Tri-City News January 21 2021

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BURQUITLAM SHOOTING

Man arrested after condo shooting in Coquitlam Female victim has non-life-threatening injuries STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com

Coquitlam RCMP, including members of the Emergency Response Team, secure a condo building at 652 Whiting Way — in the Burquitlam neighbourhood — after a woman was shot early Saturday morning. She was rushed to Royal Columbian Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. SHANE MACKICHAN PHOTO

Coquitlam RCMP has arrested a man in connection with an early morning shooting that left a woman bloodied in a Burquitlam condominium lobby.

The shooting provoked a massive police response early Saturday morning, Jan. 16, at 652 Whiting Way, with heavily armed members of the RCMP Lower Mainland District

Emergency Response Team seen securing the building as residents poured out onto the sidewalk.

Paramedics rushed the female victim to Royal Columbian Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and a 31-year-old male was arrested on scene without any incident, according to Coquitlam RCMP. He remains in custody.

Residents were kept outside for hours while police officers dealt with any potential threats and two TransLink buses were eventually brought in to keep residents warm while they waited.

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OUTDOORS

The giant park right in Coquitlam’s backyard Pinecone Burke needs infrastructure to support growing number of visitors

hectares of trail, lakeshore, forest and alpine terrain have never had a park management plan, despite encompassing an area equivalent to 94 Stanley Parks.

That’s put pressure on the wilderness area as mountain bikers, hikers and snowmobilers blaze unsanctioned paths.

At the same time, the past 25 years have led to a growing number of outdoor enthusiasts stretching many parks across the Lower Mainland to their limits.

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A coalition of backcountry organizations from across British Columbia is preparing to push the province to commit another $60 million to fund BC Parks in its 2021 budget.

Top of their list of priorities: opening up Pinecone Burke Provincial Park in Coquitlam.

The call comes as the B.C. government announced it had acquired 650 hectares of land earmarked to become 16 provincial parks and two protected areas across the province.

But the new tracts of land do little to relieve pressure on Lower Mainland provincial parks, which have seen overcrowding reach crisis levels during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“You’d be crucified if you were to say more parkland isn’t a good thing. But one of the problems we have is getting a park management plan for the park systems we already have — and Pinecone Burke is a poster child for that statement,” said Barry Janyk, executive director of Federation of Mountain Clubs of BC.

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A hiker visits a remote lake in Coquitlam’s Pinecone Burke Provincial Park that was established in 1995. SANNI ONNELA/INSTAGRAM

Backcountry organizations like Janyk’s have been calling out the provincial government for years over a lack of funding to BC Parks, a system that manages 1,035 parks and protected areas across 14 million hectares with an annual operating budget of $41.6 million.

GET OUTSIDE

Metro Vancouver, by comparison, managed its 23 regional parks and con-

servation areas with $46.8 million last year.

With people bursting at the seams to get outside, snaking lines of traffic into Joffre Lakes Provincial Park in the summer or Cypress Provincial Park in the winter is only one side of an overwhelmed system, said Janyk.

Many wilderness areas managed by the province require the construction and maintenance of cabins and shelters, trails, signage,

as well as funding so staff can keep control of crowds, watch over the park and act as the first point of contact to ensure visitors’ safety.

“It’s causing a number of issues, not only for the public but also for the administration of parks, recreation sites and trails,” said Janyk.

“You can’t continue to keep going like this. The system is going to break.”

Established in 1995, Pinecone Burke’s 38,000

“We still don’t have a park management plan. That’s mind-boggling,” said Louise Pedersen, executive director of the Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C. “Rather than going out and buying new areas ... for the time being, let’s look at what we already have.”

Such a plan would essentially zone Pinecone Burke so mountain bikers don’t end up on the same trail as a snowmobile.

It would also maintain those trails to make sure they are safe and don’t negatively impact the surrounding environment. At the most basic level, it would provide park-goers with a physical entry point, as well as key infrastructure like parking and bathrooms to support visitors.

Pedersen said she has received a number of calls in

recent days from Coquitlam residents concerned people are parking along residential streets looking for a place to access the park.

BOOST FUNDING

“It’s just a mess. There’s just no designated parking for accessing the main trailhead,” she said.

In what Pedersen describes as a “missed opportunity,” she said she hopes a push to boost funding to BC Parks will put a renewed focus on Pinecone Burke that could relieve pressure on other nearby destinations.

Opening up a massive tract of wilderness is not without risk.

