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POCO MOSQUE

CRA finds $ problems at mosque CRA: Jailed director had used money for personal items GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

An audit of the charity that runs the Port Coquitlam mosque has turned up thousands of dollars in financial irregularities and at least $127,000 in questionable expenses by its director, Saadeldin Bahr.

According to a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) report, the Islamic Society of BC also has ties to a Qatari foundation with links to Hamas, an organization on the government of Canada’s list of terrorist groups.

Bahr is currently serving a three-and-a-half-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a member of the Masjid Alhidayah and Islamic Cultural Centre in 2013, when he served as the mosque’s director. see CRA ALSO, page 3

HOMELESSNESS

Homeless youth abound locally DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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Centennial Centaurs defender Adam Almasy makes a sliding tackle to take the ball from Riverside Rapids’ forward Cole Rosenlund in the first half of their Fraser Valley Secondary Schools Soccer Association match Tuesday in Coquitlam. More sports, pages 29 and 30.

A disturbing number of homeless youth identified in the Tri-Cities has prompted a call for more crisis services and supports for young people who age out of foster care.

The Metro Vancouver Homeless Count in March revealed 28 homeless youth out of a total of 117 people without homes who

were counted in the Tri-Cities during a 24-hour period.

Anyone under the age of 25 is considered a youth in the report. And figures show that while a small number are with their parents, either at the Joy’s Place shelter run by Tri-City Transitions or couch-surfing with them, more than a dozen were on their own. see SOME YOUTHS, page 8

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VANDALISM

Monty vandalism suspects 13 years old Restorative justice may be used with suspected vandals DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Two 13-year-old Coquitlam boys have been identified as suspects in last week’s Montgomery middle school vandalism spree that resulted in thousands of dollars worth of glass and window breakage.

But it will be up to Crown counsel to determine whether criminal charges or alternative measures are most appropri-

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Students at Montgomery middle school were given hundreds of notes containing positive messages from their peers at Scott Creek middle. ate given the age of the boys, according to Coquitlam RCMP

spokesperson Cpl. Michael McLaughlin.

“Because it is a very serious file, we are going to leave it up to the Crown to ultimately make that decision,” McLaughlin said.

Instead of charging the youth, the Crown could recommend an alternative measure, which could involve a process of restorative action, where victims and perpetrators meet to talk about what happened and how it can be remediated.

It’s not known whether the school district would seek damages through civil courts, but McLaughlin said that is one option that could be pursued.

School District 43 did not provide any additional information about the case, stating privacy concerns.

The names of the suspects cannot be revealed because they are youths and McLaughlin didn’t say whether they attend Monty.

Wednesday’s police announcement comes 10 days after the incident, in which the school was broken into and glass was broken in about 80 windows; damage was also done to computer equipment and a vending machine. Some fire extinguishers also went missing.

Police were able to crack the case with the help of witnesses,

police interviews, RCMP Dog Service and other investigative techniques, McLaughlin said.

He did not say whether social media was also used to track down the perpetrators because he is unable to share details about the investigation.

But McLaughlin said social media, such as the popular photo-sharing app Snapchat, is one avenue of investigation.

“That’s certainly something we’re aware of and we’re aware of how important social media is to young people,” McLaughlin said, adding that police did see a lot of comments of support for the middle school on social media.

As well, members of the community called the police to offer help after the vandalism spree that generated a lot of traditional media coverage.

“Young people, they really want to help. It really does present a silver lining that started out with a negative event.”

Earlier this week, it was revealed that students and staff from Scott Creek middle school sent chocolates and sticky notes with positive messages to their Montgomery peers to help them recover from the incident. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

PORT COQUITLAM MOSQUE

Financial revelations upset some members of PoCo’s mosque GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

News that a Canada Revenue Agency audit found a Port Coquitlam mosque director may have misappropriated funds did not come as a surprise to several members of the Tri-City Muslim community.

In fact, the actions of Saadeldin Bahr, the man at the centre of the audit — and who is currently serving a three-anda-half year sentence for sexual assault — has sowed deep divisions among attendees of the Masjid Alhidayah and Islamic Cultural Centre, according to Abdullah Rahimi.

In 2011, concerned over the mismanagement of the mosque, Rahimi and other congregants held demonstrations outside the Kingsway Avenue building in an attempt to garner support to oust Bahr from his directorship. Despite the protests, Bahr retained his position at the mosque and even led prayers while his criminal charges loomed following his 2013 arrest, according to several people contacted by The Tri-City News.

Even with Bahr in jail, Rahimi said many of the directors who are loyal to him are still in control of the mosque and there is no process to remove them.

“The people right now in charge of the mosque are the same people who are there before Saad left,” he said. “Nothing is new… These are the people that worked with Saad. These are the people that protected Saad.”

Rahimi said the Canada Revenue Agency audit that found the more than $127,000 in questionable spending, among other financial mismanagement, only covered 2010 to 2013. He added that he would like to see an audit covering the years since 2013, which would include the time when Bahr was fighting criminal charges.

Rahimi’s outspoken criticisms of mosque leaders has led to him being ostracized

from the community, he said.

Many people told The TriCity News they have stopped attending prayers or curtailed the number of times they attend the mosque, particularly since the sexual assault charges were laid in 2013.

“Why should we be afraid to go to the mosque?” Rahimi said. “I am afraid. I am afraid to go there. The guy has gone to jail but nothing has changed…

It is very sad.”

Khan Shoaib, another mosque attendee, said several congregants became suspicious of the financial dealings taking place at the Masjid Alhidayah and Islamic Cultural Centre as early as 2011. Approximately 30 members demanded answers from the management, he said, requesting a detailed audit to verify the funds the mosque received from local donations.

“The news [of the CRA audit] was not surprising for me and my friends,” Shoaib said in an email. “The suspected misappropriation of funds, general mismanagement and lack of accountability at the mosque was the reason why… [we] had demanded answers from the entrenched management.”

Anwar Zubairi, another former congregant at the centre, echoed Rahimi and Shoaib’s remarks.

He said he has not attended the mosque since sexual assault charges were laid four years ago and intends to hold a community meeting to ascertain what steps can be taken to bring a leadership change at the centre.

“I love this mosque,” Rahimi added. “The mosque should not belong to anybody. It should not belong to a group of four or five people.”

