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Coq. teen killed by stray bullet Alfred Wong, 15, attended Pinetree secondary school Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

An evening out for a family dinner turned tragic Saturday when a 15-year-old Coquitlam high school student was struck by a bullet fired by an assailant in a shootout on a Vancouver street, dying two days later of his injuries.

Alfred Wong sustained serious injuries and was put on life support in a Vancouver hospital; he died Monday, the BC Coroner Service confirmed.

And while many people in the community have expressed sadness on social media about the tragic incident that ended the life of the local boy, little is known about the family, other than they are members of the Coquitlam Christ Church of China.

“It’s hard for them to face and record this sad memory,” said Pastor Caleb Choi, who requested that all queries about the teen and the family be sent to him via email so that he could pass them on to the family.

Various sources in the community said the teen was in Grade 10 at Pinetree secondary school and a member of the Hyacks Swim Club.

Hyacks head coach Frici Laszlo told The Tri-City News he heard from the family Sunday night and passed the information on to the club yesterday. see ‘WE ARE’, page 3

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Vancouver Police officers on Sunday morning walk the scene of a shooting the previous evening, on East Broadway near Ontario Street, looking for evidence. A team of 50 VPD officers is investigating the killings of Alfred Wong, 15, of Coquitlam, who was in a car with family members and struck by a stray bullet, and a 23-year-old man.

Massive investigation into two deaths 50 VPD officers looking for killer Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

A gang shooting that claimed the life of Coquitlam teen Alfred Wong has

prompted an extensive investigation, with more than 50 Vancouver Police Department investigators trying to piece together what happened last Saturday night and find who is to blame.

The shooting occurred between 9 and 9:30 p.m. on East Broadway near Ontario

Street, and police are looking for dashcam footage or other video that may show what happened.

Monday, Vancouver Police Chief Const. Adam Palmer held a press conference, saying officers had already made “significant progress in the last 40 hours,” but had yet to deter-

mine who fired the bullet that seriously injured a 15-year-old, who subsequently died of his injuries on Monday.

Wong reportedly went to Pinetree secondary school and was in Grade 10 but School District 43 hasn’t confirmed the information because the family has asked for privacy.

Meanwhile, VPD is dealing with the aftermath of the shooting that killed an innocent teen along with a 23-yearold man who was known to police. “My heart goes out the family of the 15-year-old boy,” Palmer said.

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Words of grief & comfort in response to the tragic death of Coquitlam teen

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Vancouver police investigators on Sunday at the scene of a Saturday night shooting that claimed two lives.

School District 43 student was “heartbreaking.”

“What a tragic, terrible this event this is,” Palmer told reporters Monday, noting that the department, is putting all of its efforts into finding whoever is responsible, assigning a team of 50 officers to the case. “My heart goes out to the family of the 15-year-old boy. Now they are grieving for their son.”

On Twitter, MLA Isaacs wrote: “As a mom of two sons, my heart is broken by this tragic news. My most sincere condolences to his family and @ sd43bc friends and teachers.”

In a statement, Vancouver’s mayor said: “This news is incredibly painful and it angers me that this attack — an act of senseless violence — has taken the life of an innocent victim.

This tragic situation happens very rarely in Vancouver, so it’s hard to believe it could take place.”

In a tweet, Prime Minister Trudeau wrote: “No parent should ever have to go through something like this. My deepest condolences to the family of the young boy who was killed.”

Also on Twitter, Premier John Horgan wrote: “My heart goes out to family & friends of the innocent boy caught up in the violence of the Vancouver shooting Saturday. If you know anything that could help catch those responsible please contact @VancouverPD.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com — with files from Vancouver Courier

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“It’s something I’ve never done in my time as a coach.

It was very hard. It was very emotional for me to tell them,” said Laszlo, who described Wong as a nice person, “an amazing kid” who joined the team five or six years ago but stopped swimming recently because of high school commitments.

But he continued to keep in touch with the team, the coach said, adding: “It’s terrible for the parents. I can’t imagine how they feel. It’s terrible. I hope justice will be served.”

A poster on the social media platform Reddit recalled the youth as a strong, smart and loyal person.

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A family friend described the youth as “sweet” and a good boy who went to church and worked hard at school.

“We are all collectively grieving. It’s such an unthinkable tragedy, just to be in the back seat of the car and have a bullet come through,” Melody Li told The Tri-City News. “It’s not fair. You have to look at the bigger issue.”

Li, who is a member of the Tri-City Moms Facebook group, also said: “We’re going to reach out to the family and let them know they have support beyond the church.”

been disciplined well. He got decent grades — enough to get him into the honours course at Pinetree secondary school for all three possible courses,” the poster, named Kevin, stated.

A gifted student, Wong was also trustworthy and quiet, Kevin wrote.

School District 43 did not confirm the information because of a request of privacy from the family.

“It is with heavy hearts and sincere condolences to the family that we confirm that it was a student from School District 43 who passed away. To respect the family’s privacy during this difficult and traumatic time in their lives, we are not releasing the name of the student or the school the student attended,” the district said in a press release.

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“They were having a normal Saturday night evening out with family and now they are grieving for their son.

“My message to the family is this: We will not ever be able to fully comprehend your grief but the Vancouver Police Department will do whatever it takes to seek justice for your son.”

Investigators are still trying to determine how many people were involved in the shooting.

Kevin Whiteside, 23, of Vancouver was one of the two people involved the exchange. He was seriously injured and subsequently died. Media reports suggest Whiteside was a low-level drug dealer who had a lengthy record, including previous firearms offences.

A third victim, a Vancouver man in his 30s, sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene.

“There was at least one other person with a weapon,” Palmer said.

“We’re reviewing video and talking to witnesses as I speak, and we’re trying to piece that part together.”

He was not commenting on were the suspect(s) were on foot or in a vehicle.

“Vancouver is a safe city and this is an anomaly. It’s been many, many years since we’ve had a shooting like this where a person’s been hit,” he said.

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Politicians from all levels of government are reaching out to the Coquitlam family whose 15-year-old son died Monday from injuries sustained in a weekend gang shootout.

According to Vancouver Police Department, the family was driving home when the shooting happened. The teenage boy was a passenger in a vehicle that was travelling near East Broadway and Ontario Street around 9:15 p.m. The car was caught in the crossfire between assailants.