While Pinecone Burke Provincial Park is close to residential areas, you can also put your backpack on and march across the Coastal Range all the way to Mount Garibaldi near Squamish.

Groups like the Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C. and the Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C. are looking for ways to ramp up backcountry safety training for both a new generation of outdoor enthusiast and visitors unfamiliar with the local terrain.

Pedersen said part of the solution should come from staffing the region’s most visited parks with rangers, who can pass on those important safety messages.

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CONDO SHOOTING

‘More shootings in the past month’ than is normal: RCMP CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

TransLink has confirmed the buses were on-site at Whiting Way and Foster Avenue from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m., at the request of police, to provide “warmth” for tenants of the building.

RCMP said the incident was isolated and there is no risk to public safety, though eyewitness accounts at the scene reported large sections of the sidewalk outside taped off by police as they secured the area.

Less than 48 hours before the shooting, Coquitlam RCMP had singled out the Burquitlam neighbourhood where the shooting occurred as one of two crime hotspots in the city, detailing a surge in break and enters and thefts at residential units, construction sites and a condo stairwell.

Police also flagged the two quadrants — the second in the Maillardville neighbourhood radiating out from the intersection at Lougheed Highway and Brunette Avenue — for stolen

A Coquitlam RCMP officer interviews a resident of a condo building at 652 Whiting Way early Saturday morning after a woman was shot. SHANE MACKICHAN PHOTO

vehicles, theft from inside vehicles, as well as a break and enter into a residential parkade.

The Burquitlam shooting is the second incidence of gun violence in the city within a

week. On Jan. 10, residents of a Burke Mountain neighbourhood were left in shock after

a drive-by shooting sent one man to hospital and left the street littered in shell casings.

At the time, Coquitlam RCMP said it was unclear whether the shooting was connected to a rise in gang violence seen across the Lower Mainland of late.

Coquitlam RCMP is also investigating targeted shootings at a gym in Port Coquitlam in December and at a house near the city’s downtown core in September.

Const. Deanna Law, a spokesperson for the detachment, said she could not comment on the shootings or whether they were linked because “it would compromise the investigation.”

The Tri-City News requested data on the rise in gun crime in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam over the last six months; however, Const. Law said it does not keep such records and that the detachment does “not have the resources” to manually call up that information.

Const. Law did confirm “we have seen more shootings in the past month” than is normal in Coquitlam.

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JANUARY 21 – 27 CALENDAR Monday, Jan. 25 Council-in-Committee 2 p.m.

Regular Council 7 p.m.

Public Hearing 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/agendas

NOTICE OF APPLICATION See page 18

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION See page 24

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HAVE YOUR SAY

FITNESS AND FUN

Make Sure Your Voice is Heard

Youth Fitness Orientations Resume this Month

The City is inviting all Coquitlam residents 16+ to join its online survey panel – Viewpoint. Since the launch in 2018, nearly 2,000 Coquitlam residents have signed up and regularly share their views with the City.

As a member of the Viewpoint panel, you will receive on average two survey invitations per month and the opportunity to provide your opinion and help inform City decisions on those issues and projects that are important to you. Get more information and sign up at coquitlam.ca/viewpoint.

NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS

Support Our Local Businesses

Local businesses are the heart of our community, and our shopping dollars can go a long way to help them make it through these challenging times. It is important to support our local businesses whenever we can. For a list of shops, service businesses and restaurants you can support in our community, go to visitcoquitlam.ca.

Together, we can make a difference.

LOOKING OUT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

Keep Our Bears Safe

Did you know bears don’t go into hibernation because of cold weather, but as a result of low food availability? During the winter, natural food sources are scarce and if unnatural food sources are available, like your garbage or even bird seed, some bears will seek it out. Please do your part to help encourage their natural bear behaviours.

Y Keep garbage and food waste securely stored at all times.

Y Never leave food inside vehicles.

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Y Only put out Garbage and Green carts after 5:30 a.m. on collection day – not the night before.

Allowing wildlife to access your attractants presents a risk to your home, your neighbours and the bears, and could result in a $500 fine.

Visit coquitlam.ca/bearsmart for more details on living with urban wildlife in our community.

Hey YOUth! Want to start going to the gym this year? Youth from age 13 to 15 can pre-register to use City weight rooms, as long as they have completed a mandatory Youth Fitness Orientation prior to registering.

