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77,000 — that is how many needles Fraser Health hands out yearly in the Tri-Cities.

And it picks up even more, just one of several problems plaguing PoCo, especially the downtown: see page 3

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Parents of students attending Eagle Mountain middle school in Anmore are being urged to

begin a letter-writing campaign to try to resolve the septic contamination leaching onto the school’s property from the nearby Anmore Green Estates housing development.

In an email Tuesday, the chair of the school’s parents advisory council, Diane MacSporran, wrote: “As a parent, I am appalled at the lack of urgency to this matter.”

She said parents should address their concerns to Minister of Environment and Climate Change George Heyman as well as the mayors of Anmore and Port Moody, the MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam, Rick Glumac, the Ministry of Education, along with School District 43 officials and trustees. see ‘JUST WANT’, page 7

“Just thinking where their hands and feet have been, wearing the same shoes in the field, it gets my stomach turning.” diane Macsporran, chair of the Parent Advisory Council at eagle Mountain middle school in Anmore, near Anmore Green estates

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Left: Sgt. Brenton Brady (left) and Cpl. Kane Hoffman patrol Port Coquitlam’s downtown as part of the Coquitlam RCMP Uniform Crime Reduction Unit. The patrols have been stepped up in the last two months in an effort to deal with business concerns about increased drug use, loitering, homelessness issues, litter and anti-social behaviour. Right: By 9 a.m. on a sunny morning, Port Coquitlam city crews were already out picking up litter on Shaughnessy Street and freshening up garden beds at city hall. Below: A box of needles found by a local business.

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77,000 needles are the symptom of a drug problem in Tri-Cities & PoCo wants it fixed Needles found in parks and around downtown, too

‘Definitely seeing more people roaming around with problems’

Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

As many as 77,000 needles a year are being distributed in the Tri-Cities to prevent disease among drug users, and some of them are being found in parks, behind businesses and along trails, raising concerns about safety and proper collection.

Port Coquitlam city council is calling for a meeting with Fraser Health to find out why thousands of needles have been found behind businesses, along trails and in city playgrounds — many unused with their caps on, but still a concern.

Both the city’s mayor, Greg Moore, and Coun. Brad West are among those demanding answers and solutions while the Downtown Port Coquitlam Business Improvement Association also has concerns.

They’re hoping a meeting with Fraser Health will help find a solution.

“I think Fraser Health needs to take responsibility for their actions. It’s irresponsible for them to not be following up and doing their best to work with our community and work with users and find a better solution than dropping off a box of needles and moving on to the next site,” Moore told The Tri-City News.

West recently posted on Facebook a photo of a box of needles that had been found by

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court orders or curfews, and addressing other issues that appear to be plaguing local business.

The concerns come as the city of Port Coquitlam is raising the issue of discarded needles and the city of Coquitlam has launched a task force looking into the management of the permanent homeless shelter located at 3030 Gordon Ave. A recent stabbing at the corner of Shaughnessy Street and McAllister Avenue in PoCo also generated a sense of urgency, although an arrest was made and there are no other suspects. The suspect, who was known to police, was taken into custody while the victim was expected to recover.

With its proximity to the river and trails, PoCo has long been a haven for marginalized people, including people without homes, those dealing with drug addiction and mental health issues.

But the Downtown PoCo Business Improvement Association says anti-social behaviour has worsened in the area. “We have a few board members having problems with people

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a local business owner. He said the issue of discarded needles is getting out of hand and needs to be dealt with or families will stop going to local parks.

As well, PoCo BIA executive director Susanna Walden told The Tri-City News a box of needles was found behind a business near Lions Park while an insurance company employee on Shaughnessy Street said a co-worker found a cache of needles, as well as clothes and a bottle of methadone this past winter, and called authorities.

How many needles are circulating in the Tri-Cities and the number of those that are discarded unsafely is difficult to determine.

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important part of Fraser Health’s harm-reduction program, according to the authority, whose spokesperson, Tasleem Juma, stated in an email that 78,000 needles were collected last year — 1,000 more than the health authority distributed through its agencies, which do daily sweeps of the area and also collect needles from clients.

Juma cautioned that numbers of needles circulating in the community can’t be confirmed because other agencies besides Fraser Health, such as pharmacies, distribute them.

But she maintains the problem of unsafe needle disposal hasn’t worsened.

Local Mounties are stepping up patrols in downtown Port Coquitlam and will be meeting with city council and local businesses to deal with concerns about drug use, loitering, homelessness and other issues.

Coquitlam RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Michael McLaughlin confirmed the action is being taken in response to community complaints although he said crime in the area hasn’t increased and police are limited in what they can do with what are often social issues.

“We haven’t seen anything that indicates a major uptick in crime but, having said that, we are doing what we can to make the community feel safe, not just on paper, but people actually feeling safe,” McLaughlin said.

Members of the RCMP’s Uniformed Crime Reduction Unit and Community Response Team have been working for the last two months in areas along Shaughnessy and adjoining streets, being visible, arresting people for violating

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openly using drugs around their business,” said Susanna Walden, executive director for the PoCo BIA. As well, there are issues with loitering, people buying drugs and panhandlers asking people for money, she said.

“We are seeing a bit of a shift,” she told The Tri-City News. “We don’t know whether it’s a problem of 3030 Gordon just spilling out.

We know with the river, you do have more homelessness.

There are probably reasons for it but we are definitely seeing more people roaming around with problems.”

Businesses want more eyes on the street and are willing to help, she said, and they also want improved lighting and a plan to deal with vacant lots in the area.

Mayor Greg Moore said a meeting has been called with RCMP to deal with some of the issues while the city has hired a consultant to help it prepare five city properties for development, which will enhance the downtown with lighting and sidewalks for patios, as part of the city’s downtown action plan approved last June.

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PORT COQUITLAM

City does reg. sweeps continued from page 3

“The number of inappropriately discarded needles has stayed steady over the past few years,” Juma said, acknowledging it’s upsetting to find needles.

At the permanent homeless shelter located at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam, clients have to register to pick up needles, while the New Westminsterbased Purpose Society has a contract with Fraser Health to distribute and collect needles.

Two full-time staff drive a van and distribute supplies such as needles, glassware for people who do drugs by inhalation, such as crack and meth pipes, mouth pieces and alcohol swabs. It also distributes Naloxone kits to prevent overdose deaths.

Logan Ansell, team leader with the Stride with Purpose Program, said his organization takes its job seriously and is available seven days a week to pick up needles from clients and the community (call 604351-1885 for pickup) while peers, former drug users, do daily sweeps.

The van, which serves people from Burnaby to Maple Ridge, typically passes through the Tri-Cities three times a week but there’s no preassigned route, Ansell said; instead, the van shows up when it gets a call from someone who needs supplies.

He said he wasn’t aware of a large number of needles being left behind, although he had heard from the PoCo bylaws department when a box of needles was found.

Both Moore and West say needles are being found in the thousands and it has become the city’s job to comb its parks for needles every day — and in addition to increased police enforcement in downtown PoCo, this has resulted in downloading of costs to the cities.

“I understand the principle of harm reduction and the intention of it is to stop the spread of disease. In my view, again, this is just a Band-Aidtype solution the community has to deal with,” said West, who said he has heard from parents that they are avoiding taking their kids to city parks because they are worried they’ll find a needle.

Port Coquitlam bylaw and parks workers are doing regular sweeps of Fox Park, where a needle was found by a daycare worker last fall. According to city staff, bylaw officers find one to two needles per visit in the natural areas while park staff who do daily sweeps have found three needles in the park since October.

While discussions have yet to be held to find a solution to the problem, both Moore, who isn’t running for reelection, and West, who has yet

to declare, say the problem is a complex one that requires senior levels of government to step up.

“We do have this opioid crisis, we do have more people who are using drugs that are taking needles [but] there’s a bigger society issue that the provincial government is working on. [It is] putting [together] a plan to deal with drug use in all of society,” Moore said.

It’s not a solution to place containers around the city for people to dispose of their needles, he said, because it might just turn outdoor spaces, such as parks, into a magnet for people to do drugs.

But both Moore and West suggested to The Tri-City News that a supervised injection site, if done properly, might be one way of dealing with the problem.

“How about this as an idea?

How about there is a facility — if you need to shoot up, you go where you’re given a needle you shoot up and the needles’s retrieved, more of a supervised approach,” West said.

