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NighTly sTories CoNjure New book MARIO BARTEL
The Tri-CiTy News
Keven McTaggart doesn’t read story books to his son, Nathan, at bedtime. Instead, they conjure wild, fantastical scenarios and craft them into stories from their imaginations. Now, one of those scenarios has come to life as a new children’s book that is being relaunched today (Friday) when Nathan drops the ceremonial face-off before the Coquitlam Express play the Langley Rivermen at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex. Accompanying Nathan to centre ice will be one of the characters in his first book, Santa Claus and His Super Hero. Jolly old Saint Nick is taking some time from his busy pre-Christmas preparations to celebrate his timely extrication from a chimney with the first responders who rescued him. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Nathan McTaggart, 11, found his inspiration for his first children’s book from the imaginary scenarios he conjured with his dad, Keven, instead of reading from traditional books.
see FIREFIGHTERS, page 20
FIRE & RESCUE
PoCo fire deemed suspicious GoFundMe pages started for victims DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News
Coquitlam RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire in the
1900-block of Fraser Avenue in Port Coquitlam that destroyed three buildings and displaced a dozen people. Tuesday’s fire resulted in the evacuation of several residents, including two families with children attending James Park elementary
school where fundraising is underway. “It’s a tragic story. One family is bad enough but to have two of our kids in the same day is tough,” said Lindsay Krause, who is chair of the school’s Parent Advisory Council. So far, a few hundred dol-
lars in cash and gift cards, as well as clothing and toiletries, have been collected but more is needed because the families had to flee the fire with nothing but the clothes on their back, Krause said. see GOFUNDME, page 14
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The fire in the 1900-block of Fraser Avenue of Port Coquitlam that occurred Tuesday morning is now deemed to be suspicious.
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