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INSIDE: PM museum preps for Remembrance Day [pg. 3] / TC Sports [pg. 24] WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2, 2016 Your community. Your stories.

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ANDY WESTSTEYN PHOTO

Andy Weststeyn shared this photograph of a common sight in the Tri-Cities at this time of year: a bear making a meal of a spawning salmon. It’s the perfect wildlife storm, with bears fattening up to prepare for hibernation and salmon filling local streams as they make their final trip home to spawn.

In the fifth installment of The Tri-City News’ Saving Our Salmon series, Diane Strandberg examines the work of the PoCo and District Hunting and Fishing Club, which operates the TriCities’ largest fish hatchery See page 18

POLICING IN THE TRI-CITIES

Inquiries into arrests caught on video An elderly couple was arrested after contentious strata meeting last week

SARAH PAYNE The Tri-CiTy News

A disturbing arrest at a Coquitlam strata meeting that was caught on video has prompted a federal agency

to investigate the actions of Coquitlam RCMP officers.

The Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP (CRCC) has launched a public interest investigation after receiving

about 15 complaints about the incident last week, some from witnesses and others who submitted complaints after seeing the video online, said CRCC spokesperson Anna Van Dusen.

Coquitlam RCMP were called to the Best Western Plus Coquitlam Inn Convention Centre on North Road at about 10:30 p.m. last Thursday to respond to reports that people were fighting at a strata meeting

that had “gotten out of hand.”

The meeting ended when police arrived but one elderly couple allegedly refused to leave. see REPORT, page 7

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Remembrance Day November 11, 2016

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1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam Office: 604-937-3863 • Lounge: 604-937-0111 9:45 a.m. Remembrance Day Service

Como Lake Middle School Auditorium King Albert Avenue, Coquitlam 10:30 a.m. Parade from the School to Coquitlam’s Cenotaph Veterans Way, Coquitlam 11:00 a.m. Act of Remembrance Laying Wreaths at the Cenotaph 11:30 a.m. Parade from Cenotaph to Coquitlam‘s Legion Hall The route is Veterans Way, then right to King Albert, left on Nelson to hall.

Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren are invited to march with their Veteran Grandpa or Grandma. We started this in 2009 and the Grandchildren are honoured to be marching with the Veterans and it gives them a better understanding about the meaning of Remembrance Day.

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There are golf carts and our van is available for the Veterans who can’t march anymore. Their Grandchildren are allowed to march beside the cart with them. Wheel chairs are also welcome in the parade.

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is available at the Legion Hot Chocolate, Cold Drinks, Coffee and Doughnuts are available free of charge in the Scout Hall for children & parents.

The Scout Hall is next to the Cenotaph, and also has bathroom access.

Remember OUR Veterans who gave us the freedom we enjoy TODAY. They are getting older and need your help.

The money raised is public money and can only be used for their needs, including hospitals.

Remembrance Day Program at the Legion • Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band • Naval Veterans Band • Men In Black - 2-6 pm • Refreshments available • 50/50 Draw

Lest We Forget Please, never forget our Comrades, who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Please, never forget our Canadian Forces personnel in Afghanistan and other war torn parts of the World where our Peacekeepers serve.

Our thoughts, wishes and our prayers are with them so that they may all return safely.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Mud & mementoes as PoMo Station Museum marks Remembrance Day Passchendaele a focus of R-Day programs at Moody museum DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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ost museums have attractive landscaping to draw visitors.

Port Moody Station Museum, at the back of its Murray Street property, has some wooden buildings dug into the dirt and a muddy field of barbed wire and weeds.

But that’s OK, as the goal is historic, not esthetic.

Dug by hand by a group of volunteers to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the First World War, what looks like a wasteland is, in fact, an educational display depicting life in the trenches during the Great War. John Goheen and Markus Fahrner, who were among the volunteers (along with Port Moody’s Guy Black) that designed and built the trench, are hoping the display will help people connect with this important period of Canadian history.

“These kinds of artifacts help people to connect, they are gateways, they create an image that people can relate to and hopefully take way and decide whether it’s worth remembering,” says Fahrner, a graphic artist who has designed the banners for the WWI project.

“It’s pretty close to what it actually looks like,” says Goheen, speaking of the replica trench, living quarters and no-man’s-land full of craters and barbed wire.

With winter approaching, the living quarters are damp and cold, not unlike what it must have been for soldiers in the month of November during the war.

Next week, in the days leading up to Remembrance Day, a candlelight vigil will be held in the trench, with the community invited, and there will be a presentation about Passchendaele, a battle fought

by Canadian Corps soldiers from mid-October to midNovember 1917.

Goheen, a local school principal and battlefield tour guide, says the Canadians

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John Goheen and Markus Fahrner with a soldier’s helmet from the First World War. The two are part of a volunteer group that has been organizing events to educate people abut the war, which lasted from 1914 to 1918 and was a defining moment in Canadian history. A talk about Passchendaele is planned for Sunday, Nov. 6 and a candlelight vigil is planned for Thursday, Nov. 10. Both events take place at the Port Moody Station Museum. distinguished themselves against great odds and terrible conditions. On Nov. 6, 1917, the Canadians and British attacked to take the village of Passchendaele and on Nov. 10, Canadians cleared the Germans from the eastern edge of Passchendaele Ridge.

Goheen said the Canadians had become an elite fighting force but the battle took its toll — more than 4,000 were killed and 12,000 were wounded in Passchendaele.

“It’s universal that this is a colossal waste,” he said. “The best advocates for peace are veterans who never want to see it again.”

But Fahrner and Goheen hope people turn out for the

Great War talk to learn more about the battle and the role Canadians played in it because the more understanding there is, the less chance there is that it will happen again.

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• The Great War Talk on Passchendaele takes place inside the Port Moody Station Museum, 2734 Murray St., Port Moody on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 1 p.m. It’s free to attend but you’re asked to RSVP at 604939-1648.

• The Candlelight Vigil for Remembrance takes place Thursday, Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. at the PoMo Station Museum. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

“These kinds of artifacts help people to connect, they are gateways, they create an image that people can relate to and hopefully take way and decide whether it’s worth remembering.”

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The Port Moody Station Museum is reaching out to seniors for suggestions on how the local institution can be more relevant to a mature audience.

Thanks to a grant from the Vancouver Foundation, the museum will be connecting with seniors to determine what projects and activities would entice seniors to participate with PoMo museum.

To get the seniors’ perspective, a meeting is planned for 2:30 p.m. at the museum on Sunday, Nov. 6.

The museum is located at 2734 Murray St., Port Moody, next to Rocky Point Park.

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ILLICIT DRUGS

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Chris Friesen of the Immigrant Services Society of BC, said the federal government’s new refugee intake target for next year relies heavily on private sponsorships for most new arrivals.

The BC Coroners Service has announced it will hold an inquest into the death of a Coquitlam man who died this past spring while at a substance abuse treatment centre in Powell River.

Brandon Juhani Jansen, who grew up in Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam, died March 7 of this year and the inquest will be an opportunity to explore issues arriving from overdose deaths,

according to a statement from the coroner service.

The inquest will be held beginning Jan. 16 at 9:30 a.m. in the Burnaby Coroners Court.

“It is hoped for a wellinformed jury to make practical and useful recommendations to help prevent similar deaths in the future,” Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said in a press release.

At the same time,

Lapointe also announced that a special drug investigation team will be established to look into accidental illicit drug deaths in the province.

The team will conduct investigations and identify trends and patterns that can be used to come up with prevention strategies. It will be funded from a $10-million pot announced last month to combat the growing number of illicit drug deaths.

REFUGEES

2017 refugee target in B.C. ‘disappointing’ Gov.-assisted refugees expected to drop to ’15 levels JEFF NAGEL BLACK PRESS

A coordinator for refugee settlement in B.C. is criticizing the federal government’s new refugee intake target for next year, which sharply reduces the number of governmentassisted refugees.

Chris Friesen, settlement services director of the Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSBC), said the Liberal government’s decision would instead rely heavily on private sponsorship for the bulk of the new arrivals.

The number of governmentassisted refugees would drop to 7,500 next year, which Friesen noted would be fewer than the 9,411 admitted in 2015 and far below the 19,190 that have arrived so far in 2016.

“That was a surprise,” Friesen said. “Having a reduced target back to 2015 levels is disappointing.”

The overall 2017 refugee target would drop to 40,000 from 55,800 this year after the extraordinary push to bring in Syrian refugees over the past year.

A greater emphasis on private sponsorship puts more reliance on community organizers, faith groups and others to raise funds and help find housing and employment for incoming refugees, at less cost to the government.

“The need continues to grow but the message that’s coming across by the plan is that the numbers in the target for private sponsors is more than double what the government scheme is,” Friesen said.

“I know that there’s been tremendous interest in private sponsorship, but it does raise questions of the government’s commitment.”

The federal government’s overall target for accepting new immigrants is unchanged at 300,000 after Immigration Minister John McCallum rejected a recommendation to raise it to 450,000.

McCallum indicated there could be further increases over time, but called the current level a “foundation” for future growth.

So far, B.C. has taken in 1,956 government-assisted Syrian refugees in 2016, and at least 700 additional privately sponsored refugees.

More than 40 per cent of the government-assisted Syrian refugees have ended up in Surrey, where 811 had settled as of late July, according to statistics from the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. Almost three-quarters of the incoming governmentassisted Syrians have settled in the Lower Mainland, despite efforts to direct more to other parts of the province.

