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Paul Slaymaker of the Runner’s Den in Port Moody prepares a box of used shoes donated by customers that will be distributed in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. It’s one of many charitable efforts his shop and other businesses take part in. For more on a talk about how doing good is good for business, see story on page 5.

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

Details of Coquitlam’s first rainbow crosswalk are OK’d and Tri-Cities Pride stickers are for sale: page 7

First Nations soldiers honoured, details of local R-Day events: page 3 + special section, 19-22

When it comes to new housing, Coquitlam is encouraging developers to go big or very, very small.

In a municipality where one- and two-bedroom units are the norm, the city is considering policy tweaks that could help incentivize the construction of smaller studio apartments while boosting its stock of three-bedroom condos.

As detached homes and even townhouses become increasingly out of reach for average-income families, more people are turning to apartments as an alternative, according to staff.

Conversely, micro suites, which under the proposed rules could be as small as 312 sq. ft., are seen as a way of creating smaller, more affordable units for people entering the housing market, staff said. see CITY SEEKING, page 6

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REMEMBRANCE DAY

First Nations contributions to Canada’s WWI forces to be covered in PoMo talk Fought as equals – but didn’t come home that way MARIO BARTEL

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The First World War could have been opportunity for Canada to do right by its First Nations.

Instead, the federal government stuck with the Indian Act of 1876 that prevented Aboriginal people from attaining the full rights of citizenship unless they renounced their First Nations status.

One of those rights was the right to take up arms for their country.

“They were seen as savages or more suited to manual labour,” said North Vancouver historian and author Tom Van Walleghem, who will be giving a talk on First Nations soldiers in the Great War on Sunday at the Port Moody Station Museum as part of its Week of Remembrance.

Nevertheless, some persevered and found a sympathetic recruiting officer who looked the other way as they signed up — or they just lied about their background.

By December 1915, Van Walleghem said, the restrictions were dropped as Canada needed more soldiers.

From 1914 to ’18, more than 4,000 soldiers from the country’s First Nations enlisted —

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Historian Tom Van Walleghem checks out a display about the First World War at the Port Moody Station Museum, where he’ll be giving a talk about First Nations’ soldiers service in that conflict on Nov. 12. almost a third of their eligible population. Some communities sent every man between the ages of 20 and 35 to the war.

Some of the recruits wanted jobs. Some wanted to continue a tradition of military service started by their ancestors, who fought alongside British troops in the War of 1812, the Seven

Years War and the Boer War. Many hoped it would help their cause to become recognized as full-fledged Canadian citizens.

In the trenches of Europe, none of that mattered.

Despite many of them having to overcome language and cultural challenges, First

Nations soldiers fought as equals to their brothers in arms. They were valued for their stealth and marksmanship, honed by years of hunting and trapping, that made them ideally suited as reconnaissance scouts and snipers.

One, Francis Pegahmagabow, an Ojibwa

from Parry Sound, Ont., recorded more than 300 kills and took more than 300 prisoners.

He was one of only 38 Canadian soldiers to be awarded three medals for gallantry.

In total, Indigenous soldiers earned at least 50 decorations for bravery during the First World War.

But, Van Walleghem said, that didn’t do them much good on the home front.

While caucasian soldiers returning home from the war were offered free land to establish farms or low-interest loans to buy equipment to work those farms under the Soldiers Settlement Act, their First Nations counterparts were told the Indian Act still applied and they would have to give up their status to get the benefit.

Heroes like Pegahmagabow were dismissed as too wounded or even demented from their time in the trenches to be able to manage a farm.

To add insult to injury, some reserves were plundered of their best land to be turned over to repatriated white soldiers.

“This was our opportunity to bring them into our communities at the same level, and it was missed,” Van Walleghem said.

Instead, efforts to assimilate the Indigenous people continued. Land issues created by the redistribution of valuable farmland still percolate.

“They never got the recognition they deserved as citizens,” Van Walleghem said. “They were still marginalized.”

• Tom Van Walleghem’s talk on First Nations soldiers in the Great War runs from 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 12 at the Port Moody Station Museum, located at 2734 Murray St., next to Rocky Point Park. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

Heritage and remembrance events in Tri-Cities JANIS CLEUGH

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Several historical groups in the Tri-Cities are staging war displays and talks in the lead up to — and after — Remembrance Day this week.

Until Nov. 30, the Coquitlam Heritage Society has a show at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library titled Remembering the Great War, with items on loan from the Canadian Military Education Centre.

The city’s archives also have an online exhibit called Don’t Forget Your Dadie: A Coquitlam Family and the First World War, featuring photos of the Windram family and documents from Fraser Mills

wartime footsteps: see page 19 n Remembrance Day services: 21

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Fred Frost (photographed in 1918) from the Coquitlam Heritage display at the City Centre Coquitlam Public Library branch.

worker Alexander Windram.

Visit coquitlam.ca/city-hall/ city-government/archives.

And PoCo Heritage has a virtual display on its website (pocoheritage.org) called Westminster Junction to the Western Front, 1914-1918, that looks at the service of father and son Thomas and Harold Routley.

At Port Moody city hall, military expert Guy Black has his annual veterans salute featuring stories and images of Port

Moody soldiers on until Nov. 14. Black has included more than a dozen paintings and handmade poppies from students at the Evelia Espinosa Art Studio and Moody elementary.

Over at the Port Moody Station Museum, staff have a week of Remembrance events, focusing Indigenous soldiers in WWI: • TODAY: Nov. 8 at 5:30 p.m.: Squamish First Nation member Alice Guss leads a

drum making workshop on Aboriginal Veterans Day; • Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.: John Goheen talks about the Battle of Passchendaele, which will be followed by a candlelight vigil in the outside trench at 8 p.m. where playwright Charlotte Cameron will read from her book that has a oneact play titled Running: The Alex Decoteau Story (he as the first Indigenous police officer in Canada, an Olympian and a message runner in WWI who died at Passchendaele); • Nov. 12 at 2 p.m.: Tom van Walleghem talks about First Nations soldiers in WWI. To RSVP for the workshops and lectures, call the PoMo Museum at 604-939-1648.

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SHOP LOCAL PORT MOODY

Giving back not just about getting back ‘You hope you tow other companies along’: Covinha

IS DOING GOOD GOOD FOR BUSINESS? Biz Talks will be held Nov. 16 at the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody. Cathy Cena will moderate the evening, which will include a keynote address by Lori Joyce, the CEO and founder of Betterwith Ice Cream, and the panel discussion on “Why you think doing good is good business?”

Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $15. For more information and a link to purchase tickets, go to shoplocalportmoody.ca/5-fun-work-weeks.

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Paul Slaymaker knows donating a box of used shoes every week to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside won’t bring new customers through the doors of his Runner’s Den shop in Port Moody. But he believes his efforts to help others and be involved in the community have been a key reason he’s been able to keep his business going for 18 years.

On Nov. 16, Slaymaker and several other local business people will discuss why doing good in the community is good for business at a special Biz Talks event that wraps up Shop Local Port Moody’s third annual Five Fun Work Weeks to celebrate the city’s business community and offer them tools to become even more successful.

Over the years, Slaymaker’s independent running shop in Newport Village has helped out countless causes, like hosting a run to benefit Eagle Ridge Hospital that has raised more than $50,000 and sponsoring an ugly sweater run to benefit the Make A Wish Foundation of Canada. There have also

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Lora Covinha doesn’t expect the charitable work of her company, Phoenix Truck and Crane, to directly result in more bookings for cranes or truck contracts but it does help create a sense of pride and community that makes valuable employees want to stay with the company. been smaller efforts, like his weekly collection of shoes that are picked up every Friday and distributed to people in the Downtown Eastside who need them, or donating an item to a school fundraiser.

