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TRI-CITY DEVELOPMENT

Flavelle plan takes a key step forward OCP change OK’d, request to go to Metro Van board MARIO BARTEL

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Port Moody council will ask the Metro Vancouver board to change the land use designation of the Flavelle mill site on the city’s waterfront from industrial to general urban following a lengthy public hearing Tuesday.

At the meeting following that hearing, council gave third reading to a bylaw amendment to its official community plan that would allow the 11.9-hectare property to be redeveloped.

The property’s owner, Flavelle Oceanfront Development,

is proposing to turn the mill site, which has been a part of Port Moody’s waterfront for more than a hundred years, into a high-density, mixed-use neighbourhood that could become home to up to 7,000 residents.

According to its proposal, those people would live in 3,397 units comprised of condos and townhouses in 11 towers ranging from 16 to 38 storeys and an eight-storey mid-rise building. As well, there would be 75 live-work units and 60 to 70 rental apartments in a low-rise building. The project would also include retail, office and light industrial spaces that the proponent says could create about 1,130 permanent, fulltime jobs. see PEOPLE WANT, page 6

Amalgamation?

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Kali Alcorn says she not only has to have the skill to climb trees, she also has to understand how they grow, the pests, fungi and diseases that can weaken them, and the physics of how they’ll fall when she removes limbs. The Port Coquitlam arbourist is competing this weekend at the world tree climbing championships in Washington, D.C. See story on page 14.

Recent stories and letters in The TriCity News have ignited a Facebook debate on amalgamation. For more, see our story about Coquitlam’s historical boundaries on page 10 and another letter to the editor on page 13.

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BEARS IN THE TRI-CITIES

Berries bring bears & bear concerns They’ll move from blueberries to people’s garbage DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

It’s blueberry season and that is good news for both humans and hungry bears.

But while u-pickers are welcome, bears who eat and run are causing problems, resulting in more complaints to the BC Conservation Officer Service.

“We recommend farmers of any of those crops become bear smart,” Sgt. Todd Hunter told The Tri-City News. “They can even contact [the BC Conservation Foundation’s] WildSafeBC and they can help them out.”

One quick fix would be electric fencing in agricultural areas of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, with the investment paying off in less than a year, he said. Todd said a Pitt Meadows farmer recently spent $35,000 on electric fencing that prevented $40,000 in crop damage in the first few months of the year.

Among the areas frequented by bruins for berries are Fremont Street and Oliver Road, where bears have been seen snacking, he said.

Unfortunately, once bears get used to eating blueberries, they begin to move through the city, turning to human garbage left unsecured, bird seed

and other attractants.

Consequently, calls are up, with 2017 edging towards a record year for bear complaints.

In PoCo, there have been 568 bear calls already this year, compared to 961 for all of last year. Port Moody has had triple the number of complaints — 301 so far, compared to 71 for all of 2016.

Coquitlam is the bright spot, said Hunter, because while there have been 726 bear complaints, the trend is down, compared to 1,836 for all of 2016.

“Last year, Coquitlam became a Bear Smart community, they did a ton of proactive enforcement. You can see it’s having quite a bit of an effect and the cities that are not doing as much, the numbers are fairly high.”

Meanwhile, Anmore has been relatively quiet with 17 bear calls so far this year, compared to 58 for 2016, while neighbouring Belcarra has had 28 bear calls so far in 2017, compared to 26 for all of last year.

As well, bears that have come down the mountain to feed on berries, then turn to garbage are a problem that has to be dealt with, he said, noting residents need to take more responsibility while cities may need to do additional education and enforcement.

“We want some success like we have with Coquitlam — a reduction of calls — otherwise it goes from spot fire to spot fire.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

STEVE KAZEMIR PHOTO

Tri-City News reader Steve Kazemir captured this photo of a bear in a neighbourhood near Kilmer Park in Port Coquitlam rummaging through garbage bins. “This fellow was VERY comfortable walking around mid-afternoon, easily climbing on and over six-foot fences and ignoring any people that were around watching,” Kazemir wrote in an email, also saying: “I suspect this is not good news for this bear — a fed bear is a dead bear.” Kazemir also shot a video of this particularly itchy bear in action; view it with this story at tricitynews.com.

Keep your distance from bears: park officials stay at least 100 m from bears, say Minnekhada staff DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Metro Vancouver has begun to crack down on looky-loos who are causing confusion and chaos on a narrow stretch of road leading to Minnekhada Regional Park that is frequented by bears.

Oliver Road in northeast

Coquitlam is popular among dog walkers, cyclists, hikers and picnickers but bears also hang out there in the summer for blueberries in area fields and in the fall for salmon in streams.

In dozens of incidents recorded by park staff, park visitors are approaching bears to take photos or even, while walking or cycling refusing to get out of the way of bears.

Sometimes, people get out of their cars in the middle of the one-lane road, causing “bear jams.”

And it has to stop, says Metro

DO’S AND DON’T’S

• Don’t try to pass the bear while walking or cycling.

• Don’t stand in the way of a bear walking on the path.

• Don’t park or get out of your car to take a photo.

• Do keep a 100 m distance away from a bear.

Vancouver park operations supervisor Marcel LaBreche.

“We want people to keep back 100 m and keep the road clear so we don’t have to shut down the whole area,” he said.

In recent months, there have been five incidents of bears

exhibiting defensive behaviour, such as clacking their teeth, growling and bluff charging (when a bruin charges in order to scare off a perceived threat).

Still, people seem to be slow to get the message, whether from the animals or officials.

‘Once we had someone driving their car down the road, following a bear. They got out of car to take a picture and the bear gave a bluff charge.”

Parks workers have been patrolling day and night talking to people and encouraging them to stay 100 m or more away from bears. In some cases, however, their advice is being ignored, putting people and bears at risk.

LaBreche said parks workers don’t have the power to ticket but are working with the BC Conservation Officer Service,

which is responsible for enforcing against wildlife harassment.

In the meantime, the hope is that a combination of more signs, more education and talking to park visitors will encourage people to keep their distance. Otherwise a conflict could arise, resulting in a bear being destroyed, LaBreche pointed out.

Since May, according to Metro Vancouver figures, there have been 130 bear sightings in the park.

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HELPING HANDS

Donate food, $ this weekend A last-minute food drive at two Safeway stores this weekend is aimed at helping Share Family and Community Services achieve its goal of filling food bank shelves for the summer.

The Remember the Food Bank campaign will conclude with a blitz tomorrow (Saturday) at the Safeway at Shaughnessy Station in Port Coquitlam from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sunday at the Sunwood Square Safeway in

Coquitlam from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Volunteers will be standing in front of the stores, collecting food and cash donations. Items in need include pasta and pasta sauce, beans, lentils, rice, canned fruits and vegetables, and cooking oil.

Last year, the Share food bank distributed 14,865 food hampers to residents in the Tri-Cities; more than a third of those served were under 19 years of age.

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Rice, pasta and sauce, beans, lentils, and canned fruits and vegetables are among the items Share Family and Community Services needs to serve its hundreds of Tri-City food bank clients.

The SUCCESS office in Coquitlam is accepting donations in conjunction with the Canadian Red Cross to help residents affected by wildfires in B.C.’s Interior.

The Henderson Place (1163 Pinetree Way) location is one of five SUCCESS centres across the Lower Mainland that will be taking contributions until Aug. 11.

