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COPS FOR CANCER ROLLOUT IN COQUITLAM

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Riders in the annual Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast arrive at Glen Pine Pavilion in Coquitlam Tuesday morning with a police escort. The tour, which started last Wednesday and finishes tomorrow, is comprised of members of law enforcement and emergency services personnel from around Metro Vancouver. They cycle hundreds of kilometres from Sechelt to Richmond to raise money for cancer research. Two members of the Coquitlam RCMP, Const. Sienna Cooke and Cpl. Neil Roemer, are participating in this year’s ride while Const. Doug Riley of Port Moody Police Department is riding in the Tour de Valley.

Household incomes have increased in the Tri-Cities over the last five years and continue to stay above the Metro Vancouver average, according to recently released census data.

In Coquitlam, for example, the median household income in 2015 was $74,484, meaning half of the city’s households earn less than that and the other half more. The total is 9.9% higher than the $67,787 calculated in 2010.

Sharper increases were seen in Port Moody, which rose 16.3% from $79,918 in 2010 to $92,922 in 2015; and Port Coquitlam, which increased 15.9% from $72,563 in 2010 to $84,096 during the same period. see FAMILIES MOVE, page 5

SCHOOL VANDALISM

encouraging words from one school to another DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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Hundreds of sticky notes with rainbows, images of cats just “hanging in there” and

words of encouragement from Scott Creek middle school were dropped off at Montgomery middle last week to help in the recovery after a vandalism spree that caused

thousands of dollars of damage.

Monty principal Rob McFaul, who received the package from Scott Creek principal Lisa Rinke and vice-

principal Laurie Sviatko last Wednesday, said the gesture provided a glimmer of hope after a few days of gloom.

“I saw kids stopping and reading them. There was a

reach-out — with people offering ‘what can we do to help?’

— but here is something that went beyond.”

see GOODWILL, page 10

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Left: Deputy Chief Rod Gill of Coquitlam Fire and Rescue in the sprinkler protection unit he and others used near Quesnel as part of B.C. wildfire-fighting efforts this summer. Above: Fire crews spent more than an hour cutting their way back in after the fire burnt through the area — and around this house.

B.C. WILDFIRES

From the Tri-Cities to the front lines Local firefighters played key roles in battle against B.C. wildfires GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

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irefighters are accustomed to being ready for an emergency at a moment’s notice.

So when Port Moody Assistant Chief Gord Parker got a call from the province on the afternoon of July 7 requesting help containing blazes in the Interior, he was in his truck and out the door, getting to the scene by 9 p.m. the same day.

It was the first of what ended up being a total of 40 days spent in an area west of Kamloops, where he managed structure protection units from Ashcroft to Clinton.

The power of the wildfires was evident on day one, he told The Tri-City News while sitting in his office on the top floor of Port Moody’s Fire Hall No. 1.

“I was first assigned to the Elephant Hill fire,” he said. “It came into me as a 50-hectare fire. When we got there, it was already at the Bonaparte Indian Reserve, which is about 17 km away.”

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Gord Parker, Port Moody Fire-Rescue’s assistant chief, spent 40 days this past summer west of Kamloops managing structure protection units during the B.C. wildfires.

He slept in his truck the first night but as more resources started to pour in from across the province and the country, camps and infrastructure were set up for the firefighters.

While the frontline work is generally left to the B.C. Wildfire Service, the effort relies on expertise provided by people like Parker, who has done approximately 40 deployments over the last decade to wildfires in the Interior.

With the Office of Fire

Management, he is responsible for ensuring that everything from homes and ranches to cellphone towers and bridges are spared when a blaze moves through an area.

Using mobile sprinkler systems, crews access various water sources — a nearby creek or pond, even a swimming pool — in order to douse important infrastructure.

When the effort is successful, as it is more often than not, said Parker, the equipment can

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“This was probably the busiest year in terms of threatening values,” he said. “The length of time that these fires are keeping people out of their homes is unprecedented. Some people have been out of their homes for five to six weeks.”

Port Moody Fire Chief Ron Coulson said Parker’s expertise is valued across the province.

He added that while it is dif-

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ficult having one of his top people away from the fire hall for much of the summer, he understands that his skills are in demand.

“We are lucky that we have such talent in our midst,” Coulson said. “At the same time, he disappears from our ranks and I am always eager to get him back.”

Parker was not the only TriCity fire official to spend time fighting wildfires this summer.

Coquitlam Fire and Rescue deployed two of its sprinkler protection units for a total of 67 days, rotating crews into the area throughout the summer.

Deputy Chief Rod Gill spent 10 days east of Quesnel, his first deployment since receiving the necessary training to assist in wildfire containment. When he arrived, the camp he resided in consisted of approximately 150 firefighters. But as departments from as far away as Ontario and New Brunswick began to show up, the numbers swelled to approximately 450.

“It is organized chaos,” Gill told The Tri-City News . “You have a couple of managers at the very top trying to organize all these resources.”

Gill saw first-hand what the sprinkler protection unit can do.

When a wildfire was approaching Fishpot Lake Resort

in Nazko, equipment was deployed to protect buildings in the area. Gill said that when firefighters returned later to retrieve the devices, the entire area was scorched — except the buildings.

“One area was totally green and everything else looked like someone took a blow torch to it,” he said. “It is amazing.”

Of the 300 buildings protected by Coquitlam’s sprinkler unit, Gill said only one was lost.

In that case, the fire was moving too quickly for the equipment to do its work, he said.

Both Parker and Gill said the expertise fire officials gain when battling blazes in the Interior will be valuable if a wildfire ever sweeps through the northern parts of the TriCities, where housing subdivisions bump up against heavily treed areas.

With so many neighbourhoods bordering on the forest, Parker said it is important for larger Lower Mainland departments to be prepared for fires they are not usually accustomed to fighting.

“We are usually fighting fire in the box — homes, apartments, structures,” Parker said.

“This is fire outside of the box.

It has totally different elements is a totally different size.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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One hurt in crash CULINARY between shuttle GARAGE SALE bus & motorcycle • IN OUR PARKING LOT • Collision took place Saturday on Blue Mountain

Coquitlam RCMP are investigating a weekend collision between a bus and a motorcycle that sent one man to hospital with serious injuries.

Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said the accident happened just before 4 p.m.

Saturday at the intersection of Blue Mountain Street and Cottonwood Avenue.

“It’s difficult to say what happened until the investigation is concluded,” McLaughlin said, noting that no drugs or alcohol were involved.

He said the community shuttle was making a left turn and the motorcycle hit the rear of the bus.

A spokesperson from TransLink said the transportation authority will conduct its own investigation after the police conclude the file, with the goal of identifying whether the accident could have been

2 INJURED IN POLICE CRUISER ACCIDENT

Two people were sent to hospital with minor injuries last Friday morning after a collision between a Coquitlam RCMP cruiser and another vehicle.

According to Coquitlam RCMP, the officer was responding to a call in the area of Lougheed Highway and Coast Meridian Road when the crash occurred shortly before 6 a.m.

“The scene was immediately secured and the Integrated Collision Analysis Reconstruction Service have been called to assist in the investigation,” said the Coquitlam RCMP in a press release. “At this time, the circumstances leading up to the collision remain under investigation.”

Investigators were able to clear the intersection at around 11 a.m.

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prevented and making “corrective action.”

“Obviously there was a serious injury to the motorcyclist and was very upsetting for all,” said Chris Bryan.

As well, the bus driver will be offered counselling to deal

with any trauma from the incident.

“We always offer a diffuser in situations like this,” he said.

“That’s for their own immediate mental health.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Families moving: Hind continued from front page

“I think you are seeing more families moving out this way,” said Michael Hind, the CEO of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce. “The migration to the suburbs is ongoing, which brings people with higher paying jobs.”

The data shows that PoCo and Port Moody have kept pace with the growth in earnings seen across the region while Coquitlam has fallen slightly behind the Metro Vancouver average increase of 14.7%. In 2010, the median Metro household income was $63,347, rising to $72,662 in the last five years.

How the incomes are distributed depends on the municipality, the data shows.

In Coquitlam, for example, 17.9% of all households earned $30,000 or less while in Port Coquitlam, the number was 12.8% and in Port Moody, it was 11.9%. Across the region, the figure is 19%.

The proportion of households earning between $60,000 and $89,999 was 18.2% in Coquitlam, 20.3% in Port Coquitlam and 18.5% in Port Moody, compared to the Metro Vancouver average of 18.8%.

But while many in the TriCities aren’t far off the average, a few are well above it.