The top destination cities in the Lower Mainland have been Coquitlam (185), Abbotsford (154), Burnaby (122), Vancouver (114), Delta (84) and Langley (79).

The top cities elsewhere in B.C. where government-assisted Syrians have settled are Victoria (123), Nanaimo (72), Duncan (37), Kelowna (29) and Prince George (22).

Friesen said there has been considerable success in placing refugee families in places where they had not tended to settle in the past, such as Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission and Langley.

The settlement patterns have been driven heavily by the scarcity of rental housing that refugees can afford on federal income assistance rates, he said.

“This is not just a Metro Vancouver issue,” Friesen said.

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Coquitlam woman LOW BACK killed in R’md. crash 23-year-old in car that was struck; speed likely factor

A young Coquitlam woman has died after a collision in Richmond on the weekend.

The crash happened at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday at Westminster Highway and No. 4 Road when an eastbound Honda Civic collided with a westbound Audi R8.

The force of the collision caused immense structural damage to both vehicles and caused the Honda to then hit a Toyota Venza that was stopped on No. 4 Road. The Toyota sustained relatively minor damage.

Richmond Fire Rescue Service was called in to extricate the 23-year-old Coquitlam woman, who was trapped in the Honda; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver and another passenger in the Honda were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and have since been released. The drivers of the Audi and Toyota were uninjured.

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OVERSIZED TRUCK DAMAGES BRIDGE

Lougheed Highway was shut down for three hours last Friday night after a truck hit the bridge crossing the Coquitlam River in Port Coquitlam.

PoCo Fire Chief Nick Delmonico said structural engineers were called in to assess the damage after the over-loaded vehicle struck the frame of the crossing shortly after 10 p.m.

“We had the bridge shut down for quite a while,” he said, later adding, “The concern was that it had done major structural damage to the bridge. It was a really large, overheight, over-loaded machinery type of truck.”

Delmonico added that a few of the arms on the bridge were bent in the incident.

That was not the only unusual call firefighters dealt with in PoCo last weekend.

Another incident Saturday involved a truck hitting some wires on Lincoln Avenue, causing a fire at a nearby building.

“The wires the truck knocked out landed on a metal structure,” Delmonico said. “It energized the whole place, overloaded the system in the building and blew the panel.”

One person was treated for minor injuries. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Richmond RCMP Cpl. Dennis Hwang said the investigation is in its early stages but “speed is definitely a factor.”

Anyone with information

about the crash is asked to contact Const. Jenkins at 604278-1212 or Richmond_Tips@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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THE ENVIRONMENT

Concerns as river group is disbanded DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

A member of a citizens’ group that monitors the Coquitlam River says the Coquitlam River Aggregate Advisory Committee shouldn’t be disbanded because all the problems it set out to accomplish haven’t been solved.

Ian McArthur, a director with Coquitlam RiverWatch, was responding to an announcement last week that the city of Coquitlam was disbanding a task force of government and gravel mining operators established in 2000.

McArthur says he’s worried that problems with silt and runoff might surface again while the city maintains the group, which met twice a year, isn’t needed because sediment controls at gravel mines are now in place, monitoring is ongoing and another group has been established with a similar mandate.

“There is still going to be extremely robust eyes on the river,” said Coun. Terry O’Neill, who chaired the aggregate committee which wrapped up operations last month.

But McArthur, whose members walk sections of the river and report problems they see, said the committee should continue even if it only meets once a year to stay on top of issues resulting from gravel mining.

“I don’t believe all the problems this committee set out to accomplish have been solved.

The Coquitlam River silt issues have improved over the 20 years I have been directly involved but there is still room for improvement,” McArthur said in a statement.

Currently, two companies operate gravel mines on the river — Jack Cewe Ltd. and Allard Contractors — and O’Neill said water tests have shown the river is in good health; as well, it is no longer on the Outdoor Recreation Council’s list of most endangered rivers.

Retiring the committee was seen as a way to reduce duplication, he said, and monitoring will continue to take place through the city’s environmental services division and the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable, which has industry, government and citizens’ groups in its membership.

But McArthur is concerned the roundtable doesn’t have enough clout. “There needs to be agencies on the committee that know the regulations and are able to enforce them,” he said.

O’Neill said the city will continue to study turbidity in the river caused by sediment particles and two committees — one dealing with the environ-

ment and another that handles the economy — will have the gravel industry and river health in their mandates.

“That gives us three bodies that are going to be looking at the Coquitlam River and the aggregate industry. We are really well covered,” O’Neill said.

Among the committee’s accomplishments, according to the city, are improved sediment-management plans for each aggregate mine; management of runoff from Partridge, Mantle and Fulawka creek watersheds; stopping of four-wheel drive activity that was causing sediment run-off; changes to municipal specifications; and support and promotion of water quality testing. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Water quality testing is undertaken in the Coquitlam River. The city of Coquitlam has disbanded the Coquitlam River Aggregate Committee, saying that many of its objectives have been achieved. But a local advocacy group, Coquitlam RiverWatch, would like the committee of government and industry stakeholders to continue to provide oversight.

Notice of Public Hearing When: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 7pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C Port Moody Council is holding a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed bylaw (Bylaw No. 3069):

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How can I provide input?

1. If you believe your property is affected by this application, attend the meeting in person and submit comments directly to Council.

2. You can also send a submission in writing anytime before 12 noon on November 8, 2016. If you plan on sending your feedback ahead of time, email it to clerks@portmoody.ca or fax it to 604.469.4550.

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TRI-CITIES POLICING

Report to be released ARE YOUR continued from front page

Victor Kim, who lives in the same strata as the couple, posted a video of officers arresting the elderly man and woman, who appeared to be resisting.

Myung Ju Lee was seen on the video being dragged down the stairs to the hotel’s front door while his wife, Kap Su Lee, refused to stand up.

Throughout the incident, the couple’s five-year-old granddaughter could be seen and heard screaming and crying, and at one point flailing at the police officer as he tried to arrest the grandmother.

The CRCC’s Van Dusen said the public interest investigation will be led by CRCC investigators and will examine the conduct of the members involved in the incident and whether the response to the situation followed RCMP policy, practice and training. It will include interviews with witnesses and a review of all available RCMP records, relevant RCMP policy and other material, including video of the incident.

“When the CRCC’s investigation is complete, an interim report containing findings and recommendations will be sent to the RCMP for response,” she added. “Once the CRCC is in receipt of the RCMP’s response, a final report will be prepared and released publicly.”

Last Friday, the B.C. RCMP

FLOORS READY FOR SANTA? In a still from a video posted online by Victor Kim, a Coquitlam RCMP officer drags an elderly man down stairs after police were called to a contentious strata council meeting. asked the New Westminster Police Department to conduct an external investigation into the incident and the officers’ actions, including speaking with witnesses, the parties involved and examining video surveillance, said Acting Sgt. Jeff Scott in a release.

“We’re aware of the sensitivity of this investigation, and we’ll be providing a Koreanspeaking police officer to speak with those involved, and any other care that we have available to ensure a fair and thorough investigation is completed,” Scott said.

Supt. Sean Maloney, the top cop with Coquitlam RCMP, said in a statement he understands the public’s concern about the video and he has initiated a review into the officers’ actions,

including a further investigation into the reasons they were called to the meeting, but the RCMP has not released further information about whether the couple will face any charges.

The elderly couple were assessed by BC Ambulance paramedics and treated in hospital for scrapes and bruises.

They described in media reports being grabbed by the arm, kicked and pushed down the stairs, and said police would not answer their questions.

A spokesperson for the Independent Investigations Office of BC, which investigates incidents of serious injury or death involving police officers, said it will not be looking into the matter. spayne@tricitynews.com @spayneTC

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As getaway vehicles go, an ambulance may not be the most discrete choice. But somebody decided to steal one

anyway on Saturday morning.

The joyride was a brief one, however, with the thief managing to go only as far as from the 700-block of North Road in Coquitlam to the intersection of East Columbia and Nootka Street in New Westminster, about a four-minute drive.

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HALLOWEEN

Alex Hruswicki, a 17 year old amateur photographer from Port Coquitlam, spotted something worth shooting on Halloween. From his home in the Mary Hill area, overlooking Colony Farm Regional Park, he snapped this photo of a fireworks display.

No problems on Halloween for fire crews GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

It was a quiet Halloween for police and fire officials in the Tri-Cities.

Coquitlam Fire Chief Wade Pierlot said aside from a report early Tuesday morning about a small fire on Barnet Highway, the call volume was fairly low Monday night.

“We had one little incident where we had some rubbish set on fire,” he said. “Our crews managed to knock it down before it did any damage.”

Pierlot said the fact that Halloween was on a Monday and weather conditions were not ideal this year likely meant that most people enjoyed the event indoors.

“In my experience, those are the two biggest factors,” he said.

Things were also quiet in the rest of the Tri-Cities.

Port Moody Fire Chief Remo Faedo said while the sounds of crackling fireworks could be heard around the city throughout the night, the department did not deal with any fireworksrelated incidents. PoCo Fire Chief Nick Delmonico said call volume was low in his municipality Monday evening.

“I have noticed that there are a lot more families,” Faedo said.

“I am a grandparent now and I was out with my grandchildren.

It is like a family event now.”

The weekend was a bit busier, according to Coquitlam RCMP Const. Jamie Phillipson.

He told that while call volume was low on Monday (87 calls for service and no one taken into custody), the weekend saw 102 calls for service and three people were taken into custody.