“The Canadian Red Cross and SUCCESS have a longstanding partnership in responding to relief efforts in disaster situations,” said Queenie Choo, the CEO of SUCCESS, in a press release. “We are in full support to raise funds to help those affected in the fires.”

Other SUCCESS offices accepting donations are located in Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby and Surrey.

Urgent support has been sought for many residents in British Columbia who have been forced to leave their homes after a province-wide state of emergency was triggered by the recent wildfires.

To donate online, go to www.redcross.ca. For more information, call 1-800-418-1111 or email wecare@redcross.ca.

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METRO VANCOUVER TRANSIT

Transit ridership up in ’16 – even before Evergreen 5% jump in the Tri-Cities is above the Metro average

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The data is contained in the 2016 Transit Service Performance Review, used to plan adjustments to TransLink’s transit network.

Freeman said more will be known about how Tri-City commuters are responding to this year’s increase in service in the 2017 performance review.

In the meantime, the following take-aways can be gleaned from the 2016 report: • More people are taking transit in off-peak hours, not just weekday mornings and afternoons, with some of the highest growth in ridership between 6 and 9 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays.

• SkyTrain is becoming increasingly popular, with roughly 5% growth last year on all three SkyTrain lines.

Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson, whose portfolio as minister of municipal affairs and housing also includes TransLink, got to roll out the good news about transit ridership. And she was quoted in the TransLink press release as saying the NDP government would continue to invest in transit.

DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Transit ridership grew 5% in the Tri-Cities last year, giving TransLink officials reason to celebrate and to hope that with more frequent service introduced this year and the introduction of SkyTrain, thousands of new riders will emerge.

“We’re quite pleased in that while we’ve only started to increase bus service that the ridership on the bus network is still growing,” Daniel Freeman, manager of transit network management for TransLink, told The Tri-City News.

TransLink stats show that boardings in this region were up 700,000, or 5%, last year even though bus service grew by only 1%, or 4,000 hours.

The local increase beat the 4.5% hike in system-wide boardings in 2016, the largest increase since the 2010 Olympics, with an improved economy, Compass Card introduction, rising fuel prices and service improvements

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A full year of Evergreen Extension service is expected to boost transit ridership numbers in the Tri-Cities, according to Daniel Freeman, manager of transit network management for TransLink. credited for the jump.

(According to a TransLink press release, there were more than 200 million boardings across the system in the first six months of 2017, a 5.7% increase over the same period in 2016. The press release noted that Metro Vancouver is bucking a trend in which transit boardings are declining in other major U.S. and Canadian cities.)

And while the Evergreen Extension of the Millennium Line didn’t open until Dec.

2, early indications are that it is meeting or exceeding expectations. In just four weeks in December — during one of the coldest and snowiest winters on record — there were 27,000 boardings per weekday.

Freeman said Tri-City transit ridership is expected to be even higher this year, with more frequent service introduced in the spring and more bus service changes expected for the fall, along with improved connections to

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TRI-CITY DEVELOPMENT

‘People want access to the oceanfront’: Flavelle consultant continued from front page

Flavelle is also proposing to dedicate almost a quarter of the site to create public park and open space, including a boardwalk along the shore of Burrard Inlet that links to Rocky Point Park.

Council’s decision to move the plan forward another step came after a public hearing that lasted almost two hours. Most speakers expressed support for the site’s redevelopment, which Flavelle first proposed in 2015. Since then, the city and company have held consultations with the community, including open houses, information meetings and site tours.

Blaire Chisholm, the vicepresident of Brook Pooni Associates, the firm employed

by Flavelle to manage the project’s public engagement process, said it has had close to 2,000 conversations with residents over the past two years.

“People want access to the oceanfront,” Chisholm told council. “They want to live and work at that site.”

Coun. Diana Dilworth said it’s the largest public consultation process she’s seen in her years on council. “I’m really, really impressed with the work that’s

been done,” she said, although she cautioned the project is far from a done deal.

“I think there needs to be further conversations,” Dilworth said, referring to concerns that were raised during the public meeting about the placement of buildings and the extent of public access to the waterfront.

Count. Rob Vagramov said there should be more public space along the development’s waterfront, suggesting that could be achieved by increasing its density. “If you want townhomes, this is not the place,” said Vagramov, who was the only councillor in attendance to vote against third reading, although he did vote to request Metro’s redesignation of the property.

Mayor Mike Clay conceded Flavelle’s proposal still faces “a ton of challenges” but he said anything is an improvement on the site’s current industrial use.

Chisholm called taking the request to change to the property’s designation to Metro Vancouver “a major milestone for our project” but noted it will still be two to four years before any construction can begin, and more than 20 years before it’s completed.

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PORT MOODY

With Shaw gone, PoMo to webcast council meetings Staffing costs for entire year to be more than $5,000

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It’s not quite Game of Thrones but viewers of Port Moody council and committee of the whole meetings will still be able to get their video fix when those meetings resume in September.

At Tuesday’s council meeting, council approved the expenditure of $1,591 to pay for staff at the Inlet Theatre to operate the video equipment to get the 10 meetings that remain this year to air — or at least to the internet, as Shaw Television will no longer be producing and broadcasting the meetings on its community channel as of Aug. 15.

In April, Shaw advised the city it would be winding down its commitment to provide coverage of council meetings in a number of communities so it could divert about $10 million to its news-gathering operations in Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.

While the city installed a

A screengrab of a video of a council meeting in Coquitlam, which has been webcasting its meetings for several years. digital camera recording and streaming system in 2014 in Inlet Theatre, where council meetings are held, Shaw video technicians operated it and were also contracted to cover committee of the whole meetings or other notable meetings.

Those meetings are streamed live to the internet and then indexed and archived on the city’s website for later viewing.

A report to council said while the equipment can simply be

turned on to provide a static, wide-angle shot of a meeting, the use of a technician allows for better production values, including the switching of cameras so speakers can be seen from the front, and framing speakers to highlight them. It recommended training theatre staff to operate the equipment.

“The overall quality of the video stream is more pleasing and enjoyable to view,” the report stated.

In 2016, the city spent $1,096 to provide additional coverage of meetings beyond Shaw’s commitment.

Devin Jain, Port Moody’s manager of cultural services, estimated in the report it will cost almost $5,100 to staff coverage of 21 council meetings and 11 committee of the whole meetings over the course of a year.

Council directed the city’s finance committee to find a source for funding the continuing webcasts and to incorporate that funding into the budget process for the next four years.

The cities of Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam already webcast their council meetings, with the latter also webcasting its committee meetings.

More names for byelection ballot MARIO BARTEL

The Tri-CiTy News

The ballot for the Port Moody byelection to fill an empty council seat is getting longer.

Jeanette Jackson, a tech executive, entrepreneur and consultant, has indicated her interest in running in a post to the Facebook discussion group created for the Sept. 30 byelection. “Yes, I am seriously considering running in the upcoming bi-election [sic], with the hopes of extending my role in 2018,” wrote Jackson, who was a candidate for school trustee in the 2014 civic elections. She’s also a member of the Port Moody Police Board since 2014.

Hunter Madsen, a co-organizer of the group Save Bert Flinn Park, which is fighting a long-planned extension of David Avenue through the park that straddles Port Moody and Anmore, announced his candidacy with a four-page press release. “I believe our city can strike a better, wiser balance between urban development and maintaining what’s best about living here,” said Madsen in his release.