The Tri-City News contacted the Islamic Society of BC, the charity that oversees the mosque that was under CRA audit, but a representative did not respond to a request for an interview. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Saadeldin Bahr (right), former director of the Masjid Alhidayah and Islamic Cultural Centre in Port Coquitlam, with former imam Ayman El Najjar at an open house at the mosque in 2011.

CRA also states concerns re. links to Qatar-based charity continued from front page

Some of the dubious expenses the CRA attributed to Bahr included $66,028 for groceries and pharmacy items, $22,193 for gas and car washes, and $2,967 on restaurant meals. It also found that he reimbursed himself for $4,239 for electronics, like PlayStation games and an iPad, and $4,958 for an Evolution Spa. “A majority of the expenses, which Mr. Bahr paid for using his credit cards and were then subsequently reimbursed, appeared to be for personal use, and, in our opinion, constitute an undue benefit,” the CRA stated in its notice of penalty.

The agency later added: “The audit found instances where expenses were clearly for personal use, such as jewelry purchases, parking/toll fees, dry cleaning expenses, hair dye and other personal products.”

The agency found numerous instances where money was disbursed without the proper documentation.

For example, there were no records for $21,550 in expenses in 2011, $25,938 in 2012 and $16,089 in 2013.

The CRA also found that the charitable contributions received during the three-year audit period did not align with the issuance of donation receipts. In 2011, for example, the society reported receiving $98,640 in donations but issued $180,780 in donation receipts, a difference of $82,140.

Smaller discrepancies were seen in 2012 ($17,133) and 2013 ($6,705).

The agency also noted the society’s links to the Eid Foundation, an organization based in Qatar that is a member of the Union of Good.

In 2008, the U.S. Treasury Department stated the Union

of Good was “created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to the terrorist organization.”

While Islamic Society of BC directors insisted they had only limited ties to the overseas group, the CRA found that both entities shared directors and that an employment contract for the hiring of PoCo imam Ayman El Najjer was negotiated with funds from the Eid Foundation and was written on foundation letterhead.

The Eid Foundation also listed the Islamic Society of BC as an affiliate in a survey to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

“The [society’s] connection to and possible control by the Eid Foundation is particularly concerning given that publicly available information… indicates that the Eid Foundation is alleged to have provided support to terrorism,” the CRA said

in the report. The document later stated that the society was “controlled or influenced by the Eid Foundation to some extent during the audit period under review.”

Bahr was found guilty of sexual assault in 2016 stemming from an incident that occurred at the Masjid Alhidayah and Islamic Cultural Centre in 2013. The 55-year-old was counselling a young woman, known as Z in court filings, who was married and struggling with depression. The assault occurred in a room on the upper floor of the mosque following afternoon prayers, when Bahr told the victim she had “a bad curse on you and we have to remove it.”

Last May, Bahr was sentenced to three and a half years in prison and was ordered to register as a sex offender. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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PORT COQUITLAM

Keep your butts out The beauty in of play areas: West the world lies in PoCo councillor proposes stricter smoking rules JANIS CLEUGH

The Tri-CiTy News

If you light up in Port Coquitlam, you shouldn’t be allowed to puff anywhere close to kids.

That’s the thrust of a motion city council is expected to consider next month, a move brought forward — and endorsed at last week’s Healthy Community Committee — by Coun. Brad West.

West said he was prompted to take action after he and his wife took their young son to hometown parks this summer.

At Lions Park, in particular, West was disturbed to see smokers having a drag in the playground.

“I was floored at the number of times there would be some numbskull in the children’s area and having a smoke,” West said Wednesday. “Is there no common sense or decency? It makes you shake your head.”

His amendment to the city’s 2002 Smoking Control Bylaw calls for: • banning smoking in out-

POCO COUN. BRAD WEST door public spaces, including parks, playgrounds, fields and trails as well as the West Coast Express station and transit shelters; • and doubling the smokefree buffer zone around civic buildings, windows, vents, air intakes and places of public assembly, to 7.5 metres.

West said he has been frustrated with the lack of attention the provincial government has placed on smoking in public gathering spots.

This spring, before the May 9 election, the Healthy Community Committee backed a recommendation from the Canadian Cancer Society to prohibit smoking in all outdoor spaces — aimed at putting pressure on Victoria;

the charity seeks to expand the scope of the Provincial Tobacco and Vapour Products Control Act. But while the province remains silent on the issue, West said PoCo city hall has the power to make changes at the local level.

He wants PoCo to be in step with its neighbours to the west: Coquitlam and Port Moody both have a 7.5 m buffer around their city buildings and impose hefty fines on violators, especially during the hot months.

West said it’s estimated of the 60 brush fires in PoCo this summer, 30% were caused by tossed cigarettes. “To me, this is a public health and safety issue.”

West said his motion will only apply to tobacco smoking; he said he plans to bring a bylaw amendment recommendation to council when marijuana is legalized next year.

Meanwhile, PoCo Fire Chief Nick Delmonico this week lifted the city’s smoking and barbecue ban in city parks, trails and natural areas. The ban began last month when the extreme fire danger rating came into effect across Metro Vancouver.

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2018 Permissive Tax Exemptions Under section 227 of the Community Charter, Council must give notice of a proposed bylaw regarding permissive exemptions identifying the property, the proposed exemptions, the number of years, and the estimate of taxes for the next three years. Estimated 2018 Tax Exemptions for a one-year term, Bylaw No. 3108.

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If the city won’t fund a rainbow crosswalk, we will.

That’s the message from Katrina Shelast and Jerome Bouvier, who are spearheading the effort and are expected to speak to Coquitlam council Monday about the importance of the initiative in raising awareness and highlighting diversity in the community.

“For the people right now asking what they can do, this is what they can do,” Shelast said of the fundraising effort. “This is a call to action.”

The hair salon owner said she was motivated to do something after reading the social media reaction to the proposed crosswalk when it was first reported on by The Tri-City News earlier this month.

If the community can cover the expense of the crosswalk, believed to be between $7,500 to $8,000, it will be one less reason for people to oppose the initiative, Bouvier said.

“We wanted to take the money issue off the table,” he said.

The pair acknowledged that Coquitlam council has yet to approve the installation of a rainbow crosswalk. If the

speak up oN budgeT

Coquitlam residents have until tomorrow (Saturday) to share their views on the city’s financial plan.

Using the Citizen Budget tool — which can be found at www.coqutilam.ca/budget — residents and business owners can provide feedback and show what services they believe should receive more funding.

