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10th year of Quiring in New Year CHILD CARE

Daycare is pricey and a struggle in Tri-City Survey says: Cost of daycare huge for local parents DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Tri-City families are struggling to find daycare they can afford in a region where both parents often work outside the home and many of them outside the Tri-Cities, according to a new survey released this week.

The survey, conducted this fall for Westcoast Family Centres Society, found that the majority of families use licensed or other care arrangements for their children

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compared to 47% who have a parent at home.

And many families are on waiting lists, paying more than $1,100 for child care, are having to move their children around or settle for less satisfactory care than their preferred options.

It’s a picture that wouldn’t surprise many parents who are facing the daycare crunch in the Tri-Cities.

But the study’s proponents say the information is for discussion purposes only, not to promote any particular child care plan, such as that previously promoted by the NDP in May’s provincial election. see A THIRD OF, page 7

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SHILOH PLACE ORPHANAGE PHOTO

Shiloh Place Orphanage founder Chantal Kasongo with Marceline, an orphan who lives with her sister. Kasongo immigrated from Lubumbashi, Congo to Canada with her husband 20 years ago and the Coquitlam resident is now building an orphanage and learning centre in her former country. She is raising donations from the community. For more information, see story in page 5.

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THE ENVIRONMENT

Cougars, bears, birds and bugs: BioBlitz counts what lives around Mossom Creek Other eco groups urged to take on similar projects

WHAT LIVES IN THE CREEK?

The BioBlitz reports the number of fish, amphibians, birds, mollusks, plants and insects, but video cameras installed around Mossom Creek Hatcher show the area is frequented by larger mammals as well.

As recently as last month, the cameras caught a cougar walking through the woods and bear families have also been captured on camera more than once.

“We are a bit surprised by the cougars,” said Ruth Foster, retired teacher and hatchery co-founder, who said the big cats were never seen by volunteers in nearly 42 years of working near the creek until the cameras were installed when the hatchery was rebuilt after a fire.

“Since we put up the cameras, we started to see them,” she said, noting that each Sunday, the captured video is downloaded so people can see what creatures were visiting the area when people are not around.

“It’s one of the most exciting things that happens on a regular basis.”

Some of the Mossom Creek video is on YouTube and at mossomcreek.org.

DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Mossom Creek may not be a Garden of Eden, but for hundreds of plants, animals and insects, it’s home.

And thanks to the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society (BIMES) and its newly released BioBlitz report, we now know more about them.

The 24-hour count that took place Aug. 18 and 19 in Mossom Creek and nearby North Schoolhouse Creek watersheds in Port Moody found 377 species of plants, animals, fish, birds, amphibians and insects, including frogs that are a species of concern and a tiny moss that needs to be protected or it will disappear.

Flowing into Burrard Inlet, Mossom Creek, on Port Moody’s north shore, has been logged many times but still sustains a forested landscape that provides paths for animals such as mule deer, cougar and black bears. It has even hosted predators such as wolverines, a rarely observed species that usually sticks to the mountains.

Pam Zevit, a professional biologist who works with the South Coast Conservation Program, compiled the data for BIMES, said she was impressed the volunteers who participated as well as with the diversity of species found, especially since the count was done during a dry summer period when many creatures would be hidden.

“I’m hoping that the information — it’s really designed for the local community for BIMES and Mossom Creek folks — to use that as a foundation piece for understanding the watershed a little better.”

The report comes at a time a developer is looking to find the best way to utilize its land in the area, which includes the Mossom Creek watershed.

Brilliant Circle Group (BCG) is currently developing a vision for the 250-acre Ioco lands and contributed to the cost of the BioBlitz.

Ruth Foster, Mossom hatchery’s co-founder, said BCG’s $5,000 contribution indicates the company is keenly interested in the sensitive local ecosystem, and will be a posi-

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Above: Judy Taylor-Atkinson and Jennifer Madoc-Jones admire a giant stonefly, an indicator of good water quality, during last summer’s BioBlitz at Mossom Creek. Below: A cougar walking through the woods is caught by a video camera installed at the Mossom hatchery. tive steward.

“The very fact they are open to the exploration — some [identified species] might be species at risk, could affect their ability to develop the watershed — is very commendable.”

(Other groups that contributed include Toronto Dominion Friends of the Environment, which gave $5,000, and $9,000 from a Canada 150 grant through the Port Moody Foundation.)

Foster told The Tri-City News she hopes the research — soon to be presented to Port Moody and Anmore village councils, and already available online at www.mossomcreek.org/ bioblitz — will contribute to a greater understanding of the watershed while providing inspiration to other groups to conduct similar species counts in their creeks.

“I would certainly encourage other groups to undertake this,” she said. “It was very rewarding to see the enthusiasm of the public that came, that participated in the walks and on the teams for the scientists.”

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As volunteers identified plants, conducted beach seines in the ocean to study marine life and peered into the creek to count bugs, an inventory of a richly diverse environment came to life.

Zevit, who has coordinated BioBlitzes in other regions, says it’s as important to study the tiny creatures as it is to marvel at the beautiful mammals, such as bears and deer, that travel the paths around Mossom.

“It’s all about an intact and complete watershed,” Zevit told The Tri-City News. “We need the greatest biodiversity possible, and if we don’t record and notice these small little things, they could disappear without

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The hope is that developers, municipal councils and senior levels of government will pay attention to changes identified through BioBlitzes and make laws or initiate projects, such as installing bat boxes, to protect endangered species.

Among the recommendations in the report is that the Mossom BioBlitz will be used as a benchmark system to measure local biodiversity in other Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra watersheds, and possibly other areas of Metro Vancouver, such as North and West Vancouver.

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The success of Coquitlam’s Lights at Lafarge can be seen in the hundreds of people circling the lake on any given evening to take in the sights and lights.

It can also be seen in the traffic around Town Centre Park.

Coquitlam’s parks and recreation staff said the annual winter attraction is drawing thousands of visitors from across Metro Vancouver, causing traffic jams on Pinetree Way and taxing the area’s parking supply.

“I think the secret is kind of out,” said Raul Allueva, the city’s general manager of parks and recreation. “It has been incredibly successful.”

Allueva said the easiest way to get to Town Centre Park is

by SkyTrain and that people should take public transit whenever possible.

He added that those who must arrive by vehicle should look for stalls in the upper lot in the northwest section of the park. Engineering and public works general manager Jozsef Dioszeghy said new signage has been installed leading drivers to additional spots.

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“They are bearing some of the brunt of the popularity of the event,” he said, later adding, “We are drawing the people there… and we want to make sure we solve this issue.”

Kathleen Vincent, Coquitlam’s manager of corporate communications, told council last week that a survey

of attendees was conducted at the Lights at Lafarge display. She said staff are particularly interested in how residents arrived at the event. The information collected will guide the planning of the light display in the future.

