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POCO TECH CO. GOES REALLY GREEN

Finger Food Studios, a Port Coquitlam company that makes virtual reality software for businesses, is getting some green cred for being the first in B.C. to earn a carbon positive designation – even buying carbon credits for employees.

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The family of a Coquitlam man who disappeared last month is making a desperate plea for help in locating him.

Sajed Ghaffari-Marandi, 31, was last heard from on Nov. 25 when he talked to a friend.

Coquitlam RCMP were called on Dec. 1, after GhaffariMarandi’s father and sister were unable to reach him.

“We miss him so much, this is very unlike him,” said his older sister, Sam Ghaffari, who left her job in Edmonton to help look for her brother. see ‘JUST ANYTHING’, page 12

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Tech goes carbon positive at PoCo firm Finger Food is buying more than enough offsets DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

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Port Coquitlam company that is quickly becoming one of the region’s largest tech firms is being credited for having a small carbon footprint.

Earlier this month, Finger Food Studios — a company that makes virtual reality software for use by business as well as internet-connected hardware for the burgeoning internet of things — has become the first B.C. company to earn a “carbon positive” designation.

The designation comes as Canada attempts to set targets for a low-carbon future and struggles to get provincial unanimity on a carbon pricing plan.

Phil Cull, CFO of Offsetters, a company that helps individuals and companies compensate for their environmental impact, says Finger Food is the first company he has heard of that is purchasing more offsets than required to be carbon neutral.

“The decision to do more than just be carbon neutral is one to be supported. They are a leader in the environmental space for doing that,” said Cull, who noted Finger Food Studios paid offsets to compensate for company greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), with the funds helping to purchase 417.9 hectares of forest for a park that could have been logged. By keeping the trees on Quadra Island Forestland Conservation Project, carbon dioxide will be absorbed instead of released into the atmosphere, Cull said.

Finger Food CEO Ryan Peterson said the process of becoming carbon neutral was straightforward and cost less than he expected: about $5,000 this year and $10,000 next year as the company has expanded and added more staff.

“We pay for someone to calculate the amount of carbon we use, buy offsets that cover more than we produce and, next year,

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Left: Ryan Peterson, CEO of Finger Food Studios in Port Coquitlam, says he was inspired by his two-year-old twin boys to do more to make his company more environmentallyfriendly. The company is also committing to offset not only its own carbon footprint, but also the carbon footprint of each one of its 100 employees. Right: Guests test out virtual reality programs at the Finger Food Studio open house. Below right: Jason Pineo with a Sphero at the SPRK Lightning Lab demonstration at a Finger Food open house. we’ll do that for all our employees,” Peterson said.

The Coquitlam resident credits his twin two-year-old sons for inspiring him to take seriously the company’s environmental footprint but says he also wanted to get out ahead of government regulation.

“From our business standpoint, we didn’t want to wait to be regulated if we can add to our positive impact. We want to be an advocate for this for the rest of the world and show how it’s possible,” Peterson said.

The company is also buying offsets to compensate for its 100 employees, who work out of three offices, including an electrical fabrication shop for producing products that connect to the internet. (Peterson noted that because of the amount of travel he does for business, his footprint was one of the largest.)

In addition to reducing its carbon footprint, Finger Food has been trying to make a local impact on School District 43. It developed the SPRK Lightning Lab to make coding and programming fun for young students using Spheros and donated 180 of the programmable robot toys to SD43 for use in middle schools. It also donated $25,000 to SD43 to help implement a programming initiative

WHAT IS A CARBON OFFSET? A carbon offset is a credit for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions achieved by one party that can be purchased and used to compensate (offset) the emissions of another, according to the David Suzuki Foundation.

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The Spheros and the app Finger Food developed were on display Dec. 9 at a company open house at its 25,000 sq. ft. studio, called the Holodeck (named for the holographic technology on Star Trek).

At the open house, Peterson and company founder Trent Shumay showed how experience in developing video games enabled Finger Food to create mixed, augmented and virtual reality tools to help businesses show off their products or develop new ones.

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virtual reality headsets got to experience what it’s like to be underwater surrounded by whales and sharks, stand at the edge of the Thames, where river reclamation work is taking place, re-arrange furniture in a living room and design the front of a large truck.

Peterson said virtual reality will further help companies reduce their carbon footprints because they can design products without having to build models.

“They can reduce their carbon footprint for innovation.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

• School District 43 is required by the provincial government to be carbon neutral and, since 2010, has been paying $25 per ton for its greenhouse gases after tallying up all its energy and paper consumption. Although SD43 has reduced its GHG emissions by 14% since 2011, it was still required to pay $194,696.25 for 7,417 tons of C02e in offsets this year. The funds are then redistributed by the province to pay for school energy saving projects.

• As signatories to the province’s 2007 Climate Action Charter, cities were required to be carbon neutral by 2012 and set additional goals to reduce energy consumption.

Although they aren’t required to pay offsets like the school district, they are credited for projects that reduce greenhouse gasses.