A significant percentage of local residents reported house-

FAMILY INCOME FUN FACTS

According to Statistics Canada data, 96% of all couples in 2015 reported income from both spouses, a significant increase from the approximately two-thirds reported in the 1970s. The 2016 census release also found that a third of all couples had fairly equal incomes compared to one fifth three decades earlier. hold incomes of $150,000 or more. Across Metro Vancouver, 16.7% of residents fall into that high-income category while in Coquitlam the percentage is 17.6%, in Port Coquitlam, it’s 17.2% and in Port Moody, 23.4% are above that mark. (As well, 44.6% of households in the village of Anmore topped that mark, a slightly higher percentage than in neighbouring Belcarra.)

Hind said overall, the economy in the Tri-Cities is strong, mirroring a similar situation across the region and the province.

“It is the move to the suburbs and the economy that I think is contributing to [the increases],” Hind told The Tri-City News.

“I think the economy in B.C. is doing well.”

Across Canada, median household income grew 10.8% over the last decade, rising from $63,457 to $70,336.

According to a report from Statistics Canada, the resource and manufacturing sectors were

key drivers in improving the earnings of residents. But the document noted that much of the census data was accumulated in 2015, before the impact of the oil price slowdown was fully felt.

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POMO COUNCIL BYELECTION

Dev’t. dominates candidates’ forum Discussion over the future look of Port Moody MARIO BARTEL

The Tri-CiTy News

Will Port Moody retain its small-town skyline over the next 20 to 30 years or will it be overtaken by towers?

That was the overarching question as the eight candidates in the city’s council byelection Saturday spent half of last Thursday’s all-candidates debate at the Inlet Theatre talking about growth and development issues. The debate was hosted by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce.

From the dense, transit-oriented neighbourhoods planned around the Moody Centre and Inlet SkyTrain stations as well as along the waterfront, to the Ioco lands on the north shore, few candidates saw eye-to-eye on what the city will look like as it moves towards a projected population of more than 50,000 people by 2041.

While Sager Jan advocated for the construction of singlefamily homes to discourage an influx of new residents from other communities while preserving the views for “old-time people who live here,” others said the city needs to take a more measured approach to new development.

Gerry Kent said projects need to be scaled to fit in to the rest of Port Moody. “I’m not opposed to highrises,” Kent said.

“It’s when you have too many, it doesn’t respect the community.”

But former three-term councillor Karen Rockwell, who’s seeking a return to PoMo council, said she’s excited about high-density projects like the one proposed for the site of the Flavelle sawmill that would include 11 towers ranging from 16 to 38 storeys. “It’s going to be an iconic draw for Port Moody,” she said. “It’s going to be like Granville Island meets the area around the convention centre in Vancouver.”

Hunter Madsen cautioned that a proliferation of towers would be out of scale with the community and the people

living there. “We’re really not a Metrotown,” he said. “We don’t want to be a Metrotown.”

Cathy Cena said while Port Moody needs condo towers to create affordable housing choices for downsizers and young people, she doesn’t want to see towers taller than 26 storeys.

Shane Kennedy suggested 12 storeys is high enough. “There’s smart development and there’s just keep building up,” he said.

“I’m picturing the 7-Eleven on St. Johns Street with a 30-storey tower on top.”

But Rockwell said limiting development to mid-rise buildings would create the exact kind of situation the city is trying to avoid: walls of buildings that cut off views and neighbourhoods.

“We need a mix to create a vibrant community,” she said.

Richard Biedka said part of that vibrancy comes from creating a city that is more than just a place for people to live.

He said new developments at the Flavelle site and the former Andrés wine property should include more industrial components to “build the tax base.”

“To put seven to 10,000 people around the port, it doesn’t look good,” he said.

The debate over density and highrises even spread across the Inlet to the Ioco lands, which are in the early stages of a development planning by the owner, Brilliant Circle Group.

Biedka said including a tower as part of that plan would “reduce the footprint of construction to maximize the forests and greenspace.”

Madsen, who formed a community group to fight a proposal to build a road through Bert Flinn Park to create a second connection to the Ioco lands, conceded development of the Ioco property is inevitable but he said it should be low-density so the existing road network and services can handle it.

Jeanette Jackson said the site is too important not too develop. “Right now, it’s vacant space,” she said. “It’s not just Port Moody, it’s also Anmore and Belcarra that are looking for amenities.”

But Rockwell said any big development on the Ioco lands would put too much pressure

PORT MOODY BYELECTION DETAILS • The byelection for one city council seat is Saturday, Sept.

30 but there residents can also vote with a mail-in ballot that can be picked up at city hall during regular office hours until Friday. Those mail-in ballots don’t actually have to be mailed in; they can just be sealed and handed back to the clerk, who will ensure they get to the city’s chief electoral officer by the voting deadline of 8 p.m. on Sept. 30.

• To be eligible to vote, you must be 18 years of age on general voting day, a Canadian citizen, a resident of B.C. for at least six months immediately before they register and a resident of Port Moody for at least 30 days before registering.

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on traffic as well as city services such as fire and police, noting, “The city needs to focus its objectives of densification around transit areas.”

• Residents get another chance to hear the candidates debate tonight (Wednesday), 7:30 p.m. at Old Orchard Hall. The event is hosted by the Pleasantside Community Association. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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Cathy Cena pats the cheek of Shane Kennedy, a fellow Port Moody council byelection candidate, as Karen Rockwell, Hunter Madsen and Jeanette Jackson look on following last Thursday’s debate.

Notice of Community Planning Advisory Committee Meeting When: October 3, 2017 at 7pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. The Community Planning Advisory Committee is holding a public meeting to consider the following application:

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1. Location: 64, 68, 72, 74 Seaview Drive (Rezoning Application #6700-20-154) Applicant: Allaire Properties Development Corporation Purpose: Allaire Properties Development Corporation has applied to the City to amend the Official Community Plan land use designation and rezone the properties at 64, 68, 72, 74 Seaview Drive to permit the development of a 28 unit townhouse project.

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How do I get more information?

Review application 6700-20-154 and related information at the Planning Division counter on the 2nd floor of City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/cpac after September 26, 2017.

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca

How can I provide input?

1. If you believe your property is affected by this application, attend the meeting in person and submit comments directly to the committee 2. You can also send a submission in writing before 12 noon on October 3, 2017 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550.

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POMO COUNCIL BYELECTION

Endorsement surprises candidate Response to a resident’s questions leads to letter by a property firm MARIO BARTEL

The Tri-CiTy News

A candidate in Saturday’s Port Moody council byelection said she was unaware her answer to an email survey from a Coronation Park resident would be used by a property agent to endorse her.

But Karen Rockwell said she stands by her statement.

In an email dated Sept.

19 and addressed “Hello Coronation Park,” Erin Williams of London Pacific, a property agent that is heavily involved in land assemblies in the neighbourhood, writes,

KAREN ROCKWELL “We would very much like to see a council that supports making Coronation Park’s redevelopment a priority…

It would appear that Karen Rockwell is the candidate with the most amount of experience in municipal office and who also is the most pro-TOD [transit-oriented development].”

The email then goes on to

“We took the information and shared it with the people who are representing us as homeowners,” Attridge told The Tri-City News.

London Pacific’s Williams confirmed Rockwell’s quote was supplied to the company

by Attridge, adding the email was sent to a private distribution list.

Attridge said Rockwell’s responses stood out as “the most detailed and supportive,” adding, “Most of the responses from the candidates were disappointing. They didn’t understand what was going on. They have no idea what’s going on in Coronation Park.”

But another candidate who also participated in the survey said he was taken aback when he saw Rockwell’s answer used in the London Pacific endorsement.

“It is pretty shocking to find a

quote Rockwell’s reply in a survey of candidates compiled by Coronation Park resident Dan Attridge to a question about redevelopment in neighbourhood. Rockwell wrote, in part: “I fully support the current land use plan for Coronation Park as it makes sense that the older single-family neighbourhood is redeveloped to provide more types of housing.”

Rockwell told The Tri-City News she stands by her answer but wishes she would have been informed how it might be used.

“It’s not like I said anything I truly don’t believe,” Rockwell said. “I wish they had given me a heads up.”

Attridge said he sent surveys to all eight candidates earlier this month “to see which councillors were on board and which ones weren’t,” with the intent of “passing on the information.”

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UNION ENDORSEMENT Karen Rockwell, a longtime labour relations professional, received the endorsement of the union that represents 325 city of Port Moody employees. Irene Jakse, the president of CUPE Local 825, said her group is supporting Rockwell’s run to return to city council in the Sept. 30 byelection. local land developer… lobbying voters in a brazen attempt to influence the outcome of the race to favour its own commercial interests,” Hunter Madsen said.