It’s all about creating connections with the community, Slaymaker told The Tri-City News. “It’s not about putting more business in our store.”

At least, not directly.

Slaymaker said to distin-

guish his shop from any number of stores in the area that also sell running shoes, clothes and training aids, he has to become a resource that people trust and value, whether that’s for advice about running trails or as a meaningful presence in the community.

“That’s part of being a good business in the community,” he said. “The community connection helps us thrive.”

And while a hand-up at a

charity run may not sell an extra pair of Mizuno runners the next day, the payback comes from embedding the shop into the community consciousness.

“It leaves a positive impression,” Slaymaker said. “Giving back comes back more organically.”

Down the Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam at Phoenix Truck and Crane, president Lora Covinha

— who is also a panelist at next Thursday’s Shop Local event — has no illusions her company’s community efforts will result in a crane rental or trucking contract.

But creating a culture of caring and giving back filters down to the bottom line by instilling a sense of pride and community in the company’s 36 employees, 16 crane operators and 140 owner-operators that keeps many of them sticking around for 20 years or more.

“It just goes to show that doing good retains good people,” Covinha said.

That philosophy has been part of the company’s culture since it was started in 1991 by Bill Dick, she said.

While Phoenix has cut cheques to support projects at places like Riverview Hospital, the company is just as likely to help out in kind by providing a barbecue cart to events and donating proceeds to causes like the Crossroads

Hospice, Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, Share and the food bank. It also provides a crane to help install thousands of Christmas lights at the annual Lights of Hope at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.

Covinha said finding the right balance of donations is often a product of economic conditions in the industry.

“We do what we can, when we can,” she said.

Slaymaker said it can be tough to decide which causes and events his running shop should support, especially when he gets requests every day.

“The budget is only so big,” he said. “We try to keep it local and make sure it has a connection.”

Covinha said it’s important to be a leader and set a good example, adding, “You hope you tow other companies along.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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COQUITLAM HOUSING

City seeking to also add larger units continued from front page

But while council voted in favour of sending the proposed adjustments to the housing affordability strategy to a public hearing, some expressed concern about certain aspects of the bylaw changes.

“To me, that is pretty small,” said Coun. Brent Asmundson of the new minimum size being considered for the micro suites.

“I think that is probably too small… Are we putting people into little cubicles and just locking them up at night?”

Asmundson added that by including more micro suites in a development, it could take away from the number of larger three- and four-bedroom family units the city is trying to encourage.

Coun. Terry O’Neill noted that Seattle, which initially embraced micro suites, had recently begun to move away from the smaller units.

Micro suites are already allowed under Coquitlam’s rules but staff said the proposed adjustments to the housing affordability strategy would clarify

Coquitlam church proposing rentals at below market GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

The United Church of Canada wants to convert a portion of its Austin Heights property into a housing development with 75 below-market residential units.

The proposal is possible thanks to the land donation and a $4.5-million funding commitment from BC Housing, which would ensure that all units are rented at least 15% below average rental rates.

“I think it is fantastic that churches are getting involved in these kinds of projects,” said Coun. Teri Towner.

She added that several parishioners at the church with whom she had talked noted that attendance was down and that they did not need the same space for parking they once did. “There are lots of things to like about this project,” she said.

According to a staff report, the current church facility, located at Marmont Street and King Edward Avenue, will be removed and incorporated into the first two storeys of the new development.

The project will consist of 25 studio units, 32 one-bedroom units, 10 two-bedroom units and eight three-bedroom units.

Council voted unanimously in favour of moving the development forward to a public hearing.

the regulations around building the smaller units. The criteria would include the minimum size and would only permit the studio apartments to make up 30% of a development.

The proposed bylaw changes come two years after the launch of the affordability strategy, which uses incentives like increased density and less restrictive parking requirements to encourage developers to produce certain desired housing types. The update defines those priority units as non-market rental, below-market rental,

accessible suites and threebedroom rental units.

Since the strategy was launched in 2015, the city has seen an additional 2,000 market rental and 140 below-market rental units begin the development process.

Lock-off units are another way that the city is hoping to expand diversity in its housing stock. While not common in Coquitlam, they are smaller units inside a multi-family dwelling — condos or townhomes — but with separate entrances, kitchens and bath-

rooms. The additional space can either be locked off and rented out or absorbed into the rest of the main home, but it is not considered a separate strata unit.

Bruce Irvine, the city’s manager of planning projects, said the lock-off portion is similar to the secondary suites seen in many single-family homes.

“A lot of communities are putting them in townhouses,” said Coun. Teri Towner, who later added: “I see it as a really creative way to address affordability issues — as long as there is a parking spot.”

Parking changes are outlined in the housing affordability strategy update.

If the bylaw passes in its current form, it would mean parking requirements for purposebuilt rental would be 0.86 stalls per unit in transit-oriented developments and one stall per unit for the rest of the city.

Parking requirements for nonmarket housing in a transit area could go as low as 0.75 stalls per unit while lock-off units would only require 0.5 stalls each. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

Public Hearing Notice When: November 14, 2017 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 bylaws (Bylaw 3099 & 3100):

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RAINBOW CROSSWALK

Six colours & a sign: ‘Diversity lives here’ GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

A rainbow crosswalk previously approved by Coquitlam city council for the intersection at Burlington Drive and Pinetree Way will have six colour bars and an accompanying sign that reads “Diversity lives here.”

Council approved the design Monday after some concerns were raised by members of the Tri-Cities Pride Society that a seven-bar rainbow initially considered by the engineering department was inconsistent with the original pride flag created by artist Gilbert Baker.

Nicola Spurling, a member of the society and one of the people who led the effort to

bring a rainbow crosswalk to Coquitlam, told CKNW last month that a seven-bar rainbow would be a “slap in the face.”

Speaking with The Tri-City News, Spurling said the symbol created in 1978 had eight colours representing sex, life, healing, sunlight, nature, magic/art, serenity and spirit.

But because of a shortage of pink material at the time, it was shortened to six colours, removing indigo, in order to balance the flag, she said.

While the flag was originally put forward to represent members of the LGBTQ community, Spurling said it has since expanded to include everyone and today is a universal symbol of diversity and acceptance.

“We want to honour this history, honour the original artist and honour the meaning of the six- or eight-colour flag that represents everyone, whether you are part of the queer community or not,” she said.

The accompanying sign will be an inlaid stone marker in the sidewalk adjacent to the northwest corner of the sidewalk.

A report to council said that it will look similar to plaques installed for public art along the Evergreen Extension route.

The document also noted that staff refined its original cost estimate which is now $8,000 for the installation, down from the $10,000 that was originally anticipated. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Development Variance Permit No. DVP00039 Development Variance Permit No. DVP00039

A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of an application to vary the City’s Zoning Bylaw No. 3630.

The applicant wishes to subdivide the property located at 1839 Coquitlam Avenue into two lots but the lot has insufficient width and frontage to comply with the requirement set by the Zoning Bylaw. As the Zoning Bylaw requires a minimum lot width and frontage of 10 metres, a minor variance of 0.1 metres is requested to facilitate the subdivision.

PUBLIC INPUT 7 pm on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

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All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the input opportunity.

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Street address: 1839 Coquitlam Avenue

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Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public input opportunity.