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will take place between 7 and 8 p.m., with multiple singing groups stationed around the lake. The event is part of the Lights at Lafarge winter display, which features hundreds of thousands of lights in Town Centre Park. The lights are switched on each at night at dusk and powered off at 11 p.m., although they will stay on later on New Year’s Eve.

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Coquitlam woman raises $ for orphanage Kasongo is setting up orphanage in Congo homeland

project, which will be to build four to six homes that will house six to eight children who will be looked after by a house mother, a local widow.

Kasongo explained that the African culture is patriarchal and widows are often left destitute because property is returned to the husband’s family.

She wants to create a safe place for women as well as children, she said.

“When you see things that are essential and that people don’t have it, especially as a mother, you feel that compas-

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Chantal Kasongo’s beautiful eyes light up when she talks about Shiloh Place Orphanage in her hometown of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

A labour of love for the past seven years for the Coquitlam resident, the first phase of the project is complete. Now, Kasongo is looking for donations for furniture, Bibles and hymn books in French or Swahili for the community centre and chapel that is about to open.

“It was a dream or vision since I was home,” said Kasongo, who immigrated from Lubumbashi 20 years ago with her husband, who has since passed away.

Working as an attendant at a Vancouver hotel, Kasongo said she felt it was time she gave back to her former home to provide safe housing and education opportunities for children aged two to 15.

“We don’t have an orphanage [in Lubumbashi), it made me cry,” she told The Tri-City News.

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sion,” explained Kasongo, who has a grown son.

Many of the children she has met who might come to live at the orphanage one day are practically destitute, with no money for clothes, let alone school fees, uniforms and shoes. Although they often live with relatives, they are usually the last in a family to be sent to school.

That’s why Kasongo is also looking for people to sponsor a child and pay for their school fees, clothes and books, all of which costs $250 a year.

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brella of the Umoja Operation Compassion Society of BC, which can provide tax-deductible receipts for donations over $25.

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Shiloh Place Orphanage founder Chantal Kasongo of Coquitlam and volunteer Shelagh Armour-Godbolt hope people will think of others this holiday season, including orphaned children in Africa who have no money to pay for school fees. land, putting some of the payment on her credit card, and has been fundraising ever since to build a learning centre, a medical clinic, farm and church, plus a well for clean water.

Shelagh Armour-Godbolt, a local volunteer who has done fundraising for other African projects, decided to come on

board when she saw Kasongo’s dedication to the cause.

“I was really impressed. It’s a big project,” said ArmourGodbolt, who acts as Kasongo’s press agent, noting that only the finishing touches remain to be finished on the community centre and chapel.

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Explosive population growth expected in Coquitlam’s City Centre neighbourhood over the next 30 years has city planning staff looking at ways of managing the influx of new residents.

According to a staff report, 27,000 people are expected to move into the area over the next three decades on top of the 31,000 existing residents.

An update to the neighbourhood’s area plan is expected to get underway this month, covering properties within approximately 800 m of the city’s three new Evergreen Extension stations.

The plan will guide the neighbourhood as it continues its transition from a suburb to a regional town centre, “solidifying City Centre’s identity as the heart of Coquitlam,” said the document.

As part of the process, the city said it will review its strategies for using incentives to draw

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The document will also outline new methods of encouraging larger, family-oriented twoand three-bedroom housing units and policies to enhance walking, cycling and transit opportunities.

Staff will also delve into available funding options for a potential fourth Evergreen Extension station at Falcon Drive.

The first phase of the planning process is expected to get underway this month and online consultation will occur early in the New Year.

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A third of families pay >$1,100/month continued from front page

“It was clear from the report the need for more dialogue,” a press release states, “and collective willingness of planners and key stakeholders is required to address the lack of accessible and affordable care within the Tri-Cities.”

The survey was conducted

by Jane Beach, in collaboration with Barry Forer from the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) at UBC, with support and guidance from the United Way’s Avenues of Change Advisory Group, Some 988 Tri-City families were surveyed, representing 1,550 children aged birth to eight years; the majority, or 54%, were from Coquitlam, with smaller proportions from the other municipalities (27% from Port Coquitlam, 17% from Port Moody, 1.5% from Anmore and 0.5% from Belcarra).

The survey showed that 33% of families with kids in licensed daycares are paying more than $1,100 per month, 21% are currently on a waiting list for child care and 24% have experienced changes in their primary child care arrangements in the past year. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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HOW AND WHERE KIDS ARE CARED FOR Other notable statistics regarding daycare include:

CARE ARRANGEMENTS

• 47% of children from birth to eight years old are in the care of parents; • 39% are in licensed care; • 14% are in other care arrangements; • 46% would change child care arrangement if a preferred option became available; • 49% need full-time child care five days per week for children younger than school age; • and 54% need out-of-school care five days per week for school-aged children.

DEMOGRAPHICS

• 54% of respondents stated their household income was less than$100,000; • 40% reported both parents work full-time; • 46% of parents work outside of the Tri-Cities; • 45% live with two children between birth and eight years; • 44% of respondents were born outside of Canada, coming from 56 different countries; • 26% of households reported more than one language was spoken at home.

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As a former Toronto police chief, Liberal MP Bill Blair said he understands how the federal government’s legislation legalizing marijuana consumption for recreational use affects municipalities.

Blair, Ottawa’s point person on the pot file, was in the TriCities this week, meeting with mayors and councillors, he said, to ensure cities have the tools and information ahead of the regulation changes coming next summer.

“I recognize the important roles that mayors, councillors and local police officers have to make this thing work,” he said in an interview Monday with The Tri-City News at Port Coquitlam city hall. “They have a big job to do here and we want to make sure they have the support they need that is required at the local level in order to make sure that this works in this community.”

One of the issues local governments are grappling with revolves around impaired driving.

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Blair said that is about to change with the imminent approval of new screening devices in spring 2018.

While the technology is new to Canada, he said it has been successfully used in many countries, including Australia and New Zealand.

The new regulations, he added, will make roads safer.

“Impaired by drug is not a situation created by the legislation,” he said, “it is a problem today. A third of young adults in this country are using cannabis and many do not know the risks that presents on their ability to drive… You’re taking your lives into your hands.”

But the new technology and

training will not be cheap, and the federal government has already heard complaints from municipal leaders about the downloaded costs.

Blair said the money will be available.

He points to a taxation regime that initially saw the federal government split a $1 excise tax 50/50 with provinces. But after hearing from local governments through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Blair said Ottawa offered up half of its share — 25% of every dollar — to be given to municipalities through the provincial governments.

He noted that more than $740 million has already been allocated for administrative

infrastructure at Health Canada and for training police officers in drug recognition and field testing.

In speaking with municipal leaders, Blair said most agree that the existing prohibition of marijuana use is not working and changes are welcome.

“We well know the current system has many limitations and it is failing our kids and creating an illegal black market,” he said. “The current system is not getting the job done… and so I think most people are quite accepting of the idea that a wellregulated system of production and distribution is a better and smarter way to go.”