To become carbon neutral, they have been installing energy sharing systems and waste heat recovery systems, retrofitting with LED lighting, lighting controls and programmable thermostats, participating in Metro Vancouver waste diversion projects, and educating staff and the public about reducing energy and waste, among other things.

In addition, the cities of Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody received offset credits for the $3.5 million Vancouver Landfill Gas Capture Optimization Project installed to burn off methane, which, like carbon dioxide, is an important greenhouse gas. Offsets generated by this project, paid for through garbage tipping fees, enabled the cities to achieve carbon neutrality.

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One of the Christmas season’s biggest annual events in the Tri-Cities was held Saturday with the visits by the CP Rail Holiday Train to Port Coquitlam (where these photos were taken) and Port Moody. The train featured a stage where the Odds and Dallas Smith performed, and donations were collected for Share Family and Community Services.

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Riverside pair’s experiment heading for space station DIANE STRANDBERG The Tri-CiTy News

Two Port Coquitlam high school students have stars in their eyes after learning an experiment they designed will be conducted by astronauts on the International Space Station next spring.

Alexa Durand and Brenda Shen, Grade 12 students at Port Coquitlam’s Riverside secondary school, said they feel honoured and excited after their experiment was picked from 277 School District 43 proposals to participate in the Space Flight Experiments program.

“It was really exciting, we found out while we were in class,” said Shen.

The two teens are friends outside of school and both are interested in pursuing studies in sciences in post-secondary school, so it’s no surprise that they collaborated on developing their space flight experiment.

Their plan is to look at the curing rate of concrete in a weightless environment. It was inspired by a visit to Heritage Woods secondary during a workshop on the space flight experiment program.

Noticing the concrete walls of the Port Moody school, the teens wondered how durable

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Riverside secondary school students Alexa Durand and Brenda Shen were flying high last week after learning their experiment for studying the curing rate of concrete in a weightless environment was chosen by the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program. It will be tested next spring. and strong concrete would be if it was mixed in a weightless environment.

Now that their proposal has been accepted by the SSEP review board, the students have to set up their experiment to meet exact specifications. It will be put in a tube with cement, sand and fly ash in one compartment and water in another.

“The astronauts will release the clamp in the middle [to mix the materials] and when it comes down, we are going to do a strength and density test to find out the difference in the curing in space and on the ground,” Shen explained.

“We’re hoping our experiment provides valuable results that can be used in the future when

people have to build structures.”

SD43 is one of only two Canadian participants chosen for this mission, which will be part of the Mission 11 payload to the space station. The experiment is expected to launch on a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in spring 2017. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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Heavy snows followed by rain and rising temperatures have made many streets slushy but a greater problem has been that many catch basins are blocked, which could lead to flooding. The cities are asking people to clear catch basins at home and at work.

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Sunday’s snow dump was roughly on time and as deep as Environment Canada predicted.

And now, with the possibility of more snow at the end of this week, the cities are urging people to clean their catch basins and help elderly neighbours with shovelling and setting out and retrieving waste carts.

Gerri Briggs-Simpson, Coquitlam’s community services manager, said the city has only five people signed up to be snow angels but 25 homes have requested shovelling, most of them on the city’s west side.

“This year, through social media, we are also encouraging neighbours to get out and ‘be a snow angel’ in their neighbourhood, assisting a neighbour who is elderly or

needs support by shovelling the walkway in front of their home,” she said.

The big concern now is clearing catch basins to allow melting snow a chance to drain.

Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam said staff are working to clear catch basins after streets have been plowed, with the help of backhoes and other equipment, but they’re asking residents to pitch in where they can.

Not sure where the catch basin is on your street? Both cities have an online map (www. coquitlam.ca/winterwise or www.portcoquitlam.ca/dynamic/page1809.aspx) with a catch basin tool to see where they’re located under mountains of snow.

Residents are also being reminded to not shovel snow on to the road and, instead, pile it on their lawn or beside their property to help with snow and catch basin clearing.

If there is still snow on the sidewalk in front of your home or business, keep in mind that it’s your responsibility to clear it within a day after the snowfall.

PoCo’s Pardeep Purewal said the city is hearing from concerned residents that many areas haven’t been cleared, making it difficult for pedestrians and in particular those with mobility issues, strollers or scooters.

For those who didn’t take time off for Christmas, Monday proved to be a nasty commute.

Tri-City residents reported long drives to work, transit delays and a West Coast Express stoppage because a tree had fallen on the tracks. (Both Coquitlam and PoCo staff also saw some branches come down as the snow gets heavier but no significant damage has been reported.)

But it wasn’t all bad news; Jennifer Kastelein gave a Facebook shout-out to a driver who picked a few people up at the bus stop at Como Lake and Gatensbury in Coquitlam and drove them to work.

“I couldn’t get out of my area due to the amount of snow that fell,” reported Gillis Kastelein, who works at The Tri-City News’ sister paper, the Burnaby Now. Cities were also reminding

people that it may not be possible to plow or widen snowclearing on residential streets if vehicles are parked on the road.