CITY HALL 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

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Inspection of documents: Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed development variance permit, a larger drawing and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on November 14, 2017.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 • corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

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More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

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Public input and ideas are being sought about how to reduce congestion in Metro Vancouver and make funding for transportation more fair.

Beginning this week and running through Nov. 26, an online survey is being conducted for the Mobility Pricing Independent Commission to find out what approach should be taken when studying decongestion funding — for example, charging by time of day, by location, by

distance or according to income level — as well as what spending priorities should be and where congestion is the worst.

The online survey is available at itstimemv.ca and takes about 10 minutes and is available in English, Chinese and Punjabi. In addition to answering multiple-choice questions, people can also expand their ideas in writing on some questions.

A report will be released in December and the public will be given additional opportunities for feedback on more detailed scenarios in February and March.

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Parents eager to understand what the changes to the kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum will mean for their children are invited to attend an presentation next week.

Port Coquitlam’s South Side Family of Schools is holding a parent education night on Nov. 16 featuring School District 43 assistant superintendent Reno Ciolfi, who will provide insight into how elementary, middle and high school teachers are incorporating the revised curriculum in the classroom. There will also be opportunities for parents to ask questions.

The talk runs from 6:45 to 8 p.m. and is titled “B.C.’s New Curriculum: Clarifying Transitions.” It will be held at Riverside secondary school (2215 Reeve St.) and admission is $5 per person. Light refreshments will be provided and free child minding will be available with registration by Nov. 13 To attend, email ssfspe@ gmail.com with the following information: names of those attending and, if necessary, the

number and age of children requiring child minding.

Payments will be taken at the seminar (you should arrive early as line-ups can be long).

Cheques should be made payable to SFSPE or Southside Family of Schools Parent Education. Walk-in registrations will only be accepted if there is space available.

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BURKE SCHOOLS MEETING THURSDAY

A meeting will be held tomorrow night (Thursday) at Leigh elementary school for the district to update Burke Mountain parents about schools in their area. The meeting comes as a group of parents has organized a petition calling for planning to begin now on the middle school so that it’s ready for 2020.

The latest timeline from School District 43 shows a middle school won’t open on Burke until 2025. The meeting will be held in the gym at 7 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m.

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Lanes, racks & more to come for cyclists Cyclists riding in Port Coquitlam will see colourful — and playful — upgrades to some bike routes and civic parks to make the city more bikefriendly.

City crews recently painted a few main streets partially green to alert commuters about onroad cycling paths. They also installed six bike racks that double as public art and added more signs along some of the municipality’s 61 km of bike routes.

The green paint went down on portions of Pitt River Road and McLean Avenue as the city was upgrading that area this summer.

And six custom racks — shaped as squirrels, musical notes, an old-fashioned bike and a yogi — were also placed at Lions Park, Leigh Square Community Arts Village and on the Traboulay PoCo Trail; each rack can hold two bikes.

In addition, bike route signs went up on: Apel and Citadel drives; Fraser, Salisbury, Wilson and Patricia avenues;

and Riverwood Gate/Riverside Drive.

Next year, city council is expected to earmark $300,000 for more bike path upgrades to link PoCo pedestrians and cyclists with the Evergreen Extension in Coquitlam; a list for improvements will go before the Transportation Solutions and Public Works committee next month.

“Improving how people can get around in our city is an ongoing priority for us,” acting mayor Coun. Laura Dupont said in a news release yesterday (Tuesday). “Aside from promoting healthy lifestyles, encouraging people to cycle helps to alleviate traffic, reduce air pollution and support other forms of sustainable transportation, like transit.”

Over the couple of years, PoCo has made a bigger push for cycling including hosting the PoCo Grand Prix — a professional road bike race that’s part of the BC Superweek series.

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Cops warn of fraud that targets Chinese community in B.C. B.C. Mounties are warning members of the Chinese community of a fraud aimed at accessing their personal information.

According to the RCMP, an automated caller speaking Mandarin contacts a victim claiming to be a representative of DHL, a popular shipping company in China. The target is told that a package containing their personal information has been intercepted by Chinese authorities and that money and other personal information is required to clear themselves in the investigation.

“If you receive one of these automated calls, our best advice is to simply hang up if you feel it is suspicious,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Annie Linteau. “If you do end up following prompts to talk to a live person, do not provide personal information.”

In other versions of the scam, the victims are told that their personal information was compromised and DHL needs more personal information to verify their identity. Police said that anyone who has been victimized should contact

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Last week, the unionized support services members voted 100% in favour of a new contract that matches the civic workers agreement signed this past summer.

Irene Jakse, president of CUPE Local 825, told The Tri-City News yesterday the employees will see a 7% jump in their wages for the length of the deal, with runs from Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2019.

The police board, which oversees the department, has also ratified the contract, Jakse said.

In July, 352 inside and outside PoMo city employees voted to accept their new contact that saw salaries rise at the same rate as for their counterparts working for the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

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DHL Express Canada CEO Andrew Williams said the company should also be contacted if people believe they have been targeted in the scam.

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Get your books out now in PM Port Moody Public Library patrons have until the end of the week to load up on books — up to 100 — ahead of an almost two-month renovation.

PMPL closes Friday and reopens Jan. 2 so work can be done to reconfigure its 13,000 sq. ft. for the digital age by creating more open space that can be adapted as needs change, adding more digital work stations with accessible power and USB plug-ins as well as converting much of the central information desk into a digital creation station where users can digitize old analogue items like photos, slides and video.

Books and other traditional services people expect from libraries aren’t being left behind, however, as the renovation also includes more and better quiet study areas as well as more shelving for children’s books.

Staff will keep busy while the doors are closed, with librarians managing the library’s electronic collection of more than 100,000 items, processing holds that can be picked up at the PoMo recreation complex as well as taking in items that can be dropped at a 24-hour drop box in front of the library.

• For more information about the closure and how it will affect borrowing limits, go to library.portmoody.ca.

FOX ON SUNDAYS Book lovers will soon be able to spend every Sunday at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library.

Last month, the city’s finance and intergovernmental committee approved a 2018 budget request from the Fraser Valley Regional Library (FVRL) to keep its PoCo branch open on Sundays throughout the year.

Currently, Terry Fox Library is only open on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. from Thanksgiving to Easter but, come next spring, it will also stay open through the summer as well.

The additional hours will cost PoCo taxpayers $19,400 more next year, according to a report from Lori Bowie, PoCo’s recreation director.

Scott Hargrove, FVRL’s CEO, wrote in a letter to city council that Sundays are popular with library customers.

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“I was just in Santa Barbara and they have small electric buses/trolleys that take people up and down their main drag. 50 cents a ride.

Great idea!”

KIMBERLEY BLANCARD MACKINNON COMMENTS ON A PORT MOODY PROPOSAL FOR A TROLLEY

“Parents, please educate yourselves. Talk to your child’s teacher if you have concerns. Attend meetings and information nights that are being offered to explain the redesigned curriculum.... The curriculum in core areas is still being taught... The core competencies are embedded within the curriculum.”

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Ding, ding! Trolley could be a boon for Port Moody business P ort Moody may be on to something with its idea of having a trolley service to encourage people to take transit instead of their car between local parks, breweries and restaurants.

The service, as proposed by Mayor Mike Clay, would run on weekends between Inlet Centre and Moody Centre, and could reduce the pressure on parking and traffic in the city, especially at Rocky Point Park.

The cost for the service seems reasonable: approximately $27,000 to charter a trolley bus and driver and $10,000 in city staff time and signage.

