Tri-City News January 27 2017

WHAT THE HECK IS A SHIMMER?

A ‘shimmer’ is the latest device crooks are using to steal information from PIN-protected debit and credit cards, and they’ve been discovered at a business in the Tri-Cities, so cops say you should use the tap function if you can.

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Fight has just begun for grieving local mom Jansen wants to make sure recommendations are implemented SARAH PAYNE

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Michelle Jansen isn’t slowing down now that the coroner’s inquest into her son’s death has concluded.

Instead, she’ll be channelling her energy through the Brandon Jansen Foundation to make sure the jury’s 21 recommendations are implemented.

“It’s my initiative and my mandate now to hold these people accountable,” Jansen told The Tri-City News. “We don’t have the luxury of these recommendations sitting on someone’s desk… we don’t have the luxury of time.”

The jury deliberated for a day and a half after eight days of testimony wrapped up at the coroner’s inquest.

Wednesday evening, they came back with the verdict: Brandon’s death of an opioid overdose at the Sunshine Coast Health Centre in March 2016 was accidental. see RECOMMENDATIONS, page 8

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TRI-CITY GOVERNMENT

Civic wage increases set table for Tri-Cities New Westminster city staff get 7% over four years JANIS CLEUGH

The Tri-CiTy News

While union locals representing hundreds of Tri-City municipal workers continue to hash out new collective agree-

ments, a neighbouring city has signed a deal with its workers.

Yesterday (Thursday), New Westminster and CUPE Local 387 announced they had agreed to a four-year contract — effective Jan. 1, 2016 — that will see an overall wage boost of 7%: 1.5% this year, 1.5% in 2017, 2% in 2018 and 2% in 2019.

According to a press release, unionized staff ratified the agreement with 95% support

and it has also been endorsed by New Westminster city council, the city’s police board and the New West Public Library Board.

The move comes after Surrey ratified its contract last November with CUPE Local 402 (9% over five years); Burnaby OK’d its agreement with CUPE Local 23 last August (7% over four years); and Vancouver approved its deal with CUPE Local 1004, repre-

senting outside workers, last April (7% over four years).

In the Tri-Cities, all three civic union contracts expired Jan. 1.

Coquitlam has yet to meet with the union but Nikki Caulfield, the city’s director of corporate and personnel planning, said negotiations are expected to begin this year (a request for comment from CUPE Local 386 was not returned).

Port Coquitlam met six

times last year with committee officials from CUPE Local 498, which represents about 350 staffers, and did so again Tuesday. Details of negotiations are not being made public, PoCo chief administrative officer John Leeburn said.

And in Port Moody, Local 825 president Irene Jakse said her executive met this week to follow up on last year’s six discussions with the city.

Negotiations are slow because of the change in the CAO position, she said.

Lower Mainland municipal bargaining got underway in September 2015 in Surrey, marking the start of negotiations for more than 17,000 unionized staff throughout the region. In total, there are 21 CUPE locals at 30 bargaining tables with 20 municipalities. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

THE ENVIRONMENT

Acclaimed PoMo filmmaker’s passion project highlights Mossom hatchery Phoenix of Mossom Creek was shot in her hometown DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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Above: Eva Wunderman films Mossom Creek hatchery founder Ruth Foster during the grand opening of the newly built facility. Wunderman is a Port Moody filmmaker who was recently in Kugluktuk, Nunavut (bottom right) to film the documentary “Edna’s Bloodline” for Swedish TV. “I had no idea about fish, none at all,” said Wunderman, recalling how a chance conversation with Mossom volunteer Elaine Willis got the ball rolling on the volunteer film project.

“As I went along, it became more interesting because I could see the potential... Then it grows with yourself learning about Mossom Creek and fish hatcheries.”

The documentary might have lacked some of the drama of her other recent film projects but Wunderman said she enjoyed the lack of structure and the freedom to be spontaneous, not knowing how it would all turn out.

“I had to find the drama,” she said, noting she discovered that element in the video she shot of thousands of coho that died when the oxygen was cut off by sediment in the plumbing after

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the fire. Also providing some tension was the concern about getting enough funds to rebuild the hatchery into a state-of-the art education facility.

“The community spirit was amazing to see,” Wunderman said.

Now that the Mossom project is edited and available on the website (mossomcreek. org), Wunderman is busy with another project for Swedish TV that has an imminent deadline.

Called Edna’s Bloodline, it follows the European ancestry of former Nunavut commissioner Edna Elias, whose great-grandfather was a goldseeking Swede named Petter Norberg. Wunderman went to Kugluktuk, Nunavut in April to film a reunion between Elias and Frederick Norberg, a Swede and one of Petter Norberg’s distant nephews.

It was a challenging project, working in an extremely cold environment, but Wunderman believes she succeeded in showing how the Inuit and Swedish families could come together despite their cultural divide.

At one point, Elias’ family offers to cook some polar bear meat, which appears to shock the Swedish relatives, who were thinking about the politics of eating the meat of an endangered species while the Inuit look at it as a means of survival.

“It’s seeing how we can understand each other,” said Wunderman of her documentaries, including the Mossom film. “We don’t have to always agree but [understanding] will help us get along in the world.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Port Moody filmmaker Eva Wunderman has been to Canada’s high Arctic to film a reunion between Swedish and Inuit relatives, heard the stories of grieving Second World War vets in caves in Micronesia, and chronicled the lives of recovering crystal meth addicts.

But a film recounting community and business efforts to rebuild PoMo’s Mossom Creek Hatchery after a 2013 fire appears to be winning her the most acclaim locally after it was posted to the volunteer organization’s website last week.

Wunderman, who divides her time between Hope and Port Moody to run her film company, said she is pleased with the results of the Mossom doc even though her other projects kept her from being on hand for every milestone of the 17-month rebuilding.