Madsen and another candi-

date, Shane Kennedy, are singled out in the email because of a “concern” they “would be adversarial if elected.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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TRI-CITY BUSINESS

Friday is deadline to nominate top biz You have two more days to nominate a top local business for a Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce award of excellence.

The chamber will accept submissions for businesses that are a cut above their competitors until Sept. 29 after the deadline was pushed back a week.

“The awards aim to recognize local businesses for their outstanding achievements,”

said Michael Hind, chamber CEO. “It’s important that they get the recognition they deserve.”

Like last year, the chamber will hand out Business Excellence Awards in seven categories: • Business of the Year (one to 10 employees); • Business of the Year (11 to 30 employees); • Business of the Year (more

than 30 employees); • Business Leader of the Year; • Community Spirit Award; • Non-Profit of the Year; • and Young Professional of the Year.

The nominees’ luncheon will be held Nov. 1 while the award winners will be honoured at a gala on Jan. 27, 2018.

To fill out a nomination form before the deadline, visit tricitieschamber.com.

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Council and Committee Procedures Amendment Bylaw Council and Committee Procedures Amendment Bylaw No. 4027 7pm - October 10, 2017 Council Meeting Notice is hereby given of the intent to consider and adopt a Council and Committee Procedures Amendment Bylaw.

The Council and Committee Procedures Bylaw provides a governance framework for Council and Committee meetings. It speaks to agendas, minutes, inaugural meetings and public notices, among other things. The proposed update to the Council and Committee Procedures Bylaw will reflect that Council meeting nights have moved from Mondays to Tuesdays.

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Sviatko, who coordinated the effort, said Scott Creek wanted to do something to make the Monty community feel better.

The idea came from the response to the riot in downtown Vancouver after the Canucks lost in the 2011 Stanley Cup final, when positive messages were drawn on plywood covering shop windows that had been smashed.

“We thought maybe we could do something like that.

It will take them forever for [broken windows] to be fixed.

They are going to be looking at that cardboard for a long time,” Sviatko said, adding that the Scott Creek students “totally embraced it.”

The messages of goodwill couldn’t have come at a better time because a parent night had been planned for that evening.

McFaul said the night where parents meet their children’s teachers was almost cancelled in the wake of the weekend vandalism but he decided to go ahead anyway. When parents saw hundreds of sticky notes on cardboard, their curiosity turned into smiles, he said, noting: “It offered a glimmer of positivity and a nice message

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In a well-off community, some of our neighbours need help C anada’s latest census shows there is a divide in the Tri-Cities and it might not be what you expect.

When it comes to distribution of household income, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam have a lot in common while Coquitlam appears to be the odd city out, with a higher percentage of low-income families compared to the other two cities.

A census tally of median incomes shows that 17.9% of Coquitlam families have incomes under $30,000 a year compared to 12.8% for PoCo and 11.9% for Port Moody.

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In fact, Coquitlam is much closer to the Metro Vancouver median of 19% while its smaller neighbours are much lower.

This finding is of major concern for city councillors, social service agencies and other policy makers because it shows that there are pockets of poverty throughout the region. It may not always be obvious, but some families struggle.

That’s why it’s good news that this region has a strong social network, with good community support for Share Family and Community Services and its food banks,

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a history of volunteering by individuals and service groups, and a number of initiatives to help refugee families get on their feet in a strange, new land.

Still, there are major concerns on the horizon and one of them is housing affordability. Coquitlam has been able to attract low-income families to areas where there are affordable places to live but those older apartments are likely to be replaced by newer and more expensive condos, displacing families that currently live here.

All three cities need to work

together on developing a wide range of housing opportunities, from non-market housing for single, low-income folks to homes that can accommodate families that may be struggling to make ends meet.

It also goes without saying that when groups such as Share ask for help in feeding the hungry that we contribute what we can, whether that be canned and boxed goods, fresh vegetables, cash or even volunteer time.

A complete community is a place where everyone strives to be a good neighbour, no matter what their income.

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No matter what dev’t., Ioco lands will bring Ioco traffic The Editor, As a Pleasantside resident, I want to protect our little community as much if not more than the people wanting to save Bert Flinn Park. Pleasantside is an old community along Ioco Road with heritage buildings (Pleasantside Grocery and the caretaker’s home) as well as many original cottages built 50 years ago. We have the beautiful beach at Old Orchard Park and the inlet trail.

And we have Ioco Road: a two-lane-road used by Anmore, Belcarra and increasingly by White Pine Beach visitors; a road that even now, before the Ioco lands are developed, is unsafe and noisy.

There are many seniors living along Ioco Road and children who must cross the road to go to and from Pleasantside elementary school. Even if the Ioco lands are not densified and are developed with singlefamily homes, traffic will be too great. The road is over capacity now and traffic must be

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A photo of the Ioco bowling green when it was a focal point for games and fun for the community. reduced for the safety and the peace of residents.

Save Bert Flinn Park is well organized with a petition and Facebook page but the movement fails to give enough consideration for the impact its cause could have on Pleasantside. At present, there is no feasible option for access to Anmore, Belcarra, White Pine Beach and the Ioco lands, leaving our community with a

traffic nightmare on Ioco Road.

Together, we have to urge the city to find a viable option to David Avenue.

What we can agree on is that high-density development of Ioco Lands is not in the interests of the community. The quaint heritage buildings, the bowling green and the garden environment of old Ioco would be destroyed by car-oriented towers and multi-family dwell-

ings. Increased densification would have a negative impact on Port Moody.

The plan was to develop high-density adjacent to public transit and encourage pedestrian neighbourhoods.

Let’s adhere to the OCP, which states the city should maintain its small-town character, and oppose high-density for the Ioco townsite.

Yvonne Harris, Port Moody

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We shouldn’t pay twice for students The Editor, Re. “20% of students at summer school” (The Tri-City News, Sept. 22).

School District 43 may boast the economic benefits of having had one fifth of its student population in summer school this past season but there is a drawback or two.

It has become common for high school students to take a summer course and then repeat the same class during the school year, for example, in an effort to improve their grades,

whichever way works best. The end result is grade inflation, a serious academic problem, happening at the expense of the taxpayer, who foots the bill for all these students to go to school for free.

Perhaps SD43 should establish a more rigorous protocol at which a second chance in the same course material is — or is not — available to the student.

At any rate, taxpayers should not be on the hook for students gaming the system.

Joerge Dyrkton, Anmore

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WHY DURING THE RUSH? The Editor, A letter to the city of Coquitlam: I hope your morning started better then mine. I am writing to voice my frustration, which hundreds of other drivers must have felt this morning, when we were all crawling on Lougheed Highway between Chilko Drive and Pitt River Road due to a lane closure just before the Pitt

River intersection.

Who in their right mind authorized tree cutting at rush hour at one of the city’s busiest intersections?

Please do something for everyone’s sanity. You go to work stressed because of the commute, you stress at work from deadlines and then you stress some more trying to get home.

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Should pot be sold through private pot shops or only through government-run liquor stores?

Will cornfields and greenhouses that now grow tomatoes give way to marijuana crops on Agricultural Reserve Land (ALR)?

Should strata councils be allowed to forbid owners from smoking pot in their own condos?

These are some of the questions the new NDP provincial government and municipal governments need to answer by July 2018, when bills C-45 and 46 — the federal legislation legalizing recreational marijuana use — go into effect.

In an attempt to get public consensus on those and other questions before enacting new provincial laws, the province is asking for public input.

A new consultation campaign was announced Monday at a Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) annual conference session on legalized cannabis.

“Collaboration is key to getting it right here in British Columbia,” Mike Farnworth,

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Solicitor General Mike Farnworth and Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang speak to reporters at the Union of BC Municipalities convention following session with civic officials on regulating recreational marijuana.

B.C.’s solicitor general and minister of public safety, told UBCM delegates during a morning session on legalized cannabis.

What may work for Vancouver when it comes to regulating a nascent cannabis industry might not work for other municipalities, said the longtime Port Coquitlam MLA.

Indeed, whereas Vancouver’s biggest issue right now is trying to regulate a profusion of illegal pot shops, in Delta — a farming community with a substantial amount of land in the ALR — one of the biggest concerns is that farmland currently used for growing food will end up being used for growing pot.

“I really don’t want to be the pot capital of Canada,” said Delta Mayor Lois Jackson, noting 35 companies have already made inquiries with the city about growing marijuana on ALR land — not surprising, given that ALR land is taxed at a much lower rate than industrial land.