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Rise of the robots at Heritage Woods Robotics team is honing its game, looking for funds DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

The excitement of video games mixed with engineering, building and computer programming is making robotics competition one of the fastest growing sports at Heritage Woods secondary in Port Moody.

Some 40 students in all four grades have joined the robotics club overseen by teachers James Zhuang and Angeline Lee, and the students are vying for the right to call themselves robotics champs.

On the afternoon The TriCity News visited, more than a dozen students were tinkering with machines that look like Meccano toys of old but with complex wiring and brains that, when programmed by a computer and steered with a controller, can move and do complex tasks.

They were preparing for a Vex Robotics qualifying competition at Gladstone secondary school in the quest to get to the provincials.

“We want to share our story with the community, we are looking for sponsorship and mentorship to help us grow,” said Zhuang about the program.

It’s not surprising that sponsorship is needed. Depending on the type of competition, robots can cost thousands of dollars. Last year, Heritage Woods got a $5,000 grant from Microsoft to participate in the FIRST Robotics Canada (FRC) competition in Calgary. To duplicate that feat for this season, the club needs at least another $2,000 on top of parent advi-

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Above: Members of the Heritage Woods’s robotics team, including (from left) Victor Wong, Chris Halim, Jamie Owens, Kyle Morrison, Gabe Stang and Brodie Milne. Above right: Wong, Grade 12, and Kelly Yee, Grade 11, fine-tune their VEX robot for competition. sory council and grant funds, extra money the school doesn’t have.

In that competition, teams compete under strict rules and a six-week time frame to build and program an industrialsized robot to play a challenging game against tough competitors in an arena half the size of a basketball court.

Heritage Woods students put together a machine they called Lord Business — a nod to The Lego Movie because of its design — that was able to “climb” a rope using a winch, a velcro wheel and other electronics, gadgets and gears.

When the smoke cleared after a couple of days of competition, the rookie team was in the top five of 11 B.C. teams and 37th out of the 50 international teams that participated.

If sponsorship and support from a local tech company can be found, the students hope to do even better in 2018.

Meanwhile, the smaller VEX Robots cost about $2,000, with $1,000 needed for replacement parts annually, and are somewhat more affordable to build for competition. These robots are constantly upgraded by the students to be able to do different skills to win points, and ultimately bragging rights for the team.

During The Tri-City News’ visit, Victor Wong, Grade 12, and Kelly Yee, Grade 11, were fine-tuning their VEX based on a new design created by Yee. She wants the machine to be able to do more tasks, such as moving and placing cones in a large arena, and for the team to win points for driving, pro-

gramming and building skills.

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something that works out of all these scraps of metal,” said Yee, who plans on being a lawyer when she graduates.

Wong, who helps build but also does the “driving” — using a controller that looks the same as one used for a video game — says the experience is “very intense.”

Zhuang is impressed with the enthusiasm and the dedication of the students in the robotics club and hopes the school can mount a bid for the FRC competition, which

starts in February, as well as win a competition in the VEX Robotics playoffs.

He is somewhat amazed at the growth of the club in the last three years but credits success among the participants, as well as more interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), for prompting the influx.

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Some other stolen goods have been located, say police

A Surrey man has been arrested for allegedly using a stolen credit card to purchase a waterski boat and trailer in September in the Tri-Cities.

But the boat is still missing and investigators are now turning to the public to help return the stolen items to their rightful owner.

“We’re hoping that the distinctive custom pain will help us locate the stolen boat and trailer,” said Const. Nathan Dobie. “Fraud is not victimless.

We want to return this boat to its owners and help reduce their stress, lost money and time.”

According to police, the vessel is a 1999 Gekko GTR-22 ski boat with two-toned metallic green and cream colouring with a matching trailer. It is 6.7 m long with the hull ID FINW8306B99 and trailer number 4FBBC2218X1004948.

Thirty-six-year-old Robert Dean Stotz was arrested in relation to the incident and is facing numerous charges, including: • two counts of breach of a conditional sentence; • one count of disposal of property to defraud creditors; • two counts of fraud over $5,000; • two counts of fraud under $5,000; • two counts of using a forged passports; • and two counts of uttering a forged document.

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Investigators ask anyone information about the missing boat to contact the Coquitlam RCMP’s non-emergency number (604-945-1550) and quote file number 2017-33545. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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$3M for latest park to be built on Burke Mountain GARY MCKENNA The Tri-CiTy News

Enhanced playgrounds, spectacular views and even hammocks in which to relax and recline are some of the amenities being considered for northeast Coquitlam’s newest.

Riley Park will cost $3 million to build and will utilize the 3.5acre property’s natural slope for sliding and playground features, according to a city staff report. A path will also connect the various plazas and picnic tables, making it a place “where residents can rest, play and move,” Coquitlam said in a press release.

Having hammocks installed in a park would be new for Coquitlam.

“We have not used this equipment in other parks yet,” said Andre Isakov, the city’s manager of park, planning and design. “They have been used in other parks in other cities.”

He added the hammocks are durable and made by a reputable playground supplier. They would be attached to wooden posts in a treed area of the park, giving the space a lot of shade in the summer, Isakov said.

The creation of Riley Park will require the removal of trees after an arborist determined that many of the stands on

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Without the clusters, even the healthy trees would not be viable by themselves, according to the city, and removal was expected to occur in February 2018.

The report noted that a replanting strategy would be conducted in the northern part of the park while shrubs and ground cover would be located throughout the green space.

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JANIS E. CLARK COMMENTING ON A STORY ABOUT POCO SCHOOL TRUSTEE JUDY SHIRRA NO LONGER LIVING IN POCO BUT STAYING ON AS TRUSTEE

“When the people supposed to oversee your school board reports from vacation down south that she can do the work from her retirement home in the Okanagan, you get a pretty good idea why the budget is blown up and free trips to China are ‘just fine.’”

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Counting birds, bees & plants is valuable for Mossom future T he Mossom Creek BioBlitz report should not be ignored just because it contains mostly good news.

Conducted in August by volunteers, supported by various funding groups and written up by noted professional biologist Pam Zevit, the BioBlitz study — basically, a count of all the different species of living things in the watershed — says the Mossom watershed is healthy, supporting at least 377 species, including, plants, insects, marine life and animals.

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The BioBlitz report also reminds us that we must pay close attention to the health and well-being of insects, mosses and other tiny creatures because they are the sentinels that tell us if the environment is healthy or degrading.

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Finally, the report recommends several small projects that can be done to enhance diversity, such as bird boxes, insect hotels and bat boxes that will not only give people a way to be involved in stewardship but will also, hopefully, mitigate the destruction of habitat in urban areas.

This project is also timely as it is being done while Brilliant Circle Group (BCG) is considering development of its lands in Port Moody and Anmore.

It’s not a mistake that BCG helped fund the project because it has shown an interest in stewardship. And now that the information is available, we

now know that any future development needs to take into consideration potential threats to the environment so that future BioBlitzes show more diversity, not less.