The input process takes approximately eight minutes to complete and the information collected will guide staff as they put together the city’s annual budget.

The online tool has been up since Sept. 1 and will close Saturday. Budget deliberations will take place in November. gmckenna@tricitynews.com

project does not move forward, they said the money will be dispersed to fund programs in the community that highlight diversity and acceptance.

Shelast and Bouvier launched the online FundRazr campaign earlier this week with a fundraising goal of $10,000, which they said should cover the cost of the crosswalk as well as fees associated with the fundraising website. Any leftover money from the crosswalk would be donated to community groups.

Bouvier, who is also the executive director of Access Youth Outreach Services, said initiatives like the rainbow crosswalk go a long way toward

making people — particularly young people — feel welcome in their community.

“This is a symbol that talks about inclusivity and acceptance, lover and caring,” he said. “One of the things we have seen is that when kids from the community are of age and able to move out, they leave the Tri-Cities and go to Vancouver because they feel more welcome.”

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HOMELESSNESS

Some youths on own continued from front page

Many of the latter group were couch-surfing with friends or relatives, camping in the bush or using emergency weather response beds at the permanent shelter in Coquitlam.

It’s not until the age of 19, that youth are allowed to stay at the 3030 Gordon Ave. shelter and Jerome Bouvier of Access Youth Outreach Services said the March count shows that there need to be more services for young people, especially those in crisis.

“The reality of the day is there is not a whole lot we can do anymore for youth. the emergency shelter beds that Iron Horse ran in Maple Ridge was shut down and there is nothing,” Bouvier told The Tri-City News.

His agency, which runs a bus that provides counselling and support for at-risk youth, will try to connect young homeless people to Ministry of Children and Family Development, reconcile them with their families or simply give them food vouchers, a backpack, a sleeping bag or other necessities.

WHO’S HOMELESS? Defining youth homelessness is also difficult because some young people have a family and a home to live in but either choose not to live at home or are escaping an abu-

sive situation.

“It’s difficult to define it.

Sometimes the children just don’t want to be home, they don’t like the rules,” said Sandy Burpee, the chair of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group, who this year’s count involved youth workers with School District 43. “We rely on the youth workers to determine if the person is in stress or not.”

Rob Zambrano, an assistant superintendent with SD43, said that when youth workers, counsellors or other school staff learn about student needs, they work with government or community agencies to provide support. As well, all schools can provide food for breakfast and lunch for those who need it.

But as youth get older, supports available to them are more challenging to access and some don’t want to be in the “system,” said Burpee.

Foster youth who age out of care are particularly at risk of homelessness because they lose many of the supports they had as children.

AGING OUT OF CARE

“These are youth who have been essentially stewarded but, when they turn 19 and supports fall away from them, that’s where I think there is a significant need for housing, support services and mentoring and everything to help them with independence,” Burpee said.

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To find out more about atrisk youth and how to help, visit www.accessyouth.org or Access Youth Outreach Services on Facebook.

He said he’s also concerned about families needing supports and those who find themselves couch-surfing, often staying in neighbourhoods they are familiar with so their children can go to school.

He’s anxious to see approvals for a project for low-income single mothers and women struggling with homelessness and poverty on Metro Vancouver-owned land in Port Coquitlam. “It’s a very important facility for the Tri-Cities,” Burpee said.

As for Bouvier, he said he believes the survey didn’t capture the full numbers of youth facing homelessness because it was done too early in the day and mid-week, when youth were out doing other things, including possibly going to school or working.

He would like to see the count done on a Friday or Saturday night so volunteers would be able to contact more youth and get more accurate numbers. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT MONTH

Bakery cooks up work for all abilities Making business work for people with disabilities

September is Disability Employment Month in BC. To learn more about opportunities for employing people with disabilities, go to www.accessibleemployers.ca.

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Conrad Tyrkin loves his job packaging orders and making deliveries for Gabi & Jules bakery to the three Caffe Divano locations also owned by the bakery’s proprietors, Lisa and Patrick Beecroft.

He loves the responsibility of getting the orders right and to their destinations on time.

He loves the independence his job gives him and the friends he’s made at his workplace.

Tyrkin is on the autism spectrum. In fact, of 15 people employed at Gabi & Jules, seven of them identify as having a disability; most of them are autistic.

For the Beecrofts, providing employment opportunities and an inclusive work environment to people with cognitive or physical challenges is a deeply personal commitment — their eldest daughter, Juliana, has autism.

The commitment has also presented challenges, Lisa Beecroft said.

When Juliana’s behavioural interventionist approached them about another client

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Conrad Tyrkin checks his delivery run for Gabi & Jules with owner Lisa Beecroft. Tyrkin, who has autism and is one of seven employees at the bakery who identify as disabled, delivers baked goods and supplies to the Beecroft family’s three Caffe Divano locations. who was looking for a job, the Beecrofts had to deconstruct their business to determine how someone with unique qualifications and needs might fit in and make a meaningful contribution to the bakery’s work flow. It also had to make sense on the bottom line.

“It made us consider what inclusion really means,” Beecroft said.

They stripped down jobs to their various individual skill sets, from the most mundane to complex. It turns out some of the most repetitive, basic tasks that burdened already busy,

multi-tasking employees were perfect for people who thrive on simple routine.

So new roles were carved out, creating opportunities for people who could fulfill very specific tasks. The baking assistant, for instance, no longer had to be pulled away from their du-

ties to load the dishwasher, fold boxes or make deliveries.

Beecroft said it made the bakery more efficient.

“You take the time to assess your environment,” she said.

“You’re taking away the traditional lens you use to look as your business.”

There are hurdles, Beecroft said, such as navigating the various agencies that work with people with disabilities, training the new hires and existing staff, and identifying opportunities for job coaching.

“We have to make sure people feel comfortable,” Beecroft said. “Everybody engages in a different way.”

But the rewards go way beyond dollars and cents.

Employees are more invested in their work because they’re using their skills efficiently.

They’re also more apt to stick around. “They want to be here,” Beecroft said.

Having employees of various abilities working side by side has also sparked conversations that break down some of the mystery and shame of being disabled.

“There’s so much opportunity to look at the ability of individuals,” Beecroft said. “We can build a little more compassion and understanding in the workplace.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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A Port Coquitlam woman is reminding dog owners to keep their pets on a leash after her cat was attacked in the backyard of her Morrison Street home last week.