“Residents are reminded to park their cars in their driveways if possible to allow crews to plow the widest path possible on the street,” Purewal said. “Do not park in cul-de-sacs.”

“Parked vehicles impede snow plows,” added Coquitlam’s Kathleen Vincent.

Don’t have snow tires? It’s best to stay at home — the melting snow and rain will likely bring ever deeper puddles on the roads while cooler temperatures expected by Friday could mean icy conditions overnight.

And for those hoping for a white Christmas, Environment Canada is predicting a 60% chance of rain showers or flurries on Christmas Eve. • More information about Coquitlam’s snow angel program is at www.coquitlam.ca/ snowangels. To participate, email snowangels@coquitlam. ca or call 604-927-6909. spayne@tricitynews.com dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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• There is only one Council meeting in September, as Council attends the Union of British Columbia Municipalities Conference (UBCM) in Vancouver from September 25–29.

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With the opening of the Evergreen Extension earlier this month, bus route changes and new routes came into effect on Monday in the Tri-Cities.

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With a larger than expected snowfall, power outages across the region and a police incident at 29th Avenue SkyTrain station, Monday was not an ideal time to be rolling out major bus schedule changes in the Tri-Cities.

“It was such a crazy, ex-

traordinary day today,” said TransLink spokesperson Chris Bryan. “Everything was eclipsed by the weather.”

Still, new bus routes went into effect Dec. 19, designed to improve connections to the Evergreen Extension for residents in Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam.

The changes include a new link to Burke Mountain and alterations to the 143 and 160 routes as well as improved service to Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

Despite all of the problems Monday morning, however,

Bryan said commuters in the Tri-Cities appeared to have an easier time than their fellow travellers in other parts of the region.

“We didn’t have significant impacts out there,” he said.

“There is always impacts here and there. It was just a different story in places like Vancouver.”

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Many of Coquitlam’s facilities have holiday operating hours or may be closed.

SARAH PAYNE

The Tri-CiTy News

Health officials are urging anyone using drugs to take precautions after a surge in overdose deaths over the weekend and in the past month.

Last week as many as 13 people died of suspected overdoses; most were in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, with one in Burnaby and two in the Fraser Health region. More testing is needed before the BC Coroners Service can confirm whether the deaths involved the powerful opioid fentanyl.

A coroner’s report released Monday found there have been 374 illicit drug overdose deaths with fentanyl detected to the end of October — a 194% increase over the same time last year. The majority of deaths (123) were in the Fraser Health region, which includes the Tri-Cities.

At a news conference Monday, chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said her office is not sure what’s causing the sudden surge in deaths, particularly given the harm-reduction measures that have been implemented this year.

“Clearly, illicit drugs are becoming increasingly unpredictable and increasingly perilous,” Lapointe said.

The BC Coroners Service stressed the need for anyone using illicit drugs to never use alone, have naloxone and medical help readily available when using, and to use an overdose prevention site or supervised injection site if possible.

When all illicit drug overdose deaths are counted (those involving street drugs including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl), there were 755 up to the end of November — a 70.4% increase from the same time last year.

In November alone, 128 people died from illicit drug use, an average of more than four per day. The previous high for a single month was 82 in January of this year.

According to the BC Coroner’s Service, fentanyl-detected deaths seem to account for the significant increase in drug deaths since 2012 as the number of illicit drug overdose deaths excluding ones where fentanyl was detected have remained relatively stable — an average of 293 per year since 2011.

Again, the Fraser Health region had the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths from January through November; the 259 deaths represent 34.4% of all such deaths in B.C. during that period.

On Monday, Fraser Health announced it was implementing temporary overdose prevention services in Maple Ridge (two locations), Langley and

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Public health officials are warning drug users to beware due to the presence of fentanyl in other drugs. sites in Vancouver, Surrey, Victoria, Maple Ridge, Langley, Abbotsford and northern B.C. As well, the federal government has simplified the approval process for supervised consumption sites and is aiming to interrupt the flow of illegal drugs into Canada by prohibiting the importation of pill presses and giving Canada Border Services agents more authority to open suspicious packages.

Abbotsford in high-risk settings such as homeless shelters. The efforts include outreach personnel to prevent and reverse overdoses, and to help get people out of the cold weather, but will not include supervised drug consumption.

The provincial government has implemented a coldweather strategy to address the overdose crisis in several hard-hit communities, including opening a mobile medical unit in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and 18 prevention

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Parents need lots of support

T

he joy of welcoming a new baby into the family can sometimes be overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety and depression.

Moms, dads and even adoptive parents can suffer from postpartum depression (PPD), with estimates as high as one in six moms and one in 10 dads experiencing this debilitating mental illness.

Yet, as with other forms of mental illness, there is a stigma attached to PPD, fuelled by lack of understanding and high expectations of parenthood.

