Tricity News March 14 2019

Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam

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New eatery at mall; some house sizes may be limited.

Community garden plots in demand in Port Coquitlam.

Port Moody council considers legal marijuana stores.

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While snow earlier this week may have caused grief for commuters and city crews — and prompted a rare closure of all Tri-City public and private schools Tuesday — it provided an opportunity for Jason Porter to do a little sledding in Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park Monday with his son, Brody, 5. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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School District 43 trustees will continue to be the highest paid school board politicians in B.C. after a salary hike in January, although the tax man will take most of the increase.

SD43 trustees’ salaries are automatically adjusted Jan. 1 based on the average pay of Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam councillors — but not those in Anmore and Belcarra, which trustees also serve — and this year, the jump is significant, with trustees’ annual remuneration rising from $43,236 to $51,294.

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indemnity as a result of new federal tax rules will result in a net increase of about 2%, according to school board officials.

The higher salary is due to hikes Tri-City councillors made in their pay so they wouldn’t be penalized by the loss of the tax exemption.

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IN THE COLD, REMEMBER THE HUMMINGBIRDS Don’t let your hummingbird feeders freeze, warns the BC Wildlife Rescue Association, which has taken a number of starving hummingbirds into care this week. The birds are arriving with low blood sugar as they can’t access the nectar that sustains them through the winter months because it’s frozen.

People with hummingbird feeders at their homes are being asked to switch out their feeders every morning so the nectar isn’t frozen, or install a feeder warmer. In recent years, the number of Anna’s hummingbirds wintering in the Tri-Cities has quadrupled, to 115 last year, according to annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count numbers, so it’s even more important to replenish frozen feeders with warm nectar. JON LAVOIE/thEmOmENtItcLIcks.cA

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Coquitlam needs snow angels — live ones, not the shapes kids create with their arms and legs.

The city-run Snow Angels program connects volunteers to people who can’t clear their sidewalks due to a physical disability or restriction, or age.

But city spokesperson Kathleen Vincent said this week there’s been more demand than there have been volunteers come forward.

While the city has bylaws requiring residents to keep their walks clear, as of Tuesday afternoon, only five complaints had been received “and to the best of my knowledge we haven’t ticketed anybody,” said Vincent. For more information, go to coquitlam.ca/public-safety/winter-wise/snow-angels.

FRAUDS & SCAMS

Two fraud/scam sessions planned Education programs for seniors and newcomers to Canada

“If you’re a newcomer to Canada, you are probably more vulnerable than somebody who is raised here.”

DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Police and local agencies are educating Tri-City residents, including seniors and newcomers, about how to protect themselves against frauds and scams.

From the Chinese arrest scam to the bogus Canada Revenue Agency threat for non-payment of taxes, thousands of Canadians are targeted by international fraudsters every day and Tri-City residents are not immune.

By phone, text and email, scam artists are trying to extract cash, gift cards and even crypto currency from unsuspecting

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Phone scams often target older adults and new immigrants to Canada, say authorities. IstOck PhOtO

individuals, many of them trusting seniors or newcomers to Canada who are unsure of local laws and agencies.

“If you’re a newcomer to Canada, you are probably more vulnerable than somebody who is raised here, and a lot of elderly are potential victims,” said Ann Johannes, co-ordi-

nator of the Tri-Cities Literacy Committee, whose agency is hosting a scam-prevention workshop for newcomers and seniors next Friday.

Her group works with organizations responsible for English language instruction for newcomers and will be hosting the Feb. 22 workshop

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to explain how to avoid being victimized.

Meanwhile, Coquitlam RCMP community police stations are planning their own fraud talk March 19. Topics that will be discussed include: how

to protect yourself from identify theft; how to spot a scam; what to do if you’ve fallen for a scam; and how to stay safe when shopping online.

The event, which runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at The Outlet, 1100-2253 McAllister Ave., Port Coquitlam, is free to attend but you must register by emailing coquitlam_cps@rcmp-grc. gc.ca or calling 604-945-1586.

Both events follow an education effort by the Coquitlam RCMP to warn people about scams. In January, the local police force issued its top five list of the most prevalent scams targeting Canadians.

They include the Canada Revenue Agency scam, which usually involves an offshore caller claiming that taxes are owing and must be paid immediately in Bitcoin or gift cards.

Another scam involving overseas calls is what police

refer to as the Chinese arrest scam. In these instances, a victim receives a call, usually in Mandarin or Cantonese, and are told there is a warrant for their arrest in China.

Identity theft is also common and residents should be careful about where they leave their personal information and documents and collect their mail regularly. Identity fraud resulting from theft from a vehicle is also common.

Police also warn of fraudulent vehicle purchases and pyramid schemes involving the payment of cash as gifts with the promise of large payouts.

Johannes said the RCMP will be delivering the Feb. 22 talk from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in council chambers at Coquitlam city hall, 3000 Guildford Way. The talk is free but people should RSVP to tricitiesliteracy@gmail. com.

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FEBRUARY 14 – 20 CALENDAR Friday, Feb. 15 Pro-D Day Toonie Skate coquitlam.ca/signmeup February Exhibitions Opening Reception at Place des Arts placedesarts.ca

Saturday, Feb. 16 Park Spark Family Day coquitlam.ca/parkspark

Monday, Feb. 18 Family Day Storytime coqlibrary.ca Family Day Toonie Skate coquitlam.ca/pslc

Tuesday, Feb. 19 Smiling Creek Housing Updates Information Session coquitlam.ca/burkemtn

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Housing Choices Review

Smiling Creek Info Session

The City is looking at ways to provide a wider range of housing options in existing Housing Choices neighbourhoods – and you are invited to share your feedback on options being considered through the Housing Choices Review. Feedback from spring 2018 indicated that affordable, family-friendly options are important, while the existing neighbourhood character is also valued. There are three ways to participate and share your feedback:

Coquitlam is hosting a Public Information Session on Tuesday, Feb. 19 from 6 – 9 p.m. at Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr. to share plans for the Smiling Creek neighbourhood on Burke Mountain. The City as the landowner has submitted an Official Community Plan (OCP) amendment, rezoning, and subdivision application for the property near the corner of David Avenue and Riley Street. These changes will allow for: Y

development of family-oriented townhomes adjacent to Riley Park;

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housing more suitable for the steep-sloped terrain in this area; and

1. Complete a survey between Feb. 15 and March 17

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consistency with surrounding housing development.

2. Attend a Community Information Session on Wednesday, March 13, 5 – 8 p.m. at Place Maillardville Community Centre, 1200 Cartier Ave.

Those attending the Info Session can ask questions of City staff, learn about plans for other City-owned lands on Burke Mountain and provide input. Unable to attend? Presentation materials are available online as of Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Visit coquitlam.ca/burkemtn.

3. Visit one of our Pop-Up Booths: • Sunday, Feb. 17, 2 – 4 p.m. at Place des Arts, 1120 Brunette Ave. • Monday, Feb. 18, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.at Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex, 633 Poirier St. • Sunday, March 10, 2 – 6 p.m. at Safeway Burquitlam, 580 Clarke Rd. Staff is also recommending Council consider an interim square footage cap of 5,500 square feet for new single-family homes in Southwest Coquitlam.

A Public Hearing to discuss this option will be held on March 4, 2019. A full Southwest Housing Review is planned for later in 2019. coquitlam.ca/housingchoicesreview

FITNESS & FUN

Family Day Fun We’ve got lots of great activities planned on Family Day and, best of all, many are free! Some of our community centres will be family fun zones with juggling, bouncy castles, crafts, popcorn and gym games during the weekend. On Monday, Feb. 18, we have a Toonie Skate for all ages, and both City Centre Aquatic Complex and Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex have swims from 1 – 3 p.m.

Visit coquitlam.ca/familyday for a complete weekend schedule. Have fun!

Riley Park, located on Burke Mountain.

DID YOU KNOW?

New Bylaw for Location of Mechanical Equipment Coquitlam Council recently approved a Zoning Bylaw Amendment to limit the location of exterior mechanical equipment and vent terminals for central heating and cooling equipment in residential, interior side yards. Homes built after January 2019, or new exterior equipment being added, must have the equipment located an additional 1 metre from the applicable setback for that residential zone. If that location does not work due to space limitations, the equipment can be installed in the front or rear yard. These new regulations apply to all residential structures including duplexes, triplexes and four-plexes but not multi-family townhomes and condominiums. Visit coquitlam.ca/mechanical for more detailed information.

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S TA N D A L O N E E AT E RY O K ’ D F O R M A L L A Cactus Club restaurant is coming to the Coquitlam Centre mall parking lot. Coquitlam city council approved Monday a development permit for the restaurant chain to build a 10,130-sq. ft. standalone eatery at the south end of the mall property, facing the Barnet Highway. Although the mall’s managers, Morguard Investments, recently announced redevelopment plans for the 54-acre site, the restaurant will be located in an area it doesn’t anticipate developing for another 20 years, according to a city staff report. Morguard is in the initial stages of applying to begin a massive redevelopment including up to nine towers on 16 acres in the northeast corner of its land. The plans for the restaurant include a fourseason patio along the west side of the building. Despite the loss of 85 parking spots, the report said Coquitlam Centre would be left with 2,500 stalls. The city’s director of development services, George Fujii, told council preliminary discussions have begun for similar buildings on the west side of Coquitlam Centre but the names of prospective tenants have not been shared with the city.

SOUTHWEST COQUITLAM

First step to limiting house sizes in SW First reading to bylaw setting limit at 5,500 square feet

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Coquitlam is looking to put a big bite out of big house building in the southwest corner of the city.

While it reviews what to do in the long run, the city is going to start by immediately limiting new homes in the area to 5,500 square feet.

