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SHE’S 91 & WORKS OUT 3 TIMES A WEEK. WHAT’S YOUR EXCUSE?

HERITAGE

Local history takes a hit in village Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

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Gloria Barkley doesn’t let her 91 years keep her from working out three times a week at the fitness centre at Coquitlam’s Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. She started her exercise regime at the age of 73, after her doctor warned her staying active was the only way she’d avoid surgery for her deteriorating hips, and hasn’t let up since.

She even writes poetry while working out. For more, see story on page 12.

THE HEIGHTS Big changes are underway in Coquitlam’s Austin heights neighbourhood, including at the old safeway site: page 3

The 100-year-old homestead of iconic B.C. newspaper woman Ma Murray will be demolished in the coming weeks but some mementoes — papers, machinery and stained glass from the building — are being saved and put into storage.

It’s a bittersweet legacy for the Anmore Heritage Society, which tried to save the shingled building that had been used as a village hall but the group is still disappointed, say members Lynn Burton and Joerge Dyrkton.

“It’s extremely said that the Ma Murray homestead is being demolished,” said Burton, whose group came up with a plan to save the building and partnered with the village of Anmore to secure a $25,000 BC 150 grant to save the artifacts.

“That’s the good news in the story,” Burton told The Tri-City News. “We did get the $25,000 grant for them but I wish the commitment had been stronger because the energy from the community to try and save it was huge.” see ‘IN WORSE SHAPE’, page 9

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Lisa Landry (left), in front of the old Safeway site on Austin Avenue, is the executive director of the Austin Heights Business Improvement Association, which represents 69 area property owners and 280 businesses. The area is experiencing changes, including the demolition of the old Safeway (below).

COQUITLAM DEVELOPMENT

Austin Heights redevelopment now heating up, BIA says area open for biz New Safeway is just one piece of the dev’t puzzle Janis Cleugh

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n the centre of Austin Heights, one of Coquitlam’s oldest neighbourhoods, excavators are at work tearing up the ground on the old Safeway site to make way for a massive redevelopment.

The 91,500-sq. ft. property at 1029-1033 Austin Ave. is owned

by Beedie Living, the company that built the first highrise in the district after city council approved the Austin Heights Neighbourhood Plan in 2011, aimed at adding 5,000 more residents over the next 20 years.

But over the past seven years, there has been little interest by developers to renew the area.

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An illustration of the proposed Safeway site, looking northeast. sky high and last year’s lift of the height moratorium on the strip — allowing developers to build up to 25 storeys — there’s been an uptick in activity.

Today’s condo market has meant strong demand and little supply, with the rise of land value now outstripping the building’s worth, said local realtor Wayne Tullis of

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And Beedie Living’s plans for the old Safeway site are expected to spur growth even faster.

While Sobeys Inc., the supermarket chain that owns Safeway, is currently rebuilding its grocery store (due to open in the summer of 2019), Beedie is proposing to flank it with

two towers, adding retail units at street level and 23 storeys of residential above for a total of 346 new homes.

Next Thursday (Jan. 18), Beedie’s concept will be put to the public at an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion (1025 Ridgeway Ave.) as part of its consultation.

Andrew Merrill, Coquitlam’s community planning manager, said the mega-development comes with a cost: Beedie will have to shell out $9.5 million in development cost charges (DCCs) for new infrastructure, community amenity fees and a density bonus. And it will be responsible for streetscape frontage upgrades along Austin and Ridgeway avenues, and Nelson Street.

The area rejuvenation is music to the ears of Lisa Landry, executive director of the Austin Heights Business Improvement Association, which last month

saw its five-year budget and mandate renewed by city council (the 69 area property owners will vote on the plans this month).

As the district is the last big commercial core before the Port Mann bridge, Landry said, entrepreneurs are flocking to Austin Heights and opening new shops: Artisan Gifts and Flowers, and Coffee + Vanilla — among others — moved in last year and, next month, chartered accountant Sharon Perry Inc. is set to relocate her office into the Meegan Business Centre.

Besides the new tenants, more redevelopment is coming, Merrill said, citing a rezoning bid for a five-storey building (with 75 purpose-built rental units and a new church) at the Como Lake United Church property at King Albert Avenue and Marmont Street (council gave second and third bylaw readings on Nov. 27); and a

pre-application for a 13-storey mixed-used building with about 79 residential units plus ground-floor commercial, at 1044-1046 Austin Ave. Meanwhile, city hall is getting a lot of queries about the old post office on Ridgeway, he said.

Landry said the BIA — which represents 280 businesses in an area bounded by Gatensbury and Blue Mountain, and Ridgeway and Austin, some of which have been in the neighbourhood for more than four decades — plans to showcase the revitalization in a series of marketing efforts.

“It’s an exciting time to be part of Austin Heights and there’s a lot of pride,” she said.

“We have seen a large turnover with the real estate boom and we want to tell businesses coming into the area that we have a very loyal customer base, and we are invested and committed.” jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Former SD43 TOC jailed in sex case Plehanov acquitted previously in case involving five Tri-Cities students

MURRAY TO BE SENTENCED IN MARCH A Port Coquitlam city employee will be sentenced in March after being convicted last fall for a sexual assault that happened 26 years ago.

Wednesday, a PoCo provincial court judge scheduled David Murray to be sentenced on March 21.

Murray continues to be employed but is set to retire at the end of this month after 17 years with the municipality.

He was found guilty of the sexual assault that happened in 1992 against a 14-year-old girl who worked for him; a second charge of sexual interference was stayed by Crown counsel before the trial began.

Murray, who also volunteered with Tri-City and Ridge Meadows sporting groups, resigned from his Pitt Meadows city council post Jan. 2.

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Former Coquitlam substitute teacher Aleksandr Plehanov was sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a six-yearold girl in 2013.

In the reasons for sentence released last week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Murray Blok said because the conviction concerned the abuse of a child, a custodial sentence was necessary.

He noted that Plehanov, who had been acquitted on similar charges involving five Tri-City elementary students just five months before the 2013 incident, did not appear to take responsibility for his actions.

“Mr. Plehanov was in a position of limited trust but a position of trust nonetheless,” Blok said. “The victim was very young and vulnerable, and his insight into and understanding of his offending seems very limited.”

During the 2016 trial, the court heard that Plehanov was with a friend and his family in Surrey on Easter Sunday in

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Aleksandr Plehanov, who was acquitted of sex charges involving five School District 43 students, was convicted in in January 2016 of sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in 2013. He was sentenced in October to six months in jail.

2013 when the victim fell as she reached for some candy.

As Plehanov caught her, he touched her pelvic area and buttocks and put his hand inside the front of her waistband.

Crown counsel argued the touching was not an unintended outcome of saving the girl from the fall while the defence acknowledged the touching occurred but said it was not for a sexual purpose.

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The 2013 incident was not the first time Plehanov has been accused of inappropriately touching young girls.

In 2010, he was charged with 10 counts of sexual interference of a person under 16 and sexual assault involving five girls in the Tri-Cities between the ages of seven and eight when he was a substitute teacher. He was also charged with criminal harassment in the matter, when he was allegedly spotted in his car outside the home of one of the girls.

After a two-week trial in the fall of 2012, Judge David St. Pierre acquitted Plehanov on all counts, stating that the Crown had not proven that Plehanov was anything but a teacher who didn’t grasp the boundaries of

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Alexander Levin and Randall Kropp. Levin, who has been treating Plehanov since 2010, said while the 43-year-old did minimize his actions, it was not “extreme, and is not such that it would significantly affect his future risk of reoffending.”

But in deciding on a sentence, Blok sided with Kropp’s assessment, which stated that Plehanov was a moderate risk to re-offend. Kropp noted that Plehanov still denies intending to touch the victim in a sexual

way and has blamed the child’s father for overreacting to the situation.

“Dr. Kropp reported that Mr. Plehanov does not view himself as a sex offender and does not believe he needs to attend a sex offender treatment program,” Blok wrote in his reasons for sentence. “He denied having any interest in prepubescent children.”

Crown counsel had called for a sentence of 12 to 15 months, plus three years probation and a five-year prohibition from attending any location where children might be present. The defence stated that a two-year suspended sentence with strict conditions was more appropriate.

student-teacher relationships.

During the first trial, the court heard that Plehanov had been warned several times by colleagues that some of the contact he had with children was inappropriate. But St. Pierre said Crown did not prove whether the contact was incidental or criminal.

Plehanov’s teaching licence was suspended in 2010 and revoked in 2014.

But while Blok acknowledged the prior charges in his reasons for sentence, he stated that they did not play a role in his sentencing decision and noted that Plehanov does not have a criminal record.