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If TransLink would agree to subsidize a portion, fares and city money could cover the rest, making for a convenient hopon, hop-off service.

It’s these kind of transit programs that make a city more livable and are necessary to get people that last mile from the nearest bus or SkyTrain stop to their destination.

A trolley is not exactly the uberization of transit services that some have championed — some U.S. cities are experimenting with on-demand public transit where people get a discounted Uber or Lyft ride to their destination from their

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transit stop or use an app to reserve a seat on public transit — but it would be a type of firstand last-kilometre connection to transit services that are so needed to make transit convenient and therefore encourage suburbanites to get out of their cars.

As The Tri-City News reported last week, a round trip, accounting for traffic and stops, would take about 25 to 30 minutes and the proposed service would run from 4 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and 2 p.m. to midnight on Saturdays and Sundays.

If a pilot program succeeds,

the city could hold a referendum about funding the service to operate year-round.

With this trolley idea, PoMo council recognizes it has some assets that could be leveraged to get people more comfortable with public transit while leaving their cars at home and also promoting local businesses in Moody and Inlet centres.

If people can get to restaurants, bars, breweries and parks on a summer night without having to worry about a car, drinking and driving, or a long walk late at night, they might be more willing to venture out to these local establishments.

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Limit immigration to help home prices The Editor, The Liberal federal government has announced its planned immigration numbers for the next few years. Starting at 300,000 for 2017, the numbers rise to 340,000 by 2020.

Given numbers in the past, this will mean 50,000-plus arrivals in Metro Vancouver each year.

In the past two years, there have been very large increases in house prices. These have meant most young families won’t be able to buy a house. In the TriCities, condo and townhouse prices have risen by around 20% in the last year alone .

These huge price increases are the result of excess demand over supply. The construction industry, along with the planning and re-zoning process, can supply only a certain amount of new housing. The number of new houses built in the future is very unlikely to increase very much.

So with ever higher immigration levels and little

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The supply of housing in Metro Vancouver can’t keep up with demand, says the letter writer. increased housing supply, the housing crunch will get worse and prices will go ever higher.

Immigration should be reduced to a level where housing supply is sufficient to meet demand. I suggest this be around 150,000 a year — less than half the planned number.

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No. of immigrants is up in the Tri-Cities GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

New StatsCan census data shows a slow but steady rise in the immigrant population in the Tri-Cities, outpacing the rate province-wide and in the rest of Canada.

The data shows that as of 2015, there are 61,060 foreignborn residents in Coquitlam, making up 44.2% of the overall population.

In Port Coquitlam, there are 18,430 immigrants, making up 31.8% of all residents.

And Port Moody has 10,755 foreign-born people, representing 32.2% of the city’s population.

The percentages outpaced B.C.’s, which has 1.3 million immigrants making up 28.3% of the overall population; and Canada’s, for which 21.9% of the population are foreignborn residents.

In Coquitlam, the majority of the 9,530 newcomers between 2011 and 2016 came from China (24.9%) while Iran was second (16.9%) and South Korea was third (15.6). The Philippines was fourth at 7.2% and Syria fifth at 2.9%.

The countries of origin were similar in PoCo, which saw 1,935 people immigrate to the

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The percentage of the immigrant population by jurisdiction according to recently release StatsCan figures. municipality since 2011.

Of that total, 20.7% of foreign-born residents have come from the Philippines while 11.9% came from South Korea and 10.1% came China.

Immigrants from Iran and india each made up 8% of the total.

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newcomers move to the city since 2011, with people from China making up 23% of the total and South Koreans making up 13.1%. Iranians made up 12.7%, Americans made up 9% and people from the Philippines made up 5.7%. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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The newly elected MLA for Port Moody-Coquitlam has another title.

Last week, Rick Glumac was named the B.C. lead for PNWER — the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region — a group that studies transportation, environmental stewardship and technology in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and Northwest Territories plus the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho and Montana.

Glumac, who is also the parliamentary secretary for technology in B.C., has a background in high-tech.

“There are great opportunities to grow B.C.’s tech sector by strengthening partnerships within the Pacific Northwest region,” Glumac stated in a news release. “Universities and companies in Vancouver, Seattle and Portland can work together more to support and share research, and we can also improve transportation links.”

Premier John Horgan announced Glumac’s appointment last Friday before the start of PNWER’s annual winter meeting in Victoria. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Re. “A big chill & big plans” (The Tri-City News, Nov. 3).

Due to incorrect information from BC Housing, the referenced story incorrectly stated that the 30 winter response dorm beds at the homeless shelter located at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam were already open. In fact, they won’t open until Nov. 15.

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Two Tri-City News readers caught the region’s brush with winter on Friday with their cameras. Left: Anna Richter snapped this photo of her dog on the trails of Mundy Park in Coquitlam. Above: Isabel Yi Hou captured Friday’s light snowfall in Coquitlam’s River Springs subdivision. More photos, next page.

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READERS’ WEATHER PIX: FALL

Some Tri-City News readers captured colourful photos of fall. Left: Rhea Hayes snapped a photograph of a tree in Port Coquitlam’s Mary Hill area ablaze with colour and light. Right: Scott Anderson walked the Port Moody shoreline to get his beautiful image.

LEFT: RHEA HAYES; RIGHT: SCOTT ANDERSON

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HEROES Looking for Jack: Sons walk fields where their father fought in WWII

CLAUDE P. DETTLOFF PHOTO

One son was part of iconic photo as dad went off to war JOHN GOHEEN Special to the tri-city NewS

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t’s perhaps the most iconic Canadian photograph of the Second World War — a simple human story caught, for a millisecond, by the camera.

After almost 80 years, the powerful themes of separation and uncertainty as fathers, brothers and sons went off to war, render the “Wait for me Daddy” image as timeless.

The photograph by Claude P. Dettloff shows the British Columbia Regiment marching down New Westminster’s 8th Street on its way to war on Oct. 1, 1940. The often-reproduced photo was reintroduced to a younger generation of Canadians in 2014 when the image was featured on a new coin and stamp, and the subject of a bronze sculpture.

The father, mother and son trio dominate the image but take a closer look at all the other faces in the photo. They all have stories. Half a dozen other woman walk along with the column of soldiers. How did their story unfold over the next five years of war?

Countless others, unseen out of the camera’s lens, are also there, thinking, wondering, hoping.

I have shared this photo with children many times over the years. They invariably ask, “Did the dad come home?”

The dad did return home. Jack

JOHN GOHEEN PHOTO

Whitey and Ken Bernard at the grave of Tpr. Angus McLeod in Normandy, where their father fought in the Second World War. As a child, Whitey Bernard was part of an iconic WWII photo (top right) when Claude P. Dettloff captured the moment when he ran to his father as he marched with other soldiers in Vancouver.

Bernard was one of the “lucky” ones but he was never the same.

They also ask, “What happened to the little boy?” Warren ‘Whitey’ Bernard grew up,

as boys do, built a successful career, raised a family, made his community better and answered questions about that photo in the decades since.

Last summer, Whitey, age

82, and his brother, Ken, returned to Normandy to retrace their father’s wartime experiences. As their guide and historian, I was thrilled to meet the famous “boy” but as the next

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two weeks unfolded, I came to appreciate Whitey and Ken’s story as something far greater than the iconic photo. see WHITEY & KEN, next page

Remembrance Day events in the Tri-Cities: pg. 21

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Whitey & Ken in Normandy continued from page 19

Their story is simply and profoundly a common Canadian tale. Had that famous photo not been taken, had the photographer’s attention been diverted or the shutter opened a second late, we would probably never know of Whitey or Jack but their story would be no less significant.