Although several council members said 5,500 sq. ft. was large, according to a staff report, the proposed limitation would have actually eliminated 45% of the building permit applications made in the last three years.

The city received 391 applications for the area between

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2016 and 2018, with 175 of them exceeding 5,500 sq. ft., according to a staff report; 31 were more than 7,000 sq. ft. and several were in excess of 8,000 sq. ft.

“This large-home issue has really blown up, it’s come to the fore,” said Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s general manager of planning and development, at Monday’s council meeting.

“Eventually, we have to come back with a longer-term fix.”

Coun. Dennis Marsden was one of those surprised to find out how many building permit applications were for

homes 5,500 sq. ft. or larger.

“That’s just well beyond where we need to be,” said Marsden. “Let’s call them what they are, and that’s illegal apartment buildings. We need to put a halt to that.”

The 5,500-sq. ft. maximum includes basements but does not include attached garages, which can be up to 400 sq. ft.

According to the report, the aim of limiting house sizes is to encourage smaller, more affordable projects to be built such as duplexes, triplexes or quadruplexes.

The cap is also meant to put a stop to the frequent creation of impermissible suites inside

the large homes.

Council approved first reading of a bylaw to immediately limit the size of the area’s homes.

The report noted all completed applications prior to the bylaw being adopted will be exempt from the temporary restriction.

Public consultation reviewing the area’s housing choices program will begin in the spring. The staff report recommended considering reducing the minimum lot dimensions, encouraging attached units, developing multiplex zones and pre-approved plans be part of the housing choices review.

“This is a chance to do what a lot of residents have been asking for. They’ve been worrying about the character of the neighbourhood with all of the changes,” said Coun. Craig Hodge.

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FEBRUARY 18

Family Day

Many of Coquitlam’s facility have holiday operating hours or may be closed on Monday, Feb. 18 for Family Day. If you require emergency assistance regarding water, sewer or roads, please call 604-927-3500.

Centennial Activity Centre

Closed

Glen Pine Pavilion

Closed

Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

(Office: Closed)

City Centre Aquatic Complex Women’s Swim

10:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.

8 – 10 a.m.

Pinetree Community Centre

Closed

Summit Community Centre

Closed

Coquitlam Animal Centre

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Poirier Community Centre

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Family Day event

Smiling Creek Community Centre Closed

City Hall

Closed

Poirier Forum

Closed (Rentals only)

Town Centre Recycling Depot

Closed

Dogwood Pavilion

Closed

Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex

8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Victoria Community Hall

Closed (Rentals only)

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Public Input Opportunity

Development Variance Permit

Public Input Opportunity

Development Variance Permit

Development Variance Permit No. DVP00063

Development Variance Permit No. DVP00062

PUBLIC INPUT

A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of varying parking requirements to facilitate an expansion of the lounge seating capacity from 25 seats to 50 seats.

6 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

6 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

GIVE YOUR INPUT

GIVE YOUR INPUT

All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the input opportunity.

Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public input opportunity.

CITY HALL 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

PUBLIC INPUT

A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of varying parking requirements to facilitate an expansion of the lounge seating capacity from 25 seats to 50 seats.

Legal:

#402 - 1485 COAST MERIDIAN ROAD: Lot 2, Block 6N, Section 19, Range 1E, District Lot 231, New West District, Plan NWP74069 Group 1, Except Plan LMP20530.

Inspection of documents: Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed development variance permit, a larger drawing and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on February 26, 2019.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 I corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the input opportunity.

Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public input opportunity.

CITY HALL 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

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#2140 - 550 SHERLING AVENUE: Lot 8, Block 6N, Section 9, Range 1E, New West District, Plan EPS1413 Part NR 1/4, together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit entitlement of the strata lot as shown on form V.

Inspection of documents: Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed development variance permit, a larger drawing and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on February 26, 2019.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 I corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

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Public Input Opportunity

Development Variance Permit

Public Input Opportunity

Development Variance Permit

Development Variance Permit No. DVP00064

PUBLIC INPUT

A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of varying parking requirements to facilitate an expansion of the lounge seating capacity from 25 seats to 50 seats.

6 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public input opportunity.

CITY HALL 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of varying the underground servicing requirements to allow for a proposed 4-lot subdivision.

PUBLIC INPUT 6 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

GIVE YOUR INPUT

All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the input opportunity.

Development Variance Permit No. DVP00060

GIVE YOUR INPUT

Legal:

#2150 - 570 SHERLING AVENUE: Lot 12, Section 9, Range 1E, New West District, Plan EPS4289 together with an interest in the common property in proportion to the unit.

Inspection of documents: Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed development variance permit, a larger drawing and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on February 26, 2019.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 I corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the input opportunity.

Legal:

Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public input opportunity.

Inspection of documents:

CITY HALL 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

LOT 3, DISTRICT LOT 232, NEW WEST DISTRICT, PLAN NWP78538 GROUP 1 AND LOT 177, DISTRICT LOT 232, NEW WEST DISTRICT, PLAN NWP25347

Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed development variance permit, a larger drawing and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on February 26, 2019.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 • corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

portcoquitlam.ca/publichearings

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On the east side of Elks Park in downtown Port Coquitlam are 38 plots for organic gardening.

There, members of the Port Coquitlam Community Garden Society plant mostly vegetables: potatoes, beans, beets, carrots, rhubarb and garlic, to name a few items.

Formed in 1996 under a licensing agreement with the city by a committee made up of Bill Herbst, then a city parks foreman; Anne Pynenburg, in the city’s engineering department; and Pippa Van Velzen, who at the time was the PoCo Garden Club president, the urban garden has thrived with little turnover in the years since.

In 2014, the city opened another community garden nearby at Central Park to mark the city’s centennial year and to meet demand from the number of residents filling up the new apartment blocks in the core.

Now, city officials have plans to establish two more community gardens to help residents with no land to grow.

And judging by the response at the current two sites, Herbst predicts, they’ll likely have long

Bill Herbst is the president of the Port Coquitlam Community Garden, located on Mary Hill Road. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

waiting lists, too.

Doug Rose, PoCo’s section manager of parks, said the next community garden will be near the Hyde Creek community centre (the city is now calling for volunteers to form a garden society) while a fourth location is expected to open next year, somewhere in the city.

Around the Tri-Cities, the interest for gardening on public land is strong with wait lists for nearly every plot.

In Port Moody, there’s a community garden next to the police station and off Murray Street and, in Coquitlam, there are community gardens at Colony Farm regional park (on Metro Vancouver prop-

erty); at Eagle Ridge Park; at the Inspiration Garden in Town Centre Park; and in Burquitlam. Last spring, the city of Coquitlam launched another community garden for northeast residents at Burke Mountain Pioneer Park and there’s a strategy to expand the stock, said Kathleen Reinheimer, Coquitlam’s parks manager.

Besides food security, community gardens also provide an outlet for physical activity and can link gardeners with neighbours; some participants also donate their produce to the Share food bank.

At the PoCo Community Garden, Herbst said he has 21 people wanting to join but pri-

ority is given to PoCo residents living in multi-family homes.

And with more such units rising around the under-construction PoCo rec complex, he anticipates his wait list to get longer.

PoCo Coun. Laura Dupont said she would also like to see the city set aside funding to create urban areas with specific nectar- and pollenproducing plants to attract pollinating insects and birds. “For a city of almost 60,000 people, we have very little in the way of community gardens so I see a big opportunity to work to produce more local food to keep Port Coquitlam a healthy city,� Dupont said. “Providing vital habitat for our

Residents of the Tri-Cities aren’t the most wasteful in Metro Vancouver. But they’re not exactly shining practitioners of recycling, reusing and composting either.

And amongst locals, PoCo has the biggest numbers.

In a report produced by Vancity credit union that ranks the amount of garbage produced by Metro Vancouver municipalities, as well as other regions in the province, and how the province compares to other parts of Canada, residents of Delta are the most wasteful. The average single-family household there produced 465 kilograms in 2017, according to municipal waste disposal data and Statistics Canada population data.

Residents in Port Coquitlam ranked fifth in Metro Vancouver, disposing of 356 kilograms of waste per singlefamily household, just a little more than Coquitlam’s 349 kg per household. The average single-family residence in Port Moody threw away 322 kg.

In total, said the report, Metro Vancouver municipalities produce more than half of the solid waste in the province.

On the upside, Metro Vancouver diverts more of its waste away from landfills than any other major city in Canada.

According to the report, 62% of solid waste that was generated in the region in 2016 didn’t end up in the landfill because it was recycled or composted. Edmonton, on the other hand, managed to divert only 36% of its solid waste.

Still, said the report, at the current rate at which garbage is produced and thrown away, Metro Vancouver’s single landfill site, which is located in Delta, will be full in 2031. “These rates are simply unsustainable,â€? said the report, adding residents need to be less wasteful of food, compost more, as well as reuse and repurpose things like clothing, which accounts for 2% of the region’s garbage. • The full report can be found at www.vancity.com. pollinator species, which are in rapid decline, also makes so much sense for our long term

health and well being.� “The need is clearly there,� she said.

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Meetings of some Port Moody committees will return to council chambers in the Inlet Theatre, where they can be live-streamed and video archived for later viewing.

At its meeting Tuesday, Port Moody council decided meetings of the city’s finance committee, community planning advisory committee and committee of the whole will be held in their former venue for the coming year after they had been relocated to the smaller confines of the Brovold Room since the beginning of January.

Meanwhile, city staff will continue to explore options to allow video streaming and archiving from the Brovold Room as well. A staff report tabled at Tuesday’s meeting said a single static camera, along with a omni-directional microphone for audio, could be installed for less than $6,500.

In a report to council, Coun.

