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Port Moody’s new parking regulations may keep commuters from clogging up Moody Centre streets while they hop on the Evergreen Extension come Dec. 2 but they may also be shortchanging townhouse residents. Jodie LaFleur is one such resident who discovered the new parking limits would mean she couldn’t park on the street during the day and take the SkyTrain to work, even though her employer offers a free transit pass. “I cannot park blocks and blocks away, I have a small child and this just isn’t feasible,” she wrote in an email to The Tri-City News. LaFleur was able to secure
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a second parking spot in her strata complex but remains unhappy with the new regulations, saying they seem to discourage residents from leaving their vehicles parked and taking SkyTrain instead. see MORE, page 10
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Kevin Ristau (left) and Ron Seki of Coquitlam Search and Rescue familiarize themselves with SAR’s new mobile command centre, which will officially go into service tomorrow, serving as a base of operations for the group’s volunteers. For more, see article on page 11.
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