Neither say the problem will be solved immediately but by talking to Fraser Health and starting a community conversation, they hope something will be done stop the dumping of needles in PoCo’s public spaces. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

DRUGS AND VAGRANCY continued from page 3

When built, the improvements will be welcomed by businesses but employees and business owners The TriCity News talked to had other concerns besides drugs and vagrancy, including parking problems and, for one store owner, possible competition from outfits selling illegal cigarettes because people are coming in asking for “$5 smokes” when the usual package price with taxes is $12 to $13.

The owner didn’t want his name or store mentioned but he’d clearly cleaned it up since taking ownership last June, putting flowers out front and opening doors and windows.

Monika, who owns a barbershop on Elgin Street, said she’d seen no increase in crime or drug use in the area and thought the downtown had improved while Carolyn Calen, who works at an insurance company in Port Coquitlam, said a colleague found a cache of needles, clothes and a bottle of methadone.

Calen said she feels relatively safe in the city she has grown up in despite the fact that people who may be homeless or in need of supports hang out in the area in parks and on city benches. “It’s not really new to me,” she said.

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Council Meeting

When: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Where: Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. Times: Regular Council Meeting, 7pm Webcast is available by noon on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at portmoody.ca/video Port Moody Council is considering the following two bylaws at this meeting: • City of Port Moody Financial Plan Bylaw, 2018, No. 3140

• City of Port Moody Annual Property Tax Rates Bylaw, 2018, No. 3141 We live stream our Council meetings online at portmoody.ca/watchlive. While you’re on our website, sign up for Council e-notifications. Get an agenda package at City Hall, the Port Moody Public Library or portmoody.ca/agendas.

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‘Just want a clean place for kids to play’ continued from front page

Part of the school’s property has been off limits since Dec. 23, when the Anmore Green strata council erected blue steel fences to comply with a pollution abatement order issued last November by the Ministry of Environment.

That order followed tests in September that indicated high levels of fecal coliform and E. coli in ground water seeping from the nearby housing development’s two septic fields.

MacSporran, who has a daughter at Eagle Mountain, said the loss of outdoor space where kids frequently played and explored during lunch and recess breaks has been frustrating.

“There’s so much fence around, it’s fairly limited in how the kids can play and get moving,” she told The Tri-City News.

Still, kids will be kids and sometimes they breach the fencing to retrieve a stray ball, MacSporran said.

“Just thinking where their hands and feet have been, wearing the same shoes in the field, it gets my stomach turning.”

The call for a letter-writing campaign comes after members of Anmore Green’s strata council met with the school PAC April 9 to provide an update on efforts to address the pollution problem. Mitra

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Diane MacSporran, the chair of the parent advisory council at Eagle Mountain middle school, along with Charleen Boyko, vice-chair and Mitra Samiei, the PAC chair at Heritage Woods secondary, check out the fencing and warning signs preventing access to part of the schools’ property since last December.

Samiei, the PAC chair for neighbouring Heritage Woods secondary school in Port Moody also attended the meeting but said her group has yet to decide whether it will join the campaign.

An engineering report commissioned by the strata and submitted to the environment ministry in January said the

“only practical and feasible option” to stop the leaks of contaminated water is to connect the 51 properties directly to Port Moody’s municipal sewer system about 60 metres away. The strata stands by its commitment to cover all the costs to achieve that, said its vice-president, Brandie Roberts.

“The pipe hook-up is still the

simplest long-term solution that is most protective of the kids,” Roberts told The Tri-City News.

While the city of Port Moody has said it would allow the hookup at Anmore Green’s expense, such a connection also requires assent from the village of Anmore, which is not part of the of the Greater Vancouver

Sewerage and Discharge District (GVS&DD), which administers municipal sewer systems and the cost of running them for all of Metro Vancouver.

Anmore is on septic systems and the village’s mayor, John McEwen, has said its residents aren’t interested in paying for the GVS&DD’s annual membership fees.

MacSporran said the inability of Anmore Green and the various levels of municipal, regional and provincial government to find a solution has been frustrating.

“It is discouraging that the parties in place can’t come to an agreement,” she said. “Most parents are shocked it’s still happening.”

But Roberts said there may be a path to a solution.

In response to a request from the environment ministry, the strata will commission a second engineering report to investigate whether the 30-year-old septic fields can be repaired or redesigned to a level that complies with municipal wastewater regulations that were in place before new standards were implemented in 2012.

That report would then be peer reviewed by a third, independent engineer before being submitted to the ministry, which would then decide whether to allow an amendment to the permit that allows the strata to operate the septic fields.

“Anything to get a resolution is where we’re trying to go,” Roberts said. “We want to stop creating a health hazard downstream.”

It can’t happen soon enough for MacSporran. “I just want a clean place for my kids to play, for all the kids to be able to play.”

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Parents took School District 43 to task at a budget meeting Tuesday for not requiring applied behaviour analysis (ABA) training for education assistants.

They say the training is critical for helping their children learn and claim families are leaving to obtain the help in other districts.

Peter Raptis, a Coquitlam resident and father of a boy with autism, said he was surprised he couldn’t get the support of an EA trained in ABA — which breaks tasks down into steps for children to learn — and said he is worried that his son could lose “incredible gains” without it.

The district “refuses to even try,” Raptis said in his presentation, which drew a standing ovation from parents.

It was a dramatic moment in an otherwise straightforward meeting that was supposed to be a dialogue — with trustees asking questions at the end of presenters’ reports and asking for questions back.

The unusual structure of the meeting, and the fact that most groups presented hard copy notes in advance, enabled district administrators to respond to delegate queries as they were made. But Paul McNaughton, SD43’s director of instruction for learning services, was on the hot seat for much of the discussion because many of the concerns raised were about supports for students with special needs. McNaughton said the district hired a consultant with

Peter raPtis ABA expertise to train team members who deal with kids with autism and has consulted parents on the matter.

SD43 puts “ a lot of resources toward programs and collaboration,” McNaughton said, “It’s thoughtful, not just willy nilly.”

Jodie Wickens, a former Coquitlam-Burke Mountain NDP MLA, asked why the training wasn’t required, as it is in other districts, with the result that people leave or file appeals.

“How can that be good for families’ mental health?” she asked.

McNaughton acknowledged that each district has a different approach but SD43’s programs are based on research “to make sure were doing a diligent job on the resources we are providing.”

Parents with children who have autism were among eight groups who made a delegation and it was clear from the presentations that many would like to see more support for special needs students.

Coquitlam Teachers’ Association president Ken Christensen said more counsellors as well as skill development, student services and

English language teachers are needed to meet increasing challenges in the classroom, including more violent and extreme behaviour.

Other calls were for more programs for gifted students, more money for career resource workers, less teaching time for school principals and more money for school band programs. District administrators told members of the audience the budget will address many of their concerns.

Assistant superintendent Carey Chute said $25,000 has been set aside in the budget for school band trips and release time for teachers while McNaughton addressed the gifted issue, noting that the district provides supports for teachers so they can teach gifted students in the regular classroom.

Meanwhile, principals were told that a provision had been made in the budget to reduce teaching time in schools and teachers learned that more career and library time was going to be provided at high schools.

What was billed as a chance for trustees to listen was also an opportunity for the district leadership team to point out gains made in the district, including 86 classroom conversions to accommodate students, 200 new teachers in the system and a year-end expectation of a $4-million surplus.

Chris Nicolls, SD43’s secretary treasurer, told the audience the surplus will be used to smooth bumps in future years to avoid “extreme” volatility in school staffing and budgets. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES

Kurdi shares a story of hope & despair Book from aunt of Alan Kurdi, young refugee who died

WHAT’S HAPPENING

When a photo of the body of Tima Kurdi’s nephew, Alan, washed ashore, the Coquitlam resident, became a prominent commenter on the refugee crisis in Syria. From sharing her own story, growing up in Damascus and emigrating to Canada at 22, Kurdi provides the human side of a story in Boy On the Beach: A Syrian Family’s Story of Love, Loss and Hope During the Global Refugee Crisis, published by Simon and Schuster Canada.

Next Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m., Kurdi will speak at the Vancouver Public Library, Alice MacKay Room, 350 West Georgia St. The event is part of the Vancouver Writers Festival and is free but registration is required at writersfest. bc.ca/programs/incite/incite-form.

Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

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n ocean of sadness and grief surrounds Tima Kurdi but publication of a book that shares her family’s story of escaping Syria — and of the deaths that shocked the world — may put the Coquitlam woman back on solid ground.

