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Historian Maurice Guibord will be conducting a walking tour of Maillardville on Tuesday, Aug. 15 to highlight the Francophone history of the neighbourhood and discuss the importance of preserving its heritage, including saving original homes or integrating them into new development. For more on the walk and his efforts, please read story on page 22.

EDUCATION

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DIANE STRANDBERG

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Some adult ed. free again The Tri-CiTy News

Just in time for the new school year, the provincial government announced Tuesday that tuition will once again be free for adults wishing to

upgrade their education and for newcomers wishing to improve their English language skills.

At a press conference yesterday at Camosun College in Victoria, Premier John Horgan said his new NDP government

would keep its pledge to remove tuition for adult basic education (ABE) and English language learning (ELL) courses taught at colleges and school districts across the province, including Douglas College and School District 43.

But few details were forthcoming on how the program would roll out or whether refunds would be available for people who had already paid for the fall semester. see SD43 & DC AFFECTED, page 4

GARY MCKENNA

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Jack Thomas is taking his show on the road.

But the Port Coquitlam drummer who lost his arm

in a workplace accident two years ago won’t be sitting behind his kit when he gets in front of crowds in the coming months.

see SAFETY AT WORK, page 9

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TRANSPORTATION

Rail projects offer hope for safety improvements on Tri-City roads Proposals are still in the early stages of discussions DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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wo Tri-City mayors say a proposal to build overpasses at key intersections in the region to improve rail capacity could go a long way towards reducing driver inconvenience while also improving safety along a narrow stretch of Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam that was recently the scene of a tragic car accident.

Three overpasses are proposed for Colony Farm, Pitt River Road and Kingsway Avenue while an underpass at Westwood Street is viewed as the best solution for separating rail traffic from cars, according to the Gateway Transportation Collaborative Forum.

The early estimate for the projects’ cost is $180 million.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he hasn’t yet seen the forum’s proposal but welcomes efforts to make the area safer.

“It has to get done. I don’t ever want to attend another collision along that corridor,” he said, referring to a crash April 28 that left two children and a woman dead, although there has been no information from police that the rail crossing had anything to do with the accident.

Coquitlam has long contended that Lougheed Highway along the Riverview Hospital lands is dangerous and needs work, either a median or some other solution to make driving safer, and an overpass proposed for Pitt River Road to eliminate the road intersection with the railway could provide opportunities for elevating and widening the highway.

“Until now, every attempt we’ve made to advance a median barrier has failed because it’s a complicated stretch of highway,” Stewart told The TriCity News.

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And while there is as yet no funding allocated toward the local projects, which are part of a larger initiative of 14 Gateway recommendations, Stewart

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The Gateway Transportation Collaborative Forum, made up of federal and provincial ministries of transportation as well as TransLink, Port Metro Vancouver and the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council, released a study last fall that proposes a series of road and rail improvements to facilitate rail traffic, including an overpass over the tracks at Pitt River Road and Lougheed Highway to eliminate the crossing. Metro Vancouver Parks is concerned about the impact of the work on Colony Farm. and Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore agree that the federal government is in the best position to pony up the necessary cash.

“The railroad does have significance to the national economy, if they can make the case,” Moore said. “You see ports and rail infrastructure funded because of its national significance.”

Moore said he has heard of the project being touted as a way for CP Rail to gain Transport Canada approval for doubling its tracks, and while he supports the overpasses and underpass in theory, says the work would have to be funded nationally, not out of city coffers.

He said he hasn’t seen drawings for proposed work, and the projects are not identified in the city’s transportation plan. Still, he could see the benefit to commuters, who frequently have to

wait for trains to pass.

“From the city’s perspective, Pitt River Road, as well as Kingsway at the track there, we know are two massive headaches for people,” Moore said.

No one from the Gateway Transportation Collaborative Forum Steering Committee was made available to speak about the need to increase railway capacity to ports in the region or give an update on the project. But a report contained in Metro Vancouver Parks’ June 7 agenda lays out the plan as the conclusion of a Fraser River Trade Area study, stressing they are “options” and none have yet become “projects.”

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opportunities should any of these options move toward to becoming a project,” the planning study states.

PARK CONCERNS

Meanwhile, Metro Vancouver’s parks committee is concerned about the impact of Pitt River Road and Colony Farm overpasses on Colony Farm Regional Park and plans to build the Sheep Paddocks Trail, a 1.6-km multi-use trail that will connect Pitt River Road to the internal park trails at Colony Farm and slated to start construction this year.

The parks committee has approved a letter to the chair of the forum expressing concerns. “We’re actually trying to be proactive and see what opportunities there are for us to work with them and maybe make it better,” said Port Coquitlam Coun. Darrell Penner, who represents the

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• Westwood Street underpass — $50 million, located at Westwood Street, north of Dewdney Trunk Road, involves constructing an underpass beneath the railway corridor.

• Colony Farm Road overpass — $30 million, Colony Farm Road would pass over of the CP Rail corridor and Lougheed Highway, and would tie into Cape Horn Avenue, which would be raised above its current grade.

• Pitt River Road overpass — $53 million, this intersection would be raised approximately 9 m above the current grade, with Pitt River Road passing over the railway corridor, eliminating the at-grade crossing.

• Kingsway Avenue overpass — $47 million, the existing intersection of Kingsway and Westwood Street would be closed and they would be connected via a new grade-separated extension of Kingsway over of the rail line and Westwood.

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The link to the MetroVancouver Parks Committee agenda where the document is located is: www.metrovancouver.org/ boards/Parks/PAR_Committee_Agenda-2017-Jun-7.pdf. region on Metro Vancouver’s parks committee.

“There’s certainly some value in having those crossings improved for sure. This definitely has great benefits,” he said.

But he added: “This is completely at the initiative of the railroads. They want to in-

crease [rail] traffic.”

The group proposing the options is made up of federal and provincial ministries of transportation as well as TransLink, Port Metro Vancouver and the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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BACK TO SCHOOL

Taking sting out of school clothes shopping Charity is hosting back-to-school used clothing sale

sD43 & DC AFFeCTeD continued from front page

DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

August is a time for parents to prepare themselves and their kids for the start of the coming school year.

But while it’s often an exciting period for children, the cost of new clothes can be prohibitive for mom and dad.

Thanks to a new local nonprofit, there will be some relief in the form of a back-to-school used clothing sale planned for Saturday, Aug. 19 in the gym at Birchland elementary school (1331 Fraser Ave., Port Coquitlam).

“This can be a tough time for some families,” said Craig Savage, a Port Coquitlam resident who is helping organize the event for CityReach Care Society, a Vancouver nonprofit. “Parents want to provide new clothes for their children but keeping up with the sizes as their children grow can be expensive.”

Savage should know: He’s the father of nine- and 11-yearolds, and will be scrambling for new clothes for his kids.

The clothes to be sold next week have been collected by members of Vancouver’s

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Chelsea Wood, executive director of CityReach Care Society, and Craig Savage, a volunteer, prepare for a clothing sale to help families get ready for back to school. It will be held Saturday, Aug. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Birchland elementary school in Port Coquitlam.

Broadway Church, which recently took over the former Cornerstone Church on Cameron Street.

“People have been very generous,” said Chelsea Wood, who is the executive director of CityReach Care Society.