Boarding the plane for France, I was mindful that the brothers were searching for their own story, a family story that had nothing to do with photos.

They were searching for their dad, Jack.

The first leg of the tour was in Normandy and focussed on Canadian operations in 1944.

For Whitey and Ken, the key date was July 25, 1944 — the day Jack Bernard’s war began.

That day, Jack was a crew commander of a Sherman tank in “C” Squadron of the 1st Hussars, which was part of a major operation known as Operation Spring. “C” Squadron was tasked to support an attack on the village of Rocquancourt on the reverse slope of Verrieres Ridge. Things started well as the tanks and infantry made their way unseen up the slope towards the ridgeline. There was no cover and to advance over

the crest in daylight was to invite disaster. The Germans were dug in on the reverse slope. The Canadians cresting the ridgeline would be highly visible and vulnerable.

I took Whitey and Ken to see that ridgeline. They recalled their dad’s account of events. It did not go well.

“C” Squadron was wiped out — 15 out of 18 tanks were hit that day. Jack’s tank was one of them. His driver, Trooper Angus McLeod, was killed, one of almost 450 Canadians to die that day.

Said Whitey: “Dad was a bit shook up but, five days later, had a new tank and away they went” — a telling statement as Canadian soldiers simply carried on despite losing comrades

regularly. Jack remained in the thick of the fighting for the next four months. The constant strain of combat took its toll, though, and Jack began to show signs of “the Blue Funk,” or battle exhaustion. In December 1944, he was sent to Canadian General Hospital 12. His war was over.

Standing with Whitey and Ken in that wheat field and viewing the ridgeline, I could not help but think again of the famous “wait for me daddy” image. Whitey reached out to his dad that October morning in 1940 and, here, now 73 years later, Whitey and Ken reached out to their dad once again.

Lest we forget.

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John Goheen is the guide and historian for the Royal Canadian Legion’s Pilgrimage of Remembrance and a principal in School District 43.

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HEROES 3 Remembrance Day events in Tri-Cities COQUITLAM

n 9:45 a.m.: Indoor Remembrance Day service (Como Lake middle school, 1121 King Albert Ave.) with Coquitlam Legion Branch 263 n 11 a.m.: Cenotaph service (Veterans Way at Blue Mountain Park) n 12:30 p.m.: Allday Legion open house including music from the Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band, Bruce James Orchestra and Vancouver Naval Veterans Band

PORT COQUITLAM

n 9:30 a.m.: Indoor Remembrance Day service (Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave.) with PoCo Legion Branch 113 n 11 a.m.: Cenotaph service (Veterans Park at city hall, 2580 Shaughnessy St.) n 12:30 p.m.: Allday Legion open house including performances by the Golden Spike Can Can Dancers, Eire Born Irish Dancers and RetroSonic Band

PORT MOODY

n 10 a.m.: Indoor Remembrance Day service (Kyle Centre, 125 Kyle St.) with PoMo Legion Branch 119 n 11 a.m.: Cenotaph service (Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St.) with a 21-gun cannon salute by the Seymour Artillery n 12:30 p.m.: Allday Kyle Centre activities — for adults only — including performances by the SFU Pipe and Drum Band, Heather Jolley Highland Dancers

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We Remember Those Who Paid for Our Freedom with Their Lives,Lest We Forget

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who knew? Plywood helped build Coquitlam – and not just houses

THURSDAY, NOV. 9

• Burke Mountain Naturalists’ November meeting, 7:30 p.m., in their new meeting location: King of Life Lutheran Church (corner of Falcon Drive and Guildford Way, Coquitlam), and on new night (Thursday, not Tuesday). Feature: BMN member Ian McArthur will present a slideshow of the club’s hikes, cycle trips, birding and botanizing outings, community events and other activities over the past year. Admission is free and all are welcome. Info: 604-9375379 or www.bmn.bc.ca.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: 604 937-0836.

Fraser Mills first to produce a now common product GARY MCKENNA

The Tri-CiTy News

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lywood may be a common building material on construction sites today but that wasn’t the case more than a century ago.

In fact, when the Canadian Western Lumber Company began producing it at Fraser Mills in 1913, the public had no idea of the versatility and durability of the new product.

So a vigorous marketing campaign was launched and it didn’t take long before plywood began turning up in homes and construction projects across the region.

“These days, that wouldn’t be something you’d advertise.

But back then, it was a new and innovative product,” said Emily Lonie, Coquitlam’s city archivist. “They were really proud of this product and wanted to show off all the new and versatile uses.”

A series of the ads produced at Fraser Mills by the Canadian Western Lumber Company are available for viewing as part of the city archive’s most recent online exhibit. The marketing materials can be found at coquitlam.ca/archives along with a series of old photographs of plywood being produced at Fraser Mills.

Put together with the help of archives and records officer Angeline Chirnside, the display also highlights some of the earliest forms of advertising with images, which would have been a new concept in the early half of the

SATURDAY, NOV. 11

• Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild meeting, 12:30-3:30 p.m., St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Parish, 1320 Johnson St., Coquitlam.

Topic: Stealing the Mystic Lamb: Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece, presented by member Mary Catherine Breslin. Admission, which includes a potluck lunch, is $5 for visitors and free for members. Meetings of Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild are held on the second Saturday of each month, September to June. Info: www.epiphanysacredarts.com.

MONDAY, NOV. 13

• Rhymes of Times, 10:3011:30 a.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Join a guided reminiscing session for adults and share your stories with the group. Info: pocoheritage.org.

IMAGES FROM COQUITLAM CITY ARCHIVES

Plywood was made by gluing thin sheets of wood together, revolutionizing the construction industry because it was strong but lightweight. Among the items showcased in an online exhibit curated by Coquitlam city archivist Emily Lonie and archives and records officer Angeline Chirnside are photographs and advertisements highlighting this then-new product’s features.

century, Lonie said. “These were advertising brochures

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have used these to sell the products,” Lonie said. “They were also selling to the home handyman. There is one great exhibit about how you could make a ping pong table and you could create benches for your backyard.”

The Canadian Western Lumber Company was the first business in Canada to produce plywood, which was made by gluing thin sheets of wood together. Strong but light, it would eventually become a ubiquitous construc-

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15

• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary fall bazaar, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (also Thursday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.) at ERH featuring holiday decorations, floral arrangements, aprons, sweaters, scarves, throws, bags and numerous other sewing, knitting and crochet items.

• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary bake sale, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at ERH featuring delicious home-baked goodies, jams, jellies and more.

• Tri-City Greendrinks meeting, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody. Topic: Losing Darkness at the Speed of Light: How light pollution affects life. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., discussion at 7 p.m.

Call 604-937-0998 to reserve a meal and/or request glutenfree. Info: meetup.com/tricitygreendrinks.

tion material and helped revolutionize the industry. Lonie said the products produced at Fraser Mills were used locally and may have even ended up overseas during post-Second World War reconstruction.

Plywood is not the first subject to receive an online exhibit. Other presentations include the sacrifices local soldiers made in the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the changing boundaries of Coquitlam. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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Adoption of cats, kittens and dogs/ puppies: includes a bag of Hills Science Diet dry food, a free general vet exam 3 days post adoption, spay neuter or spay/neuter certificate should the animal not be old enough at the time of adoption, and a 6 week trial of pet insurance provided

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Hopper is Bonded to his sister Louise.