Gale Nadeau said she was working in her garden when she heard the sound of her cat frantically meowing in her backyard. She ran to the yard just in time to see the tail of what she believes was a German shepherd disappear into the bushes behind her home.

“I’m guessing the dog got a face full of claws,” she told The Tri-City News this week. “I could hear the dog screaming and I could hear the cat screaming…

[The dog] took off in a hurry.”

Still, Nadeau’s five-year-old cat Nya suffered a substantial injury, requiring stitches and a drain on the left side of its face.

One week and a $1,000-dollar vet bill later, Nadeau said her feline is feeling a lot better.

“She is on the mend,” she said. “She has to go back in on Saturday to get her stitches out.

She’ll survive but she’ll have a scar.”

Nadeau’s home backs onto a trail that runs behind the Broadway Street industrial area between Thompson Park and

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Gale Nadeau holds Nya. The five-year-old cat was attacked by a dog last week, sustaining a nasty cut on the side of its face. the Mary Hill Bypass. She said it is common to see people walking their dogs in the area and many do not use a leash. Her backyard does not have a fence and animals will often wander

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walking their dogs in the area off leash.

She also notes that there is a lot of wildlife on the trail, like bears and even a lynx, which she said could be dangerous in an encounter with an off-leash dog.

“It is not a harmless activity,” Nadeau said of people that walk their dogs without a leash.

“You don’t know what they are chasing or whose yard they are going into.”

In an email to Nadeau, Davin Gable, Port Coquitlam’s bylaw enforcement and animal control officer, said he had taken note of the incident and would try and spend more time patrolling the area.

According to the city, dogs are only allowed to be off leash in the off-leash dog parks on Maple Street and on Shaughnessy Street. The owner of a dog that is not on a leash could receive a $150 fine ($100 if it is paid within 14 days).

“The majority of dog owners in Port Coquitlam are responsible and do follow the bylaws regarding leashing their pets,” he said. “However, we do have a number of chronic offenders of whom we need to target regarding these offences.”

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Too many Port Moody residents aren’t getting the message to be “bear aware” about their garbage.

So a blitz to enforce the city’s garbage bylaws about when and how trash can be put at the curb might get their attention, said Mayor Mike Clay.

On Sunday night, bylaw officers issued 139 fines to residents who put out their trash too soon or improperly for Monday collection.

Port Moody bylaws require residents put out their garbage between 5:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on their scheduled collection day. Bins must also be secured with a special bear-proof lock that must be unlocked by 7:30 a.m. and relocked within 12 hours of the bin being emptied.

Another 75 tickets were written up for garbage bylaw infractions on Monday night. That compares to the two or three fines normally issued in a day, Clay said.

But the extra enforcement is necessary, especially as bears seek out easy food sources so they can fatten up for their winter hibernation ahead, he said.

Kurt Frei, an environmental technician for the city, said bears are voracious feeders in the fall, requiring more than

20,000 calories a day. And they’ll find that food anywhere and any way they can.

“Bears navigate through their nose, which is more powerful than a bloodhound’s,” Frei said.

“They also have excellent longterm memory. They remember where and when food is found, and this knowledge is passed from mother to cub.”

Frei said the proper management of garbage — by rinsing out trash carts with water and vinegar to eliminate odours, storing them inside and freezing food waste between collection days — reduces the opportunities for bears and humans to interact.

Those interactions usually don’t end well — especially for the bear.

“This seems like the only way to have people take it seriously as a safety issue,” Clay said, “both for the safety of the wildlife and the safety of the residents with the animals coming into and getting used to the residential areas.”

• The city of Port Moody has a Bear Essentials program that includes tips on managing bear attractants like garbage, reporting bear sightings and being alert to bears when hiking or in local parks. Go to www.portmoody.ca for more information. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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INGRID RICE

Too soon for pot?

Ontario has already decided how it will distribute recreational marijuana once it’s legal next summer. But many other provinces are in differing stages of identifying how this shift in federal drug policies and policing will be handled.

In B.C., consultation started Monday — with a reportedly swift and massive response — while municipalities are wondering how they will manage this change, especially in the area of zoning, policing and managing costs. Others wonder how potent the pot strains will be and if there will even be enough supply to meet demand.

All these questions and more suggest a lot of work needs to be done before this sea change in public policy comes to pass.

Perhaps the July 1, 2018 date should be aspirational, with a longer timeline for this process to unfold.

We agree with the legalization of marijuana to better control the substance and wrest profits away from criminals. But maybe the federal Liberal government timeline is simply unrealistic. Another six months or year of planning could make sure legalization is done properly.

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SPORTS & RECREATION

90 teams, not enough fields in Port Moody P

ort Moody doesn’t have enough soccer fields.

In a community of 33,000 people that supports some 90 soccer teams from minis to adults, Port Moody is not keeping up with the Joneses — i.e., Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and, especially, Burnaby, where it seems every undeveloped acre is turned into a field complex, rather than paved over for highdensity condo development.

JIM NELSON Port Moody teenagers and adults have only three places to play a real soccer game: two artificial turf fields (at Heritage Woods secondary school and behind the rec complex) and one full-size grass field at Heritage Mountain elementary (currently chafer beetle-infested).

As a result, far too many enthusiastic Moody mini soccer players, as they get older, choose to leave the city to join clubs in cities with better facilities.

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opment of Heritage Woods artificial turf and grass fields was great but it hasn’t nearly caught up with the burgeoning demand for full-size soccer fields.

Between the city’s pre-occupation with development along the Evergreen Extension and School District 43’s willingness to build schools without fields, it’s a perfect storm of non-support for the City of the Arts’ soccer community.

While it’s true that PoMo has little flat land for developing soccer fields, we are fast squandering remaining opportunities to provide badly needed soccer fields. Over the years, initiatives have been watered down, postponed or killed. For example: • The old IPSCO lands, where Klahanie now sits, were originally slated to include a large multi-field complex — but that never quite materialized.

• The Moody middle school replacement plans at first included a full-sized field — but that has been changed.

• Eagle Mountain middle was built with no fields because its students can use Heritage Woods’ fields.

• Inlet Park gravel field, now coveted as an overflow parking lot for Rocky Point and myriad attempts to upgrade or expand it into a real soccer field have been studied to death and scotched by city council.

• Ioco field (behind the shuttered Ioco school) is to be sold to a developer instead of being re-developed as a real field.