Cathy Cena also announced her intention to run in a press release. She’s a business development manager for a company that manufactures identity products. Cena previously ran for council in 2014. In her release she said her three priorities will be to increase the supply of affordable housing, capitalize on opportunities brought by transit and work with businesses in Moody Centre.

Jackson, Madsen and Cena join at least three other Port Moody residents who have publicly declared their intention to run for the seat that was vacated by former councillor Rick Glumac after he was elected MLA for the riding of Port Moody-Coquitlam in the May 19 provincial election. Former councillor Karen Rockwell has said she’ll run, as have Shane Kennedy and Timothy Favelle.

Nomination papers will be available at city hall Aug. 1, and chief electoral officer Dorothy Shermer will begin accepting those papers from Aug. 15 to 25. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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City of Port Moody 2017 By-Election

Notice of Nomination The City of Port Moody is notifying electors that our Chief Election Officer will receive nominations for the office of Councillor starting at 9am on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 until 4pm on Friday, August 25, 2017. Nominations must be received between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). The term of office is from Tuesday, October 24, 2017 until the next General Local Government Election.

A person is qualified to be nominated, elected, and to hold office as a Councillor if they meet the following criteria: • 18 years of age or older; • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day nomination papers are filed; and • not disqualified by the Local Government Act from voting in an election in British Columbia or from being nominated for, being elected to, or holding office, or be otherwise disqualified by law.

Nomination documents are available for pick-up beginning August 1, 2017 at: Port Moody City Hall Legislative Services Division 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B. C. All completed nomination documents received by the Chief Election Officer will be available for public viewing at portmoody.ca/elections.

Availability of List of Registered Electors Beginning Tuesday, August 15, 2017 until the close of general voting for the election on September 30, 2017, a copy of the List of Electors will be available for public inspection at the Legislative Services

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca

Division at City Hall. Viewers must sign a form of undertaking to access the list. The list is available between 8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). If, for any reason, any elector wishes to have his/her address omitted or obscured from the List of Electors, they must inform the Legislative Services Division in person by 4pm on Tuesday, August 8, 2017.

Objection to Registration of an Elector An objection to the registration of a person whose name appears on the List of Registered Electors may be made in accordance with the Local Government Act until 4pm on Friday, August 25, 2017.

Non-Resident Property Electors To qualify as a non-resident property elector in accordance with section 66 of the Local Government Act, a person must meet all of the following requirements at the time of voting: • be a registered owner of real property in Port Moody for at least 30 days before voting day; • is or will be 18 years of age or older on voting day; and • is a Canadian Citizen and has been a resident of B.C. for at least 6 months before voting day.

The following special conditions determining eligibility apply to anyone wishing to register as a property elector:

An objection may only be made in writing by a person entitled to be registered as an elector.

Objections can only be made on the basis that the person whose name appears has either died or is not qualified to be registered as an elector.

1) Only one person may vote per property. If several non-residents own a single piece of property, the owners must select one of the owners to vote. Written consent from the majority of those property owners must be submitted to the Chief Election Officer at City Hall; and

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2) A current title search is required as proof that the applicant is entitled to register.

The list of registered electors for the City of Port Moody has been produced from the most current available Provincial Voters’ List. If you have recently moved, or are not on the Provincial Voters’ List, you can register at the time of voting. Please note that at the time of registration, you will be required to present two pieces of valid identification (at least one with a signature) to prove residency and identity.

To qualify as a Resident Elector, a person must meet all of the following requirements at the time of voting: • 18 years of age or older; • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before the day of registration; • a resident of Port Moody, for at least 30 days immediately before the day of registration; and • not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law.

Contact Us Here’s how you can get more information about the 2017 By-Election: Dorothy Shermer, Chief Election Officer 604.469.4603, dshermer@portmoody.ca Tracey Takahashi, Deputy Chief Election Officer 604.469.4539, ttakahashi@portmoody.ca View general election information online at portmoody.ca/elections Find us on Facebook at facebook.com/CityofPortMoody Follow us on Twitter at @CityofPoMo Dorothy Shermer, Chief Election Officer Legislative Services Division, 100 Newport Drive Port Moody, B. C. V3H 5C3

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TRI-CITY HERITAGE

Francophone group wants city to provide it a facility Centre to celebrate French-Cdn. heritage is sought GARY MCKENNA

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Société Francophone de Maillardville is calling on the city of Coquitlam to support its effort to build a new facility dedicated to the preservation of French-Canadian cultural heritage.

With redevelopment plans getting underway for Place Maillardville community centre, the society’s executive director, Johanne Dumas, said there is the potential for finding a location on the Cartier Avenue property to build a separate space for her organization.

“Coquitlam has an opportunity to celebrate its unique Francophone Maillardville heritage that we are at risk of losing,” she told city councillors during a presentation last week. “Opportunities for program expansion is needed, especially with Frenchspeaking newcomers, Korean and Chinese families who are interested in the Canadian linguistic duality.”

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During the presentation, Dumas cited some of the findings from last year’s Community and Facility Needs Assessment, which states that there is sufficient demand for a new building in the region.

The cultural centre is necessary, she added, to expand programs for arts and culture as well as to offer services for children, families and seniors.

There are opportunities to receive funding from higher levels of government for the project bit city approvals are needed before the grants can be sought, Dumas told council.

Ruben Goinden, a member of the society’s board, said the group would like to see a standalone centre but is open to other arrangements that could be worked out with the city and organizations in the neighbourhood.

Ideally, he told council,+the new space would be approximately 6,000 sq. ft., which would be used for administrative offices and public spaces

for a bistro cafe and gallery as well as an exhibition space for film screenings, performances and meetings.

“We are open for co-location with Place Maillardville or a separate standalone facility,” he said. “Our preference is a separate facility with distinctive signage adjacent to the proposed new Place Maillardville community centre in the heart of historical Maillardville or wherever the city sees fit to establish this new building.”

He explained the difference between Place Maillardville, a multicultural centre that would serve the broader community, and the cultural centre, which would have “a distinctly cultural and historical Maillardville theme with French-Canadian cultural heritage, Francophone focus and bilingual Francophile appeal.”

Raul Allueva, the city’s general manager of parks, recreation and culture, said staff is aware the society is looking for a larger space but it is too early

The After-Grad committee and the Grade 12 students of Gleneagle Secondary would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their generous donations and contributions in support of Gleneagle’s graduating class of 2017 After-Grad celebration

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This would not have been possible without parents who volunteered with planning this event and parents who volunteered before/during and after the event.

We would also like to extend our appreciation and thanks to the Gleneagle Administration and staff for their support, all working together for the success of a very special event.

in the process to determine how the organization may fit into plans for a future Place Maillardville.

“It is very early,” he said.

“There have been discussions with all of the groups but it is not at the point where we are presenting out to the public.”

According to Coquitlam’s Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan, Place Maillardville facility planning is expected to take place this year, while renewal of the facility is slated for 2019.

Bill Boons, president of Place Maillardville’s board of directors, said he, too, has had conversations with Dumas over the years and that the two organizations have a good relationship. But he noted that proposals for the future community centre cannot move forward until the city makes some significant decisions about its plans for the property.

“We aren’t looking at this point to compromise our space until we know a little bit more about what is coming,” he said, later adding: “Once decisions are made about the site and what the building may look like, then we will have more information.”