Diana Dilworth called the decision to hold committee meetings in the circular venue that is not currently equipped for video streaming or recording “an arbitrary one made by the mayor” that drove council backwards in one of its desired goals

to build relationships “through transparency and integrity.”

Mayor Rob Vagramov concurred moving the meetings was “a slight step back for transparency” but said he directed the move to “create a space that was a little less intense” to encourage better discussion and debate. He also said the expense of staffing a technician to manage the livestream and subsequent digital archive, which he estimated to be $800 per meeting, isn’t justified by the few people who access them.

Statistics compiled by city staff and included in Dilworth’s report show meetings of the finance committee in 2018, for example, were watched live by an average of 34 viewers and by 274 viewers through the archive.

Coun. Zoe Royer said aside from the technical limitations of the Brovold Room, the venue isn’t large enough to accommodate some of the crowds that can attend committee meetings, especially when contentious issues like the city’s budget or development plans are being discussed.

Newly-elected councillor Amy Lubik said while she appreciates the informality of the Brovold Room, she values the transparency that comes from having a permanent video record of meetings.

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Cannabis users in Port Moody are going to have to wait a little longer before they can buy their bud locally.

At its meeting Tuesday, Port Moody council deferred a decision on how the city will regulate the establishment of cannabis retail stores in the city until they can further discuss the issue in a meeting of the committee of the whole.

A staff report presented to council recommended the city allow pot shops.

The report, authored by Port Moody’s policy planner, Jess Daniels, said there should be a 200-metre buffer between such stores and sensitive areas like schools, playgrounds, daycares and community centres, as well as a 500-m distance between the outlets themselves.

But Port Moody Mayor Rob Vagramov said such a buffer might be too onerous, limiting the opportunities for retailers to set up shop.

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“I’m personally much more on the laissez-faire side of this,” he said.

In her report, Daniels said implementing a 500-m buffer between stores would have the effect of capping the number of stores in the city as it would permit only one shop to operate in each of three commercial areas of the city: the Clarke/Elgin street area; the St. Johns/ Williams street area; and the 910- to 916-block of Clarke Road. She said such a buffer could be “easily implemented.”

But Vagramov suggested if the intent of the buffer zones is to cap the number of retailers, then that’s what the city should do, “rather than fake cap it with burdensome buffer zones.”

Several other councillors also cautioned the city shouldn’t be too restrictive.

“It’s a legal substance,” Coun. Meghan Lahti said.

“There’s no reason to be too restrictive on it.”

Others questioned the lack of information from the provincial government on how revenues from retail cannabis shops would be shared with municipalities.

“If Port Moody does not have retail cannabis, do we still get a share of revenue?” said Coun. Diana Dilworth.

In her report, Daniels said 54% of respondents to a recent survey conducted by the city supported retail cannabis stores in Port Moody.

She said 887 surveys were completed, the second highest response to any public

consultation survey the city has ever conducted.

Of the 40% of respondents who said cannabis stores should not be allowed in Port Moody, several worried about the effect such shops would have on the city’s “community feel” and family-friendly nature.

“Let’s not promote all the big-city trends and growth,” one respondent stated.

Daniels said while 76% of the survey’s respondents supported a buffer between retail cannabis store and schools, playgrounds, daycares as well as community centres, the preferred distance ranged from 75 to 300 m, with 38% supporting the latter.

Support for a buffer between cannabis stores was more divided. Daniels said of the 675 responses to that question, 49% supported a buffer, of which more than half wanted it to be 500 m.

And 58% of respondents said they wanted a cap to the number of cannabis stores in the city, with almost a third of them suggesting it should be no more than one.

The report said 10 potential cannabis retailers attended a stakeholder meeting in city hall’s Brovold Room last Nov. 22.

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chool boards don’t deliver the same outrage or draw the same attention that city councils do because they don’t raise taxes.

But that doesn’t mean we should sit quietly while Tri-City school trustees get a substantial pay increase.

School District 43 trustees are paid the average stipend of city councillors in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody — which they serve — though not the much lower pay of village councillors in Anmore and Belcarra — which they also serve.

That they’re paid according to this patently unfair formula is due to a decision made by a previous board of education, not the province, and trustees could easily change this policy.

But who are we kidding?

They won’t take money out of their own pockets.

One trustee, rookie Jennifer Blatherwick of Coquitlam, tried, asking her colleagues last month to add Anmore village councillors’ indemnity to the calculation, which would have cut their salaries by 16%.

Instead, with no vote or explanation, trustees saw their annual pay rise from $43,236 to $51,294 because local city councils had all voted to adjust their pay to accommodate the change in federal government policy that had, for many years, made one third of their pay tax free. With the tax change factored in, SD43 trustees’ pay raise is about 2%.

That may not sound like much but a 2% hike is one many workers, especially those on minimum wage, would like to see.

A further question: Are this

raise and their pay justified?

Tri-City trustees say it is because they are responsible for a large district and a large budget.

But we think comparing trustee work with council work is ridiculous. Trustees have fewer public meetings where decisions are made than do their council counterparts, fewer committee meetings and don’t have to face the music when taxes rise, like cities do, because they are funded by the province. And just compare the size of the council agendas — sometimes in the hundreds of pages — and councillors’ required reading to those of the school board.

It would be more realistic for SD43 trustees to compare their jobs to those of their counterparts in Surrey and Vancouver, whose trustees make much less yet are responsible for considerably more schools, larger

budgets and more students.

It’s also strange that Tri-City trustees didn’t at least ask for a report from staff, as councillors did, on the effects of the federal tax change. Instead, they were silent on this, preferring to rely on the policy of annual adjustments based on council salaries while their council counterparts had to justify their pay hike to voters — and take the heat — when they voted on the adjustment.

We think it’s disingenuous to appear to be disinterested in something that is in fact, important.

If trustees consider themselves equal to Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam councillors — let us be clear: they’re not — they should be equally accountable to the community. That means making decisions like this in public and taking the bouquets or brickbats as they fall.

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The Editor, Re. “School district trustees oppose pay decrease” (The Tri-City News, Jan. 17) and “Trustees are not in same work category as city councillors” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Feb. 7).

I think School District 43 trustees need to hand in a timesheet with details of what work they do and how many hours they spend doing it.

How do we, as taxpayers, know how many hours the trustees really put into their job and what they really do?

Pay raises should also go hand in hand with what

More on this, see PAGe 13 school district employees get for pay raises. If the trustees get a 5% increase, then everyone who works for SD43 — teachers and support staff — should also get a 5% increase in pay.

If the trustees don’t agree with that, then when they think they should get a pay increase, when there is an election, put it on the ballot and allow the people who pay their wage agree to the pay

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Shame on trustees who think they should make more money than other, larger districts while students in classes are going without new or more books. I had to pay $10 for a math package for my son or print my own copies of the math sheets at Terry Fox secondary this year.

There is really something wrong with this picture and I wish people would remember the names of those who voted to increase their pay and refused to revisit how overpaid they are.

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The Editor, In the Austin Heights area of Coquitlam, between Ridgeway and King Albert avenues, there is an admirable collection of modest, well-maintained living units.

They are excellent homes for people who cannot afford million-dollar houses on comfortable lots.

In other words, these units are affordable housing at its best.

Beautiful Blue Mountain Park is close by for people who do not have their own backyards. Shopping and transit are within easily walkable distance.

I hope Coquitlam’s planning department and city council will recognize the

2 WhoLe MinUtes For sPeC tAX ForM The Editor, Gosh, what was all the fuss about?

Listening to BC Liberal (and even a Green) MLAs, I anticipated giving up an evening to complete the exemption form for the new Speculation and Vacancy Tax. One commentator said it was going to be 14 pages long. Another said it would take at least 25 minutes to fill in.

I received the notice in the mail today. It was straightforward to understand and took me two minutes to complete the online form.

If this initiative adds more homes to the rental market or collects some revenue from non-resident owners to be used for more housing, it was worth two minutes of my time.

Kim Manning, Coquitlam social value of these buildings as they exist now and protect them from encroachment by people who want to demol-

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A Pinetree secondary school student is on her way to fulfilling her dream of being a diplomat as she takes part in a junior trade mission to Lima, Peru.

While diplomats around the world are handling increasingly challenging situations, Ananya Pampana wants to use her negotiation and communications skills to make the world a better place.

The 15-year-old says she is passionate about international relations and, to that end, she is participating in the Junior Team Canada Trade and Development Mission to Peru Feb.13 to 22. The program is organized by Global Vision and marks the 75th anniversary of Canadian-

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Peruvian trade relations.

Pampana, who had to finish homework, solicit sponsorships and connect with local businesses and other agencies in preparation for the 10-day trip, said she was excited to be on the upcoming mission.

“As a youth we have a stage, we have a place where we can go where we can put our ideas out there. It’s important that 15-year-olds like me par-

ticipate in the action — this is what I want to do,” Pampana said.

On the trip, she will be promoting student exchanges, meeting with education officials and identifying trade opportunities for Canadian companies and organizations in agriculture, education, finance, clean technology and mining.

Pampana has already made

connections with local businesses that might be interested in trade with Peru when she spoke at the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce gala last month. She’s also not a stranger to international relations, having recently attended the Y20 summit in Argentina as well as the model G20 conference in Boston.

The student, who also fences and is a classical Indian singer in her spare time, is active in the Tri-Cities as vicepresident of the Tri-Cities Rotary International Interact Club. She also attends model UN events in the Lower Mainland.

“I want to be a diplomat one day, this is exactly the path I want to follow,” Pampana said.

• She is still raising funds for her trip and is looking for sponsorships. To connect, email Ananya.violet@gmail. com. Her instagram is @ananyapampana and her Twitter is @AnanyaPampana.