We need more, full-sized sports fields in Port Moody. There have been and are options: The land between Murray Street and the SkyTrain — the flat land in the old Ioco town centre or the acres of land in the Suncor Refinery property. How about the Flavelle Cedar redevelopment?

The expansion and turfing of the gravel field at Inlet Park is a nobrainer.

It’s time Port Moody council supported its large soccer-playing constituency. Building condos brings demand for fields — a little patch of grass is good but full-sized pitches have been needed for years.

Mayor and council, over the years, have helped make Port Moody more vibrant. We have Brewer’s Row and Newport Village.

We have community activities from Sunday concerts at Rocky Point to RibFest, Golden Spike Days to car-free day, making our community a kind of Kitsilano East with all kinds of attractions.

Port Moody has so much to offer millennials, and subsequent generations. Unless you’re a soccer player.

Jim Nelson is a retired School District 43 principal and former Face to Face columnist with The Tri-City News.

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Tax changes are unfair The Editor, As a small business owner in Port Moody (Rocky Point Ice Cream and Rocky Point Kayak), I am deeply concerned with the flawed income tax proposals that will harm many local businesses like my own as well as my family’s future.

The climate for successful small business in Canada has never been as challenging as it is in 2017. As a private, incorporated business owner, I face numerous obstacles on a daily basis — none more challenging than from our own federal government and its proposed tax reform measures released by the Department of Finance on July 18.

The tax changes as they are proposed today are extreme and punitive to those that are driving B.C.’s economy. Why is the government doing this?

The minister says it’s about “fairness,” and his consultation document compares the tax treatment of a business owner to that of an employee to point out corporations have “unfair” advantages.

Really? This makes no sense.

There are good public policies

for reasons owners are taxed differently. Are employees investing their own money to get their business off the ground?

Are employees risking their personal assets (homes, cars) as collateral for a loan? Do they face the myriad obstacles we face on a daily basis all while not guaranteeing that we will even earn a penny while keeping the business afloat?

Small business owners expose ourselves and our families to financial risk; invest and re-invest our time and capital in our businesses; innovate and add value to the Canadian economy; and pay taxes and supplement CPP and EI contributions for our employees.

Many businesses, including ours, also contribute greatly to our communities through involvement and charitable giving because it is important to give back for the greater good.

The three tax measures proposed by the government will greatly interfere with our businesses’ ability to operate, achieve these goals and provide the societal contributions that benefit all Canadians. In virtually every advanced economy,

SPEAK Have an opinion on a Tri-City News story? Leave a comment on our Facebook page. businesses can accumulate and invest after-tax retained earnings so they have money to get them through an economic downturn —or a bad summer, in our case — to make big capital investments and to save for retirement (something we couldn’t do in our first 15 years of business because we didn’t make any money beyond the living expenses required to support our family).

While I certainly believe in tax fairness, I do not support what the finance minister is proposing and the uncertainty and harm that will result. The changes being contemplated go against the notion of tax fairness. In essence, the changes being contemplated will single out privately held business

owners — many of whom are middle-class income earners — treating them worse than publicly held and foreigncontrolled businesses. And for what? Finance Canada expects to raise $250 million (less than 1% of the federal deficit) by cracking down on “high income earners.” But these rules would apply to all incorporated companies, most of which are small businesses, including our local restaurants, tradespeople, farms and home-based consultants. To pull in that $250 million, CRA will have to tax more than $1 billion in salaries and audit hundreds of thousands of businesses.

The consultation period is far too short, and precludes the consideration of alternatives to the proposed changes that are fair to small businesses.

I urge our local businesses to write our government to set aside the current proposals and hold more meaningful consultation. This would allow us to properly consider tax changes that will ultimately impact the backbone of the Canadian economy.

Jamie Cuthbert, Port Moody

EVERGREEN EXTENSION

More parking for Moody Centre The Editor, Re. “Mayors talk Evergreen effects and more at BBQ” (The Tri-City News, Sept. 13).

I would ask Mayor Mike Clay of Port Moody, who blames the dismal ridership from the Moody Centre Station on the Evergreen Extension, on the lack of density in the area, has anybody ever thought of adding a parking lot or, better still,

a parkade to the site?

There is no way of even stopping there, let alone parking for a few minutes. If there were parking, riders would come.

To take this lack of ridership as an excuse to increase the density enormously, which will hurt the present population and won’t alleviate traffic problems.

Gerlinde Wober, Port Moody

POCO REC CENTRE PROJECT

Pile-driving noise carries in PoCo The Editor, Re. “PoCo, get used to the bang, bang, banging” (The TriCity News, Sept. 27).

I am not sure how Stuart Kernaghan from Ventana thinks the sound from piledriving is only going to be heard up to 100 feet from the Port Coquitlam recreation

complex construction site.

I live about a mile from the site and the noise is quite noticeable. I feel very sorry for the merchants in the vicinity who have to put up with the sound and especially the seniors in nearby Hawthorne Lodge.

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Union says benefits change ‘punitive’ DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News

A $50-million shortfall in pension funds for managers and CUPE support workers is the impetus behind the looming closure of a health and dental plan for those same workers when they retire, The Tri-City News has learned.

Hundreds of managers and CUPE support workers are expected to lose post-retirement health and dental benefits if they retire after Dec. 31, prompting an exodus of nearretirement workers, CUPE Local 561 president Dave Ginter predicted.

“There’s a lot of sad stories out there,” said Ginter, who said closing the health and dental plan for retirees was a punitive measure that could have been avoided if the district set money aside for the solvency issue or required workers to contribute to the extended health plan.

Instead, the plan will be closed and funds used instead to pay $3.5 million a year to eliminate the pension solvency

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gap, a move School District 43 had no choice but to make, according to its secretary treasurer, Chris Nicolls.

“The school district had projected a shortfall of approximately $50 million over a year ago and made the determination that the required payment would not occur by reducing educational services or existing levels of teachers,” Nicolls said in an email to The Tri-City News.

A Dec. 31, 2016 actuarial evaluation confirmed the gap, resulting in efforts to move approximately 2,000 beneficiaries — including 700 retirees, 200 members who have taken a deferral and 1,100 active employees — to the municipal pension plan to resolve the solvency issues.

But when negotiations fell through on the pension transfer, School District 43 moved to close the Post Retirement Benefits Program and use the money saved to pay for the solvency deficiency.

According to Nicolls, the union was aware of the board’s intention to close the retiree health and welfare plan as early as June 2016 and members were further updated in May of this year after the board publicly announced its intent at a budget meeting.