“I think we’re going to have

to address the question: ‘Are we going to allow, or should we allow, all of our agricultural lands to be used for growing of marijuana — and our greenhouses — or are we going to grow our own vegetables?”

Jackson said.

Sukhbir Manhas, a lawyer with Young Anderson, said

the provincial government has addressed that question with respect to medical marijuana: Municipalities cannot prevent medical marijuana growers from setting up on ALR land.

Whether that ruling will apply to marijuana grown for recreational use is unclear.

“Certainly, if we want to have some teeth vis-à-vis ALR land, we’re going to have to see that regulation amended,” Manhas said.

While the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes is a federal law, all three levels of government will have a role to play in regulating a new industry that Deloitte last year estimated to be worth $22 billion.

While the federal government is responsible for regulating marijuana production, provincial governments will be responsible for distribution and retail, and municipal governments are responsible for zoning and business bylaws. see WHERE WEED, next page

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Where weed will be sold is not decided continued from page 14

So far, the NDP government has not decided whether marijuana will be sold through private specialized pot shops or government-regulated liquor stores, which are just two of many options.

Asked if, for instance, he thought Vancouver might see nightclubs creating marijuana smoking lounges or specialty smoking clubs opening, Vancouver Coun. Kerry Jang said: “I do envision that being a possibility. It sort of reminds me of craft beer. It wasn’t long ago

when it was a government monopoly on beer, and craft beer is legal. Now we see a huge market for craft beer.

“We see responsible usage, we see breweries, we see brew pubs that didn’t exist before.

Why not with marijuana?”

While the opportunities for new marijuana-related businesses are significant, they can create serious headaches for the governments responsible for regulating the new industry.

The legalization of medical marijuana created an illegal industry almost overnight in Vancouver, where more than

100 medical marijuana shops popped up — in violation of federal laws, which restrict the distribution of medical marijuana to the post office.

Using its zoning and business bylaws authority, the city of Vancouver has tried to regulate these illegal shops. The more compliant businesses — about a dozen — have been licensed and adhere to city regulations.

But about 57 have flouted the regulations and the city has tried to take them to court for violating zoning and business bylaws.

Jang said the city has filed injunctions against the 57 dis-

pensaries.

“Some have been filed for about a year,” he said. “Some, by the time they get heard, it will be two years. We can’t tell the courts what to do.”

Municipal governments have expressed the concern that, although they will share the burden for things like any additional policing costs, they have had little input on the new federal law.

They also want to ensure that they receive some of the new tax revenue that would come from a new, regulated industry.

It’s on that score that the NDP has been out in front.

province,” Farnworth said. “If that’s how provinces approach it, they are making a big mistake.

Yes, revenue will flow and you may get significant amounts of revenue. But the reality is that there are significant up-front costs that you have to put in place before you flip the switch.”

Farnworth also said it would be a mistake for provinces to set widely varying tax regimes.

“I would like to see, right across this country… a uniform tax rate so that you don’t have one province competing against another.”

Farnworth and Carole James, now finance minister, travelled to Washington and Oregon last year to see how legalization worked there. And he said it was clear from those visits that governments that set tax levels too high on marijuana find it does nothing to squelch the existing black market.

In fact, Farnworth said he expects there will be some significant costs to the provincial government in the infancy stages of a legal recreational marijuana industry.

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Residents and business owners in downtown Port Coquitlam will hear plenty of banging over the next three to four months thanks to work being done on the recreation complex.

But the city’s design-build partner for the $132-million construction project said the pile-driving is necessary and will be “short-term pain for long-term gain.”

Stuart Kernaghan, Ventana Construction’s marketing and communications manager, told The Tri-City News

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Ventana alerted city staff that month but it wasn’t until Sept.

11 that letters were mailed to property owners about the piledriving, which started Monday.

Kristen Meersman, PoCo’s director of engineering and public works, said the pile-driving will be split, with the first 475 piles hammered in this fall; another 350 piles will go in starting in spring 2019, over a two- to three-month period, she said.

During the first phase, piledriving machines will run between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Saturdays (no work will happen on Sundays or on statutory holidays, according to a construction notice from city hall).

Kernaghan said the noise and vibration will be heard and felt “up to 100 feet away” from the construction site, including inside the rec complex and at Terry Fox Library. “It’ll be audible but not disruptive,” he said, adding, “It’s not our first choice but the ground conditions didn’t allow us to do stone-column densification.”

Kernaghan said the construction schedule for the fiveyear project won’t be affected but Ventana is unsure if the budget will rise as a result as it’s hoping insurance will cover

SPEAK Have an opinion on a Tri-City News story? Leave a comment on our Facebook page. the cost for the “unexpected situation.” (Under design-build contracts, the successful bidder is responsible for any overruns; as in this case, PoCo taxpayers are not on the hook for delays or additional bills, Mayor Greg Moore said.)

Today (Wednesday), Ventana’s project manager is expected to meet with stakeholders to talk about the progress of the rec centre, which when complete will include a leisure pool, three ice sheets, Terry Fox Library, Wilson Centre seniors’ facility, a fitness centre, a childminding area and a gym — as well as other amenities — within a 205,000 sq. ft. facility.

Susanna Walden, executive director of the Downtown PoCo Business Improvement Association (BIA), said she’ll be at the meeting and will inform BIA members of the results.

“We appreciate the city

providing our businesses with a construction notice in advance,” Walden told The TriCity News by email Tuesday.

“We realize the pile-driving is required for the construction.”

Meersman said she has already had some feedback from area property owners.

“We’re just asking for patience from the community,” she said. “It is going to be a bit disruptive. We’re not debating that but this is what’s necessary to ensure that we get the best value and the structure is built to last.”

Moore, who said he heard the pounding while at the nearby West Coast Express station Tuesday morning, said he doesn’t believe downtown businesses will be severely affected. “You’ll be able to hear it, for sure, but it won’t be such a sound that is annoying or unpleasant.”

If it is, Moore vows city staff and Ventana will work with business operators. “We have no choice but to pile-drive,” he said. “We tried an alternate solution first that just wasn’t compacting the ground good enough.”

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GOV’T NEEDS TO CONSULT MORE ON BIZ TAX CHANGES Since announcing the proposed business tax changes in the dog days of summer, the federal government has received tens of thousands of letters pleading them to slow down and think about what these changes really mean for small business.

With the end of the consultation period on the horizon, they've shown little sign of acknowledging the concerns of small businesses and entrepreneurs across the country.

These are the most dramatic changes proposed to our tax regime in over 50 years.

If passed, these changes will have detrimental, unintended consequences that effect every community in Canada, and will have an even more profound effect on our national economy.

We are standing with Chamber's across Canada and asking the government to Michael Hind, CEO #hitthepausebutton (thanks to our friends at GVBOT) and host a real consultation Tri-Cities Chamber period while engaging in a dialogue with the stakeholders impacted by these changes.

Members of the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce have expressed their concerns to our local MP by writing hundreds of letters. In addition, MP Ron McKinnon joined a group of our members for a roundtable discussion on the topic. He listened carefully to the worries of small business owners and accountants in the Tri-Cities. I was extremely pleased to see how intently Mr. McKinnon listened to and understood our members, as shown by his letter to Finance Minister Bill Morneau. Here, Mr. McKinnon addressed the concerns of our members and asked Mr. Morneau for consultation by an independent body on the proposed changes. A copy of the letter can be found on the Tri-Cities Chamber website at www.tricitieschamber.com.

Last Friday, tax experts from Rise Advisors spoke to our membership on the proposed changes. After weeks of studying this, the experts sit with some level of uncertainty as to what the changes will mean because of the ambiguity within the legislation. If the experts can't fully grasp the scope of the legislation, perhaps that is the best indicator that it's time to hit the brakes and review until they get it right.

Upon all of this, the US is about to introduce sweeping changes into their corporate tax system. Talent and capital will flow to where they will get the best return. My fear is that our federal government's changes will push our brightest minds and most skilled professionals south, leaving us with a severe lack of resources.

So, again, I ask the government, slow down, consult, and revise. Come up with a new policy that champions small businesses instead of vilifying them and help our entire economy grow as a result.

I would like to kick off Small Business Month with a celebratory cheer for the announcement of an extended consultation period; for now, we'll have to wait and see.

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An unsanctioned bike park and some unofficial trails in Mundy Park will be decommissioned over the next two months, the city of Coquitlam announced last week.