Louise and Hopper are sweet buns and will make a lovely family bunnies.

Louise and Hopper are also working on their litter training. They enjoy spending some time in their exercise pen each day, and they are suckers for some good fresh veggies.

BETSY

Betsy is a sweet girl who is looking for a family to call her own, and a nice warm home with a window to lay in. Betsy enjoys being pet, but not for too long! She will certainly let you know when a petting session should be over. She has a sassy personality and would do best in a home without small children.

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Jack is an active little gerbil that came into our care when his family could no longer care for him. He loves to run around and burrow into his bedding. He is not a big fan of being handled, but would LOVE to have a space to run around and explore. If you are interested in adding Jack into your family, come and meet him!

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HELPING HANDS

How many potatoes?

DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

If you have any questions about Hope Lutheran Church’s donations to the Share Family and Community Services food bank each week for the last 10 years, you can count on Claus Schultz.

The longtime Port Coquitlam church congregant — who was once a bookkeeper — has kept such meticulous records, he can tell you in a moment what the collection was for any week since 2007.

For example, on Nov. 13, 2007, the church donated $280 to the food bank.

“People tend to be more generous at Christmas,” Schulz acknowledges, flipping through a lined notebook in which the weekly donations are listed neatly in blue ink.

“It’s got to be based on faith, people don’t give money for just anything,” Schultz says, citing the biblical passage Matt.

25:35: “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.”

In the beginning, the church collected money to give to Share to purchase non-perishable food items, and later expanded to giving fresh fruits and vegetables.

Now, the church raises funds to supply Share hampers with 800 lb. of potatoes each week, enough for a couple pounds for each hamper as well as carrots, when they are in season.

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Jillian Ratcliffe, Share Family and Community Services’ food bank supervisor, and Claus Schultz, a member of Hope Lutheran Church, with potatoes the church has donated to the food bank.

In fact, as of Oct. 16, the church had contributed 30,400 lb. of potatoes delivered from Heppell’s Farm, plus 1,1,60 lb. of carrots and 148 lb. of nonperishables, to Share.

The church’s generosity has not gone unnoticed.

“To have donations provided weekly is the best help,” said Jillian Ratcliffe, Share’s food bank supervisor.

Although donations of nonperishables are appreciated,

cash enables Share to purchase supplemental food such as dairy and other fresh produce that is not always available.

Together, Ratcliffe and Schultz hope other donors consider planned giving on a regular basis.

• For more information about Share and its programs, including the upcoming Christmas programs, visit sharesociety.ca dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING

Suter Brook Village – Parcel D – Port Moody, B.C. The Onni Group is constructing the last parcel of Suter Brook Village and has submitted a Land Use Contract Amendment application to the City. The proposal is for two 26 storey towers and one mid-rise rental building.

The proposal is for a total of 483 units.

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Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM

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Please join us at the scheduled open house listed above.

Onni representatives will be on-hand to answer any questions regarding the Land Use Contract Amendment.

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Run away, join the circus (-themed novel) A GOOD READ HEATHER HADLEY

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scape the chill of a rainy November night under the magic of the big top. Behind the extravaganza, these books featuring circuses explore the yearning to find magic among the mundane as well as everyone’s fundamental need to belong.

Looking through the maze of distorted reflections, Dany watches in horror as the boy who walks out of the house of mirrors, a boy who looks just like himself but isn’t, leaves the carnival with his parents.

Trapped as a reflection in the mirror, Dany (now Andy) is

rescued by Mona, a magical acrobat. Unable, or unwilling, to leave this fantastic place, Andy falls easily into the routine of the carnival.

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Back home, Dany’s mother struggles to understand her son, a boy who looks like Dany but who seems “off” — sullen and dark. When Burleigh, the creator of the house of mirrors returns and connects with the changeling, the stories of Dany and Andy converge and take a dark turn.

Carnivalesque by Neil Jordan explores a world of magic, a boy’s transition from childhood to adolescence and the fragile line between reality and illusion.

The Church of Marvels was like no other circus on Coney Island at the turn of the century. Created by the charismatic Friendship Willingbird Church, the extravaganza focused on promoting true

talent, real tricks and camaraderie. After a tragic fire destroys the circus, twins Oldie and Belle lose their mother and the only home they ever knew.

When Belle leaves for New York with only a cryptic letter describing her circumstances, Olgie decides to find her and bring back the only family she has left. In The Church of Marvels, Leslie Perry tells the story of four characters struggling to survive and fit into a word where they feel they don’t belong. These interweaving tales explore the gritty streets of New York, navigating street fights, opium dens, gambling circles and a women’s asylum. Despite the somewhat bleak content, Perry creates a word that is subtly optimistic,

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Joey Tsai, Grade 11, Sophie Mueller, Grade 12, Courtney Stokes, Grade 12, and Lashaan Tonge, Grade 11 — band and choir members at Terry Fox secondary in Port Coquitlam — stand by a statue of their school’s superhero, Terry Fox. The theme of the 25th annual trivia night on Saturday, Nov. 18 is “Superheroes.” For tickets at $20 each, visit terrfoxtrivianight.ca; no tickets are sold at the door.

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Fox teacher drops new CD JANIS CLEUGH

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Steve Sainas is forging a new musical path for himself.

And he wants the road to be as smooth — but also as powerful — as possible for his listening audience.

Late last month, the veteran singer-songwriter and Juno award-winning MusiCounts teacher at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox secondary released his fifth fulllength album titled Simple As This — a follow-up to his 2011 recording at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis.

Available on CDBaby, the new work takes a new tack for Sainas, honing in on contemporary roots, country and R/B genres rather than his standard Delta Blues sound.

Sainas composed 10 tracks for the album, penned over three years, “most of them written while floating down the Coquitlam River,” reflecting on the human condition

and the simplicity of the solutions, he said.

“It’s a songwriters’ album but it’s also an album with a personal message,” he said while listening to the album after school, in its entirety, with The Tri-City News last week.

To keep with the simplicity theme — and a strippeddown production that’s lyricheavy, with shades of Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp and Pete Seeger — Sainas used only five instruments on the album to keep the melody going. It’s his vocals, and guitar and mandolin playing; however, he also recruited Kelly Stodola for drums and Chad Matthews on a fivestring bass to fill out the bottom. No keyboards or backup vocals were needed, he said.

With fewer sounds, Sainas said, listeners could hear the stories being told in the songs. see SIMPLE AS THIS, page 29

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When mulling questions at next week’s trivia night at Terry Fox secondary, it’s best to consider the answers with a bit of panache.

The Port Coquitlam high school gym will be a scene of intense brainstorming next Saturday as more than 300 adults — many dressed as superheroes — vie for the title at the 25th annual event, a fundraiser for the school’s music department.

The theme of “superheroes” was chosen by the parent volunteer committee to be in line with the school namesake: hometown hero Terry Fox who, in 1980, ran a marathon for 143 days to build awareness and raise money for cancer research.

“We were thinking, ‘What is the definition of a superhero?’” event chairperson Jacquie Bischoff said. “Our conclusion was, anybody who inspires you just like Terry Fox did so many years ago for our country.”

Prizes will be awarded, among other things, for best costumes and for highest points per table, as scored by judges Craig Hodge, a Coquitlam city councillor who has three sons at Fox; Michael Thomas, the school trustee; and Bischoff’s husband, Anthony.

The night will run like this: 42 teams — each containing eight participants per round table — face the judges as

emcee Arlynd Woodward reads out the 10 questions he devised for each of the seven categories (hint: HODGE superheroes and Canada 150 are on the program).

