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TOUGH END TO GREAT FOX FOOTBALL SEASON
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2.41% hike in 2018 homes taxes GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News
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Terry Fox Ravens’ defensive lineman Eric Polan is disconsolate as the New Westminster Hyacks celebrate their last-second — literally — 15-14 victory in Saturday’s BC Secondary Schools Football Association Subway Bowl AAA championship at BC Place. For more on the heartbreaking end to an outstanding Ravens season, see Sports, page 27. And for many more photos from an epic game under the dome, go to www.tricitynews.com.
IT ALL STARTED WITH A HUG That’s how a foster child found a forever family and learned to help others: see page 20
The average residential homeowner in Coquitlam can expect to see a 2.41% increase when their property tax bill arrives next year. According to the financial plan given first reading Monday by council, commercial property owners will see a 1.41% rise, working out to a 2.06% overall average increase for business and homeowners, the lowest jump in two decades, said Mayor Richard Stewart. “Council has approved a budget increase that amounts to an average property tax increase of $46 per household,” he said during prepared remarks he read Monday night. “This 2.06% is the ninth consecutive year of declining tax increases and the lowest tax increase in over 20 years.” The gap between the residential and commercial property tax increase is due to a decision made by council several years ago to shift some of the tax burden between the property types. see UTILITY RATES, page 9
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