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Schedule of Meetings City Hall - 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam

Monday, July 31, 2017 MEETING

TIME

Council-in-Committee

2:00 pm

Closed Council

LOCATION Council Committee Room Council Committee Room

* A Closed Council Meeting will convene immediately following adjournment of the Council-in-Committee Meeting. The first item to be considered in the public portion of this meeting is a resolution requiring adoption prior to the Council Meeting being closed to the public.

Public Hearing Regular Council

7:00 pm

Council Chambers

* A Regular Council Meeting will convene immediately following adjournment of the Public Hearing.

Watch Live Broadcasts of Coquitlam Council Meetings or Archived Video from Meetings Previously Webcast The City of Coquitlam offers a video streaming service that makes its Regular Council Meetings, Council-in-Committee Meetings and Public Hearings accessible through its website at

www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts Agendas for the Regular Council and Council-in-Committee Meetings will be available online at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the scheduled meetings.

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DISPOSE OF LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS Notice is provided pursuant to Sections 24, 26 and 94 of the Community Charter that the City of Coquitlam intends to lease its interest in seven affordable housing rental units currently being built by the Beedie Group located at 520 Como Lake Avenue, Coquitlam, to the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) at a basic rent of one dollar ($1.00). The City’s fee simple ownership interest in the seven affordable housing rental units is described as follows: An approximate 37% undivided interest in an air space parcel having a volume of approximately 4,690 metres cubed that is to be subdivided from existing parent lands located at 520 Como Lake Avenue and legally described as PID: 009-933-832, Parcel “One” (K117787E) Lot “B” District Lot 9 Group 1 NWD Plan 14196 The lease of the above referenced seven affordable housing rental units to the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) is for a lease term of thirty years, which lease term is to commence on or about August 4, 2017, or such other date as agreed between the parties.

For further information please contact Mr. Perry Staniscia, Special Projects Advisor at 604-927-3017.

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TRI-CITY HISTORY

City boundaries not a new Tri-City issue Coquitlam used to encompass PoCo, parts of Pitt, Ridge

CHECK OUT THE EXHIBIT To see “Coquitlam’s Changing Boundaries,” go to www. coquitlam.ca/onlineexhibit. For more information about the Coquitlam’s Archives, go to www.coquitlam.ca/archives.

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Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam’s recent disagreements over the development of — and traffic from — Burke Mountain are just the latest issue spurring the debate over whether the Tri-Cities should amalgamate.

But a timely online exhibit shows that arguing over municipal boundaries is nothing new for residents in this part of the Lower Mainland.

“It hasn’t changed in 100 years,” said Emily Lonie, Coquitlam’s archivist and one of the creators of the showcase.

Titled “Coquitlam’s Changing Boundaries,” the exhibit presents maps and documents with the goal of showing

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Coquitlam city archivist Emily Lonie is one of the creators of the “Coquitlam’s Changing Boundaries” exhibit. residents how the current borders came to be.

Lonie explains that when Coquitlam incorporated in 1891, a large portion of the development occurred in an area called New Westminster Junction, which today is known as Port Coquitlam. But many original residents in the PICKERS NEEDED

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So, in 1913, they decided to break away from the larger Coquitlam area, forming the community of Port Coquitlam.

“A lot of communities had large expanses of land that they were responsible for but they only had a small tax base to pay for it,” Lonie sad. “There was a strong desire to keep the tax money to service the citizens paying for it, instead of servicing these massive districts.”

Using century-old documents, Lonie was able to trace how the borders have moved over the years. For example, parts of what are today Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge were originally considered part

In putting together the latest presentation, Lonie scoured legal documents and survey maps of the area, which are all included online.

She noted with some disappointment that Coquitlam’s 1894 letters patent — a document signed by the province and used to incorporate municipalities — adding the western portion of Maple Ridge to the municipality had been extensively damaged. Work has been done to restore the document and a copy will now be framed and hung in the archives at city hall.

“We have these really important records,” Lonie said. “We are taking steps to make sure they are preserved properly.”

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The solar option

P

ort Moody’s efforts to find a way to install an array of photovoltaic panels on the roof of its rec centre and city hall should be commended.

The recent study showed that solar power can be used to reduce electricity consumption, with a relatively modest output of cash, roughly $1.4 million, and a 16- to 17-year payback.

But these panels can’t be installed on older roofs without costly modifications, suggesting that solar would be most effective on new buildings where infrastructure can be built to support the panels.

It’s true that B.C. electricity costs are cheap and hydro power, already a renewable resource, continues to be plentiful, making solar less attractive in our region while rain and cloud cover make hydroelectricity necessary during some parts of the year.

Still, there is much to be learned from PoMo’s foray into solar power and, as the region’s need for electricity grows and questions about Site C remain, it won’t be long before solar power becomes a practical alternative.

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THE SPORTING LIFE

Baseball may be the greatest game never played W hen I was a youngster, my parents didn’t sign me up for baseball because they believed it to be — and pardon my use of technical sports lingo — very, very boring.

My mind flashed back to that decision last weekend as I watched my baseballmad six-year-old play an inning with his summer-league team. I’m using the word “play” here in a very loose sense, as the ratio of standing around to playing baseball was approximately 47,000:1.

ANDY PREST By the time the coach had fixed the pitching machine, the catcher had figured out how to put his shin guards on and little Tony had finally found his batting helmet, my son was 18 years old. Well, not quite, but he certainly was able to compile a detailed account of how many airplanes flew over the field during the inning (it was 12).

Even so, my son loved it, and so did I. I’ve learned the fun of baseball is in the rhythm of the game. Enjoying the slow flow is even more important at the introductory level — the rhythm of the game is much different for six-year-olds than big leaguers. To help grow the game and give you an appreciation of the sport played in its purest form, NEWSROOM 604-472-3030 DELIVERY 604-472-3040 DISPLAY ADS 604-472-3020 CLASSIFIED ADS 604-630-3300 n

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I’ve crafted this explanatory glossary for baseball for six-year-olds: • Pitcher: This is a grown man who strikes out most batters with a dazzling array of soft, underhand tosses. If one toss accidentally hits a player’s bat, this batter is deemed to be “elite” and the next time up, the pitcher strikes him or her out with soft overhand tosses.

• Pitching machine: This is a mechanical device that repeats its delivery over and over so that it can strike each batter out in a more consistent manner than a grown man. Once properly calibrated, it only needs to be adjusted once or twice every 30 seconds.

• Catcher: This is an approximately 40 lb. child buried under 40 lb. of equipment whose job is to waddle to the backstop to retrieve the ball after every pitch. The catcher then throws the ball back to the “pitcher” (note: “pitcher” in this instance denotes any spot on the field, or neighbouring counties, that is at least 10 feet away from the actual pitcher). The catcher under no circumstances is to catch the ball. The rules are unclear about what exactly would happen if the catcher actually catches the ball, although this debate is purely theoretical given that this has never occurred.

• Backstop: This tall chainlink structure behind home plate is the favourite place for many players because of the special bonding time that occurs with their fathers who are constantly encouraging them to “get the hell down from there!”

• Fielders: These 10 to 12 players are expertly positioned to count

airplanes and draw naughty words in the dirt. They are joined by three coaches screaming at them to get in the “ready position” as well the One Player Who Knows What Is Going On (OPWKWIGO).

When the ball, by some miracle, ricochets off a hitter’s bat and onto the field of play, OPWKWIGO races after it and joins the coaches in yelling at the first baseman, Jonny, to watch out for the throw that is now coming his way. “Jonny. Jonny! Jonny!!”