On top of his six-month sentence, Plehanov will receive 24 months of probation with strict terms, including not having any contact with the victim or her family, and not attending any location where the family and victim may be present.

He is also prohibited from going to a park, community centre, swimming pool or anywhere where children under 16 years of age are present, and he is not allowed to interact with anyone under 16 years of age unless accompanied by an approved adult or his probation officer. If Plehanov wishes to attend a place of worship, he must also advise his probation officer.

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Bestway Driver Training has been in business in Coquitlam since 1986 but abruptly closed its doors, notifying drivers on Jan. 2 it would no longer be operating. Any student drivers who are affected are advised to contact ICBC.

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Longtime Coquitlam driving school closes Instructors were notified about closure on Jan. 2 Janis CLeugh

The Tri-CiTy News

Customers of a Coquitlam driving school that suddenly closed last week are getting help from ICBC. Bestway Driver Training, a family-run business located at 106-566 Lougheed Hwy. that has been in operation since 1986, failed to reopen following a Christmas break, leaving dozens of teachers without a job as well as new and professional drivers unable to complete classes.

The Tri-City News attempted to contact Bestway this week but no call or email was returned by Thursday’s print deadline. The Bestway website gives no notice of the closure but a note on its front door requests that students call ICBC to reschedule alter-

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A Bestway instructor, who declined to be named and has since found another job, told The Tri-City News this week a Bestway manager texted staff at 6 p.m. on Jan. 2 — the day before classes were to resume — with the following message: “It gives me great sadness to announce that Bestway after a third of a century is no longer in business.”

Evan Kelly, a spokesperson for the Better Business Bureau of the Lower Mainland, said it has logged two complaints about the shutdown and said Bestway was in “good standing” before it shut its doors without warning. He suggested paid customers become secured creditors if the company is liquidated, or to make a stop payment if the services were paid on a credit card.

In a statement, ICBC said Bestway’s licence expired on Dec. 31, 2017. “This unexpected closure is not consistent with the driver training

industry business practice and we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused customers or others impacted by the closure.”

The government insurer said it will honour all Bestway road test bookings, saying in a release: “Driver training schools are required to post a bond with ICBC under the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, which means the bond provided by Bestway Driver Training will be used to assist students who prepaid for services.”

Meanwhile, Bestway students who completed their driver training — and have been issued a “declaration of completion” by Bestway — are asked to call 1-866-339-0363.

As well, students who finished a portion of their driver training, had scheduled upcoming training with Bestway or who have been affected are asked to contact ICBC’s Neil Kavanaugh at 604-297-3845 or email neiljkavanaugh@icbc. com. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Hike in sewer rates, but not in water fees $12.24 more for sewer services for houses in PoCo Janis CleugH

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Water rates for Port Coquitlam property owners aren’t expected to rise this year after city council voted on Tuesday but sewer fees are projected to rise by 3.85%.

That means, if the proposed utility bylaws are adopted by city council Jan. 23, water charges for homeowners in a single-family dwelling in PoCo will remain at $430.63 while townhouse and apartment residents will pay $403.40 and $383.23 respectively.

For sewer, however, singlefamily homeowners will pay $12.24 more — bringing the total to $329.72 — while townhouse and apartment owners will face a $11.48 and $10.88 increase, to $309.24 and $293.08.

In comparison, the city of Coquitlam passed its 2018 budget last month, resulting in a 3%

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Entries are open in the following categories: Arts, Heritage and Cultural Awareness; Caring and Safety; Environmental Protection and Enhancement; Sports and Recreation; Youth Programs; U21 (youth under age 21); and Lifetime Volunteer.

Winners receive a personalized glass trophy, a commemorative pin and two tickets to the awards night; as well, the winners’ names will be added to the honour roll at city hall.

Nominees don’t have to live in PoCo but they can’t be a previous award recipient.

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utility rates to seniors that cost the city $93,549 in lost revenue, according to a staff report.

Utility bills will be mailed out next month, with payment due by March 31.

boost (or an extra $14) for sewer for the average property owner (a combination of single-family, townhomes and condos) while residential water prices went down $21. Last year, the city of PoCo issued 267 discounts in

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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

sD43 grad numbers above prov. average 6-year grad rates 90% last year vs.

84% across B.C.

School District 43 continues to post relatively high numbers when it comes to students graduating from high school, according to new provincial figures.

Yesterday, the province released the six-year completion rates for 2016/’17, showing 90% of SD43 students

graduated with a high school or adult certificate within six years of the time they enrolled in Grade 8. Across B.C., the rate is 84%.

There were also more Aboriginal and special needs students who graduated last year, according to the government. For Aboriginal students, the rate was 75%, compared to 71% in 2015/’16; and for special needs students, it was 83%, compared to 79% the previous school year.

“We will keep working to raise the six-year completion rate. We’ve seen positive improvements for students with diverse needs and Indigenous learners, but there is more work to be done to ensure all students can recognize their full potential,” Education Minister Rob Fleming said in a press release.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the properties located at 2, 10, 12 and 14 King Edward Street, and 1200 and 1316 United Boulevard, as shown on the attached map.

The application proposes text amendments to the Waterfront Village Centre Neighbourhood Plan to facilitate a broader range of retail and commercial uses, a reduction of industrial floor space, the introduction of a “Production and Innovation Hub” for retail and light industrial uses, and an increase of residential density in the Fraser Mills area. The application also proposes a redesignation of 1316 United Boulevard from “Industrial” to “Waterfront Village Centre” to incorporate that property into the overall design of the proposed development.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Friday, January 26, 2018. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 • In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Tuesday, January 2, 2018 to Friday, January 26, 2018 excluding statutory holidays To obtain more information on this application you may: • Visit the Planning and Development Department at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays • Calling Jeremy Keating, Development Planner, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3998; or • Emailing Jeremy Keating, Development Planner, Planning and Development Department, at jkeating@coquitlam.ca All written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

Should Council grant first reading to the proposed CWOCP amendment, a Public Hearing will be held with notification to be provided in accordance with the Local Government Act.

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PM mom fighting for help for dyslexic kids One valuable service not available in all libraries Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

When Tannis McKay heads to university in Virginia on a soccer scholarship in two years, she’ll be packing her digital audiobooks and headphones along with her cleats and shin pads.

That’s because the 16-yearold Port Moody resident, a whiz on the pitch, has struggled with reading since she was in elementary school because of dyslexia.

“My number one struggle was other people knowing,” McKay told The Tri-City News.

But today, the teen is comfortable bringing out her laptop or cellphone and headphones to read using a digital audiobook service developed for people with dyslexia. In class, while her friends read the assigned novels, McKay listens to the book and follows along on a digital copy with the words being read highlighted in yellow.

“Now it’s easier, everyone knows, everyone supports me,” McKay said.

But this kind of audiobook service for school kids with dyslexia is not well known,

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Tannis McKay demonstrates how she listens to a digital audiobook while also reading the words on her iPhone. Her mom, Cathie McMillan, has started a petition to get the province to provide this service for children with dyslexia. according to her mom, Cathy McMillan, a founding member of Dyslexia BC. Recently, the local advocate started a petition to get the province to fund all B.C. library access to the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA), which provides services, such as books, newspapers and magazines for people with print disabilities, such as those with dyslexia, visual impairment or other physical challenge that make reading a

book difficult or impossible.

“It’s just hard to get to get services for dyslexic kids,” said McMillan, who described her daughter’s reading challenges as an information processing difficulty. “Lack of awareness is a huge problem.”

DENIED SERVICE

Currently, McMillan pays U.S. $150 for a service called Learning Ally, which she is only able to obtain because she can use her in-laws’ U.S. address to qualify.

When her daughter needed a Canadian book about Indigenous residential schools for school, it wasn’t available through the U.S. service. That’s when McMillan went on the hunt for a Canadian option and learned about CELA, a Canadian non-profit that provides services in French as well as English, and among other things has a collection of Canadian materials important for school kids studying Canadian literature.

But there’s a catch.

So far, only larger libraries, such as Coquitlam Public and the Fraser Valley Regional Library Service, which includes Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library, are members of CELA and pay a fee so the service is free to patrons. CELA isn’t available to Port Moody residents.

“When we went to the Coquitlam library to sign up for CELA, we were denied, and the librarian did not offer NNELS [National Network for Equitable Library Service],” McMillan said.

Lynne Russell, Port Moody Public Library’s director of library services, said PMPL has NNELS for those who qualify and it is paid for by the province. People with print disabilities can go to the library and get personal attention along with audiobooks and other services, she said — they can also join a book club.