After each category, runners — i.e., Grade 11 and THOMAS 12 students in band and choir — collect the papers and pass them up to the judges to keep score. The tallies are then projected on two large screens to build competition and excitement.

Last year, ticket sales as well as the 50/50 and raffle draws and silent auction brought in $6,800 for the music department run by teacher Ryan Cho. But this year, the parent committee (which also includes Cyndi Bauslaugh on refreshments and Christine Knoll on prizes) wants to meet or beat that goal to help music students with their field trip fees and other operational costs.

The Terry Fox Trivia Night “is so popular that we have had parents come every year since it began 25 years ago,” said Bischoff, an Irvine elementary teacher who has two students at Fox: Jordan in Grade 12 and Kristen in Grade 10.

“Both of my kids have benefitted from this program and we want other students to thrive in music as well.”

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Bernice Mau — a 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Coquitlam’s Gleneagle secondary — and her cousin Zachary Lee, 17, a Grade 12 student at Riverside secondary in Port Coquitlam, leave for Seoul on Friday to represent Canada at an international ballroom dancing competition. It is the second time the pair has represented the country in the Latin ballroom dance category; however, for this contest, they’ll be in the youth division. They take to the Worlds stage on Saturday.

PLACE DES ARTS

Teen Day at PdA, concert survey Kara Han, a talented and well-spoken Grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best secondary in Coquitlam, has studied visual arts, piano and ballet at Place des Arts for the past dozen years.

Now, the 17-year-old is giving back to the arts community by leading this year’s Youth Arts Council, a group of 19 teens that hosts youth-oriented events and guides policy at the Coquitlam facility.

This month, Han and her crew will organize their first gathering of the academic year by opening up Place des Arts to teens — aged 13 to 18 — for an afternoon of free fun.

Teen Day at PdA, on Sunday, Nov. 19 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., will include workshops on how to make miniature candles, scratch board drawings and lanterns.

“There are not enough arts events for teens,” Han said.

“We want to give them a break from high school, relax and have fun.”

Besides Han, its executive is made up of Alice Pinheiro, marketing director; Jaimie Lee, community events director; Monica Bassilli, internal relations director; and Yeji Kim, finance director.

To register for Teen Day at PdA, call 604-664-1636 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

Meanwhile, Place des Arts is

asking for the public’s help to curate a French-themed recital in April.

The concert, called L’inspiration: French Classics

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Coquitlam mezzosoprano Elena Razlog stars this month in a production

by Heroic Opera and Opera Mariposa.

Razlog appears with Brenda Katzeff of Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam’s Serina Li and Nadine Cornelius of Port Moody — all of whom are making their debuts with the two companies, as chorus members — in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball). The performances are Nov. 17 and 19 at the Canadian Memorial United Church, and on Nov. 25 at the Marpole United Church, also in Vancouver. Tickets are $28/$24 are via heroicopera.com and operamariposa.com.

SLEEPING BEAUTY Coquitlam’s Jennifer Misera is cast in Vagabond Players upcoming production of Sleeping Beauty.

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Sleeping Beauty runs from Nov. 23 to Dec. 17 at

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Four Tri-City companies will show their wares at the Circle Craft Christmas Market, which marks its 45th anniversary this year.

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Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann return to the Evergreen Cultural Centre on Nov. 15, for a Musical Mornings performance with clarinetist Francois Houle.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Clarinet, piano trio at ECC Pianists Elizabeth Bergmann and her husband Marcel are back in Coquitlam next Wednesday for their second show in this season’s Musical Mornings series.

The pair will present a “classical, Cuban and Creative” concert with clarinetist Francois Houle that includes compositions by Saint Saens, Bernstein and Paquito

d’Rivera.

Houle, who studied at McGill University with Emilio Iacurto (Montreal Symphony Orchestra) and at Yale University with Keith Wilson, received a Juno-award nomination in 1999, in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Album, for his CD titled In the Vernacular: The Music of John Carter.

A Vancouver resident, his latest album (also with Songlines Records) was four years ago with Havard Wiik.

• For tickets to the Musical Mornings recital on Nov. 15 — at 10:30 a.m. following coffee, tea and treats by Paradise Coffee and Cobs Bread — call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Simple As This is the fifth full-length CD for Sainas continued from page 27

And there’s plenty to chew on with his lyrics — much of it concentrated on the state of Canadian and American politics and the rise of human rights to counter the current swell of social injustices.

The album starts with the title track, Simple As This, and ends with a satirical poke at the so-called Alt. Right with a tune called Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.

There are also songs dedicated to two friends he lost recently to cancer: Ruby Joanne Elizabeth Olson, of Maple Ridge, and fellow Fox teacher Leonard Wyatt, both guiding lights to Sainas who dedicated his CD in their memory.

Already, Sainas has plans to promote his new album, hiring Toronto music publicist Sarah French to gain radio play and lining up acoustic gigs around Metro Vancouver including on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Orrange Kitchen + Bar in Port Coquitlam.

He also appears on: • Nov. 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Gillnetter Pub in PoCo; • Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Witch Craft Pub in Maple Ridge; • and Nov. 24 at the St. James

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(The physical CD can only be bought at his shows while the digital tracks can be downloaded via CDBaby.)

Still, the upcoming gigs aren’t the only thing on his mind. Sainas has until Friday to get his application into the Juno awards committee to compete for the Contemporary Roots Album of the Year prize,

a category clinched this year

by Winnipeg singer-songwriter William Prince for his debut album Earthly Days.

Next year’s Juno ceremony takes place in Vancouver.

“The last time I was at the Junos, in Hamilton, was for teaching,” he said. “That was a huge honour but to be there as a nominated artist would be a very, very special thing, too.” jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Szpakowski rediscovers passion Coquitlam player has his sights set on record, and life after hockey MARIO BARTEL

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Daniel Szpakowski just wanted hockey to be fun again.

After two tough seasons playing Junior A in northern Ontario that failed to bear the fruit of the scholarship to a U.S. college he so desired, the Coquitlam native headed home to reassess his life goals and maybe rediscover his joy for the sport he’s played all his life.

Szpakowski found the latter when he signed with the Port Moody Panthers Junior B team.

He’s embarked on the former by beginning business school at Simon Fraser University.

Szpakowski, 20, said once he accepted his dream to head south wouldn’t be realized, he decided to shift his hockey focus from aspiration to passion; the game would no longer be a means to an end, but just an end in itself.

He said last season — his second with the Panthers — may have been the best he’s ever had. Earlier this season he set the team’s record for most career goals and he’s got his eye set on the team’s career points record.

That’s come even as he’s juggles his first-year business courses at SFU and a part-time job as a skating instructor for the city of Port Moody.

“I’m pretty packed,” Szpakowski said of his busy schedule that’s also giving him a taste of adult responsibilities.

Szpakowski admits this isn’t the way he saw his hockey career playing out when he was tearing up Coquitlam Minor and then a year at the Burnaby

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Some of the players he shared a dressing room with there have gone on to professional careers, although none has attained the NHL. Szpakowski set his sights more modestly: use his hockey to get an education.

His pilgrimage to Red Lake, Ont., to play in the Superior International Junior Hockey League was supposed to make that happen.

Instead, Szpakowski got sick and the team struggled. Vague

scholarship opportunities appeared, then vanished.

Szpakowski got disillusioned. He was at a crossroads.

He could uproot to another league to keep chasing his dream, even as his window to achieve that diminished. Or he could head home to regroup.