Phoenix of Mossom Creek — After the Fire shows the devastation after a Dec. 13 fire destroyed the hatchery and education centre, and recounts how the community came together and a $1.2-million project was completed at roughly half the cost because of donated materials, time and resources.

Using her Canon XF 105, Wunderman shot the project in various stages of construction, including the grand opening and the day the first coho were released into Burrard Inlet.

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B.C. SENIORS

Report requests big money push for B.C. seniors’ care $300M request over the next five years: BCCPA

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The B.C. government needs to hire more staff and upgrade infrastructure at seniors’ homes, a care providers’ group says.

The BC Care Providers Association (BCCPA) released its annual report on Tuesday calling for an investment of $300 million over the next five years.

The group hopes the federal government will chip in the same amount.

“Only 29% of British Columbians believe that seniors’ care will be there when they need it,” BCCPA CEO Daniel Fontaine told reporters at a news conference in Burnaby.

More than 90% are already feeling the crunch, Fontaine added, as part of the sandwich generation of people caring for both their children and their parents.

The report said the proposed funding would go toward training, staff time, better infrastructure and new models of care, and would mean more direct at-

WHERE TO FIND THE REPORT The report Strengthening Seniors Care: A Madein-BC Roadmap is available at bccare.ca (click on the button labelled Care Can Be There — Learn More). tention for seniors in residential care, doubling the minimum home care visit to 30 minutes.

FAMILIES STRUGGLE

Metro Vancouver resident Natasha Aruliah said she has felt the lack of support for athome care for her 80-year-old father for the last year.

“My father needs full-time care. He’s towards the later stages of Alzheimer’s,” said Aruliah. “My father has regressed back to his childhood in Sri Lanka — speaking Tamil, wanting string hoppers [a noodle dish] and our food.”

Providing those comforts to her father has proved all but impossible with only 15 minutes of home care four times a day.

“It’s not enough. They barely get time to take off their boots and their coats and then they have to go out the door again,” said Aruliah. “It means my dad has to feed and toilet on demand at the times that they arrive, not at the times when he’s needing to.”

The lack of familiarity leaves her father confused and upset.

“They don’t know who he is. They don’t know the story of this man who is an electrical engineer, a telecommunications expert who’s travelled and lived in most countries in the world,” she said. “These strangers are coming in and doing some of the most intimate actions with him as they try to clean and care for him.”

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Fontaine challenged the province to keep seniors out of acute care beds.

Currently, 13% of all acute care beds in B.C. are being used by patients that should be in other levels of care.

“Every single one of those acute care beds is $1,800 a day in public investment,” he said.

“Compare that to a residential care setting, which would be $200 a day and even less than that for home care.”

Aruliah can understand why people call for emergency care.

In 2015, her father was in acute care four times because there wasn’t anywhere else for him to go. By the time he got to the top of the waiting list, he had regressed too far to use it.

“My dad worked hard. I don’t want to see him discarded on a rubbish pile because we don’t have the time and resources to give him what he deserves.”

WHAT’S NEEDED

Among the 30 recommendations are the following: • Set as a minimum 3.36 direct care hours per day, per senior in publicly funded care homes.

• Increase the minimum home care visit from the current 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

• Invest up to $5 million per year over the next five years to recruit, train and retain the necessary workers to support a rapidly ageing population.

• Allocate up to $20 million to re-purpose under-utilized/ unused care beds in order to meet the BC government’s commitment to further expand end-of-life care by 2021.

• Allocate up to $2 million for a Care Credits program so seniors or their families can choose the caregivers of their choice. newsroom@tricitynews.com

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The BC Care Providers Association launched a campaign earlier this week titled “Care Can Be There” to raise the awareness of the need for improvements in how seniors’ care is delivered. The report Strengthening Seniors Care: A Made-in-BC Roadmap offers 30 recommendations for improvements to residential care and home care.

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THE SNOW AFTERMATH

Salt could cause trouble in creeks GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Salt solutions used to de-ice roads during the recent spate of freezing temperatures could have an adverse impact on local rivers and streams.

Several hatcheries and streamkeeping groups told The Tri-City News that increased exposure to sodium chloride can affect salmon and trout’s ability to spawn.

“There has been some concern,” said Craig Orr, a conservation advisor with Watershed Watch and a member of the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable. “Environment Canada says high concentrations of salt can be potentially toxic.”

He added that when fish are accustomed to fresh water and certain concentrations of salt, their ability to osmoregulate — essentially, to maintain balanced fluid levels — can be affected.

“It is a stressful period for salmon,” Orr told The Tri-City News.

Information provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada states that a typical inland freshwater body contains 150 mg per litre of sodium chloride.

When those levels increase into the 600 mg range, long-term exposure can harm not only fish but, also, plants, trees and many stream insects. Salt can be particularly problematic in the early life stages of trout and salmon.

Some local hatcheries and streamkeeper associations are taking measures to ensure that the amount of sodium chloride in the water does not reach toxic levels.

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Salt solution that was used to melt snow and ice on local streets could have a negative effect on local creeks and rivers.

“We took precautions to reduce or interrupt intake flows from the creek to the incubators to [keep] salt and road contaminants from affecting the eggs and alevin until a first flush of rain,” said Robbin Whachell, president of the Hoy-Scott Watershed Society. “Our fingerlings in our rearing pond fared well. We resumed new water intake after the first heavy rains had run for a period of time.”

During dry-weather periods, she noted that it is not unusual for road contaminants such as washer fluid, brake dust and oil to accumulate and eventually make their way to streams and tributaries.

Ed Beye, vice-president of the Hyde Creek Watershed Society, told The Tri-City News that as the rains started last week, hatchery volunteers switched from creek water to well water in an effort to limit the amount of accumulated contaminates from making their way into the creek. He added that the measures are similar to what the society would do ahead of ex-

pected precipitation following a long dry spell in the warmer months.