But McMillan, who lives in Port Moody, says people with print disabilities would benefit from a wider array of materials, technologies and support if they had access to both NNELS and CELA — especially kids with dyslexia who want to be able to download the service right to their smart phones, laptops or tablets with the voice synchronized to the words.

SCHOOLS NEED IT

For such students, a typical

audiobook is not enough — they also need digital copy of the book so they can stop, look closer at the words, take notes and do other tasks.

McMillan said this kind of dual input would have improved her daughter’s reading skills and wishes it had been available when she was younger. She also said all schools in School District 43 should have access to it, as well as education and training in the service.

And she met with Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Rick Glumac this week to lobby for CELA funding, something CELA says has been denied for the last four years.

“There’s been a variety of different ways we’ve tried to do this. It’s not been successful,” executive director Michael Ciccone told The Tri-City News.

Meanwhile, McKay, who has benefitted from a digital audiobook service for three years, said she is looking forward to finishing high school and moving on to Radford University in Virginia while her mom continues to push for services for dyslexic kids back home.

“There are parents who would like to get this service in Metro Vancouver,” McMillan said. “But for our guys, it’s always a struggle to get the service.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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‘In worse shape than we thought’: mayor

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Anmore Mayor John McEwen said the group’s efforts are appreciated but the building was too far gone to save, with recent asbestos and drywall removal confirming that the building — which formerly housed pioneer Margaret Murray and her family, and, later, the village council offices — was deteriorating.

“The building was in far worse shape then we even thought,” McEwen said.

Once the building is removed, the village can work on constructing its village centre, which will be done over several stages.

The plan is to reroute some existing roads and unite three parcels into a 4.8-acre area, upgrade the existing Spirit Park with proper drainage, add electrical and sprinklers, and realign the play area and, possibly, add to it.

A natural amphitheatre and, eventually, a new village building will be built but McEwen said more work has to go in to identifying the phases, costs and funding sources, with a request for proposals being sent out in the next two months.

In the meantime, he said,

Council and Committee Procedures Amendment Bylaw Notice is hereby given of the intent to consider and adopt a Council and Committee Procedures Amendment Bylaw.

7 pm on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Council Chambers 2580 Shaughnessy Street

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This house in Anmore, which once belonged to B.C. newspaper legend Margaret ‘Ma’ Murray, will soon be demolished. an archivist has sorted through the Ma Murray materials and they will be placed in a container and put into heated storage.

“We’re hopefully going to replicate some tribute to the Murray family and house in a new building. We also had it extensively photographed and video-ed. We can hopefully pass that on to the architects.”

Burton said her group was expecting to have a look at the materials to see what had been saved and hopes it will be invited to view the archival materials before they go into storage.

She and Dyrkton are worried the items won’t be enough to truly portray the importance of Ma Murray to the community as much as a saving the building would have.

“You need the physical trace to represent the history,” Dyrkton said. “That’s something the village council seem to have missed.”

• An open house on the village centre plan on plan will be held Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. (prior to the council meeting) in council chambers at the village hall 2697 Sunnyside Rd. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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The Theatre Society Legacy Fund announces the Performing Arts Grants and Bursary Applications are now being Accepted for 2018!

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Regs soon, please There appears to be a demand for ride-hailing services in b.C., judging by the revelation this week that seven are already operating in b.C., five of them in Richmond alone.

This is surprising given the fact that there are as yet no rules governing these businesses but as one operator noted in an explanation to The Tri-City News’ sister paper, the Richmond News, last year, that’s exactly the grey area that allows these firms to operate. according to the Passenger Transportation branch, several companies are operating ride-hailing services, including: Longmao, udi Kuaiche, u drop, RaccoonGo, GoKabu, dingdang Carpool and ao Rideshare.

Taxi owners have already taken a hit as newcomers from the digital economy enter the market.

The solution may be for the province to get busy and quickly put parameters around such operations so they can provide safe and secure service while also ensuring unfair burdens are not placed on taxi drivers.

Taxi companies will then have to learn how to operate in the new economy just as other businesses — including retail and media companies — have had to adjust.

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More support needed for B.C. kids waiting for adoption

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hen b.C.’s children’s representative bernard Richard released a report last month about children waiting for adoption, he was surprised at the response from adoptive parents.

“It’s been very interesting,” Richard said. “We release significant reports — three, four, five a year — but this report was a five-page update on adoptions, and I received more email on this report.”

TRACY SHERLOCK adopting a child has been the most wonderful thing that has happened in their lives, most of those parents said. but they also told Richard it can be a tremendous struggle with little governmental support. “[It’s important to] support families through the adoption process — not just finding families — because it’s pretty daunting to adopt a child with special needs or who has experienced trauma,” Richard said. “adopting a child is an important contribution to society.”

That’s definitely true. but three years ago, Richard’s office found there were more than 1,000 kids waiting to be adopted in b.C. The same number are waiting today, despite a push and a promise by

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the government to get more kids into permanent homes.

In the first six months of this fiscal year, only 84 children were adopted in b.C., compared to 149 and 104 in the same period for the last two years, b.C.’s representative for children and youth reported.

The drop is “quite concerning,” Richard said in an interview. “I wonder if they’ve done what I would call the low-hanging fruit — the easier adoptions — in the first two years and now they’re running against kids who are harder to adopt.”

If more financial and transitional support were available, and prospective adoptive parents knew about it, they might be more encouraged to come forward, Richard said.

The Ministry of Children and families’ budget for adoption has increased from $27.7 million in 2015/’16 to $31.2 million this year. between 2015 and 2017 the government exceeded its goals in the number of children who were adopted, which may be a factor in the low numbers for this year, according to a statement made last month by Katrine Conroy, b.C.’s minister of children and family development.

“The challenge now is that, having arranged successful adoptive placements for so many children and youth since the representative’s initial report, a significant number of those still waiting for a permanent home have complex placement needs,” Conroy said.

The alarming proportion of children in care who are aboriginal

keeps going up, Richard said. Most recently, he heard in a presentation by the deputy minister that first Nations kids now represent 64% of children in government care. In the first six months of this year, only 16 aboriginal children have been adopted, a drastic drop compared to 55 and 40 aboriginal children adopted in the first halves of the previous two years, the report found. one solution, from Richard’s perspective, might be if the ministry approved so-called “custom adoptions,” a cultural practice by aboriginal in which someone who is not a child’s biological parent raises a child while maintaining connections to the child’s birth family and community. These happen within aboriginal communities but are not eligible for post-adoption services or financial support without ministry approval, Richard said. Legislation is in place to officially recognize such adoptions but Richard doesn’t know of a single one that has been approved. as for finding stable, loving homes for the 1,000 waiting kids, Conroy promises that adoption is a “key commitment” for her ministry and says her government is fully committed to working with Indigenous families and to address the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

I hope she means what she says — 1,000 kids are counting on it.

Tracy Sherlock writes about education and social issues. She can be reached at tracy.sherlock@gmail.com.

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Trustees shouldn’t take ‘free’ China trips The Editor: It appears the trustees of School District 43 have a problem learning from experience.

And they are also short on ethics.

Just over three years ago in a letter to The Tri-City News, I commented on how the board of education chair at the time, along with other two trustees (one of them from Anmore/ Belcarra) had received trips to China — at no cost to the taxpayer. This time around, it’s the new chair, Anmore/Belcarra Trustee Kerri Palmer Isaac, and three other trustees along with a “large contingent of administrators [and] teachers.”

SD43 is now even more beholden to its paymaster, the Chinese government, where President Xi exercises an authority unrivalled by all, save for Mao, with whom he is on equal footing, constitutionally speaking.

Trouble is, we poor British Columbians are saddled by something called democracy, unlike Communist Party China, and here elected officials are bound by ethics, which include conflict of interest rules. For the

Let other trustees review SD43 pay tri-city newS FiLe PHOtO

A kindergarten teacher reads a story to students in both Mandarin and English in a Mandarin bilingual classes at Walton elementary school in Coquitlam.

B.C. legislature, it is written that “a member must not accept a fee, gift, or personal benefit.”

Our public school trustees appear as if this sort of legislation does not apply to them, maybe because ethics is not germane to their worldview — anything goes just as long as it pays the bills.

In their courting of the

Chinese state and in its unflagging endorsement of Coquitlam’s own Confucius Institute (which draws the students here and yields the money), SD43 demonstrates a striking naiveté.

Before the next trip to China, how about an education for the educators? For something of a different view, may I suggest

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that each trustee read, for example, the book God is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China by Liao Yiwu, who now lives in exile.