Register for Youth Fitness Orientations Saturdays 12:15 – 1 p.m. at City Centre Aquatic Complex and Sundays 12:15 – 1 p.m. at Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Learn about fitness in a weight room from a certified weight trainer, including proper techniques to train safely and efficiently, and appropriate weight room etiquette. Pre-registration is required.

To register, visit coquitlam.ca/registration and click Register for Programs. In the Youth section, click Fitness and open the Youth Fitness Orientation dropdown to view available dates and times.

Register for February Programs Now

While you’re working on your new year fitness and recreation resolutions, keep the momentum going. Registration is now open for programs starting in February, so sign up today. We have a variety of in-person and virtual programs available so you can stay active, discover a new talent or simply connect with others safely. To see what’s available and register, visit coquitlam.ca/registration or call the customer service line at 604-927-4386.

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Discount Period for Dog Licence Renewals Ends Jan. 31

Dog owners in the City of Coquitlam are reminded that 2020 dog licences expired on Dec. 31 and the discount period to renew is underway. A dog licence is a valuable tool to help protect your pet by providing an easy-to-identify dog tag and registration with the Coquitlam Animal Shelter. If your dog gets out or is lost, the fastest way to be reunited is to make sure you have a valid licence and your dog is wearing a licence tag on its collar. Purchase or renew before Feb. 1, 2021 and receive a discounted rate. Licence fees help support the pets at the Animal Shelter. Learn more at coquitlam.ca/dogs.

Make a Splash in Coquitlam’s Indoor Pools Sign up for a variety of aquatic activities this winter. You can pre-register for drop-in length and leisure swimming, and register for swimming lessons for all ages and skill levels.

Recreation Featured Pre-registered Drop-ins Aquafit Shallow Experience a full-body workout in a weightless environment. This low-impact, shallow water based aquatic workout will improve cardiovascular health, muscle tone, balance and strength without the impact of some other fitness activities. Pre-registration is required.

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Aquafit Deep Fit A vigorous cardio based workout with the use of a buoyancy belt, maximizing full resistance of the water in a variety of movement patterns. Participants must be comfortable in deep water. Pre-registration is required.

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Check out the other available Aquafit classes of varying intensities, including Aquafit Water Running and Zumba (Shallow).

Online registration is available 24/7 at coquitlam.ca/registration.

Phone-in registration is available at 604-927-4386, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (except for statutory holidays) and weekends 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

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Don't trespass, neighbourhood tells Crystal Falls hikers Residents warn of private properties leading to waterfalls JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

A popular trail that can draw more than 1,000 hikers a day is becoming a nightmare for a Coquitlam neighbourhood.

And residents along Karley Crescent and the north end of Shaughnessy say they’ve had enough with the traffic tie-ups, littering and loitering at the Crystal Falls trailhead, close to their homes.

Last week, council-in-committee heard a delegation from area residents James Tecson and Beth Van Gaalen after they privately shared with councillors a video of the congestion at the intersection.

The clip, taped last June, shows a steady stream of pedestrians, and vehicles trying to locate parking: Some making U-turns, others stopping in the middle of the road to wait for other cars to pass by and a few parking in residents’ driveways, or blocking their access entirely.

The trail leading to Crystal Falls in Coquitlam passes by five properties: the first 300 m is owned by the city of Coquitlam while the last portion is under Crown control; the three parcels in between are privately owned. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

There are also scenes of near collisions, and hikers trespassing on private yards.

Tecson and Van Gaalen, who spoke to council on behalf of 21 area households, said the crowds grew up to 250 visitors per hour last summer.

Once school returned in September, buses filled with students on field trips also arrived in the neighbourhood. As well, cyclists have used residents’ hoses to wash off their bikes tires, and a few hikers have been unruly and hostile, they said.

They also fear the traffic snarl ups could pose a danger should emergency crews need to respond in the neighbourhood.

The pair has asked city hall to either move the Crystal Falls trailhead to another location or to install barricades and signs.

At issue is land ownership, Mayor Richard Steward said, as the first 300 metres of the flat three-kilometre trail is owned by the municipality. After that, the trail crosses over three privately held parcels before reaching the waterfalls, which are located on Crown land.

Tecson told council he has spoken with the owners of the three private parcels and they are sympathetic to the residents; one owner has agreed to posting signs and placing a barricade on his property to alert hikers they

are trespassing, he said.

Tecson said city council also has the authority to place a barricade on municipal land, at the trailhead.

The overwhelming number of visitors “is too much,” Tecson told council. “The neighbourhood wasn’t designed to handle that kind of traffic.”