BC Coroner spokesperson Andy Watson confirmed Alfred Wong died of his injuries Monday.

He had been on life support, according to police.

The tragic incident sent shockwaves around the community and the country, resulting in a huge outpouring of support on social media.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he’d contacted the family through their church to provide condolences and offers of assistance.

“We will try to connect them if they haven’t already been connected,” said Stewart, who said he also contacted Coquitlam RCMP Victim Services on the family’s behalf because it provides support that is invaluable for people who are victims of criminal acts.

“Whenever a tragedy happens, I have seen personally the work that victim services does and it’s invaluable,” Stewart told The Tri-City News. “They lend a sympathetic ear and provide guidance to try to alleviate confusion over what happens next but also the interactions with the justice system.”

Stewart said he plans to attend the memorial that is reportedly being planned by the family’s church, Coquitlam Christ Church of China, depending on the timing and if it is open to the public.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Premier John Horgan, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and CoquitlamBurke Mountain MLA Joan Isaacs are among those speaking out about the tragedy via social media or public statements. Their comments reflect the sadness VPD Chief Const.

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Yesterday (Tuesday), the city’s smart growth committee was set to consider a proposal from the Cat and Fiddle Sports Bar and Restaurant to build a 3,200sq. ft. space for a microbrewery at the rear of its premises.

If the development permit change is approved, owners Brad and Randy Doncaster plan to alter the parking area to allow for the onsite brewing that would include a malt cracking room, keg cooler, bottling area and vat storage.

Built in 1979, the Brown Street pub currently has 92 seats in its restaurant, 225

seats in the pub section and two outdoor patios. In 2016, city council changed its policy around liquor establishments to allow for new microbreweries and changes to existing liquor licences.

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A 20-year-old Coquitlam man will appear in Port Coquitlam provincial court next month to face a charge of mischief in connection with a hateful spambot attack against an Amazon subsidiary.

Brandan Lukus Apple was charged Dec. 1, 2017 for allegedly flooding Twitch Interactive Inc. with thousands of computer messages that shut down more than 1,000 of its broadcast channels with some 150,000 abusive messages; the cyberattack also disabled its chat feature.

A spambot is a computer program used to send unsolicited messages by email or online forums.

Twitch Interactive is a streaming platform spin-off of Amazon.com, which purchased the company for nearly $1 billion in 2014, and hosts more than two million people who earn cash by streaming video game-related content. Its spokesperson declined to comment on the case.

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It also claimed Twitch employees spent 200 hours to find the source and located a site called chatsurge.net, registered to WhoisPrivacy and WhoisGuard, based in the Bahamas and Panama.

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Big bucks going to affordable housing A number of projects are on the go in Coquitlam Diane StranDBerg The Tri-CiTy News

Coquitlam has more than $10 million for affordable housing projects on the go and is looking at ways to help nonprofit agencies build their expertise to develop projects for people with low incomes.

The initiative comes as rising home prices, new development spurred by the Evergreen Extension and the influence of foreign buyers to the market raise fears about the city’s affordability.

One issue is a shortage of rental accommodation and the city is moving fast on that file, according to recent statistics, but getting enough non-market or low-market housing is proving a challenge.

So far, the city has been able to add 475 new market rental units since December 2015, with another 2,000 market rental units currently in the application or initial discussion phase.

But non-market housing is slower to get built and cur-

rently there are just 86 below or non-market rental units approved and 400 to 500 rental units under discussion.

These numbers are still higher than in the previous eight years, between 2007 and 2015, when there were just 67 purpose-built market rental units and 78 non-market units built in Coquitlam.

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And so far, having targeted staff work on the file appears to be getting some results, according to an update on the city’s Housing Affordability Strategy.

A report to Monday’s council meeting stated that a number of projects have received funding from the city’s Affordable Housing Reserve Fund, including renovations on the Talitha Koum transition house and housing for seniors through the Finnish Canadian Rest Home Association.

As well, the housing facilitators are working with Habitat

for Humanity on a memorandum of understanding for an affordable housing project at 1358 Coast Meridian.

Other projects in the works include the 75-unit rental apartment at 1110 King Albert St. that is expected to request $522,000 from the affordable housing reserve fund.

Developed by the United Church of Canada, the project will designate one third of its units for people making between $35,000 and $55,000 annually. The project is made possible by the donation of land from the United Church and $4.5 million from BC Housing.

Kinsight (formerly the Simon Fraser Society for Community Living), is expected to request $961,525 from the city’s affordable housing reserve fund to buy six affordable housing units for people living with disabilities and whose provincial shelter allowance is only $375 a month.

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Still, more work is needed, and the report suggests the city needs to do more to promote its affordable housing strategy, with the idea of hosting a housing summit that would bring together potential developers, housing providers and partners.

It could also offer assistance in capacity building — such as linking non-profits with credit union and building experts — and possibly even property tax exemptions to encourage these groups to consider building non-profit, affordable housing.

Other efforts to keep families in Coquitlam given high land costs could include making higher density housing more family friendly — with more three bedroom units and flexible amenity spaces.

The report also noted it’s important to provide a range of housing options and noted its housing choices review is looking at increasing the number of townhouses, duplexes and secondary suites.

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Have an opinion on a Tri-City News story? Leave a comment on our Facebook page. near the Evergreen Extension, the city is proposing to redesignate 100 acres of land for the development of up to 1,500 townhouse units, 300 acres for up to 7,000 to 8,000 apartment units, and 85 acres for up to 625 housing choices units, such as duplexes, triplexes and narrow-lot single-family homes.

But the city can only do so much, the report notes, and partnerships are key to building units that are affordable, the report states.

“Housing affordability affects many of the city’s residents. Although municipal resources to address this issue are limited, financial contributions leveraged through partnerships with senior government, private and community partners make affordable housing projects possible. The Affordable Housing Reserve Fund allows the city to partner with others and be ready to act when project opportunities arise,” the report states. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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A religious relic almost five centuries old will make a stop at a Coquitlam Catholic church next week as part of a crosscountry tour.

On Jan. 25 from 12:30 to 11 p.m., religion and history buffs can get a glimpse of the 465-year-old severed right forearm of St. Francis Xavier at All Saints Parish (821 Fairfax St.). A talk will also be held at 7:30 p.m., with a closing prayer at 11 p.m. Admission is by donation.