But be sure not to bring it along — it’s not allowed in mainland China, or in any Confucius Institute library.

Joerge Dyrkton, Anmore

The Editor, I am writing in reference to the recent stories in The TriCity News regarding School District 43 trustees’ wages.

Instead of comparing pay with that of Tri-City councillors, the total wage package, including the formula used, should be distributed to all school trustees in B.C. for their input and comment on the highest paid trustees in the province.

SD43 trustees do not attend meetings in July and August when school is out. In addition, there are no meetings in March, when school trustees attend a free 11-day trip to China.

During the last school board elections, most of the candidates declared in an all-candidates meeting that if they were elected, they would initiate a change to the formula used to make SD43 trustees the highest paid in the province.

The candidates stated they would invite a formula similar to other school districts, which used the cost of living for wage increases.

I am sure the question will be put to any elected trustee on why they did not follow through with their commitment.

It will also be interesting to see how many school trustees will still support the free China trips after the public sent a clear message they were opposed to free gifts. The Port Coquitlam trustee who has moved to the Interior will be eligible to take one of the free trips to China in March 2018.

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Glen Pine Pavilion is 10, celebration set for saturday

Glen Pine Pavilion celebrates its 10th anniversary tomorrow (Saturday) and the city is inviting adults to check it out.

The free open house event will start off with facility tours from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and there will be entertainment and refreshments from 1:30 to 3 p.m. as well as time for sharing memories from the past 10 years of the facility.

According to a city press release, Glen Pine Pavilion is an adult-focused community centre equipped with a computer lab, lounge, library, fitness centre and café. It opened in January 2008, born out of a need to support the growing senior population in the City Centre area beginning in 1989 when a group of seniors started meeting at the Town Centre community centre near Percy Perry Stadium. The completion of Pinetree community centre in 1997 created a new space for the seniors group to gather but as the area grew, Glen Pine was created to support the recreation, leisure and social needs of seniors.

Visit www.coquitlam.ca/glenpine for more information about the facility including registered programs and drop-in classes, as well as for information on a Pavilion Annual Pass.

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Gloria Barkley, 91, works out three times a week at the fitness centre at Coquitlam’s Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. She started her exercise regime at the age of 73 and has kept it up ever since.

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Never too old for the gym, 91-year-old Barkley says this coquitlam woman started exercising at 73 Mario Bartel

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Did you resolve to get fit in 2018 but you’re having trouble getting motivated to go to the gym?

Consider Gloria Barkley.

She’s 91 years old.

She hits the machines at the fitness centre in the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex three times a week.

And she has been doing it since she was 73.

The Statistic Brain Research Institute in California says working out more often is one of the top 10 New Year’s resolutions. But according to a study by the University of Scranton, about 92% of resolutions fail, often by early February.

(Indeed, Kathleen Vincent of the city of Coquitlam said visits to the city’s two fitness centres drop by about 8% from January to February.)

Barkley said failure, for her, was not an option.

Her doctor had told her her hip joints were thinning and the only way to prevent them from getting worse was to get moving — or face surgery. A survivor of multiple brushes with cancer, she said she had no desire to go under the knife.

So Barkley hit the pool. But

the chemicals in the water didn’t agree with her skin, so she migrated to the gym.

Barkley said the equipment was overwhelming at first.

“It was all so new to me,” she said. “It was a whole new world.”

With guidance from staff at the fitness centre, Barkley started by setting the weights on the various machines at five pounds and worked out for 20 minutes. Now her circuit lasts an hour and she can easily push 30 or 35 lb.

“You realize anybody can do it,” said Barkley, who supplements her gym workout by walking there and back from her home a few blocks away.

Her senior years have made her kind of the elder stateswoman of the fitness centre.

“I get a lot of attention because of my grey hair,” she said. “I feel like something of a freak.”

But Barkley’s proactive regime has worked. She has stayed out of the hospital, even after she took a tumble down the stairs at Poirier a few years back. Even her brain is sharper, as she often composes poetry as she works out.

Barkley only wishes more of her contemporaries would join her at the gym.

“I will show them the ropes,” she said. “They don’t understand what motivates me.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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After months of construction delays, the newly refurbished Coquitlam Tennis Centre will open its doors and begin booking lessons in the coming weeks.

For Larry Jurovich, the operator of the private facility on Coquitlam city land, opening day cannot come soon enough.

Renovations were expected to be completed last summer, with the original opening day set for Sept. 1. But problems with the manufacturer of the new bubble delayed completion for months, he said.

“It has been disappointing,” he said. “Obviously, it has been challenging for our business.

It has been challenging for our coaches.”

The centre tried to keep lessons going outdoors for as long as it could, he said, but the weather began to turn in October and classes were no longer feasible outside after that.

Jurovich added that some of the players were able to make the trip to his Surrey facility while others have simply been unable to train during the winter months.

“There is nobody more upset than I am,” he said.

While some parents have complained, the majority have been understanding, Jurovich said. Now that the $1.5 million worth of work is complete, including a new clubhouse, new courts and climate controlled bubble, he said he is getting rave reviews.

“They are seeing it and saying it was worth the wait,” he said.

The Coquitlam Tennis Centre plans on holding a grand opening in February and Jurovich said coaches will begin booking lessons next week.

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Please send your ThingsTo-Do Guide events to jcleugh@tricitynews.com.

Friday, Jan. 12 ART SHOW

Join exhibiting artists at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) at 7 p.m. as they open their new displays: Colour: A Personal Response (acrylics and fibre arts by Lesley Turner and Sarah McLaren); Lyrical Expressions (acrylics

by Jane Appleby); and Balance (fibre arts by Mardell Rampton). Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.

secondary (570 Poirier St., Coquitlam), with proceeds benefitting the Soroptomist International of the Tri-Cities’ programs for women and girls.

The event runs from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $45 via winewomensport2018.eventbrite.ca.

SALSA NIGHT

LIVE MUSIC

Join Alberto and Teresa at their weekly salsa, bachata and merengue lesson (at 8 p.m.) and dance party (9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.) in the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Admission is $10 and parking is free, or take the Evergreen Extension to Lafarge Lake-Douglas. Call 604725-4654 or visit hotsalsadancezone.com.

The Lawless Firm launches the new year for the Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse, on from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Gathering Place in Port Coquitlam’s Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall). Admission is $5 at the door with Michael Dunn, Eleanore Dunn, Joe Bourchier and Edgar Bridwell headlining.

Visit crossroadshospicesociety.com/calendar/ coffeehouse.

Sunday, Jan. 14

ITALIAN CLOGS

WINTER PROdUCE

The Port Moody Film Society rolls the drama/ history flick The Tree of Wooden Clogs — considered one of Italian director Ermanno Olmi’s finest films — at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 plus a $5 society membership fee. Visit pmfilm.ca.

left: courtesy of Port moody station museum; right: stage 43 theatrical society

LEFT: Sketches drawn by Rudolf Koch will be revealed at the opening reception of a new exhibit at the Port Moody Station Museum on Sunday, from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is by donation. RIGHT: Katherine Matlashewski is Luisa and Liam Russell plays Matt while Carlos Vela-Martinez is El Gallo in The Fantasticks, running this and next week at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre.

SING, dANCE

A love feud between a boy and girl becomes fodder in The Fantasticks, a musical presented

by Coquitlam’s Stage 43 Theatrical Society and running at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. Directed by Chalene Scott, the show is the second in the company’s Sit, Sing and Swing! season. Call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

at 10:30 a.m. for preschoolers and their caregivers. Visit coqlibrary.ca.

10 YEARS YOUNG

It’s been a decade since Coquitlam opened its second seniors’ centre — and the city is inviting residents to an open house at Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt.). The event kicks off with facility tours from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. and, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., there will be entertainment from the Glen Pine Singers, refreshments and talks. Visit coquitlam.ca/glenpine.

Saturday, Jan. 13 STORY TIME

Librarians at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (1169 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) read and sing songs at a free drop-in

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the Surrey Eagles at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam) at 7 p.m.

Sponsored by chartered professional accountant Sharon Perry Inc., the event includes a bouncy castle for kids and autographs from the players.

Proceeds support the Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise’s Starfish Pack program. Admission is $13/$10/$7/$6 (no cost for kids under five). Visit coquitlamexpress.ca.

WINE, WOMEN, SPORT

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Port Moody-Coquitlam NDP MLA Rick Glumac will have a pop-up community office at today’s Port Moody Winter Farmers Market, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.). Visit makebakegrow.com.

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Coquitlam Express is back on home ice at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam) to face the Chilliwack Chiefs at 2 p.m. Admission is $13/$10/$7/$6 (no cost for kids under five). Visit coquitlamexpress.ca.