• Jonny: This is the player who now has a nosebleed.

• Outs: Outs are made when a fielder catches a ball before it hits the ground or, if the ball bounces, picks it up and throws it to the first baseman, who catches it and touches the base before the runner arrives. In other words: never.

• Base running relay: This end-of-game activity involves the players on each team lining up on opposite sides of the diamond to race laps around the bases. This is the second favourite part of every game for most players because it involves activities that have very little in common with baseball.

• Snack: This is by far the most exciting part of the game for the players, all of whom need to refuel with Freezies and oranges after a gruelling 45 minutes of sitting on the grass.

Those are the basics. Play ball!

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

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TRI-CITY AMALGAMATION

The Editor, Re. “A PoMo rainbow crosswalk takes a step closer to reality” (The Tri-City News, July 21).

While I support the LGBTQ community requesting a rainbow crosswalk, do they have to propose it across the street from a tot lot, daycare, skate park and public pool?

Moody Centre residents have been begging the city for more crosswalks for two decades, especially along St. Johns and Queens streets, only to have those requests fall on deaf ears.

There is already a crosswalk on Murray Street, so how about a new rainbow crosswalk at Queens or Elgin street, where there have been fatalities in the past?

Why paint over an existing crossing?

Crosswalks are for public safety, not personal agendas, exposure and a few votes in the name of art. If I am wrong, council will reconsider this

The Editor, Re. “Answer to conflict: having just one city — not three” (Letters, The Tri-City News, July 21) and “Irresponsible to not look at amalgamation” (July 26).

Some readers of The Tri-City News are talking about amalgamation and a livable community, and yet there seems to be no desire on the part of mayors and councillors to co-operate at the municipal level except as part of Metro Vancouver. In Port Coquitlam, our municipal leaders seem upset that individuals from outside the community might be using our recreation facilities and that our neighbours do not want to build their own.

The reality is, as stated by Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart, the boundaries of communities are such that individuals use whatever facility is close regardless of the community in which they live.

Frankly, we need as many individuals as possible to use our new recreational facilities to pay for the day-to-day opera-

A crosswalk would Amalgamate services help on St. Johns St. but not governments

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tions and long-term financing.

Municipal governments, including PoCo’s, need to have robust and ongoing inter-municipal committees to address traffic and the establishment of arterial routes.

Why did PoCo build the Coast Meridian overpass? Did we think no other individual from any other community would use this overpass?

PoCo’s mayor and councillors need to get real. Allowing rush hour traffic to flow through our downtown core, neighbourhoods and residential streets does not make this community livable. Feeder and

arterial routes need to be established, and traffic measures established to keep traffic out of our neighbourhoods.

We need to co-operate with our neighbours as our communities grow. Metro Vancouver was established to deal with issues that affect the region. It is hard to believe that PoCo was unaware of the changes coming to Burke Mountain area.

Amalgamation of cities does not work. In other jurisdictions, it has been shown that it costs taxpayers more and does not address the issues.

But amalgamation of some services has been shown to reduce the tax burden on taxpayers, and provide more effective and timely service. Fire services, police services, snow removal and traffic flow benefit from amalgamation.

Burke Mountain development is no surprise. The TriCities’ city councils need to stop wasting taxpayers’ money and work together.

Geoff Taylor, Port Coquitlam

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PoCo arbourist aims to scale new heights She’s competing in D.C. right now MARIO BARTEL

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Kali Alcorn says she fell into her career.

The Port Coquitlam certified arbourist hopes she doesn’t fall out of it.

That would hurt.

Alcorn, 30, is competing at the International Society of Arboriculture’s world tree climbing championship today (Friday) through Sunday at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. It has been a quick ascent to the top for the Ontario native who manages an arborist supply shop on Broadway Street in PoCo. She only started climbing four years ago as an extension of her work as a landscaper and horticulturalist.

Alcorn says she loves the physical and mental challenge of hoisting herself up trees.

“You not only have to be an industrial athlete, you have to know math and physics. You have to know the tree, its biology, the fungi, pests and diseases that could affect the tree.”

Respect for the tree, knowledge of her equipment and

trust in her instincts are also important components, Alcorn says, because a mistake could prove fatal.

In fact, the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety says an average of 80 workers associated with tree care are killed every year in the United States.

Alcorn says preparation is key to staying safe. “You really have to plan your work and work your plan.”

This will be Alcorn’s second attempt to test her skills against some the world’s best climbers. Last year, in San Antonio, Tex., she finished “middle of the pack” of 60 to 70 competitors from 18 countries. But she says she returned with a wealth of new knowledge gleaned from her fellow competitors

and new experiences climbing different species of trees.

Competitors at the championship are tested on a series of skills, including throwing a line to precise points in the tree canopy or safely and quickly executing an aerial rescue of a 200 lb. mannequin stranded high in a tree with an unknown medical condition.

To get ready, Alcorn has been tuning her fitness by cycling and hiking. And last weekend, she scaled the highest tree in her life, a 200-ft. oldgrowth cedar near Harrison that’s about to be logged.

“Sometimes, you freak out,” says Alcorn of climbing to such heights. “You’ve got to check yourself constantly.”

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Kali Alcorn, an arbourist from Port Coquitlam, is competing this weekend at the world tree climbing championships in Washington, D.C.

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Performers with the Youth Music Project and Crossroads Coffee House light up the bandshell at Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside Port Coquitlam city hall) from 2 to 4 p.m. for the city’s Village Vibe series. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

Friday

CANWEST GAMES

More than 500 athletes will compete in a twoday contest at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit canwestgames.ca.

LATIN DANCE

The Hot Salsa Dance Zone hosts its weekly Latin dance night in the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

Join Alberto and Teresa for the party, which runs from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.; there is a salsa lesson in the first hour. Admission is $10 and parking is free. Or take the Evergreen Extension to the Lafarge Lake-Douglas station. Call 604-725-4654 or visit hotsalsadancezone.com.

CANADA 150 TRAIN

Head over to Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.) and the recreation complex for Mayor Mike Clay’s Summertime Celebration, starting at 1 p.m.

The free family-fun event will include a barbecue, courtesy BRODY of the Port Moody Volunteer Firefighters Association, until 4 p.m. And stay for the Canada 150 Train, CP Rail’s salute to the country’s milestone anniversary. The transcontinental trip to Montreal — then Ottawa — starts from Port Moody with entertainers Dean Brody (country music) and Dallas Arcand (Aboriginal hoop dancer) aboard. The train leaves at 8 p.m. Visit portmoody.ca.

Sunday GET YOUR GREENS

The Coquitlam Farmers Market runs in the Dogwood Pavilion parking lot (624 Poirier St., Coquitlam) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., selling fresh food from Metro Vancouver growers. Visit makebakegrow.com.

NEWPORT FUN

OUTDOOR SHOPS

The annual Summer Fest at Newport Village (off Ioco Road in Port Moody) starts at 11 a.m. with award-winning children’s entertainer Will Stroet and the Backyard Band followed by tribute artists at 12:30 p.m. (Celebrate Celine) and 3:30 p.m. (Abba Arrival). The R&B choir Top Line sings music by Michael Jackson, Destiny’s Child and more at 2 p.m. Proceeds support the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Visit portmoody.ca.

Vendors, food trucks and community groups will be at The Market at Brewers Row in the parking lot of the Port Moody Station Museum (2734 Murray St.) from 6 to 10 p.m. Visit marketatbrewersrow.com.