But Coun. Dennis Marsden said if a barricade goes up, people will still climb over it.

Marsden said the city has numerous unofficial trailheads, many of which lead into parks and ravines, and are in residential neighbourhoods, too. He likened the matter to the Coquitlam Crunch, another popular

trail that also has created headaches for area residents.

Coun. Bonita Zarrillo said the Crystal Falls overcrowding has been growing for years, and spiked last year during the global pandemic.

The trail “is not a Coquitlam park,” she said while suggesting council dip into the city’s Community Support and Recover Plan fund allocated for COVID relief to address the neighbourhood clogging.

Tecson told council he and his neighbours want to see action “before the sun starts to come out and the whole world comes to our doorstep again.”

He is warning social media hiking sites about advertising Crystal Falls as a public trail.

Coun. Craig Hodge, who is on the Metro Vancouver regional park committee that’s chaired by Anmore Mayor John McEwen, said Metro parks saw a 30% increase in visitors last year looking for outdoor recreation. “I have lived in the [Burke Mountain] area for 25 years and never seen so much pedestrian and vehicle traffic, which speaks to both the popularity of the trail and the need to find a long-term solution,” Hodge

said. “It is not going to be easy given that the trail and most of the surrounding land is privately owned.”

“We recognize that, with COVID-19 increasing the popularity of outdoor recreation amenities, as well as with the explosion of user-driven trail apps, there has been increased traffic to the Crystal Falls trail,” said Don Luymes, Coquitlam’s general manager of parks, recreation, culture and facilities, in an email to the TriCity News.

He added, “The city has worked with the residents to help mitigate the conflicts on Karley Crescent. This includes parking signs, restricting parking to one side of the street, installing a garbage can and meeting with residents to address their concerns.”

“While this trail has long been used by the community, it is not an official city-sanctioned trail with the majority of it running through private property.

We are exploring options for long-term access to Crystal Falls, but due to the complex nature of the property ownership and the need for a multi-pronged approach, this is likely a long-term solution.”

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Proposal prompts talk for cheaper housing Cathedral Ventures seeks to build as a many as 121 condos, 16 townhomes

move forward with compliance with the affordable and family-friendly housing policy,” Little acknowledged.

Still, the project drew favourable comments from councillors who lauded the effort to introduce commercial uses in the project, which could benefit other nearby Port Coquitlam residents.

The project’s plans would see the apartment and townhouse units constructed in four buildings, with as many as nine commercial units, which could be for eating establishments, food and beverage, home furnishing, leisure retail, recreation and spa type uses.

It will also include 279 parking stalls for residential, commercial and visitors, along with 14 parking stalls for commercial uses provided at grade.

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The corner of Pitt River Road and Mary Hill Bypass could soon see a lively corner of townhouses, apartments and shopping if Port Coquitlam council approves a plan to rezone a 2.37-acre property in the coming weeks.

The proposal reviewed by council-in-committee on Jan. 5 for a mostly treed property on the highway’s north side will also include 10 non-market rental housing units, according to the plan.

While the project by Cathedral Ventures provides as many as 121 apartment units and 16 townhouses, it won’t offer a break on home ownership costs, which concerned some councillors.

“I’m disappointed that the affordable ownership model was not able to be adopted here,” said Coun.

Darrell Penner. “I think, in all frankness, we need to

This parcel of land at the corner of Pitt River Road and Mary Hill Bypass may soon see apartments, townhomes and shopping. DIANE STRANDBERG/ THE TRI-CITY NEWS

have different models of housing.”

DOWNPAYMENT

His comments come after Cathedral nixed a plan to provided up to 6% in down payment help for new homeowners. Instead, the

developer will provide 10 units for non-market rental housing as well as $2.3 million in density bonus money for community amenity and social housing amenity funds.

Planning manager Jennifer Little explained the

developer decided to withdraw the home ownership initiative and pursue the city’s more typical non-market rental housing requirement instead.

“For this developer, it was a time issue. It was something they were wishing to

HOUSING NEEDS

While an affordable home ownership initiative is not included in the project, Little said it could be among the different options examined when the city does an affordable housing needs study in the coming weeks.

Little confirmed to the Tri-City News that the city will explore a number of

affordable housing options when it addresses the issue this year.

“What we’ve heard in June from the committee was some appetite to consider a home ownership model. As we move forward, we do expect to be doing a housing needs assessment this year as well as looking at our density policy, and affordable and family friendly housing policy and some provisions for a home ownership model,” she said.