The work is necessary to protect the 400-acre green space’s ecosystem, said Lanny Englund, the city’s manager of park planning and forestry, noting that the area has sustained some vandalism and tree damage since it was set up.

“Some folks have gone in, moved dirt around, built jumps

and small structures where we had no intention of putting a bike park,” he told The Tri-City News yesterday. “The forest management plan doesn’t identify that as a use in the forest in Mundy Park.”

Englund said a new bike park is expected to be installed across the street in the Riverview forest in the near future. Work on the project is expected to take place in 2018 and the city will be looking for input from the community, including the Tri-City Off-Road Cycling Association.

Some unsanctioned foot paths will also be decommissioned as part of the Mundy work.

Last year, the city formalized a new 1-km loop that was worn into the forest by park users, but Englund said several other trails

will be shut down for good.

As part of the remediation work, some tree removal in the southwest area of the park that has been significantly damaged will be required. A large compensation planting will also take place as part of the restoration and the city is encouraging residents to assist. Details will be released at a later date.

In the meantime, park users should expect some trail closures over the next two months while equipment is moved in to the area and some tree removal work is undertaken.

• Residents interested in learning more about Mundy Park and its 16-km trail network or want to become involved in park stewardship can visit www. coquitlam.ca/mundy.

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Tri-City seniors are invited to a Celebration of Grey Power next week organized by the North Fraser branch of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons. The event will be held Oct. 4 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. It will include an open house party with refreshments, a guest speaker, door prizes, networking and a chance to participate in Laughter Yoga. Register by emailing northfraser@carp.ca or calling Tim at 604-5229020.

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avid Walker won’t just be walking across the academic quadrangle at Simon Fraser University when he accepts his bachelor of philosophy degree on Oct. 5, he’ll be bridging decades.

Walker, 68, started working towards his degree 37 years ago.

But after five years of parttime studies while he built his career as a fundraiser and manager for various charitable and international aid organizations, he set aside his academic aspirations to concentrate on life — raising his family, travelling to 50 countries for work and running marathons.

He was just seven credits shy of his degree.

Even after the Coquitlam resident retired two years ago, the thought of picking up the remainder of his courses didn’t occur to him.

Instead, he focussed on some other life goals, 32 of them to be exact. Among them: • defying an incurable chronic kidney disease with which he’d been recently diagnosed;

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Even though David Walker put his Philosophy degree on hold for 37 years as he built a career and family, he never lost his love for learning. He’ll receive his bachelor of Pphilosophy next Thursday at Simon Fraser University.

• writing three books and 300 poems; • and collecting T-shirts from 12 marathons in 12 countries.

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Read-alouds to share with kids this autumn NATALIE SCHEMBRI

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ere is a great round-up of picture books to entertain you this fall: “On the day the science project hatched, our whole class was amazed. We’d never seen Mr. Stricter so excited.”

Mr. Stricter has always wanted a pet. But when the class pet, Bruno, grows from a tadpole into a giant hippopotamus, classroom life gets a little wild.

“Everyone could see that Bruno was trouble. Everyone expect Mr. Stricter.” Mr. Stricter thinks all the roaring and snoring during silent reading, sneezing, desk eating and show-and-tell farting is adorable — and that the class is overreacting — until the Hippo swallows him whole.

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“Who wouldn’t travel anywhere to get an apple or a pear? / And if a chum hands you a plum, be fair and share that tasty

treat!” In Nothing Rhymes with Orange, Adam Rex (School’s First Day of School, XO, OX: A Love Story) presents a clever celebration of anthropomorphized fruit. Peaches, bananas, figs, kiwi, cantaloupe and even quince are among the many fruits that are included in the celebratory rhyming verse. But what about Orange? None of the fruits have a coined a rhyme for Orange. Poor Orange feels left out and mopes about as the fruit parade around singing their verses — “Sigh. I’m just gonna hang out on the next page.” The other fruit, “feeling rotten, ’cause there’s someone they’ve forgotten” come up with a rhyme to ensure Orange feels involved in the fun: “It’s the orange. He’s really smorange. There’s no one quite as smorange as orange… totally awesome in every way.” A smart and silly read-aloud that underscores the importance of inclusion.

Aaron Reynolds and Caldecott Honor-winner Peter Brown (the duo who created Creepy Carrots!) have paired up for a sequel, Creepy Pair of Underwear! In his return, Jasper Rabbit is underwear shopping with his mom, where he spots the most glorious green pair of underpants. He must have them. His mom thinks that the underpants are way too creepy but Jasper emphasizes that he is a big rabbit now and he no longer wants to wear plain white.

The ghoulish green underpants are purchased. Despite stressing that he is a big rabbit now, Jasper cannot sleep because the Frankenstein-faced underpants (which creepily change facial expressions throughout the story) lurk in his room at night and keep it aglow in ghoulish green. Jasper tries to get rid of the underpants — he hides them in the laundry hamper, he mails them to China and he

throws them in the trash — but the underwear keeps returning to his bedroom. Brown’s illustrations are brilliant: the black and white illustrations and the bright green glow of the underpants add a level of spookiness to Reynolds’ narrative. A wonderfully absurd thriller for fans of Lemony Snicket’s The Dark and Mac Barnett’s The Skunk.

“But was Rapunzel frightened? Oh no, not she! If the witch could use her hair to get in, Rapunzel could use it to get out.” The princess is not waiting to be rescued in this story — in fact, this fairy tale does not mention the predictable prince charming. Bethan Woollvin’s clever picture book retelling of Rapunzel, a follow-up to her darkly amusing tale of Little Red, presents a feisty female protagonist who devises a secret plan to escape the confines of her tower prison. Through close reading of How to Defeat

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Woollvin’s picture book is a visual wonder with a bold colour palette of black, white, gray and yellow, and is complete with striking endpapers that frame the tale. The front endpaper presents the witch searching for the golden-haired Rapunzel and the princess hiding behind a tree, and the final endpaper presents the short-haired, masked girl bravely riding on horseback searching for the other frightened witches of the land. A must-read.

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A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Natalie Schembri works at Port Moody Public Library.

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Write something spooky for annual Scary Story Contest Cash prizes for winning stories in 2 categories

Going back to school has been scary but if you’re a tween or teen, can you beat that?

Tri-City kids are invited to channel their scariest thoughts into short works of literature for the annual Scary Story Contest, organized by Coquitlam and Port Moody public libraries and sponsored

by The Tri-City News — and just in time for Halloween.

To enter the contest, Tri-Cities youths 11 to 18 years of age must write and submit a terrifying.

The panel of judges will award first-, second- and third-place prizes to the three best entries in each age category (11 to 14

years and 15 to 18 years).

Rules for the contest are as follows: • Each entry must be no longer than 500 words.

• Writers must live or go to school in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore or Belcarra.

• Writers who submit entries must be no younger than 11 and no older than 18 on the deadline date of Oct. 18.

• Writers must include the following three words in their stories: belfry, pendulum and wraith.

Stories that do not include all three words will be disqualified.

• Each writer must include his or her name, age, phone number and city of residence when they submit an entry. If you live outside the TriCities, you must include

the name of the Tri-Cities school that you attend.

• Writers must email their entries — as a Word document or PDF attachment, or in the body of the email message — to scarystorycontest2017@ gmail.com no later than Wednesday, Oct. 18.

Winners in each age category will receive prizes worth $50 (first), $30 (second) and $20 (third). Some entries will also be published in The Tri-City News around Halloween. Full contest details are on the Coquitlam and PoMo public library websites (coqlibrary.ca and library.portmoody.ca).

If you have questions about the Scary Story Contest, email librarian Chris Miller at cmiller@ coqlibrary.ca or call 604554-7339.

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TC CALENDAR THURSDAY, SEPT. 28 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9.30pm., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info 604 9370836 (annual subscription due at this meeting).

FRIDAY, SEPT. 29 • Submission deadline for the next Writers in our Midst, which will be held Oct. 27 at the Gallery Bistro in Port Moody; adult and youth writers will give readings of up to 10 minutes each, and there will be a couple of longer segments for performing arts. Submissions should include 2-3 samples of work plus a short biography that can be used for an intro for those chosen to participate. Email bistroreadings@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 30 • Friends of Coquitlam Public Library Society AGM, 10:30 a.m., Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. New members are welcome to attend and join the board and/ or executive.