“The busier of the two nights was definitely the Saturday,” Phillipson said. “I kind of anticipated that is how it was going to go… It left Monday entirely for the trick or treaters.”

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Coquitlam Remembers November 1 – 10, 2016 A Super Mario-style map now includes stations on the Evergreen Extension, set to open by Christmas.

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While the opening date for the Evergreen Extension is still unknown, the new line has officially been added to at least one popular transit map.

Dave Delisle from the design blog Dave’s Geeky Ideas has added the five Tri-City SkyTrain stations to his Super Mario 3 Bros.-themed map, which he created in 2011.

“On my way to work one day

on the SkyTrain, the system map above the doors struck me as similar in layout to a video game overworld,” he said in an email Wednesday. “It takes several hours to update the maps, usually done over a few days. I try not to rush things to maintain accuracy.”

Following the theme of the opening world in the popular 1988 video game, Delisle’s map identifies each of the SkyTrain stations in the network, along with castles at the terminus

of the lines at Lafarge LakeDouglas, Waterfront, YVR Airport, Richmond-Brighouse and King George. Along the way, there are transfer stations depicted as smaller castles as well as canoes to mark the SeaBus. The Metro Vancouver transit map, as well as maps for other systems in Toronto and San Francisco, are for sale through the Dave’s Geeky Ideas website (davesgeekyideas.com).

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TWO DEVELOPMENTS GET POCO OK Two bids for big housing developments got the green light from Port Coquitlam’s smart growth committee last week.

Boffo Properties plans to build a 45-unit townhouse complex at 2560 Pitt River Rd. — a 1.8-acre site near Reeve

Street the city sold last year for $5.4 million.

As well, Trillium Projects Management Ltd. plans to build a 57-unit, four-storey apartment block in the downtown core, at 2356-2378 Atkins Ave. Laura Lee Richard, PoCo’s

director of development services, said the committee has the authority to grant development permit applications to both companies without seeking city council consideration. jcleugh@tricitynews.com @jcleughTC

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Seniors living in long-term care homes across the province are being interviewed for their opinions on the care their individual facilities provide.

It’s an ambitious undertaking of the province’s Seniors Advocate and an unprecedented undertaking, according to project manager Lillian Parsons.

“This provincial project will visit all 27,000 residents in 303 care homes in B.C.,” Parsons said. “So far we have completed interviews with 10,000 residents, including 30 of the 70 homes in Fraser Health region.”

The goal is to find out if care home residents are living meaningful lives, with questions about food, activities, privacy, dignity and the opportunity to make friends.

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British Columbia’s Seniors’ Advocate is surveying the 27,000 residents in 303 care homes across the province to gauge the quality of care they’re receiving. their most frequent visitor, who will receive a mail-in version of the survey to contribute their impressions of the care facilities to the project.

While the individual responses will be kept private, the overall results will be made public by the Seniors Advocate’s office. The Seniors Advocate will also use these results to make recommendations to the Ministry of Health.

The project team has recruited about 500 volunteers

to perform the surveys and they are now reaching out for more help. The volunteers sign up for about 30 hours of work over six to eight weeks in their own communities, and those 30 hours include eight hours of training in administering the surveys.

Parsons is aiming at wrapping up the project by February and welcomes inquiries from prospective volunteers. More information is available online at surveybcseniors.org.

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Language & de-escalation skills needed for Mounties A video released last Friday of Coquitlam RCMP officers trying to arrest an elderly couple is awkward, embarrassing and represents a bit of a black eye for the force.

But people shouldn’t be too quick in labelling the less-than ideal response to the couple’s lack of cooperation during the incident at a Coquitlam hotel as police brutality.

The police could have done a better job in deescalating the situation.

There could have been injuries and it was more luck than skill that the incident didn’t end more seriously.

Many people will jump to the defence of the police, who were obviously dealing with folks who were uncooperative. It’s likely a fact of life in the force that people don’t want to be taken away in a police car but when

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the people are older and English is not their first language, problems can obviously arise.

Coquitlam is a multicultural city and there will be times when police will

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diverse and so there are benefits to having police officers who can speak multiple languages and who may be able to assist.

Instead, we have a video showing a takedown of two older people where translation services may have calmed the situation.

Still, there may be something we don’t know from seeing this video. As the city’s mayor pointed out on Facebook, the RCMP are well trained and may have had their own reasons for handling the situation the way they did.

It’s likely the New Westminster Police and B.C. RCMP investigations will get to the bottom of this, although it is not known whether the results will be made public.

We hope the result will be recommendations that will aid the police in defusing similar situations in the future.

YOU SAY “Balancing a budget and satisfying developer donations by selling off public lands (assets) that were set aside for mental health by a past generation is immoral to say the least.”

Bill Willson comments on FB about a letter slamming province for its position on the Riverview lands

“How have we allowed coldhearted cost recovery to take precedence over our obligation to look after each other? We are in the midst of a mental health crisis. ” Nancy Furness’ FB comment on the Riverview letter

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The Editor, Re. “SD43 lags in perstudent funding” (The Tri-City News, Oct. 7).

“The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities states students shall receive the support required, within the general education system, to facilitate their effective education.”

On Oct. 4, the provincial government announced that it will be investing $1 million in special needs programs at independent schools.

In general, I am a big fan of investment in education but this particular investment announcement is counterintuitive when we look at the fact School District 43, along with many others, is not able to keep up with the demand for services such as mental health supports, which are growing in demand as more vulnerable youth enter the district, which is leading to hospitalizations.

In the referenced ar-

The Editor, Re. “Irvine parents want a new, safe school” (The Tri-City News, Oct. 21).

When I read Port Coquitlam Trustee Judy Shirra’s comment in the referenced article cautioning me and other parents not to engage in “fearmongering” — thus implying that we were — my first reaction was to fire back, get angry.

But then I played with my dog for a few minutes, took a walk and reconsidered what I should say in response. And I started to do what I always tell my kids to do when they are in conflict. I asked myself two simple questions. The first is: “What is true here?” In the group we’ve formed to raise awareness and advocate for seismic mitigation and safety for BC children, what is the truth of what we’ve done?

We’ve researched. We’ve spoken out at parent advisory council meetings. We started a Facebook group and written letters and emails. We hosted an information night.

We’ve handed out fact sheets with facts taken right from the B.C. government’s own website and from research conducted by

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ticle, the acting head of the Coquitlam Teachers’ Association outlined how much of a difference even having someone to co-ordinate mental health services would make to SD43 students and teachers. According to Inclusion BC, there are “58,000 students in BC who require these supports but whose families either cannot afford private school or who are committed to an inclusive public education for their children” — and this investment goes to support a very small number of students.

I understand the argument that having private schools gives parents choice and I respect their choices. But I pay my taxes to fund public

education, which is supposed to benefit the majority of the children in the province, many of whom are seeing less funding for even the most of the simple supports they need, such as meal programs.

Public education needs funding so that all of our children have the opportunity to thrive, even if they were not born into the most affluent of circumstances.

The BC Liberal government announced a surplus this year and, at the end of 2015, it decided not to continue with a higher tax bracket for the province’s top earners despite B.C. having the country’s highest concentration of wealth in its top 10%. It then invests in private schools and has the nerve to say that there is not enough funding available for our public school systems?

Surely there is enough funding available to invest in all our children’s futures if we have the political will to do so.

Amy Lubik, Port Moody

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Parents Tara Tait, Diane Currie Sam and Alisha Delver are worried about the safety of Irvine elementary school in an earthquake. the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC and the Civil Engineering Department at UBC. I wonder if Ms. Shirra is going to call the UBC Department of Civil Engineering “fearmongering” because, wow, check out its website.

We put goofy homemade cardboard “bricks” on our heads and took a few pictures.

We needed media attention. A bit of a stunt, sure, but is it going to strike fear in the hearts of parents and children everywhere?

I doubt it. Let’s not forget, thousands of children all over the province just participated in

earthquake drills — do you consider that “fearmongering”?

What else is true here?

The use of the word “fearmongering” implies that we are engaging in a fear-based campaign that is exaggerating or lying about the real dangers.

Using that word is a way of shaming us and silencing us.

That is not what we’ve done and Ms. Shirra, you do us and the children of this province a disservice by implying that we have.

You are our elected representative and I expected better.

Diane Currie Sam, Port Coquitlam

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Coquitlam’s Pinetree project lights up tonight Coquitlam will unveil its newest plaza when it lights up a column at city hall tonight (Wednesday) at 6:35 p.m.

The decorative entryway is part of the City Hall Plaza, located on the southwest corner of Pinetree and Guildford ways, and marks the completion of the Pinetree Way enhancement project.

According to a city press release, a narrated walking tour will following the unveiling, “showcasing the new multi-use pathway with customized design and lighting features that have been constructed below the Evergreen Extension.”

The Pinetree Way enhancement work has been done in conjunction with construc-

tion on the new SkyTrain line and the Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station, located next to the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

The centrepiece of the new plaza is the 15 m tall column with more than 2,000 LED bulbs. It has a range of programmable effects, which will be used to mark rapid transit arrivals and celebrate holidays and city events.

There are also a variety of pedestrian pathway improvements, seating and landscaping, improved signage and lighting and bus stops that will be featured on the walk. The event will take place rain or shine.

Other news: Coquitlam residents with a few extra leaves to dispose of

this season can put them out on trash pickup days through Nov. 25.

Trimmings must be placed in kraft paper bags or in bundles (with branches less than 7.5 cm in diameter and no more than 1 m in length), or in old garbage cans with a Green Can sticker attached. The bundles and containers must not block sidewalks, lanes or streets, and should weigh no more than 20 kg. Sod, rocks, soil and plastic bags are not accepted.