It was Kurdi’s nephew Alan whose body washed ashore on Golden Beach in Akyarlar, Turkey in the early morning hours of Sept. 2, 2015. The bodies of his mother, Rehanna, and brother, Ghalib, were discovered a little later on, victims of a tragic overnight crossing between Bodrum and Kos. But it was a photo of Alan’s limp body, clad in red shirt and dark pants, that shocked the world and brought attention to the plight of millions of Syrians fleeing their war-torn homeland.

More than two years have passed since that dark day and today, Kurdi takes responsibility for the tragedy because it was she who gave her brother the money to pay the smuggler.

Still holding on to the grief and the guilt from that terrible

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Tima Kurdi has recently published a book about her family’s experiences fleeing war-torn Syria, including the tragic deaths of her nephews and their mother en route to Turkey. night, Kurdi hopes the book Boy On the Beach: A Syrian Family’s Story of Love, Loss and Hope During the Global Refugee Crisis will at least set the story straight about what happened, perhaps giving her some comfort.

“I want to tell the world and all the readers that our family’s story is one of many and we are all the same,” Kurdi told The Tri-City News, “We are not different from anybody else but it was also a form of grieving because every time me and my

family, we talk about it, and we cry and everything. It was for me, writing that book was a healing process.”

Indeed, while the image of the little boy on the beach is what sticks in the minds of many around the globe, the book published by Simon and Schuster Canada, which provided Kurdi with a writer, goes back to peace time, when Kurdi and her brothers and sisters were growing up in Damascus.

For the Kurdis, life in Sham was similar to that of many middle-class families, full of fun, music and dreams of moving away to a more glamourous life.

“To go back to our happy memories is actually a way of healing ourselves,” said Kurdi, who immigrated to Canada

at the age of 22 when she got married, and raised a son, also named Alan. She remarried and her husband, Rocco, is now the man who keeps her grounded and supports her in her goals.

Most people know today how the boat carrying Kurdi’s brother Abdullah and his family capsized in choppy seas and how the young father tried to save his family.

What they don’t know is the desperate situation the family was fleeing, along with that of Kurdi’s other relatives, including her brother Mohammad, who was eventually sponsored to live in Canada with his wife and children.

Kurdi hopes to set the record straight on many counts with this book, which took over a year to come together.

“I know I was doing my best to help my family,” said Kurdi.

“They mean everything in the world to me.”

For example, the funds for the trip by boat to Kos were first meant to fix Abdullah’s teeth but he wanted the money to pay a smuggler because life as an undocumented refugee meant living in poverty, with no schooling for his children and continued health problems for his older son.

Attempts to flee to Germany had been made by other family members and it took several tries, including one aborted trip, before the seas were calm enough. The boat appeared sturdy enough for Kurdi’s relatives to make the journey.

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THE PLIGHT OF REFUGEES

Kurdi: ‘They will use their voice to speak up’ continued from page 10

Reading the book is an eye-opening glimpse of the refugee experience but it is also a loving tribute to the power of family. While most people know of the tragic ending, they be might comforted to know of how close the Kurdi family is and where they are now.

It is also a damning portrayal of government ineptness on the refugee file as, time and time again, Kurdi sought and failed to get sponsorship paperwork approved.

Still, Kurdi hopes her book

brings people hope that with awareness something will be done. As well, her foundation, established with the support of her brother Abdullah, will aid children languishing in Kurdistan refugee camps.

“I want to raise awareness by sharing the boy on the beach story and what’s behind it.

When I share it, the story brings awareness to people in Canada and the western world, and even though they live 10,000 miles away, they will open their heart and they will realize that on the other side of the world, there is human suffering and

they will do something about it. “They will use their voice to speak up and they don’t become silent any more.”

A small drop in the ocean, perhaps, but Kurdi hopes her book will provide both herself and her readers some calm reflection in otherwise stormy times.

• Tima Kurdi is looking for volunteers and donations to support the Alan and Ghalib Kurdi Foundation for helping refugee children in Kurdistan.

For more information, visit kurdifoundation.com.

City of Coquitlam

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

Date: Time: Location:

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

Item 1

Ridgeway community police station reopens February because of a serious sewage issue and it has taken time to repair damage to the walls and floor.

For hours of operation, call 604-933-6833.

To report a crime in progress or an emergency, call 911. For crimes that

have already happened,the Coquitlam RCMP nonemergency number is 604945-1550.

For more information on reporting crime, tips on keeping safe and how to join volunteer programs, visit coquitlam.recmp-grc.gc.ca.

City of Coquitlam

Oakdale Land Use Designation Update

Online Survey Reminder

If approved, the application would prohibit certain non-medical cannabis related uses, including the production, distribution and sale of non-medical cannabis, as an interim measure – essentially preserving the existing City regulatory framework. This is meant to allow sufficient time to review all potential options, consult with residents and stakeholders, and ultimately amend the Zoning Bylaw and other related bylaws (including the Business Licence Bylaw and the Fees and Charges Bylaw) after the federal and provincial levels of government have released more detailed information regarding their proposed changes to this policy area.

Any person wishing further information or clarification with regard to the proposed amendments should contact Chris McBeath, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3436.

How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from April 12 to April 30, 2018 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

You may also obtain further information with regard to the bylaws mentioned above on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

How do I provide input?

We Want Your Neighbourhood Perspective

The Oakdale neighbourhood was designated a Future Planning Area in the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan, with direction to review and determine appropriate land uses for the neighbourhood through a separate future planning process.

That process is now underway and one of our first steps is an online survey to help us understand residents’ views.

This survey is the first of several opportunities to provide input. Residents will be given the opportunity to comment on potential land use designations through future consultation. The Oakdale Land Use Designation Update will help guide development in the Oakdale neighbourhood over the next 25 years.

Take the Survey!

Deadline Extended

Tell us what you think Oakdale should look like in 25 years.

Visit coquitlam.ca/oakdale and complete our brief survey.

Deadline: April 30, 2018 Connect with us: City of Coquitlam Planning & Development Department planninganddevelopment@coquitlam.ca 604-927-3430

Text Amendment to Address Cannabis Legalization Framework The intent of Bylaw 4865, 2018 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to ensure that regulations are in place prior to the legalization of non-medical cannabis. The application proposes minor revisions to the Zoning Bylaw in order to adjust the definitions relating to medical and non-medical cannabis.

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COQUITLAM RCMP

A maintenance issue that forced the closure of the Ridgeway Community Police Station in Coquitlam has been fixed and the station is once again open to the public, Coquitlam RCMP says.

The Ridgeway station had been closed since mid-

Monday, April 30, 2018 7:00 p.m.

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

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

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

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

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

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

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

Jay Gilbert City Clerk

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Do taxes work?

Salaries flatlined and real estate prices soared.

Those were the conditions that sent droves of young people away from Metro vancouver municipalities in search of a place they might someday buy or, more likely, rent.

To help the squeezed generation, the bC Liberals let the market try to right itself. It didn’t.

They then introduced the foreign buyers tax, and like all taxes paid by other people, it was popular.

Reaction to the NdP’s speculation tax has been mixed, with certain property owners pleading poverty. It’s difficult to muster much sympathy, however, for someone who has made a second trip to the buffet while hungry people are still at the back of the line.

The tax, which addresses speculation only in name, does little to halt house flipping. but even reduced to 0.5%, it is a necessary step to de-commodify our housing market.

Taken alone, this measure won’t usher in affordability. but, after spending a generation estranged, the tax may help put salaries and real estate prices back on speaking terms.

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PARENTHOOD

Parents forget almost all the bad stuff their kids do R emember that really horrible thing you did when you were a kid that you believed would haunt your relationship with your parents forever?

I have good news for you: Your parents probably don’t remember it.

In fact, through research I’ve done in the past few days, I’ve discovered that almost all the details of life — even the most wonderful, spectacular or even truly awful things — are almost completely lost in that weird and complex phenomenon we ANDY PREST know as memory. and maybe that’s a good thing. forgetting, in fact, may be one of the most important things we do.

This forgettable hypothesis came about after I gently chastised my parents in my last column for forgetting some things I thought were un-erasable moments of my childhood, in particular the moments that I spent kicking my older brother in the back or trying to wriggle out of the resulting chokeholds. How could my parents claim that my brother and I were perfect little angels all the time when I clearly remember the escape routes I had carefully mapped out to help me flee from well-deserved retribution?

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a friend of mine read the column and laughed about how she has already forgotten much of the worst shenanigans her young children have gotten into in just the past few years.