SUNDAY, OCT. 1 • Creative Café open house at Minnekhada Lodge, 1-4 p.m., 4455 Oliver Rd., in Minnekhada Regional Park, Coquitlam. Artists J. Alexine Law and Jack Lasko featured as well as the Coastal Painted Turtle Project. Law is a repurpose artist and Lasko is a carver. Coastal Painted Turtle Project is a team of ecologists conducting research, recovery activities and engaging in stewardship for the endangered Coastal Western Painted Turtle on the south coast of B.C. Parking is limited. Park at the Quarry Road parking lot and take 10-minute walk to the lodge. Info: minnekhadaparkassn@gmail.com, www.minnekhada.ca or Trina, at 604-520-6442.

TUESDAY, OCT. 3 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604: 937-0836.

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, Poco. Speaker: Dr Michelle Strovski, urologist with Ridge Meadows urology, will dis-

SEPT. 30: SAY ‘NO’ TO KNOTWEED • Friends of DeBoville Slough’s last invasive plant control work party of 2017, 9 a.m.-noon; meet at the kiosk at the north side of the slough, corner of Cedar Drive and Victoria Drive in northeast Coquitlam. Volunteers will be working on controlling Japanese knotweed. Tools will be supplied but you may bring your own lopper or hand pruner. Wear sturdy footwear and dress for the weather; use sunscreen if necessary and bring water. Info: info@fodbs.org. cuss prostate cancer in general and in particular radical surgery.

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: Craig, 604-928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

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

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4 • 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 see what projects are underway. Also: The society is looking for volunteers – you choose the time and days that you are free to help – for help in planning 2017 Salmon Festival, as well as tour guides and assistants for daytime school visits, and in daily operations. Info: www.hydecreek.org or email hcws.info@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, OCT. 7 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, 2470 Mary Hill Rd., PoCo. Topic/speaker: “Science Fiction: Writing Wonder” will be presented by Rhea Rose, a local writer, artist, teacher and indie publisher; if you have an overactive imagination and a deep desire to build future worlds,

utopias, dystopias, new planets and parallel universes, this workshop will guide you toward taking those first steps to your sci-fi writing future. Admission is free but library registration is required: 604-927-7999. Info: www.tri-citywordsmiths.ca.

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar p.m., with tours given by volunteers; large collection of antique consumer, military, marine, amateur radios and broadcast studio equipment. Located in the old pharmaceutical warehouse on Kerria Drive at the top of the hill. Info: 604-777-1885 or sparcradio.ca.

added that meets Tuesdays at Maillard middle school. Info: 754aircadets.ca.

• Burquitlam Community Association holds its monthly meeting on the first Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m., in the library at Miller Park elementary school, Coquitlam.

• 754 Phoenix Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets is active from September to June and meets Wednesdays, 6:309:30 p.m., at Moody elementary school. Girls and boys 12-18 welcome. Due to increased interest in the cadet program, a second squadron has been

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• Burke Mountain Naturalists monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam. Speaker: ornithologist, artist and author Rob Butler on making Vancouver a “city for the birds.” Free and all are welcome. Info: 604-9375379 or www.bmn.bc.ca.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 11

• Pacific Digital Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in drama room at Port Moody secondary school; guests always welcome.

Info and speakers list: www. pdpc.ca.

THURSDAY, OCT. 12

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604: 9370836.

ONGOING

• PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 150-2248 McAllister Ave., is open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff is available Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; volunteers may be on-site at other times. Info: 604-927-8403 or www.pocoheritage.org.

• Bingo at Dogwood Pavilion, 12:45 p.m., every Friday (except holidays and in July and August).

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Left to right: Celeb by Ron Holzman, iPad by David Carey and Flying Pig by Claudia Segovia are featured in the fourth edition of Art 4 Life display at the Port Moody Arts Centre. The opening reception for the four-week show is on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 1 to 3 p.m. as part of Culture Days and includes activities organized by the Port Moody Rock and Gem Club, the Tri-Cities Literacy Committee and the Port Moody Public Library.

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with water-soluble pencils, at the seniors centre (1655 Winslow Ave.) from 10 a.m. to noon. Register by calling 604927-4386 (program number 602169).

Société francophone de Maillardville Si vous pouvez parler et lire le français, vous voudrez vous joindre à ce club de lecture spécial. The book club meets from 6 to 8 p.m. at 942b Brunette Ave.

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The Tri-Cities will come alive with historical displays, mural painting and — yes — even music show from a Tina Turner tribute artist for the national Culture Days celebration this weekend.

Sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, the 8th annual festivities include about 35 free events in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, which have been grouped below according to date and municipality.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 29 COQUITLAM

Scavenger hunt Kick off the weekend with a scavenger hunt for a chance to win a cool prize pack.

Residents aged 16 and up can track down the 12 salmon sculptures — installed around town last year for Coquitlam 125 — as part of the city’s Spot the Salmon contest. Starting

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Oliver McTavish Wisden with an owl craft and a homemade fidget spinner — two activities at Family Day: Culture Days taking place on Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Place des Arts in Coquitlam. at 9 a.m., entrants will receive scavenger hunt questions by email, which must be answered in full by Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. to qualify. The grand prize winner will get a $100 gift card to Coquitlam Centre, a $100 art pack from Opus Art Supplies

and four all-day Compass ride passes. As well, there will be pop-up gifts at random locations. Register at coquitlam.ca/ culturedays.

Dogwood Pavilion Tri-City artist Tammy Pilon leads a drawing workshop

Hyde Creek Families can hear stories and sing songs from around the world at the Terry Fox popup library at the rec complex (1379 Laurier St.) from 11:30 a.m. to noon.

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Scavenger hunt The city starts its second annual trek today around the public art collection and historical sites for a chance for guests to win some city swag.

Register at portmoody.ca.

Noons Creek Help Squamish Nation carver James Harry as he plies the wood at the hatchery (behind Port Moody rec complex, 300 Ioco Rd.) for a Welcome Post, which is expected to be raised on June 21, 2018, during National Aboriginal Day. The Emily Carr University of Art + Design student will be under the gazebo today and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

PoMo Station Museum Paint one of 720 tiles — for the Canada 150 Mosaic Mural project — with scenes of the city: waterfront, wildlife and history. The finished mural will be installed at the Port Moody rec complex. The painting takes place at the museum (2734 Murray St.) today from 3 to 7 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Mackin House Coquitlam Heritage hosts

its last weekend of tours of the interactive exhibit, A Man’s World. Learn how Coquitlam men managed through the prohibition and First World War — many of them Fraser Mills workers. The tours run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum (1116 Brunette Ave.).

City Centre Library Chinese, Farsi, Indian and Korean performers will be at the library branch (1169 Pinetree Way) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to show their multicultural pride. New Canadians will also share stories about their journeys of discovery in Coquitlam.

Glen Pine Spend a few hours at the 50plus pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt.) making crafts and dancing to entertainment — including from a Tina Turner tribute artist (aka Luisa Marshal). The events run from 3 to 5 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Call 604-9276940. see THREE DOZEN, page 28

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The Outlet Celebrate Canada 150 with an unveiling of a legacy project in The Outlet (behind Port Coquitlam city hall) at 12:15 p.m. The 8 x 12’ mural — made up of 600 handpainted tiles from attendees at Canada Day and other Canada 150 events — will be shown for the first time. PoCo is one of 150 communities in a Canada 150 Mural Mosaic this year and its mural, titled Our Journeys, features scenes from Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope and the Kwikwetlem First Nation as well as other imagery from designers Lewis Lavoie and Phil Alain. The mural will be permanently displayed at The Outlet. And, from noon to 3 p.m., families can create art — using free supplies — with the Leigh Square staff. Also, don’t forget to swing by PoCo Heritage between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. to tour the newly installed touring exhibit Terry

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Art 4 Life is at the Port Moody Arts Centre on Saturday afternoon.

Fox: Running to the Heart of Canada.

Gathering Place Emerging and professional writers can get tips at a workshop between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., courtesy of the PoCo Writers Drop-in Group, behind PoCo city hall. As well, from 1 to 4 p.m., the Cutie Circle Ukulele Jamboree hosts an open jam. Bring your instrument or borrow one at the event to learn to play a song with the help of the Populele “smart” ukulele.

Terry Fox Library The dictionary is the focus of a display — running from noon to 4 p.m. — cour-

tesy of the Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam, which in September, gives a free illustrated dictionary to PoCo students in Grade 4. Also, be sure to check out the Markerspace show and drive a mini-robot through a maze in the library (2470 Mary Hill Rd.).

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Port Moody Arts Centre Take the kids to PMAC (2425 St. Johns St.) from 1 to 3 p.m. as the venue launches its fourth edition of Art 4 Life, an exhibition that goes until Nov. 1 and highlights work from participating artists of all abilities and ages. The art, science

and literacy fun is courtesy of the Port Moody Rock and Gem Club, the Tri-Cities Literacy Committee and the Port Moody Public Library.