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Last week, the School District 43 board of education approved OAPA, which will be run at the school

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“I think it’s really good to support the students and the path they are on,” said Kerri Palmer-Isaak, an Anmore/ Belcarra trustee.

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Councillors’ pay rose to the following in 2018 to make up for the loss of the CRA exemption according to reports. In Coquitlam, a city councillor earns $68,900; in Port Coquitlam, $43,472 and $40,063 in Port Moody.

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by Coquitlam Trustee Barb Hobson, is now $56,423, up from $46,559, and the vicechair salary will be $53,859, up from $44,602.

SD43’s 2018/19 amended budget approved last week topped out at $380.3 million to run 70 schools with approximately 32,000 students.

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The city’s proposed rezoning is for a property near the corner of David Avenue and Riley Street adjacent to Riley Park. The city says townhouses would be more suitable than single-family homes for the steep-sloped terrain while still providing homes.

A spokesperson said Coquitlam’s strategic initiatives department, which manages land development for the city, will introduce proposed plans for a discovery centre and a café for the neighbourhood.

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The idea to climb Mount Everest came shortly after Brent Seal was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2007.

Then, he had reached what he said was the lowest point of his life; he even attempted suicide.

To counter his illness, though, he focused on a tangible action — one that proved he could do anything he set his mind to.

For the next decade or so, Seal pushed himself both physically and mentally.

He graduated from SFU as the class valedictorian.

He ran ultra-marathons.

He founded Mavrixx, a training agency that aims to redefine mental health.

And, in 2016, he became the first person with schizophrenia to summit the two highest peaks on the north and south American continents. During that time, Seal also co-founded Mind vs Mountain with his climbing colleague James Frystak.

And, last year, the pair set off to the Nepal Himalayas to conquer Seal’s ultimate quest. They documented their Everest adventure with the goal to share with viewers that they, too, can fulfil their dreams — no matter what physical or mental challenge they face.

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Filmmaker and photographer James Frystak and mental health trainer Brent Seal visited the Nepal Himalayas last year; their trek was captured for a documentary, part of which can be seen in Port Moody on Feb. 23 during the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival. vimff

Next Saturday (Feb. 23), the friends will speak about their journey to the base camp — and field questions from the audience after they show Episode 3 from their web series — at the Port Moody edition of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.

Speaking with The TriCity News last Friday, the Vancouver residents touched on their trip, which they plan to repeat next year, and their wish to spread their story.

For Frystak, who hauled cameras, lenses, audio gear, a drone and other equipment

to film at Everest, he knew of Seal’s diagnosis from their first meeting. “He’s an open book. He’s self-aware and very honest,” Frystak said.

Accompanying Seal on his climbs has not raised any issues nor has it required additional training about mental health, Frystak said.

Seal, who takes medication twice a day, said their Everest voyage was relatively smooth though, toward the end, he accidentally ingested highaltitude pills that triggered some symptoms. Seal said Frystak was there to talk him down from his paranoia and

give him time to ride it out.

Both said their Everest experience showed that “mental health no longer has to be a life sentence,” Seal said. “It’s about breaking down barriers and normalizing the conversation about it. It doesn’t have to negatively affect your life and we hope to inspire people so that they, too, can do whatever they want.”

Meanwhile, other flicks showing at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.) for the Mind vs. Mountain series are: Craig’s Reaction; The A.O., which will have its North American premiere; and Women Are Mountains.

VIMFF opens at 2 p.m. on Feb. 23 with the Best of: Mountain Sports series and continues Sunday with Best of: Adventure and, in the evening, the Himalayan Show.

For tickets and the film line-up, visit vimff.org.

Mental health is also in the spotlight when Brendan McLeod takes the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage for Brain and Other Stories, on Sunday (Feb. 17).

In his comedic monologue, titled Brain, McLeod — a former Canadian SLAM and fringe festival champion who found the music group The Fugitives — explores coming of age and his struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder. McLeod was diagnosed with OCD at the age of 18 after battling it for six years.

“I want to get into the bones of it and talk about things that are not regularly talked about,” he said of his 55-minute show, which was launched in 2015. “I want there to be less stigma around mental illness.”

His OCD “has affected my life in a variety of ways and it’s constantly changing, with my thought patterns and relationships,” the Toronto resident said.

For the second half of his show, titled Other Stories, McLeod will play songs, read poems, comment on politics and offer “emotional histrionics,” he said.

For tickets to Brain and Other Stories on Feb. 17, call the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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The pair will drop Feelin’ Low (Shake it Off), a tune that’s on Winsome Kind’s second full-length album, titled We Call It Home, which came out last fall.

Both musicians are wellknown to Vancouver stage audiences: Scott is back in Coquitlam next month for the Arts Club Theatre Company on Tour show, Circle Game, a salute to Joni Mitchell, while Leora recently portrayed Billy’s mom in Billy Elliot, also with the Arts Club Theatre.

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Rumba Calzada at school gala Student musicians at Gleneagle secondary want to turn a disappointment into a celebration for the Coquitlam school’s 11th annual jazz gala.

Last week, teacher Ed Trovato broke the news the eight students and staff from the National School of the Arts in Havana, Cuba, wouldn’t be coming as their visas were denied at the last minute.

Trovato, who with the teens had fundraised and organized documents and accommodation for the eight musicians to travel to Canada, quickly got on the phone to arrange another guest act.

That’s when Gleneagle graduate Raphael Geronimo came to the rescue, calling on his Rumba Calzada bandmates to step in.

“We were very lucky they were available,” said Trovato, who taught Geromino.

“They’ve even got a singer from Cuba for the show.”

The Juno award-nominated band will play for an hour at the Feb. 23 gala as well as with the Gleneagle jazz band for their set; the school vocal jazz choir will also have the stage

Lotrell Catering as well as an opportunity to bid on silent auction prizes (businesses can donate by emailing susanmhackett@gmail.com).

Gala tickets at $50 will be available until Feb. 18. Visit gleneagle.org or call the school (1195 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam) at 604-464-5793.

Meanwhile, Trovato said the funds collected to host the Cuban guests will be spent on instruments and other music gear, which 85 Gleneagle students will take to the Caribbean country next month, during spring break, and leave for those students.

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Gleneagle secondary teacher Ed Trovato (left) with his vocal jazz ensemble, which performs Feb. 23. janis cleugh phOTO

for a few songs including Fly Me to the Moon, Desafinado and Over the Rainbow.

Vocal jazz student Jeffery Guo, 17, said this will be his third time singing in the school gala. “It’s great because it gives us performance experience,” he said.

Added fellow Grade 12

student Jobina Sitoh, “Mr. Trovato says the memories we make now will be us for the rest of our lives… we love sharing music because it brings us together.”

Last year’s gala brought in about $3,600 for the Gleneagle music program. This year’s event will see food served by

A parent committee at Dr. Charles Best secondary will turn the Coquitlam high school into a scene from France when they host An Evening in Paris next month.

The 20th annual dinner and dance on March 2 is a fundraiser for graduation celebrations for next year’s Grade 12 class, in 2020.

Tickets at $45 can be purchased online at sd43.schoolcashonline.com.

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Children in kindergarten to Grade 5 can take visual arts and performing arts classes — with nature as the focus — from 9 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.

Parents of students in Grade 2 and below can choose one of three blocks while those in grades 3 to 5 have two blocks available — both of which run the full day. To sign up, call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.

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Port Moody’s Shaelyn Johnston will produce a short film for Storyhive’s inaugural Indigenous Storyteller Edition.

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Hers is a family story that spans the world, from Germany to Vietnam.

But Canada is at the heart of Ella Benndorf’s pioneer tales.

It’s the country where her German-Catholic parents moved to in 1927 and, 24 years later, her husband, Walter, a Lufthansa navigator in the Second World War. It’s also the country that allowed her folks to find success and Walter to rise as one of Canada’s best-known businessmen.

Benndorf, a longtime Coquitlam resident, spent decades scribbling down their stories “during kitchen chats,” she said, to preserve for future generations.

And, this month, Benndorf was able to get her three books into the Coquitlam Public Library for others to read about their respective climbs.

Walter Benndorf: The Moulding of a GermanCanadian came out in 2017 via WhatWorks Media while the biography about her mom, titled Aloisia, the Making of a Frontier Woman, and a collection of short stories, Aloisia’s New Beginnings & Other Stories, were published last year.

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“I wanted to write them to show how difficult it is to be an immigrant,” Benndorf told The Tri-City News. “Before they were pioneers, they struggled at home. They loved Canada for helping them to escape.”

Her mother, Aloisia, grew up tough on a family farm in her native Germany.

The youngest of 12 children, her father encouraged her to follow in his footsteps as a beekeeper.

But it was at agricultural school she met a German naval officer, a signaller who in 1919 would be part of the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in Scotland.

The couple married and, soon, Aloisia was bound for Canada with suitcases filled with rugs, a sewing machine and other household items; however, her groom’s choice for their first martial home turned out to be a shack on 33 acres outside of Nelson, on

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land that wasn’t farmable.

With what little money they had, Benndorf’s father bought a horse that he used to log the cedar trees on their property.

And with their substantial profit of $2,000, the couple relocated to a dairy farm outside of Chilliwack, where they also kept bees and sold honey.

Benndorf was young when her parents split and Aloisia moved their two girls to New Westminster, where she ran a boarding house. Benndorf was only 16 when Walter came walking in with another German immigrant, in 1951.

By then, the engineer — who had come to Canada with two cardboard suitcases looking for work at the Boeing plant that, by then, had already moved to Seattle, Wash.

— had been a prisoner of war three times.