The extra service should be reserved for yard trimmings; food scraps should be kept in the green carts and not set out until the morning of pickup. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

HEALTH CARE

Health Care Hackathon tonight Is public health care sick or just ailing, and what can be done to fix it?

Those are questions a group of advocates and researchers are asking as they host a panel discussion on the future of public health care in Canada tonight (Wednesday) at Coquitlam Public Library’s City

Centre branch.

Organizer Amy Lubik, who is a cancer researcher, said the No-Tech Health Care Hackathon was sparked by Dr. Brian Day’s legal fight for private health care now in B.C. Supreme Court.

Speakers include Paola Ardilles, president of the Public

Health Association of BC; Edith MacHattie, co-chair of the BC Health Coalition; and Kofi Bonnie of the Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing Program.

• The No-Tech Healthcare Hackathon takes place Nov. 2 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Coquitlam Public Library, 1169 Pinetree Way, Room 136-137.

Pruning and removing hazard trees and plants Belcarra Protecting our power lines When: Time:

October 21 to December 30, 2016 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

As important as they are, trees and other plants can cause significant power interruptions. Contact between trees and power lines can be very dangerous, which is why over the next few months, we’ll be pruning and removing trees and other plants in the Belcarra area.

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At BC Hydro, we ensure trees and plants are pruned using the best arboriculture (tree care) practices possible. We employ skilled workers— trained in both electrical safety and plant care—who only use proper techniques to eliminate safety hazards.

To learn more about this work, please contact Jeff Hill at 604 459 8809.

For more information about our vegetation management practices, please visit bchydro.com/trees.

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Businesses that Coquitlam Express Auto Body

or close to 30 years, Coquitlam Express Auto Body has been offering collision and other auto body repairs to the community of Coquitlam.

“My motto is always ‘A happy client is a satisfied client,’” says Mike Khan, owner of Coquitlam Express Auto Body.

“We pride ourselves on making sure our clients are always 100% satisfied.”

The family-owned and operated business is conveniently located near the Trans-Canada Highway in Coquitlam.

Mike and his team offer a full-service collision centre, including professional paint and auto body repair work.

Deeply connected to the Coquitlam community, Coquitlam Express Auto Body is also interested in taking care of the environment.

“We recycle the parts and supplies that we use in the shop,” Mike explains. “We were one of the first body shops in B.C. to take a “green” approach to auto body work by using water-based paints in the refinishing process.”

Coquitlam Express Auto Body is an ICBC-approved body shop and is an authorized Express Service location.

Book an appointment and Mike and his

team will assess the damages and submit an insurance claim to ICBC or another insurance company on your behalf.

“We can even arrange a replacement vehicle for you,” Mike notes. “From the day we opened, we’ve been committed to a high standard of customer service.”

Repeat customers are at the heart of Coquitlam Express Auto Body’s success.

“We have a reputation with our customers for honesty, fairness, and excellent work,” says Mike. “It’s what keeps customers coming back.”

For more information on Coquitlam Express Auto Body and their services call 778.398.1777, check out their website at coquitlamexpressautobody.com, email coquitlamexpress@shaw.ca or visit the shop at #9-910 Tupper Avenue, Coquitlam.

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Airbnb rentals help local economy: study

Public Notice of Open Houses Brunette Interchange Project

The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure invites the public to attend one of two open houses regarding proposed improvements to the Brunette Interchange at Highway 1 in Coquitlam.

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The public will have the opportunity to preview options for the interchange and to provide feedback on each option. Ministry staff will be available to provide information and answer questions.

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As B.C. cities grapple with options to regulate Airbnb, the online vacation rental broker has released a study that argues the money hosts collect has large positive ripple effects throughout the economy.

The economic impact study

by University of Victoria business professor Brock Smith for Airbnb focused on Vancouver, which intends to require business licences for all Airbnb operators, and use of primary residences only in a bid to stem what local politicians fear is a shift of long-term rental housing to lucrative vacation rentals.

It found the 267,000 Airbnb guests who stayed in Vancouver in the 12 months ended Aug. 31 spent nearly $180 million with local businesses, generating more than $400 million in total economic activity once spinoff effects are included.

Smith calculated that the spending by guests support the equivalent of 9,100 full-time jobs and $32 million in municipal taxes for the City of Vancouver.

The projected impacts drop considerably if a more conservative measure is used. The specific economic benefit is the spending that would never have been made had guests not been able to book through Airbnb, and Smith pegs that number at a more modest $23 million, supporting 518 full-time equivalent jobs and $1.8 million in local taxes.

Smith said the economic impact of Airbnb in other communities in B.C., such as Victoria, would likely be proportional to the results for Vancouver, depending on the relative degree

The drop-in open houses are scheduled for the following dates: Wednesday, November 2, 2016 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Maillard Middle School 1300 Rochester Avenue, Coquitlam, B.C. Thursday, November 3, 2016 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Sapperton Pensioners Hall 318 Keary Street, New Westminster, B.C. For those unable to attend an open house, the information presented will be posted on the ministry’s web site.

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Vancouver attracted 267,000 Airbnb guests between September of 2015 and August of 2016. of local Airbnb activity.

“The average visitor in Vancouver was spending about $151 per person per day and that’s very consistent with a Tourism Victoria exit survey,” Smith said in an interview.

Airbnb stays represent less than 3% of the nine million annual tourists to Vancouver.

The average host earns $6,500 a year and the average guest pays $60 per night, according to Airbnb. Most bookings in Vancouver were for entire homes.

Other communities across B.C., from Tofino to Nelson, have either regulated Airbnb or are weighing options.

An Airbnb official told a forum at the Union of BC Municipalities convention in September the booking platform was willing to collect and remit accommodation taxes in cities that require them.

Local politicians at that forum were warned Airbnb rentals are accelerating a crisis of scarce rental housing in

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many communities, and were urged to regulate the rapidly growing phenomenon to protect housing for residents, students and workers.

Since then, Airbnb has mounted a major advertising blitz as Vancouver council prepares to pass regulations. jnagel@blackpress.ca @jeffnagel

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Since 1980, volunteers with the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club and Grist Goeson Memorial Hatchery have been raising salmon for the Coquitlam River under the auspices of the PoCo and District Hunting and Fishing Club. Right: John Martin and Dave Belgrove beat the water to scare fish upstream and into the net. Left: Rick LaJambe and Tony Matahlija show a 12 kg chinook that was released.

PART 5: THE COQUITLAM RIVER

Chinook, coho & volunteers on the river 36 years of aiding the salmon on the Coquitlam River DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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n a cold November day when many Tri-City residents will be warming up over a coffee, going to work or getting in some early Christmas shopping, a dozen or more people will be up to their thighs in the frigid, rushing waters of the Coquitlam River.

They’ll be hauling spawning chinook and coho salmon out of the river by net and, in some cases, fishing rod to get enough

males and females to obtain thousands of salmon eggs needed for hatchery operations.

The fall scene is played out in every river and stream in B.C. where hatcheries have been established by Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Salmonid Enhancement Program for the conservation and management of B.C. salmon stocks.

And in Coquitlam, at the Tri-Cities’ largest hatchery, operated by the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club, it’s a ritual that has been taking place for 36 years, resulting in the resurgence of the river’s salmon population.

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Coquitlam, the hatchery volunteers were waiting for tomorrow (Nov. 3), when they can go in the river to catch up to 150 adult coho spawners as well as a number of chinook depending on the size of the run — if there are too few, the hatchery will have to import eggs from the Vedder River.

The group is hoping to collect 80,000 salmon eggs and will return to the river each Thursday wearing life preservers and hip waders to collect the number allotted them by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

Now is when the coho return to Coquitlam River, along with chum and chinook, and it will take several days for volunteers to catch enough spawning salmon. To make sure they

BY THE NUMBERS

Recent run sizes in the Coquitlam River: • 3,000 to 4,000 chinook • 15,000 to 40,000 chum • 3,000 to 4,000 coho • 8,000 to 12,000 pink • 100 to 200 steelhead • 2 to 6 sockeye – source: PCDHFC Hatchery operations (pcdhfc.com/hatchery.htm)

don’t deplete a run and to ensure diversity, they’ll head to different areas of the river on different days. The River Springs subdivision, where the river is accessible, is a popular spot.

But it’s a risky business, and not for those who don’t can’t take the cold. Volunteers some-

times fall into the river and the weather is usually bad but everyone gets involved in the task.

“The younger, stronger guys go across,” jokes Norm Fletcher, volunteer hatchery co-ordinator, describing how the net is drawn across the river, with volunteers beating rocks with sticks downriver to steer

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Left: Mike Jensen and Dave Belgrove untangle the net they will use to catch salmon brood stock, the eggs and milt, the next generation to be raised at the Grist Goeson Memorial Hatchery, which is the largest salmon hatchery in the Tri-Cities. Right: A tiny coho smolt.

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It’s ‘nature in action’ for volunteers continued from page 18

“You might have to buy a new line,” said Fletcher. “The fish are experts at using the current. That adds considerably to the weight on the line.”

Still, the volunteers look forward to the day they will get to work capturing the adult returning salmon with nets, rods, special bags for transporting them, oxygen cylinders and water tanks all ready for the job.

Once the fish are caught, they are stored in tanks until the female’s eggs are ready to be released and mixed with the fertilizing milt from spawning male salmon.