I wanted to know if I was suffering from the same amnesia. When that first child is born, parents have an unwavering belief that they will remember every single moment of baby bliss. and there are still some moments that are locked in my brain seemingly forever. for instance, most parents will never forget their first Total diaper failure, an occurrence that still has NaSa scientists baffled as to how such a small celestial body can produce such a big bang.

The first Tdf I had to deal with was so traumatic that the building in which it occurred became a code word for all future Tdfs. “uh oh, honey, you better get over here with the wet wipes and a change of clothes — the baby has just gone full Lougheed Mall. also, I think we might need to buy a new stroller.” after hearing from my friend, I realized that I have my own archives that I could dig through to check my hypothesis, to see if I too was forgetting “unforgettable” things. I started writing this column less than a year after my first son was born and I’ve chronicled many parenting adventures along the way. Would looking back at some of those old columns reveal moments I’d long since forgotten? Yes, it turns out.

My first clue came in one of my very first columns. With my first-

born son demanding my care and attention, I penned a breakup letter… to beer. How did that go?

Maybe if I had given up beer I would have a better memory for all these wonderful moments. Moments like my older son using his baby brother’s soft spot as a helicopter landing pad. or the time he chose dinner with the grandparents as the perfect time to start shouting the word “dink.” or the younger son, when he reached the age of two, delighting in every chance he got to help his older brother work on some elaborate building block world and then, when it was almost complete, zero in on the biggest, most intricate structure and knock it down with a wild call of “boom-chick-a-boom!” He knew that violence would follow and he did not care.

I had basically forgotten all of these things.

I’m reminded of the most important forgetting that any parent does: a mom forgetting how excruciating childbirth is.

The final point of this is that if you do want to really “remember” anything — and I mean anything, including that unforgettable first word or adorable first hockey goal — you have to write it down. or even better, constantly film your children with your phone. apparently, if you really need it, my youngest has a flip phone you can borrow.

Andy Prest is sports editor of the North Shore News. / aprest@nsnews.com

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TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE

Two views on Trans Mountain project The Editor, Re. “No to city’s pipe plea” (The Tri-City News, April 16).

History shows that British Columbia’s provincial politics are dominated by ideological polarization and a tendency to extremes, with no middle ground ceded in what amounts to a zero-sum game where there is a winner-take-all attitude.

This was most clear in Gordon Campbell’s landslide victory in 2001, when the BC Liberals won all but two seats in the legislature, reducing the NDP to unofficial opposition status. More recently, it took a Supreme Court of Canada decision to force former BC Liberal premier Christy Clark to relent in her obsessions and restore class size and composition elements to B.C. teachers’ contracts, a move that took some 13 years or so to come to conclusion.

Today’s NDP, likewise, is plagued by its own drive for ideological and environmental promises of purity: No to Site C dam, Yes to Site C dam; No to liquefied natural gas, Yes to LNG; No to bridge tolls, maybe Yes to smaller tolls.

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Nancy Furness and Bob Willson with bottles of ocean water they delivered to the constituency office of Liberal MP Ron McKinnon during a pipeline protest last month.

Premier John Horgan will not cross “as long as he is premier” is the twinning of the existing Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, which has been in operation since 1953, and its possible implications for the health of the B.C. coastline should a bitumen spill occur, given an increase of one tanker a day in traffic. Needless to say, three Green Party members (who are propping up the razorthin NDP minority govern-

ment) are also dead set against this.

Normally, minority governments can be creative ventures and a boon for democracy, which is about making compromises in a complicated world.

But Premier Horgan’s posturing appears to pander to a form of environmental populism that resonates widely in a province as blessed as British Columbia.

I see no NDP effort to compromise with Andrew Wilkinson’s

BC Liberals on the other side of the legislature regarding this issue nor any efforts to work with their NDP cousins in Alberta under Premier Rachel Notley, nor with the federal Liberals under Justin Trudeau.

Can they all be wrong? Can the BC NDP be all right? Should a so-called “constitutional crisis” tilt on a three-member Green alliance with the NDP in British Columbia?

I tend to disagree, but, maybe in another light, this letter to the editor could be considered about 50% correct.

Joerge Dyrkton, Anmore

TOO MANY THREATS

The Editor, A few pieces of information about the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline twinning: The people who oppose this project — teachers, professors, geologists, engineers, students, steel workers, tar sands workers and those in many other occupations — are aware of the risks and dangers.

The tank farm on Burnaby Mountain and the pipeline are old and rusting and about 15 years past their best-before

date. Originally, this pipeline carried crude oil for five local refineries, but no more. The product going through this pipeline is not for Canadian use.

There is a cocktail of carcinogenic, neurotoxic, corrosive and highly explosive chemicals added to tar sands oil in order for it to flow through a pipe. In 2007, a pipeline was ruptured in Burnaby and many people in that area are still suffering the effects of the chemicals that rained down on their houses and property.

The firefighters association has said that should the tank farm catch fire, fire crews would never be able to contain it and the fire would burn out of control for a very long time, spreading noxious gases as far as Chilliwack and beyond. There are 13 existing elderly tanks and several more slated to be installed and only one exit down the mountain from SFU. B.C. is entitled to 2% of the revenue. Approximately 50 permanent jobs or fewer will result from this pipeline, and the second pipe that is being built is of a larger diameter and a thin-

ner grade of steel. Should a fire happen at the tank farm, Kinder Morgan is only required to pay up to $1 million for clean-up — B.C. taxpayers would be on the hook for the rest. Municipalities incur large costs working around these pipelines in their communities.

So far, Canadian taxpayers have paid about $43 billion to oil companies for them to operate in Canada. That money could have gone to research and development of green energy. This year alone, there have been five oil tanker fires, creating havoc around the world. With the twinning of the KM pipeline, the tanker traffic through Burrard Inlet would increase from approximately 80 tankers per year to more than 400 per year.

Pleasure crafts, canoes, kayaks and the like, will not be safe, nor will humpbacks, orcas and other marine life.

With the very real threat of a tank farm fire, a huge increase in tanker traffic, regular small spills into the Inlet when loading and the invasion of unceded First Nations Lands, this project is a disaster from start to finish.

Lorell Gingrich, Coquitlam

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SOUP SISTERS Clockwise from left: Ana Iancu and Chelsea Wilson carmelize chopped vegetables for the 15-litre pots of soup being prepared by students from Pitt River middle school for a women’s shelter in the Tri-Cities; the students learn knife skills and get a workout chopping carrots; Kal Brosseau, a volunteer with Soup Sisters, checks the menu for the lunch being served to the students as their reward for making two big pots of hearty soup to be donated to a shelter; humidity from the boiling pots of broth steams up the windows at Gallery Bistro; Christine Ruzycki, a volunteer with Soup Sisters, brings soup to the students for lunch.

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Big pots of hearty soup prepared by a group of teen girls from Pitt River middle school for women in a shelter might just help those girls from eventually needing its services.

Monday, about 10 students were at Gallery Bistro in Port Moody to chop vegetables and simmer broth for two 15-litre vats of hamburger soup and chicken noodle soup.

They also listened as Carol Metz-Murray, the director of Tri-City Transitions, spoke about its programs and the importance of forming healthy relationships. Another group will make more soup April 30.

Yolanda Broderick, the area chapter co-ordinator for Tri-

Cities Soup Sisters, a national charitable enterprise that tries to make a difference for vulnerable women in shelters and children in crisis by making and donating soup, said the unique program was made possible with the support of RBC Investments. The kids learn about nutrition and a part of their community they may not know much about.

Linsdsay Goodridge, the school’s vice-principal, said working with the volunteers

from Soup Sisters exposes the kids to nurturing adults at a time in their lives when an empathetic ear or gentle guidance can make all the difference in the paths they choose.

“If you give them the confidence, one of these kids could realize their dream,” Goodridge said. “They see themselves in these roles and that they can do something.”

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CP strike could cause WCE train disruption Janis ClEugh The Tri-CiTy News

West Coast Express (WCE) commuters hopping on and off at the Port Coquitlam station will have a dedicated bus to get to the Evergreen Extension in Coquitlam should CP Rail job action affect WCE trains.

Yesterday afternoon (Thursday), TransLink staff dropped notices on commuters’ seats to alert them about the possible strike at CP Rail, which is set to start nationwide tomorrow (Saturday) at 12:01 a.m.

TransLink, which operates WCE, leases CP Rail’s tracks for its trains from Mission to Vancouver; PoCo, Coquitlam and Port Moody each has a station.