Thankfully, more people are learning about PPD and are shedding light on this issue, with one Coquitlam woman sharing her own story and starting a Gofundme page for self-care baskets that would be handed out to new moms.

Rachel Lalonde said she first experienced PPD when she was pregnant with her first son but felt she couldn’t share her

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Rachel Lalonde of Coquitlam is putting together First Forty Days, “self-care” baskets for moms. experience because her visitors expected to see a happy new mom. The symptoms improved with her second pregnancy but returned when her new son was born.

She turned to the Pacific Post Partum Support Society for help and

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learned that moms often put self-care at the bottom of the list. Thus, she came up with the idea of First Forty Days baskets that would include personal care items, healthy food and snacks, PPD resources and uplifting notes handwritten by moms.

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The Canadian Mental Health Association acknowledges that postpartum depression can be a difficult experience and recommends counselling and support, which can sometimes mean taking medication as well as participating in cognitivebehavioural therapy that teaches important skills like problem-solving, realistic thinking and stress management.

But most important of all is reaching out to others, such as the Pacific Post Partum Support Society, which offers a variety of services, including weekly support groups and telephone and text message support, publications and resource materials.

Loved ones can also help by being open and sympathetic.

For the sake of young families and the health of the community, we need to be aware of PPD and find ways to provide compassion and support.

YOU SAY RESPONSE TO A LETTER THAT PRAISED POCO PLOW DRIVER “Can’t say the same in Coquitlam. Still waiting for the plow to hit our street. We live on a hill and although we have complained about the access of emergency vehicles (due to the number of elderly people living on the street) we still get no attention.

I guess when someone SLIDES down the hill into the lake below maybe someone will come.”

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Bus routes are changing in the Tri-Cities The opening of the Evergreen Extension provides an opportunity to revise the bus network to better meet community needs and provide more direct connections to SkyTrain and West Coast Express.

Starting Monday, December 19, some of the bus routes in your neighbourhood will change. Know before you go at translink.ca/servicechanges

Plan ahead! Visit translink.ca/tripplanner or call 604.953.3333

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TC LETTERS

COQUITLAM PUBLIC LIBRARY

Library changes to help big, diverse community The Editor, Re. “Coquitlam library user not happy with changes” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Dec. 14).

Coquitlam Public Library is a highly valued and well-utilized community amenity, and we appreciate Ms. Kovacic’s interest and concern regarding the recent changes to our service model. As a learning organization, we continuously adapt our services to best meet the needs of Coquitlam residents and to provide excellent value to our community.

In November, we merged our two separate service points into one consolidated Help Desk. Customers can still count on getting the same excellent service from our skilled and dedicated staff: Immediate assistance is available through our Help Desk while specialist staff can be booked for a personal appointment to respond to complex research and technology questions.

The change in our service

model was driven by the evolving needs of Coquitlam residents, as reflected in the library’s 2015-2w018 Strategic Plan. New directions in this plan involve reaching out to fast-growing and underserved sectors of the city through offsite programming, mobile lending services and an increased focus on community connections and partnerships.

The smiling faces that Ms. Kovacic is used to seeing behind the reference desk are still waiting to serve you in the library — but now staff are also out in the community visiting seniors’ homes, working with newcomers and refugees, engaging students in schools and delivering programs with partners at community events.

Our mission is to engage our diverse community through creativity, discovery and knowledge: our new, more agile service plan allows us to deliver literacy, language and learning services where and when Coquitlam residents most need them.

As we transition to this new service model, our staff are working hard to learn new roles and skills. They have taken on this new challenge with courage and grace, and an unwavering focus on service to our community. We appreciate feedback from our customers, including Ms. Kovacic. We are actively modifying our rollout to respond to concerns so that we can continue to provide the valuable information services our community has come to expect.

On Jan. 18, we invite the community to learn more about our recent service changes at an open house event. Enjoy light refreshments, discover our new technology, services and updated spaces, and receive a personalized tour tailored to your interests and needs. Our doors are open — come check us out.

Maryn Ashdown, Director, Customer Experiences, Coquitlam Public Library

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Plowing problems The Editor, Re. “Bravo to PoCo plow driver” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Dec. 16).

What about all the complaints about streets in Port Coquitlam not being cleared?

We did not even get a snow plow or salt down our street — period. I emailed the city twice and it didn’t even reply. It did nothing to fix our street.

Look at the city’s Facebook page and see all the people complaining that they didn’t get the snow plow service as the city is portraying.

Take a look at the photo of our street. Does that look cleared to you?

Do a story about the ones that didn’t get service, and find out home many complaints have been filed. The city isn’t doing that great of a job.

Anita Balch, Port Coquitlam

STUCK IN CUL DE SAC The Editor, Its nice to know that some residents of Port Coquitlam are pleased with their snow removal program.

But those living in cul-de-sac properties are having difficulties

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Letter writer Anita Balch sent this photo of the street in front of her house in Port Coquitlam.