The eggs are placed in trays for incubation, with volunteers

taking turns to feed the fish once they hatch.

Months later — in April for the chinook fry, the following June for coho — the salmon will be released into the Coquitlam River for their journey out to the ocean.

Hopefully, a good many will return.

Today, though, the Port Coquitlam and District volunteers are keeping their eyes on the river, watching the weather and taking a close look at the fish that have already returned home to continue the cycle of life.

“I love it,” Jensen said. “It’s nature in action.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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The City also extends a Thank You to the project team including: Wilco Civil Inc., ISL Engineering & Land Services Ltd., EOS Lightmedia Corporation, 3DS Three Dimensional Services Inc., Jack Cewe Ltd., Bay Hill Contracting Ltd., DMD & Associates Ltd., GLE Landscape & Irrigation Ltd., Coquitlam Concrete (1993) Ltd., and Pattison Outdoor Advertising.

Pinetree Way is a key part of the City’s plans for accommodating our current needs and future growth, and our vision of the City Centre as a lively community hub.

This project redesigned the stretch of Pinetree Way between Lougheed Highway and Town Centre Boulevard, bringing improvements to traffic flow and safety while creating an appealing, functional streetscape designed to encourage people to walk, cycle, use transit and gather in the City Centre.

Join us for the lighting up of Pinetree Way, Gateway to the City Centre: NOV. 2, 2016 • 6:30 – 8 P.M. “FLIP THE SWITCH” AT 6:45 P.M. Coquitlam City Hall Plaza, 3000 Guildford Way NOTE: This is an outdoor event, rain or shine, please dress appropriately and bring your umbrella.

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Yes, books for that election A GOOD READ TERESA REHMAN

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t was depressing returning home at the end of September to face the rain, the dampness and the cold temperatures after a warm-weather vacation. But the thought of following the final stretch of one of the most bizarre U.S. presidential elections soon warmed my spirits.

If you would like some in-depth insight into the two presidential candidates, you may want to read some of the following books.

Living History and Hard Choices are two comprehensive and absorbing reads by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The former is an interesting and lively narrative of her personal life: her childhood, education, marriage, years as first lady and New York senator. Hard Choices is a detailed documentation of her tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to ’13, during which she visited 112 countries and travelled nearly one million miles.

Much of the mudslinging centres around two issues: the means by which the Clintons have increased their wealth and funded their Foundation and Donald Trump’s behaviour to people in general. In Clinton, Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine, Weekly Standard reporter Daniel

Halper compiles a wealth of research to reveal how the Clintons rebuilt their reputations (after they had left the White House) and reconstructed their political ambitions to position themselves for even greater success.

During this campaign, many admit they just don’t like Hillary.

In a recent TV interview, Oprah Winfrey spoke to them directly, “She’s not coming over to your house. You don’t have to like her. Do you like this country?”

Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary, may shed some light as to why some resent Hillary.

Bestselling author Edward Klein discloses startling revelations, more about scandals and less about accomplishments, raising questions about whether Hillary is suitable for the most powerful office in the world.

Trump has written, with others, numerous books on the sub-

ject of his expertise: marketing strategies, effective leadership, business acumen, amassing wealth, real estate investments.

But in The America we Deserve, published in 2000, we can see the beginning of Trump’s political aspirations. His 2015 book, Crippled America: How to make America Great Again, is a printed documentation of much of what he says daily on his campaign to become president of the U.S. Because we have formed our own opinions about Trump from what he says and what we see and hear on the media, those of us who might be interested in his story might well consider two recent biographical titles by Pulitzer Prize-winning Newsday journalist Michael D’Antonio.

Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success and The Truth about Trump are both well-researched stories of Trump from his beginnings as a businessman to business icon, his celebrity status, his stormy romances and his insatiable drive for power on many levels.

Another recent, comprehensive biography worth considering is Trump Revealed: An American Journey of Ambition, Ego, Money, and Power by a team of Washington Post journalists, including Michael Kranish and Marc Fisher. Two copies of this title are on order at CPL and can be put on hold.

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Boire peels back the pages of Maillardville’s history JANIS CLEUGH The Tri-CiTy News

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n 2009, as Coquitlam’s French-Canadian neighbourhood celebrated its 100th year, the Maillardville Residents’ Association (MRA) shined a spotlight on its pioneers and places.

Through its website, it paid tribute to 100 of Maillardville’s stalwart citizens as well as offered 100 things to see and do and 100 trivia nuggets about the area.

Longtime resident and MRA president Alain Boire took on the history part of the project with the aim to roll out 10 short biographies each month on a specific decade. He remembers the first half of the century being tough to source out.

Certain names came easily, such as Fr. Edmond Maillard — a young oblate from France, for whom the neighbourhood is named — and Emery Paré, Maillardville’s first police chief.

But gathering 10 new names a month posed a problem.

As the Poirier branch of the Coquitlam Public Library was closed for renovations, Boire drove over to the Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam to conduct his research.

Luckily, as the Tri-Cities has continuously had a newspaper in operation since 1911, Boire accessed microfilms showing archival stories published in the Coquitlam Star.

There were articles about this new enclave called Maillardville in Coquitlam sprouting up around the sawmill in Fraser Mills, which at the time was within the boundaries of New Westminster.

Boire dropped his historical project but returned to it about three years later to do more digging. Again, he shelved it.

But it was restarted earlier this year as the city of Coquitlam marked its 125th anniversary.

Next week, Boire will launch his finished product: a 332-page paperback titled With Hearts and Minds: Maillardville, 100 Years of History on the West

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Longtime Maillardville resident Al Boire with his debut historical book With Hearts and Minds: Maillardville, 100 Years of History on the West Coast of B.C. Boire self-published the paperback via Amazon. He is pictured outside Place Maillardville and Our Lady of Lourdes.

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On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Al Boire will unveil his debut book With Hearts and Minds: Maillardville, 100 Years of History on the West Coast of BC. The event takes place at 7 p.m. at Centre Bel Age (in Place Maillardville community centre, 1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam).

Coast of BC. The tome is the first historical book solely about Maillardville.

And it is dedicated, in part, to Jean Lambert — a Maillardville pioneer and a Freedom of the City recipient — and contains an index by Maurice Guibord of Société historique francophone de la Columbie-Britannique.

It also contains a timeline and information provided by Emily Lonie, Coquitlam’s archivist, and Bernie Théroux, a Pitt Meadows resident who is the grandson of Théodore Théroux.

Théodore Théroux is often referred to as the night watchman at Fraser Mills but he played a bigger role in the development of Maillardville, Boire writes in his book.

In 1909, after Alexander Duncan McRae and his company purchased the Fraser River Lumber Company, Théroux and Fr. William Patrick O’Boyle (a representative of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver), were tasked with bringing 100 men from Quebec to work at the mill.

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Théroux and O’Boyle offered the French-Canadians the opportunity to make higher wages, year round. They also offered cheap land to build homes for their families, on District Lot 46 — the parcel bought by the company from the district of Coquitlam to house its workers — later known as Maillardville.

Most importantly, they also promised them they could keep their language and culture.

The “experiment” of recruiting Quebecois was watched closely. Théroux himself wrote to premier Richard McBride about his journeys — the second happening in May 1910, when he had the help of a 16-year-old bilingual newspaper seller at an Ontario train station named Jean-Baptiste “Johnny” Dicaire. In his book,

Boire provides Théroux’s complete list of settlers from his 1909 and 1910 “colonization” groups — a total of 385 “souls,” he wrote to the premier.

Still, Boire’s events-based book also provides tales about Maillardville’s golden years — the 1940s, when it had its own cinema — and its decline in the 1970s.

A Centennial graduate and former executive director of Place Maillardville, Boire said he enjoyed delving into the past of his hometown.

“It was a lot of fun doing it,” he said. “It was like a treasure hunt for me.”

• Copies of With Hearts and Minds: Maillardville, 100 Years of History on the West Coast of BC will be available at Al Boire’s book launch on Nov. 8 and via amazon.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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More festivals and events, public art and stage plays are coming to Port Coquitlam.

At least that’s what the public wants from the city, which last week officially launched Imagine Port Coquitlam — a new high-level document that aims to shape the arts, culture and heritage scenes over the next decade.

Last Wednesday night, Mayor Greg Moore, city councillors, consultant Patricia Huntsman and the city’s new arts and culture programs manager, Carrie Nimmo, presented the vision before a select crowd. But they also invited artists and stakeholders to be a part of the vision by joining a new cultural roundtable.

Nimmo, who will facilitate the meetings, told The Tri-City News the roundtable’s first gathering will be held on Nov. 24 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Leigh Square; it is expected to meet up to 10 times a year. “The format will be open and we are looking for diverse representation from the community,” Nimmo said, adding a dozen representatives have already signed up.

Still, “we are looking for a few more members to represent specific areas such as young people in theatre and music.

The cultural roundtable will be an opportunity to network, share ideas and resources and work together to develop new cultural initiatives.”

Imagine Port Coquitlam also calls for a new festivals committee, an external body that will look at organizing current and future events.

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Everybody remembers when Donny Osmond came to town.

It was in the mid-1990s when the iconic superstar donned his costume to play the title role in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

His performance was so sensational that three versions of the musical theatre act were produced in the region over the next few years.

After that, “everybody was a little Joseph-ed out,” said Port Coquitlam’s Chad Matchette, owner and artistic director of the Lindbjerg Academy of the Performing Arts in Coquitlam.