Mayor Brad West, meanwhile, is a strong proponent of non-market multi-family rental projects that are built with partnerships to provide low-cost affordable housing for residents.

Noting that the city will see the development of hundreds of units in three projects in the coming months in partnership with BC Housing, Metro Vancouver and others, he said it’s a model that has been successful.

The three projects at Kingsway Avenue, Prairie Avenue and Flint Street, and Welcher Street “are the projects that deliver the large infusion of non-market rental” compared to a few units in a larger market project, West said.

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Budget boost exposes ‘unsustainable situation’ Sawmill closure and lost revenues because of COVID-19 pandemic hurt city's bottom line MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

A veteran Port Moody councillor says the city needs to find additional revenues or begin making “tough decisions” about cutting services, after members of the finance committee were presented with a draft budget at its Tuesday meeting that proposes a 4.5% property tax increase for this year.

Coun. Meghan Lahti said financial challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic — as well as the closure last year of the Flavelle sawmill — have created a “serious, unsustainable” situation, suggesting some of the decisions could even be laid at the feet of residents who will be asked to indicate what services they might be able to live without, as part of the budget’s public consultation process that’s set to begin on the city’s online engagement portal in

The closure of the Flavelle sawmill last year cost the city about $1.2 million in property tax revenue. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

February.

Otherwise, Lahti added, the city won’t be able to keep property tax hikes within the city’s guideline target of 2.5% anymore. “Tinkering with the budget every year is not going to make a difference in the long run,” she said.

“There’s not as many options this year.”

Lahti said in addition to considering possible cuts like closing a pool or community centre to save funds,

Port Moody also needs to raise more money.

She suggested that could be achieved by moving forward on comprehensive mixed development proposals that would bring new businesses to the city, and by looking at selling city lands such as the old firehall property at the corner of Ioco Road and Murray Street. “It’s the most expensive piece of land in the city and we receive nothing for it.”

In a referendum question that was part of the 2018 municipal ballot, 53% of city voters rejected the idea of selling the property that’s been vacant since a new firehall was opened just next door in 2014.

In his presentation of the draft budget that would cost the average homeowner in the city an additional $108 — ballooning to $152 when utilities and user fees are factored in — Port Moody’s

manager of finance and technology, Paul Rockwood, admitted the city is in a tight spot.

He said in addition to lost revenues of $1.5 million because Port Moody couldn’t operate many of its recreation and cultural programs due to public health restrictions, Flavelle’s closure resulted in a tax hit of about $1.2 million as the waterfront property next to Rocky Point Park is no longer being assessed as heavy industry.

And while some of that money is being recouped by a tax bill of $270,000 under the site’s new classification as business/other, the rest of the shortfall will have to be smoothed out by a transfer of $930,000 from the city’s growth stabilization reserve fund, with another transfer anticipated in 2022.

But after that, the fund will be depleted.

Much of its current balance of almost $1.4 million comes from an additional $1.06 million in supplemental tax revenue the city got from Flavelle last year when the company lost its protection to have the property taxed at a lower level in order to preserve jobs, explained Rockwood.

He added the net effect

on Port Moody’s bottom line shines a light on the vulnerability of its tax base that relies disproportionately on residents over industry or business. “When things shift this dramatically, that’s where the pain comes in,” he said.

Coun. Zoe Royer agreed.

“We really do need to diversify our tax base,” she said.

Coun. Hunter Madsen added the city needs to “revive industries” so they can carry a bigger share of the tax burden. “We just need more businesses in town.”

While the proposed budget also includes an increase of $1.5 million for higher wages, benefits and other employee costs, a 1.19% boost to the city’s police department caught the attention of councillors who endorsed an amendment proposed by Coun. Amy Lubik that the police board consider sharpening its pencils to bring that down to 0.63% as mandated by budget guidelines.

After the online consultation concludes in February, a revised budget will return to the finance committee for consideration in March before it’s sent on to council.

The final budget must be adopted by May 15.

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The meanings of ‘lockdown’

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ne of the more curious developments from the COVID-19 pandemic is the impact it has had on the use of certain words.

No sooner had the pandemic been declared than words like “outbreak,” “exposure,” “droplets,” and “protocols” plus phrases such as “social distancing” - became part of our everyday lexicon.

Then there is the word “lockdown.”

Few other words have found their way into common usage with so many different definitions attached to it. A debate also rages about whether it is a vitally important measure or if it is misunderstood or overrated.