The organization recently ex-

panded to PoCo and Wood said used clothing sales will become regular events; CityReach wants to have a food bank, too.

“It’s part of our mission,” she said.

The program has been run by the Broadway Church for local families in need in Vancouver

for some time, and Savage said PoCo members wanted to bring it to the suburbs to help families here.

The cost for the clothes is minimal: $3 for one bag, with the bag provided, and $5 for two.

Wood and Savage say funds

“Based on the government announcement, it is our understanding that school districts will also offer these courses [ABE and ELL] tuition-free, however we are requesting more details from the ministry on this,” said Peter Chevrier, SD43’s communications manager.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training said the policy would come into effect Sept. 1, effectively removing tuition from a number of courses. For example, students taking ABE courses at colleges would no longer have to pay $1,600, their portion of a full-time semester.

“It helps students graduate, it will help students upgrade or it will be prerequisites to higher education,” said Rodney Porter.

The program restores free tuition that was eliminated for graduated adults in 2015.

According to a government press release, the decision to impose tuition fees for ABE and ELL programs cut student enrolment by 35% between 2013/’14 and 2016/’17.

In early 2015, hundreds of graduated adults took academic courses through SD43’s Coquitlam Open Learning program before the deadline imposing $500 fees.

The changes will now make those courses — including popular English, math and biology high school courses — free.

Prior to May’s provincial election, the BC NDP said the initiative could cost $7 million a year. But cost estimates of the initiative were not available at press time and are expected to be revealed in September. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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REAL ESTATE

GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Real estate sales activity saw sharp declines in the TriCities last month, mirroring a similar trend seen across Metro Vancouver, according to the most recent figures from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

REBGV president Jill Oudil said while there are still areas where demand is strong, for the most part, transaction numbers have returned to typical summer levels.

“Housing demand is inconsistent across the region right now,” she said. “Pockets of the market are still receiving multiple offers and others are not. It depends on the price, property types and location.”

In the Tri-Cities, Port Coquitlam saw the sharpest decline in sales activity.

The transaction total for all property types (detached, attached and apartment) fell to 118 in July from 174 in June, a 32.2% decline. Port Moody’s numbers decreased from 90 to 75, a 16.6% fall, while Coquitlam saw a 15.9% drop, from a collective total of 320 to 269.

Meanwhile, the number of listings in the Tri-Cities has also fluctuated in recent months.

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In Coquitlam, the number of detached, attached and apartment properties listed for sale dropped 4.2% in July compared to the month before while in Port Coquitlam, the figure fell 12.8% and in Port Moody, the listing numbers rose 1%.

The Tri-Cities appear to be bucking the regional trend for listing numbers, which saw an 8% increase in the number of homes for sales across Metro Vancouver.

“Because home sale activity decreased to more historically normal levels in July, the section of homes for sale in the region was able to edge above

9,000 for the first time this year,” Oudil said.

But she said prices are still holding at their historically high levels. The sales-to-activelistings ratio for all properties in July was 32.2%, breaking down to 16.9% for detached homes, 44.9% for townhomes and 62% for condominiums.

The benchmark price for all property types in Metro Vancouver is currently $1,019,400. The figure is $885,000 in Coquitlam, $866,100 in Port Moody and $704,200 in Port Coquitlam. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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BEARS

Bear gets into house and fridge, is killed Bear had been in conflicts in area, says conservation DIANE STRANDBERG

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A smart bear that figured out how to open a fridge was killed for its curiosity and for the threat it may have posed to the public.

On Saturday, Coquitlam RCMP and conservation officers were called to Muirfield Place on Westwood Plateau, where a bear walked through a homes open door and made for the fridge.

In news reports, the bear entered the home just after noon while the owner was sleeping on the couch.

The homeowner heard the noise and startled the bear, which ran off, according to CKNW. The bear had left the area by the time conservation officers and Mounties arrived but police later spotted the bruin and received permission to shoot it.

“A bear that gets into a house and gets a reward can be a public safety issue and must be destroyed,” a spokesperson from the Ministry of

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Due to an increase in calls about bears near Minnekhada Regional Park in Coquitlam, the Oliver Road entrance to the park has been closed to vehicles.

Environment said in an email.

“The bear somehow knew how to open a fridge door to get access to food, so most likely has done it before.”

Lethal force is always a last resort, the spokesperson said, but the bear had a history of conflict in the area.

People are reminded to keep their doors closed and be vigilant about garbage, fruit, bird seed and other attractants that might lure hungry bears to their homes.

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Meanwhile, with bear calls on the rise, the Oliver Road entrance to Minnekhada Regional Park in northeast Coquitlam has been closed to vehicles , according to the park website.

Pedestrians and cyclists are also encouraged to avoid the area, but if they do encounter a bear, they should stay back at least 100 m. More information can be found at www.metrovancouver.org under Park Services.

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CRIME

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Charged with assaults, Carlisle is HIV-positive ASHLEY WADHWANI & PAUL HENDERSON BLACK PRESS

The RCMP has taken the unusual step of warning the public about an HIV-positive man who has allegedly had unprotected sex with multiple partners in the Lower Mainland after failing to disclose his status.

Abbotsford resident Brian Carlisle, 47, has been charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault after Mounties received a report on July 19, police said in a news release last Thursday.

During the course of the investigation, however, other alleged victims were identified and it’s believed this man could have offended against additional women.

“Normally, the RCMP would not disclose the medical status of a person charged with a criminal offence,” RCMP Const. James Mason said.

“However, in this case, after careful consideration, the public interest clearly outweighs the invasion of Mr. Carlisle’s privacy.”

Offences have allegedly occurred in Mission, Abbotsford, Coquitlam and Burnaby but Carlisle has been known to live throughout the Lower Mainland. He may have also lived in Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Vermont.

Carlisle has an online presence on numerous social media and dating sites Police are advising that anyone who has had intimate relations with him should visit a doctor for testing.

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He also has to wear a condom during sexual intercourse.

Carlisle was in the news in the Fraser Valley often between 2001 and ’06 as a marijuana activist and a would-be politician. He received 451 votes running for the BC Marijuana Party in the 2001 provincial election in the Fraser Valley riding.

In 2002, he opened the Holy Smoke Healing Centre in downtown Chilliwack as a place to help educate people about marijuana laws. Around that same time, he received an exemption to cultivate and possess marijuana for medical purposes.

He told community news reporters as long ago as October 2002, in relation to his marijuana use, that he had seven debilitating conditions, including being HIV-positive, something that was mentioned in multiple subsequent stories.

Also in 2002, he received 13% of the vote in an unsuccessful head-to-head race to become mayor of Chilliwack.

Then in 2003, he ran in a city council byelection, where he finished 10th out of 12 candidates, garnering 38 votes.

Also in 2002, he went to the Hope RCMP detachment to pick up marijuana plants seized 16 months prior, but was refused.

Over the next four years he was in the news again and again.

In February 2003 he was told to stop offering legal services by the Law Society of BC. Then on Sept. 1, 2004, he was the victim of a violent home invasion in which attackers used pepper spray and a Taser on him. His wife and children were in the house at the time of the attack but were unharmed.

In 2005 he filed a complaint against nine Abbotsford Police Department officers in connection with a Jan. 6, 2005 raid on former Marijuana Party candidate Tim Felger’s Bradner Road farm, where more than 2,000 pot plants were found.