Finally, sincere thanks must go to the volunteers from the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society who participated in the effort to take stock of the count. They have shown that it’s not only important to collect data on the health of our watersheds but necessary to make adjustments and avoid further degradation to these remaining creeks and forest parcels.

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With space at a premium, We also need is int’l. ed. good for SD43? space for jobs The Editor, Re. “Such thing as a free trip?” (The Tri-City News, Dec. 8) and “China conflict should be apparent to SD43” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Dec. 15).

Further to the ethical ramifications raise by professor Michael McDonald and legal questions raised by letter writer Joerge Dyrkton, I would like to address practical and moral considerations regarding the international education program.

School District 43 trustees and administrators were well aware of the need for extra classroom space to meet the requirements of the 2016 Supreme Court ruling, so why on Earth did they undertake this recruitment junket during 2017 spring break?

Last year, there were 2,000 international students for whom we provided 100 classrooms. The defence for this program has been that this program makes good financial sense but this may

TRUSTEE SHOULD QUIT The Editor, Re. “Trustee moved out of PoCo, will stay on board” (The Tri-City News, Dec. 15).

Port Coquitlam school Trustee Judy Shirra is quoted as saying, “I still do more than other trustees.”

I’d have to agree. Trustee Shirra certainly does more travelling than other trustees on her $42,000-perJUDY SHIRRA year stipend: a free trip to China, vacations in Palm Springs and commuting from her new home in Summerland to attend board of eduction meetings.

Do the right thing, Trustee Shirra, resign. The students and taxpayers of Port Coquitlam deserve better.

Bruce Richardson, Port Coquitlam

not be true when we factor in the many other expenses our community incurs when you consider the provision of housing, transportation, etc.

The current provincial government is trying to right the wrongs of 15 years of neglect

of special needs students and overcrowded classrooms.

Trustees and administrators are obligated to co-operate as the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling takes place. Adding more students is not helpful — it serves to

overwhelm the education system.

Seven daycares in six schools received vacating notices to make room for extra classrooms and here we are recruiting more students.

Were there other one-year leases that could have been terminated, such as independent school leases?

I’m of the opinion that international education be put on hold for at least one year to give the Ministry of Education an opportunity to assess classroom space and teaching staff requirements.

My last comment is that we already have immigrant families and refugees from many countries with whom we can engage in a more meaningful way, where we can be kinder, more generous and compassionate. Many immigrants and refugees are struggling, let’s get to know them better, support them and learn from them if diversity is our goal.

Nadya Shore, Port Coquitlam

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The Editor, Re. “Metro housing desire takes industrial land” (The TriCity News, Dec. 13).

A letter to Coquitlam’s mayor and council: We have been impressed with some of the many developments/redevelopments in Coquitlam, particularly those near to transit, shopping and highways. Obviously, population pressures and offshore money are creating an almost insatiable demand, so higher density and higher traffic volumes are inevitable.

The latter aspect is related to the main point of our writing.

As council is aware, Coquitlam has a relatively small employment base. Industrial/commercial land is in extremely short supply.

It is with serious dismay, therefore, that we understand Beedie Living wants a 30% reduction in one of the very few viable industrial sites, Fraser Mills.

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With the frenetic pace of construction in Coquitlam (particularly west Coquitlam), balanced and longer term community/ commuting interests need to be taken into account. We realize that Beedie has not been granted all permits at this time.

But we certainly hope approvals are not, in fact, a fait accompli and hearings, etc. are simply a formality and a token gesture.

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UGTS on the road again after surprise donation After News story, Chevrolet stepped in to help charity MARIO BARTEL

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A broken-down old vehicle will help the Unique Get Together Society (UGTS) transport even more kids with special needs and developmental challenges to programs like summer camp, soccer practice, basketball and bocce.

Sort of.

Debra Abraham, the executive director of UGTS, said after a story appeared in The Tri-City News last summer about the dilapidated condition of the group’s 2004 Buick Rendezvous, which it used to take the kids on outings all over the Lower Mainland, she was contacted by a representative from an “experiential marketing” firm in Toronto who had read the article online and wanted to know more.

Abraham told the representative about the Buick’s wonky transmission and how it was making it difficult to give the kids her organization helps experiences often taken for

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Debra Abraham of Unique Get Together Society is presented with a cheque for $25,000 by Iman Shahsavani from Eagle Ridge GM Chevrolet at the ParticipACTION 150 event Nov. 30 in Coquitlam. granted by children without challenges, like trips to the Greater Vancouver Zoo, Cultus Lake and the Britannia Mine Museum.

A few other exchanges followed but that’s the last Abraham heard until she got a call in late November that UGTS had been selected to receive a donation of $10,000 in conjunction with a ParticipACTION 150 event at Percy Perry Stadium in Coquitlam last month.

Abraham said she was “thrilled.” But when she was called to the stage, in the middle of a driving rainstorm,

she was informed things had changed.

Instead of the $10,000 donation, Iman Shahsavani from Eagle Ridge GM would be presenting her with $25,000 from Chevrolet Canada’s Gift of Play program.

“I was absolutely blown away. I was in disbelief,” Abraham said of the donation, which is more than enough to repair her Buick and buy a brand new van as well.

And just in the nick of time, too, as UGTS is about to embark on new partnerships with School District 43 for a basketball program and Sportability

BC to introduce kids to bocce.

Those are in addition to its summer camps, an existing adaptive soccer program with the Port Moody Soccer Club and three new recreation programs in the works with the Surrey school district.

“These kids really need this,” Abraham said, adding efforts

by UGTS to get kids with challenges involved in sports and recreation programs also help take the pressure of parents, who are often at loose ends trying to find accommodating activities.

It also means Abrahams will be soon adding van shopping to her already busy holiday season, which includes UGTS’ major fundraiser for the year, a ’70s-themed New Year’s Eve party at the Burrard Public House in Port Moody. The event includes Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe impersonators, a tarot card reader, silent auction, appetizers and dinner.

“It’s an exciting time for us,” Abraham said.

• For more information about the Unique Get Together Society as well as its New Year’s Eve fundraiser, go to www. uniquegettogethersociety.com. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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Lights & Santas & donations, oh my As we have in previous years, The Tri-City News is publishing a list of large light displays in the Tri-Cities for Christmas.

Please note the online version of the story includes a map of display locations.

You can get alerts about the list by following us on Twitter @ TriCityNews and look for more information on our Facebook page.

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• 917 Merritt St.: The Warfield family display has thousands of lights on the house and in the garden, all synced to a collection of Christmas favourite songs — and just a block over from the display at 927 Lillian St. (see details below). Lights are on daily from 4:30 to 11 p.m.

• 2518 Cable Crt.: 14,000 lights at this house and the other 15 houses on the cul de sac are also decorated.

