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INSIDE: The journeys that brought people here [pg. 19] / TC Sports [pg. 26] WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 Your community. Your stories.
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O CANADA – HAPPY 150TH IN THE TRI-CITIES: PHOTOS ON PAGES 3, 4 & 18
BRYAN NESS PHOTO
The Tri-Cities celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday in style on Saturday, including Port Coquitlam, where people posed in front of a mural done by the Art Focus Artists’ Association for Canada Day.
WILDLIFE IN THE TRI-CITIES
‘If you don’t want bears destroyed, please help’ DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News
A black bear that likes to dine on garbage was trapped on Burke Mountain and released into the woods a distance away from the city.
It’s a second chance at life for the large male, which was relocated instead of being destroyed because it wasn’t acting aggressively or damaging property. But Sgt. Todd Hunter of the BC Conservation Officer Service is concerned that people who
are setting their waste carts out early or failing to lock them away after garbage day could lure the bruin back to the neighbourhood. “What we need people to do is to ensure they are following the waste regulation bylaw in terms of not leaving it
out on the street. [If human food is easy to get] the bears become habituated and become dangerous, and more often then not they are destroyed,” Hunter told The Tri-City News.
where did all those geese go? DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News
Gail Forbes has a thing for Canada geese. The Coquitlam woman volunteers for the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC and fostered eight goslings while at WRA’s facility, so when a large number of the iconic creatures disappeared from Como Lake Park, she was worried.
see GONE GEESE, page 8 see LOTS OF CALLS, page 15
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