Three years ago, Matchette — along with fellow Tri-City residents Patti Volk, Melissa Assalone and Brent Hughes — formed Align Entertainment.

Its first two shows — Shrek: The Musical and The Addams Family — both clinched Ovation Awards and, this year, Align will start a new tradition: showcasing two large-scale musicals per season.

In February, it will host The Little Mermaid but, starting Friday, it begin its Joseph run.

Matchette said enough time has passed since the last Joseph show in Metro Vancouver.

“There have been a lot of graduates who have never done it,” he said. “There are kids who have never seen it….

The Donny Osmond impact was great but we haven’t seen it for at least seven years locally and it’s such a crowd favourite.”

Matchette’s own wife, Erin,

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Chase Padgett wanted to improve on Six Guitars, his one-man show that played at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre last year and won rave reviews across North America.

But his new script wasn’t working out.

The Florida native had debuted his second oneman show, titled Nashville Hurricane, at the Orlando Fringe Festival in 2012 and “it wasn’t well received,” he remembered. “I felt like I could do even better.”

By 2013, Padgett had rewritten the entire story with his mentor Jay Hopkins — except for one line, he said — and, by the time the Calgary and Edmonton fringe festivals rolled around that summer, he was clinching accolades again.

This year, the Portland resident returned to the Edmonton International Fringe Festival where, for the second time, Nashville Hurricane scooped the coveted Best of Fringe award.

Asked about his winning formula, Padgett described it in simple terms: “You have to reach back into the person for good storytelling. That’s the key to good writing and performing.”

In Nashville Hurricane,

COURTESY OF CHASE PADGETT

Portland, Ore., actor and musician Chase Padgett plays Henry — aka Nashville Hurricane — in his second one-man show, at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre next week. which Padgett will present at the Evergreen next week, he imagines four people for his 1970s melodrama: an angry manager, a miserable mother, a downtrodden blues musician and Henry, a country music prodigy who — although it is never fully disclosed — has autism.

Henry, Padgett said, gets “conned” into showing off

his talents. Still, he does it because he’s a good son and wants to help out his broke mother.

“He has to find the confidence to break free,” Padgett said of his character who he also describes as a reflection of himself. “It’s a story of being pulled in a direction that you don’t want to go in and the world is telling you something

else.”

Padgett himself had an interesting direction growing up down south. He told The Tri-City News his path was set while touring Universal Studios as a child, when a voice in a fountain told him to study improv in Orlando.

That he did while attending the University of Central Florida. He worked at the Sak Comedy Lab, the starting place for the careers of Emmyaward winner Wayne Brady and Paul Vogt (Mad TV), and where he also collaborated with Hopkins, his high school buddy.

Padgett graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music in 2007 and later worked at Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.

Now, he tours Canada and the U.S. with his two one-man hits. He calls the Canadian fringe festival circuit “really special. It’s one of the few places in the world where, if you don’t have a manager, you can still do your show in a cost-effective way to build momentum. And you can still get 100% of the door.”

• Nashville Hurricane runs Nov. 10 to 12 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Tickets are $33/$28/$15 by calling the box office at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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The musical director of Coquitlam’s Gleneagle secondary is turning 50.

And Ed Trovato wants the community to come to his milestone party — with proceeds from his celebration to support his Cuba Project.

Trovato, who in 2011 won the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence, wants to bring three top Cuban student musicians from the Fine Arts School in Matanzas to Canada in 2018. Tickets for Trovato’s birthday bash on Nov. 26 at the Rocky Point Taphouse are $25 and includes a burger and beverage. The Inlet Jazz Band and 3CityJazz Ensemble will entertain. To attend, email etrovato@sd43.bc.ca by Nov. 19.

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Christmas is just around the corner.

And PoCo Heritage is calling on Port Coquitlam businesses to get into the spirit by joining its fourth annual Christmas Tree Festival, a fundraiser for the arts and culture group that’s sponsored in part by The Tri-City News.

Eighty cheerful trees went up around the city last year, with the public invited to look for clues on various ornaments for a chance to win prizes in a scavenger hunt. Retailers and community groups can register their trees before the Nov. 14 deadline via pocoheritage.org

or by contacting Pippa at 604941-8465 or emailing pippav@ pocoheritage.org.

SHARE-ING SONG

Singers with the Coquitlam Celebration Choir — a performance ensemble started six years ago to share music and raise money for charity — will host its next show Nov. 26. The group, under the direction of Jonathan Wiltse, will have its concert at the St. Laurence Anglican (825 St. Laurence St., Coquitlam) to benefit Share.

The event is at 7:30 p.m.

Meanwhile, the choir is accepting new members; rehearsals are on Tuesday nights from September to late May. Visit coquitlamcelebrationchoir.com or email coquitlamcelebrationchoir@gmail.com.

BIDDING OVER

Place des Arts’ inaugural online auction to collect funds for subsidized youth arts programs met its goal — and more.

The Maillardville arts hub had set a target of $5,000 for its two-week auction, which ran last month through the software program 32auctions. com; however, once bidding took off, organizers raised their total to $7,500. Last Friday, after selling out of every item the auction closed with $8,300 in the coffers. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Royals come up short in PacWest final Douglas College falls to VIU in championship GARY MCKENNA

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Coquitlam Metro-Ford SC improved its record to 5-1 this season after defeating Mountain United 3-2 at Town Centre Park on Saturday in under-17 B.C. Premier League Soccer.

The Douglas College Royals women’s soccer team were one win away from repeating as PacWest provincial champion.

But the VIU Mariners had other ideas.

A goal from Madeline Dawson scored in the 29th minute was all the Vancouver Island squad needed to knock off the defending champions in the finals on Saturday, punching their ticket to the national championships.

Douglas College will also head to the national tournament as a wild card team.

The Royals had a lot of momentum heading into Saturday’s game and the club moved the ball well.

When they fell behind in the first half, they came out of the intermission determined to find the equalizing goal, pinning the Mariners in their own end for much of the match.

However, the team never found an equalizer thanks in large part to the play of Emily Rowbotham, who earned allstar honours with VIU as the top goalkeeper in the tournament.

Despite the loss, two Douglas College players received individual honours, with Sam Kell named top defender and Michelle Wessa named top midfielder.

The tournament got off to a strong start for the Royals.

The club downed the

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Capilano Blues 2-1 in a thrilling extra-time victory on Friday afternoon to earn their spot in the championship finals.

Andrea Perrotta, a Royals player and PacWest women’s player of the year, scored in the first half before the Blues responded with a marker of their own in the 40th minute.

The game stayed knotted at 1-1 until Taylor Wetting scored the game winner in extra time.

Douglas College’s men’s soccer team wasn’t able to win a provincial championship either.

After downing VIU in the opening match 3-2, the team fell 4-2 in the finals to the Capilano Blues, who took their second straight title.

Royals player Miley Dhilion was named top defender in the tournament for his work in the Douglas College end. sports@tricitynews.com

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Centennial Centaur Uriah Hestdalen carries the ball during a 37-7 win over the visiting Kelowna Owls last weekend. Centennial is currently in second place in the eastern conference behind the Terry Fox Ravens. Both teams will face off against each other on Friday, Nov. 11, at Percy Perry Stadium at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park. Kick off is at 7 p.m.

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Uriah Hestdalen had two touchdowns and 14 carries as the Centennial Centaurs defeated the Kelowna Owls in AAA high school football at Percy Perry Stadium last weekend.

The Cents player carried for 75 yards in the 37-7 victory, which has put the Coquitlam club one win behind the eastern conference leading Terry Fox Ravens.

Keon Fuoco also contributed to the win with two touchdowns, while Nic Greene had a touchdown and ran the ball five times for 70 yards.

“Overall, we played well and balanced on offence,” said Centaurs head coach Eric Taylor. “[We] ran the ball well and had a good passing game… Our defence played strong all game as they have all season.”

The game gave Taylor an opportunity to get some of the

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junior varsity players into the mix, with Grade 9 and 10 students contributing to the win.

“It was great to get a chance for us to get some of our young JVs in the game and get them some quality reps,” he said.

Quarterback Max Kennedy had completed 14 of 25 passes for 222 yards and ran the ball six times for 34 yards.

The young QB made good use of his receivers.

Green had three receptions for 42 yards and Fuoco had five receptions for 88 yards, however Ryoyu Inoue also hauled in some passes (three receptions for 44 yards) along with Mak Stephens (one reception for 18 yards) and Hestdalen (one reception for 13 yards).

The Centaurs had a strong game on the defensive side of the ball.

Chaise Schellenberg had an

interceptions while Kymani Guy had three sacks and Joe Bianchi and Stephens each had two. Dominec Macri had seven tackles in the game.

The Terry Fox Ravens also notched another win last week.

The Port Coquitlam squad defeated Surrey’s Lord Tweedsmuir 40-6 to improve their record to 6-0 in the regular season.

On Friday, Centennial and Terry Fox will square off at Percy Perry Stadium at Coquitlam’s Town Centre for the final game of the regular season. Kick off is at 7 p.m.

After that, the teams will hunker down for the Fraser Valley playdowns with the AAA high school football provincials held at the end of the month. sports@tricitynews.com @TriCityNews

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Diane passed away peacefully at the Crossroads Hospice in Port Moody on September 29, 2016 after being diagnosed with brain cancer in July.