“It is a matter of monitoring what we have and trying to respond as well as we can to whatever the situations are,” he said.

Steffanie Warriner, Coquitlam’s manager of environmental services, said the city does not expect any long-term effects on fish and fish-bearing streams as a result of the deicing solution used on local roads. She said there are no other chemicals in the brine, which is 23% sodium chloride plus water.

“It is unlikely there will be any long-term impacts to fish health as a result,” she said. “Over the long term, the amount of precipitation [both snow and rain] and the overall filtration capacity of our storm drain system and watersheds should provide sufficient buffering capacity to preserve local water quality.”

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COQUITLAM RCMP

These “shimmers” were found in point-of-sale terminals at a Coquitlam business recently and Coquitlam Mounties are warning consumers to be careful when making purchases.

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Tap if you can and beware ‘shimmers’ Devices are used to steal info from debit, credit cards

Consumers are being advised to use the tap feature on their credit or debit cards when making a purchase after a Coquitlam business discovered a new method fraudsters are using to scam banking information from shoppers.

According to a Coquitlam RCMP press release, on Jan. 11, staff were conducting routine checks of point-of-sale terminals when one test card remained stuck inside the machine.

When the terminals were opened, they contained four very slim, plastic card “shim-

mers” that contained microchips meant to illegally capture the banking data on shoppers’ debit and credit cards. The stolen data can be used to create fake credit or debit cards.

Coquitlam RCMP’s Economic Crime Unit (ECU) said the new, tiny shimmers make the old bulky overlay systems — known as “skimmers” — almost obsolete and that they’re “starting to pop up everywhere.”

“You can’t see a shimmer from the outside like the old skimmer versions,” said Const. Alex Bojic in a release.

“Businesses and consumers should immediately report anything abnormal about the way their card is acting” — particularly if the card is stick-

ing inside the machine.

Consumers are advised to use the tap feature on their cards because it transfers only a very limited amount of banking information and it can’t be used to clone a card.

The ECU is urging all businesses to call police immediately whenever they find a shimming device, noting multiple frauds can be linked over time and the evidence from each pointof-sale fraud can be crucial.

Any business that discovers a shimmer is asked to call police immediately at 604-945-1550 or 911 if the crime is in progress.

No suspects have been arrested yet in Coquitlam but the investigation is ongoing. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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BRANDON JANSEN INQUEST

Recommendations for ministry, rehab facilities and staff continued from front page

They also made 21 recommendations to government ministries, health authorities, medical professionals and substance use treatment centres, including that: • the Ministry of Health develop specific substance use treatment facility regulations, including educational qualifications for facility staff; ensure free opioid maintenance drugs in the community for people leaving correction centres; and, improve adolescent substance abuse treatment facilities; • the health minister and regional health authorities consult with people who have experience with substance use dependency in policy and program development; • health authorities require all treatment centres educate clients about opioid maintenance treatments, the risks of relapse and training in use of naloxone kits provided upon discharge; treatment centres be required to report back to health authorities on client outcomes; and expand treatment programs using phar-

BRANDON JANSEN maceutical grade heroin and Dilaudid for chronic opioid users; • the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General develop a standard of practice for inmate release, including a requirement that those on opioid maintenance be assigned to physicians capable of treating them; • the minister of education review drug education resources and implement a substance abuse and addiction program into the curriculum beginning at elementary school; and schools have naloxone kits with trained personnel on site;

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• and all licensed substance use treatment centres review policies regarding cell phone use; all baggage of both clients and visitors is searched upon entry; and greater security measures are considered for monitoring clients and visitors.

Jansen said she was pleased with the comprehensive recommendations, though she would have liked to have seen more stringent and specific requirements for security measures and best practices at treatment facilities, including room checks, ensuring those who are at risk of relapse are not placed in a bedroom alone and that staff ensure clients are taking — not hoarding — prescribed medication.

BC Coroners Service spokesperson Barb McLintock said the service has no power to enforce recommendations but requests that each recipient replies in writing to explain if and how the recommendations will be implemented and if not, why not. Those responses are then posted on the Coroners Service website. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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Overwhelmed by the city, which she said came to her rescue and pumped out the thousands of gallons of water from DM & Co. Hair Salon in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving Day when the bakery next door went up in flames.

Overwhelmed by the show of support from city council, which offered words of encouragement and a management plan to get her newly opened shop up and running again.

And overwhelmed by the business community that banded together following the second major fire in a year for the downtown core.

“I’m stunned, just stunned,” Menard said, her eyes welling up. “I want to thank everyone for helping me out. I feel blessed.”

She didn’t feel that way in October.

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Last August, Menard was on her way to take a photo of her niece on her first day on the job at Me-n-Ed’s pizza parlour when she noticed a For Lease sign in the basement window of the McAllister Avenue building.

She contacted the landlord and, by September, Menard and her tradespeople were renovating the 1,000-sq. ft. space.

The grand opening was Oct. 5.

But four days later, on Thanksgiving Day, the building’s owner alerted her to a fire close to his building. He told her not to panic but when Menard’s niece arrived for work that morning, she told her aunt about the flooding in her salon — the water was four feet deep.

Menard rushed over to see the damage herself. She couldn’t believe her eyes.

Firefighters tried to stop her from getting closer. “That’s my business,” she told them.

Menard talked to the fire captain and city crews. And when the doors finally opened, at around 1 p.m., she saw her lifelong dream dashed: the floors, walls and furniture — “basically, anything that was wood” — were ruined.

McCartney played a video clip from the day of the disaster, when Menard spoke to a reporter about her loss: They will get through it, she said. They will be stronger.

“It was a bad day,” Menard said. “I don’t know how I got through it.”

Menard also scanned through her phone to show The Tri-City News the correspondence she received immediately after the blaze.