Kilmer elementary school neighbourhood in Port Coquitlam who cleared their sidewalks during the recent snowfalls.

I walk to the school with my toddler in a stroller to pick up my daughter, and really appreciated the safe sidewalks as I can’t get the stroller through when the sidewalks are covered with snow and ice, and I am forced to walk on the road.

Thank you, everyone. I know it’s a lot of work and time (I have a sidewalk in front of my house, too) to shovel the sidewalk in addition to a driveway but I, for one, really appreciate it.

Cheryl Guise, Port Coquitlam

in Coquitlam. We are having difficulties getting our cars out. We cleared our driveways but only to get stuck in the cul-de-sac.

The city of Coquitlam forgets we pay the same taxes as those living on main streets. I understand its priority to clear the main arteries first but they forget us after that.

I have been disappointed at the city’s snow removal service.

Our road is now an ice rink.

Roger Mehdirata, Coquitlam

THANKS, NEIGHBOUR The Editor, I would like to send a thank you to all my neighbours on Pitt River Road and in the

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Ghaffari-Marandi is a passionate business owner of All Canadian Appliance Source on Austin Avenue; Ghaffari said he works long hours and seven days a week refurbishing and repairing appliances.

They were in touch almost daily by text message, she said, and would speak on the phone for up to two or three hours every two weeks. Ghaffari said they shared everything about their lives, encouraging each other and making plans for the future.

“All I really care about right now is to know he is safe,” she said, breaking down in sobs.

“If he’s hearing this, anywhere across Canada, we just want him to make one small contact, just anything so I know he’s OK.” Members of Coquitlam RCMP’s Missing Person’s Unit have found Ghaffari-Marandi disappeared with his wallet, identification and passport. His van, a 2015 white Nissan 200 with the licence plate KF7170, is also missing.

Coquitlam RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said GhaffariMarandi is not involved in

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Sajed Ghaffari-Marandi was reported missing on Dec. 1 and the Nissan 200 van he drives, like the one shown above, is also missing. organized crime and police do not know of any specific reason why he might be missing.

And although GhaffariMarandi disappeared with his wallet, he hasn’t accessed any of his bank accounts. He hasn’t been in contact with anybody and there has been no activity on his email or social media.

“We simply have no idea where he is and that’s a real concern for both us and his family,” McLaughlin said. “We want him to know that if he doesn’t want to be found, that is his choice, he’s an adult, but we do need to know that he’s

safe.”

Ghaffari-Marandi has connections in Kelowna, Fort McMurray and other areas of Alberta, according to police.

Investigators have alerted border agencies but say that so far, he hasn’t crossed the border legally.

Police have set up a dedicated tip line to generate more information and it was active as of Tuesday morning; anyone with information about Ghaffari-Marandi is urged to call 1-877-687-3377.

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359 Seniors (ages 60+) in our community, received holiday food hampers last Christmas.

Many of our community’s seniors will celebrate Christmas alone.Your donation will help bring the joy of the holidays to them.

Visit sharesociety.ca/christmas to learn what you can do to bring the joy of Christmas to those most in need in our community.

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he Fraser River has always had a major impact on the Lower Mainland, and never more so than when extreme weather strikes.

In 1862, the Fraser Valley experienced one of the worst cold snaps in its recent history.

During that winter, the Fraser River froze over completely.

Though reports of hardship and starvation make it clear it was a very difficult time, at least one good thing came of the cold. A fun-loving group of people took to the ice to play a game of hockey. This event would be the first recorded instance of Canada’s favourite

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Harrison to the Pacific Ocean.

But since there were so few people living along the river at the time, it is estimated that damages were minimal.

The second flood of note happened in 1948 and, while it was smaller than the flood of 1894, it had a more damaging effect. The Fraser Basin Council reported this flood caused 16,000 evacuations, destroyed 2,000 homes, and did $210 million in damages (in 2010 dollars). According to Environment Canada reports, flood waters rose over seven metres in some places. Pictures of the impact of this flood on the District of Fraser Mills can be seen at Mackin House Museum.

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Another freeze in 1891 had major consequences for Fraser Mills. After its initial opening in 1889, the Coquitlam mill struggled to make a profit.

Because the mill used the river to send and receive materials, it was forced to shut down operations for an extended period of time during the freeze of 1891.

Combined with other factors such as poor prices for lumber, Fraser Mills was not able to recover from the business interruption and closed in the spring of 1892. Years later, and after significant reinvestment and redevelopment in 1903, Fraser Mills would go on to become one of the world’s largest and most productive sawmills.

The Fraser has also faced flooding and two floods made the history books. The first one happened in 1894 and is considered, to this day, to be the largest and most severe flood known in the Fraser Delta. The river overflowed its banks from

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• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-937-0836.

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Darin Fenton, a pharmacist who will talk about medications and products relating to the treatment and side effects of prostate cancer. All those affected by prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

Info: Eric, 604-720-3627 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society monthly meeting, 7:15 p.m., 3636 Coast Meridian Rd., PoCo. The public are invited to attend the meeting, tour the facility and see what projects we are currently undertaking. As well, the society is looking for volunteers interested in helping occasionally with education school tours, and to assist with our day-to-day operations.

