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SCARLETT MCGOWAN PHOTO
Tri-City News reader Scarlett McGowan snapped this photo of a close encounter last weekend between a bear and a human on the Traboulay PoCo Trail. For details on another bear encounter — between some PoCo property owners, a dead bear named Big Bob and the bureaucracies of city hall and the BC Conservation Officer Service — please read story on page 4.
CHILD CARE IN THE TRI-CITIES
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PM parents in child care limbo Despite some assurances, parents are worried about what will happen after August
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elementary school. “This has a huge effect on families,” said Cheri Keenan, who has children in BrightPath Early Learning and Child Care programs that are being moved to accommodate the need for more classroom space. Approximately 100 families
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A group of families from a Port Moody daycare say they are being left in the dark about efforts to find space for nearly 100 children who have been attending programs at Moody
got the news that BrightPath’s initial lease agreement was not renewed beyond June 30, and while a solution has been found to accommodate 45 school-aged children until Oct. 27, another 49 children up to five years of age will lose their space Aug. 23. The situation arises as School
District 43 needs the space at Moody elementary school. While school-aged students can be in the gym for before- and after-school care, it’s only a temporary measure, according to SD43 spokesperson Peter Chevrier. see OUTDOOR SPACE, page 9
The second annual PoCo Grand Prix is set for next Friday. For details, see story on page 3
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