City hall Rocky Point artist-in-residence Ryan Mellors, a professional circus artist, will be in the Parkview Room (second floor) from noon to 4 p.m. to take guests on a virtual tour of the green space. Take a demo of the new interactive VR experience showcasing the park history. And from 6 to 7 p.m., Mellors will give his final performance in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Drive).

The Stitchery Take part in mini workshops for felting or stitching at The Stitchery, a new sewing studio at 80 Mary St., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Spatial Art Studio Get your hands dirty at a pottery workshop at Spatial Art Studio (C-2415 Clarke St.) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and make an ornament for Halloween or

Christmas. The studio will provide supplies.

Private garden Port Moody ceramic artist Gillian McMillan opens her home (2214 St. George St.) as part of a demonstration by the Tri-City Potters, a non-profit group for people interested in clay. Visit today and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCT. 1 COQUITLAM

Mackin House Meet in front of the museum (1116 Brunette Ave.) in Heritage Square at 11 a.m. or 2 p.m. for a tour of the FrenchCanadian neighbourhood of Maillardville and learn how Coquitlam pioneers lived at the turn of the century.

Place des Arts Family Day at PdA takes a Culture Days twist, starting with a tour of the three exhibitions including Illuminated Compulsion by Ross Hayduk, Info-diction by Barbara Pearson and Inspiration 45.

The event, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 1120 Brunette Ave., will see participants create mixedmedia paintings — using newspaper and paints — with Pearson while faculty member Catherine Dumaine will also be on hand for a special fibre arts activity. Visitors can craft an owl-themed decoration using bottle caps and jar

lids, design a sculptural lamp with industrial materials and customize a handmade fidget spinner.

Evergreen Cultural Centre Make your own tickets to Canada 150: The Show at the city facility (1205 Pinetree Way) between noon and 1:45 p.m.

— then step into the theatre for a free performance written by Mandy Tulloch and with a cast of three dozen youth.

Pinetree Comm. Centre The Cutie Circle Ukulele Jamboree hosts an open jam at the complex (1260 Pinetree Way) from 9 a.m. to noon.

Bring your instrument or borrow one at the event to learn to play a song with the help of the Populele “smart” ukulele.

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Mossom Creek Learn about native plants and their historic uses on a guided tour at 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. at the salmon hatchery and education centre (located at the top of Mossom Creek Drive). Or spend an hour or two enjoying the forest and watercourse, until 2 p.m.

Inlet Theatre Step back in time with Expect Theatre as it performs the Venosta Radio Show from the 1920s, from 3 to 4 p.m. at the theatre (100 Newport Dr.), courtesy of the Port Moody Heritage Society. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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A magician known for his Urban Deception technique will be in Coquitlam next week to show his tricks.

Matt Johnson, who created the style that combines street magic with comedy and stage performance, will appear at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way) next Wednesday.

The British native has entertained around the world, showcasing his skill at corporate events as far away as Argentina, Dubai and Japan.

He has performed for large companies like Mercedes, Ford, AT&T, Toyota and Microsoft to highlight his magic, sleight of hand, mind reading, power of suggestion, comedy and audience interaction.

The Abbotsford resident is also a regular at hotels and theatres and on cruise ships, and has performed his magic and illusion act on television programs.

This past summer, Johnson was on Penn & Teller Fool Us and, in 2014, Johnson starred in SyFy’s Wizard Wars, a show that pits top magicians against each other.

As well, Johnson is known for his Nationwide Insurance TV commercial in which he made a car disappear (he also famous for his appearance on the Britain’s Got Talent stage, where he was ejected after the water tank — from which he was trying to escape — split open during rehearsal).

Johnson has worked as a magic consultant on such programs as Secret Agent Man, Taken, 6th Day, Balderdash, Dog Dancing and SnowQueen, and he was a speaker at TEDx in 2015 in Vancouver.

• Tickets for Matt Johnson: Nothing Up My Sleeves on Oct. 4 range from $15 to $30. Call the Evergreen box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Pianist Barry Tan leads the Place des Arts’ season of faculty concerts with a show at the Maillardville facility on Saturday, Oct. 14.

CHAMBER MUSIC

Schumann’s life in three pieces Pianist Barry Tan delves into the composer’s life JANIS CLEUGH

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It wasn’t until recently that pianist Barry Tan started his appreciation for the works of Robert Schumann.

Tan, who teaches at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts, was studying at McGill University in Montreal when he heard his professor play a few Schumann’s pieces.

“He really captured the essence of his music,” Tan remembered. “There was that emotional intensity that was really moving.”

Next month, Tan will copy that musical force when he launches the Maillardville facility’s season of faculty performances with a concert dedicated to the German musician and critic.

Tan will be joined on Oct. 14

by Ben Goheen (cello), Peter Ing (viola) and Will Chen (violin) for three of Schumann’s works — each representing a period in the life of the Romantic composer.

Fantasiestucke (Fantasy Pieces), Op.12 — a set of eight short pieces for the piano — was penned by Schumann in 1837 as a gift to his friend Anna Robena Laidlaw, an 18-yearold pianist from Scotland; each piece conveys different moods, “from aggressive to sad. It’s really up and down,” Tan said.

Next on the program is

CELLIST BEN GOHEEN Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.47, a standard in the piano quartet fare that came five years later, during Schumann’s chamber music year; it is written in four movements.

Finally, Tan will tackle Waldszenen (Forest Scenes), Op. 82, a set of nine short solo pieces for the piano that Schumann wrote in 1848-’49 — six years before he committed himself to an asylum in Endenich following a suicide attempt (he died two years later after being diagnosed with psychotic melancholia).

Throughout the show, Tan said he’ll talk about Schumann’s hand injury — which ended his dream of becoming a concert pianist — his mental instability and his tumultuous relationship with wife, Clara, another famous pianist at the time who was forbidden by her father to marry Schumann.

• For tickets to the faculty concert at $21/$16, call Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) or visit brownpapertickets.com. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Gleneagle Talons set to face netball challenge from a land down under Team convenes months early to play touring team from Australia MARIO BARTEL

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It’s spring in Australia so the touring teams of netball players set to visit Gleneagle secondary school for some exhibition games tomorrow (Thursday) are just coming into form for their season.

Their hosts, however, don’t start playing until April.

That’s created some challenges for Talons’ coach Patty Anderson.

But the opportunity for her players to learn and be motivated by the skilled and speedy Aussies from Mount St. Benedict College, in New South Wales, was just too good to pass up.

So Anderson is rounding up her 40 or so girls from their classes and commitments to fall varsity sports like field hockey for a couple of practices to try to recapture their timing and chemistry that have made Geneagle’s junior and senior teams perennial contenders in league and provincial play. In fact, the junior team won a silver at last year’s provincials.

That pedigree won’t stand for much against the Aussies, who are bringing three teams on a barnstorming tour of exhibition games in Canada and the United States.

“This will be super valuable for them,” said Anderson of the experience her players will get from their well-prepared opponents.

That preparation might even be one of their lessons.

“Their warmups will be cool

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The Gleneagle Talons’ senior girls netball team, including Mikela Bordignon, Alisa Joung and Alyssa Turcott and Terra Schott, is coming together months early to get ready to an exhibition game against a touring team from Mount St. Benedict College in New South Wales, Australia. The visitors will play the Talons senior and junior teams on Sept. 28. to watch, the way they pass and move into space,” Anderson said.

Terra Schott, a senior for the Talons, said she’s keen to watch how the Aussies play the game differently.

“Everybody has their own style of play,” Schott said. “We can learn something from them.”

Mikela Bordignon, whose older sister has played against an Australian team before, said they play a faster-paced game.

Alisha Joung, another senior, said the Talons’ biggest challenge will be getting into a game groove after only two practices.

“We’re coming from all over the place,” she said. “We won’t

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have the personal fitness and team chemistry. It takes time to build that.”

Still, Anderson is confident her charges will give their visitors a good battle.

They’ll at least give them a good meal, as Gleneagle will also be hosting a lunch for the traveling players and coaches.

And the Talons’ players will

have a chance to forge some new international friendships through the game, as well as get an early leg up on their own season.

“It’ll be up to the girls to bring whatever they learn into their netball season,” Anderson said. “It raises their level of play.” mbartel@tricitynews.com

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RAVENS ROMP OVER MOUAT

Even when they really didn’t want to, the top-ranked Terry Fox Ravens couldn’t help getting the ball over the goal line in a 79-0 win over W.J. Mouat in their BC high school football game in Abbostsord on Friday.