In a March 29, 2005 story, it was reported that Carlisle used a vaporizer to inhale marijuana to ease nausea symptoms to treat his HIV/AIDS. Carlisle is described as Caucasian, about 220 lb. and 6’2”, with blue eyes and short brown hair.

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Instead, the 19-year-old has teamed up with WorkSafeBC and will be talking to young people across the province about workplace safety.

“This can happen to anybody at any age,” said Thomas, who will be part of the Listen to Your Gut campaign. “The message we want to get across is that it is OK to say no to unsafe situations in the workplace.

“That is something I didn’t think about.”

Thomas was 17 and working a summer job at a recycling facility when he was hurt on the job. The then-Terry Fox secondary student was sorting items near a conveyor belt when his sleeve got caught in the machinery; his right arm was severed just above the elbow.

“When I woke up, I made an effort not to look down so as not to panic,” he said. “I ran outside and yelled for help, and asked someone to grab my hand. I had my eyes shut and couldn’t feel my arm, so I asked the man if [it] was there.”

Today, Thomas often thinks about the warning signs he should have heeded leading up to his injury.

He had bronchitis and probably shouldn’t have even been at work that day but was wary of calling in sick because he didn’t want to let his boss down, he said.

As a young worker, he added, he often encountered situations at different jobs that he deemed unsafe but didn’t feel he was able to talk to his employer about the issues.

“I just wanted to work,” he said. “I didn’t want to disappoint anyone… If someone has been there for a few years, it is easier. For a kid, it might be a little nerve-racking to talk to the higher-ups.”

Thomas has already told his story to students at Merritt

secondary and at a parent advisory council meeting in Surrey. When the school year gets underway in September, he said he expects to connect with more students and encourage them to speak out when they see safety issues in the workplace.

Trudi Rondou, a senior manager at WorkSafeBC, said stories like Thomas’ help raise awareness among young people.

She added that WorkSafeBC will also be reaching out to companies with short videos titled “What I Know Now,” with employers talking about their first jobs and what they learned.

“All young-worker injuries and deaths are unacceptable,” she said. “We want to address reservations young workers may have about raising safety concerns with their bosses, encourage them to trust their instincts and help them understand their rights and responsibilities on the job.”

In the meantime, Thomas is still busy focusing on his music career and hasn’t let the loss of his arm slow down his drumming.

Less than two weeks after his workplace accident, Thomas used his first day pass from the hospital to attend Rock School at Terry Fox secondary.

Today, after a lot of practise, he said his left hand is just as strong as his right was, and he plays in two bands — Ethreia and Wasted Breath — while attending the Nimbus School for Recording and Media.

“It is my dream come true,” he said of attending audio engineering school. “I am still drumming consistently and I am working on my own band’s album right now.”

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A survivor, an achiever, a 15-hour walk Told she wouldn’t walk or live past 25, Eve Fedyk sets an example JANIS CLEUGH

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One of Eve Fedyk’s earliest memories is of feeling ashamed.

It was the early 1980s when a girl on a bus she was riding stared at her legs.

Fedyk matched that glare, silently challenging the young passenger to confront her fears of the disabled.

It wasn’t the last time she would defy perceptions — or expectations.

Due to a breech birth, Fedyk was born with bones in her legs that twisted out from her hips. The condition required her to wear braces until she was about five to straighten them.

And it wasn’t the only problem to hinder her movement.

After her first birthday, Fedyk was diagnosed with a low form of cerebral palsy that affected her co-ordination, muscles and brain.

Then, doctors told her family she would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.

They also said she wouldn’t live past 25.

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Port Coquitlam resident Eve Fedyk will walk for an estimated 15 hours Saturday — from Robert Hope Park to Stanley Park and back — to raise awareness about people with disabilities.

Today, the 38-year-old preschool teacher and mother walks about three hours a day to “fire up her neurological wiring,” as she puts it, and to ease her symptoms.

On Saturday, she will bring attention to others with disabilities by walking from Robert Hope Park, close to her home in Port Coquitlam, to Stanley Park in Vancouver and

back. It’s a journey she expects will take about 15 hours.

“I’m not doing it for me,” she told The Tri-City News last Friday. “I’m doing it for all the people who have suffered

and are in constant pain. We have what we have and we shouldn’t be ashamed of it.”

Fedyk said the aim of her walk is for people to understand her story and find

strength to move forward in life.

Recently, she was encouraged by a mentor to open up about her physical challenges.

“There are a lot of people out there who don’t get it,” she said. “They judge others without knowing their background and that’s not fair.”

Besides building awareness, her walk carries other significance..

She’s paying tribute to her mother — who, as a child, attended Mary Hill elementary, beside Robert Hope Park — for giving her care throughout the years.

She’s also using the walk to end her 38th year “with a bang” as her 39th birthday is the next day.

Meanwhile, Fedyk is asking anyone who wants to be part of her crusade to meet her at the rocks at the Robert Hope Park playground at 6 a.m. Saturday.

Participants are also welcome to join her en route: Fedyk will be checking in every hour on her Facebook page to add her location.

Fedyk said she’s not fundraising for charity but anyone wanting to collect funds for their own causes on her walk is allowed to do so.

“This is something I was told I would never be able to do and I want to prove I can,” Fedyk said. “I am just as able.” jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Temporary relief in temporary daycare Kyle Centre will be site of daycare until Feb. 28, 2018

12 years were scrambling when BrightPath was informed by School District 43 that it needed the space the daycare had occupied for 15 years at Moody elementary for classrooms.

After the daycare’s lease expired on June 30, it was able to move its programs to Moody middle school until Aug. 23.

The school district agreed to accommodate out-of-school care for about 45 school-aged children in the gym and library back at Moody elementary for two months beyond that but parents of 49 younger kids were left in a lurch come the end of August.

“There was a lot of stress and anxiety,” Keenan said, adding daycare spaces are hard to come by in Port Moody.

She said some parents joined waiting lists or paid deposits to multiple daycares in the hopes at least one would come through that could accommodate their needs. Others were adjusting their own schedules to fit the availabilities at other daycares. BrightPath also offered priority enrolment at its centres in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam for displaced kids from Port Moody.

“It’s been a little bit of a crazy ride,” Keenan said.

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Parents of children attending a Port Moody daycare that is being displaced from Moody elementary school are finally able to enjoy the summer now that it has found a new home.

But they’re worried they may be going through the stress and turmoil again next spring.

BrightPath Early Learning and Childcare Centre has secured a temporary home — until Feb. 28, 2018 — for 81 kids at the nearby Kyle Centre and the company says it is investing more than $1 million to build a facility in a new condo complex across from Moody elementary.

Cheri Keenan, whose daughter attends before- and afterschool care at the centre, said while the temporary facility at Kyle Centre provides some immediate relief, there’s still uncertainty over what will happen next March.

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Curran concedes the transition hasn’t been easy.

“Our families have been very patient throughout this transition,” she said in a statement.

Curran said BrightPath is making “minor modifications” to its temporary space at Kyle Centre to meet Fraser Health licensing requirements and is working with the city to secure a development permit for its new home.

That facility will include distinct zones where children can explore interests in theatre, science, building, creativity and technology, an outdoor space with turf for year-round use, and a key-card swipe system for secure access.