Closing the plan solves a number of issues for SD43,

enabling it to put about $3.2 million towards reducing the gap this year and eliminating a $23-million liability for employee future benefits such as sick leave, vacation and pension for staff still working for the district through the release of approximately $27 million in reserve from the post-benefit plan.

The solvency payments were supposed to be $5 million a year for 10 years but the district got it down to $3.5 million with a letter of credit, which was recently renewed.

forts to move the non-teaching pension over to the municipal pension plan. The municipal plan was less generous than the current plan, which is why negotiations fell through, Ginter said, and the union plans to fight back with a public awareness campaign and, possibly, litigation.

“There’s a mass exit out the door now for people worrying about this. Why they closed the plan is punitive as far as I’m concerned.”

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The drug store chain has partnered with Recycle BC to expand a program to collect plastic bags and overwrap, including grocery and bread bags, produce bags and the outer bags for diapers that began in Vancouver last year.

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Cheers to Oktoberfest, Culture Days hall) at 12:15 p.m. The 8 x 12’ mural — made up of 600 handpainted tiles — will be shown for the first time. 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. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

The 8th annual Culture Days — a national grassroots campaign celebrating the arts — kicks off Friday with three dozen events happening around the Tri-Cities. Go to culturedays.ca.

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Kick off the weekend with two city-organized scavenger hunts. In Coquitlam, residents aged 16 and up can track down the 12 salmon sculptures as part of the Spot the Salmon contest. Starting 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. Register at coquitlam.ca/culturedays. And in Port Moody, 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.

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Bundle up for the Coquitlam Express’ first home game of the season. The game against the Prince George Spruce Kings starts at 7 p.m. at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam). And the tailgate party and BBQ starts at 5:30 p.m. Visit coquitlamexpress.ca.

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ballot for a city council candidate to replace Rick Glumac, who was elected as an NDP MLA in May. Voting hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.); Heritage Mountain community centre (200 Panorama Pl.); and Glenayre community centre (492 Glencoe Dr.).

For candidate profiles, visit tricitynews.com or portmoody.ca.

It’s the last weekend of the Port Moody Oktoberfest, happening on the tennis courts behind city hall (100 Newport Dr.). The event, which is sponsored in part by The Tri-City News, will see partial donations for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Get tickets at oktoberfest2017.ca.

Sat. Sept. 30

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Art 4 Life runs on Saturday at the Port Moody Arts Centre (2425 St. Johns St.).

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. Visit portmoody.ca.

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Take the kids to the Port Moody Arts Centre (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. 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. Visit pomoarts.ca.

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The Friends of DeBoville Slough’s last invasive plant control work party of the year is from 9 a.m. to noon.

Meet at the kiosk at the north side of the slough (corner of Cedar Drive and Victoria Drive, Coquitlam).

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Help Squamish Nation carver James Harry as he plies the wood at the Noon Creek hatchery (behind Port Moody rec complex, 300 Ioco Rd.) for a Welcome Post, which is expected to be raised on National Aboriginal Day. He will be under the gazebo today and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit noonscreek.org.

LIBRARY AGM

Friends of Coquitlam Public Library Society host their annual general meeting at 10:30 a.m. in the Coquitlam Public Library (575 Poirier St.). New members are welcome to attend and join the board and/or executive. Visit coqlibrary.ca.

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Celebrate Canada 150 with the unveiling of a legacy project in The Outlet (behind Port Coquitlam city

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DJ MIXXX is in the house at the Hot Salsa Dance Zone’s salsa and Latin dance party, in the rehearsal hall at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way). Take a merengue lesson at 8 p.m. then head to the dance floor until 12:30 a.m.

Admission is $10. Take the Evergreen Extension to Lafarge Lake-Douglas.

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The Cutie Circle Ukulele Jamboree has an open jam at Pinetree community centre (1260 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) 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. Visit cutiecircle.com.

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historic uses on a guided tour at 11:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. at the Mossom Creek hatchery and education centre (at the top of Mossom Creek Drive).

Or spend an hour or two enjoying the forest and watercourse area, until 2 p.m. Visit mossomcreek.org.

RIVERVIEW WALK

Learn about the historic trees at Riverview Hospital during a free tour of the arboretum, led by the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society. Meet at 1 p.m. at the uphill entrance of the Henry Esson Young (HEY) building, off Kalmia Drive. Visit rhcs.org.

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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 at Place des Arts, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 1120 Brunette Ave., will see participants create mixed-media 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 owlthemed decoration using bottle caps and jar lids, design a sculptural lamp with industrial materials and customize a handmade fidget spinner. Visit placedesarts.ca.

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The Coquitlam Express play another home game this weekend, facing the Cowichan Capitals at 2 p.m. at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Bring your skates and helmet (or rent them from the facility) for a post-event spin with the team. Visit coquitlamexpress.ca.

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Port Moody resident Cathy Cena is this year’s winner of the Dove Award — an accolade in honour of the Dove family that recognizes outstanding volunteerism. Cena received the prize this month from Geoff Scott, executive director of Tri-Cities Community TV. Cena has served on numerous charitable and civic boards since moving to the municipality seven years ago.

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The first annual Links to Friendship Golf Tournament this month swung in nearly $30,000 for the Port Moody Seniors Friendship Society. The money will be spent to transport society members from “The Club” to their monthly events, said Jennifer Cowden, event co-ordinator for the tournament.

The Pacific Blue Cross Foundation gifted $10,000 to the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation for mental health programs at Riverview Hospital lodges. As well, Phoenix Truck and Crane hauled in $15,000 to buy a transport defibrillator.

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The United Way’s Vanessa Woznow was before Port Coquitlam city council to ask for a proclamation to have Sept. 21 named United Way Day. City hall was lit in red on the day to mark the occasion and to launch its fall fundraising drive.

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School District 43 is one of 15 Lower Mainland school districts to split $500,000 from the Industry Training Authority. The TriCities’ school district will get $40,000 to support the Youth Work in Trades Program over the next academic year. The program for young apprentices is open to B.C. students in grades 10, 11 and 12. “ The world is changing and B.C. parents need to know we are preparing young people to succeed for life beyond school, and providing training options outside of the university post-secondary pathway,” said Christine Klar, ITA apprenticeship advisor (Vancouver), in a news release.