FIRST WORLd WAR

Great War sketches of celebrated German typographer Rudolf Koch, who saw active duty from 1915 to ’17, will be seen for the first time outside of his native country. The opening reception for the new exhibit at the Port Moody Station Museum (2734 Murray St.) is from 2 to 4 p.m. Admission is by donation. Visit portmoodystationmuseum.org. jcleugh@tricitynews.com @jcleughTC

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tri-city libraries

Mother Goose, movie nights and book clubs bOOKs PlUs

run in 10-minute sessions and is open to kids in Grades 1 and up. Registration required.

For more info, visit www. fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-927-7999.

Books Plus runs in The TriCity News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

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COQUITLAM

• Crafts and music for people with developmental challenges: Join a librarian from 9 to 11 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month at the Poirier branch (Nancy Bennett Room). The first program of 2018 is on Jan. 18. Registration is required for this free program; sign up online at www. coqlibrary.ca or phone the Help Desk at 604-937-4141.

• ESL Book Club: Newcomers and intermediate ESL readers (LINC 4+), if you enjoy reading and meeting new people in a friendly group, try the monthly ESL Book Club.

It is led by English-speaking volunteers from Soroptimists International, an organization that works to educate and empower women and girls.

Next meeting is Jan. 18, 1 to 2:15 p.m. at the Poirier branch.

Registration is required. To register, or for more information, email librarian Janice Williams at jwilliams@coqlibrary.ca.

• Parent-Child Korean Mother Goose: Parents and children four years old and younger are invited to share in the fun of learning nursery rhymes, songs and stories in Korean and English. Parents will be helped to gain the skills and confidence that enable them to create positive family

patterns through connecting sound, rhythm and meaning of language. Program runs Wednesdays through Feb. 28, 10 to 11:30 a.m., at the City Centre branch. For more information or to register, phone 604-468-6101. Priority will be given to people who are registering for the Mother Goose program for the first time.

For more information about any of these programs, visit www.coqlibrary.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.

TERRY FOX

• Movie night: Head to Terry Fox Library for a movie night and popcorn for the next four Mondays 6 to 8 p.m. Librarians will be screening: Jan. 15, Maudie; Jan. 22, He Named Me Malala; Jan. 29, Their Finest; Feb. 5, Hidden. Everyone is welcome — just drop in.

• Paws for Stories: Dogs make supportive listeners. A therapy dog and volunteer will listen to children who want to practise reading aloud at Terry Fox Library. This program will

• Teen volunteer opportunities: Are you a teen looking for leadership opportunities and volunteer hours? The library has many opportunities to build skills in programs such as Book Buddies, Tech Café and Homework Club. Visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577 for more details.

• Book Buddies registration: Does your child need extra help reading? Book Buddies matches children in Grades 1 through 4 with a trained teen volunteer to improve their skills. There are two sessions: Tuesdays, Feb. 6 to March 13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., or Saturdays, Feb. 10 to March 10 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Registration for this program begins on Jan. 12. Call 604-469-4577 to reserve a spot.

• Middle School Book Club: Meet other middle grade readers for a book club just for you. with pizza, snacks, questions and prizes. This month’s book will be All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson.

The club will meet on Jan. 30 from 7 to 8 p.m. in the library’s ParkLane Room. Register for this program by calling 604469-4577.

For more info, visit library. portmoody.ca or call 604-4694577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.

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TC CALENDAR SATURDAY, JAN. 13 • Epiphany Sacred Arts Guild meeting, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., St. Clare’s Parish, 2888 Delahaye Dr., Coquitlam. This will be a special “day of reflection” presented by Fr. Larry Lynn of St. Anthony’s Parish, West Vancouver, who is also an accomplished filmmaker. Day will begin with 9 a.m. mass in the church, followed by a relocation to the basement of the parish hall for the showing of Fr. Larry’s newly released film, In the Spirit of Reconciliation, and discussion. There will also be a festive potluck lunch provided to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the guild. Admission: $5 for visitors and free to members. Info: www.epiphanysacredarts.com.

TUESDAY, JAN. 16 • Dogwood Garden Club features David Tracey, arborist and author, speaking on trees and eco-urbanism, 7 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, Coquitlam refreshments and raffle. Everyone welcome.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 17 • Singles Travel Club meets at 6 p.m. for dinner, ABC Restaurant, 300-100 Schoolhouse, Coquitlam. Club offers group tours for solo travellers – meet new friends, enjoy the security of group travel & avoid the costly single supplement. Presentation by Oben Sert of Trafalgar Tours. Info: www.singlestravelclub.ca. RSVP: Val, 604-529-1552.

THURSDAY, JAN. 18 • Burke Mountain’s community association, NECRA, meets, 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr., Coquitlam. Speaker: Helge

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CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE CALENDAR

• Dr. Charles Best secondary school hosts Connecting Communities — an interactive artistic celebration combing music, drama, and visual arts — from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is by donation. Info: 604-461-5581.

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.

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

As always, to add items to The Tri-City News’ printed Community Calendar, email details to newsroom@tricitynews.com.

To see all items currently in the online calendar, visit www. tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar.

Jacobsen, on concerns for lands adjacent to Widgeon Slough on the Pitt River estuary, being considered for public access and park development by Metro Vancouver. Info: 604-970-2579.

• Tri-City Greendrinks open mic night, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody – storytelling, spoken word, music, the choice is yours for 5-7 minutes. Dinner at 6:30 p.m., entertainment at 7 p.m. (call 604-937-0998 to reserve a meal). Info: meetup. com/tricity-greendrinks.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263, 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-937-0836.

FRIDAY, JAN. 19 • Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets at 7 p.m., Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (street parking only). New members are welcome Directions and infoL Darline, 604-466-0017.

SUNDAY, JAN 21 • Shoreline Writers’ Society meets, 1p.m., Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St. New writers welcome. Info: Helmi, 604-462-8942.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 • Pacific Digital Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school. Guests always welcome. Info (including list of club meetings and keynote speakers): www.pdpc.ca.

• Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts book night – discuss and show off philatelic-related literature, 7 p.m., Burke Mountain fire hall meeting room, 3501 David Ave., Coquitlam. Info: www. stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

ONGOING • PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 150-2248 McAllister Ave., is open Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Staff is available Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; volunteers may be on-site at other times. Info: 604-9278403 or www.pocoheritage.org.

• Bingo at Dogwood Pavilion, 12:45 p.m., every Friday (except holidays and in July and August).

Info: 604-927-6098.

• SPARC radio museum on Riverview Hospital grounds is open most Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with tours given by volunteers; large collection of antique consumer, military, marine, amateur radios and broadcast studio equipment. Located in the old warehouse on Kerria Drive at the top of the hill. Info: 604-7771885 or sparcradio.ca.

• 754 Phoenix Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets is active from September to June and meets Wednesdays, 6:309:30 p.m., at Moody elementary school. Girls and boys 12-18 welcome. Due to increased interest in the cadet program, a second squadron has been added that meets Tuesdays at Maillard middle school. Info: 754aircadets.ca.

• Burquitlam Community Association holds its monthly meeting on the first Thursday of each month, 7-9 p.m., in the library at Miller Park elementary school, Coquitlam.

• Are you a new immigrant?

Do you have questions, concerns and/or need help? Call RCCG Trinity Chapel at 604-474-3131 on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., or call outside those times and leave a message and someone will call you back.

Trinity will help or direct you to places where you could receive help.

• Saturday hikes leave from Rocky Point at 9:30 a.m. Info: pocomohiking@hotmail.com.

• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Saturday coffee program runs Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in the ERH lobby, 475 Guildford Way, Port Moody. Sales of beverages and baked goods raise funds for the purchase of hospital equipment and patient comfort items.

• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo: meat draws Tuesdays, 4 p.m.; Fridays, 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.

• Glenayre Scottish country dancers meet Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., at Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam.

New members welcome, all levels beginner to advanced, singles and couples.

• St. John Ambulance volunteer medical first responders meetings held every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tri-Cities branch, 2338 Clarke St., Port Moody. New members welcome to attend. Info: 604-931-3426 or www.sja.ca/bc.

• St. John Ambulance volun-

teer youth cadets meetings, for people ages 6 to 21, held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the TriCities branch, 2338 Clarke St., Port Moody. New members welcome to attend. Info: 604-9313426 or www.sja.ca/bc.

• Weekly thrift sales, Wednesday, noon-9 p.m.; Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Trinity United church, corner of Shaughnessy Street and Prairie Avenue, PoCo. Info: 604-9420022.