Diane will be fondly remembered and sorrowfully missed by her children Robert McKenzie, Heather Arkley, Arlie Picton, Brian & Ian Smith, as well as her numerous friends and extended family living throughout the country. Diane was best known for her entertaining conversation with “colourful” adjectives used to emphasize her points. Diane was kind and protective to those fortunate enough to be welcomed to her inner circle and demonstrated her charitable nature and big heart by donating her time in volunteering at the Coquitlam Thrift Store which raises proceeds for the Crossroads Hospice. Diane has now been reunited with her soul mate David Milton Smith whom she had lost on April 30, 2013.

Diane was loved and will be missed! A celebration of life will be hosted by Heather on Saturday, November 5, 2016 from 10 am to 6 pm in Coquitlam.

SHOLUND, G. Alvin November 3, 1919 − October 23, 2016 G. Alvin Sholund, a long time resident and community pioneer of Port Moody and IOCO passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 23, 2016. Alvin had a good 97 years. He is survived by his wife, Nellie, his daughters Christine (Denny) and Pauline, two granddaughters Kimberley (Dan) and Jennifer and two great granddaughters Madison and Ellie. Below is a tribute to the man we all loved and admired.

A Grandpa’s Love He opened up worlds Adventures on foot Mysteries solved in one hour Ancient garbage dumps The Last Spike Old growth forest He opened my eyes Chemistry’s excitement Biology’s infinity The dynamics of physics Environmental wonders Science without boundaries

Kim passed away on October 18, 2016, predeceased by her husband, Reg McKinley, one month prior. She is survived by her daughters Erin Edwards and Nicole Perkes, stepsons Ryan and Mark McKinley, parents Marlene and Robert Wiens, and beloved dog Luci. Kim was a phenomenal cook, a caring nurse, and the most nurturing mother. We will remember her vibrant laugh, beautiful smile, animated storytelling, and flamboyant clothes! A private service will be held.

Condolences can be sent to kdm.memorial@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to SHARE Society in her name.

There will be no service by Al’s request. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, www.erhf.ca.

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Req’d for weeding, planting, harvesting & grading vegetables. This job involves hard work; bending, lifting, standing & crouching. $10.85/hr, 45+ hr/wk, 6 days/wk, Aug 01 to Dec 15, 2016.

Fx: 604-576-8945, or email: TJ1@evergreenherbs.com

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT

We are very saddened to share the news that our beloved Aly passed away on the evening of Thursday, October 27. Many, many families in the Tri Cities will remember “Mrs. Prins” and Burquitlam Child Care Centre with fond thoughts of the years that their children participated in the program. She had been an integral part of Burquitlam Child Care Centre since 1979, when it opened in Burquitlam Elementary School in Coquitlam as a pilot program - the first child care centre located in a school in District #43. Aly continued to be closely involved with Burquitlam as a member of the Board of Directors and most importantly, until a few weeks ago, as “the breakfast lady” who greeted moms, dads and children each morning at the centre’s present location in Burnaby.

Executive Director Position

FARM LABOURERS

EMPLOYMENT

He opened my heart with Gentle smiles, Strong hugs, Kind words, Soft eyes A Grandpa’s love This poem was written in 1999 by Alvin’s granddaughter Kimberley and describes Alvin in a way that everyone that knew him would appreciate. We have lost a great man who we have all been blessed to share our lives with. His legacy will continue beyond his 97 years.

SPROTTSHAW.COM

COMMUNITY MCKINLEY, Kim January 4, 1958 − October 18, 2016

SMITH, Diane Frances September 1, 1937 - September 29, 2016

PRACTICAL NURSING

Phone Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Office Hours: 9 am to 5 pm

EDUCATION

TCP Certified Training LCT & WHMIS

778-683-5967

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For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

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CRAFT FAIRS/ BAZAARS

BUSINESS SERVICES HEALTH & BEAUTY

HOME SERVICES DRYWALL

All proceeds to the After-Grad

Our Lady of the Assumption

Saturday, November 5th, 2016 9:30 am - 3:00 pm

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Annual Event

Garage Sale Bake Sale Crafts, Bingo & Kids Games Silent Auction Religious Articles Filipino Food Beer Garden Mini Boutique And Much More!

2255 Fraser Ave, Port Coquitlam

BUSINESS SERVICES

ACCOUNTING/ BOOKKEEPING Bookkeeping Services $20 per hour Hands On Accounting • Payroll • Tax Services Personal & Small Business At Fees You Can Afford .

604-314-8395 www.handsonbooks.ca

Moves You Physiotherapy Welcomes New Patients Moves You is a new Physiotherapy clinic opening November 1, 2016, right in the Burke Mountain Medical building. We are pleased to offer you highly skilled and trained therapists, specializing in Manual Therapy and Intramuscular Stimula− tion. Come see how our Movement Specialist can best as− sist you in restoring function and renewing your life.

604−474−1767 info@movesyou.ca www.movesyou.ca

HOUSES FOR SALE * WE BUY HOMES *

Yes, We Pay Cash!

Damaged or Older Houses!!

Condos & Pretty Homes too! www.webuyhomesbc.com

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT PORT COQUITLAM 1 bdrm suite $825 or 2 bdrm suite $1,050 Includes heat/hot water - 1.5 blks to bus stops - 2 blks to Safeway/medical - City park across street - Gated parking & elevator - Adult oriented building - References required * SORRY NO DOGS * Call for appointment 604-464-3550

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MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get the online training you need from an employer trusted program.Visit:CareerStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-athome career today!

FINANCIAL SERVICES

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

Hi-Rise Apartment with River View & Indoor Pool.

1 BR & 2 BR Available.

Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area. Gated underground parking available.

References required.

CALL 604 525-2122

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

HOUSES FOR RENT BBY S, 3 BR with bsmt, 2 bath, $2400. NS/NP. Dec 1.

604-539-1959, 604-612-1960

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

320-9th St, New West Suites Available.

All suites have balconies, Undergrd. parking avail.

Refs. req. Small Pet OK. CALL 604-715-7764

BAYSIDE PROPERTY SERVICES

BBY S. 1 BR, part furnished or unfurn’d. Walk to Metrotown, skytrain, mall. $1150 incl utls. NS/NP. 604-430-1358 BBY S, 3 BR upper dup, 1.5 ba. NS/NP. $1640 +60% utls.

604-539-1959, 604-612-1960 Port Coquitlam Large 1 BR, ground level home, $850 incl. util. Avail. immed. 778-321-5490 COQ West 3 BR upper suite, $2200 & 3 BR bsmt $1600 or Both $3500. + utls. All appls & own W/D. Small pet ok. Av now. 604-700-4786 POCO Lrg 2 BR ste, newly reno’d, sh’d laundry. $1200 incls utls. NS/NP. Avail Nov 1.

604-945-4212, 778-874-9172

COMMERCIAL PORT COQUITLAM: 775 - 3,000

sq ft, ground floor commercial area. Facing onto city park. 2 blocks from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersection. Call 604.464.3550

3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, living room, family room and dou− ble garage. Great view!

604−783−8609 ravinderchauhan66@gmail.com

HOME SERVICES

$750 Loans & More

NO CREDIT CHECKS Open 7 days/week 8am - 8pm

ALARM

1-855-527-4368

Systems Ltd.

Apply at:

www.credit700.ca GET BACK ON TRACK Bad credit? Bills?

Unemployed?

Need Money? We lend!

If you own your own home you qualify!

Pioneer AcceptanceCorp.

BBB mem. 1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com 604-987-1420

604-463-7919

APPLIANCE REPAIRS POCO APPLIANCE MART 604 942-4999 • Servicing ALL Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guar’teed

CLEANING MESSY HOUSE OR OFFICE? The most thorough cleaning or its FREE! Single Parent & Senior’s disc. (604) 945-0004 Schedule at supercleaningvancouver.com

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#1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries

Drainage, Video

Inspection, Landscaping, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating, Basements Made Dry Claudio’s Backhoe Service

604-341-4446

FENCING

SUITES FOR RENT

3BR/2BA $2,000 Blue Mountain & Edgar

ALARM SERVICES

EXCAVATING

GARDEN VILLA

1010 6th Ave. New West.

Suites Available.

Beautiful atrium with fountain. By shops, college & transit.

Pets negotiable. Ref req.

CALL 604 715-7764

VILLA MARGARETA

RENTALS

604-520-9922

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call. Lic#89402.

Fast same day service.

Insured. Guar’d. We love small jobs. 604-568-1899

RENTALS

( 604 ) 657-9422

102-120 Agnes St, New West

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

www.nrgelectric.ca

Dr. Soltani Walk−In Clinic is now open, located inside the PoCo Place Mall. We welcome new patients and walk−ins.

604−552−9140

REAL ESTATE

CONCRETE CONCRETE AND CEMENT WORK Sidewalks, Patios, Stairs & Driveways/Retaining Wall Forming & Placing/Floor Leveling/Removal & Replac− ing. 35+ yrs Experience.

Call Joe @ 604−941−2486

NO JOB TOO small!

Serving Lower Mainland 26 Yrs! •Prepare •Form •Place •Finish •Granite/Interlock Block Walls & Bricks •Driveways •Stairs •Exposed Aggregate •Stamped Concrete •Sod Placement Excellent Refs•WCB Insured 604-657-2375/604-462-8620

DRYWALL Repairs. misc service jobs drywall rep. etc. Big or Small, If I can’t do it, It can’t be done. Robert 604-454-4515

604-537-4140

RELIABLE MOVING LTD.

HANDYMAN 7 days a week $45 per hour. 604-401-8794 www.differenthandyman.ca HANDYMAN. Renos. in Tri City area Free est.

