a 42.51 in her opening skate.

At the Canadian national skating championships in Vancouver in January Austman was ranked sixth of 18 skaters after a difficult short program, but she was able to recover in the free skate to finish third

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behind the new champion Gabrielle Daleman and her predecessor, Kaetlyn Osmond.

That earned Austman a spot on Canada’s Olympic team as well as a trip to Milan, Italy, for the 2018 ISU world figure skating championships in March.

But in Pyeongchang, Austman didn’t get the chance

for a second-day comeback.

Skating to Mein Herr, from the musical Cabaret, Austman fell while landing a triple-toe jump on the back half of a required combination of two triple jumps.

Austman admitted she was nervous before taking to the ice in the biggest competition of

her life so far.

“I knew coming into the Olympics that I would most likely only qualify for the long [skate] by a hair, but I never let myself think about that,” she said. “I wish I could have shown the world my incredible long program.”

Austman’s poise after her fall impressed CBC skating analyst Carol Lane who said Austman “made the most of making an emotional connection with the judges,” as she made several passes by the scoring table looking directly at them.

“The next time she comes out the judges will remember her as the girl who skated to Cabaret,” Lane said.

Fellow analyst and former four-time world champion Kurt Browning said Austman can take solace that the remainder of her program after the early fall was solid.

“I’m going to checkmark this experience at the Olympics as a positive,” he said.

Only hours after her disappointment, Austman was already looking at the bright side.

“I’m so excited to make the best of the last few days I have in the Olympic village,” she said, adding she’s already looking forward to the world championships in Milan and the next Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, in 2022.

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8. British thermal unit

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40. One who diagnoses 43. True mosses 45. Blood type 48. Albanian 50. Emergency response

51. College reservists 53. Away from wind 54. Tough outer layer 55. Art __, around 1920 57. Born of 58. The greatest of all time 59. Georgia rockers 61. Natural logarithm

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