The 15-city pilgrimage of the relic, which began Jan. 3 in Quebec City and ends Feb. 2 in Ottawa, is a partnership between the Archdiocese of Ottawa, the Jesuits in Canada

and the Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO), a national university student movement dedicated to evangelization that has St. Francis Xavier as one of its patron saints.

An All Saints Parish spokesperson told The Tri-City News last week that the tour organizers wanted to bring the forearm to Coquitlam as it is a central location in the Lower Mainland.

St. Francis Xavier was a Catholic missionary and a cofounder of the Society of Jesus.

According to Wikipedia, the forearm “which Xavier used to bless and baptize his converts, was detached by Superior General Claudio Acquaviva in 1614 and is displayed at the main Jesuit church in Rome.”

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Mayors and city councillors in the Tri-Cities — many who are running for re-election in October — disclosed their assets and liabilities this week as part of a provincial requirement for elected officials.

But according to the statements, which are available for public viewing (and online for Port Moody council members), most politicians revealed the minimum of what’s needed under the Financial Disclosure Act. The paperwork for the area’s newest civic representative, PoMo Coun. Hunter Madsen, who replaced MLA Rick Glumac in a byelection last September, shows he owns shares in Home Depot and Teekay Tankers but lists no liabilities, corporate shares, property or income — including with his new municipal job.

(Council members are not required to declare ownership of their residence.)

Mayor Mike Clay is a shareholder in TTS Automation (a technology consulting and internet hosting firm) and draws revenue from it as well as the city, TransLink, Metro Vancouver and Tero Consulting.

Besides Madsen, all PoMo council members hold outside employment, as noted on the disclosures: Coun. Diana Dilworth works at BC NonProfit Housing Association; Coun. Barbara Junker is employed by COPE Local 378; Coun. Meghan Lahti is the owner of Sweet and Savoury Pie; Coun. Zoe Royer is president and CEO of Smart Dentist Solutions and Sweetheart Bakery Press; and Coun. Robert Vagramov is a consultant for Macinhome and a media contractor for Community Evolution Foundation.

Meanwhile, Coquitlam’s disclosures reveal Mayor Richard Stewart has two shell companies — both of which are inactive and are the result of the death of his parents — and earns income from five sources: the city, Stewart Communications, Metro Vancouver, TransLink and the Municipal Finance Authority.

Coun. Craig Hodge has investments in 38 companies and is the owner of Craig Hodge and Associates while Coun. Dennis Marsden is the president of True North Business Consultation, a firm he owns. Coun. Mae Reid is a sales associate at Royal LePage Sterling Realty and owns land

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Coun. Laura Dupont is a program assistant for Share Family and Community Services while Coun. Glenn Pollock draws an income as the constituency assistant to NDP MLA Mike Farnworth. Coun. Mike Forrest has three properties in PoCo and lists shares in 23 companies while Coun. Darrell Penner is an employee at Meridian Meats and Seafood and a contractor at Meridian Arms Pub, and owns a property in Maple Ridge, according to the papers. Coun. Dean Washington is the president of two companies: RPM Media Inc. and Grip Tire Stores, a franchised retailer, while Coun. Brad West works in communications for the United Steelworkers.

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his month, the province increased the threshold for the provincial homeowners grant to $1.65 million, up $500,000 from the year before.

This will keep a lot of homeowners happy, including those on in the Tri-Cities. but it likely isn’t the right thing to do.

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The NdP, sensing an inherent unfairness in that system, pledged during their 2017 campaign a similar subsidy of up to $400 for people who rent.

They’ve yet to make good on that promise, which joins a long list of pledges to be addressed at some time in the future.

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means test, that’s precisely what the homeowners grant does today.

In fact, then-NdP housing critic david Eby suggested some kind of test — to at least make sure homeowners who

get the grant pay taxes in b.C. — would make a lot of sense. It still does, the difference being that now the NdP is in a position to do something about it.

Homeowners vote and they’ll surely begrudge anyone who takes away an $570-peryear buffer on their municipal taxes. for that reason alone, don’t expect any big changes to this outdated program soon, no matter who’s holding the purse strings in victoria. as policy, having a hands-off approach to the homeowners grant is indefensible. as politics, it’s unbeatable.

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Port Moody needs a A full ban on burning density discussion wood is possible now The Editor, Re. “Port Moody is not as densely populated as some would suggest” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 3).

With civic elections approaching this fall and protection of Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park becoming a flashpoint for debate, letter writer Wilhelmina Martin purports to lecture us all on “why facts are important and how you can be misled by numbers.”

The writer made a good point and illustrated it perfectly… but not in the way she intended. Martin ridiculed as “glaringly inaccurate” the figures given at savebertflinnpark.ca that compare PoMo’s population density to Coquitlam’s, and to Metro Vancouver’s as a region, but she got her own statistics so mixed up that The Tri-City News had to print a correction.

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tion spree is no problem because it “has had the lowest population growth [in the Tri-Cities] since 2011.” But Ms. Martin artfully neglected to mention that, in the prior census period, Port Moody was the single-fastest growing area in Metro Vancouver and third fastest-growing area in the entire province.

She managed to get Port Moody’s density correct at 1,296 persons per square kilometre but fumed that it’s “deliberately misleading” for our website to compare PoMo with Metro

Vancouver’s average overall density of 855/sq. km, even though the city’s parks and recreation plan highlighted this exact comparison.

The park’s defenders care about preserving Bert Flinn as an extraordinary city asset, not about quibbling over density stats. But we can agree with Ms. Martin that we need a serious discussion about Port Moody’s future density, for the sake of our parks and everything else.

Consider: If PoMo shoots past its OCP target of 50,000 residents in 2041 and reaches, say, 60,000 — which seems entirely possible — then our city will approach the density of Burnaby today. Is that what we want?

Make no mistake, getting the numbers right matters, not just to this debate but to our future quality of life.

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The Editor, Re. “Banning wood burning makes sense for the Lower Mainland” (Opinion, The TriCity News, Jan. 10).

Your editorial caught my attention. Yes, right you are, it makes a great deal of sense to stop wood-burning fireplaces from polluting the air.