• 1440 Cambridge Dr.: Bruce and Barb Murphy’s display features 20,000 lights, a nativity display, Santa with reindeer, a gondola, electric train with bells and whistles, Santa’s workshop, a singing Christmas tree, a gingerbread house and even a hot air balloon. Donations are collected for BC Children’s Hospital and the display is open every day from 5:30 to 10 p.m.

• 2988 Forestridge Pl.: The Bilesky home is once again decorated and ready for visitors. The display features Santa’s sleigh and Rudolph on the rooftop. You can see Santa waving from the chimney as he disappears down it. There is a festive snowman display as well as many other lighted decorations. There is even a beautiful decorated tent where you can take your photo with an lifesize animated Santa while festive carols play. Lights are on nightly from 6 to 10 p.m.

through Jan. 7. Donations are greatly appreciated for Variety — The Children’s Charity.

• 1417 Garibaldi Pl.: John and Trudy invite you to enjoy their homemade Christmas — for the 36th year. There are more than 120 hand-painted display pieces on the house and in the yard. Two themes: traditional Christmas with manger scene, shepherds, wise men and angels; and contemporary Christmas with Santa, reindeer, toy trains, nutcrackers and singing snowmen. And it’s all lit up with more than 5,000 lights, which are on from 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily.

• 2638 Brewster Dr.: Welcome to Dangville, the Christmas Village. Dangville (named for creator Joe Dang), is an intricate miniature Christmas village diorama — a collection that has grown so large it now takes up a two-car garage. A large frame hanging from the ceiling holds three levels of the North Pole and Candy Land. The elves are busy working away and taking care of Santa’s reindeer. The Gingerbread and Candy houses are ready for Christmas displays. The lower frame cascades into the Christmas fantasy village with dozens of homes, businesses and a variety of sports activities. There are skiers, skaters and snowboards riding the gondola and zipping up and down the mountains, The Play Land Carnival, is alive with rides and lots of popcorn and cotton candy for sale. The mountain resorts are ready for winter vacationers.

Downtown contains a busy Chinatown and a bustling downtown area. Dangville is open to the public for viewing from 6:30 to 9 p.m. each night from Dec. 10 to 23. Admission is free and donations for the CKNW Orphans’ Fund will be

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• 927 Lillian St.: The Romas family’s house and yard sparkles with Christmas cheer. The yard features many lit characters, including Santa, reindeer, holiday trees, snowmen and more; and the house is all decked out with hundreds of colourful lights. Lights are on from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. every day through Jan. 1.

• 145 King Edward St.: There’s an 85-foot tree full of lights plus yard displays throughout the Mill Creek Village complex.

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• 1228 Oriole Pl.: The Pauli family has the lights on from 5:30 to 10 p.m. nightly — thousands of lights set to music, including a new 20-foot-tall mega tree this year. Donations will be accepted for the Royal Columbian Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

• 752 Capital Crt.: This Christmas light display in Citadel Heights is titled Lights of Elegance, and lots of people are stopping to take photos and selfies.

• 3313 Rae St.: Enjoy the magical experience of more than 200,000 lights plus ground displays synchronized to music as well as a decorated 70-foot tree at the “Miracle on Rae Street.” Lights will be on Sunday to Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m. Contributions to the food bank will be gratefully accepted. (The homeowners request that, as a courtesy to their neighbours, visitors don’t block or turn around in driveways — you can park on Prairie Avenue, which is just a few steps away.)

• 1642 Greenmount Ave.: Once again, the Wilsons have a large Christmas display and, once again, they’re collecting for the Share food bank.

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Tri-City businesses up for B.C. awards Four businesses in the TriCities have reached the semifinals of the 15th annual Small Business BC awards, which recognize the achievements of entrepreneurs in 10 categories.

Coquitlam-based Easy Daysies Ltd. and LifeSupply are among the 10 semi-finalists for best innovation.

Easy Daysies provides tools such as magnetic schedules for parents of young children to teach them to become more cooperative, independent and less anxious because they know what’s to come in their day. The company recently branched out to create similar schedules for adults dealing with memory loss, dementia or brain injury.

LifeSupply provides online shopping for a variety of medical supplies, from acupuncture needles to catheters, dental bibs and eye pads.

Another Coquitlam company, Longevity Graphics, is a semi-finalist for Best Marketer.

The company’s 11 employees design websites and implement internet marketing strategies for a variety of clients, from crossfit studios to realtors and nonprofit organizations.

One of the companies they’re up against is Empty Desk Solutions of Port Moody,

SASAMAT GETS CLOSER

A fundraiser for the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department is now just $26,800 shy of its goal.

Last month, the 45-member team — which serves the villages of Anmore and Belcarra — got a $16,100 boost from Belcarra Bay Road residents.

That total will be matched by Kim and Lynda Alfreds, who in November issued a month-long challenge to their neighbours to help with the department’s drive to purchase new and lighter self-contained breathing apparatus.

Firefighter and campaign co-chair Neil Belenkie called the Alfreds’ donation “unbelievable” and thanked the contributors to their challenge: Tina and Hassan Ngobi, Thomas Hermary, Don Babineau, and Cheryl and William Papove — as well as an anonymous donor from Belcarra Bay Road who stepped forward with $5,000.

“This support is making a huge difference,” Belenkie told The Tri-City News.

So far, SVFD has raised $143,200.

• To make a donation to the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department, visit svfd.ca. Tax receipts will be written for qualifying individuals and businesses. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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The semi-finalists in each category were selected from nearly 600 nominations and an online vote. Each must now present its case, to the competition’s judges, on why it deserves to win the award. In February,

the top five finalists in each category will then make a 10-minute pitch to a panel of business experts.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony Feb. 23 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. For more information, and a full list of semi-finalists, go to sbbcawards.ca.

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“It can be quite easy to maintain or even lose weight at this time of year if you’re careful with your choices,” said Allana Polo, a naturopathic physician, in a press release. “Realize that you are at the party to mingle, socialize and celebrate, all of which can be done without consuming a large amount of calories in food and alcohol. Make smart choices and your body will thank you for it in January.”

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The CP Rail Holiday Train made the final two stops of its annual cross-country trip on Sunday in the Tri-Cities, providing colourful lights and joyous music in Port Moody and Port Coquitlam. On this page, revellers at the PoCo West Coast Express station braved heavy rains to hear performances by choirs as well as featured performer Alan Doyle and his Beautiful Band.

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She runs because her mother cannot. Diabetes has taken her mother’s mobility and Patina is sent to live with her aunt and uncle and attend a fancy new school. She can escape all of these worries on the track.

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• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Sharon Gurm, a naturopathic doctor who specializes in oncology.

All those affected by prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

Info: Craig, 604-928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

• HUB Cycling Tri-Cities committee meeting, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch, 1169 Pinetree Way. Come out and support cycling in the Tri-Cities. Group meets monthly to discuss local cycling issues, plan local assessment rides and work to improve cycling in the area.