TransLink spokesperson Chris Bryan said the regional transit authority has been assured by CP Rail that WCE trains won’t be disrupted.

“They have managers who can provide signalling services in the event the union walks off the job,” he told The Tri-City News.

But should that plan not work, TransLink will have special buses running out of the PoCo station for WCE riders to link with SkyTrain at

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Coquitlam Central Station.

Those buses will run at the same time and with the same frequency as the WCE trains, he said.

“Our focus is to ensure transit connections are maintained,” Bryan said.

This week, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Canadian Signals and Communications System Council No. 11, voted to support the Teamsters Rail Conference of Canada in the potential strike beginning April 21. The two unions represent

3,400 conductors, locomotive engineers, signallers and communication workers.

The Teamsters say long hours and worker fatigue are among their concerns.

Meanwhile, rail shipments of goods will likely be affected by the job action, should it proceed.

The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association called on the federal government to step in after a 72-hour strike notice was served on Wednesday.

Last year, 51 B.C. workers died as a result of a construction-related incident. Now 51 families mourn.

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Parks project gets a council green light First phase to be completed in about 14 months A Coquitlam neighbourhood facing big changes due to SkyTrain will see one of its key parks under construction for the next few years.

Starting this spring, the city will begin the first phase of renovating Cottonwood Park, a 2.2-acre green space on Aspen Street in Burquitlam — a community that’s experiencing massive growth since the arrival of the Evergreen Extension.

Monday, city council approved the detailed design for the $4.7-million project — to be funded with development cost charges — and also allowed $450,000 in bonus densities to upgrade offsite utility services. As well, it approved another $350,000 to complete both phases of a water play park. The total project price is $5.05 million.

Under Phase 1, the city will add a playground, water play area, youth activity and social area — including skateboard-

Want to know what’s going on in Coquitlam parks and recreation centres? The city now has a monthly newsletter to be delivered to your electronic devices. Starting next Wednesday, the city will publish its first e-edition for subscribers wanting to get the latest news on parks, recreation and cultural service programs. The newsletter will come out on the last Wednesday of each month.

Sign up at coquitlam.ca/enews. ing space and basketball court — and a covered picnic shelter as well as a washroom and temporary parking lot.

Construction for that phase is set to wrap up in June 2019.

Raul Allueva, Coquitlam’s general manager of parks, recreation and culture services, said in a report to council that city staff worked with the consultant to bring costs down but higher than anticipated construction fees as well as development and grading costs “made it challenging to achieve a design that delivers within budget the amenities initially envisioned in the concept plan.”

The second phase of the park makeover is due to start next year. Priced at $2.25 million last year, it will see two new tennis courts plus a full-sized multisport court, a combined baseball diamond/sports field and

outdoor games tables.

During that construction phase, Cottonwood Park will increase in size to five acres thanks to a partnership with the YMCA of Greater Vancouver (which is building a community centre nearby) and Concert Properties (which is building homes in the area).

Subsequent renovation phases are contingent on land acquisition, Allueva noted in his report, but it’s expected the park will eventually grow to 11.5 acres.

Allueva said the redevelopment of Cottonwood Park is similar in scope and budget to Rochester Park in Maillardville.

The park update is listed as an “A” priority in the city’s 2018 business plan and is part of the revised Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Sharing isn’t just for cars – now boats, too Mario Bartel The Tri-CiTy News

The increasing cost of owning and operating a car is sending many people to car share services.

The same goes for boats.

And the owners of the Freedom Boat Club boat share service that operates at Port Moody’s Reed Point Marina say business has been picking up in the two years since they became the company’s first Canadian franchise.

Sandy and Jamie Purdon said they’ve increased their fleet from just a few boats to an anticipated 16 by the end of this summer.

Just like a car share service, the club’s 100 or so local members pay a monthly fee that

gives them unlimited access year round to its boats. They can also book boats at the club’s dozens of other locations across the United States, one in Halifax, N.S., and, now, Europe.

As well, members receive full nautical training along with some guiding to local attractions and hideaways they can access on their seafaring adventures.

And while the monthly dues of $399 might seem prohibitive, Sandy Purdon said it pales in comparison to the costs of owning a boat, which include moorage fees, fuel, maintenance, insurance and depreciation.

“We take away all the crappy things about boating,” he said.

In fact, expense may be one of the reasons boat sales have

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flatlined or declined in Canada in recent years. Power boat sales increased .3% in 2016, but that was after a 5.4% decline in 2015, according to statistics compiled by the National Marine Manufacturers Association.

Purdon said the cost of boating has put it out of reach for many people, especially in Metro Vancouver, where housing eats up so much income.

Purdon said club members run the gamut from doctors and realtors to even some students. Keeping boating affordable to be able to attract young people is key to the industry’s health, he said.

“The cost to be on the water is so expensive,” he said. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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Sandy Purdon, of Freedom Boat Club at the Reed Point Marina in Port Moody, on the bow of the 21-foot Ranger tug he says is one of the most popular crafts in his boat share fleet.

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Hobbis name back in bike biz in Tri-Cities Mario BarTel The Tri-CiTy News

The Hobbis family is selling and repairing bikes again in the Tri-Cities.

This time, it’s Gord Hobbis carrying on a family business started 86 years ago when Cap and Bert Hobbis opened their first shop in Coquitlam as he opened a second branch of his Cap’s The Original Bike Shop on St. Johns Street in Port Moody last week (in the former Party Tailors store).

His brother Glen and wife Kelly sold their four Cap’s Westwood Cycle shops to Trek Bikes Canada last fall and those stores in Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, Burnaby and Maple Ridge are still undergoing a transition to Trek corporate outlets.

(Glen Hobbis was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2010 and,

GORD HOBBIS when Trek made an offer to buy the shops, Kelly Hobbis said it was time to coast into retirement and focus on family.)

Gord Hobbis’ original Original Bike Shop is in New Westminster’s Sapperton neighbourhood and also functions as a museum for the family’s extensive collection of vintage and historical bikes dating back

to the 1800s that serve as a kind of timeline for their evolution, from bone-rattling velocipedes to sleek, 15-lb. carbon fibre racing bikes on the sales floor.

The Cap’s and Hobbis names have been synonymous with supporting cycling and community events, and store manager Ryan Petersen said that will continue at the new Port Moody shop. In fact, plans are already in the works for the first Hell of the West climbing challenge to be held in November, a lung-bursting, quad-shattering grind up some of the toughest, steepest rideable hills in the Tri-Cities.

The ride is similar to the Royal City Baker’s Dozen, which takes cyclists up the 13 most gruelling ascents in New Westminster and is hosted by the Sapperton shop for the past two years. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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TRIVIA ALIENS

Sport glow-in-the-dark clothing for the firstever neon dance party, hosted by Hot Salsa Dance Zone, in the rehearsal hall at Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

A bachata dance lesson starts at 8 p.m. — with instructors Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler — with the Latin beats party happening from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission is $10. No partner needed. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.

The Friends of the Coquitlam Public Library host their annual trivia night fundraiser at 7 p.m., with the theme Out of this World, in support of the library’s children’s STEM programs using robotics and coding. There’ll be lots auction items available including a signed hockey stick from NHLer — and Coquitlam resident — Mathew Barzal. For tickets at $25, call 604-9374130 or email friendsofcpl.society@gmail.com.

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Musical students at Terry Fox secondary (1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam) wrap up their run of 9 to 5 this weekend, with shows tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are at the door or via the school office. Call 604-941-5401.

The Nothin’ Dragon Masters dragon boat team mark their 20th year with an inaugural Inlet Spring Regatta at Rocky Point Park (2800block of Murray Street, Port Moody), starting with an opening ceremony at 8 a.m. with the Kwikwetlem First Nation. Races start at 8:45 a.m. with the awards ceremony at around 4:30 p.m.

Visit inletspringregatta.com.

PIXIE DUST

Young triple threats from Port Coquitlam’s Broadway Bound Performing Arts Studio show their talent in the production Peter Pan Jr., running tonight at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody).

Tickets at $22/$20/$16 are via the studio by emailing broadwayboundstudio@telus.net. Visit broadwayboundstudio.ca.

BYE FISH

Head over to the Hyde Creek Education Centre and Hatchery (3636 Coast Meridian Rd., Port Coquitlam) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for the society’s open house and salmon release. Visit hydecreek.org.

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There are more than 200 homeowners in Port Coquitlam and Port Moody decluttering their residences and selling their used goods this morning as part of the city-wide garage sales, during Earth Week. To see the locations, visit portcoquitlam.ca/garagesale and portmoody.ca.