That’s music to Keenan’s ears. “It’s huge for the children, for their stability and comfort,” Keenan said. “We’re hopeful that it will be complete in time.”

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“An alarming amount of tax dollars go to pay salaries of politicians and upper-echelon employees who, in a streamlined, amalgamated local government, would possibly lose their jobs. That money could instead be assigned to infrastructure repair.”

HEATHER JEAL COMMENTS ON THE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS — IN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR & ONLINE — REGARDING AMALGAMATION OF THE TRI-CITIES

“Maybe re-drawing some of the lines would be a good idea, but amalgamation is not something most of the people in these three very different cities would want...

Keep each city individual and allow it to keep its own personality.”

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ducation is critical if B.C. is to have a competitive economy where jobs are available for local residents and employers don’t have to go offshore for skilled workers.

Thankfully, it appears the new NDP government is recognizing this fact by restoring free tuition for adults seeking to upgrade their education.

In an announcement Tuesday, Premier John Horgan re-introduced free tuition for adult basic education and English as a second language courses, removing an important barrier to post-secondary education.

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This means that even graduated adults can upgrade their math and other academic courses, and newcomers can upgrade their English language skills without paying hundreds of dollars in tuition fees, thus enhancing their education opportunities and, ultimately, their participation in a growing economy.

According to figures released by the NDP prior to the election, the initiative could cost $7 million a year, although the exact cost to taxpayers won’t be released until the September budget.

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The restoration of free tuition announced yesterday applies to some courses at colleges, including Douglas College, and those offered through School District 43. (It should be noted that students who have not graduated and graduated students under the age of 19 have always been able to take high school course for free, and that policy will continue).

When it comes to higher learning, making courses more accessible and reducing economic barriers is not a new idea. As recently as 2008,

the provincial government under the BC Liberals made high school courses free for graduated adults as part of its Education Guarantee. In 2012, however, the number of tuitionfree courses was reduced and, in 2015, free tuition was eliminated altogether for adults who had graduated but wanted to upgrade. The result was a rush of applicants to SD43’s programs — and, likely, some education hopes dashed once the tuition support was removed.

Will this restoration end the current skills shortage for B.C. employers? Not on its own, but it’s a good first step.

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Focus on reducing the rise of city spending; later, on amalgamation The Editor, Re. “An amalgamation referendum in ’18” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Aug. 2) and “Amalgamate services but not governments” (Letters, The TriCity News, July 28) While I agree with the sentiments expressed by B. Lang in the first referenced letter to the editor, they are trying to win the war that is not practical at this time and will be a distraction from the immediate issue, which is uncontrolled spending by municipalities.

I think a better option is to win battles first by electing council members who have a focus on reducing the growth rate of spending. With these type of people in a position of influence, amalgamation will have a more receptive audience.

I encourage citizens of Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam and Port Moody to seek out candidates with a focus on lowering taxes and encourage those of a

similar ilk to run for office.

Bob Elliott, Port Coquitlam

BELCARRA, TOO

The Editor, I have lived in the Tri-Cities for well over 16 years and also see the need to amalgamate, at least Belcarra into Port Moody.

I love where I live and enjoy our community and find now would be the best time to start the conversations and referendum for 2018.

If you look at a map, the Tri-Cities are broken up like an hourglass, with Port Moody, Belcarra and Anmore on one side and pinching in the middle of Coquitlam, then Port Coquitlam on the east doing the same. Amalgamation would bring more consistency and efficiency to the area with government and services. Just zoning and OCP alone would be cleaner and more clear in the area.

Metro Vancouver has a stat that it expects the region’s population to grow by another million people in the next 20 years.

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If we expect to have a cohesive plan that is working in the best interests of the residents, it would be a mayor and council responsible for that area and decisions, not divided up with five different councils and five very different agendas.

We have conflict between Coquitlam and PoCo regarding Burke Mountain. There will be conflict over the Flavelle site possibly providing another 7,000 condos and other possible developments along the entire Evergreen Extension.

Lets start the groundswell on amalgamation.

A. Augustyniak, Belcarra

Coq. needs low-cost rental apartments

The Editor, Re. “Highrise limits lifted by Coquitlam council” (The Tri-City News, Aug. 4).

Coquitlam city council is considering a proposal to build 25-storey apartment towers in the Austin Heights neighbourhood. I want to know why council wants all these expensive apartments. The community doesn’t need more expensive apartments. No one is crying out for them.

There is, however, a great need for low-cost apartments, including rental apartments.

In the Austin Heights neighbourhood, I would like to see a four-storey limit for buildings, containing only low-cost apartments.

The only answer to my question, the only one I can imagine, is that council is hungry for development cost charges to pay for the fancy changes they want to make in our neighbourhood, or to pay for other projects they consider desirable — but may not be anywhere near as urgent as the need for affordable housing.

I hope Coquitlam council will arrange for city residents to have what they need, which is a good supply of low-cost housing.

Jane Shoemaker, Coquitlam

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The Editor, Re. “No need to protect kids from rainbows” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Aug. 2).

Regardless of the motive or message behind rainbow crosswalks, they are certainly more visually appealing than the plain white ones drivers often ignore and speed through.

High-visibility crosswalks are important for pedestrian safety. If some people think rainbow crosswalks are too political, put a sculpture or painting of a pot of gold on one side and statue of a leprechaun with a sign saying, “Look both ways before crossing” on the other.

This would work remarkably well at the base of the Coquitlam Crunch on Lansdowne Drive. Hikers and school kids would get a muchsafer crosswalk, and climbers could tap the leprechaun for luck as they continue their ascent.

There you go, a potentially contentious issue changed to public art to improve the safety of all.

Mike Rogozinski, Coquitlam

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A Coquitlam resident whose fundraising efforts brought school supplies and sports equipment to children in Conakry, Guinea is being remembered as a determined and outgoing man.

On Saturday, a celebration of life will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. for Djiba Camara at the Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship in Coquitlam.

“He had a real joy about him,” recalled pastor David Esau, who said Camara was able to get his last container of equipment and supplies to Africa in June before he passed away of cancer in July.

Camara also managed to visit Conakry, his former home, to ensure the supplies would get into the right hands, a trip his doctor advised against.

“The visit took a toll on him,” Esau said, but Camara was also able to visit some members of

his family.

In support of Camara’s efforts, the church was able to raise $15,000 to ship the container of supplies and is looking into what can be done in the future.

Camara was also a teacher at H.D. Stafford middle school in Langley and had been collecting items for his Drop Off for Africa project since 2013, managing to send two containers to Africa before he died.

“He was able to mobilize people just out of his own life story, that was a big connection,” Esau said.

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The announcement was made by interim opposition leader Rich Coleman, who also

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Marek Syrzycki and his granddaughter, Joanna Giannopoulos, were among 23 friends and family members of the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club who spent several hours on a recent Saturday clipping the adipose fins of 20,000 coho. The fish will be released next year at the Grist Goeson Memorial Hatchery, the largest hatchery on the Coquitlam River.

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It was a family affair one weekend last month for the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club.

About 14 members as well as friends and family clipped 20,000 coho fry to help boost the sports and recreation fishery.

The painstaking work involved clipping the adipose fin from the small fry, which doesn’t impair the fish in any

way, says spokesperson Norm Fletcher, but it makes it easier to spot the hatchery-raised fish on the water when they are large enough to be caught.