Susanna Walden, executive director of the Downtown PoCo Business Improvement Association (BIA), pitched in, as did Tara Stroup, PoCo’s emergency program officer, and Catherine Polonio from Coquitlam Florist.

Acting mayor Laura Dupont also rallied. “I felt for her after

all the work she put in,” she said.

Former employers of Menard’s stylists also helped out by offering their rental chairs back until DM & Co. could reopen. Menard had to return to her last gig at Shaughnessy Mall.

On Nov. 23, her insurance company allowed her to start renovations. The floors took the longest, she said, and the opening was delayed as tradespeople had to clear out newly found asbestos.

Finally, last Saturday, it was time for the grand re-opening.

“I didn’t think anybody was going to be here,” Menard said, “but they came all day. It was unbelievable. They were happy that it finally happened for us.”

She added: “We feel very lucky to be in this community.

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o make housing affordable, two things are in our future whether we like it or not: density and transit.

But Coquitlam is thinking of going the other way, increasing density but also increasing parking requirements for townhouses and row homes from 1.5 stalls per unit to two, which some say would drive up housing prices.

That is not the way to go.

Instead, any new development should be near a bus stop or within walking distance of community services.

That should be a requirement to make people’s lives without cars easier.

Changing habits is tough but we’ve already done it before. Remember when we used to throw everything away? Then we were forced to recycle more. It was, and still is, a hassle, but the result is that Metro Vancouver waste has been cut in half in 10 years and we don’t have to ship our garbage to the U.S. Will people’s habits have to change? Yes. Will councillors get heck from people complaining about a lack of street parking? Yes. But the buck has to stop somewhere.

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Donations to BC Liberals are far from ‘grassroots’ M AS I SEE IT

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ere hours before the New York Times went to press with its look at the BC Liberal party’s ethical scorecard, the party chose to get its 2016 fundraising results out ahead of the storm — one last chance at political counter-spin, and what a marvel of spin it was.

In a statement released on a Friday, the BC Liberals reported that individual donors had outnumbered corporate donors by a four-to-one margin in 2016, with 9,324 individuals and 1,876 corporations handing over cash.

The party may want to check the auto-correct function on its computers because it seems to have arbitrarily replaced donations with donors. It would have been quite the year-to-year jump.

Just the year before, the BC Liberals reported 2,084 individual and 1,124 corporate donors giving in excess of $250.

The 2016 report posted to the party’s website has 15,941 donations but not from 15,941 unique donors. There are 7,582 donations for $100 or less in the ’16 report and 8,359 donations from $100.36 to $200,000.

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nors, the six-figure crowd.

The party reported 15 six-figure cheques from 11 unique donors totalling $1.7 million, including Dennis — better known as Chip — Wilson of Lululemon fame, luxury car dealer MCL Motors, Arizona-based RPMG Holdings (Onni Construction) and Teck Resources. Their generosity wasn’t limited to the 15 cheques either. Ten of the 11 kicked in another $200,000 in smaller donations.

Three others — including the New Car Dealers Association of BC and the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association — gave a total of $341,550.

Effectively, 14 donors gave close to 20% of the party’s total haul.

The donations for $100 or less would normally pass unnoticed, except for the big deal the party made of them just hours before that New York Times article.

In its statement last week, the party boasted, “Since Christy Clark became party leader, we’ve made a focused effort to grow our base of grassroots donors, including individuals and small businesses.”

The 2016 report includes 7,582 donations — from $5 to $100 — totalling $449,384 (for context, Wall Financial gave

$403,250 through four companies).

But what a grassroots crowd it is.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. cut a cheque for $84.73, although its total donations came in at $63,285.

London Drugs made a $98 contribution. The company donated $16,098 to the Liberals.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers gave $50 as part of its $11,225 total.

Gateway Casinos and Entertainment made three donations for less than $100 towards its $84,118 contribution.

Gibsons/Sechelt Coin Laundry gave $100, possibly in loonies and quarters.

To its credit, the BC Liberal party posted donors under $250 as well, which it’s not required to do under the legislation. Among them were the Britannia Mine Museum, the Boundary Family and the Port Theatre Society, all registered charities.

The grassroots spin to the party’s statement may have seemed the way to go in light of the Times article, but when donations under $100 account for less than 3.7% of the party’s haul and 14 donors nearly 20%, you’re not really left with a warm and fuzzy grassroots feeling.

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MENTAL HEALTH

One story of mental health The Editor, So Wednesday was Bell Let’s Talk Day to raise awareness about mental health and remove the stigma that surrounds mental illness. Many people changed their social media profiles to include a Let’s Talk background. But just as I don’t wear pink to talk about bullying, I won’t change my profile to talk about mental illness. Bullying and mental health are topics that we should be able to talk about anytime.

Anyone who knows me knows I was bullied mercilessly as a kid, and those people close to me know I struggle on a daily basis with mental illness.

Mental illness is insidious and it can creep up on you when you least expect it. It is also like the frog in a pot of water set to boil: If you don’t pay attention to the early warning signs, the next thing you know, you’re in a pot of boiling water and in trouble.

My most recent bout of mental illness began in late 2014. Over a period of six

months, my fiancée and I had two miscarriages, one which I posted about and the other I did not because it was just too damn painful and I did not feel like I had anyone to talk to. Between dealing with the loss, struggling to pay my bills and get out of debt, struggling with my relationship with both my fiancée and my family, and a less-than-supportive work environment I found myself slipping further and further into depression.

Over the years, I had become adept at putting on my game face, not letting people see how I was struggling in-

“Over the years, I had become adept at putting on my game face, not letting people see how I was struggling inside. When you are depressed, you tend to isolate yourself and not want to deal with things, and I was very good at hiding in plain sight.”

Rob Bottos, a Coquitlam resident side. When you are depressed, you tend to isolate yourself and not want to deal with things, and I was very good at hiding in plain sight.