1920’S FASHIoN

It’s the last day of Rising Hemlines: An Exploration of 1920’s Fashion, at Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) — a display of clothing and accessories on loan, in part, from Vancouver fashion historian Ivan Sayers and curated by Jasmine Moore of the Coquitlam Heritage Society. The museum is open Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is by donation. Visit coquitlamheritage.ca.

Book SIgNINg

Author Tiana Warner of the Mermaids of Eriana Kwai trilogy will sign copies of her publications at Chapters (Pinetree Village, 38-2991 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam) from 1 to 3 p.m.

Call 604-464-2558.

The New Performance works Society presents Raven Spirit Dance “Earth Song” at 7 p.m. in the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree way, Coquitlam). For tickets at $20/$5, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Pileggi and Lady Vanessa. Visit pomoarts.ca.

Andrew Hoyem, the owner of the San Francisco-based Arion Press and Grabhorn, will speak at the Port Moody Station Museum (2734 Murray St.) at 5 p.m. as part of a lecture series about Rudolf Koch, of which the museum currently has an exhibit of the German soldier and typographer’s WW1 drawings. His talk starts at 5 p.m. and will be followed, at 7 p.m., with some words from the Rev. David Spence about Koch’s use of Christian symbolism. A meal for $25 will be served at intermission. Call 604-939-1648 or visit portmoodymuseum.org for tickets.

PoETRY & BEER

Help the Port Moody Arts Centre (2425 St. Johns St.) kick off its 20th year at its first-ever Slam & Craft Beer night, from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets at $20 include craft beer, pizza and a chance to hear some remarkable young spoken-word poets: Andrew Warner, Anjalica Solomon, Julia

FRENCH MUSIC

Place des Arts’ last faculty concert of the season will see pianists Barry Tan and Stefan Nazarevich join Geeta Das on winds for a 7:30 p.m. show titled L’Innovation: French Classics

by Request. The program was picked by the public last fall through an online survey and includes an original composition by Nazarevich, Port Moody secondary IB grad and SFU music undergrad. For tickets at $21/$16, call Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) at 604-6641636 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

TAYLoR, HIATT TRIBUTE

Pianist — and Port Moody secondary graduate — Terry Jorden returns to the Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St., Port Moody) to showcase James Taylor and John Hiatt tunes. His performance starts at 8 p.m.; however, a meal is available at 7

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The Port Moody Winter Farmers’ Market sells food and crafts from Lower Mainland producers at the PoMo recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Visit makebakegrow.com.

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Tour Moody Centre gardens at 11 a.m. with two gardening experts — and learn about urban agricultural and lawn alternatives — as part of Earth Week. Email environment@portmoody. ca to register. Then, at 2 p.m. in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody), Dr. Linda Gilkeson will speak about how to create resilient gardens. Visit portmoody.ca.

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Join horticulturalist James Bobick and members of the PoCo Heritage Trees for a guided plant walk along the Donald walkway, a garden path between Wilson and Welcher avenues in Port Coquitlam, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Meet at Leigh Square Community Arts Village for this free, family event. Visit facebook.com/ PocoHeritageTrees/

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Olympic hurdler Sarah Wells was in School District 43 this week to talk to students at Banting and Scott Creek middle schools as part of the Canadian Youth Speakers Bureau, which offers positive messaging to kids across the country.

Wells finished 24th in the 400 m hurdles at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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Seven Mounties with Coquitlam RCMP were named this week to the 2018 Alexa’s Team, nearly twice as many as last year. The team was thanked for their efforts to stop impaired drivers.

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Shirley Stewart, program chairperson for Soroptimist International of the Langleys, awarded $4,000 to Maura Fitzpatrick, fundraising manager of the Coquitlam-based Children of the Street Society, for its prevention workshops.

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Four students in School District 43 scored awards last weekend at the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair.

More than 300 students from 10 school districts in Metro Vancouver showcased their projects between April 12 and 14 at UBC, which resulted in Heritage Woods secondary taking three awards: a bronze medal for Ishana Lodhia’s Strange Vibrations; a bronze for Christopher Halim’s Exo Elbow; and an honourable mention for Ah Jin “Angela” Yoo’s Blood Flood.

Mike Roslikov from Inquiry Hub — in partnership with Hongyang “Ollie” Zhao from David Thompson secondary in Vancouver — also won an honourable mention; the two students met last May at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Regina.

Robin Wilson (middle) of the Sandra Schmirler Foundation recently gave $20,000 to Jennifer Atkinson of Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation and Neonatal Intensive Care unit manager Queenie Lai for infant warmers.

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Students, teachers and parents at Port Moody’s Moody middle school gave a standing ovation to teacher Jane Ono last Thursday as she closed the curtain to the theatrical show she directed.

Ono announced at the end of Twinderella she would be retiring at the end of the school year.

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Coquitlam watershed needs your support LIVING GREEN

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ife needs water. More than two thirds of the planet is covered by water while just under two thirds of our bodies comprise water. Our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health thrive when we are connected with water. Even our economies rely on water.

As the Regional District of Nanaimo Drinking Water and Watershed Protection Program’s co-ordinator, Julie Pisani, passionately says, ensuring a prosperous water future means protecting and maintaining water quality, water levels, water access as well as water’s spirit — for both our communities and the diverse ecosystems — that sustain us.

The Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable (CRWR), our local example of truly collaborative watershed governance, is at a pivotal moment in its history. Since 2007, the roundtable, with which I’ve volunteered, has

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The Coquitlam River watershed has many challenges — and many people looking out for its long-term health. evolved into a group guided by a part-time co-ordinator and a multi-sector committee made up of federal, provincial, regional and local government representatives, First Nations, academia, industry, development, stewardship and the arts and culture community.

For the past decade, CRWR has partnered with various funders, secured grants, engaged community, participated in local planning and helped to inform decisionmakers with legislative authority. Then, in 2015, it launched the Lower Coquitlam River Watershed Plan. To address the health and long-term sus-

tainability of the watershed, the plan identifies various watershed pressures (stressors such as development, stormwater and invasive species) along with corresponding strategies and actions (policy/ regulatory incentives; improving practices; implementing measuring, monitoring and reporting protocols; augmenting education/outreach programs; engaging in restorative development).

Along with its maturing legitimacy, enduring work ethic and inclusive collaborative governance model, CRWR now recognizes its need to secure stable funding sources

so that it can focus on leading long-range projects in the watershed.

I recently attended the Nanaimo Water Symposium, hosted by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in BC. This year’s gathering recognized and celebrated the work of collaborative watershed governance on Vancouver Island.

By sharing information and expertise, local government and the stewardship community are better able to plan and implement effective watershed management.

Back here on the mainland, Metro Vancouver’s Watershed Management Plan is guided by an overall goal to have “watersheds that provide clean, safe water and are managed and protected as natural assets of highest importance to the Greater Vancouver regions.”

Supporting CRWR aligns directly with Metro Van’s objective to have a watershed planning process that involves the public, stakeholders, advisory committees, municipalities and government agencies.

Furthermore, supporting the CRWR would advance Metro’s Ecological Health Action Plan.

Melissa Chaun of Port Moody is an ecologist with a passion for all things sustainable. She is events co-ordinator with the Rivershed Society of BC and volunteers on various city committees. Her column runs monthly.

HERE’S HOW TO HELP

Here are the ways you and I can get involved with protecting the health and future of the Coquitlam River watershed: Let Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam’s mayor and council know that you: • want them to promote and support the conservation of a healthy sustainable watershed; • support the CRWR in implementing the Lower Coquitlam Watershed Plan; • and are in favour of long-term support for the CRWR, its plan and related projects.

Visit the CRWR website (coquitlamriverwatershed.ca) to get involved: • The Roundtable’s strategic objectives and actions may align with your organization’s — partnerships are what make this work.

• Upcoming events: Experience your watershed by joining a free watershed tour or other CRWR event. Get outside, learn new things and earn leadership/volunteer hours (via clean-ups, weed pulls, plantings, etc.).

• Learn, network and contribute by attending the publicly accessible core committee meetings (the next one is May 9).

• Get involved in your city’s budget planning to ensure watershed-based initiatives are supported and implemented.

• Check out Metro Van’s growgreenguide.ca and re-imagine your front and back yards as part of a healthy watershed.

We all live in a watershed. Experience yours and learn to protect it for a prosperous water future.