“It’s done basically to support the salmon stocks on the Coquitlam River system,” he said.

Every summer, the exercise

takes place at the hatchery on the shore of the Coquitlam River, a task that has each person take a pair of scissors and a group of fish fry and gently clip off the fin, taking a break occasionally for coffee and a muffin.

The clipped fish will be kept in tanks until they are released next spring as “super smolts,” large, healthy adolescent fish ready for their ocean journey.

In addition, earlier this spring, another 40,000 coho fry were released and will overwinter in the river while 25,000 chinook salmon fry were also let go but they will head right out to sea. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Chris Luke demonstrates how to plant an eco-sculpture at the second annual Mayor’s Summertime Celebration, held July 28 behind Port Moody city hall.

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Port Moody’s newest ecosculptures will be unveiled Sunday at a public celebration in Rocky Point Park.

But just like their flesh-andblood cousins, the botanical bears could be on the move.

In approving the location for the installation of the two eco-sculptures of a mother bear and her cub at the July 25 meeting, some members of council expressed a desire to spread the city’s wealth of public art to other areas.

Mayor Mike Clay said the

addition of another public attraction in Rocky Point Park is increasing pressure on the beloved green space.

“I’m getting concerned we keep saying Rocky Point, Rocky Point for everything,” Clay said.

Coun. Barb Junker suggested the sculptures could be moved to other locations within the city to draw attention and visitors to those areas.

That idea was endorsed by Coun. Diana Dilworth, who said, “We need to maximize the potential of other park space.”

Port Moody’s horticultural supervisor, Robbie Nall, told council while the sculptures’ location in Rocky Point Park was a component of the city’s successful application for a $20,000 grant from the Department of Canadian

Heritage’s Canada 150 Fund, they don’t have to stay there permanently.

“The beauty of the ecosculptures is that they are moveable,” Nall said.

Coun. Rob Vagramov said the Rocky Point location for the sculptures is appropriate as “that’s where we’re celebrating as a city.” But he also said it might be an idea to move the sculptures around the city every Canada Day. The unveiling of the sculptures, which were planted by members of the public as part of the Mayor’s Summertime Celebration event July 28 at Port Moody city hall, will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at the flower bed just east of the Rocky Point pier.

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COQUITLAM PUBLIC LIBRARY’S TINY STORIES CONTEST

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The winners in the other two age categories are on the facing page

Coquitlam Public Library received dozens of submissions to its Tiny Stories Contest. Entrants had just 420 characters — letters, punctuation and spaces included — to weave their tales. And the winners have been invited to read their stories on stage this Saturday at the Kaleidoscope festival at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park (more info, see page 24)...

CATEGORY: TEEN

CATEGORY: CHILD

first} Cassandra Feltrin: The Insect

first} Quinn Tsoukalas: Fireball and The Sisters

second} Jonathan Kim: Her

second} Michela Beuthin: The Jungle Mix-up

Ruby could lift things with her mind, and nobody knew about it. The ornate glass next to the phone would shoot up whenever she wished. Anything would. Was it strange that the bug with long antennas was always there to watch her through the window? What about when it seemed to stare at her, until her emerald-green eyes finally looked away… It never seemed to matter, at least not until the day that it spoke to her.

On an island lived two sisters Emma and Quinn. They were happily playing in the woods one morning when a wolf started to chase them. The girls ran screaming towards home when out of the sky their pet dragon Fireball, swooped down and saved them. Fireball took them home and circled back to catch the wolf. Later that night they sat down to a delicious dinner of dragon roasted wolf and marshmallows.

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He was finally happy. All his life, he had waited to meet her. He embraced her, filled with joy.

He whispered her name, unable to stop the torrent of emotions that he felt. He had everything he ever wanted. But the sun was setting. The graveyard gates were closing soon.

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COQUITLAM PUBLIC LIBRARY’S TINY STORIES CONTEST

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In the CPL contest, which was sponsored by The Tri-City News and open to residents of the Tri-Cities, Anmore and Belcarra, each entrant was allowed to submit up to three original stories. Finalists were chosen by librarians and the winners and runners-up in each of the four categories were then picked by Tri-City News editorial staff.

CATEGORY: ADULT

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first} Claire Lawrence: Waiting a Lifetime to Learn

first} Ella Tian: When The Fields Turn Gold and My Hair Turns Silver

Mairu struggled to live. A long journey to freedom—Canada.. No time for learning, school.

She washed floors to feed her family. She scrubbed pots for her children’s education. Her hands were gnarled when granddaughter taught her the letter, “a.” Her back was bent when she spelled her name. She was in a wheelchair when she learned to read, “O, Canada.”

“Freedom is worth suffering,” she said. “Learning is my reward.”

Every year when fall rolls around, the old lady would stand at the edge of fields, waiting. The window rolls through her silver hair and the golden crops. She stays there from dawn to dusk, in the rain and in the sun. Young people asks her who she’s waiting for, and she would show them a picture of a young soldier and his sweetheart. “He promised he’ll be back when fields turn gold.” She tells them with a smile.

second} Erik D’Souza: The Novelist

second} Jung Hee Park: The Wall between You and Me

Jazz music played as I worked on my second novel. There was a knock on the door and I ignored it. My young son entered anyway. “What ya doing?”

“Writing,” I said.

He sat on my lap and asked, “How can I be a writer like you when I grow up?”

I decided to take his question seriously. “First you have to learn how to cook,” I said. “Then you have to meet a nice girl with a good job, who has no idea how to cook.”

I sat in a stall of a public washroom, responding to the call of nature. Suddenly, a voice in the next stall said, “Hello?” There was no one else in here except for me, so I stammered back, “Uh, hi.” “How are you?” she asked. “Good, thank you,” I replied. “Have you eaten yet?” “No, I haven’t.” She seemed kind and friendly. “How are you doing?” I asked. She said, “Ken, just a second. Someone keeps on talking to me.”

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Local historian Maurice Guibord will be conducting a walking tour of Maillardville Aug. 15 to highlight the Francophone history of the neighbourhood and discuss efforts to preserve its heritage.

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Walking through time in Maillardville A tour through the past brings sense of community MARIO BARTEL

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community’s history helps forge its identity, which is why it’s important to honour and preserve that history as much as possible says historian Maurice Guibord.

Next Tuesday, Guibord will lead a walking tour of Coquitlam’s historic Maillardville neighbourhood, which was settled and built by French-Canadian pioneers in

the early 1900s who were drawn west by the promise of steady work at the nearby Fraser Mills sawmill. So many came, in fact, it was once the largest Francophone community west of St. Boniface, Man. The mill is long gone, now — the riverfront site now designated as a future residential and commercial development — as are many of the small homes built by the lumber company to house migrant workers and their families. The handful that remain stand resolutely against the march of redevelopment.

Guibord says Canada’s relative youth works against efforts to preserve the past. It’s easy to fight for the preserva-

tion of a church or building that’s centuries old but more difficult to argue the merits of an 80-year-old wood frame house that’s seen better days.

So as urban sprawl expanded eastward in the 1960s and ’70s and the village of Maillardville was absorbed into the burgeoning suburbs, the demand for denser, more modern housing came with it.

“There’s a lack of recognition for young heritage,” Guibord says. “The entire Lower Mainland is developmentdriven. We pay the price for growth.”

But that attitude is changing.