Aloisia was immediately taken with him as he hailed from the same country, talked the same language and was handy around her home.

But Benndorf had other suitors, too, and she wasn’t interested in pairing with a man 13 years her senior. “You will always regret it if you don’t marry me,” he told her.

The two hitched, had two children and enjoyed 54 years of wedded bliss.

Benndorf said her husband made the most of his life. “I don’t know any other man who has done as much as him,” she remembered.

Because he had worked in Germany for Adler — a factory that produced bicycles, typewriters, motorcycles and cars — he was smart with repairing and servicing.

Walter opened his first business in 1955, Westminster Office Machine Service, at 517 Sixth Ave., in New

Westminster; Benndorf’s mother helped with the storefront display.

He built his reputation by selling service contracts with every typewriter and office machine he sold, she said.

Soon, Walter was selling office furniture and was expanding his company — even obtaining the exclusive dealership for Olympia typewriters. He also bought an established typewriter business in Toronto.

However, by 1966, Walter wanted to redesign typewriters using plastic materials and made prototypes.

That idea didn’t pan out and Benndorf rebranded his company, purchasing injection moulding machines and manufactured plastic bucket seats for schools and traffic cones, among other things.

Business boomed and, by 1969, he had Benndorf Industries Ltd. and a factory in Guelph, Ont. He travelled the country to make sales to governments and department stores; his company also had a catchy radio jingle: “You got the B-E-double N.” Still, Benndorf said her husband’s greatest joy was spending time with their granddaughter, Ella, whom their daughter adopted from Vietnam. “On the morning of May 25, 2014,” she writes, “Walter phoned little Ella to wish her a happy birthday, and that evening, at the age of 89, Walter died at home of a sudden heart attack. He never know what happened and that is how he always said he wanted to leave this world.”

Benndorf added, “His life was a life of overcoming difficulties. The same for my mom and I thought it was important to recognize that.”

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Glass art inspired by artist’s quiet Coq. neighbourhood Northwest Light and Colour is the name for the new exhibit by members of Terminal City Glass, which saw its opening at the Port Moody Arts Centre last night (Wednesday). Among the co-operative studio’s 200 members is Coquitlam resident Maria Batista, who started blowing glass at a TCG weekend event four years ago; last month, she returned home from workshops at the renowned Corning Museum of Glass in New York. “Working with hot molten glass is complex, challenging, versatile, dangerous, exciting and rewarding all at the same time. This is what keeps me coming back to glass again and again,” she writes in her artist statement. Her latest collection, Between Forest and Sea, is inspired by her quiet Coquitlam neighbourhood. port moody arts centre

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But they can also provide an opportunity for miscommunication, misunderstanding and even sexual assault.

That doesn’t have to happen, say two Terry Fox high secondary students who created a buddy system for their school’s winter dance.

Mia Crawford and Dena Yazdaniha said they were inspired by a discussion of consent culture in their Social Justice 12 class and decided to come up with a way to make sure all students could attend the school dance without worrying about potential problems.

Consent culture is becoming more well known in popular culture and is being promoted as a way to create positive relationships and environments, said their teacher, Ryan Cho. Asking for consent before a physical relationship — or

Mia Crawford and Dena Yazdaniha show off the glow-in-the-dark bracelets used at a recent dance to connect students who are feeling anxious or uncomfortable with buddies who can support them. Diane StranDberg/tHe tri-City newS

before hugging or touching a colleague, a relative, friend or stranger — is a way to respect personal and emotional boundaries, and prevent problems from occurring.

The BC Teachers’ Federation is promoting a cul-

ture of consent and recently voted to advance it in unions, schools and communities.

“That means providing members with strategies and resources to educate students about the necessity of consent; how to address inap-

propriate comments, gestures and physical contact; ways to interrupt harassment; and how to serve as effective allies for others,” BCTF president Glen Hansman said in his presidential message last year.

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doesn’t have a sexual harassment problem, Crawford and Yazdaniha say, but the students wanted to create a culture of respect for one another.

“It’s really about setting a positive tone,” Crawford said.

As the dance was being planned, students placed posters around the common areas letting people know there would be “buddies” who would be available to support them if they felt uncomfortable.

As many as 18 people, including two teachers, volunteered to be buddies and wore glow-in-the-dark bracelets to indicate they were part of the support system. A quiet room was also set up so students could chill out in a safe environment.

“We just want to make sure everyone feels comfortable and safe if they choose to go to the dance,” Yazdaniha said.

Cho said he was proud of the student initiative, which

could be a model for future dances in the district and at other schools.

His students took on a number of social justice projects this year and Cho said he was impressed at the timeliness of many of the initiatives as the students took on various causes.

“They inspire themselves,” he said. “I help give them the information they need to see the world differently and support them in finding their own voice.”

Among the other Social Justice 12 student projects were an original song about climate change, social media projects to engage students in social justice projects, poverty work, a clothing drive, a garbage clean-up, and surveys and interviews about other important issues; one student interviewed her dad and her brother to explore and contrast their experience of being black men of different generations living in Canada.

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Parents with restless children now have something more than tablets and smartphones to keep their kids busy when visiting Tri-City businesses.

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Some of the letters to the world “library” are missing and families sometimes take books to read at home and bring new ones back.

“You unplug and connect with your family while waiting for your food,” said Setiaputra, who is also a member of the Family Friendly Business Working Group of the region’s Early Childhood Development Committee. Since having a son, Setiaputra is much more attuned to family needs and

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• More reading boxes for businesses are available. To acquire one, contact the Tri-Cities Literacy Committee at tricitiesliteracy@gmail.com or by phone at 604-726-2745; more info: www.tricitiesliteracy.ca.

Ayrien Setiaputra, manager of Taco Del Mar in PoCo, with a reading box of books that children can borrow while waiting for their meal. DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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• Family Day storytime: Parents and kids of all ages are invited to try games and activities to celebrate Literacy Day Monday, Feb. 18, 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the City Centre branch in Rooms 136 and 137.

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rated PG). The movie will screen from 1:30 to 3:40 p.m. at both the Poirier and City Centre branches. Registration not required — just drop in.

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20s and 30s, the sooner you begin to take proactive steps to prevent the negative effects of aging, the better off you will be as you proceed along the age continuum. This session is set for Feb. 21, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Call or visit the library to register • Stuffie sleepover: Ever wonder what your stuffed animals do when you’re not around? Come to stuffed animal storytime and tuck your stuffie in for a night at the library. Follow librarians’ updates on the library’s Facebook page to see what shenanigans they get up to. This runs Feb. 20, 6:15 to 7 p.m. — drop-in.

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Then come and learn the basics of coding featuring new Ozobots (interactive robots) March 9, 1 to 3 p.m. This is for kids ages 10 to 13 years. Call or visit the library to register.

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Pro-D, Family Day long weekend Harry Potter Day in PoMo & Mardi Gras jazz show in Coq.

matinee) at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Call 604927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Roll up your sleeves to help volunteers with the Port Moody Ecological Society as they pull invasive plants from around the Noons Creek hatchery (behind the PoMo recreation complex, 300 Ioco Rd.) from 9 to 11 a.m. Register by calling 604-469-9106 or email portmoodyecologicalsociety@hotmail.com. Visit noonscreek.org.

PIANO MARKS

Young pianists are converging at Trinity United Church (2211 Prairie Ave., Port Coquitlam) for the CDMF Performing Arts Festival, a regional gathering that sees many winners sent up to represent the organization at the provincials. It runs today from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. Visit cdmffestival.ca.

PRO-D FUN

Be active on Pro-D Day and head over to the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam) for a spin around the rink, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. or 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. The cost at $2 includes rentals. Also, at Summit community centre (1450 Parkway Blvd., Coquitlam), the city hosts a day at the circus. No cost. Visit coquitlam.ca.

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NESTING BOXES

Drop into Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) from 7 to 9 p.m. to see the opening of three new displays: Belonging: Treasured Pieces of Our Past by the Coquitlam Heritage Society (above); Wildlife Friends by painter Ronald George Straight; and Fashion & Hats! by members of My Artist’s Corner. The reception is free. Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca. coquitlam heritage society photo

It’s the last day for Centennial secondary’s 9 to 5, a PG-13 musical directed by Lisa Boddez with Carole Baker leading the pit orchestra. The 1 p.m. matinee at the school (570 Poirier St., Coquitlam) is $10 per ticket while tonight’s performance is $16/$13 via

CentTheatre.com.

IN THE COUNTRY

Wholehearted Musical Productions presents Understood Betsy, a show by Coquitlam’s Caroline Forsyth on tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (with a Saturday

BURNABY’S NEWEST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IS NOW OPEN AND READY TO WELCOME YOU!

Last week it was Minnekhada regional park and DeBoville Slough.

Today, members of the Burke Mountain Naturalists will tackle nesting boxes at Colony Farm regional park in Coquitlam, for cleaning and inspection. Meet at the parking lot at the end of Colony Farm Road, near the community gardens. Email votton@sfu.ca to volunteer. Visit burkemountainnaturalists.ca.

GREEN THUMBS

It’s the Park Spark Family Day at Town Centre Park (1299

Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) where city staff and volunteers will be offering gardening tips and swapping seeds, from 10 a.m. to noon near the playground. No cost for admission. Visit coquitlam.ca.

SCRUB A DUB

Make soaps with herbs, spices and scents with the Coquitlam Heritage Society and instructor Cheryl Theilade, from noon to 3 p.m. at Mackin House (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam).

Registration is open for $40 via coquitlamheritage.ca.

WIZARDS UNITE

It’s Harry Potter Day at the Port Moody Public Library (100 Newport Dr.) and young readers can make a wand, potions and compete — in houses — in a trivia contest, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. To register, call 604-469-4577.