Coquitlam farmer Tom Ewen donated 66 pounds of his blueberries to the Share food bank, thanks to Coun. Teri Towner (pictured with manager Mike Trelenberg) and 20 volunteers who picked the berries.

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7 BC Events to Check Out This Fall Locals agree that fall in BC is the best time to explore the province. The trees turn brilliant colours, the salmon run attracts wildlife to rivers, and festivals celebrate BC’s bounty of food, drink, and fun. Here are some upcoming events worth planning an autumn trip around.

THE HEADBANGER FESTIVAL Radium Hot Springs, November 3 to 5 Once a year, for a short time, bighorn sheep fight for dominance, colliding at full speed with a crash of horns. Witness the action and learn more from local wildlife enthusiasts.

FALL OKANAGAN WINE FESTIVAL Okanagan, September 28 to October 8 The Fall Okanagan Wine Festival events take place throughout the Okanagan—

celebrating fabulous BC wine and great food—in breathtaking settings. Signature events, wine tastings, live entertainment, grape stomping parties, and winemaker dinners make this a wine event not to miss.

CORNUCOPIA Whistler, November 9 to 19 Cornucopia is Whistler’s celebration of food and drink. At Crush, the flagship event, you’ll sample wines from BC and beyond during this lively tasting. Unique chef’s table luncheons, musical guests, winemaker dinners, and more make this one of BC’s top culinary events in the mountains.

QUEEN OF THE PEAK Tofino, September 28 to October 1 Surf Sister and Shelter Restaurant started this women only surf championship in 2009 to showcase some of the amazing surf talent from BC’s west coast. The event

has grown to include yoga, Zumba, dance parties, and movie premiers.

SUNSHINE COAST ART CRAWL Sunshine Coast Highway, October 20 to 22 Artists love the beauty and endless inspiration BC’s Sunshine Coast provides.

The Sunshine Coast Art Crawl is an ideal way to discover a wide range of artisan treasures, as you visit galleries, home studios, artisans’ shops, and even an art farm. Be sure to pick up a hand-crafted memento of your visit.

BALD EAGLE FESTIVAL Harrison Mills, November 18 and 19 Take scenic Highway 7 to Harrison Mills for the Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival and celebrate the beauty and biodiversity of the Fraser River Valley, honouring the majestic Bald Eagle and returning salmon.

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Coquitlam Public Library is coordinating the city’s contribution to the Canada 150 Mosaic mural — and you can be part of the effort.

The aim of this nation-wide public art project is to create mural mosaics using hundreds of tiles, all painted by community members from 150 communities across Canada.

Coquitlam residents — from school-aged children to seniors — are invited to paint four-byfour-inch tiles that will become part of city’s mosaic. An artist from the Canada 150 Mosaic project will guide community

members through the process, and lay out the colour palette.

To register for one of the 10 painting sessions on Friday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, Oct. 21, go to coqlibrary.ca or phone 604-937-4141.

Approximately 500 people will take part in one-hour painting workshops at the City Centre branch of Coquitlam Public Library on those two days. Participants will paint aluminum tiles with depictions of their own experiences of living in Coquitlam. Each tile will become part of a bigger story as they are assembled into a large mural grid, transforming the paintings into a unified mosaic that celebrates the past and present of industry in

Coquitlam. The mural will also reflect the overarching railway theme of the Canada-wide project.

Only five to fifteen communities per province are selected to create a collaborative mural mosaic. The project presents a unique opportunity for Coquitlam to participate in not only a large-scale art project but, also, a cultural mosaic and visual time capsule. Once assembled, the completed community mural will be unveiled later in the fall and will remain on display as a historical legacy for the community.

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• Celebrating Diversity — TOMORROW: Canada’s 150: Join librarians on Saturday, Sept. 30 for BC Culture Days to honour the diverse community and enjoy art, music and dance, including Chinese, Persian, Indian and Korean performances. Local immigrants will share stories of their journey of discovery to their new home and there will be activities for the whole family at the City Centre branch. Among the attractions: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Canadian Immigrant Experiences: In Their Own

Words; 1 to 3 p.m. — Chinese music ensemble, Korean dance, Persian dance and Indian classical dance; and 3 to 4 p.m. — tabla recital and Indian classical vocal concert.

• Tech Club — Introduction to Coding: In Introduction to Coding: Next Steps, you can create an interactive pet in Scratch.

If you took part in the first coding class, this will build on the skills learned. If you did not attend, you can still jump into this beginner-level class, which will be held on Friday, Oct. 6, 2 to 3 p.m. at the City Centre branch.

Look for this program at coqlibrary.ca and follow the instructions to register.

• ESL afternoon book club: Do you enjoy reading? If yes, you are welcome to join the ESL book club at the Poirier branch.

This club meets from 1 to 2:15 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month. The next meeting will be on Oct 19. For more information and to sign up,

contact Janice at jwilliams@ coqlibrary.ca.

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

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• Uke it Up!: Learn the cheeriest instrument of all: the ukulele, no experience required. Next Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., bring our own ukulele or use one of the library’s. Call 604-469-4577 to register.

• Tech Café’s new day and time: Get free, one-on-one computer and tech help from friendly teen helpers. This program is great for one-time questions or beginners who would like to practise their new skills.

Book a time slot in advance by calling 604-469-4577 to guarantee your spot. This runs Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon.

• Middle School Book Club: Meet other middle grade readers for a book club with pizza, snacks, questions and prizes.

Next Tuesday, Oct. 3 from 7 to 8 p.m., clubbers will be discussing Short by Holly Goldberg Sloan. Call 604-469-4577 to register.

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

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• 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.

• 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.

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.,

OCT. 4: HYDE CREEK MEETING • 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.

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 discuss 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.

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

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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.

TUESDAY, OCT. 10 • Burke Mountain Naturalists monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam. Speaker: ornithologist, artist and author

email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar 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.

FRIDAY, OCT. 13 • Heart and Stroke’s free 7-week Living Well After Stroke Program begins to assist stroke victims to actively engage in their health to prevent another stroke; Pinetree community centre, Coquitlam. Info: 778-3728002. Registration is required.

SATURDAY, OCT. 14 • Invasive plant maintenance, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.,

Minnekhada Regional Park, Coquitlam (meet at Quarry Road entrance). Volunteers will be scouring the forest for patches of invasive plants; dress for the weather and expect to get dirty (long pants, long sleeves and sturdy footwear). Snacks and drinks will be provided. RSVP: meetup.com/Regional-ParksConnect-Metro-Vancouver.