Civic leaders and even some developers are embracing

the value of the past to spark a sense of community amidst tracts of cookie-cutter condos and townhomes.

“There’s a growing desire to preserve the little bit of history we have left,” Guibord says.

In Maillardville, that has led to some innovative solutions, like the gutting and modernizing of some of the historic mill town homes while restoring their exteriors; the restoration of old single-family homes that are then incorporated into new multi-family developments; and the adoption of design guidelines for modern buildings to echo the architectural character of original structures.

It’s a bit history-lite but it’s

something, says Guibord, who will be taking his group past some of the neighbourhood’s significant homes, like Maison Leblanc, Mullen House and Beaubieu House. He’ll also share stories about the heart of the Maillardville community, Laval Square, where the Notre Dame de Lourdes church has stood since 1938, although the current building is the third church to occupy the site (the first was consecrated in 1910 but burned down two years later and its replacement preceded the current structure).

Events like the annual Festival du Bois, which celebrates Maillardville’s FrenchCanadian heritage, also raise

awareness in the wider community about its history and the journey it’s taken to get to the present day.

“As long as there’s a partial footprint of that history, it’s not going to disappear,” Guibord says.

• Guibord’s walking tour is presented by the Coquitlam Heritage Society as part of its A Man’s World speaker series. It will be held Aug. 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and starts at Mackin House (1116 Brunette Ave.). All ages are welcome and the cost is $10 per adult, $5 for children 12 and younger. Registration is required; go to coquitlamheritage.ca/ eventslist to find a link to sign up. mbartel@tricitynews.com

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Port Coquitlam designer and artist is turning exercise balls into functional and fashionable home accessories.

Like most great ideas, Darya Ahmadi’s creation was borne of necessity; she could never find a place in her studio apartment

to hide her big ugly rubber exercise ball whenever company came over. It ruined her decor.

So she put on her designer hat and used her skills as a sewer for Chanel and seamstress for a bridal boutique to create stylish leather covers that slip over the balls to turn them into conversation pieces or even functional furniture.

“Many people have them in their home,” Ahmadi said of the giant rubber orbs people use for stretching, yoga, or even just to sit on to enhance their posture. “But they have no place to hide it.”

Or if they do hide it, they forget about using it — out of sight, out of mind.

Ahmadi, 43, came to her creation after a long, and sometimes winding, journey.

After coming to Canada from Tehran, Iran in 2006, she realized her background in psychology didn’t go far in her new home. She could barely speak English and the cultural divide meant many of the lessons she learned didn’t apply to North America.

But Ahmadi did know how to sew. She enrolled in the Fashion Design program at Vancouver

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“All the time I’m thinking of creating something, no matter if it’s fabric or metal” Ahmadi said. “I think I have a creative mind.”

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It can be, she’s discovered, an arduous and expensive proposition.

But Ahmadi is confident she’ll be able to design a solution.

“Designing is a process from A to B,” she said. “If you know the process to put everything together, you can go from imagination to making it real.”

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and building furniture and sets, some of which she showcases in her live/work space in the Dominion Triangle area.

It wasn’t until a car accident two years ago that the ball started rolling towards Ahmadi’s latest creation. She got an exercise ball to help her with stretching for her injured back. But as she quickly discovered, it was an eyesore in her carefully designed living space.

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When Bif Naked hits the Coquitlam stage Saturday night, send her some love.

Not only has the iconic Vancouver rocker not played in the Tri-Cities in more than two decades but, after being down in the dumps for a few years, she’s finally come to a place of healing.

And she thanks her new husband for getting her there.

“Snake,” as she calls him — “or, if you ask his mother, it’s Steven” — is Steve Allen, a guitarist she married last summer.

Their union is “so much fun.

I had no idea relationships were supposed to be healthy.”

Allen is her third husband, having previously been hitched to a drummer (for six months) and, from 2007 to ‘11, to former Vancouver Sun sports reporter Ian Walker.

It was during her second marriage that she encountered her first health scare: Breast cancer, which was followed by a lumpectomy and chemotherapy.

“Breast cancer, for me, was very easy because all I knew how to do was work,” she told The Tri-City News last Friday. “I worked in between treatments.

I made a record while in treatment. I didn’t know what else to do with myself.”

Two years later, in 2012, after her marriage crumbled, Health Scare Number 2 came knocking.

Her kidneys failed.

Then, she had heart surgery.

“It was a tremendous time in my life,” she said, reflecting.

“Cancer was definitely not a crisis for me because I was surrounded by fantastic women who were all going through

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the treatment at the same time as me. We wore our pink track suits preparing for Run for a Cure. It was like a sorority and it was wonderful.

“But this was different. I had to stare mortality down.”

Today, Bif Naked, 46, said she can’t complain about her health, has no regrets (other than not wearing enough sunscreen or cleaning her car more), is confident about the future and… did we mention Steve?

She gushes about him some more.

“Meeting my husband, Steve, a boy from Cranbrook, he really allowed me to find my freedom, in being myself for the first time,” she said, adding, “I think that I’m finally having fun. I think, for a long time, I was very transfixed with what I felt was perception. You can get caught up in that — working very hard and having these accomplishments — but it wasn’t until my 40s that I really relaxed into myself and be carefree.”

The enlightenment has spurred creativity, too.

Currently, Bif Naked is writing two books and making a new LP, due out this fall.

And the Tri-Cities will get to listen to a few of her new tracks when they debut at the Kaleidoscope Festival.

She is hyped about headlin-

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She promises a very LOUD, LOUD, LOUD concert — backed by Snake, Chiko Misomali on drums and Coquitlam’s own Dave Martone on bass — that will start with an early song in her career (like My Bike) and end with a crowd pleaser: either I Love Myself Today, Lucky or Spaceman.

“It’s an honour to be invited to this festival,” she said. “It’s going to be very exciting and we can’t wait to come out.” jcleugh@tricitynews.com

ABOUT THE FEST

The free arts festival is on Aug. 12 from 2 to 10 p.m. at Coquitlam Town Centre Park Plaza and includes live music, dancers, artists, an artisans fair, kids activities, craft beer and truck food. Be sure to check out the Engage Stage where V’Ni Dansi’s Louis Riel Métis Dancers will kick off the performances at 3 p.m. followed

by The Red Ball Show and Workshop with Dianna David, The Big Topp Show and The Paperboys. Kaleidoscope is the city’s second annual event, having launched it last year for the Coquitlam 125 anniversary. The fest is sponsored in part by The Tri-City News.

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Coquitlam Town Centre Park Plaza (1299 Pinetree Way) is a five-minute walk east from the Lafarge Lake-Douglas SkyTrain station. On-street parking will be limited but spots will be open at Douglas College, city hall and the Pinetree park-and-ride. Visit coquitlam.ca/kaleidscope.

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Of the four musicians in The Matinée, only Matt Rose still calls the Tri-Cities his home.

The guitarist chose to settle in the area to raise his young family — a nod to his upbringing, having grown up with his fellow bandmates in Coquitlam and graduated in 1997 from Centennial secondary school.

So when Rose plays at the Kaleidoscope Festival on Saturday at Coquitlam Town Centre Park Plaza, it’ll be like performing to a big bunch of neighbours, he said.