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The Teen Theatre Troupe — under the direction of Shakespearean expert Kevin Bennett and production assistant Hannah Case — presents a version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Coquitlam Town Centre Plaza Park (1299 Pinetree Way) tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Visit placedesarts.ca.

MOVIE NIGHT

Bring a lawn chairs, blankets, snacks and bug spray for the re-scheduled Cinema Under the Stars, which was cancelled last Friday due to rain. The city of Port Coquitlam hosts the free show, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which starts at 9 p.m. at Sun Valley Park (3700 Hamilton St.). Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

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You can see young thespians Maraya Franca, Jimmy Jeong, Aysia Ledoux, Owen Rowe-Codner, Emily Sawchuk, Megan Schubak, Laurel Trueman and Megan Ursaki in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Coquitlam Town Centre Plaza this week. annual Ultimate Car Show at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam). The charity pancake breakfast runs from 8 to 10 a.m. with a barbecue, beer garden and entertainment on from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free. Go to hardrockcasinovancouver.com.

SHARE BLITZ

Help Share Family and Community Services fill the Port Moody food bank with its Remember The Food Bank campaign today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Safeway Shaughnessy Station in Port Coquitlam, and Sunday at Safeway Sunwood Square in Coquitlam. Volunteers will be standing

in front of the stores, collecting food and cash donations. Visit sharesociety.ca.

LONG TALL

Learn how to mix natural cocktails with the Coquitlam Heritage Society at Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave.) from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $18.50 per person. Visit coquitlamheritage.ca.

DADS/KIDS

Dads and male caregivers can enjoy their little ones with songs, stories, games and crafts at the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd., Port

Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) features army vehicles and other historical battlefield gear from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Heritage Square. Parking is available next door at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.).

Admission is free. Call 604-516-6151 or visit coquitlamheritage.ca.

SWAMP MUSIC

Swamp City takes over the Leigh Square Community Arts Village for a Music in the Square show from 2 to 4 p.m. Visit portcoquitlam.ca

MACK AND ATTACK

Nigel Mack and The Blues Attack deliver a high-energy show at Rocky Point Park (2800 Murray St., Port Moody) from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Summer Sundays Concerts series. Visit summersundays.ca.

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Movies, a pop-up library and Canada 150 letters 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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CPL’s Summer Learning Club, for kids ages five years and older, offers a number of drop-in programs, including: • Canada 150 letter exchange: Aug. 1, 10:30 am, Poirier branch or Aug. 2, 1:30 p.m., City Centre branch.

Design an envelope and write a message to Canadian kids who live far, far away. For parents and kids (45 minutes).

• Movie screening: Beauty and the Beast, Aug. 8, 10:30 a.m., Poirier branch. This is a Disney live action adaptation of the classic fairy tale (130 minutes, rated Parental Guidance for violent scenes; may frighten young children).

If you have any questions about the Summer Learning Club, contact librarian Chris Miller at cmiller@coqlibrary.ca or 604-554-7339.

• Tech Help with Teens: Do you need help with your lap-

top, tablet or phone? Are you struggling to learn the ins and outs of webmail, word processing, spreadsheet or slideshow programs? Tech-savvy teenagers at CPL will assist you.

No registration is required.

Just drop in to get help on Tuesdays through Aug. 22, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., at the City Centre branch, in the computer lab.

Questions? Contact librarian Chris Miller at 604-554-7339, or cmiller@coqlibrary.ca.

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

PORT MOODY

• Summer movies in the Inlet Theatre: Children five years of age and older and their parent/guardian can join librarians on Wednesdays for great summer movies on the big screen in the Inlet Theatre.

Movies start at 2 p.m. and run until about 4 p.m. This event is drop-in, no registration required. Next Wednesday, Aug. 2, PoMo library presents The BFG. • Stories galore: Drop in for an active family storytime for all ages, including a rollicking medley of music, stories, puppets, crafts and lots of fun

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on Thursdays through Aug. 10 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. No registration is required.

For more info, visit library. portmoody.ca or call 604-4694577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.

TERRY FOX

• Summer Reading Club: Walk on the wild side when you sign up for this year’s Summer Reading Club at Terry Fox Library. There is a club for everybody and Fox has reading records, contests and special events for all ages. Drop by the library and sign up. Visit www. fvrl.ca for more information.

• Pop-up library — Hyde Creek rec centre: Terry Fox Library is on the road and will be popping up on Fridays at Hyde Creek rec centre. At Fox’s home away from home, you can borrow books and DVDs, place holds and participate in children’s storytimes. Call in advance to have your holds brought to Hyde Creek for pickup on Fridays starting today (July 28) through Aug. 25, 10 a.m. to noon.

For more info, 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 604-927-7999.

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THE ENVIRONMENT

There’s global warming and then there’s simply burning up LIVING GREEN

MELISSA CHAUN

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onnecting the dots, our everyday choices and actions directly and indirectly affect the world around us. We don’t live in a bubble.

Our daily activities affect our neighbours and the natural world.

B.C. is in a state of emergency. For me, this has hit home both personally and professionally. My brother and his young family live in the Okanagan. In addition to fairly frequent boil water advisories, most of their summers are filled with varying degrees of smoke — and it’s getting worse.

This summer, the Rivershed Society of BC, with which I work and which has hosted the Sustainable Living Leadership Program (SLLP) for 13 summers, is having to alter, perhaps even cancel, this year’s program. Our community

partners in Williams Lake, Soda Creek and environs are in survival mode.

Ironically, the SLLP’s curriculum is designed to engage the next generation of leaders in our pursuit of more sustainable living. Yet it is climate change and our relentless alteration of the landscape that has brought us to this dire state.

The mountain pine beetle, a native insect that was once kept in check by consistently cold (i.e., –30 C) winters in the Interior, is now wreaking havoc across our province. Together with our forest wildfire fighting practises that have prevented the natural cycle of lodgepole and ponderosa pine forest burns, we have created the perfect tinder box.

Even-aged stands of mature (80-plus years old) mountain pine forests are the ideal breeding grounds for the mountain pine beetle. Today, with our milder winters, this insect is experiencing ideal conditions to overtake not only the western range but has now climbed eastwards over the Rocky Mountains, once thought to be an impenetrable barrier.

Pine pitch is a perfect fire-starter. With our summers becoming drier, hotter

July to September

and longer, B.C. is facing an ever-increasing risk of widespread forest fires like nothing we have experienced before. Compound this with an increasing population that wishes to retire and/or own summer vacation homes in wine country, where the natural shrub-steppe landscape of the Okanagan has been altered. With more wineries come more people and the tantalizing pressure to build more residential, commercial and recreational facilities, expanding the interface between us and wild nature.

Here is what you and I need to do to help: • No ifs, ands or butts: If you smoke, 100% of your waste needs to be responsibly disposed of — every time.

• Zero impact camping: Campfires are unnecessary sources of air pollution and potential serious fire hazards during the summer season.

Use well-maintained gas stoves to cook your food and recycle your fuel canisters responsibly.

• Sparks fly: Avoid potential spark-makers, including lawnmowers, ATVs and shiny objects that get carelessly tossed.

• Cut back: Eat less meat and dairy, and incorporate more vegan food into your

diet. It’s not just what we drive or what light bulbs we use, it’s what we eat. Our food footprint remains our largest energy (carbon) and water footprint on the planet (earthsave.ca has all the details). Cattle require huge amounts of land and water. If factory-farmed, they are the leading source of water pollution worldwide.