My family tried to tell me I needed help and, like a drunk who is not ready to acknowledge he has a problem, I could not hear what they had to say.

By the time my employer noticed I had a problem, it was far too late, and I finally had a meltdown at work last year,

coming close to losing my job.

I could cast all the blame I wanted but, at the end of the day, I had to decide if I wanted to get better and what I was going to do about it.

I went back to my family doctor and had the first conversation to start my road to recovery.

Almost a year has passed since I had my meltdown.

Am I feeling better? Yes. Am I “cured”? No, and to be honest,

I don’t think I ever will be. I suspect my depression will be my constant dark companion for the rest of my life. But as long as I keep an eye on it, it shouldn’t cause me too much grief.

I know it will cause me trouble at times, and I may need to either pause or hit the reset button. What I won’t do is let it stop me from reaching my potential and trying to make a difference in the lives of my family, friends and community.

So, if you’re feeling like no one understands, or that you’ll be judged, know that I understand and I will never judge you.

There will be those who think that by divulging this, it could come back to bite me.

I say bollocks to that and am owning my depression. It’s part of who I am and if people can’t accept that, too damn bad.

Life is precious, and we can all make a difference. Don’t let depression take away all your possibilities.

Rob Bottos, Coquitlam

COQUITLAM

Why no curling in Coq.?

The Editor, I was sitting in a Princeton restaurant gazing out the window and across the Hope-Princeton Highway at a building with a sign reading Princeton Curling Club.

I was wondering why it is that a metropolis like Princeton, B.C. (population: 2,724) can afford to have its own curling building and club while I, who live in — and vote and pay taxes in — Coquitlam (population: 144,000) have been told by city council that if I want to continue curling (at age 71), I will have to join another municipality’s club because the current beautiful and quite new Coquitlam curling venue is going to be changed to something else.

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A Coquitlam woman who successfully took on the fearsome Dragons’ Den panel in 2011 will be back on TV next week for an update about the success of her product, Easy Daysies.

Elaine Comeau launched the magnetic schedules for kids from her kitchen table in 2008 and saw the business grow quickly through word of mouth.

It was at a Toronto trade show that a retailer suggested Comeau appeal to the Dragons for help, and with her kitchen overtaken with products and shipping materials, Comeau took the leap.

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A replacement for Coquitlam’s Banting middle school is one step closer after the School Board awarded the contract this week to Yellowridge Construction Ltd.

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$18.8M work on new Banting to start soon Construction will start soon on rebuilding Banting middle school, after School District 43 awarded the $18.8-million project to Yellowridge Construction Ltd. The replacement school will meet LEED (Leadership in Environmental Design) Gold standards for water management and efficiency, energy efficiency, reuse of building materials and natural light and ventilation. A video rendering shows a two-storey building with a large open hallway at the front entrance.

In addition, there will be 19 general instruction classrooms plus additional classrooms for music and healthy living, plus a technical education shop, a gym, combined library and computer space, a multi-purpose room, and special education spaces. It is being built for 550 students.

The cost of the seismic replacement project is $22.5 million and will include a Neighbourhood Learning Centre. After construction is complete, the original school, built in 1963, will be torn down.

As well, SD43 has agreed to negotiate with the city of Coquitlam for a deal to hand over a strip of land along the south and east sides of Leigh elementary school. The city needs the land to make road, sidewalk and lighting improvements on Victoria Drive, considered a benefit by members of the public who provided feedback. Hazardous trees will also be removed and replaced with healthy trees to make the school play area safer. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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From the New Year to Burns’ day, there’s much to celebrate SARAH PAYNE

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Enjoy some fun festivities — ring in the Chinese Year of the Rooster and bring out your inner Scot for a Robbie Burns party — or take it easy with some great music performances.

Friday, Jan. 27 COFFEEHOUSE SHOW

Enjoy an evening of indie/roots music at the Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse concert when John Hough and Willy Blizzard perform at the Gathering Place at Leigh Square in PoCo. The trio has been touring across Canada with a slate of original music, and will be paying tribute to Hough’s friend and Crossroads volunteer Doug Rolling at the 7 p.m. show.

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The Coquitlam Express are at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex tonight for a home game against the Chilliwack Chiefs.

It’s also BC Lions night, where fans can enjoy a meet and greet with BC Lions alumni and current players as well. Puck drop is at 7 p.m.; visit www.coquitlamexpress.ca for more information.

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The Arts Club Theatre Company’s The (Post) Mistress is a quirky one-woman show about a small-town postal worker. The charismatic figure knows everyone’s business and revels in a chance to share her intel with others, but the kick comes when her own story is revealed in a surprising twist. Shows are at the Evergreen Cultural Centre tonight at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $42/$34/$15 at www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca or 604-927-6555.

Saturday, Jan. 28

The renowned Canadian Guitar Quartet plays at the Evergreen Cultural Centre Sunday at 7:30 p.m.

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concert at Place des Arts. The Scottish-inspired supper begins at 6 p.m., which should whet your appetite for a performance by Rosie Carver and the Celtic band Blackthorn, with a special focus on Burns’ songs, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $41 (dinner and concert) or $21/$16 for the concert only, at www.brownpapertickets.com.

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Sunday, Jan. 29

Welcome the Year of the Rooster, and celebrate Chinese New Year, at Henderson Place Mall in Coquitlam from noon to 4 p.m.

The celebration includes hourly lucky draws, a kids’ corner, performances and exhibit booths.

Join speaker Markus Fahrner for a discussion on the role of art during the Great War at the Port Moody Station Museum. Reserve a seat for the free event at 1 p.m. by contacting the museum at 604-939-1648 or info@portmoodymuseum.org

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The Canadian Guitar Quartet has played prestigious gigs across the country and around the world, and tonight they’ll be strumming at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Audiences have been wowed by this foursome’s mix of original and classical masterpieces, so don’t miss this chance to hear some epic guitar. Tickets are $37/$32/$16 at evergreenculturalcentre.ca or 604-927-6555.