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Layer, colour and draw on acetate sheets to create a photo-filter inspired artwork during the Westminster Savings Family Day, in the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) from 1 to 4 p.m.; a gallery tour is at 1:30 p.m. to view Emerging Talent 22, the annual Grade 12 art exhibit that

closes Sunday. Visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

AUTHOR MEET

North Vancouver author Linden Carroll signs copies of her book, Olive, at Chapters (2991 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam) from 1 to 3 p.m.

Call 604-464-2558.

NEW ORLEANS

The Creole Jazz Band returns to the King of Life Lutheran Church (1198 Falcon Dr., Coquitlam) to light up the audience with sounds of New Orleans — just before the annual Mardi Gras celebrations.

The show starts at 7:30 p.m. and entry is $15 at the door or via creolejazzband.yapsody. com (use TCN as a discount code for tickets). Visit creolejazzband.com.

SALSA TONIGHT

Get out of the cold and into the rehearsal hall of the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) where the Hot Salsa Dance Zone will have its weekly lesson at 8 p.m. — and party from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. — featuring Latin dance sounds. Admission is $10.

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Sunday BUZZ BUZZ

Veronica Wahl from the Institute of Urban Ecology at Douglas College leads a workshop about how to care for mason bees, at 10:30 a.m. and at noon at the Port Moody Winter Farmers Market, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.). To register at $10 per person, visit makebakegrow.com.

FAMiLY CRAFts

Kids can use paints and other art supplies to create animal art like Ronald George Straight, an exhibiting artist this month at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam), during Family Day at PdA; the event runs from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is free but register at brownpapertickets.com. Call 604-6641636 or visit placedesarts.ca.

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ing a free Family Day yoga class at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam) from 3 to 4 p.m. The class is open to kids aged seven and up. A free yoga session will also be held at the Smiling Creek Activity Centre (3456 Princeton Ave., Coquitlam) at 10 a.m. Visit coquitlam.ca for more details.

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champion Brendan McLeod — a Toronto-based writer, performer and musician — delivers Brain and Other Stories, a two-part show about coming of age, mental illness and mindfulness, at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 7:30 p.m. as part of its Variety Series. Call the box office at 604-927-6555 or go online at evergreenculturalcentre.ca for tickets.

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OUT & ABOUT CALENDAR FRIDAY, FEB. 15 • Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets at 7 p.m. at its new location, 3rd floor, Safeway, 580 Clarke Rd., Coquitlam (take elevator to 3rd floor from underground parking or surface parking, turn right to the community room). New members welcome. Directions & info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

• The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ singles and couples who are looking to meet new friends and participate in social events such as walking, dancing, dining out, travel, theatre, etc., meets, 7 p.m., PoCo Legion, 133–2675 Shaughnessy St., to plan events.

Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• Treasured Pieces of our Past opening reception, Place Des Arts, 1120 Brunette Ave., 7-9 p.m. Members of our community have shared the objects and skills that they treasure and will pass on to future generations.

SATURDAY, FEB. 16 • Port Moody Ecological Society needs volunteers to assist with the removal of invasive plant species every Saturday in February, 9-11 a.m. Volunteers will get outside and become familiar with the work the society does. Dress appropriately for weather; training, tools, coffee and snacks provided. Email or call to register your name: portmoodyecologicalsociety@ hotmail.com or 604-469-9106

FEB. 16: STANLEY PARK ARCHEOLOGY

• CFUW-Coquitlam (University Women’s Club) hosts speaker Stan Copp of Langara College, who will speak about his recent archaeological work in Stanley Park, 1 p.m., Nancy Bennett Room, Poirier branch of Coquitlam Public Library. Info: Roxanne, 604-931-2894. (leave a message).

• Family Soap Making Workshop, Coquitlam Heritage Society, Mackin House, 1116 Brunette Ave., noon to 3 p.m..

Join us for Family Day weekend to create healthy handmade suds with natural herbs, spices, and scents using vegetable based soap blocks.$40 per person.

• Author Linden Carroll signs copies of her new book, Olive, at Chapters, 38-2991 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam, from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Schoolhouse, Coquitlam. Club offers group tours for solo travellers – meet new friends, enjoy the security of group travel and avoid the costly single supplement. Info: singlestravelclub.ca; RSVP: Val, 604-529-1552.

• Feasts of Coquitlam: Croatian Cuisine, Coquitlam Heritage Society, Mackin House, 1116 Brunette Ave., 6-8:30

p.m. Begin with seafood salad from the Dalmatian region, then make cabbage rolls or sarma flavoured with smoked bacon and finish off with apple strudel. $15 per person. Registration is required.

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meeting and Chinese New Year, 6:30 p.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Cookies, tea and coffee are provided.

• Burke Mountain’s community group, the North East Coquitlam Ratepayers Association, hosts Ian McArthur of the Pinecone Burke Stewards; topic of his presentation: hiking and mountain bike trail

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maintenance and development done by volunteers on Burke Mountain; 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr., Coquitlam.

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• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets,, noon-9 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 22 • Heritage Week PoCo city hall tours; meet at PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, walk to City Hall together at 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. Learn more about the city’s heritage and the threads that bind it together.

SATURDAY, FEB. 23 • Heritage Week downtown PoCo walking tour, 1-2:30 p.m., meet at PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives; learn more about this city’s heritage, how it grew to be what it is today and the threads that bind it together.

• Port Moody Ecological Society needs volunteers to assist with the removal of invasive plant species every Saturday in February, 9-11 a.m. Volunteers will get outside and become familiar with the work the society does. Dress appropriately for weather; training, tools, coffee and snacks provided. Email or call to register your name: portmoodyecologicalsociety@ hotmail.com or 604-469-9106 (leave a message).

MONDAY, FEB. 25 • Heritage Writers’ Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Start capturing your life story for family and posterity; no preparation required – just bring a pen and paper, or your laptop.

TUESDAY, FEB. 26 • Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. Guests always welcome. Info on scheduled activities: www.tricityphotoclub.ca/2018-2019-meetings.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a stamp game – visitors welcome; swap and shop starts at 6 p.m., the game after 7 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, North View Room, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 • An Evening in Paris dinner and dance fundraiser for Dr. Charles Best secondary school grad, to be held at the school 2525 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam. Tickets: sd43.schoolcashonline.com. Info: bestgrad2020@gmail.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 • Have you considered becoming a foster parent? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 • Writers in our Midst, 7:30 p.m., The Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody. If you would like to read, send us samples of your work with a short

FEB. 23: SHRED-A-THON HELPS LIBRARY

• Friends of Coquitlam Public library shred-a-thon, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., CPL’s Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. Secure shredding by donation; limit of four 100-lb. banker boxes per family; no metals, plastics, photographs or negatives.

All proceeds to CPL. bio to be considered. Note: Submissions aren’t considered complete unless it contains writing samples and your bio, received by the deadline of February 15 to bistroreadings@gmail.com

ONGOING • PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 150-2248 McAllister Ave., is open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff is available TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; volunteers may be on-site at other times. Info: 604-927-8403 or www.pocoheritage.org.

• Bingo at Dogwood Pavilion, 12:45 p.m., every Friday (except holidays and in July and August). Info: 604-927-6098.

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

• 754 Phoenix Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets is active from September to June and meets Wednesdays, 6:309:30 p.m., at Moody elementary school. Girls and boys 12-18 welcome. Due to increased interest in the cadet program, a second squadron has been added that meets Tuesdays at Maillard middle school. Info: 754aircadets.ca.

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

• Are you a new immigrant?

Do you have questions, concerns and/or need help? Call RCCG Trinity Chapel at 604474-3131 on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., or call outside those times and leave a message and someone will call you back. Trinity will help or direct you to places where you could receive help.

• Saturday hikes leave from Rocky Point at 9:30 a.m. Info: pocomohiking@hotmail.com.

• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Saturday coffee program runs Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the ERH lobby, 475 Guildford Way, Port Moody.

Sales of beverages and baked goods raise funds for the purchase of hospital equipment and patient comfort items.

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo: meat draws Tuesdays, 4 p.m.; Fridays, 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.

• Glenayre Scottish country dancers meet Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., at Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2860

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Quizzes in college aren’t supposed to be fun, but this one is.

The Douglas College Foundation and the Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise are putting on a Quiz Night March 7 and part of the proceeds, for the first time, will go toward supporting the college’s psychiatric nursing program for mental health in rural communities.

The quiz features teams of four to six people with Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart, the quizmaster, asking

the questions instead of answering them.

“They really are a ton of fun,” said Jane Evans, the foundation’s manager of philanthropic relations.

Evans added the fun spreads to the clothes the teams wear and their names, like the Coquitlam Crainiacs and the Knit Whitz.

“People love quiz nights,” she said. “There are a lot of them around in pubs nowadays, and some at pub nights are really out to win, but here they’re coming out to support a cause and quiz night is a good means of doing it.”

The proceeds, part of which come from a silent auction and cash bar, are shared between the foundation and the Rotary Club. Previously, the foundation’s funds have gone to the

college’s Uganda project but, this year, they’ll go to support sending psychiatric nursing students to Whitecrow Village Camp, which is for individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and their families.

“The experiential learning provides a level of societal and cultural knowledge and understanding that cannot be learned from a book or in a classroom,” Evans said in an email.

The quiz will be held at the main cafeteria of the college’s Coquitlam campus (1250 Pinetree Way).

• For more information, contact the foundation at 604-7776335. To register a team, go to douglascollege.ca/about-douglas/groups-and-organizations/ douglas-college-foundation/ events.

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• The final quarter of 2018 was a difficult one for investors.

Stock markets around the world slid by 10% or more, but significant dips from time to time are completely normal.