• Sea Cadets for youth aged 12 to 18 years old meets at the Old Mill Boathouse at Rocky Point Park (Port Moody) on Wednesdays, from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. For information visit www. regions.cadets.forces.gc.ca/ pac/201sea/ or contact Lt(N) Shannon McGee at co.201sea@ cadets.net or call 604-9390301.

• Tri-City Transitions offers free ongoing counselling services on weekdays for women who have experienced abuse/ violence in their relationships or childhood abuse, sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse. Info: 604-941-7111, Ext. 103. Call 604-941-7111 ext. 112.

• Como Lake United church (535 Marmont, Coquitlam) thrift and furniture shop open Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Thursdays (thrift shop), 6:308:30 p.m.

• Free ESL classes for new immigrants are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, provided as a free community service project by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3345 Robson Dr., Coquitlam. Info: in Korean, 604-552-2305; Chinese, 604944-7245; other, 604-468-8938; also: www.english4free.net.

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911 THEY CARE

Coquitlam RCMP’s 911 dispatchers and telecommunications operators dialled in $1,700 in cash and 320 toys for the 9th annual 911 We Care Toy Drive last month.

The gifts were presented to families in financial need over the Christmas break via Share Community and Family Services, based in Coquitlam.

Organizers of the eighth annual Coquitlam Crunch ‘Diversity’ Challenge in Coquitlam handed over $1,000 last week to Dwight Yochim (second from left), executive director of the Coquitlam Foundation, for its Diversity Fund.

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Staff and patrons at Port Coquitlam’s The Arms Pub hauled in $10,000 for Crossroads Hospice through its football pool. The Port Moody hospice will continue to be supported by the pub this year.

$10K FOR X-ROADS FROM PUB FOOTBALL POOL

Tri-City resident Ron Jones gave $50,000 to the BC Sports Hall of Fame Foundation, $20,000 to the BC Sports Hall of Fame on behalf of his Founder’s Cup Charity Classic, and $10,000 to its foundation.

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A craft beer festival and a new international wine and food gathering in Coquitlam last November poured in $27,267 for the Ride to Conquer Cancer.

The money, raised via event organizers West Coast Experiences, was put toward Team Taylor, which cycles and fundraises on behalf of the BC Cancer Foundation.

Its next Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival is March 9 and 10 — featuring more than 40 craft breweries and restaurants — followed by the BC Uncorked Wine and Food Festival on the night of March 10. Go to coquitlambeerfestival.com and bcuncorked.com.

The Maillardville branch of Vancity Credit Union recently gave a $7,500 grant to the Green Bricks Education Society, which helps youth in sustainable land use and development through curriculumlinked outreach programs.

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The city of Port Moody earned an international award from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its 2016 financial report.

The association represents 19,000 federal, state, provincial and local finance officials across North America involved in the planning, financing and implementing governmental operations.

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Lynda McDermott, right, who works at Port Coquitlam’s Hawthorne Care Centre, is a winner of a BC Care Award.

McDermott clinched the excellence accolade this month from the BC Care Providers Association, a group that represents most of the non-government seniors’ care providers in the province.

She will receive the prize from Minister of Health Adrian Dix in Victoria on Feb. 19.

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Share alcohol and drug series to begin Jan. 25 S

hare Alcohol and Drug Program is hosting a free education series that and runs on a number of Thursday evenings from January through April.

The program is open to everyone in the community and offers information for those who are struggling with substance misuse/ abuse or are concerned about their use. It will also help those people affected by others’ substance use.

Topics will vary from week to week (see outline below), with the format consisting of a video, a brief presentation, and open discussion. Sessions run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second floor at Share, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody.

Sessions include:

other commonly used depressants; addiction, safety and recovery.

n March 29: Stress — learning how to cope without using substances.

n March 8: Stimulants — cocaine, crystal meth and others; short term recovery and long-term recovery.

n April 5: Relapse prevention — the psychological, emotional and physical aspects of relapse and how to respond.

n March 15: Trauma and substance use — the relationship between trauma and substance use. n March 22: Anger — understanding anger and learning how to respond to it more effectively.

n April 12: Mental illness — depression, anxiety and addiction; understanding the links between mental illness and substance use.

For more information, please call 604-936-3900.

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n Feb. 8: Substance affected — how others’ misuse of substances can affect us and how to support them. n Feb. 15: Alcohol — how dependence develops; intoxicated driving; and effects during pregnancy.

Join Coquitlam Moody Minor Spring Baseball – have fun and get active!

Starts Friday, Jan. 26th for Four Fridays Jan. 26th, Feb. 2nd, Feb. 16th, Feb. 23rd 4:00-4:40pm, 4:45-5:25pm, 5:30-6:10pm, 6:15-6:55pm All Sessions at the Poirier Covered Facility located at 618 Poirier St. (corner of Poirier & Winslow in Coquitlam)

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ARCHBISHOP CARNEY REGIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOL A Co-Educational Catholic Independent School

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n Feb. 22: Marijuana — a second-class addiction? n March 1: Opiates — fentanyl, heroin and

For Boys and Girls Born in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

Fun Lacrosse online registration available at:

n Jan. 25: Use, misuse, abuse —gain a better understanding of substance use. n Feb. 1: Medical aspects and effects of substance use — what happens to the body and mind under the influence.

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Registration now open for boys and girls born in 2000 to 2013 for the Spring 2018 season which runs from April to June.

Coquitlam Little League Serving the youth of Coquitlam since 1955

Cultivating and nurturing our CatholicYouth in a Christ-Centered community to reach for the stars, realize their full potential, grow in understanding of themselves and their relationship with Christ, inspire those around around them and become our leaders of tomorrow! tomorrow!

There are 2 easy ways to register – online at www.coquitlamlittleleague.ca or in person at the Mundy Field House 629 Hillcrest Street on January 14th, 2018 from 11am to 2pm.

It is still winter, but it is time to register for Spring Baseball.

We offer baseball programs for ages 4-19.

Season starts in April.

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Two education series for people with dementia, their caregivers

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amilies living with a loved one with dementia and those with the disease may want to take a workshop to learn more about how to cope with changes.

The Alzheimer Society of BC is offering the following workshops over the next three months:

Dogwood Pavilion is offering two programs sure to get you moving. The adult-oriented recreation centre located at 1655 Winslow Ave. in Coquitlam is hosting: n Essentrics stretching — classes start Jan. 16 from 11 a.m. to noon, for seven weeks. Cost is $59.50 and pre-registration is required. n Belly dancing — classes run seven weeks and start Jan. 17 from 1 to 2 p.m. and Jan. 18 from 6 to 7 p.m. Cost is $49 and pre-registration is required.

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Notice of Public Hearing Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws. This meeting will be held on:

Date: Time: Location:

Monday, January 22, 2018 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

Item 1

Address: 1045 Quadling Avenue

Please note: the Bylaw number for this item was incorrectly identified in the associated staff report when it was given first reading on December 4, 2017.

The Bylaw should have been referred to as City of Coquitlam Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4834, 2017 (and not Bylaw No. 4831, 2017). Other than the typographical error identified in relation to the Bylaw’s number, the substance of the bylaw and the subject property remain unchanged from the information presented at first reading.

The intent of Bylaw 4834, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4834, 2017 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RT-1 Two-Family Residential.

If approved, the RT-1 zone would facilitate the subdivision of the subject property into two single-family lots and the construction of a new single-family dwelling and carriage house, with rear lane access, on each resulting lot.

Item 2

Address: 1123 Madore Avenue

Please note: the Bylaw number for this item was incorrectly identified in the associated staff report when it was given first reading on December 4, 2017.

The Bylaw should have been referred to as City of Coquitlam Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4835, 2017 (and not Bylaw No. 4832, 2017). Other than the typographical error identified in relation to the Bylaw’s number, the substance of the bylaw and the subject property remain unchanged from the information presented at first reading.

The intent of Bylaw 4835, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4835, 2017 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RT-1 Two-Family Residential.

If approved, the RT-1 zone would facilitate the subdivision of the subject property into two single-family lots and the construction of a new single-family dwelling and carriage house with rear lane access on each resulting lot.

Item 3

Address: 3552, 3558 and 3560 Victoria Drive

The intent of Bylaw 4781, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation of the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4781, 2017 from Open Space to Townhousing Residential.

The intent of Bylaw 4782, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4782, 2017 from RS-1 OneFamily Residential and RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RT-2 Townhouse Residential.

If approved, the RT-2 zone would facilitate the development of a townhouse development with approximately 100 units.