• Take a walk: Demand complete walkable communities from your mayor and council. New neighbourhoods need to provide meaningful jobs for at least 60% of the forecasted population for that area. We continue to uphold the status quo at our peril, building “topheavy” communities of condos and little else, forcing many to engage in long commutes.

• Think small: North Americans’ obsession with big vehicles and big houses means bigger roads, bigger parking lots and bigger garages — unnecessary extra demands on our shrinking natural resources.

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

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TUESDAY, AUG. 1 • Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Kevin Lutz, registered clinical counsellor, who will talk about dealing with issues such as anxiety and depression that often affect cancer patients. All those affected by prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

Info: Ken, 604-936-2998 or Eric, 604-720-3627.

• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604764-8098.

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 2 • Hyde Creek Watershed Society monthly meeting, 7:15 p.m., 3636 Coast Meridian Rd., PoCo. The public is invited to attend the meeting, tour the facility and check out Hyde Creek projects. The society is also looking for volunteers — you choose the time and days you are free to help. Currently looking for help in planning 2017 Salmon Festival; education tour guides and assistants for daytime school visits are always needed, as are volunteers interested in work-

ing day-to-day operations. Info: www.hydecreek.org or email hcws.info@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, AUG. 5 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Topic: “So, You Want to Write a Historical Novel?” will be presented by Ruth Kozak, journalist, playwright, historical novelist, poet and writing instructor. This workshop will show you how to get started with writing historical fiction, where to start your research and how much to do, as well as methods of plotting, building believable characters, and describing realistic settings. Kozak will also read from her recently published historical novel Shadow of the Lion: The Fields of Hades.

Admission is free but library registration is required by calling 604-927-7999. Tri-City Wordsmiths meetings are held on the first Saturday of every second month. Info: tricitywordsmiths.ca.

SUNDAY, AUG. 6 • Creative Café at Minnekhada Lodge, 4455 Oliver Rd. (in Minnekhada Regional Park), Coquitlam, 1-4 p.m., hosts artist Gayle Arnold, who creates custom art works for clients that range from pet portraits to motorcycles. Lodge parking is limited.

For the best experience, park at the Quarry Road parking lot and enjoy the 10-minute walk to the lodge. For more information or to join or participate: email: minnekhadaparkassn@ gmail.com, visit minnekhada. ca, or call Diane, 604-6199314 or Trina, 604-520-6442.

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AROUND THE HOUSE

Avoid a summer crisis

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rom looking and tasting so great, our vegetable gardens can go sideways very quickly at this time of year.

Insects and diseases are in full force right now, so we need to be on top of our game to keep that fresh produce coming.

First, tomatoes. Early blight can hit around July 15th and generally speaking is not a big concern but to be on the safe side, do not water the foliage of your tomato plants. Around Aug. 15 is when the problematic late blight usually hits and that’s when it really becomes essential to keep the foliage dry and possibly apply copper spray as a mist every ten days so your tomatoes remain blight-free.

If there is a deficiency of calcium in your tomatoes, blossom end rot can also appear at this time of year. The easiest solution is to apply lime as soon as possible - a small handful around each plant is fine.

If your tomato leaves are badly curled, the culprit is usually the potato leaf roll virus. It causes

the leaves to look unattractive and can impede the health of the plant. To combat this situation, simply take better care of feeding and watering your plants and they will still produce.

Those cute little white butterflies you see flitting here and there on your brassicas are the dreaded cabbage butterfly moths. For organic control, use the bacterial spray BTK once a week to stop them from chewing the leaves to pieces.

Spinach, beets and swiss chard are being attacked by leaf miners that leave brown patches full of eggs on the leaves. Hand picking the affected leaves as they appear is a great way to keep ahead of them or laying Remay cloth (row cover) over the foliage will keep them away so you can have healthy clean leaves to enjoy.

If your root crops are small and puny, try feeding with some nutrients like 10-15-19 fertilizer with micro-nutrients or the organic fish fertilizer Mor Bloom 0-10-10 to size them up.

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This works for potatoes too.

Mildew can be rampant on cucumbers, squash and pumpkins at this time of year because we are watering the leaves in the evening. Squash and pumpkins are desert plants and need to be dry – only water them if they are severely wilted but again, be sure to keep the foliage dry. This will also prevent small squash-like zucchinis from dropping off.

Cucumbers need water down deep to keep them sweet and not bitter but please water them in the morning so that their leaves dry during the day.

Empty spaces in the veggie garden are such a shame because there is still so much time left for re-cropping. Some growers continue providing fresh transplants right through the summer, so pop in a few for a great return on your investment and your time. As early, mid and late August arrive, having spots for winter vegetables is a wonderful way of keeping your garden going well into winter.

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If there’s a school of hard knocks, Port Moody’s Ashlyn Arnold has the stamina to enrol for it.

The teen taekwondo athlete is well-schooled in how to take a punch, strike and scissor kick and dish them out. Getting to do it on an international stage is, understandably, all the more intense.

That’s why the 2017 Heritage Woods grad is pumped for the upcoming Universiade Summer Games in Taipei, proudly banging the drums in anticipation.

“I’m looking forward to it,” said Arnold of the honour, which came with a strong showing at the Canadian national championships where the then-16-year-old finished second.

“It was pretty exciting news and it’ll be an incredible experience. I just graduated [in June] so I wasn’t sure I was eligible, but I got all my [Douglas College]registration done.”

Before even taking a postsecondary course in the college’s sports science program, Arnold will be representing the facility on the island of Taiwan Aug. 19 to 30. She’ll be among the youngest athletes in competition.

Taekwondo has proven to be a passport for Arnold, opening travel routes to various and far-away places. While she competes because she’s passionate about the sport and is determined to push it to the limit, the travel is a nice side benefit.

Mexico, South Korea, Austria, Luxembourg and U.S. cities — Arnold finds the sport is mostly the same everywhere, although the different competitors and styles of fighting present intriguing challenges.

“I definitely notice a difference between European and

North American styles,” she said. “The fighting style is different, there’s a different focus and strategy in their styles.

“The challenge is always to adjust, but in every fight you have to adjust, to work your own style to compete against theirs.”

At last year’s Pan Am Open, she collected silver in the junior division. As a senior with Team Canada at the Pan Am championships, she placed top eight. Earlier this year, she placed top-16 at the U.S. Open.

One of her favourite moments came in the Canadian national senior final this year, when she squared off against 2016 Rio Olympian Melissa Pagnotta, 28, and finished second.

“It was an incredible experience,” she recalled. “I used to train with [Pagnotta]a little and I always looked up to her. Even though I thought I wouldn’t be able to beat her I just made sure I tried my best.”

Competing in the 67-kilogram class, Arnold will enter the Games ranked 107th in the world. A two-time Canadian national team member, she has gained valuable perspective on what that experience means.

A student of social media, Arnold has engaged family, friends and followers on the internet to help raise the funds to make her upcoming trip a success. At makeachamp. com/Ashlyn, she began with a modest goal of $2,500 to cover the costs of attending the Universiade Summer Games and received overwhelming support.

Beginning taekwondo as a four-year-old and competing since the age of seven, Arnold has developed an impressive resume, which includes seven provincial titles. It’s meant lots of sacrifices and enduring her share of pain, but when it comes time to pull on a Team Canada uniform, she doesn’t hesitate.