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Staff at the Poirier branch of the Coquitlam Public Library opened a new reading lounge last week, a 675 sq. ft. space that includes a digital newspaper station. The branch also has a new remote printing site and self-checkout.

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Port Moody Rotarians Trudy Gallant, Michael Poznanski and Patty Klassen gave $10,000 to Eagle Ridge Manor this month to care for the elderly residents at the Port Moody extended care, which is on the Eagle Ridge Hospital site.

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Full Barrel Homebrew Club clinched Best Amateur Beer at the Tri-Cities Cask Festival Winter 2017 Pro-Am Sunday. Hundreds of hopheads were in Coquitlam where Fuggles and Warlock Craftworks took Best Pro and Best of Show.

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Markus Masaites won the national gold medal for having the highest mark in Canada on his ARCT diploma exam last year.

Now, the Grade 12 student at Coquitlam’s Dr. Charles Best secondary is preparing for a round of recitals to showcase his talent, including a concert on March 5 at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby.

A piano student of Jean Brown of the Jean Lyons School of Music, Masaites was a CDMF Performing Arts Festival rep in 2015 where he placed first in the intermediate division. That summer, he studied under John Perry, Stéphan Lemelin and David Moroz at the Morningside Music Bridge.

Last year, Masaites also placed first as a CDMF rep in the senior division and was in the Courtenay Youth Music Confederation summer program where he was taught by Corey Hamm, a soloist and chamber musician. Masaites also was a Coquitlam Registered Music Teachers’ rep at the BC Provincial Piano Competition, which qualified him to compete in the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association national piano competition this March in Baltimore; the contest is being judged by Leon Fleisher. “Markus is diligent and dedicated in his objective to further develop his musical abilities,” Brown wrote in an email to The Tri-City News. “This will help him pursue a career in both piano performance and teaching.” Tickets for his March 5 show at 3 p.m. are $15/$10 by calling 604-291-6864.

Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam Liberal MP Ron McKinnon handed members of the 4th Port Coquitlam Scout group with the Scouts Canada new Commemorative Canada 150th badge. Youth leader Brandon Hodge was at the event.

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Kareem Allam was this month named to the board of directors for Fraser Health, which serves the Tri-Cities.

Allam the vice president of corporate development at Monark Group, a private equity firm based in Surrey.

Previously, he was the director of strategic initiatives for Civeo, an NYSE-listed workforce logistics and construction company serving the resource sector in Canada, the United States and Australia.

Before joining Civeo, Allam supported public policy development and public engagement with communities, government and First Nations on large capital projects for TransCanada Pipelines, Britco, the Vancouver Board of Trade and FortisBC. “Kareem’s extensive background in collaborating with multiple stakeholders to deliver results will be of tremendous benefit to him in his new role on the Fraser Health board of directors as they continue their pursuit of sustainable, cost-effective and quality patient care,” said BC Health Minister Terry Lake, who appointed Allam, in a news release.

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Nearly 100 people were at the Art Gallery at Evergreen on Sunday to mark the 20th year of Emerging Talent, the School District 43 showcase of Grade 12 artwork.

The new exhibit features paintings, drawings, digital renderings, photography and sculptures from some 70 young artists — many of whom are now applying to attend art schools in September. Among the guests in attendance were Jon-Paul Walden, executive director of the Evergreen Cultural Centre, and Melanie Stokes, a visual arts teacher at Gleneagle secondary.

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Coquitlam RCMP staff — including Supt. Sean Maloney (left) — sent a message via Twitter on Wednesday as part of Bell’s Let’s Talk Day social media campaign to help end the stigma surrounding mental illness.

RCMP MESSAGES ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH

Port Coquitlam Mayor — and Metro Vancouver board of directors’ chair — Greg Moore welcomed Gunn Kim, consul general of the Republic of Korea, at his office at PoCo city hall this week.

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A Port Coquitlam author will sign copies of her new book next month at Leigh Square Community Arts Village.

Yabome Gilpin-Jackson recently published a short story collection titled identities, which is available at Chapters Coquitlam and via amazon.ca. The reading and book signing takes place at the Gathering Place (beside PoCo city hall) on Feb. 11 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. with entertainment by Yvonne Kushe and Adeyemi Taylor-Lewis. Gilpin-Jackson will also be at Chapters (2991 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam) on Feb. 18 from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Writing, culture & 3D BOOKS PLUS Books Plus runs in The TriCity News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

• Bad Writing Workshop: Calling all writers. Create some truly awful writing with author Mark David Smith. On Saturday, Jan. 28 from 2 to 4 p.m., youths 11 to 16 years old can join him in the ParkLane Room and learn all the worst techniques and how to avoid them. Call 604-469-4577 to register.

• Book party: Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog and all of your favourite storybook characters on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at PMPL. Celebrate Family Literacy Day by reading, playing, crafting and having fun together. Travel to Paris with Madeline, let the Pigeon drive the bus, dress Pete the Cat, and more! All ages welcome at this drop-in program.

• Tech Café: Get free, oneon-one help with your basic computer questions. Drop in to the ParkLane Room on Fridays between 4:30 and 6 p.m. or book at appointment

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• Book a Librarian: Librarians can help answer your computer and technology questions. Book an appointment to ask about internet searches, email, eBooks, tablets, social media, etc., or get help practising your skills.

If you have questions about your tablet or eReader, bring the device with you. To book an appointment, call 604-9374141 or email askalibrarian@ coqlibrary.ca. When emailing, indicate at least two times you are available and whether you would like to have the session at Poirier or City Centre branch.