PARENTS, KIDS

• Family resource centre at Minnekhada middle school, PoCo, offers multi-sensory and math tutoring; rate is $25 per session. Tutors are Orton Gillingham-trained and centre works in cooperation with SD43.

Registration is ongoing. Info: frcdistrict43@gmail.com.

• Parents, grandparents, and caregivers who want to connect with others who are raising children, gain and offer support and understanding, gain information about parenting and other concerns, and have their children cared for while doing so, free of charge, can join a parent support circle. Parent Support Services of BC runs a Wednesday evening circle in Burquitlam. The support circle is an anonymous, confidential self-help group for parents with children 12 years old and under.

Info: 604-669-1616 or www.parentsupportbc.ca.

• Ignite Choir at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship is for kids 6-14 who love to sing, dance and act; the goal is to give children and youth an introduction to music and. The choir meets Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 13. Info: www. erbf.com.

• Breastfeeding or pregnant and wanting to learn more?

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• Burke Mountain’s Community Association NECRA meets, 7-9 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr., Coquitlam.

Coquitlam city planner Jonathan Jackson will explain a proposal to relocate park space at Harper Park. The meeting will be followed by a Christmas social. All Burke Mountain residents invited to attend.

The Tri-City News’ online calendar is packed full of local community events — and you can add yours, too at www. tricitynews.com.

The online calendar requires no login or password, and the form to submit an item is easy to use.

You can add your event — for instance, fundraiser or an amateur play production — to the hundreds currently on The Tri-City News’ online calendar.

A Tri-City News newsroom staffer will check each item before it posts to make sure it complies with our guidelines, which lead off the submission form. Like the form, they’re simple, as the calendar is for Tri-Cities community, not commercial, events.

The Tri-City News’ online calendar is a great way to create buzz about your organization or your event; go to it directly at http://www.tricitynews.com/community/submit-anevent.

As always, to add items to The Tri-City News’ printed Community Calendar — like the one on this page — please email details to newsroom@tricitynews.com.

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La Leche League Coquitlam groups offer informal, guided discussions and a chance to connect with other nursing mothers. New meeting location: Share Family and Community Services, 2615 Clarke St., PoMo. Meetings held second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. Women interested in breastfeeding and their children are invited to free monthly LLL meetings. Info: 604-520-4623 or www.lllc.ca.

• Share Family and Community Services hosts free parent and tot drop–in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900.

• Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs, stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full participants; free; open 9-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elementary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-937-6971.

• Tri-City Family Place, a drop in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672.

• Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents,

grandparents and/or caregivers.

Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available. Info: 604-937-6970.

• Pleasantside Play Pals, a non-profit parent-participation play group for newborns to pre-schoolers at Old Orchard Hall, PoMo; parents/caregivers invited every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m.

• Parents and tots gather to play and learn in a Jewishthemed environment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-552-7221 or info@ burquest.org.

• Step By Step Child Development Society Family Resource Rooms open for dropin at the following locations: Old Orchard Hall in Ioco Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m., Harbour View elementary school Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m. and at the Blue Mountain Park Scouts’ Hall on Wed from 10-11:30. Call 604-931-1977 for more information or visit the website at www. step-by-step.ca • Millside Family Resource Centre is open Fridays, 9-11 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Millside elementary is at 1432 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161.

• Mountain View Family Resource Centre is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts.

Mountain View elementary is at 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161.

• Drop-in for parents/ caregivers and children 5 and

younger, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Birchland School Family Place, 1331 Fraser St., PoCo. Info: Westcoast Family Resources Society, 604-9417828.

• Christian Service Brigade and Senior Girls Alive at Westwood Community Church, 1294 Johnson St., Coquitlam, invite youth 11-18 to join them on Wednesday nights 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for Battalion program.

Info: Ronnie Tan, 604-9081847.

• Autism Tri-Cities information and support group for adults with relatives with autism spectrum disorder. Info: Clair, 604939-5157.

• PoCoMo Mothers of Multiples club meets the third Thursday of the month. Info: Brenda, 604-937-5534.

• Simon Fraser Society for Community Living hosts Family Support, Education and Networking Group, for families with children with developmental or physical disabilities throughout the school year. For more information, please contact the Family and Individual Support

Program at 604-525-9494.

• Parents Together is a mutual help group for parents experiencing conflict with their teen(s), meets in PoCo. Info: 604-325-0556.

• Learning Disabilities Association meets the third Thursday of each month at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo, 7-9 p.m.

• Tough Love support group meets Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Stoney Creek community centre (in Burnaby) For parents with children in trouble or experiencing difficulties. Info: Cathy, 604464-2437.

• The Ark Child Services, a

non-profit counselling agency specializing in supporting families going through separation and divorce, has an office in the Tri-Cities. Info: Lee Cassels, 604-461-2124.

• Children with Diabetes parent support group meets monthly. Speakers present information for living with Type 1 Diabetes. Social activities are also planned for the children and their families. Info: Carol, 604-931-2027.

VOLUNTEERS • Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is looking for volunteer tutors for Study Buddy program, which gives young girls the educational support they need by matching them in a one-to-one tutoring relationship. To be a Study Buddy volunteer, you must be female, age 19 or older, have a high school diploma, some post-secondary education (completed or in-process), and some experience helping others learn.

Study Buddies spend one hour a week tutoring a Little Sister for a minimum of six months.

Info: 604-873-4525 Ext. 300 or info@bigsisters.bc.ca.

• Canadian Red Cross Society is seeking volunteers for the Health Equipment Loan Program in PoCo. For more information please visit redcross.ca/ volunteer/who-is-needed or contact BCYvolunteering@redcross. ca. Call 1-855-995-3529.

• Share Family and Community services is looking for volunteers to work with seniors for its shop by phone and Friendly Visiting programs, and transportation to community resources. Info: kathie.rodway@ sharesociety.ca or 604-9376975.

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Coquitlam couple Rosemary O’Connor (piano) and Reg Quiring (viola) will mark a milestone on Dec. 31 with their 10th QuiRing in the New Year show, held at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way).

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t’s been quite a ride for Reg Quiring and wife Rosemary O’Connor.

Ten years ago, the Coquitlam couple launched a New Year’s Eve recital titled QuiRing in the New Year to showcase some of their favourite classical tunes with fellow accomplished musicians.

Violist Quiring and O’Connor, a pianist, also wanted to create a high-quality concert close to home so TriCity residents wouldn’t be forced to head downtown on a dark and dreary Dec. 31.

As their crowds grew over

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Violinist Ian Swensen and Rebecca Wenham on cello will accompany the Quirings on Dec. 31. the years, the couple relocated their special event to the Evergreen Cultural Centre — the venue where Quiring also runs his Coquitlam Youth Orchestra — and spiced up their program.

Not only did they pres-

ent standard Classical and Romantic compositions — never shying away from difficult repertoire such as Maurice Ravel’s famous Piano Trio — they also introduced more contemporary pieces like Tibetan Dance by Bright Shen

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and some gypsy jazz (courtesy of Van Django).