“It’s definitely an honour every time,” she added. “My goal [at the Universiade] is to basically take in every moment and do my best. I’d love to make the podium. sports@tricitynews.com

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Port Moody’s Ashlyn Arnold is preparing to compete in taekwondo at the World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan, in August. The 17-year-old Heritage Woods grad who begins studies at Douglas College in September, will be one of the youngest competitors at the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics.

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With a lineup chocka-block with players from the Tri-Cities, Team BC rolled to the Midget championship at the Canadian Lacrosse Association female nationals, held recently in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

The team beat Ontario 8-1 in the final and outscored their opponents in the tournament, 69-7.

Katelyn Walker, of Port Coquitlam, was the tournament’s leading scorer with 18 goals and 16 assists in seven games. That’s almost twice as many as the second-leading scorer, and teammate, PoCo’s Quinn Malcolm, who scored 18 points.

Other local players who helped hoist the team’s championship banner included: Christina Santo, Alyssa Wahl, Daniella Stroup, Natalie Gane, Hayley Anderson, Molly Schmidt, Reagan Mackenzie, Mackenzie Blair and Alexandra Sato. Josh Wahl, of Port Coquitlam, was the team’s head coach and PoCo’s Geordie Dean was one of his assistants.

Local boys also wrapped up their lacrosse seasons with plenty of medals for the mantle.

Coquitlam won the championship at the Midget A1 provincials held recently in Langley.

Port Moody won silver in the B division at the Bantam provincials in Nanaimo and Coquitlam’s PeeWee A1 team returned from their provincials in Fort St. John with silver medals.

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Adanacs cautious heading into final Team has only one loss all season MARIO BARTEL

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The Coquitlam Adanacs are probably happy there’s no longer photo radar vans parked along Brunette Avenue.

That’s because coach Pat Coyle doesn’t want his team to take its foot off the gas as they head into their BC Junior A Lacrosse League final series against the New Westminster Salmonbellies. The best-ofseven series starts tonight (Friday) at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex before it shifts to Queen’s Park Arena in New West on Monday.

After a regular season in which the Adanacs lost only once — a 9-6 overtime defeat to the Langley Thunder back in early May — and swept the Victoria Shamrocks in the first round of the playoffs, Coquitlam coach Pat Coyle said it would be easy for his team to get complacent.

He’s trying to prevent that.

“The challenge is not to expect to win, because if we do, then we’re going to lose,” Coyle said.

A couple of rough periods in their series’ finale against the Shamrocks may have been just the reality check the team needed. And while the Adanacs recovered from a 9-6 deficit to outscore Victoria 9-2 in the third period and win the series, Coyle said the game was a “growing experience” for the defending league and Minto Cup champions.

“The first two periods were

some of the worst lacrosse we’ve played all year,” Coyle said. “But we knuckled down in the third. We need to start that way, not just finish that way.”

The Adanacs and Salmonbellies were in lock step atop the BCJALL standings for about half the season until New West had a three-game swoon in June that included a 9-8 loss to Coquitlam on the green wooden floor at Queen’s Park Arena. The ‘Bellies finished the season with four losses in regulation and another in overtime.

But Coyle said those numbers are meaningless in the post season.

“I think it’s going to be a tough series.”

The key for his side, he said, will be to contain the Salmonbellies’ high-scoring runner, Connor Robinson, who finished the regular campaign with 50 goals and 130 points in 20 games. That’s more than twice his closest teammate, Carter Dickson, who scored 62 points.

“Their offence goes through him,” Coyle said of Robinson.

“He’s going to get his goals. We just don’t want him getting six goals a game.”

Solid goaltending from Christian Del Bianco and a veteran defensive core led by Reid Bowering and Eli Salama will help make that happen Coyle said.

And while the Adanacs lack a superstar scorer like Robinson, being able to spread their offence around to a number of different players and line combinations could be an advantage, Coyle said.

“Our offence feels more like it’s by committee,” Coyle said.

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The Coquitlam Adanacs will have to keep a close check on New Westminster Salmonbellies scoring superstar Connor Robinson (#3), as they did during this encounter in May at Queen’s Park Arena.

“If they’re going to key on certain players, it give other players the opportunity to step up.

It’s like musical chairs for us.”

And that’s a tune that could

send the Adanacs waltzing back to their ninth straight Minto Cup tournament.

“It seems like it’s easy but it’s a lot of work,” said Coyle of

his team’s run of success. “To strive for perfection can be exhausting.”

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ACCOUNTING/ BOOKKEEPING THOMAS, Beverley Gladys (Metcalfe) September 29, 1938 - July 17, 2017 Beverley Gladys Thomas (nee Metcalfe) passed away suddenly but peacefully after an amazing summer weekend with friends in Birch Bay. Predeceased by her brother James (1951), parents Charles (1969) and Gladys (1983) and beloved husband Richard (Dick) Thomas (2013), she is survived by her loving children Cari-Lee (Darrell), Kenneth (Julie), Dennis (Rosemary) and grandchildren Parker, Taylor, Haydn, Emma and Mya, who were the lights of her life. She is also survived by her brothers Ted (Darlene), Jack (Diane), sister Arlene (Cliff), sister-in-law Pat, brother-in-law Barry (Linda), and many nieces and nephews.

Beverley was born and raised in Vancouver, BC, married and raised her family in Burnaby for a few years prior to residing in Port Moody for 43 years, then finally moving to Port Coquitlam for the past 3.

She has been active volunteer in her community over the years, most notably for POCOMO Meals on Wheels as Treasurer and President, and, along with Dick, was recognized formally by the City of Port Moody as Volunteers of the Year. While raising her family, Beverley contracted as a bookkeeper for many years, returned to adult studies to complete her high school diploma and attended SFU. She loved to paint, do needlework, play cards, bowl and golf. First and foremost she loved her family and many dear friends and it was creating special memories with them that she enjoyed the most. Of a true and pure heart, Beverley’s kindness, thoughtfulness, and willingness to always put others first were the hallmarks of her amazing capacity to be a never ending source of unconditional love.

The family invites you to join them for Beverley’s celebration of life on August 10th at 2:00 PM at Meadow Gardens Golf Club, followed by light refreshments. No flowers by request, however you may consider a donation in remembrance to POCOMO Meals on Wheels or BC Cancer Society.

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SPORTS & IMPORTS

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ROOFING

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37Years of Experience

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PAINTING/ WALLPAPER

Greenworx Redevelopment Inc.

• Lawn & Garden Maint. • Power Rake, Plant, Prune • Tree Topping, Trimming • CLEANUP & MORE!

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BC GARDENING

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• Lawns & Cutting • Hedging & Trimming • Rocks & Gravel All Garden Work & Maint. • Free Estimates •

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• Concrete & Asphalt RYAN • 604-329-7792

GUTTERS

LAWN & GARDEN

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Reasonable rates Free estimates Call Marv (604) 462-0408

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604.782.4322

FLOORING

PTV TILE INSTALL Kitch/Bath Reno’s. Ceramic, Porcelain.

28yrs exp. Santo 778-235-1772

102-120 Agnes St, New West

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

SKYLINE TOWERS Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool.

1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area. Gated underground parking available.

References required.

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Limited Edition Anniversary car. No trade. 604-839-1563

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF PORT MOODY would like to offer a huge THANK YOU to the sponsors, donors, volunteers, and guests who helped support the 2017 Port Moody Ribfest!

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