• Innovation Hub at City Centre: Head to the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way) and use the 3D printers, scanners and high-powered creative software to bring your innovative ideas to life. Open houses are being held on

Thursdays, 2 to 4 p.m. To make an appointment, call 604-5547323 or email askalibrarian@ coqlibrary.ca. Children under 14 years old must be accompanied by an adult.

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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• Learn About Series: Canadian Culture & You: Are you a newcomer who wants to learn more about Canadian culture? Join librarians for a series of programs presented by the Adult Literacy and ESL Working Group. “Social Events and Gift Giving” is the latest topic in this series. It’s set for Tuesday, Feb. 7, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Fox, and covers parties and celebrations, which are fun but can be stressful. Learn about weddings and funerals, birthday parties and gifts.

RSVP to the tricitiesliteracy@ gmail.com so we there are enough coffee and cookies for everyone. Registration is required.

For more information, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604927-7999.

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Social sustainability is generally defined as the ability of a social system (for example, a country or region) to function at a defined level of social well-being (quality of life) indefinitely. The challenge is agreeing to what that quality of life should entail.

Without venturing into a debate, I believe most would agree that social well-being depends on healthy relationships. Life is enhanced by community.

A couple of years ago, I was introduced to works by pastor/teacher James Bryan

Smith. The final book in his trilogy, The Good and Beautiful Community, addresses our collective need for social connectedness.

Smith writes that the good and beautiful community creates an ethos in which people are encouraged to undertake specific activities on a regular basis in order to become the people we were created to be.

Ideally, each of us engages in growth-producing activities — from time alone (in meditation/prayer) to making friends with people outside our comfort zone, to meeting regularly with an encouragement/accountability partner.

There is joy in connecting deeply with and serving others. To live with intention can bring fulfilment, and by encouraging one another, we can flourish as compassionate productive beings.

We need encouraging when we lose sight or strength to keep fighting the good fight.

We need others who can see our gifts more clearly, who can remind us that we are loved and are making a difference.

I am blessed to have caring and wise “elders” in my community who have given me guidance, shared knowledge, challenged my assumptions and, most of all, been beautiful models of selfless service.

Moving beyond our comfort zone (e.g., the workplace) can bring about personal as well as professional growth in unexpected and astonishing ways. Some examples: • Building community: For those with young children, there’s no time like the present. Families can get involved with environmental activities, soup kitchens and fundraisers for those in need. The younger we are exposed to community service, the more likely we will continue to be involved when we’re older.

• Turning a personal tragedy/challenge into a life calling: A well-respected community leader has been dedicating his time and talents to hospice over the years.

Having lost a loved one too early in life, he recognized the need for a place of comfort and respite to be accessible to all. Another friend, confronted by disabilities that could have kept her housebound, has used her personal triumphs to empower others who face similar challenges. Using her voice and garnered wisdom, she spreads both awareness and positive change in her community.

• Sharing our skills and unique gifts: Another retired friend of mine with the gift of teaching has gone from helping new immigrants learn

English to helping a Serbian teenager — and her dedication to helping this young refugee inspires me.

• Supporting the vulnerable: Social connectedness is paramount for those in our community struggling with poverty, foster care, aging, mobility issues, mental health, substance addictions, incarceration, homelessness, declining industries, transient (often resource-based) work and long commutes.

CBC Radio recently aired a program featuring individuals who endure exhausting commutes, often to jobs with minimal wages. If we’re serious about breaking the cycle of poverty, the argument to build complete, inclusive (walkable) communities that offer meaningful work and a liveable wage is powerful.

As we embrace this new year, let’s encourage one another to build community through active loving service.

It’s not only good for our soul; it’s essential to healthy sustainable living.

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

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society monthly meeting, 7:15 p.m., 3636 Coast Meridian Rd., PoCo. The public is invited to attend, tour the facility and see what projects society members are undertaking. As well, the society is looking for volunteers interested in helping occasionally with education school tours, and to assist with day-to-day operations. Info: www.hydecreek.org or email at hcws.info@gmail.com.

THURSDAY, FEB. 2 • Terry Fox secondary (1260 Riverwood Gate, PoCo) is hosting a nationwide Innovation150 science tour, Power of Ideas, spearheaded by The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; it is a public open house, 4-9 p.m., with free admission. Info: www.csukainnovation.com.

SATURDAY, FEB. 4 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Topic: “The Sound of Poetry: Have You Found Your Iambic Footing Yet?” will be presented by Christopher Levenson, an award-winning poet, critic, translator and editor who will show how the use of rhythm, verse movement, cadence and line length can underline and intensify a poem’s meaning.

The meeting is free but library registration is required: 604927-7999. Info: pandorabee1@ gmail.com.

TUESDAY, FEB. 7 • 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.

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Marcy Dayan, a physiotherapist, who will discuss how to handle incontinence caused by prostate cancer treatments. All those affected by prostate problems are urged to attend and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge but donations are welcome. Info: Craig, 604-928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Come Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-5199997.

THURSDAY, FEB. 16 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Come Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-519-9997.

ONGOING • Crossroads Hospice Society meat draw is held Fridays, 3-6 p.m., Arms Pub, 3261 Coast Meridian Rd., PoCo. Info: 604945-0606 or info@crossroadshospice.org.

• PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 150-2248 McAllister Ave., is open Monday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; Friday. 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff is available Tuesday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m.; volunteers may be on-site at other times. Info: 604-9278403 or www.pocoheritage.org.

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ew home construction starts saw a seasonal decline in December, but 2016 overall was a record year for housing starts, according to figures released by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) earlier this month.

Housing starts in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) were trending at 25,980 units in December compared with 27,455 units in November, said the CMHC. The trend is a sixmonth moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates (SAAR) of housing starts.