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Date: Time: Location: Item 4

Monday, January 22, 2018 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 Address: Portions of 3497, 3500 and 3501 Harper Road and 3531 Hickstead Avenue

The intent of Bylaw 4831, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation for the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4831, 2017 from Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Space, Environmentally Sensitive Area, Estate Single-Family, Large Single-Family, Compact Low Density Residential, and Development Reserve to Neighbourhood Parks and Natural Open Space, Environmentally Sensitive Area, Conventional Townhouse, Large Single-Family, Compact Low Density Residential, and Development Reserve.

The intent of Bylaw 4832, 2017 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4832, 2017 from A-3 Agricultural and Resource to P-5 Special Park, RT-2 Townhouse Residential and RS-9 Large Single-Family Residential (Remnant portions of lots within Development Reserve to remain A-3 Agricultural and Resource).

If approved, the application would facilitate the creation of two RT-2 Townhouse lots and ten RS-9 Single Family lots. The application would also facilitate the expansion of Harper Park and the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.

How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from Wednesday, January 10, 2018 to Monday, January 22, 2018 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

You may also obtain further information with regard to the bylaws mentioned above on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

How do I provide input?

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts.

Prior to the Public Hearing written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; Regular mail: 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; In person: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Office prior to noon on the day of the hearing.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/ agendas. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jay Gilbert, City Clerk

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There’s a new Miki at the curling rink PoCo’s Miki family boasts three generations of top curlers MARIO BARTEL

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Joshua Miki is a chip off the curling rock, who himself is a chip off the curling rock.

A third generation of the Miki family is starting to make shavings on the curling sheet.

Joshua, 16, is following his dad, former world champion Bryan Miki, to the hog line.

Bryan picked up the game from his dad, Fuji, a former Canadian mixed champion.

All three Mikis live in Port Coquitlam and curl out of the Royal City Curling Club in New Westminster. So it’s no surprise the sport is pretty much all that’s talked about around the family dinner table, or watched on the TV. Especially now that the family’s latest curler is raising hacks at championship bonspiels.

This past weekend Joshua was the second on Dawson Ballard’s Royal City/Coquitlam Curling Club team that qualified for the U18 provincials by winning their qualifier in Mill Bay. In December, the team lost a 3-1 nailbiter to skip Tyler Tardi’s team from Langley/Royal City in the final of the 2018 Boston Pizza BC Junior Men’s U21 Curling Championships in Langley.

They’re coached by Joshua’s dad, which has its good points and bad points for both generations of Mikis.

“You hear different perspectives and tactics,” Joshua said of having a coach who’s also his dad. “But sometimes if you have a rough game you don’t want to hear it.”

“Once a parent, always a

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Joshua MIki, 16, is the third generation of curling Mikis in his family. He’s following in the footsteps of his dad, former world champion Bryan, and his grandfather, Fuji, who was a Canadian mixed champion. Joshua is a second on a team out of the Royal City and Coquitlam curling clubs that is coached by his dad. parent,” said Bryan, whose Burnaby roots recently led to his naming to the Burnaby Sports Hall of Fame where he’ll be formally inducted on Feb. 22. “There are times I have to bite my tongue.”

With all the time the family spent at curling rinks, it was perhaps inevitable Joshua picked up the broom as well

when he was 10 years old in the Little Rocks program at RCCC. That’s about the same age his dad started playing.

Bryan said his ascent to competitive curling took longer as there were a lot more young people playing the sport back in his day. Joshua said now it’s a challenge to muster interest to form a team at his

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school, Riverside secondary.

But the more he curls, the more he loves it.

“It doesn’t feel like work,” Joshua said.

Even when nerves threaten to get the better of him, as Joshua said almost happened curling against older, more experienced competition at the junior provincials. That’s when

the experience of his dad was invaluable, passing down the lessons he learned at the national and international level on things like game preparation, sleeping, managing travel and practice time and decision making.

“I’ve made so many mistakes,” Bryan said. “I compress 30 years of experience into a

short period of time.”

As Joshua’s confidence grows, Bryan knows his voice as his coach will diminish and he can put his dad hat back on.

“You coach them, you teach them and hopefully they’ll be good kids,” he said. “It’s like life.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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The Coquitlam Adanacs battle the New Westminster Salmonbellies in a Pacific Coast Field Lacrosse League U18 Tier 1 game, Sunday at Queen’s Park in New Westminster.

SFU BASKETBALL

Vranjes getting time on floor Centennial secondary grad Aleks Vranjes went two-forthree and played eight minutes as the Simon Fraser University Clan lost 69-54 to Western Washington University in Great Northwest Athletic Conference men’s basketball Tuesday at

SFU in Burnaby.

Vranjes, a red-shirted sophomore at SFU who was a former MVP at Centennial, has been averaging 1.9 points and 6.6 minutes in the 14 games he’s played for the Clan this season.

play against two wins. Overall, SFU has eight wins and seven losses.

The Clan played at Montana State University Billings last night (after The Tri-City News’ print deadline).

The Clan led WWU — who’ve yet to lose in conference play — by as many as eight points midway through the first half. But their shooting accuracy abandoned them in the second half on their way to their fifth loss in conference

A pair of losses at last weekend’s Pacific Junior Hockey League Winter Classic in Richmond has left the Port Moody Panthers scrambling to stay in contention for a crossover playoff spot.

The Panthers lost 3-2 in overtime to the Mission city Outlaws last Friday and 3-0 to the North Vancouver Wolf Pack on Sunday at the annual gathering of all the league’s teams in one location to showcase its players to fans and scouts. The team is now five points behind Aldergrove and seven points behind Mission and Langley in the race for the final spot in the post season.

Against the Outlaws, Port Moody had a wide margin in shots and protected a 2-1 lead until Mission’s Maximillian Corazza tied it at 12:41 of the third period. He then assisted on Michael Nemeth’s winner in the second overtime period.

Ryleigh Anderson and Christian Bettiol scored the goals for Port Moody,

who outshot the Outlaws 35-24. Panthers’ goalie Jack Stradiotti stopped 21 shots and was named the game’s first star.

Sunday, the Panthers could do little to tame the red hot Wolf Pack, who went into the game on a sixgame winning streak.

North Vancouver goalie Alex Forster stopped all 21 shots he faced to earn his tenth victory of the season.

Two of those have been shutouts.

The Wolf Pack got all three of their goals in the first period and managed to kill off all three power plays that were awarded to Port Moody.

The Panthers, who’ve played fewer games than any of the teams they’re chasing, had a chance to make up some ground when they faced the last place Surrey Knights at the North Surrey rec centre on Thursday (after Tri-City News’ print deadline).

Port Moody hosts the Ridge Meadows Flames on Saturday, 7:45 p.m. at the Port Moody Arena.

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PTV TILE INSTALL Kitch/Bath Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Ceramic, Porcelain.

29yrs exp. Santo 778-235-1772

CLEANING Lady avail for house cleaning, reliable, dependable, reas. rates. Susanna, 778-709-0842 EUROPEAN QUALITY Housecleaning, reliable, exp, refâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s avail, also Move In/Out after renovation.

604-760-7702

Home Cleaning Experienced and Reliable.

One-time or regular service.

Serving the Tri-City area.

Call: 604.945.7109

CONCRETE HERFORT CONCRETE

NO JOB TOO small!

Serving Lower Mainland 26 Yrs! â&#x20AC;˘Prepare â&#x20AC;˘Form â&#x20AC;˘Place â&#x20AC;˘Finish â&#x20AC;˘Granite/Interlock Block Walls & Bricks â&#x20AC;˘Driveways â&#x20AC;˘Stairs â&#x20AC;˘Exposed Aggregate â&#x20AC;˘Stamped Concrete â&#x20AC;˘Sod Placement Excellent Refsâ&#x20AC;˘WCB Insured 604-657-2375/604-462-8620 DALLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ANTONIA CONCRETE Seniors discount. Friendly, family business, 40+ yrs. 604-240-3408

DRYWALL

BBY CARIBOO Hght, 2200sf 5 BR house with bsmt ste, all appls, garage & workshop, $2895. Pet OK.604-779-9090

#1 Backhoes & Excavators Trenchless Waterlines Bobcats & Dump Truck & All Material Deliveries

Drainage, Video Inspection, Landscaping, Stump/Rock/Cement/Oil Tank & Demos, Paving, Pool/Dirt Removal, Paver Stones, Jackhammer, Water/Sewer, Line/Sumps, Slinger Avail, Concrete Cutting, Hand Excavating, Basements Made Dry Claudioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Backhoe Service

604-341-4446

FLOORING

GUTTERS

PAINTING/ WALLPAPER PAY LESS Pro Painting Winter INTERIOR SPECIAL LOOK for our YARD SIGNS Free estimates. Licensed BBB A+ Rating for 37yrs.