HYDE CREEK FISH RELEASE SATURDAY

Hyde Creek Watershed Society holds its annual fish release and open house tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Kids and adults can don raincoats and rubber boots for a day in the woods next to the creek at 3636 Coast Meridian Rd., Port Coquitlam. This is your chance to carry a bucket of salmon from the hatchery to the creek, where you will release them and send them on their journey to the ocean. There are tours of the education centre, exhibits and crafts, plus a fundraising hot dog barbecue. Info: www.hydecreek.org.

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TC CALENDAR SATURDAY, APRIL 21 • Hyde Creek open house and salmon release, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Hyde Creek Hatchery, PoCo. Help release salmon fry into Hyde Creek, tour a working hatchery, view displays, murals and enjoy children’s crafts; also, fundraising hot dog BBQ. • Kiddies Korner Preschool, a non-profit, parent-involvement preschool, hosts fundraising Imagination Fair, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo; including PoCo fire truck, Menchie’s, the Fun Gymbus (formerly Vancouver Tumblebus), a springless trampoline, hourly 50/50 draws and silent auction, plus face-painting, a cake walk, a balloon pop, crafts for little ones and more. Tickets: $2 at the door but you can save up to $7 if you purchase a ticket package through at KKP’s Facebook event page (https://www.facebook.com/ events/148511845830658).

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 • PoCo Heritage Trees celebrates Earth Day by hosting guided plant walk along the beautiful Donald Walkway with horticulturalist James Bobick, 1-2:30 p.m., rain or shine (meet at Leigh Square). Donald Walkway is an easily accessible scenic garden path between Wilson and Welcher avenues, leading through Elks Park. This is a free, family-friendly event.

• Lower Mainland Green Team holds Himalayan blackberry removal, 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m. near Hyde Creek in Coquitlam (near Coast Meridian Road and Victoria Drive); dig up invasive Himalayan Blackberry roots and prepare the site for a future planting.

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april 23: tri-city photo club • Tri-City Photo Club meets in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., 7:30 p.m. – guests are always welcome. Feature: Wildlife and bird photography; the evening will be followed by a field trip to Reifel Bird Sanctuary. Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca.

april 25: pac. DiGital photo club • Pacific Digital Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school – guests always welcome. Info and a listing of meetings and speakers: www.pdpc.ca.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 24 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-525-0464.

SATURDAY, APRIL 28 • Archbishop Carney regional secondary school hosts “Carney’s Got Talent” competition, auction and dinner, with PoCo Mayor Greg Moore as auctioneer, Global News reporter Jennifer Palma as MC. Tickets: $35. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., 1335 Dominion Ave., PoCo. Info, tickets or to make a donation to the auction: 604-942-7465, carneyauction@gmail.com or www.acrss.org. Tickets sales end April 20.

• PoCo Garden Club annual plant sale, 9 a.m.-noon, Trinity United Church, 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo. All plants are healthy, hardy, and locally

grown in members’ gardens, from herbs and edibles to annuals, perennials and shrubs.

Organic master gardeners will be on hand to provide free gardening advice. There will also be a bake sale, a raffle and a garden-themed yard sale, plus 50% off club membership when you spend $10 or more; 50% of plant sale proceeds go to University of the Fraser Valley horticultural program.

TUESDAY, MAY 1 • Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the TriCities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

THURSDAY, MAY 3 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-9:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263,

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-937-0836.

SATURDAY, MAY 5 • Dogwood Garden Club perennial plant sale, 9-11:30 a.m. (while quantities last) Poirier rec centre; cash only. Info: dogwoodgardenclub.weebly.com.

SUPPORT GROUPS • Have you experienced the death of a loved one and found yourself struggling? Gathering with others who have also experienced a loss is known to be one of the most helpful ways of coping with grief. Sharing your story is important to healthy healing. Crossroads Hospice Society is running closed grief support groups. Registration: call Castine, 604-949-2274.

• Crossroads Hospice Society hosts a free walking group for the bereaved, Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Group meets at Crossroads Labyrinth Healing Garden in Pioneer Memorial Park at Ioco Rd. and Heritage Mountain Blvd. Hospice volunteers will be present on the free walk through Rocky Point Park or Orchard Park. Newcomers can register by calling Castine at 604-949-2274.

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month (except December) at Wilson Centre, PoCo. All those affected by prostate problems and their partners are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere.

There is no charge but donations are welcome. Info: Craig, 604928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

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

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• Circle of Hope Al-Anon Family group meetings are Mondays, 1 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1504 Sprice Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-688-1716.

• Dogwood White Cane Club meets every Thursday from September to June, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion. Those who are legally blind are welcome.

• LifeRing weekly recovery meetings, Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m., Vancity Credit Union, Shaughnessy Station (Shaughnessy at Lougheed), PoCo. All welcome. Info: 604377-1364.

• B.C. Schizophrenia Society meets the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604720-3935.

• Joy’s Place Transition House is an emergency shelter for physically and/or emotionally abused women and their children. Info: 604-492-1700.

• GriefShare is a support group for people who have lost a spouse, child, family member or friend through death.

This 11-week, Christ-centred, biblically based support group meets every Saturday, 10 a.m.noon, Northside Church, 1460 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam. Each session has a video presentation followed by small group discussion and you can attend at anytime. Info: 604-942-7711.

• Al-Anon, a fellowship of friends and family of alcoholics who come together to share their experience, strength and hope, meets on Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Women’s Resource Centre, 2420 Mary Hill Rd., PoCo. Info: Elaine with Al-Anon Central Services Society, 604-688-1716.

• TOPS chapters meet weekly at numerous Tri-City locations.

For information on group near you: Gail, 604-941-2907.

• Al-Anon Family Group meets at 1 p.m. Mondays, 8 p.m.

Wednesdays and noon Saturdays at Como Lake United church, 535 Marmont Ave. Coquitlam.

Info: 604-688-1716.

• Port Moody Alanon Family Group open meeting,

• Alzheimer Society of BC has a dementia support group for caregivers for a person with dementia who lives in residential care. The group meets on the fourth Saturday of each month, 1-3 p.m., in Coquitlam. Info: Vivian or Kim, 604-2980780 or vtsai@alzheimerbc.org.

Wednesdays, 8 p.m., St. Andrews Church, 2318 St. Johns St., Port Moody. Info: 604-461-6991.

• Al-Anon Adult Children meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1504 Sprice Ave. (at Schoolhouse), Coquitlam.

• Fibromyalgia support group meets, 1-3 p.m., on the fourth Thursday of each month (except December) at Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. Education and support for adults who are living with this chronic illness. Info: Julie, 604936-6027.

• Irritable bowel syndrome support group meets monthly in PoMo to exchange information, to offer one another support, and to share experiences and coping strategies. Info: 604-875-4875 or www.badgut.org.

• Recovery International is a self-help, peer-to-peer support meeting for people who struggle with stress, fear, anger, depression, anxiety, panic and nervous symptoms. The goal is to help reduce symptoms by practising cognitive behaviour techniques.

There is a group in PoCo. Info: Kathy, 778-554-1026 or www. recoverycanada.ca.

• Christian 12-step group for people with alcohol, drug, and gambling addictions meets at 7:15 p.m. every Monday Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, 948 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-939-6136 or www. hiscpc.org.

• Coquitlam Support Group: Change, Crisis to Creativity meets Thursday evenings. Group meets twice a month to support one another through major changes, including unemployment, family crisis, death, illness, separation/divorce, empty nest, retirement, etc., and working towards positive, creative lifestyle.

Info: Mara, 604-931-7070.

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• Port Moody Ecological Society, a volunteer-operated educational and training facility, is seeking keen volunteers.

Volunteers can be adults or students (over 16) and membership is as low as $5 (students).

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• Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is looking for volunteer tutors for Study Buddy program, which gives young girls the educational support they need by matching them in a one-to-one tutoring relationship. To be a Study Buddy volunteer, you must be female, age 19 or older, have a high school diploma, some post-secondary education (completed or in-process), and some experience helping others learn.

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• CancerConnection peer volunteers offer one-to-one information and emotional support to people living with cancer. Info: 1-888-939-3333.

• Tri-Cities Caregiver Network gives caregivers a safe place to express and deal with their emotions and concerns. Group discussions, speakers and films are part of the program. Meet

every 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon.

• DivorceCare is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Alliance church, corner of Mariner and Spuraway, Coquitlam. Seminar sessions include “Facing my Anger,” “Facing my Loneliness,” “Depression,” “Forgiveness” and “New Relationships.” Info: 604464-6744.