Info: www.hydecreek.org or email hcws.info@gmail.com.

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TUESDAY, JAN. 17

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam.

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

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• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month (except December) at Wilson Centre, PoCo. All those affected by prostate problems and their partners are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

Info: Eric, 604-720-3627 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

• Dogwood White Cane Club meets every Thursday from September to June, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion. Those who are legally blind are welcome.

• Alzheimer Society of BC has a new dementia support group for caregivers for a person with dementia who lives in residential care. The group meets on the fourth Saturday of each month, 1-3 p.m., in Coquitlam. Info: Vivian or Kim, 604-298-0780 or vtsai@alzheimerbc.org.

• LifeRing weekly recovery meetings, Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m., Vancity Credit Union, Shaughnessy Station (Shaughnessy at Lougheed), PoCo. All welcome. Info: 604377-1364.

• BC Schizophrenia Society meets the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam.

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• TOPS chapters meet weekly at numerous Tri-City locations. For information on group near you: Gail, 604941-2907.

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Kids’ Xmas favourites A GOOD READ DIANNE ALLAN

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rab your hot chocolate and a cozy blanket, and cuddle up by the fire and enjoy these fantastic Christmas books with your children.

It wouldn’t be Christmas without Dr. Seuss’ classic How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

The Grinch is one of the crankiest Christmas grumps of all time, right up there with Ebenezer Scrooge. “The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas Season! Now, please don’t ask why. No one quite knows the reason.” Don’t dismay, just enjoy this rollicking story with the Grinch and the children of Whoville, and rejoice as the ”Grinch’s heart grew 3 sizes that day”.

The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg is a beautiful, timeless Christmas classic.

The winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1986, The Polar Express has sold more than seven million copies and has become a classic holiday movie. For everyone who believes in the magic of Christmas, this beautifully illustrated book will become a beloved Christmas favourite.

“At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for most of them… Though I’ve grown old the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe.”

Dream Snow by Eric Carle is a simple, well-told story of a farmer who settles down for a nap wondering how Christmas can come if there is no snow.

In his dream, he imagines a snowstorm and awakes to discover that it has really snowed. He puts on his red suit and goes outside to put gifts under the tree for his animals.

Like Carle’s popular The Very Hungry Caterpillar, this simple story is illustrated in a colour-

ful collage style. There’s even a little music at the end.

Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood is the sequel to the award-winning classic The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear. This beautiful picture book brings back the same delightful characters. The timid little mouse and the unseen big hungry bear and ends with a wonderful Christmas surprise.

Beautifully illustrated in acrylic paintings, this gorgeous book will be a Christmas favourite for many years to come.

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town by J. Fred Coots is a rollicking depiction of the all-time favourite Christmas song.

Steven Kellogg’s incredibly festive illustrations will have you “singing through the pages.”

Santa has never come to town with such style “with elephants, boats, and kiddie cars, too!” In the words of Kellogg, “I want the time that the reader shares with me and my work to be an enjoyable experience-one that encourages a lifetime association with pictures, words and books.”

Have you ever wondered what snowmen do at Christmas? Snowmen At Christmas by Caralyn and Mark Buehner is a wonderful companion to the New York Times bestseller Snowmen At Night. Something is stirring outside! The snowmen are preparing to celebrate! Told in rhythmical, rhyming verse, this whimsically illustrated book is sure to become a Christmas favourite.

No list of Christmas favourites would be complete without the eternal classic The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore. This lighthearted Christmas poem has become a favourite Christmas tradition in homes all over the world, best known for its opening lines, “Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.”

If you are looking for more great titles for you and your children, don’t hesitate to ask at your local public library. We are always very happy to recommend books for you to read.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Dianne Allan works at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library.

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Say goodbye to 2016 in style JANIS CLEUGH

Slip on your most comfortable shoes to boogie 2016 out with salsa and Latin music. Doors to the rehearsal hall (off Guildford Way) open at 8 p.m. and appetizers, desserts and champagne at midnight will be served. The event is licensed and includes free parking. Or take the new Evergreen Extension and hop off at the Lafarge Lake-Douglas station. Tickets are $40 at the door. Visit hotsalsadancezone. com/nye2017.

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hether it’s hearing live music, having a laugh, dancing or just keeping warm by the fireplace with a couple of glasses of spiked eggnog, there’s something for everyone in the Tri-Cities to ring in 2017.

And for those who want to take a bath in the ocean the following day, Port Moody has got that covered, too, with its annual Penguin Plunge at the Rocky Point Park pier, at 1 p.m.