NOTICES • Tri-City Transitions Society has launched Parallel Parenting: Co-Parenting Stronger, a program focused on reducing conflict between divorced parents by dramatically altering the way parents communicate between themselves in front of their children. The program includes a series of four two-hour workshops led by professional mediation/facilitators, trained in family dynamics. The target for the workshops is parents in continuing conflict. Info: Carol, 604-941-7111 or info@tricitytransitions.com.

• Used books, CDs and DVDs wanted by Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary for fundraising sales.

These items may be dropped

off by the back wall beside the bookcase located outside of the gift shop (main lobby area) at ERH. • A group of elders who focus on working with youth within School District 43 welcomes anyone who has knowledge they want to share or who just wants to be involved. Group meets Fridays, 11 a.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Info: Carole, 604-376-6205 or Claudia, 604525-8163, or email: thestorytellingelders@gmail.com.

• Tri-City Transitions is hosting Learning to Be the Best I Can Be, an ongoing peer support group for women who have experienced abuse or family conflict. Topics include: the impact of abuse, self-esteem, communication, listening skills and more, including ideas suggested by participants For more information or registration, call 604-941-6311.

• Girl Guides takes registrations on an ongoing basis for Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers and adult women volunteers. Training and mentoring available for new volunteers. Info: www.girlguides.ca or call 1-800-565-8111.

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Build a love for mountain biking in a day Sport needs to keep attracting young people to keep growing MARIO BARTEL

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Mountain biking has come a long way in 30 years. From an outlier sport of rogue trail cutters to the downhill era of armoured adrenaline junkies thrashing mountainsides on 40-pound behemoths to mainstream recreation where rider groups work with communities and landowners for legitimate access to trails.

But kids just wanna have fun.

To build the next generation of riders who will keep evolving the sport, the Tri-Cities Off Road Cycling Association (TORCA) is holding its third annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking event on Sunday at Mundy Park in Coquitlam.

The event is free and open to kids of all ages and abilities, from newbie young riders who want to learn which hand operates which brake lever to teen shredders looking to up their riding game. The fact it’s already fully booked is encouraging to one of TORCA’s founders and currently its vice president, Ken Porter.

When TORCA was started in 1998, riders were cutting trails on the sly, alienating land managers and attracting the attention of lawyers with warnings about liability issues.

Since then, the local group and dozens like it across North America have been working hard to legitimize the sport, collaborating with landowners, businesses, environmental organizations and community leaders to build and manage trail networks as well as raise

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Ken Porter, of the Tri-Cities Off Road Cycling Association (TORCA), rides over one of the bridges at the Mundy Park skills area where the group will be hosting its third annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day on Sunday. awareness about issues like trail erosion and private property. They had to, said Porter, to keep the sport alive.

“There is a lot more cooperation,” he said. “Everybody seems to be working together to do this the right way.”

According to the International Mountain Bicycling Association, participation in the sport peaked in North America in 2001 and has remained steady every since.

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downward turn even as cycling becomes more segmented into specialty disciplines like cyclocross, gravel riding, BMX and even motorized e-bikes, Porter said it’s critical to ignite a passion for the trails in young cyclists.

“There’s definitely more need for mountain biking opportunities for youth.”

The five-dollar racing series TORCA launched in June, with its modest entry fee, attracted as many young riders as adults, Porter said.

Sunday’s event will build on that as 10 volunteer instructors will teach skills like body positioning on the bike to proper shifting techniques to approaching stunts with confidence, first at the beginner and intermediate skills circuits off Mariner Way at Chilko Drive and then on trail rides through Mundy Park for the younger riders and down to Riverview Forest for more advanced cyclists.

“You want to make sure kids get out there and have a posi-

tive experience,” Porter said.

“Teaching them some skills and giving them the opportunity to ride is so important.”

It’s also a chance to educate them about some of the great riding trails in their own backyard.

While the North Shore and mountain resorts like Whistler have been the meccas of mountain biking for years, Porter said some of the best, most accessible trails in Metro Vancouver are in the Tri-Cities, from easy, beginner routes on

the soft dirt in Mundy Park to more advanced, challenging terrain on Burke and Eagle mountains.

“There’s something challenging for everybody here,” Porter said.

But mostly Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day is about fun, Porter said. “We want to facilitate a life-long love of the sport.”

• To find out more about Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, go to www.torca.ca mbartel@tricitynews.com

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A NEW ERA

PoMo coach takes the reins of SFU wrestling Longtime men’s coach will now lead women’s team as well

Port Moody’s Justin Abdou is the new head coach of the women’s wrestling team at Simon Fraser University. That’s in addition to his responsibilities with the men’s team that he’s coach for almost 20 years.

Abdou, who won four National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics championships when he wrestled as a 177-pounder for SFU, as well as 11 Canadian titles and represented Canada in the 2000 Olympics, knows he’s stepping into some big shoes. He’s taking over the women’s program from Mike Jones, who retired last spring.

“I will do my best to continue to train and mentor our student-athletes in a way that would make Mike proud,” said Abdou in a press release. He was coached by Jones when he joined SFU’s wrestling program in 1989,

then worked as his assistant beginning in 1994 until Jones left the program in his hands in 2001 so he could concentrate on creating and building the women’s team.

Indeed, Abdou is inheriting a top program that finished second at the WCWA national championships and includes two individual champions and eight allAmericans.

In the spring the team added five Canadian champions, including Coquitlam’s Jacqueline Lew, as well as two California state champions and another state champion from Washington. At the time Jones called it “the best recruiting class we have ever assembled.” He plans to continue to help out with the program as a part-time volunteer.

“I am truly honoured to have the opportunity to continue what Mike has built here at SFU,” Abdou said.

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He was also an assistant for Canada’s 2008 Olympic wrestling team.

“His coaching accolades are exceptional,” SFU’s athletic director Theresa Hanson said of Abdou’s appointment. “He is more than ready to take over the helm of the SFU wrestling program.

Abdou will fill out his coaching roster in the coming weeks.

TITTERINGTON FINISHES 12TH

Coquitlam’s Craig Titterington finished with a share of 12th place at the 46th annual Western Washington University Invitational golf tournament, Tuesday at the Bellingham Golf & Country Club. But the SFU senior was competing as an individual so he didn’t factor in the school’s capture of the overall title. sports@tricitynews.com

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