• PoCo Stroke Recovery Branch would like to welcome new members; meetings are held Mondays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Wilson Centre, PoCo. There is opportunity for speech maintenance, meeting others that have gone through the similar situation and light exercises or bocce.

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Champions, science, TAG and strata info BOOKS PLUS Books Plus runs in The TriCity News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

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• Library Champions info session: Do you have Permanent Residency status?

Become a Library Champion: Volunteer to help other new immigrants in your community Thursday, April 26, 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the City Centre branch board room. Register for this free program at the branch’s Help Desk or at www. coqlibrary.ca.

• Tiny Stories contest and workshop: Do you like writing short stories? Send CPL your tiny stories. Contest dates are May 1 to June 15, with prizes to be announced. Also, join librarians for a Tiny Stories workshop, where local writer Rebecca Wood Barrett will lead you through a series of playful writing exercises that will help spark ideas. The workshop is scheduled for May 3, 7 to 8 p.m. at the City Centre branch, Room 136. Space is limited; register online at coqlibrary.ca for this free program or call the Help Desk at 604-554-7323.

• May Tech Club: Introduction to Coding with Scratch: Learn the basics of coding using building blocks in Scratch Friday, May 4, 2 to 3 p.m., in the City Centre branch computer lab. Register online at www.coqlibrary.ca.

• Science Expo 2018: Coquitlam Public Library will host its third annual Science Expo May 10. Tri-Cities students from Grades 4 to 12 will display their experiments and innovations at the City Centre branch starting at 3:30 p.m. for a chance to win medals, trophies and some of the $2,000plus in prize money.

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

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• Middle School Book Club: Want to meet other passionate readers? Read The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag and join other middle school students for a librarian-led discussion Tuesday, April 24 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the library’s ParkLane Room. Call 604-4694577 to register.

• Strata homeowner survival guide: Avoid problems with your strata corporation.

This workshop, presented in partnership with the People’s Law School, will cover insurance, parking, fees, repairs and how to resolve disagreements.

The program will on Thursday, May 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Call 604-469-4577 to register.

• International Tabletop Day: Game on! Drop in to the library April 28 between 10:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. for an epic day of board game fun. Make new friends — and enemies — test out award-winning tabletop games for all ages, and get tips from experts from Port Moody’s Village Toy Shop and Hourglass Comics and Games.

Take your games night to the next level by trying out something new — just drop in.

For more information, visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.

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• Speech and language drop-in clinic: Drop by Terry Fox Library and talk with one of the Fraser Health Unit’s speech-language pathologists for five to 10 minutes.

Your child will receive a brief screening of his or her communication skills and you will receive help for your child’s speech and language development. This clinic is for children who have not been referred and is best suited for families that are not sure if a referral is needed. Clients are seen on a first-come, first-served basis on Tuesdays, May 1 and July 24, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

• TAG: Join Fox’s Teen Advisory Group and tell librarians what teens want. This looks great on your resume and you get volunteer hours — and there are snacks. TAG meets Tuesdays, May 15 and June 19, 7 to 8 p.m. — just drop in.

For more information, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-

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inally, it’s time to get your early vegetables growing if you want to savour the wonderful, fresh taste of new vegetables this spring.

Keep in mind, however, not all vegetables can be started early. Many, like bush and pole beans, need warmer soil temperatures for good germination and successful growth. Remember also: at this time of year, you should be using raised beds of eight to ten inches and it is essential to have good soil preparation and drainage.

Even though many seed catalogues recommend a later start, broad beans can be planted now. These large beans love cooler soil temperatures and mature early in the spring before the weather becomes too warm. If you haven’t tried them before, plant a few this year – they’re delicious.

Early brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli), can be under way now as

well. They do best from seedlings started indoors but it’s important to use only early varieties at this time of year as they are bred to withstand cool conditions and to mature in early spring weather.

Brassicas are lime lovers so use plenty of Dolopril lime in the rows. If root maggots have been a problem in the past, try drenching the planting holes with a solution of boiled rhubarb leaves and water. It’s worth a try.

Lettuce is possibly the oldest, most popular of all vegetables. It will grow under a wide diversity of conditions but prefers cool growing temperatures between 10 to 15 C (50 to 60 F). You can seed it directly in the ground later but for early crops, it’s best to transplant seedlings.

Leaf lettuce is faster maturing than head types. Try some of the new ‘loose head’ varieties like ‘Buttercrunch’ and for an interesting change, plant some of the new vibrant red-leafed varieties - they really colour up both the garden and a salad bowl. The new red romaine, mesclun salad blends and other interesting lettuce mixes will spice up your taste buds too. Lettuce plants love high nitrogen soil, so mix plenty of compost and wellrotted manures in their planting area.

Sweet Spanish onions won’t

be as sweet unless they are in the ground soon. You can seed them directly but I prefer transplants to save both thinning and time. Many varieties are now available but remember: some are good keepers while others are not. They all prefer a light, sandy loam and the hottest spot in the garden.

In mild climates, bunching onions can be grown almost year-round. Varieties like the white ‘Lisbon’, ‘Tokyo’, ‘Long White’ and ‘Stay Green Bunching’ are all excellent varieties. Many gardeners still prefer to use multiplier onion bulbs for some quick greens.

I know one lady who plants multipliers in her garden every six weeks throughout the year.

Peas are cool croppers as well. It’s a great idea to sow just a few every two weeks until mid-May. Peas prefer a light, loamy soil and I think you’ll find fewer disease and insect problems if you take the time to keep your soil on the light side.

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COMO LAKE RELAYS The 40th annual Como Lake Relays kicked off two days of competition on Wednesday.

More than 2,000 grade 4 and 5 students from 45 elementary schools around the Tri-Cities ran the 1.2 km circuit in relay teams of four around the lake in Coquitlam’s Como Lake Park.

Clockwise from left: Runners bolt from the start line; Isaac Mercer, 9, warms up by zigzaggin over a creek; an Eagle Ridge elementary competitor limbers up by climbing lumber; Aaron Rahm guides a runner to the finish area; and Hampton Park’s team huddles up.

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HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Jack Varney, of Terry Fox secondary, is one of the players who will be suiting up at the first School District 43 all-star basketball game at Dr. Charles Best secondary school on April 23.

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Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils’ midfielder Maya Borego battles for the ball with Gleneagle Talons defender Jordyn Harding in the first half of their Fraser Valley North BC high school girls soccer match, Monday at Coquitlam Town Centre Park. Borego scored twice in the Blue Devils’ 9-0 victory. Isabel Lambert scored three times and Jenna Mele also added a pair, along with singles from Daniella Bavaro and Leah Favaro.

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Organizers Eugene Melnik and Chris Davies, co-coaches of the Pinetree Timberwolves senior boys team, said the game will be a showcase for players who didn’t get a chance to shine at the provincials in March because the Fraser Valley is filled with so many powerhouse teams, making it difficult for Fraser Valley North teams to earn

their way to Langley, let alone a top seeding.

“We have a tough league, a tough district, but we have some really strong players,” Davies said.

The game will also be a yardstick for the players and coaches to measure how far they’ve come and how much they’ve grown through their public school careers.

“It’s a great exit for them out of the school system,” Melnik said.

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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our wife, mother and grandmother. Claudia passed away on Friday March 30, 2018 at Salt Lake City University Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Claudia was very talented excelling at everything she did. She will be deeply missed but we take comfort in the knowledge that she had a full life.

COOKE, Muriel Jean (Fitzpatrick) January 19, 1932 - February 26, 2018 With deep sadness we announce the passing of Muriel, age 86. Muriel was born and grew up in New Westminster. She became a teacher and counsellor, and spent most of her career working in the Coquitlam School District.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Queens Avenue United Church, 6th Street & Queens Ave, New Westminster, BC at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 21. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation or a charity of your choice.

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LEGAL LEGAL/PUBLIC NOTICES WAREHOUSEMAN LIEN ACT This shall serve as legal notice to a business named North Shore Automotive, (owner is a gentleman named Hans), North Vancouver, of our intent to dispose of/sell any and all of the contents stored in a container located at Container King, 1156 Kingsway Ave, Port Coquitlam, BC. Items to be disposed of are believed to be commercial goods. The sale will take place on April 20th at 9am at Container King.

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UT108531

SUV, 4x4, Lifted w/ Snorkel, 139,675kms

2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER

UT061587

BLOWOUT

APRIL

West Coast Nissan’s

west coast auto group

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