Here’s a few ideas for the night before on Dec. 31:

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Quiring in the New Year (Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam): Now a tradition in the Tri-Cities, the Quirings will ring in 2017 with bubbly and a classical music concert. For their ninth season, husband-and-wife duo Reg Quiring (viola) and Rosemary O’Connor (piano) will play works by Beethoven and Dvorak, among others, with guests Jennie Press on violin and Janet Steinberg, a cellist with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Tickets are $40/$36/$16 and include a sparkling reception in the lobby afterwards with the musicians. Take the new

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The cast of the Giggle Dam in Port Coquitlam will present Icons on the Airwaves on Dec. 31.

Evergreen Extension, which lands at the facility’s doorstep at the Lafarge Lake-Douglas station. The show starts at 8 p.m. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca to book a seat.

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Loverboy (Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, 2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam): Catch the iconic 1980s Vancouver rockers — who just released a new single called Hurtin’ — for a concert in the Molson Canadian Theatre.

Tickets are $149.50 via ticketmaster.ca and include dinner; alternatively, see the show only at 11 p.m. for $99.50. On the casino’s Asylum Sound Stage, tickets are being sold for Side One at 9 p.m. for $25 for general admission. And in the Unlisted Lounge is David Capper at 9:30 p.m. (no cover). Visit hardrockcasinovancouver.com.

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The Giggle Dam (2616 Shaughnessy St.): The Dam’s New Year’s Eve show features Icons of the Airwaves and brings audience members into a musical time warp with some legendary music from a sixpiece live band. Chef Pieter J. Van Meenen will serve up appetizers, entrees and dessert.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. For tickets at $125, call 604-9444453 or visit giggledam.com.

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COQUITLAM Foggy Dew Irish Pub (405 North Rd.): It’s the end of an era for this 18-year-old watering hole as staff close out on Jan. 1. A $20 admission to the New Year’s Eve party includes party favours, champagne at midnight and sounds from the DJ. Call 604-937-5808 or visit foggydewpub.com.

Frog and Nightgown (1125 Falcon Dr.): The band Retrosonic hits the stage at 9 p.m. Call 604-464-1949.

Micky’s Public House (170 Golden Dr.) and Townhall Public House (925 Brunette Ave.): Have a three-course dinner for $40 or a dinner and late night for $50 — or just a late night for $20, starting at 9 p.m. and includes canapés and bubbly at midnight plus sounds from the DJ. Call 604468-2828.

Woody’s Pub (935 Brunette Ave.): No cover for this 2017 party — and it runs until 3 a.m.

Join DJ Johnny and take part in the happy hour from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. Call 604-526-1718.

John B Pub (1000 Austin Ave.): Book your table ($40 to $160 each) at the pub in person. Admission includes a free drink for everyone at your table, and live and canned music from The Score and DJ Scotty Evil. Call 604-931-5115.

(3224 St. Johns St.): For its second year, the pub will offer a three-course dinner from 6 to 10 p.m., for $35 plus the $15 entry (presale price); the party starts at 10:30 p.m. Admission includes party favours and champagne at midnight. Call 604-492-3883.

The Burrard Public House (2414 St. Johns St.): Say goodbye to 2016 in this historic (and reportedly haunted) house. There’s no cover charge to get in as DJ Sandy Candy keeps the dance floor moving until 2 a.m. with current and old school hits.

Reserve a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne for $100.

Call 604-939-7811.

The Wild Fig (405 North Rd., in the Executive Plaza Hotel): Enjoy a buffet dinner and hear the live music from Triple Play while having a dance from 7:30 p.m. until 1:30 a.m. Tickets are $125 by calling 604-937-4666.

PORT COQUITLAM The Gillnetter Pub (1864 Argue St.): Celebrate New Year’s Eve — New York time — with The Chris Show at 9 p.m.

A dinner will be served from 6 to 10 p.m.; however, the pub closes at 10:30 p.m. Call 604941-5599.

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When life gives you mussels, make waffles SARAH PAYNE The Tri-CiTy News

If the thought of a smoked mussel waffle makes you recoil, Michael Varga wants you to know it’s really not that bad.

It was good enough to earn thumbs up from professional chefs Michael Smith, Eden Grinshpan and Susur Lee, and paired with two other hastily prepared dishes, the unexpected waffle helped Varga win a recent episode of Chopped Canada — and a $10,000 prize.

Varga, a Port Moody resident and Vancouver firefighter, is no stranger to cooking. He grew up helping his self-taught chef father in the kitchen, always guided by one simple rule: You know the dish is done when it just tastes right.

But the challenge on Chopped Canada is to whip up a dish in only 20 to 30 minutes; Varga had prepared for the show with “practice baskets” his wife had brought home but, still, it was a difficult day.

“It was so stressful,” Varga recalled, leaving him exhausted by the end of the 14hour day of filming.

When he opened the first basket — containing smoked mussels, spicy pickled beans, banana muffin mix and key limes — Varga eyed the waffle

pro-am Port Moody’s Michael Varga on Chopped Canada. maker and took a leap. The batter spilled grotesquely over the sides, prompting the judges to question exactly what Varga was thinking, but he soldiered on and managed to surprise the top chef panel (though one criticized the end result, saying the key lime vinaigrette had made the waffle slightly soggy).