But the banning of woodburning appliances seems to have been a political hot potato with most of our elected municipal officials who sit on Metro Vancouver’s environment committee.

For almost a decade, several people in the Lower Mainland (including myself) have brought this issue to the committee’s attention, outlining the health risks that are connected with breathing the chemicals and particulate matter wood smoke contains, as pointed out in your editorial.

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Metro Vancouver is considering restrictions on wood-burning appliances, with the first restrictions in place by 2020.

A UBC professor released scientific findings that wood smoke is harmful to people and one would have thought that government officials would act on such ironclad info and ban the emissions of wood smoke in neighbourhoods in order to protect the public.

Even now, they only want to phase out this harmful woodsmoke emission instead of banning it, even though 2025

is a long time away and much human suffering could be prevented if municipal leaders and the representatives at Metro’s environment committee eliminated wood smoke at once.

They could review their decision and place a ban on woodburning immediately, thus acting in the best interests of the public and the environment.

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never really understood why Riverside secondary teacher Sean Robinson was so excited about what he calls connections-based learning until I read the first chapter of his new book.

Not a teacher — although I’ve covered education for more than 15 years — I couldn’t help but chuckle at his description of all the bad assignments he dealt to unsuspecting students and the horribly boring and non-edifying marking he had to do after.

But instead of wallowing in self-pity, Robinson tried a new tact, using project-based learning, which has now become common in schools. And he took it a step further by getting students to connect with global experts, organizations and other students for their research via the internet.

This inspired teaching technique puts teachers on the side as guides, puts students in the front seat of their learning and encourages them to work on something that more aligns with their interests.

When I attended a recent Science 9 class, Robinson’s students were building circuits for LED lights and working with a teacher in the Dominican Republic, where electricity was scarce and students studied by candlelight.

That’s a far cry from when I went to school and cribbed most of my research from the Encyclopedia Britannica I’d won in a grocery store contest.

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Riverside secondary school science teacher Sean Robinson with some of the LED lights his students worked on and his book, “Connections-Based Learning: A Framework for Teaching and Learning in a Connected World,” now available on amazon.ca.

“Upon deeper reflection, it wasn’t just the marking that was slowly killing me. It was also what I was marking. The stories, the worksheets, the tests, even the projects. Stories that ended with ‘and then I woke up,’ the erupting volcano. Math worksheets filled out completely wrong. Math worksheets filled out completely right. It didn’t matter. It was all like a vacuum nozzle attached to my soul. Boy, did it suck.”

– Sean Robinson, from Connections-Based Learning: A Framework for Teaching and Learning in a Connected World

Not only do I remember doing some of the assignments he described in his book — Connections-Based Learning: A Framework for Teaching and Learning in a Connected World, available at amazon.ca — but my kids did them, too, and now I know that teachers were just as uninspired by the tests and worksheets as the students.

Robinson’s idea of connec-

tions-based learning is a simple enough concept, and many teachers are already doing it.

But in his book, he gives his peers a step-by-step guide, with a framework to better focus the teaching; the Kindle version even has links you can click on to get to the resources.

“I wanted to paint the complete picture and I wanted to make the ideas accessible to

teachers,” said Robinson, who first put his ideas on a blog.

He says teachers are using resources available on the internet for their class but sometimes the effort seems overwhelming. He hopes his book will give them some ideas as well as a sense of purpose when they connect with others around the world. For example, he believes school projects shouldn’t simply recreate a diagram, such as an electrical circuit, but should encourage curiosity, exploration, teamwork and community service.

That’s why Robinson’s teaching often has students connecting with other students in developing countries, so they learn about challenges other kids might face and work on solutions.

“It brings compassion to a class,” said Robinson, who recently presented at a Global Goals conference in Doha, Qatar, where participants discussed ideas for ending poverty and tackling climate change.

While the book, written over several months of early mornings, is “not a money-making project,” he hopes he can connect with a few more teachers on Twitter and Skype, and who knows what might happen.

The book is certainly a conversation-starter for educators and parents alike about teaching and learning in the 21st century.

(Still, Sean, the erupting volcano is a fun project, so don’t toss it too quickly from the teacher’s toolkit.)

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• Burke Mountain’s community association, NECRA, meets, THURSDAY, JAN. 183435 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, • Burke Victoria Dr.,Mountain’s Coquitlam.commuSpeaker: nity association, meets, Helge Jacobsen, NECRA, on concerns 7 Hall, forp.m., landsVictoria adjacent to 3435 Widgeon Victoria Dr.,the Coquitlam.

Slough on Pitt River Speaker: estuary, Helge Jacobsen, on concerns currently being considered for for lands adjacent to Widgeon public access and park developSlough on the Pitt River estuary, ment by Metro Vancouver. Info: currently being considered for 604-970-2579. public access and park develop• Coquitlam NeedleartsInfo: ment

by Metro Vancouver.

Guild meets, 7-9:30 p.m., Royal 604-970-2579.

Canadian Legion Branch 263, • Coquitlam Needlearts 1025 meets, Ridgeway Ave.,p.m., Coquitlam.

Guild 7-9:30 Royal Info: 604-937-0836.

Canadian Legion Branch 263, 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam.

FRIDAY, JAN. 19 Info: 604-937-0836.

• The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ FRIDAY, JAN.singles 19 looking to meet newCircle friends and participate • The of Friends, a social in social such as walk- to group forevents 50+ singles looking ing, dancing, dining out, travel, meet new friends and participate theatre, meets PoCo in socialetc., events suchatas walkLegion, 133–2675 ing, dancing, diningShaughnessy out, travel, St., 7 p.m., plan events. theatre, etc.,tomeets at PoCoInfo: Nina,604-941-9032.

Legion, 133–2675 Shaughnessy St.,•7Tri-City p.m., to plan events.

Singles Social Info: Club, Nina,604-941-9032. which offers an opportunity for • Tri-City Social Club, 50+ singlesSingles to get together and which anofopportunity for enjoy aoffers variety fun activities 50+ to get together and suchsingles as dining, dancing, theatre, enjoy variety and of fun activities travel,amovies more, meets such as dining, dancing, at 7 p.m., Legion Manor, theatre, 2909 travel, movies more, meets Hope St., Port and Moody (street at 7 p.m., Legion 2909 parking only).