This year is no exception.

For their 10th anniversary, the couple will usher in 2018 with another stellar package — complete with sparkling wine afterward.

Along with fellow guests Ian Swensen and Rebecca Wenham, they’ll tackle Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne for violin and piano (an arrangement from the composer’s Pergolesi ballet Pulcinella); Trio for Viola, Cello and Piano

by Quiring’s favourite writer, Brahms; and the Fauré piano quartet, an emotional composition the musician penned after being rejected by his fiancée.

It’s not the first time violinist Swensen has appeared for a QuiRing show.

In 2015, the New York native (who comes from a musically gifted family of Norwegian and Japanese-Hawaiian descent) was on the Evergreen stage to perform the Ravel masterpiece as well as other chamber works.

A violin and chamber music teacher at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and

Sacramento State University, Swensen studied at two prestigious schools: Juilliard and the Eastman School of Music. He is also the first musician to win the top prize in the Naumburg Solo Violin Competition and First Prize in the Naumburg Chamber Music Competition.

Meanwhile, Wenham — the principal cellist with Vancouver Opera — is also back on the Evergreen stage though it’s the first time with Quiring and O’Connor (she appeared as part of the Musical Mornings salon concerts under then-producer Sarah Hagen).

• QuiRing in the New Year on Dec. 31 is part of the TD Music Series at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). For tickets at $42/$38/$15, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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The Four Pistols — aka Harry Last, Elias Harman, Jonathan Hartt and Lyle Witfield — play a tribute show to The Tragically Hip at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre on Dec. 29.

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Remembering Gord Two months after the death of The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, a young Tri-City tribute band will honour the Canadian legend with a show in Coquitlam.

Harry Last, lead singer for the Four Pistols (a name play on The Hip tune Three Pistols), will perform with his bandmates Dec. 29 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

Last said the group’s plan for the all-ages concert is to cover about 26 songs from The Hip catalogue.

“The Hip have been a massive inspiration for us,” Last told The Tri-City News last week. “We are Canadian and, as far as Canadian rock goes, The Hip are Canada’s band.”

It’s not the first time Last and his colleagues — Elias Harman on guitar, Jonathan Hartt on

GORD DOWNIE drums and Lyle Witfield on bass guitar — have saluted the iconic ensemble.

As the Four Pistols or Broken Fog Machine, they’ve also played at their school for a iHub talks event, at the Cottage Bistro in Vancouver and various house parties.

But with the passing of Downie, their upcoming

gig brings more weight, he said: The band will donate half of their show proceeds to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. And any cash contributions made that night will also be spent on the cause, Last said.

“We are definitely not the first band inspired by The Hip — and nor will we be the last — but we believe this band deserves to be at the forefront of Canadian rock music for years to come and we intend to do our part to honour the career of The Hip and the life of Gord Downie.”

• For tickets at $20, call the Evergreen Cultural Centre box office (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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New Year’s Eve lands on a Sunday night this year so spend the day getting ready to party in the Tri-Cities.

Here are a few ideas about what’s happening Dec. 31: • Alberto Gonzalez and his partner Teresa Szefler spice up the floor for another Hot Salsa Dance Zone bash, running 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the rehearsal hall of the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). “The special thing about this party is that it will be more affordable, and just fun and dancing all night with the music of three Salsa DJs,” Gonzalez said.

The Salsa, bachata and merengue lesson starts at 8 p.m. with the fiesta heating up an hour later. Champagne will flow as the clock ticks to midnight. Parking is free or

take the Evergreen Extension to the Lafarge Lake-Douglas station. Call 604-725-4654 or visit hotsalsadancezone. com.

• Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) has two New Year’s Eve celebrations unfolding: Its Classic Rock-n-Roll NYE event, in the Molson Canadian Theatre, includes tributes to Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac and The Guess Who, starting at 9:30 p.m. (dinner begins at 7 p.m.). And in the Asylum, inside the casino, Heatseeker will whip up the 1980s-themed festivities.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Visit hardrockcasinovancouver. com.

• Port Coquitlam’s funny crew at The Giggle Dam (2616 Shaughnessy St.) gets

into the New Year’s Eve spirit a day early — Down Under.

Tickets are limited to its annual Australian NYE show on Dec. 30, which includes a special menu — courtesy of chef Pieter J. Van Meenen — and slapstick entertainment.

Or enjoy the Dec. 31 “musical time warp” performance, Icons of the Airwaves — the Dam’s new NYE show featuring a six-piece band. Call 604-944-4453 or visit giggledam.com.

Don’t forget to budget for a safe ride home with Operation Red Nose, a TriCity News-sponsored program that supports KidSport Tri-Cities. Volunteers will be on stand-by from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. to escort revellers and their vehicles home. Call 778-866-6673. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Kelsey Smith’s career as a student athlete has been pocked with injuries. That’s just strengthened her resolve to get into medical school.

The Dr. Charles Best secondary school grad recently finished her senior season as a defender with the Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Az. when the Lopes lost their Western Athletic Conference semi-final to Utah Valley, 1-0.

For Smith it was literally a crashing conclusion to a season in which she was the only player in her conference to be named as a College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District.

Smith, who had played in all 21 of the Lopes’ regular season games while holding down a 3.96 grade point average in Biology, was in the dressing room getting her badly injured shoulder tended by the team doctor when Utah Valley scored their winning goal. She’d hurt the joint when she was taken down by a Utah Valley forward she was trying to mark, who then landed on top of her.

“I knew as soon as the pain didn’t subside that something was wrong,” Smith said. “It was more than just a stinger.”

A shot of numbing medication, plus her own adrenaline, got her back onto the pitch for the match’s final 15 minutes.

But with a 10-week recovery ahead of her for what was subsequently diagnosed as a stage 3 sprain of her shoulder’s AC joint, Smith realizes her time as

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Coquitlam’s Kelsey Smith recently wrapped up her senior season with the Grand Canyon University Lopes. While a series of injuries have given her another year of elligibility to play for another semester, she’s got her sights set on attending medical school. an athlete may be nigh. It’s an acceptance she’s reached after enduring three previous arduous arcs of injury, recovery and rehab.

“I hadn’t ever thought about myself as a regular person, I was always an athlete,” Smith said.

The first injury almost ended Smith’s college aspirations before they started when she tore up her left knee while playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps U18 elite team. She thought she’d miss her chance to showcase her talents to recruiters. But a former assistant coach when Smith played for the U15 provincial team who had moved on to GCU put in a good word for her and after a year of recovery and rehab

she was in playing form five months before she reported for her freshman season.

It lasted all of five games.

While training, Smith tore up her right knee.

“I knew exactly what was to come,” Smith said. “But I also knew how hard it was.”

During her nine months off the pitch, Smith focused on school, set her sights on fulfilling her lifelong dream to become a doctor.

“It took me a while to motivate myself and truly tell myself another lengthy recovery was worth it,” Smith said. “I finally came to the conclusion that if I could get through the first injury, that I wasn’t going to let another one end my career.”