• Interest rates may continue to drift higher, but there is little expectation for a rapid upward spike.

• There is very little evidence to suggest we will face a recession in 2019.

The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) and Smiling Creek Neighbourhood Plan (SCNP) relating to the properties at 1315 Riley Street, 3504 and 3512 David Avenue, 3515 Burke Village Promenade and a Portion of Closed Road.

The application proposes to change the land use designation of the subject site(s) from Small Village Single Family to Convential Townhomes to facilitate the rezoning and subdivision of the subject properties and 1305 Riley Street into four lots: Two RT-2 Townhouse Residential lots, a third lot forming Riley Park (no zoning change), and a fourth lot to remain RT-2 Townhouse Residential under the existing “Convential Townhomes” designation.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Monday, March 11, 2019. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 • In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday, february 11, 2019 to Monday, March 11, 2019 excluding statutory holidays

• Call Andrew Yu, Planner 1, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3472 Sherry Blamey HollisWealth®

• Email Andrew Yu, Planner 1, Planning and Development Department, at AYu@coquitlam.ca

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All written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas

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Family breeds success into Kodiaks’ wrestler Devin McCrae follows his father and sister to the mat MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Devin McCrae’s passion for wrestling extends beyond the maroon mats in the combat room at Heritage Woods secondary school.

The 18-year-old Grade 12 student wants to study biomedical physiology because he’s fascinated by wrestling’s biomechanics, how the muscles, tendons and joints of the body work together when making a move, and how they can be exploited to score a takedown.

The sport also goes home with McCrae every day, where his older sister, Ciara, is in her fourth year wrestling at Simon Fraser University, where she recently won a bronze medal at the 2019 Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association championships in the 105-pound weight class and was named an AllAmerican. And his dad, Bill, coaches the wrestling team at Maple Ridge secondary after his own career wrestling for the Clan.

Given those bloodlines, it was perhaps inevitable McCrae gravitated to the sport when he was in Grade 5, then wrestled at Moody middle

Heritage Woods Kodiaks wrestler Devin McCrae is following the footsteps of his dad and older sister onto success on the wrestling mats. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

school before joining Coast Wrestling Academy when he was in Grade 8.

That’s when he started getting serious about wrestling, McCrae said. Instead of practising a couple of times a week, he was in the gym five days a week, learning the techniques of offence and defence, developing strategies that could give him an edge over stronger, more experienced opponents.

He was a quick, eager study.

“I’ve always been inclined to individual sports,” McCrae said. “I like to win on my own power.”

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This year, results have followed McCrae’s desire. Last Friday he won his third Lower Fraser Valley zone championship at Port Moody secondary to qualify for the provincial championships that begin Feb. 17 at the Langley Events Centre. He won the gold medal in his 63 kg weight class at the University of Calgary’s Dino Invitational tournament, then silver in the 60 kg cat-

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“Devin has been wrestling at a higher level that is beyond your average high school wrestler,” said his coach at Heritage Woods, Allan Mah. “If you’re watching one of Devin’s matches but you turn your head away for a minute and then turn your head back, you will suddenly realize it’s over.”

Between bouts, McCrae works to keep his grade-point average up; after all, it’s not easy to get into a post-secondary health sciences program McCrae said his academic inclinations help him in the ring.

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No worlds for Austman Coquitlam skater’s technical score just short of standard MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Terry Fox Ravens defender Jake McFarland tries to block Heritage Woods’ Nik Bartulin in the Fraser Valley North district championship game, Saturday at Terry Fox secondary. The Ravens won the game 83-70. Terry Fox is the top-ranked team in the province and will have the top seed and a bye in the first round of the Fraser Valley regional championships that began on Wednesday and wrap up Feb. 24 at the Langley Events Centre. The Ravens play their first game tomorrow (Friday), at Terry Fox secondary. The Kodiaks are the seventh seed and will also open play on Friday at Lord Tweedsmuir secondary school in Surrey.

Ninth-seed Centennial secondary met 24th-seed South Delta in their first round game yesterday (Wednesday) at Terry Fox secondary. Dr. Charles Best, the 14th seed, played South Delta at Tamanawis, also on Wednesday, while 18th-seed Pinetree played a first round game against 15th-seed Chilliwack at Lord Tweedsmuir secondary. ROBERT MCDONALD PHOTO

Coquitlam’s Larkyn Austman has fallen just shy of being able to represent Canada at the ISU world skating championships in Japan in March.

Austman finished tenth at the ISU Four Continents event that wrapped up Sunday in Anaheim, Calif., but her technical score in the short program was just shy of the 29 points she required in an international event to meet the standard for competition at the worlds.

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Canadian Tire national skating championships in Saint John, N.B., but Skate Canada decided to leave two of the three positions for Canadian senior women at the world championships open pending results of the Four Continents competition.

Véronik Mallet, who finished third at nationals, was ninth in Anaheim, while the new Canadian champion, Alaine Chartrand, placed 16th.

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Competing nations can earn up to three spots in any discipline depending on how they place in the previous year’s world championship. The defending senior women’s world champion is Canada’s Kaitlyn Osmond, who is taking a hiatus from skating this season.

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Rapids’ season perfect preparation for playoffs Riverside senior girls finish league schedule undefeated MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

A perfect record of eight wins and no losses in district play is nice to have, says the head coach of the Riverside Rapids’ senior girls basketball team. But the road to the provincial championships in Langley is about to get a lot rougher.

The Rapids are the third seed heading into the Fraser Valley regional championships that were scheduled to begin yesterday (Wednesday) and wrap up on Sunday at Riverside secondary.

Paul Langford said what his team lacks in height and strength, they’ll have to make up with speed, determination and being able to adapt to opposing defensive strategies.

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Jessica Parker drives hard to the net in Riverside’s last regular-season game against Centennial secondary last Wednesday at Centennial. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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trip to California over the Christmas break at the prestigious Surf ’N Slam tournament in California, and a win in the Victoria tournament earlier in the season.

“It’s made us better,” Langford said of the rigours of tournament play.

The Rapids have a solid corps of seniors, led by Jessica Parker, who’s had a breakout season, including being named to the Surf all-star team at the California tournament. Tessa Burton, Alanya Davignon and Adrienne Willems have also stepped up their game in anticipation of ending their high school careers as winners. And sophomore Sammy Shields, who debuted with the senior team last year when she was in Grade 9, has kept pace.

Still, Langford said, he has to be realistic about the team’s shortcomings that could end up costing them if they don’t keep their nose to the grindstone.

“We don’t rebound well,” he said. “We need to force teams into loose balls and turnovers.”

That strategy can be gruelling, and fraught with danger.

In their final regular season game the Rapids struggled to generate any kind of momentum in the first quarter against a determined Centaurs squad that was able to build a lead of as many as 16 points. But Riverside’s frenetic ability to force opponents to panic and make bad passes or cough up the ball eventually took hold, and they were able to storm back for a decisive 80-51 victory.

Langford said his Rapids will need some breaks to come their way to go all the way.

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12320 256 STREET, WEBSTERS CORNER, MAPLE RIDGE 13.7 ACRES with 234 ft. Frontage X 2573 ft. Depth.

RS-3 Zone (ALR), ON CITY WATER... great

$1,238,000

MLS# R2295299

investment to hold or build new home to suit and wait for future potential. Heritage style home, 2 storey with basement. Main has original wood floors, high ceilings with 1 bedroom, 1 full bath, living room with corner gas fireplace. Upstairs has 2nd bedroom plus den, Basement great for storage or mancave (has 6'4" Surp Rai ceiling height). House could use some handywork.

604-763-5263 Rented month to month. surprairealestate@gmail.com

Jim Korchinski

SOUTH GRANVILLE

778-839-5808

604-263-1144

YALETOWN

560-2608 Granville Street 1399 Homer Street

604-689-8226

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4-Acre Estate - 2 Homes Ocean & Mountain Views

$2,100,000

BRAND NEW COQUITLAM HOME Experience the ultimate luxury in this beautifully designed home. Top quality finishing, this Grande home welcomes its guests w/an striking family room - LG windows allowing natural light from the yard. Office, gourmet & wok kitchen + more on the main level. Media room & legal suite in the basement.

$7,980,000

723 POIRIER STREET

CLARENCE LOWE Personal Real Estate Corpora�on 778-883-0596 SYLVIA ZIMMER 604-376-8194 $428,000

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4-acre estate in Anmore with views from Mt. Seymour to Tsawwassen and beyond. Featuring two homes, stainless appliances, granite, hardwood, wood-burning fireplaces and hot tubs. Explore the development opportuni�es of this semi-rural gem. Close to all ameni�es. By appointment only.

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$449,500

CONVENIENT LOCATION AMAZING AMENITIES

Move-in ready 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom in Lakeside Terrace. Open 885 sq ft floorplan features spacious dining and living areas w/gas fireplace, large kitchen for the chef(s) in the family, separate shower and tub in the cheater en-suite and large walk-in closet in the master bedroom. Enjoy year round outdoor living on the large, covered balcony. Amenities include an indoor pool, hot tub, gym, sauna and guest suite.

Conveniently located close to Coquitlam Centre, schools, parks, library, transit and skytrain.

307-3065 Primrose Lane

LINDA HALE 604-889-9983

106-3075 PRIMROSE LANE

Cozy two-bedroom/one bath home with a large south-facing pa�o. Corner unit with natural light streaming through so many windows – including kitchen windows!! Open concept living room and dining area, with a fire place. Welcome to Lake side Terrace!

Indoor pool, steam room, exercise area, hot tub, clubhouse and guest suite. Five minute walk to shopping, schools, and Evergreen Line.