NewManor, members are Hope St.,Directions Port Moody (street welcome and info: parking New members are Darline, only).

604-466-0017. welcome Directions and info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

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• CFUW Coquitlam (University

SATURDAY, JAN. 20

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JAN. 18: GREENDRINKS OPEN MIC • Tri-City Greendrinks open mic night, 6:30-9:30 p.m.,

JAN. 18: GREENDRINKS OPEN MIC Gallery Bistro, 2411 Clarke St., Port Moody – storytelling,

spoken word, music, the choice is yours 5-7 minutes.

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

Dinner at 6:30 p.m., entertainment at 7 p.m. (call 604-9370998 to reserve a meal). Info: meetup.com/tricity-greendrinks.

Women’s club) hosts speaker Kim Saulnier, who will talk about her experiences working with Women’s club) hosts speaker Coquitlam Firewho Rescue andabout Kim Saulnier, will talk now with fire prevention the her experiences working for with District of North Vancouver.

Coquitlam Fire Rescue and She will prevention speak about now also with fire forher the work with (a sumDistrict of Camp North Ignite Vancouver. mer camp to introduce girls to She also will speak about her firefighting as a career) her work with Camp Ignite (aand sumtrips camp with Justice Institute mer to introduce girlsfire to science scholarship winners to firefighting as a career) and her train with fire crews in Institute El Salvador. trips Justice fire Talk will scholarship be given at 1winners p.m., to science Nancyfire Bennett train crews Room,Coquitlam in El Salvador.

Public branch.

Talk willLibrary’s be givenPoirier at 1 p.m., Info: Roxanne, Nancy Bennett 604-931-2894.

Room,Coquitlam Public Library’s Poirier branch.

Info: Roxanne, SUNDAY, JAN 604-931-2894.

21 • Shoreline Writers’ Society SUNDAY, JAN Port 21 Moody Arts meets, 1 p.m., • Shoreline Writers’ Centre, 2425 St. JohnsSociety St. New meets, 1 p.m., Port Moody Arts writers welcome.

Info: Helmi, Centre, 2425 St. Johns St. New 604-462-8942. writers welcome. Info: Helmi, 604-462-8942.

caregivers who are concerned about youth substance use; the group will run 6:30-8:30 caregivers whoweekly, are concerned p.m., 8 weeks, through aboutfor youth substance use;March the 14, at will Share, Clarke St., group run 2615 weekly, 6:30-8:30 Port Moody.

Registration: 604p.m., for 8 weeks, through March 936-3900.

14, at Share, 2615 Clarke St., • Moody.

Pacific Digital Photography Port Registration: 604Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in 936-3900.

Drama Room at Port Moody sec• Pacific Digital Photography ondary school.

Guests Club meets, 7:30 p.m.,always in welcome.

Infoat (including list secDrama Room Port Moody of club meetings and keynote ondary school. Guests always speakers):Info www.pdpc.ca. welcome. (including list Tri-City Centennial Stamp of • club meetings and keynote Club hosts www.pdpc.ca. book night – disspeakers): • Tri-City Centennial Stamp cuss and show off philatelicClub hosts book night – disrelated literature, 7 p.m., Burke cuss and show offmeeting philatelicMountain fire hall room, related literature, 7 p.m., Burke 3501 David Ave., Coquitlam.

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SUPPORT GROUPS

• Share Family and Community WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24 Use Services Youth Substance • Share and Community Services willFamily be running a parServices Youthcircle Substance Use ent/caregiver for parents/ Services will be running a parent/caregiver circle for parents/

• Havestruggling? you experienced the yourself Gathering death of a loved one and with others who have alsofound exyourself struggling?

Gathering perienced a loss is known to be with others who have also ex-of one of the most helpful ways perienced a loss is known to be one of the most helpful ways of

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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.

coping with grief. Sharing your story is important to healthy healing. Crossroads Hospice coping grief. Sharing your Societywith is running closed grief story is important to healthy support groups. Registration: healing.

Crossroads Hospice call Castine, 604-949-2274.

Society is running • Circle of Hopeclosed Al-Anongrief support groups.

Registration: Family group meetings are call Castine, 604-949-2274.

Mondays, 1 p.m., Good • Circle of Hope Al-Anon Shepherd Lutheran Church, Family group meetings are 1504 Sprice Ave., Coquitlam.

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Dogwood Dogwood offers offers info info on on ovarian ovarian cancer cancer Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion is hosting a Coquitlam’s Dogwood talk next week on ovarianPavilion cancer. is hosting a talk next week on ovarian Ovarian Cancer Canadacancer. will present a Ovarian Cancer present a health seminar thatCanada informswill women about health seminar that informs womencancer, about a the signs and symptoms of ovarian the signsthat andissymptoms of ovarian disease often overlooked andcancer, under-a disease that is often overlooked and underdiagnosed. diagnosed.

Awareness of the signs and symptoms is Awareness of thethere signs is and is important because nosymptoms screening test important because no screening test available. Each year,there 2,600isCanadian women available.

Eachwith year,ovarian 2,600 Canadian women are diagnosed cancer and 1,750 are diagnosed ovarian do not survive.with Women overcancer 50 are and at an1,750 indo not survive. Women over 50 are at an increased risk. Without a screening test, knowlcreased risk. Without a screening test, knowledge is power and awareness of the signs and edge is power and awareness of the signs and symptoms is crucial. symptoms is crucial.

The ovarian cancer seminar will held on The ovarian cancer seminar will held on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m.; the presentation Thursday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m.; the presentation is free but registration is free but registration is is required. required.

For For more more information information or or to to register register for for this this program, call the city’s registration line program, call the city’s registration line at at 604-927-4386 604-927-4386 or or visit visit Dogwood Dogwood Pavilion.

Pavilion. You You can also visit www.coquitlam.ca/dogwood. can also visit www.coquitlam.ca/dogwood.

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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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The leads in Audition are Jason Amit (in front) and (in back) Kiyomi Asano, Senen De Las Llagas, Vanessa Porretti and Kallista Jones.

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Madison Coulter, 15, left, and Kaia Neal turned their pointe shoes into art last month for a silent auction at Caulfield School of Dance in Port Moody, which is hoping to raise about $20,000 to send 18 students to an international competition in Las Vegas next month.

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You can forgive Kiyomi Asano for feeling a bit emotional this week.