“It was a little somber,” he said of the realization.

Now 20 years old and sleeping again in his childhood bedroom in his parent’s Ranch Park home, Szpakowski said he’s looking forward instead of

behind. His Panthers’ scoring record is a little badge he’ll be able to hold on forever of his path in hockey.

“It’s been a challenge,” Szpakowski said of that path.

“It hasn’t been easy.”

• Szpakowski scored twice in the Panthers’ 6-4 loss to the Richmond Sockeyes on Saturday at the Port Moody Arena.

The Panthers had a 4-2 lead more than halfway into the second period when Arjun Bach’s power play marker,

as Tyson Goryniuk sat out a penalty for slashing, sparked a run of four straight goals by the visitors.

Kevin Allen had a goal and two assists for the home team, who also lost to the Mission Outlaws on Monday, 4-1, at Port Moody Arena.

The Panthers travel to Abbotsford to play the Pilots on Friday, then host North Vancouver on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Port Moody Arena. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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The Coquitlam Express held the lead three times in their BC Hockey League game against the Chilliwack Chiefs in Chilliwack on Saturday, but they weren’t able to make any of them stick as they ultimately lost 6-5.

The Express jumped out to a 2-0 lead before the game against the second-place Chiefs was seven minutes old on goals

by Joshua Bruce and Sam Kozlowski. But Chilliwack’s Adam Berg and Jared Turcotte scored less than a minute apart to put them back on even terms.

That only lasted 40 seconds as Eric Linell put the visitors back in the lead with an unassisted goal.

After Chilliwack’s Corey Andonovski tied it 7:26 into the second period, Joshua Bruce restored the lead for the visitors when he beat Chiefs’ goalie Daniel Chenard, who had taken over from starter Mathieu Caron midway through the first period, on a power play.

But that’s as good as it got for the Express.

Chilliwack’s Anthony Vincent’s second goal of the season just over a minute later tied it and Kaden Pickering gave the Chiefs their first lead of the game with just 28 seconds left in the middle frame.

Vincent’s second goal of the night, 12 minutes into the third period, proved to be the winner. see VETERANS, page 31

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Alex Ambrosio got the Express back to within a goal with more than six minutes left in regulation time, but they couldn’t get the equalizer.

The Express start a home-

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Riverside Rapids’ Adrienne Willems fires a spike through Lord Byng defenders Abigail Kucera and Sara Ostojic in their opening round game at the 18th annual Red Serge Classic volleyball tournament, held last weekend at Riverside secondary school in Port Coquitlam.

Riverside finished third in its pool and tied for fifth overall in the tournament that was won by Earl Marriott, which defeated Langley Christian in the final, 25-20, 28-26.

SFU SOCCER

Clan win GNAC title For the sixth time in eight years, the SFU Clan men’s soccer team are champions of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

But it wasn’t easy as a lot of pieces had to fall into place over the weekend for SFU to climb over Seattle Pacific University to the top of the table.

One of those was the Clan’s big 2-0 victory over the SPU Falcons on Saturday. That, combined

with an upset win by Concordia over Western Washington University, secured SFU’s conference championship and automatic entry in the NCAA Div. II playoffs that begin tomorrow (Thursday). SFU will play Cal Poly Pomona in the first round at Point Loma in San Diego.

Had the WWU Falcons won Saturday, they could have caught the Clan with another victory when the

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two teams went head-tohead on Sunday at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby to close out the regular season.

As it was, though, the game was meaningless and they played to a 0-0 draw.

Terry Fox grad Aidan Bain stopped eight shots to earn his first shutout for the Clan.

The weekend’s results also preserved the Clan’s unblemished record on home turf that dates back 25 matches.

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Burnaby vs Tri-Cities: The Condo Price Gap Widens It will likely cost you a median of $114,000 more to buy a condo in Burnaby compared with one in the TriCities, a look at current MLS market data reveals.

Of the 36 condo sales in Burnaby October 23-29 (registered by November 6), the median price was $539,000 compared with $425,000 in the Tri-Cities, which makes Burnaby’s condos nearly 27% more expensive.

Current median listing prices reveal a smaller gap between the two cityareas, at $654,900 among the 237 condos currently listed in Burnaby, versus $588K among the 233 TriCities units for sale. That’s a gap of just under $67,000, or 11% higher in Burnaby.

The sale price gap is also notably

going for under asking. That’s a stark contrast with the 55% of attached home sales (condos and townhouses) that sold for above asking price.

larger now compared with the same week one year ago, when the median of 39 condo transactions in Burnaby was $494,500, versus $425,000 among the Tri-Cities’ 41 unit sales – a $69,500 difference, or 16%.

The most expensive home to sell in the region that week, of those registered by November 6, was one of the four detached homes to go for over asking. This unremarkable-looking, 1955-built bungalow in Burnaby North’s Parkcrest neighbourhood achieved $1.625 million, $46,000 above its $1.579 million sticker price.

It was snapped up after just two days, presumably because it sits on a 9,480-square-foot corner lot with a view, laneway access and potential for a new 4,700-square-foot house – although the existing home would also make a great renovation project.

Detached homes saw an even bigger price gap between the two areas, although a slightly smaller percentage difference of 18%. The median price of the seven detached homes to sell in Burnaby the same week this year was $1.4 million, compared with $1,184,000 among the 20 homes sold in the Tri-Cities.

Of the 27 single-family homes sold across the whole region October 2329, just four houses went for over asking price, and one for exactly its list price, with the remaining 21 all

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* Total units registered sold October 23-29** Median sale price of units registered sold October 23-29 *** Highest price of all units registered sold October 23-29 † Listings as of November 6 †† Median days of active listings as of November 6. All sold and listings information as of November 6.

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MEMORIAL DONATIONS NIELSEN, Audrie

October 6, 1929 - October 24, 2017 Audrie left her footprints in our hearts as she peacefully slipped away to join the love of her life (Ron Nielsen, September 26,1929 - February 3, 2004). Mom will be missed by her son Randy (granddaughter Kate and grandson Dan (Vickie) who delighted her with four great-grandchildren; daughter Holley, daughter Tammy (Hunter) and her two children Paige and Wyatt, who were the apple of their Nana’s eye.

Born in rural Wawota, Saskatchewan with her family of nine during the depression Mom was a champion at recycling! Audrie’s devotion was for her family; she was creative and curious, always engaged and interested in the world. She lived with passion and compassion, in good humour and style, with generosity and kindness.

Music and song were her oxygen; a cup of orange pekoe tea her elixir.

No amount of thank you is enough for the Nurses and Care Aids at Eagle Ridge Manor and her music therapist Katherine. Companion Miriam and son Ali’s love gave her final few years exceptional quality for which we are eternally grateful for.

Please join us at 2pm to share refreshments, music and memories in the Fireside Lounge on November 24, 2017 at Burquitlam Funeral Chapel (located at the Side Entrance) at 625 North Road, Coquitlam. In lieu of flowers a donation to the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated.

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WILLIAMS, Myrtle M. April 4, 1920 − September 19, 2017 It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Myrtle Williams (née Rimbeaux) at the grand age of 97. She loved talking to people and was genuinely interested in their stories. She loved to laugh and was full of fun. A volunteer at the SHARE Thrift Store in Port Moody for over 25 years, and well into her 90s, she had many friends among the staff, volunteers, and customers. She is truly missed by her family.

Myrtle did not wish to have a funeral or memorial and in lieu of flowers, she hoped people would "do something nice for someone".

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