The hometown gig is the penultimate stop on The Matinée’s summer tour, which ends in Kamloops and includes a 10-year anniversary show at the Fox Cabaret in Vancouver tomorrow

(Thursday) to celebrate being part of Light Organ Records.

There, they’ll also officially drop their sophomore fulllength album, Dancing On Your Grave, an 11-track project produced by the band and by Jamie Candiloro last year.

Their album is a follow-up to their 2015 EP, Broken Arrows, produced by Steve Bays and Ryan Dahle, and to their 2013 debut We Swore We’d See the Sunrise.

Rose said Dancing On Your Grave is a time capsule, dishing out many highs and lows since Broken Arrows came out: The songs talk about the best and the worst part of relationships such as getting married, having kids, strife and heartaches.

“For us, that was where our heads were at the time,” he said. “We were documenting a period of all of our lives — good and bad — but, in the

end, it came out with a positive message. We’re all in a really good space right now, thankfully.”

Besides the new album and recent west and east coast tours, The Matinée is also up for a coveted BreakOut West award next month. The band is nominated for Rock Artist of the Year against fellow BC artists Dan Mangan and The Pack AD as well as Mobina Galore (Manitoba) and Scenic Route to Alaska (Alberta).

Clinching the accolade would be a sweet reward, given the band’s tumultuous journey last year, Rose said. “We are grateful for many things now.”

• Dancing On Your Grave is available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music and Google Play. Vinyl copies can also be purchased at the Light Organ Records store.

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Theatre Under the Stars last week extended the run for its two hit summer productions: The Drowsy Chaperone (above, featuring Tri-City actors Shannon Hanbury, Blake Sartin and Peter Stainton) and Mary Poppins (starring Nolen Dubuc, 9, as Michael Banks and Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau). Both shows now end Aug. 26 at the Malkin Bowl at Stanley Park in Vancouver. Visit tuts.ca for tickets and details.

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Matchette continues Lindbjerg tradition Second story in a month-long series on Tri-City arts educators JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

When Chad Matchette and his wife Erin bought the Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts seven years ago, he was ready for a career change.

Then, he’d been working as a client account and employee engagement manager with Telus and, with Erin, ran an after-school performing arts program in Surrey and Richmond.

The couple bought the business from family friend Rochelle Lindbjerg Pianalto, knowing its reputation and many of its talented students.

A theatre director, producer, writer and actor for three decades — who “learned at the school of hard knocks,” as he puts it — Matchette had seen several Lindbjerg students audition with Lower Mainland companies and was aware of their top-notch training. “As soon as they got on stage, you knew they were Lindbjerg,” he said, “so it was easy to cast them because you knew what you were going to get.”

At the time, though, Lindbjerg had classes scattered around the Tri-Cities (Kyle Centre, Evergreen Cultural Centre, and the Burquest

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Port Coquitlam resident Chad Matchette and his wife Erin purchased the Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts seven years ago. The private studio in Coquitlam is the training ground for up to 250 children and teens each season, with many winning parts in major Lower Mainland productions.

Jewish and Glenayre community centres), which made it hard for the Matchettes to run their operation.

Shortly after the purchase, in 2010, they centralized the business in a light-industrial strip mall across from Ikea — in a 4,700 sq. ft. unit — that now

runs six days a week for up to 250 young triple threats, per season.

And they have maintained the Lindbjerg legacy, offering a long list of classes for musical theatre, dance, voice and acting students with wellknown, hard-working faculty

members as well as opportunities to showcase their skills at competitions and festivals, Disneyland and New York City.

Matchette said the lessons they are learning translate outside the classroom, too: How to prepare themselves for an audience, how to handle

themselves professionally, how to improvise and — most importantly to Matchette — how to be a team player.

“We tell them, It doesn’t matter if you have a solo or if you’re in the back,” he said.

“Without all the people, the show doesn’t happen. It’s not about how great you are or if you have the spotlight.

Everyone counts.”

Matchette’s focus on arts education crystallized a few years back following one of his afterschool programs in Richmond.

A Grade 4 student named Zach had become a recluse and his grades were slipping. By the end of the program, though, he had the confidence to speak up and his academics soared. His parents were grateful; so were his teachers. “He never spoke in class before then,” Matchette said. “Never.”

Matchette, a Port Coquitlam resident and father of two, employs the same teaching methods to his cast with Align Entertainment, an awardwinning theatre company he founded in 2013 with Brent Hughes (the music teacher

at Dr. Charles Best secondary in Coquitlam); Lindbjerg staff and Burquitlam residents Mark and Melissa Turpin; and Coquitlam’s Patti Volk, a former board member with the Royal City Musical Theatre.

At the time, “there wasn’t enough family shows happening around the Lower Mainland and we felt we needed something for kids to appreciate live, quality theatre,” Matchette said. “We wanted to give them something to remember.”

Today, Align runs its fullscale productions out of the Michael J. Fox Theatre in south Burnaby, with proceeds from its Family Day shows supporting the venue’s scholarship fund (its next show in November is a remount of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat).

Align uses the Lindbjerg space on Sundays to rehearse and to store its costumes in the loft.

Matchette, 49, said he’s not slowing down.

His dream is to own and operate a private school, with an emphasis on the performing arts. “Everything these days is so sports oriented,” he said.

“There are many, many kids out there who don’t fit into that box but excel in the arts. I want to find a place for them to express themselves and excel.” jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Crews are now working on the remaining section of the water main in Colony Farm Regional Park.

The project is expected to be complete in late 2017.

There are other road, bridge and utility improvements taking place in the area which may result in intermittent traffic disruptions. For information, please visit the website or send an email to:

Kwikwetlem First Nation Development of Coquitlam IR2 Public Forum: Update Wednesday, August 30th, 6pm-8pm Terry Fox Theatre 1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam The Kwikwetlem First Nation (KFN) is providing a second open house/update regarding the development of Coquitlam Indian Reserve #2 at Pitt River Road, the Kwikwetlem Development Site. The forum will include a presentation and an expert panel for an open question and answer session. The forum is open to anyone interested in the development, but will be focused on addressing the concerns of the residents of Port Coquitlam, and in particular those surrounding the project. For more, or updated information, please visit: www.kwikwetlem.com/KDS.htm

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Left, Coquitlam Adanacs forward Thomas Semple crashes heavily into New Westminster Salmonbellies goalie Eric Kratz, who manages to keep the ball out of the net in the third period of Game 5 of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League final, Monday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex. Above, Coquitlam Adanacs’ keeper Christian Del Bianco makes a save on New Westminster Salmonbellies forward Jeremy Bosher. Below, Coquitlam Adanacs forward Eli Salama (#3) celebrates his second period goal.

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The Coquitlam Adanacs won their ninth straight BC Junior A Lacrosse League championship Monday night.

But there was no exuberant parade of the trophy around the concrete floor at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.

In fact, the players didn’t want to touch the trophy at all.

That’s because their work isn’t yet done, said Adanacs’ coach Pat Coyle after his team beat the New Westminster Salmonbellies 9-6 in the fifth game of the best-of-seven series that Coquitlam won four games to one.

“We’re really happy we won this, but this is just leading to the next step,” Coyle said.

The next step is the opportunity to defend their Minto Cup national championship which begins Aug. 17 in Brampton, Ont. Coyle said the tough, grinding series against the Bellies, in which the high-flying Adanacs — who scored an average of 12 goals a game in the regular season — managed to break double-digits only once, was the perfect preparation for the opposition they’ll face in Ontario.