Not only is the Centennial secondary student going to see her fellow Musical Theatre 11/12 debut her new show, Audition: The Musical, this week, they’ll also perform it in the Coquitlam school’s new theatre — a professional venue that opened last September.

“We’re calling it ‘Our Golden Grand Opening,’” said drama teacher and director Lisa Boddez, who guided her past Writing 12 student through the scriptwriting and songwriting last year.

The school bought the licensing rights to the OffBroadway play but Asano wanted to put her own touches to it to pay tribute to their new digs, turning it into a fulllength, two-act musical revue for the 45 cast and crew.

At the start of the new academic year, Boddez picked the leads — Senen De Las Llagas and Vanessa Porretti (both

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Painted red hearts, feathers, paper fans, beads and scenes from fantasy stories adorn 16 pairs of ballerina pointe shoes this month at a Port Moody dance studio.

The hand-decorated worn slippers are the creation of students at Caulfield School of Dance, who are auctioning off the shoes as part of a unique fundraiser to send 18 youth to Las Vegas next month for the Youth American Grand Prix.

Featured in the documentary First Position, the competition sees young ballet stu-

dents from around the world and provides educational opportunities to participants.

Last year, the school founder and principal, Cori Caulfield, accompanied three students to the semi-finals in Seattle where Carter Hayes, 13, placed third in the junior category for men’s contemporary while his Caulfield colleague Hailey Rekunyk, 16, clinched a senior classical Top 12 placement award for her variation in a field of 83 solos.

The idea for the pointe shoe art came from Jocelyn Wozencroft, Caulfield’s ballet department head who will also be escorting the 18

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She led a similar fundraiser when she taught at Avant Dance Co. in Burnaby.

Kaia Neal, a Grade 8 student at Moody middle who will be flying to Vegas, spent a week last month to dress up her pointe shoes in lace and sequins for the auction; the 13-year-old girl said she was inspired by Misty Copeland and The Red Shoes.

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Her musical is peppered with Broadway tunes “that everyone can sing along to,” said Asano, 17, who plans to attend Sheridan College this fall.

Boddez said Asano’s work is the perfect fit for the new school: She and music director Carole Baker were hoping to put on a more “scaled-back” production to ease into the new facility “and I think we made a good decision,” Boddez said. “We need time to learn this theatre because there’s a lot of professional equipment.”

She added, “It’s going to be a learning curve for us and it’ll take a couple of years before we finally feel comfortable in our new home.”

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Artwork by Hee Jeong Kim (left), Mari Heo and Coquitlam’s Kyung-Ah Hwang is part of a new display opening tomorrow (Thursday) at the Port Moody Arts Centre by the MODU Korean Artists Collective. The participating artists will launch the exhibition, All Together, which runs until Feb. 15, at a reception on Jan. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. The facility is located at 2425 St. Johns St.

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PoCo cultural roundtable restarts Thursday Port Coquitlam’s first cultural roundtable of the year is tomorrow (Thursday) in the Leigh Square Community Arts Village.

And the city’s new co-ordinator of arts and culture will be introduced to guests at the event, which runs 5 to 7 p.m. in the Michael Wright Art Gallery in the Gathering Place (next to PoCo city hall).

A curator and cultural worker, Klara Manhal has a master’s degree in art history from UBC and, recently, led

the Canada 150 public art project in St. Albert, Alta.

Meanwhile, reps from Thornley Creative Communications will also talk about arts and culture branding; currently, the city is developing a new strategic marketing and communications plan for the arts and culture scene.

Email nimmoc@portcoquitlam.ca for more details about the Jan. 18 gathering.

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The lesson will be held on Jan. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Michael Wright Art Gallery in the Gathering Place (next to PoCo city hall). Instructor Mary Ann Anderson of Little Dog Creative will give tips on the grant-writing process. To register, email arts@portcoquitlam.ca. The deadline to apply for the first round of

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CASTING CALL

Youth aged six to 14 can be part of the next Theatrix’s spring touring show.

The Coquitlam-based company will host auditions for The Philosopher’s Stone — an original adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen classic — on Saturday; register at theatrixyoutheatre.com for a time.

Rehearsals will take place Saturdays at Dogwood Pavilion

(624 Poirier St., Coquitlam) from 10 to 11:30 a.m. with extra rehearsals after spring break on Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. No previous acting experience is required.

A show will be held May 31 at 1 and 7 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody.

Meanwhile, parents can also sign up their kids (aged seven to nine) for the company’s Acting 101 sessions, running at Dogwood from 9 to 10 a.m. from Jan. 20 to Feb. 24, and April 7 to May 12.

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Several Tri-City talent — and a Coquitlambased theatre company — are up for Ovation! awards later this month.

Last week, the Applause! Musicals Society listed the nominees for the best musical shows in the Lower Mainland in 2017.

Align Entertainment, which was co-founded

by Chad Matchette of Lindbjerg Academy of the Performing Arts in Coquitlam, is up against the Royal City Musical Theatre (Anything Goes); Theatre Under the Stars (The Drowsy Chaperone); and URP (Jesus Christ Superstar) for its production of The Little Mermaid, which ran at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby.

It is named in the Outstanding Production (large theatre) category.

Port Moody jazz musician Diane Lines is nominated for her musical direction in Bittergirl: The Musical for the Arts Club Theatre while Port Coquitlam resident Valerie Easton is in the Outstanding Choreography category for her steps in Anything Goes. Coquitlam’s Shannon Hanbury — a graduate of Archbishop Carney regional secondary school in PoCo — who played Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes, faces tough competition in the category of Outstanding Lead Performance (female/ large theatre) for her portrayal of Janet Van de Graaff in TUTS’ The Drowsy Chaperone.

Nicholas Bradbury is nominated (with Kai Bradbury) for Outstanding Supporting Performance (male) for his role as a gangster in Chaperone while Gleneagle secondary grad Jennifer Gillis, also from Coquitlam, is listed in the Outstanding Supporting Performance (female) for her part in Thoroughly Modern Millie with Exit 22/ Capilano University.

Meanwhile, in the youth category, Port Moody’s Nolen Dubuc, a student at the Caulfield School of Dance, is up for a prize for playing the son Michael Banks in TUTS’ Mary Poppins.