The main dish basket included duck tenderloin, tongue-of-fire beans, habanero salsa and apple juice; 30 minutes later, Varga presented the judges with Moroccan-spiced duck, a last-minute flatbread and a hummus swiftly improvised when his beans remained undercooked.

The plate was a rather brownish-grey affair but the judges declared it a complex,

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Varga’s dessert of mocha ice cream with a homemade cookie (a risky move considering he had only a vague notion of the correct cookie proportions) and a sauce of pureed Hot Lips candies and raspberries clinched him the win.

Since the win (the episode aired on Dec. 10 and is on foodnetwork.ca) Varga’s friends and family have been requesting he re-make many of the winning dishes. “Oddly enough, people keep asking for the mussel waffle,” he said.

Varga plans to take his family on a holiday with the winnings and donate the rest to the Light the Nights charity. spayne@tricitynews.com

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Coquitlam Express captain Luca Leone and netminder Lawson Fenton during a recent game at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Leone had a goal and an assist during two games last weekend, while Fenton stopped 46 of the 51 shots he faced during a match against the Nanaimo Clippers Sunday afternoon.

Coquitlam has been struggling with injuries so far this season and is missing several key players. The team has not posted a win since defeating the Wenatchee Wild on home ice on Oct. 21.

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With seven regulars out of the lineup, it looks like the Coquitlam Express’ season could get worse before it gets better.

The team struggled again during two home games last

weekend, extending their losing skid to 18 games.

On Friday night, it was the Prince George Spruce Kings who spoiled the party at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, downing the Express 8-3.

Coquitlam was down 5-0 by the time the team scored its first goal of the game, which came off the stick of Hayden Knight, his sixth of the season assisted by William Lawrence and David Giunta.

Knight would later receive second-star honours for his effort. Sam Kozlowski scored for

the Express when he buried a pass from Cal Babych two minutes into the final frame.

Coquitlam captain Luca Leone also got in on the scoring action in the final minutes of the third but the game was out of reach by then and the home team lost 8-3.

Port Coquitlam’s Chong Min Lee, who usually plays for the Port Moody Panthers in the junior ‘B’ PJHL, had a good night on the stats sheet.

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The Heritage Woods Kodiaks had a strong showing at the Capilano University Tournament this week.

The AAAA high school basketball team kicked off the event with an 86-66

win over Seycove secondary before defeating Carson Graham 74-70 in the second match of the weekend.

Heritage Woods then defeated Britannia secondary 85-53 in the quarterfinals but lost out to St. Thomas Aquinas in the semifinals, where they fell 79-67.

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Friday’s game was the 17-year-old’s BCHL debut, an opportunity he quickly took advantage of, scoring two goals in the third period.

Chong Min Lee was filling in for older brother Chong Hyun Lee, who is playing with South Korea at the Euro Ice Hockey Challenge in Poland this week.

Coquitlam’s weekend didn’t get much better on Sunday, when the club hosted the Nanaimo Clippers for an afternoon game.

Danny Pion opened up the scoring for the visitors in the first period, while Matt Creamer followed up and David Silye made it 3-0 in the second period.

Coquitlam got a goal from Keegan Jones with three minutes left in the second, before Kozlowski and William Lawrence scored for the Express. Kozlowski was named third-star of the game.

But the home team could not find the equalizer and were down 5-3 when the final buzzer sounded.

CAL BABYCH The league will now shut down for the Christmas break with the Express resuming the schedule for a meeting on Dec. 30 against Surrey at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (7 p.m.). The club will then hit the road for a New Year’s Eve match on Dec. 31 against the Merritt Centennials.

For more information and a complete schedule go to www. coquitlamexpress.ca. sports@tricitynews.com

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Coquitlam’s Santiago Herrera came up short during the Junior World Taekwondo Championship in Burnaby late last month. The 16-year-old led 4-1 after two rounds in his first fight against an opponent from Azerbaijan but a hit to the head tied things up. It took an extra round to settle things, where the opponent was able to counter a punch from Herrera to win the match. The next big tournament for Herrera is the U.S. Open in February before trials begin to qualify for the Senior World Championship.

The final game of the tournament will take place between W.J. Mouat secondary of Abbotsford and Sir Winston Churchill secondary of Vancouver on Dec. 22.

Meanwhile, Port Moody secondary won a game against Collingwood secondary 95-67 during the Abbotsford Police Exhibition Tournament last week.

However the club came up short in another exhibition match in the Capilano University Tournament, falling to Holy Cross secondary 89-51 in the first game of the event.

Port Moody is expected to host a number of teams during its Holiday Classic Tournament next week.

Games kick off with a tilt between Centennial and Maple Ridge secondary on Dec. 28, followed by matches between W.J. Mouat and North Surrey and Yale Lions and New Westminster. The Riverside Rapids play on Dec. 29 along with Port Moody. sports@tricitynews.com

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