Mike 604-710-1871

KITCHEN/BATHS

CORAZZA CONTRACTING Full Service Bathroom Renos & Tiling Done Right!

25 years of local experience One Call Does It All Call Carlo: 604.818.5919

LAWN & GARDEN

Fall Services

SAME DAY SERVICE

Established in 1985

310-JIMS (5467) www.jimsmowing.ca Book a job at: www.jimsmowing.ca

• Chain Link Fencing and Gates • Farm Fencing • Immediate Response • Detailed Quotes

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ABSOLUTE BOBCAT & EXCAVATING LTD .

• All Bobcat / Mini-X Service • Small Hauls ~ Pickup / Delivery

604-462-9558

Please check out our website www.safeguardcontractingltd.ca

GUTTERS

Lawn Removal & Chafer Beetle Solutions!

• Concrete & Asphalt RYAN • 604-329-7792

Gutters Cleaned & Repaired

www.expertpowerwashing.com

A Gardener & A Gentleman Lawn, Garden, Trees. Prune.

Clean-up. Junk.604-319-5302

Mike 604-961-1280 GUTTER CLEANING ROOF CLEANING WINDOW CLEANING POWER WASHING 30 yrs experience For Prompt Service Call

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BC GARDENING 25 Years Exp. Lawn & Garden Maint.

Power Raking, Trimming

Tree Topping, Planting Cleanup & more!

All Work Guar. Free Est. Donny 604-600-6049

Simon 604-230-0627

GRANT’S HOME MAINTENANCE • Roof & Gutter Cleaning • Gutter Repairs • Strata & Residential • WCB Insured.

604-936-2808

HOME REPAIRS RENOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS Done Quick. Licenced.

Done Right. Bonded.

Guaranteed. Insured.

604-878-5232 handymanconnection.com

1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING Across the street, across the world Real Professionals. Reas. Rates.

Best in every way! 604-721-4555 ABBA MOVERS 1 ton & 5 ton Lic, FROM $35 senior discount, 24/7, 26 yrs bsmt clean up 604-506-7576 ABE MOVING & Delivery & Rubbish Removal $30/HR per Person• 24/7. 604-999-6020

PAINTING/ WALLPAPER

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FERREIRA HOME IMPROVEMENTS All interior and Exterior Renovations and Additons Renovation Contractor Licensed and Insured Free Estimates “Satisfaction Guaranteed”

NORM 604-841-1855

RENOVATIONS & REPAIR lam/wood flrs/tiling,finishing carpentry, drywall, sundecks, windows/doors new roof & siding repairs.

Quality work, Free Est.

778-893-7277

loofaconstruction.ca

SPECIAL FALL PAINTING DISCOuNT INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Residential & Commercial

Residential & Commercial

16 years exp. Free Estimates

“Award Winning Renovations”

35%OFF

A. RIGHTWAY PAINTING

35Years of Experience

778-984-0666

604-728-3009

PAINTSPECIAL.COM

3 rooms for $299, 2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed.

Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services.

info@jkbconstruction.com www.jkbconstruction.com

ROOFING

604 -230 -3539 778-322-2378 604-339-1989

PAY-LESS Pro Painting FALL Interior SPECIAL LOOK for our YARD SIGNS Free estimates. Licensed Pressure Washing. Insured Serving Tri City 36 Years.

Call 24Hrs/7 Days Scott 604-891-9967 paylesspropainting.com

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PAVING/SEAL COATING METRO Blacktop Co. Ltd. New & Old Driveways.

Repairs • 604-657-9936

Bros. Roofing Ltd. Over 40 Years in Business SPECIALIZING IN CEDAR, FIBERGLASS LAMINATES AND TORCH ON.

Liability Insurance, WCB, BBB, Free Estimates

604-946-4333

A-1 Contracting & Roofing NEW & RE-ROOFING All Types • Concrete Tile Paint & Seal •Asphalt • Flat All Maintenance & Repairs WCB. 25% Discount.

• Emergency Repairs • .

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Call Jag at:

778-892-1530

PLUMBING

Comm, res, repairs and installs, gas fitting, renos. drain cleaning. Fully ins’d and ticketed. Reas rates.

Prompt. 778-834-6966

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

Roofing Expert 778-230-5717 Repairs/re-roof/new roofs.

All work guaranteed. Frank

RUBBISH REMOVAL

GUTTER & WINDOW

CLEANING

Prices starting from…

3 Level Home: 130/gutters, $130/windows 2 Level Home: $ 90/gutters, $90/windows Excellent Service Since 1976 $

778.839.7114

FALL CLEAN UP •Hedge Trim •Tree Prune Lawn & Yard Maintenance Insured. Guaranteed.

John • 778-867-8785 coquitlamlandscaping.ca

GREEN & CLEAN

HANDYPERSON

778.986.2758

Bath, Kitchen, Basement & More Grade A+, Licensed & Insured RenoRite.com, 604-365-7271

778 PLUMBING AND HEATING

Window Cleaning & Roof Cleaning WorkSafeBC insured

Household Offices Pianos Licensed Bonded Insured Friendly Professional Reliable 3/5 Ton Trucks Well Equipped Senior/New Customer Discount

“More than just mowing!”

Yard Clean-ups Hedges Clean-ups •• Hedges Pruning • Gutters Mowing••Aeration Aeration Lime Fertilizing Lawn •Mowing Rubbish ChristmasRemoval Lights Leaf Clean-up Rubbish Removal Free Estimates

DALL’ANTONIA CONCRETE Seniors discount. Friendly, family business, 40+ yrs. 604-240-3408

HERFORT CONCRETE

Free Estimate/Senior Discount

Residential~Commercial~Pianos LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

All Electrical, Low Cost.

Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes. (604)374-0062

Renos & Repairs. BBB Member.

$45/Hr

1, 2, 3, 5 & 7 Ton Trucks Licensed ~ Reliable ~ Since 2001

ELECTRICAL

New Walk In Clinic Open

SKYLINE TOWERS Tax Returns - Bookkeeping Personal - Small Business Current - Delinquent 20 yrs exp. 604-671-1000

From

Boarding & Taping, Good Rates! Reliable, Free Est. Reno’s & Small Jobs Welcome! Call Gurprit 604-710-7769

Electrical Installations

Fall Fair

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

www.affordablemoversbc.com

November 5, 10 am to 4 pm

Great annual event with more than 100 vendors.

MOVING AFFORDABLE MOVING

Terry Fox Secondary Christmas Craft Fair

1260 Riverwood, Port Coquitlam

HANDYPERSON

Fall Cleanups, Gutters, powerwashing, etc.

Dwight 604-721-1747

Lawn Care, Shrub-Hedge Trim Installations, Fall Clean-up.

Senior Disc • 604-783-3142

MICHAEL

Gardening & Landscaping • Lawn Cuts as low as $15 • Tree Topping • Trimming • New Sod & Seed •Planting • Cleanup & more • Guar’d Fully Ins’d/Lic’d & WCB .

604-240-2881

604-RUBBISH 782-2474 On Time, Fast. Lowest Rates

HOME REPAIRS RENOVATIONS INSTALLATIONS Done Quick. Licenced.

Done Right. Bonded.

Guaranteed. Insured.

604-878-5232 handymanconnection.com

A-1 Contracting. Bsmt, bath, kitchen cabinets, tiling, painting & decks. Dhillon, 604-782-1936

• We remove any kind of junk & recycling • Resident, Commercial, Industrial • Basement, Garage, Yard Clean-up • Old Furniture, Appliances 15 & 30 Yard Dumptrucks

RICK’S RUBBISH REMOVAL • • • • •

Residential Commercial Construction Yard Waste Free Estimates

Rick 604-329-2783

TREE SERVICES GREEN TREE

ARBORIST SERVICE • Tree Removal • Pruning • Hedge Trimming + more 15yrs exp. WCB. Full Ins’d.

Call Tom for Free Est.

778-899-TREE (8733) greentreeservice.ca

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Our Teams

Clerical Team OFFICIAL SUPPLIER OF MRI SCANS

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1981 1981 Gen Rad Team

2016

From our humble beginnings on Elgin Ave in 1981 to our state-of–the art Imaging Clinic at Gordon Professional Centre, we are celebrating 35 years in the Tri-Cities We have a strong link to our community, seeing over 107,000 patients per year, with images exceeding 54,000 X-rays, 45,000 Ultrasounds, 1500 MRIs and 20,000 Screening Mammograms.

We see everything from bumps and bruises, parents’ first baby photos, weekend warriors and the BC Lions. Our BC Cancer Screening

Mammography Program is the busiest in the province.

SMP Team

After 35 years we are still growing.

Recently, we branched out and opened our new Pain Management Clinic. Offering image-guided spine and joint injections for those suffering from chronic pain.

We look forward to “seeing” more of you in the years to come!

30 years old...

• M R I • X R AY • ULTRASOUND • BONE DENSITOMETRY • • MRI • N XR AY O • FFERING U LT R A S OPAIN U N D MANAGEMENT • B O N E D E N S I T• O M E T R Y OW

Ultrasound Team

MRI Team

BC Cancer Agency BC CancerMammography Agency Screening Program Screening Mammography Program

3 0 01 Go rdon Ave. , Coq i tl a m B C• 6 0 4 -9 4 1 -7 6www.medrayimaging.com 1 1 w w w. m ed r a y i m a g i n g . co m 3001 Gordon Ave.,uCoquitlam 604-941-7611

30 Years of Changing and Growing 35Leading, Years of Respect and Caring