Another Gleneagle secondary graduate, Lyndsey Britten, is recognized for her choreography in A Little Night Music and Cabaret in the Outstanding Newcomer (female) category.

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Emerging Talent 21 judges — and retired SD43 art teachers — Melanie Stokes, Keith Rice-Jones and Michael McElgunn consider the submissions in the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) on Monday. The annual show of Grade 12 art will open Sunday, with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m.

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The judges are buoyed.

Rather than despair and angst, this year’s Emerging Talent 21 — the annual exhibit of Grade 12 art at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre — highlights a more positive spin to their projects than in years past, with a bounty of colour.

On Monday, retired SD43 art teachers Keith Rice-Jones, Michael McElgunn and Melanie Stokes reviewed some 120 pieces submitted by the high school entrants and selected about 85 works suitable for the display that opens Sunday and runs until Feb. 18.

Unlike in previous years, none is oversized; however, there are a couple of 3D sculptures created by Port Moody secondary’s Andra GalbinPristauu that will likely be talking points when the show opens. For example, in Broken

by Influence, Galbin-Pristauu used plastic, glass, wood, paper and fabric to design a teenage boy leaning over on a chair; a shattered mirror with negative words hangs on the wall in front of him. As well, Galbin-Pristauu has a self-portrait in ceramic — its head pierced with rings with a plant growing out of the head; the mixed media piece is titled Who Am I To You? Port Moody and Gleneagle secondaries have the most

entries, said Chantelle Fawcett, the gallery’s curatorial assistant and the curator of Emerging Talent 21 who organized its layout yesterday (Tuesday).

Painting is the most popular medium, she said, but pen-and-ink and charcoal drawings, photography and jewellery (for the first time) are represented, too. Gleneagle secondary’s Kiki (Qiqi) Lu also shows her graphic design on a tea box while soapstone, chains, wood and sand are also employed in other works.

“What we’re looking for are the conceptual and technical elements,” McElgunn said. while jurying . “This art is coming from Grade 12 students who are going to art school in the fall and the work needs to be of high quality…. In most cases, this is their first showing in a public gallery and it’s a real boost to their resume to be included in the exhibit.”

Stokes said each Emerging Talent display is different and offers fresh insight into what Grade 12 students are working on in their final year before heading off to such renowned institutions as the Pratt Institute (New York), University of Toronto or Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Emerging Talent 21 was organized by Stokes’ successor at Gleneagle, Robyn Croft.

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Austman achieves Olympic dream Seven triples help Coquitlam skater jump from sixth to third at 2018 nationals MARIO BARTEL

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Larkyn Austman had the skate of her life to fulfill her life’s dream.

The 19-year-old Coquitlam figure skater completed seven triple jumps and scored a personal best 115.66 in Saturday’s free skate to finish third amongst the senior women at the 2018 Canadian National Skating Championships, held at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird sports centre in Vancouver.

That earned her a spot on Canada’s Olympic team that will compete at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February.

“It’s everything I have ever wanted,” said Austman on Monday, as she enjoyed a rare day off the ice to relax, catch up on emails and texts, and audition for a commercial. “I keep thinking about it and it still doesn’t feel real.”

Today (Wednesday), she begins working with her coaches at the Coquitlam Figure Skating Club, Zdenek Pazdirek and Liz Putnam, on what her dream will look like when she hits the ice at the 12,000-seat Gangneung Ice Arena on Feb. 21 for the women’s short program.

Austman admits it needs work, but she’s feeling no pressure. With the defending silver and bronze medalists from the 2017 world championships — Kaetlyn Osmond and Gabrielle Daleman — on the team ahead of her, she knows she’s not expected to compete for the podium.

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Coquitlam’s Larkyn Austman executes a spin in the senior women’s short program at the 2018 Canadian National Skating Championships, Friday at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver.

“We have a strong field of skaters,” she said. “I’m just going to skate the best I can.”

And fully enjoy her Olympic opportunity that almost wasn’t.

After a disappointing skate in Friday’s short program Austman was in sixth place heading into Saturday’s final with three skaters ahead of her who all needed to falter to some degree.

“I was disappointed with that short program,” said Austman, whose Olympic dream hit its stride after she’d finished fourth at last year’s nationals in Ottawa. “I’ve been struggling with it all season, but at the same time I was glad that was it over.”

And with only .38 points separating her from third place, Austman also knew

achieving her dream was anything but over.

“My long program has always been my stronger program,” Austman said. “I knew I could put it out there. I knew I had to rotate everything and stay on my feet as much as I could.”

Which is exactly what she did.

Save for a couple of minor turn-outs on landings, and one triple that ended with both her hands on the ice (the judges counted it as a fall, even though, Austman said, “my bum didn’t touch the ice”), Austman successfully completed all of the jumps in her arsenal.

When the final note of her music from Les Miserables hushed, Austman’s face contorted in a mix of joy, relief and

astonishment.

“I thought I had done enough,” she said.

As the first skater in the final flight of senior women, she’d laid down the gauntet to her rivals. It also meant she had to watch and wait out their performances, measure the minute particulars of their scores.

“It’s nerve-wracking,” said Austman, who watched the rest of the competition from the skater’s lounge, alongside her coaches and her family.

The door to a top three placing started to open when Triena Robinson, who was fifth after Friday’s short program, and Ontario’s Michelle Long — who was fourth — faltered in their free skates and slipped down the standings. And when Friday’s surprise third-place finisher, Sarah Tamura, of

Burnaby, also couldn’t keep pace, Austman’s camp erupted with emotion.

“It was amazing,” she said.

“It’s the ultimate pressure to qualify for the Olympics.”

The hours since than have been a whirlwind of media interviews, as well as meetings and briefings with officials from Skate Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee, that culminated Sunday morning when Austman was issued her red and black Team Canada Olympic jacket in advance of the official presentation of the 17 skaters who leave for South Korea on Feb. 7.

“I have an Olympic jacket now,” Austman said. “As soon as that sinks in, I’ll realize I do belong there.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

2018 “A WARMUP”

Coquitlam’s Larkyn Austman will be competing at her first Olympics, but it won’t be her first taste of the Olympic experience.

And, she says, it won’t be her last.