OPEN SUN 11AM�1PM

ESTHER 604-351-2544

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REMEMBRANCES In MeMorIaM

Obituaries

Margaret Morisette To Our Sweet Mama~ It’s been a year since you left us. It feels like yesterday~it feels like forever.

We all miss you so deeply.

Your birthday passed without you, all our birthdays passed without you. Each holiday came and went, and each one with this new reality. On Mother’s Day, no card, no flowers, no little gift to bring to you. The day passed without stopping by and being able to tell you how much we love you & appreciate all you have done for us. All your sacrifices, your compassion and love you have given.

A truly beautiful soul.

You are so very much missed and we are sending our love & thoughts and visions of the most heavenly beautiful flowers up to you.

We love you and you are in our hearts.... now and always Love from your 4

As you share the stories and the memories of how they lived their lives and how very much they meant, may you find comfort...

Obituaries

GLENN, Christopher Douglas November 8, 1956 − January 11, 2019 After a short, hard, fight−filled year battling prostate cancer, it is with heavy hearts and sadness we announce the peaceful passing of Chris on January 11, 2019.

Chris was known as an incredible plumber, fearless bathtub racer, avid hockey player, and self−taught gold miner. Creative and talented in too many ways to list. Chris had an incredibly generous heart, the ability to make everyone count, and lived life to the fullest. I truly thank him for the amazing journeys he took me, and others, through.

Loving and missing him is his wife of 28 years, Sheri; mother, Lorraine (Nino); son, Ryan; daughter, Chantelle (Tim); sisters and brothers, Cindy (Bernie), Gayla (Doug), Mike (Kelly), and Dan (Holly); grandchildren, Olivia, Nash, Olivia, and Nyomi; and many nieces, nephews, and other family members − including his loyal faithful companions, Bruin and Crimper.

Many thanks to his friends, family, and hockey buddies for their support and encouragement throughout, and especially his best friend, Bill Thorneycroft, who he loved as a brother and gave him such strength.

Please come and share in our Celebration of Chris’ life on Saturday, March 2nd, 2019, at 4:00 PM in the Mabbett Room − Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex.

Race on Tub #111. Skate fast and free. Dig away for that Gold! Love you...

A simple cremation, Maple Ridge

Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps them near.

JONES, Clarice Elsie (Claire) Loving wife and mother died peacefully on January 24, 2019 - three days after her 87th Birthday. She is mourned by her seven children Carol (Michael), Judi (George), Sue (Randy), Sharie (Trevor), Candace (Brian), Dan (Cathy) and Greg (Stacey). She doted on her 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, who will all miss their Nama.

NOGA, Alisha Marie August 22, 1988 - February 8, 2019 It is with very heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our daughter, sister and granddaughter, Alisha Marie Noga. She fought a valiant fight with cystic fibrosis throughout her life, but in the end was able to pass peacefully at Eagle Ridge Hospital.

Alisha lived her life with passion, especially for those she loved and she will be lovingly missed by her mom Wendy (Bob), father Randy (Juanita), sisters Lindsey (Mitch), and Shayla, Gramma Barb (Sam), Gramma Rose, Grandpa George (Dee) aunts, uncles, cousins and dog MAX. Alisha is predeceased by her Grandpa Paul and cousin Brandon.

Claire was born in East York, Toronto, Ontario on January 21, 1932. She met the love of her life, Arthur Edward Jones (d. 1997) in high school and married in 1952. They moved to Port Coquitlam in 1971 and raised their family in Mary Hill for many happy years. Claire and Art were devoted to Christ and enjoyed fellowship at Coquitlam Alliance Church.

Claire was an example of deep faith for her family and her friends through pain and joy, trouble and peace. They will miss her terribly, but are comforted by the knowledge that she is gone to be with her Lord.

Our heartfelt thank you to Dr. Eddy, and Harvinder of the Palliative Team, and to the Nurses and Physicians of C2B and MCU at Eagle Ridge Hospital. Her care was dignified and respectful until the very end. In lieu of flowers, please send any donations to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Many thanks to the caring staff at Eagle Ridge Hospital and Eagle Ridge Manor who were there for her and her family at the very end of her life. In lieu of flowers, please feel free to send a donation to her favourite charities: World Vision, the Salvation Army or the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation.

God looked around his garden And found an empty place, He then looked down upon the earth And saw your tired face.

He put his arms around you And lifted you to rest.

God’s garden must be beautiful He always takes the best.

He knew that you were suffering He knew you were in pain.

He knew that you would never Get well on earth again.

He saw the road was getting rough And the hills were hard to climb.

So he closed your weary eyelids And whispered, ‘Peace be thine’.

It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn’t go alone, For part of us went with you The day God called you home.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, February 22, 2019 at 1:00pm at First Memorial Burkeview Chapel at 1340 Dominion Ave. Port Coquitlam, BC. Burkeview Chapel 604-944-4128 firstmemorialportcoquitlam.com

A Celebration of life will be held at Coquitlam Alliance Church, 2601 Spuraway Ave. on Friday, February 15 at 2:00pm.

For online condolences visit, www.valleyviewsurrey.ca Valley View Funeral Home 604-596-8866

May the Sunshine of Comfort Dispel the Clouds of despair

Announcements Looking For TRAVEL COMPANION WANTED (Over 50 yrs old) Call Roy • 604-464-9384

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Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes will be made in the next available issue. The Tri-CityNews will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the ad’s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

LEGAL LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES By virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act .

Ginos Tires & Towing Inc. will dispose of:

(1) 2009 Honda Civic Registered Owner: to recover $1601.25

VIN: 2HGFA15429H009530 Robert Padley as of July 22, 2018 .

(2) 2013 Dodge Duran VIN: 1C4RDJDG0DC676297 Registered Owner: Radoslaw Popowski to recover $1307.25 as of July 22, 2018 (3) 2013 Mazda MZDA3 VIN: JM1BL1UF2D1772732 Registered Owner: Dennis Franciose to recover $446.25 as of July 22, 2018 Plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale.

Date of sale February 21, 2018.

For more information: Gino’s Tires & Towing Inc. 604-472-0056 880 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6K1

LEGAL NOTICE

Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes

COMMUNITY

In the Supreme Family Court of British Columbia, Court File Number 1853832. Court location: Prince George Supreme Court, To Vivianna Del Carmen Lopez Campos.

TAKE NOTICE THAT Osvaldo Ojeda Luis Vergera is applying to the Supreme Court for a Divorce. The Court has ordered that the Notice of Family Claim be served on you by way of this advertisement. To respond to the Notice of Family Claim you must File a Reply form within 30 days in the Prince George BC Court Registry at 250 George Street, Prince George, BC. If you do not respond, the Court may make an order in your absence. You can see any documents in your case by contacting the Family Court Registry at the above address. Refer to court file number 1853832.

Notice to Mr. John Sy Take notice that Ana Abella is seeking orders in the Provincial Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry No. 19−30852 for family law orders respecting your son. You may review the application of the registry at 800 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2E1, within 30 days of the date of this ad. The next court date is in Vancouver on March 21, 2019, at 2 pm.

Take notice that if you do not respond or attend, orders respecting the child may be made without your participation. The applicant’s address is available through the registry.

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3 Bedroom/1.5 Bath − $2,400 Central Coquitlam with easy access to Highway 1 Available March 1, 2019 Recently renovated lovely family home 3 bedrooms and 1 and 1/2 bathrooms in one of the best locations in Coquitlam. This home is located on a very quiet street situated on a large fenced 66 x 145−foot lot. (Grasscutting included). Some of the many features are: New kitchen, open concept; open dining area; generously sized living room with gas fireplace; expansive views from massive wrap−around deck off kitchen and dining room; hardwood floors refinished and new tile floors in eating area, bathrooms, etc; new carpets in the bedrooms; all new window coverings and newer windows; newer furnace, roof, and hot water tank; new stacked washer and dryer. *Bonus* Double attached garage with small workshop.

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Premium Boneless Beef Short Rib

New Pacific Supermarket

Sliced

特級雪花肥牛肉片

HAPPY NEW YEAR

10.99

$

Effective from Feb. 15-18, 2019

Large White Prawn Head-on 30/40 冰鮮南美有頭大白蝦

Malaysia Fried Fish Cake

$

有機意大利瓜

7.99

$

/LB

79¢

2.49

Beef Veal Brisket

$

59¢

/LB

4.99

$

/LB

Liu Biju Sesame Paste

LKK Chicken Powder

Sandwich Biscuits

3x220g-Regular/Honey

300g

1KG

208g

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1.99

$

/EA

3.59 /EA

$

.99 8.99

$

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6x65g

750g

430g-3 selections

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$

4.69

$

/EA

6.49 /EA

4.69

$

6.49 /LB

4.59 /EA

San Quan Fz. Peach Shaped Sweet Red Bean Paste Bun 360g 三全壽桃豆沙包 $

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$

6.99

Goat Meat Cube

牛仔腩

台灣椰菜(高麗菜)

/LB

$

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69¢

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(5lbs/Jug)

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4.99

Organic Zucchini

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Peeled Garlic

California Orange-Suntreat

Red Grape

/LB /EA.

2.88 /EA

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Superior Organic Soy Drink

Superior 5 Spice Flav Pressed Tofu Tofu

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210g

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250g

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1.79 /EA

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$

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$

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680g

(Raised without the use of antibiotic)

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2.99

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(Located in Henderson Mall)

Offers valid from Feb. 15-18, 2019, 2019. Quantities and /or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in store, no rain check or substitution. Advertised prices and product selection may vary by store, New Pacific Supermarket reserves the right to limit quantities, descriptions take precedence over photos. We reserve the right to correct any unintentional errors that may occur in the copy or illustrations.

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