Smith spent the summer

before her sophomore year getting back into game shape, working with her previous athletic therapist from the Whitecaps to improve her mechanics, agility and speed.

Nine games into her second season in Arizona, Smith went down again. She sat out a game, then played six more before an MRI confirmed another tear in her right knee.

“Every injury seemed like it happened just as I was getting back to where I wanted to be as a player,” Smith said.

Surgery in the spring of 2016 was followed by three months of rehab and Smith was able to play all of the 2016 and 2017 season, until she was felled in that last game.

While Smith’s injuries

have given her another year of eligibility to play at Grand Canyon, she’s waiting to hear if she’s been accepted to the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. If that doesn’t come through, Smith said she’ll be happy to stay in Arizona another semester and strap on her soccer boots again.

“I love the sport and would love to play for as long as I can.”

But if she’s accepted, Smith said she’ll commit herself wholly.

“If this was my last season, then that’s the way it is,” she said. “Obviously I cannot turn down an offer to medical school.”

The Coquitlam Express turned back the clock and went into the Christmas break on a winning note with a 2-1 overtime victory over the visiting Powell River Kings at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex on Saturday.

The Express wore the uniforms of the old Coquitlam Comets, the junior team that represented the city from the 1960s until 1981.

The Comets, er, Express, streaked to a 1-0 lead when Alex Ambrosio tipped home a shot from the point by Lucas Wong 16:44 into the first period.

It stayed that way through a scoreless second period even though the Kings had three consecutive power play opportunities in a span of less than six minutes.

But Express keeper Brock Hamm stopped every shot that came his way.

In fact, neither team had much success generating scoring chances as each offense failed to register 10 shots in any period. Both Hamm and Power River goalie Matteo Paler-Chow faced 23 shots on the night.

The Express had a golden opportunity to increase its narrow lead early in the third period. Powell River’s Ben Thomas was whistled for slashing, but the home team couldn’t see BAD BOUNCE, page 25

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convert its first power play of the night.

Shortly after the teams returned to full strength Express defenceman Landon Fuller was cut trying to break up a play at his own blueline and left the game. That put added pressure on the team’s remaining defencemen who managed to weather three more Powell River power plays.

It was while each team was down a skater late in the third perios when the Kings finally got to Hamm as Hunter Findlater deflected a shot into Coquitlam’s net with 1:07 left on the clock.

The tight defensive play continued in the first overtime.

Powell River controlled the

puck but managed only one shot before Coquitlam’s Troy Robillard was able to penetrate the Kings’ zone and Eric Linell knocked home the rebound.

Linell’s second overtime winning goal in just over a week, plus an assist on Ambrosio’s goal, earned him the game’s first star.

The win was a nice salve for Coquitlam before the holidays after a tough 3-1 home-ice loss to the Prince George Spruce Kings on Friday.

With the teams deadlocked 1-1 early in the third period and the Express on a power play, the Spruce Kings’ Dylan Anhorn cleared the puck down the ice. Coquitlam goalie Brock Hamm left his net to play the puck, but an unfortunate bounce sent the disc instead

toward the net.

The Express tried to argue the puck hit a player on their bench but, after a brief discussion by the officials, the goal stood and the visitors had their second lead of the night. Ben Brar then sealed the win with a goal into the empty Coquitlam net with four seconds left in regulation.

Eric Linell scored Coquitlam’s lone goal. Hamm stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced.

The Express play next on Dec. 29, when they travel to Merritt for a game against the Centennials. The team returns to the Poirier complex the next night to host Chilliwack at 7 p.m. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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A Port Moody United forward tries to keep the ball away from a Wesburn Galaxy defender in their recent U13 Gold soccer match at the Burnaby Central turf field. Wesburn won the match 4-0.

Ravens rank all-stars Terry Fox Ravens’ outside linebacker Matthew HewaBaddege has been named to the All-Canadian second allstar team on offense by Canada Football Chat, a website that ranks high school and university players and teams from across the country.

Hewa-Baddege and teammate Jevaun Jacobsen were

also named to the website’s provincial all-star team, along with Centennial Centaurs’ defensive back Max Kennedy.

Jacobsen, who quarterbacked the Ravens to a second-place finish in the BC Secondary Schools Football Association after a last second loss to the New Westminster Hyacks in the Subway Bowl

AAA championship game on Dec. 2, was recognized for his contributions on the opposite side of the line of scrimmage, as a defensive back.

The Ravens were also the 13th-ranked team in the country, while the Hyacks were positioned in sixth.

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Looming Mortgage Stress Test Drives Rush of BC Home Purchases 25,656 units as of the end of November. This is 4.4% lower than one year ago and down 8.3% from October this year, as sales remained robust but fewer sellers listed their properties. Five years ago, active listings were typically totalling around double this figure.

Home sales across BC totalled 7,731 in November – a jump of 20.4% compared with a year ago, according to new figures released December 12 by the BC Real Estate Association (BCREA).

That’s nearly 11% lower than the busy sales seen in October this year, but it’s high for November, according to BCREA’s monthly compilation of MLS® sales reports from BC’s 11 real estate boards.

HOME SALES*

Lower Mainland dominates

MEDIAN SALE PRICE**

By individual real estate board, the small markets of South Okanagan and Powell River were the only two to report fewer sales than in November 2016, and only Powell River saw a reduction in dollar volume. However, Powell River is such a tiny market than a handful of sales can make a huge difference in percentage changes. Of the larger markets, the boards to report the largest year-over-year sales increases were the Fraser Valley (up 37.9%), followed by Greater Vancouver.

The average price of a BC home sold on the MLS® in November set a new high at $723,112. This is up 15.5% compared with November 2016 and around $3,000 higher than the previous month.

Combining the raised sale prices with the increase in sales volumes meant that total dollar volume in November was $5.59 billion, up 39.1% year over year.

The association pointed to robust job and wage growth, rising numbers of Millennials entering their home-buying years, and the looming mortgage stress test coming into force in January as key reasons for the busy fall market. Cameron Muir, BCREA chief economist, said, “Elevated consumer demand is being supported by strong employment growth, rising wages and favourable demographics.”

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$619,000 $1,225,000

TOP SALE PRICE*** Attached Detached

$1,194,888 $1,940,000

ACTIVE LISTINGS†

BC Northern was the only market to see a year-over-year reduction in average sale price in November, down less than 1%. Of the larger markets, the boards citing the largest year-over-year average price rises were once again the Fraser Valley and Greater Vancouver.

Total active home listings across the province fell even further, to

64 10

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681 954

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DAYS ON MARKET†† 25 59

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t* Total Tri-City/Burnaby units registered sold December 4-10. ** Median sale price of units registered sold December 4-10. *** Highest price of all units registered sold December 4-10. † Listings as of December 15. †† Median days of active listings as of December 15. All sold and listings information as of December 15.

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