“However hard this was, it’s going to be 100 times harder than this,” Coyle said.

“Whether it was us or them going back east, we’re going to be better prepared because of the calibre of it.”

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Coquitlam Adanacs’ goalie Christian Del Bianco is announced as the most valuable player in the playoffs. into the second period, the Adanacs seemed to find another gear and an increasing number of holes around New West goalie Eric Kratz, the winner of the Monty Leahy award as the league’s top goalie.

Coquitlam’s deficit lasted just over two minutes before Keenan Koswin got them

back on even terms. His goal sparked a run of five straight that put the home team up 6-2 before Brine Rice stanched the barrage with 52 seconds left in the frame to get New West back within three.

A fight between the Adanacs’ Chase Scanlan and Preston Lupul of the Salmonbellies that

was instigated by a high stick from Coquitlam’s Philip Buque seemed to energize New West.

Eight seconds into the ensuing power play for Buque’s stick infraction, Connor Robinson ripped a low shot just inside the post behind Coquitlam keeper Christian Del Bianco.

New West continued to carry the play, and six minutes later Jeremy Bosher made it 6-5.

Then, with 8:20 left on the clock, Nick Chaykowsky scored his hat trick goal to tie the game and put everyone in the tepid arena on the edge of their seat.

With the prospect of overtime looming, runner Nick Jensen converted a set-up from defenceman Eli Salama to put the Adanacs back in front 7-6. There was 3:29 left on the clock, and 25 seconds later captain Reid Bowering gave the team some breathing room with an unassisted goal as he

outsprinted Carter Dickson of the Salmonbellies from the neutral zone before depositing his shot behind Kratz.

Jensen sealed the deal into an empty net with 1:49 left to play.

Coyle said he wasn’t surprised the Salmonbellies were able to battle their way back to even terms in the third period.

“That’s sort of the nature of the game, there’s ups and downs,” Coyle said. “The margin of errors for these games was so small.”

Most importantly, Coyle said, his players responded.

“They may have had a couple of minutes there, but we came back and that’s what matters.”

That fortitude will serve the Adanacs well in defence of their Minto Cup championship.

“We’re going to have earn every inch,” Coyle said. mbartel@tricitynews.com

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Coquitlam’s O’Brien springs Another gold for silver at World Games at NAIG 2017 Top passes in final round help ease pressure

Coquitlam’s Tamara O’Brien put in the work and reaped the rewards after finishing second in the women’s double mini-trampoline (DMT) competition at the World Games in Poland.

In her debut appearance at the World Games, O’Brien finished sixth in the qualifying round to advance to the top eight final. In the final, the 20-year-old completed both final passes with high execution, difficulty and precision, landing both passes in the box, to soar to the top of the leaderboard.

She maintained top position through the majority of the final before U.S. doublemini champion Paige Howard surpassed her. O’Brien’s final score of 71.000 points put her just .400 points out of first place and one point ahead of bronze medallist Lina Sjoeberg of Sweden.

“It was absolutely amazing,” said O’Brien, the defending Canadian double-mini champion. “I was happy with my ranking heading into the finals

Diego Sparrow-Gomez scored the winning goal in Team BC’s gold medal match against Team Saskatchewan at the recent North American Indigenous Games in Toronto.

Sparrow-Gomez, 17, helped his U19 men’s side roll through the tournament undefeated with wins over Ontario and the Yukon. Team BC then beat Manitoba 1-0 in the semifinal.

Sparrow-Gomez is from the Musqueam Nation. He plays for the senior soccer team at Archbishop Carney regional secondary school as well as Fraser Valley Premier in the BC Soccer Premier League.

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Coquitlam’s Tamara O’Brien finished second in the women’s double trampoline competition at the recent World Games in Poland. as it removed a lot of pressure, not being the last one to compete and knowing the score to beat. I’ve always had difficulty competing well in finals at international competitions, including World Age Group and World Championships.

“I’m just happy that I competed well; the medal is the cherry on top.”

O’Brien’s coach Curt De Wolff, from the New Westminster-based Shasta Trampoline Club, was on hand to support her throughout the competition.

“I knew a medal was possible but I got very nervous because Tamara was at the top of the leaderboard after the first pass in the finals,” said De

CANADA GAMES

Athletes from the TriCities are getting results at the Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg.

Coquitlam’s Eric Chatten finished fourth in the men’s high jump and Denzel Brown of Port Coquitlam finished sixth in the triple jump.

Wolff. “I’m just very happy because she worked so hard for this meet.”

Part of that hard work included getting to measure her progress against the likes of Howard and Sjoeberg at the Canada Cup last April.

At that competition, O’Brien placed third.

Sedrick Skabar finished sixth in the men’s wheelchair 400m and fifth in the 1500m.

Port Moody’s Madeline Moore was on the Team BC’s women’s soccer team that finished fifth.

CLAN IN POMO

The Simon Fraser University Clan men’s soccer team will play an exhibition match in Port Moody, Aug. 24, against the Fraser Valley All-Stars.

It will be the team’s final tune-up before embarking on its schedule in the NCAA’s Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

The game will be an opportunity to see several local players close up, including Port Moody’s Kyle Jones, Port Coquitlam’s Aiden Bain and, from Coquitlam, Lucas McIlveen, Joey Mijaljevic, Michael North, Adam Jones, Christopher Guerreiro, Sam Lee and Matteo Polisi.

The Clan is ranked 13th in the country in a preseason poll of coaches.

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HOME SALES* 73 29

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MEDIAN SALE PRICE** $560,000 $1,190,000

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TOP SALE PRICE*** Even as home sales slowed considerably through the lazy summer weeks, the median sale price of an attached home continued to rise in the Burnaby and TriCities region.

The median price of the attached homes (condos, townhouses, duplexes etc) registered as sold in the area the week of July 24-30 was $560,000 – compared with $539,950 in the first three weeks of July and a median price of $534K across all of June. This is despite the number of attached home sales falling to 73 units July 24-30 from 114 sales the previous week.

Broken down by municipality, the median attached home prices range from $637,500 in Burnaby North to $500,000 in Coquitlam.

However, the priciest attached property in the region to sell during that week was in Burnaby South – a spectacular 36thfloor, three-bedroom unit at the brand new Modello building in Metrotown.

This luxury condo, which benefits from use of Modello’s private residents’ club amenities, sold for $1.7 million after nine days on market – $28,888 below list price.

The detached home market continued to plod along at its slow summer pace, with just 29 single-family home sales

$1,700,000 $2,550,000

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across the whole Burnaby/TriCities region the week of July 24-31, compared with 38 the week before.

ACTIVE LISTINGS† 797 1,106

The most expensive detached home to sell was a lovely six-bedroom, 5,018-square-foot West Coquitlam house that sold for a relatively modest $2.55 million. After listing the home for 93 days, the vendors accepted $38,800 below their asking price.

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Overall, total active listings crept up slightly, and the median number of days on market for both attached and detached homes rose by one day apiece, compared with the previous week.

*Total units registered sold July 24-30. **Median sale price of units registered sold July 24-30. ***Highest price of all units registered sold July 24-30. †Listings as of July 31 ††Median days of active listings as of August 8. All sold and listings information as of August 8.

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