Austman was a flower girl retrieving boquets and trinkets thrown on the ice during the figure skating competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and in 2014 she played the part of a Russian figure skater aspiring to go to the Olympics in a TV commecial for Proctor & Gamble that aired during that year’s Games in Sochi, Russia.

Now that’s she’s achieved her lifelong dream of becoming an Olympic athlete, Austman said she intends to use it to build towards winning a medal at the 2022 Games in Beijing, China.

“This will be sort of a warmup,” she said. “I plan on being in for the next four years.”

And no sooner will the lights have gone down on the Games’ closing ceremony in Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium on Feb. 25, when Austman will be off to Milan, Italy, to compete as part of Canada’s team at the 2018 World Figure Skating Championships that run from March 21-25.

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Coquitlam Express goalie Clay Stephenson makes a save on Chilliwack Chiefs forward Regan Kimens in their BC Hockey League game Sunday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex.

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Terry Fox Ravens guard James Harry drives hard to the hoop against Kelowna Owls defender Hunter Simson in their opening round game at last weekend’s Legal Beagle high school boys basketball tournament held at Terry Fox secondary in Port Coquitlam. Fox won the game 89-75, but then dropped its next two games, 66-50 to Semiahmoo on Friday and then 75-60 to Walnut Grove in Saturday’s third-place game. The Oak Bay Bays, the top-ranked AAAA team in the province, won the tournament, defeating Semiahmoo in Saturday’s final, 95-57.

On a weekend when the Coquitlam Express had a lot on their plate, the BC Hockey League team got a taste of everything.

The Express had a tie, a win and a loss in the three games they played in less than three days.

It’s little wonder the loss — 5-1 to the visiting Chilliwack Chiefs — came on Sunday afternoon at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex. By then the team had just run out of gas after a thrilling 2-2 tie in double overtime Friday against those same Chiefs in Chilliwack, and a 4-1 win on home ice Saturday against the Surrey Eagles.

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by Sunday afternoon, they didn’t hit the ice as much as

flop onto it and proceeded to spot the Chiefs a 4-0 lead before Joshua Wildauer was able to get one of those back with his sixth goal of the season. But that didn’t happen until 11:34 into the third period.

The Express managed only 16 shots at Chiefs’ goalie Caron Mathieu, while Clay Stephenson faced 29 shots in the Coquitlam net.

The lethargic effort was a marked contrast to the opening of the Express’ weekend in Chilliwack, where they haven’t been able to get a win against the Chiefs in 20 tries.

After spotting their hosts a 2-0 lead in the first period, Coquitlam kept raining shots at Chiefs’ keeper Caron, who was called upon to make a

number of big saves. But he couldn’t stop them all, and Christian Sanda and Hayden Delorme were finally able to break through with goals in the second and third period to send the game to extra time.

The momentum of the Express’ effort Friday seemed to carry into Saturday’s game against the Eagles as Coquitlam took a 2-0 lead into the third period on goals by Jack MacNab and Eric Linell.

Jackson Ross got the Eagles back into the game seven minutes into the third, but goals just 17 seconds apart by Colby Pederson and MacNab ensured Coquitlam’s win.

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The national home price index, which is a composite of all home types in Canada’s 11 largest real estate markets, increased 0.18 per cent in December compared with the previous month, which is a 9.07 per cent increase from December 2016.

But this is not down to a general improvement in the national housing market as a whole. Rather, it’s mostly attributable to the jump in prices in Greater Vancouver, which more than offset declines in other large markets, according to Teranet.

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composite index was due to a 1.3 per cent jump of the index for the large Vancouver market. The other indexes showing gains were Winnipeg (1.9 per cent), Halifax (1.9 per cent), Ottawa-Gatineau (0.4 per cent) and Edmonton (0.1 per cent); without Vancouver their combined gain would not have offset the combined decline of the indexes for Toronto (-0.3 per cent), Victoria (-1.0 per cent), Calgary (-0.6 per cent), Hamilton (-0.5 per cent) and Montreal (-0.2 per cent).”

PRE-STRESS-TEST SALES RUSH Teranet’s December index was published a few days before the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) issued its monthly national home sale statistics January 15.

CREA reported, “After having dipped in the second half of last year, composite benchmark home prices in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia have recovered and now stand at new highs (Greater Vancouver: +15.9 per cent

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Sales of homes across the country in December were up 4.1 per cent from December 2016, with considerable transaction rises in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island helping to offset slower sales in the Greater Toronto Area.

Gregory Klump, CREA’s chief economist, said, “National home sales in December were likely boosted by seasonal adjustment factors and a potential pull-forward of demand before new mortgage regulations came into effect this year. It will be interesting to see if monthly sales activity continues to rise despite tighter mortgage regulations that took effect on January 1.”

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It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sandra Lynn Neff. After a courageous and valiant fight, she found peace as she was surrounded by her girls. Love you more, love you most.

She is survived by her daughters Kim (Dallas), Kelly She is survived her daughters (Dallas), Kelly (Rick), Kori (Al) by and Kristi (Ryan), Kim 12 grandchildren (Rick), and Kristi (Ryan), 12 grandchildren and 7 Kori great(Al) grandchildren.

Predeceased by her and 7 great Predeceased her husband of grandchildren.

54 years, Robert Bruceby Neff husband 54 years, Robert Bruce Neff (Novemberof 2016).

(November 2016).

No service by request. Donations can be made, in No service by request.

Donations canchoice. be made, in Honor of Sandy, to the charity of your Honor of Sandy, to the charity of your choice.

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of life life will will be held on January 20th at A celebration celebration of 2pm at 421 St. 2pm at Kamloops Kamloops United United Church Church 421 St. Paul Paul Street, Kamloops.

Kamloops. Please Please bring bring your your stories Street stories and and memoriesof ofCarolyn.

Carolyn. fond memories In lieu may be be made In lieu of of flowers, flowers, donations donations may made in in Carolyn’s name name to to BC Cancer Society Carolyn’s Society or a charity charity your choice. choice. of your

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It isis with It with heartfelt heartfelt sadness sadness we we announce announce the the passing of of Carolyn on January 13, 2018. passing Carolyn on January 13, 2018. She was was survived by by her 33 children; survived children; Fraser, Fraser, Cameron Cameron and Jennifer and and her her 2 sisters; Jennifer sisters; Helen and Sharon.

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