“Total housing starts trended lower in December, but were in line with the monthly average for 2016,” said Robyn Adamache, CMHC’s principal market analyst for Vancouver. “Starts in 2016 set a new record for the region that was bolstered by strong rental construction in the cities of Vancouver, New Westminster and Surrey.”

Housing starts in the Abbotsford-Mission CMA in December were trending at 889 units, down from 970 units in November. The CMHC noted that this downward trend was spread evenly across

all home types.

Nationwide, the housing starts trend measure across Canada was 198,053 units in December, slightly down from 200,105 units in November, reported the CMHC. The housing agency noted that Canada still counted more home starts in 2016 than 2015, with increased demand for single-family homes more than offsetting a national decline in multi-unit construction – “a decline that’s in response to efforts to manage current inventories,” added the report.

CMHC uses six-month moving averages to account for considerable swings in monthly estimates and obtain a more complete picture of the state of the housing market. In some situations, said the CMHC, analyzing only the monthly seasonally adjusted data can be misleading in some markets, as they can be variable from one month to the next.

Building Permits Metro Vancouver’s building permit values

bucked the national trend by surging ahead in November, according to Statistics Canada data, also released in mid-January.

The Vancouver CMA issued $709 million worth of new home construction permits in November, said the federal statistics agency – a jump of nearly 40 per cent over an already-strong October, and more than 30 per cent higher than November 2015.

The month-over-month rise was led by another slew of permits issued for new condo-apartment buildings, for which there were more than $503 million of permits issued in November, a 71 per cent leap over October’s values and up 41 per cent compared with the same month the previous year.

The condo permit value was more than three times that of detached-house permits issued in November, which stood at $146 million. This was still a rise of nearly 12 per cent year over year and 20.3 per cent month over month.

However, Vancouver’s townhouse and row home permit values saw a weaker month after a strong showing in October, dropping nearly 39 per

cent in November to $52.2 million. This was still a slight year-over-year rise of 1.1 per cent.

Values of new duplex construction permits, which are highly fluctuating as they are a much smaller segment of the market, increased again in November to $3.4 million, up 49.3 per cent year over year and 28.6 per cent since September.

The same trend was reflected across the province as a whole, with $962.7 million of home building permits issued in November. This is a rise of 34.2 per cent from the same month last year and 21.4 per cent compared with October.

Across the country, however, building permit values slid in November after a record-breaking October, with the $4.4 billion total value a drop of 23.1 per cent month over month. The gains seen in BC and Quebec were not enough to offset monthly declines in nine provinces and territories, including Ontario (-12.1 per cent) and Alberta (-74 per cent). Despite this, the national total for November was still a 33 per cent rise over the value of permits issued in November 2015, with only Alberta reporting a year-over-year decline.

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Port Moody Panthers forward Brayden Szabados carries the puck during a 3-2 win win over the Surrey Knights in overtime Saturday night. The Panthers will head to Mission this weekend before returning home for a bout against the Abbotsford Pilots at home on Feb. 4.

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The Port Moody Panthers clawed their way back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Surrey Knights in overtime at home Saturday night.

After surrendering two power play goals in the second period — both scored by Surrey’s Kevin Kutasi — the Cats’ Stefano Centanni cut the vistior’s lead down to one with a goal before the second intermission.

In the third period, Maximilian Corazza found the equalizer, forcing overtime where Chong Min Lee setup Corazza for the game winner.

Corazza earned first star honours for his two-goal performance, while Chong Min Lee, who had two assists, was named third star of the game.

Panthers goalie Laszlo Demeter turned away 27 of the 29 shots he faced, while Port Moody managed 56 shots in the game.

Two nights earlier, the Cats struggled in a contest against the Richmond Sockeyes.

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MAXIMILIAN CORAZZA However, the Panthers quickly managed to equalize things with a marker from Christian Bettiol and the game was knotted at one goal each.

Jeeven Sidhu broke the tie for the Sockeyes when he buried a pass from Brendan Marfleet before Lucas Stratford found the insurance marker before the end of the middle frame.

Neither team managed a goal in the third period.

With just fives games until the end of the regular season, the Port Moody Panthers currently find themselves in last place in the Tom Shaw Conference standings with a 15-23 record.

The club will play Mission on the road this Saturday before retuning home next week for a meeting with the Abbotsford Pilots at the Port Moody Arena.

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Sanderson takes silver with Team Gushulak at Scotties curlers could not best Team Mallett, made up of skip Marla Mallett and sisters Brette Richards of Kelowna and Blaine DeJager of Prince George, the top seeded team in round-robin play who won a bye to the finals.

Gushulak briefly held a 2-1 lead after the fourth end but the contest started slipping away in the sixth. After the final end was played, Mallett led 6-3.

Mallett and Gushulak had been teammates in the 1990s, when they won the 1995 and 1997 B.C. titles.

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The Terry Fox Ravens defeated fellow Port Coquitlam high school the Riverside Rapids 78-52 last Friday in AAAA high school basketball.

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The new year has been good to the Pinetree secondary AAAA high school basketball team.

The Timberwolves have jumped out to a strong 4-0 start in the regular season and are currently leading the Fraser Valley North division standings with a point differential of +60.

Pinetree’s record puts them in elite company in the league, however most of the wins have come by beating up divisional opponents.

The latest win came last week when the Coquitlam team easily overcame the Terry Fox Ravens in a 75-59

contest, upsetting the PoCo club’s perfect record.

But the toughest win for the Timberwolves came at the hands of Port Moody’s Heritage Woods Kodiaks, which forced overtime in a match that Pinetree eventually won 99-97. The club also defeated Centennial 72-58 on Jan. 17 and Port Moody 86-58 on Jan. 10.

PoCo’s Terry Fox managed to notch their first win at the expense fellow PoCo club the Riverside Rapids, which the Ravens defeated 78-52 during a road game. Fox is currently in second place with a 1-1 record.

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