The Ravens led 58-0 at halftime, largely because of Jaden Severy’s five touchdowns and 273 yards rushing. He was given the second half off as Ravens’ coach Martin McDonnell tried to temper his team’s rout.

“You get to a point where you just feel bad,” McDonnell said. “It’s just one of those things that snowballed.”

As McDonnell deployed his young Grade 10 players, the scoring onslaught continued.

When it was over, Jevaun Jacobsen and Liam Cumarasamy had each scored a pair of majors along with another by kicker Albert Arcena. He also converted all 10 touchdowns.

McDonnell said he cautioned his team not to take Friday’s result for granted, as they prepare to host Kelowna this Friday at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam.

“It’s not going to be like that every week,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Centennial Centaurs lost 39-6 to Mission on Friday. sports@tricitynews.com

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Express slashed by Victoria Grizzlies Chilliwack showcase anything but for winless team

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Coquitlam’s Matteo Polisi scored two goals and set up another to lead the SFU Clan to a 5-1 over St. Mary’s Saints, Saturday at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby.

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Polisi sparks Clan win Two goals and an assist help keep men’s soccer team unbeaten

Coquitlam’s Matteo Polisi scored two goals and set up another to lead the Simon Fraser University Clan men’s soccer team to a 5-1 win over St. Martin’s University Saints Saturday at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby.

The Clan now have five wins and a draw in six starts and they’re ranked No. 2 nationally.

Polisi opened the scoring on a penalty kick in the game’s fourth minute but then SFU’s offence went silent for the rest of the half.

It took just 10 minutes into the second half for Polisi to alight the Clan’s scoring attack again when he converted a

give-and-go passing play with Riley Pang by snapping his fifth goal of the season past Saints’ keeper Griffin Small.

Seven minutes after that, Polisi returned the favour by helping set up Pang’s first goal of the season.

The Clan fired 26 shots, 14 of them on net.

Clan coach Clint Schneider said he was satisfied with his team’s dominating performance.

“I thought we played really well in the first half and dictated the play,” Schneider said.

“We’re headed in the right direction with the way we’re playing.”

That direction will take them to Portland on Thursday where they will play on the Concordia Cavaliers at 7 p.m.

XC RUNNERS WIN Addy Townsend, of Coquitlam, finished fifth

and Riverside grad Olivia Willett also finished in the top-25 to lead the SFU Clan women’s cross-country team to first place at the Roy Griak Invitational meet in Minneapolis, Mn. on Saturday.

It was the third win in as many meets for SFU’s women, who entered the competition ranked fifth in the NCAA. “They came out with a real purpose in mind and believed that they could win this race,” said Clan coach Brit Townsend of her charges. “It was a great experience for us and I know that it will serve us well for the regional and national championships.”

The men’s team finished eighth in Minneapolis.

The Clan’s mens and women’s team will tune up for the regional championships on Oct. 7 at the Western Washington Classic in Bellingham, WA.

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For the third straight game, the Coquitlam Express scored first but still couldn’t build on that to register their first win of the BC Hockey League season.

They dropped a 4-2 decision to the Victoria Grizzlies on Sunday at the annual league showcase in Chilliwack.

Jake Toor gave the Express the early advantage when he scored his first goal of the season midway through the first period. Coquitlam also outshot the Grizzlies in the period, 11-6.

But Victoria wrested the game’s momentum after the intermission with a pair of unanswered goals by Tanner Hopps and Ethan Nother.

Another goal by Jamie Rome, 13 seconds into the third period, gave the Grizzlies the cushion they needed as only Alex

crowd the next day, when they host Prince George beginning at 7 p.m. at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Centre.

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Ambrosia was able to beat Victoria goalie Shawn Parkinson even though the Express outshot Victoria 12-8.

The loss dropped Coquitlam’s record to four losses and a tie. They’re in last place in the Mainland division, three points behind the Surrey Eagles and Chilliwack Chiefs, both of whom have played one more game.

The Express have one more game left in their massive six-game road trip to start the season. That’s in Salmon Arm against the Silverbacks on Friday.

They’ll finally get a chance to play in front of a home

The Port Moody Panthers were outshot and shutout 5-0 by the Abbotsford Pilots in their Pacific Junior Hockey League game, Saturday at Port Moody Arena.

The Panthers, who have two wins in their first six games, were never able to get on track against the visitors, who’ve only lost once in regulation time so far this season.

The Pilots led 1-0 after the first period and 2-0 going into the third. They also outshot the hosts 40-23.

• The Panthers shored up their goaltending last Friday by signing Alexander Kong.

The 20-year-old from Burnaby didn’t play hockey last season because of an injury he suffered when he was with the Grandview Steelers in the 2015-16 season. sports@tricitynews.com

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After very sluggish home sales during the back-to-school week, real estate activity across the Burnaby and Tri-Cities region picked up in the week September 11-17.

There were considerably more sales than the previous week, totalling 112 transactions – 84 attached home sales and 28 detached sales (registered as of September 25). That’s not a huge figure compared with regular fall market activity but it’s a leap from the 78 homes sold the previous week.

What’s more, despite the increase in sales, total current home inventory (as of September 25) also rose, which shows

that even more new listings came on stream as sellers looked to take advantage of fall market activity.

Out of the 84 attached home sales, 47 units, or 56%, went for over their asking price. A further 11 homes (13%) went for bang on their sticker price and the remaining 26 units (31%) sold under asking.

Of the 28 detached home sales, however, just seven went for over asking price. Only one sale was for exactly list price, and the buyers of the other 20 houses were able to secure their purchase for less than asking.

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The priciest home sale of the region during the week of September 11-17, registered by September 25, was a spacious, 2015-custom-built, sevenbedroom family home in Burnaby South’s Forest Glen neighbourhood. It sold after 16 days on market for $2.85 million, which is $130K under asking.

$1,145,000 $2,850,000

ACTIVE LISTINGS† 898 1,188

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Among the attached-home sales, the most expensive was a 42nd-floor luxury penthouse at the three-year-old Chancellor building in Metrotown. This two-bed-plus-den home, which has incredible views over Burnaby and as far as Mount Baker, sold for $1,145,000, $43K under the list price, after 56 days.

*Total units registered sold Sept 11-17. **Median sale price of units registered sold Sept 11-17. ***Highest price of all units registered sold Sept 11-17. †Listings as of Sept 25 ††Median days of active listings as of Sept 25. All sold and listings information as of Sept 25.

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APPLIANCES HUNTER, Cory April 26, 1979 − September 24, 2010 IN MEMORY MISSING YOU ALWAYS You never said I’m leaving You never said goodbye You were gone before we knew it And only God knows why In life we loved you dearly In death we love you still In our hearts we hold a place That only you can fill It broke our hearts to lose you But you didn’t go alone A part of us went with you The day God took you home

KOWALLISON, Daniel Joseph (Dan) Sunrise: September 1, 1931 .

Sunset: September 20, 2017.

Dan passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, September 20 at Ridge Meadows Hospital.

He was predeceased by his wife of 58 years, Pearl, in 2016. He is survived by his children Bruce (Elaine) and Linda (Peter), grandchildren Jesse and Catherine, and brothers Terry (Fran) and Bud (Dina). Dan was a survivor - from the very beginning when he was born prematurely during the depression, through the many health issues he navigated throughout his life.

His love for his family and friends was steadfast. At his request, there will be no memorial service; a private family function will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Lung Foundation or Ridge Meadows Hospital would be appreciated.

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GRAY, Keith Alister Passed away peacefully on September 13, 2017 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Comox, BC. Born in Lytton, BC on January 29, 1943 to Ellen and Blake and raised in Sardis. Moved to Prince George in the 60’s and established an automotive business. He retired in 1984 and with his wife, Joyce, and his dog and moved to the coast. Keith loved to travel; this included visits with family and friends, cruising, and trips to the race tracks.

Predeceased by sister Beryl Alendal, brothers Alan and Brian, brothers-in-law Alex Poje, Bruce Barnetson. Survived by loving wife Joyce, sister Wendy Eyre-Gray, sisters-in-law Sandi Poje and Roberta Barnetson, brother-in-law Omer Alendal, and many beloved nieces, nephews, and “greats.�

Graveside prayers held on September 30th at 2pm a t C h i l l i w a c k ( L i t t l e M o u n t a i n ) C e m e t e r y. A Celebration of Life will follow and will be held at 3pm at St. John’s Anglican Church, Sardis.

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