Power Washing. Insured.

Call 24Hrs/7 Days Scott 604-891-9967 paylesspropainting.com .

D&M PAINTING .

Interior / Exterior Specialist Many Years Experience Fully Insured Top Quality, Quick Work Free estimate

604-724-3832

Boarding & Taping, Good Rates! Reliable, Free Est. Renoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & Small Jobs Welcome! Call Gurprit 604-710-7769

DRYWALL COMPLETE DRYWALL Renovations: Residential/Commercial Repairs/Ceiling Repairs Texture Removal Reasonable Rates All work guaranteed Call 604.363.9732

ELECTRICAL

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EXCAVATING â&#x20AC;˘ House Demolition & â&#x20AC;˘ House Stripping. â&#x20AC;˘ Excavation & Drainage. â&#x20AC;˘ Demo Trailer & â&#x20AC;˘ End Dump Services.

Disposal King Ltd.

604-306-8599

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604.630.3300

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2005 Tucson AWD V6 $6850 2009 Tacoma 4x4 manual pu 2002 Frontier Crew Cab auto 1999 Infiniti AWD V6 $3850 2001 Highlander AWD V6

Auto Depot 604-727-3111

Roofing Expert 778-230-5717 Repairs/re-roof/new roofs.

All work guaranteed. Frank

WINTER CLEAN-UP

Residential / Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Respectful â&#x20AC;˘ Responsible â&#x20AC;˘ Reliable â&#x20AC;˘ Affordable Rates All Rubbish, Junk & Recycling needs.

Johnson â&#x20AC;˘ 778-999-2803 reddyrubbishremoval.com

LANDSCAPING

DISPOSAL BINS starting at $229 plus dump fees. Call Disposal King 604-306-8599

SUN DECKS

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT D & M Renovations.

Flooring, tiling, finishing.

Fully Insured. Top quality, quick work, 604-724-3832

RENOS & HOME IMPROVEMENT

Residential & Commercial

LAWN & GARDEN

37Years of Experience

604-728-3009

info@jkbconstruction.com www.jkbconstruction.com .

FERREIRA

BC GARDENING

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Donny 604-600-6049

NORM 604-841-1855

WINTER CLEAN-UP â&#x20AC;˘ Pruning â&#x20AC;˘ Hedges â&#x20AC;˘ Tree Top â&#x20AC;˘Trimming â&#x20AC;˘ Lawn & Garden Maint.

SNOW REMOVAL (home) 25 yr exp. WCB. Insured.

All Work Guar. Free Est.

A Gardener & A Gentleman Lawn, Garden, Trees. Prune.

Clean-up. Junk.604-319-5302

EAST WEST MOVERS 24/7. Reasonable. Reliable.

James â&#x20AC;˘ 604-786-7977

Auto Depot 604-727-3111

All interior and Exterior Renovations and Additions Renovation Contractor Licensed and Insured Free Estimates â&#x20AC;&#x153;Satisfaction Guaranteedâ&#x20AC;?

RENOVATIONS & REPAIR lam/wood flrs/tiling,finishing carpentry, drywall, sundecks, windows/doors new roof & siding repairs.

Quality work, Free Est.

778-893-7277

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Auto Depot 604-727-3111

Always Reddy Rubbish Removal

2008 Honda FIT 2 available!

2007 VW Rabbit auto 5-door 2001 Volvo V70 SW $4650 2008 Escape S/R AWD V6 2007 Odyssey Touring DVD

RUBBISH REMOVAL

MOVING Home Services 604.630.3300

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Renos & Repairs. BBB Member.

See Spot Run.

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All Electrical, Low Cost.

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ROOFING

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SUITES FOR RENT

EXCAVATING

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AUTOMOTIVE

ADVERTISING POLICIES All advertising published in this newspaper is accepted on the premise that the merchandise and services offered are accurately described and willingly sold to buyers at the advertised prices. Advertisers are aware of these conditions. Advertising that does not conform to these standards or that is deceptive or misleading, is never knowingly accepted. If any reader encounters non-compliance with these standards we ask that you inform the Publisher of this newspaper and The Advertising Standards Council of B.C. OMISSION AND ERROR: The publishers do not guarantee the insertion of a particular advertisement on a specified date, or at all, although every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the advertisers.

Further, the publishers do not accept liability for any loss of damage caused by an error or inaccuracy in the printing of an advertisement beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by the portion of the advertisement in which the error occurred. Any corrections of changes will be made in the next available issue. The Tri-CityNews will be responsible for only one incorrect insertion with liability limited to that portion of the advertisement affected by the error. Request for adjustments or corrections on charges must be made within 30 days of the adâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expiration.

For best results please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Refunds made only after 7 business days notice!

TRUTH IN EMPLOYMENT ADVERTISING Glacier Media Group makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable and legitimate job opportunity. If you suspect that an ad to which you have responded is misleading, here are some hints to remember.

Legitimate employers do not ask for money as part of the application process; do not send money; do not give any credit card information; or call a 900 number in order to respond to an employment ad.

Job opportunity ads are salary based and do not require an investment.

If you have responded to an ad which you believe to be misleading please call the: Better Business Bureau at 604-682-2711 Monday to Friday, 9am - 3pm or email: inquiries@bbbvan.org and they will investigate.

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Cooked Free Range Chicken -Whole

New Pacific Supermarket

貴妃走地雞

14.99

$

Effective from Jan. 12 - Jan. 15, 2018

Large White Prawns

Lobster Ball 龍蝦丸

Head-on 30/40

Golden Bosc Pears

Red Grapes Seedless (box)

Shanghai Bok Choy

波斯梨

無核紅葡萄(提子)

上海白菜

/EA /EA.

冰鮮南美有頭大白蝦

$

4.99

Pacific Rose Apples

2 for$2.00

99¢

/LB

/LB

Sugar Mandarins

Pork Belly

砂糖桔

五花腩

99¢

/LB

Beef Flank Steak 法蘭西牛扒

玫瑰蘋果

$

.99 6.99

1.29

$

/LB

/LB

1.69

$

$

/LB

X.O. Thai Crystal Jasmine Rice 8Kg

MYS Black Sesame Powder 400g

X.O.泰國特級茉莉香米

Ayam Sardines in Tomato Sauce (Oval) 423g

馬玉山黑芝麻粉

雄雞標茄汁沙丁魚(橢圓罐)

$

14.99

5.49

$

/EA

/BAG

Calbee Potato Chips -Honey Butter 60g

OT 3 in 1 White Coffee/Milk Tea Mix 480g-600g Varieties

舊街場正宗白咖啡/白奶茶(3合1)-多款選擇

$

99 4..99

4.29

Rich Mama Fish Ball/Egg Fish Ball/ Seafood Steamboat Combo 200g 富媽媽魚丸/魚包蛋/海鮮撈火鍋

6.59

/LB

Royal Castle Traditional Butter Cookies 454g 皇家城堡正宗牛油曲奇 $

/EA

$

/LB

4.29 /EA

Mandarin Egg Tofu Tube 245g 中華玉子豆腐

韓國卡樂B蜜糖牛油味薯片

$

3.49 /EA

/EA

Searay Assorted Fish Cake 500g 海威火鍋雜錦魚丸

$

3.99 /EA

/EA.

Superior-Fried Tofu 350g 頂好-炸豆腐

2.59

$

Beef Boneless Top Blade Membrane 牛筋腩

4.99 /LB

/EA

Organic Chicken - Whole 有機全雞

2.99

$

Largest Selection of Locally Grown Vegetables From Our Own Farm!

604.552.6108

/LB

Glen Dr

Northern Ave COQUITLAM CENTRE

Unit 1056, 1163 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam

340g

2.99

$

/EA

$

Wilson’s Fz. Cooked Clam Meat 偉信急凍熟蜆肉

(Located in Henderson Mall)

Offers valid from Jan. 12, 2018-Jan. 15, 2018. Quantities and /or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in store, no rain check or substitution. Advertised prices and product selection may vary by store, New Pacific Supermarket reserves the right to limit quantities, descriptions take precedence over photos. We reserve the right to correct any unintentional errors that may occur in the copy or illustrations.

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Searay Silver Pomfret 454g 海威野生白倉魚

89¢

2 for$2.99

/EA.

Heffley Crescent

/EA

Superior-Soft Tofu 300g 頂好絹絲滑豆腐

2 for$3.99

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1.59

/EA

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$

5.99

The High St

Sunrise Medium Firm Tofu 454g 日昇紅盒豆腐

$

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