It seems one person’s idea of a “lockdown” can differ substantially from another’s.

In addition, it is far from clear that outcomes resulting from lockdowns (whatever

form they take) are uniform in nature.

We only need to look at Canadian provinces to see this.

For example, Ontario has just implemented rigid (at least on paper) lockdown rules that include a “stay home” rule and varying degrees of rules for different businesses.

Manitoba has had essential service “rules” for weeks now and Quebec has an 8 p.m. curfew, in addition to other restrictions.

Alberta and Saskatchewan have also tightened restrictions in recent weeks.

All these restrictions — and they vary in nature from province to province — have resulted because COVID-19 cases have recently surged in those provinces to the point of serious alarm. Hospital systems in a number of provinces face being over-

whelmed, particularly ICUs, if the trend continues.

So far, there is scant evidence these restrictions are having a substantial impact on things. Over time, perhaps they will.

When we fit B.C. into this puzzle, things begin to look confusing when it comes to the so-called “lockdowns.”

B.C. has never had a rigid “lockdown” at any point in the pandemic and yet the province shows better outcomes on pretty well every COVID-19 health indicator on a per-capita basis than the locked-down provinces.

Hospitalization rates, active COVID cases, mortality rates: B.C. scores significantly better than any of the other provinces — I am excluding the Maritime provinces for comparison sake.

This comes after B.C.’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, has employed

a decidedly lighter touch when it comes to restrictions.

She has made fewer orders affecting fewer businesses and has consistently taken the approach the best way to flatten the COVID-19 curve is to convince more people to “buy in” to certain guidelines rather than being “forced in” to a tighter behavioural lifestyle.

Yet I am sure there are a number of people out there who think B.C. is, in fact, under a form of lockdown.

At the end of the day, bending the curve appears to depend more on achieving a high level of public compliance with restrictions or guidelines rather than the rules themselves.

Perhaps that is why lockdowns — however they are defined — sometimes work and sometimes do not.

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Build as many condos in Port Moody as possible The Editor Re. “Letter: Port Moody, This Madness Has to Stop,” (tricitynews.com, Jan. 6) We should build more condos in Port Moody centre — as many as possible, actually.

Point 1: Like it or not, we have more people who want to live here than we have housing, so we continually have house prices and rental rates trending higher every year.

This hurts young families trying to raise the next generation of citizens. This hurts new immigrants trying to get a start in our community. A lack of affordable housing

SkyTrain passes in front of Port Moody condos. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

hurts our economic productivity and businesses trying to retain or attract skilled workers, which means higher taxes, inflation and

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having to leave our city every time we want a good night on the town (once COVID goes away that is). Those of us who are lucky enough to have housing in Port Moody should stop trying to build walls into our community, which is what you’re doing if you’re against the density that comes with condos.

The single-family home is a relic from a bygone era. We are part of a growing region and for the health of our society, we should be doing everything we can to build more homes on rapid transit, not fewer.

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get spread across a larger tax base, limiting the need for property tax increases.

Contrary to the author of this letter, Port Moody builds far fewer condos than most other suburban municipalities per capita, which is why our property taxes increase every year.

Point 4: Port Moody lacks culture, entertainment and dining spaces.

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Port Moody centre benefits from two modes of rapid transit. We should be putting as many homes on the SkyTrain and West Coast Express lines as we can, to encourage people to ditch their cars and commute by transit and walk to amenities.

This is surely a better option than sprawling into our green spaces and agricultural land base.

Unfortunately, land is scarce in Port Moody centre, so the only place to go is up.

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Discovery Centre will sell 100 acres of city land Coquitlam is now building a social hub at David, Princeton avenues JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

A new civic building to serve the estimated 50,000 Coquitlam residents who will call Burke Mountain home is now under construction.

But the future Burke Mountain Discovery Centre

and café — at the corner of David and Princeton avenues — won’t just be a meeting point for the community: It will also be the base for the municipality to sell its area land.

Curtis Scott, Coquitlam’s manager of land development for city lands, told the Tri-City News that the $3.75-million Discovery Centre will primarily act as a gateway for residents getting to the mountain’s main commercial hub, at Princeton and Mitchell Street.

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That hub, called Burke Mountain Village (formerly the Partington Creek Neighbourhood Centre), will be the densest site on Burke Mountain when complete, with more than 120,000 sq. ft. of retail space plus 2,000 multi-family homes, a grocery store, restaurants, schools, parks and a public plaza.

The Discovery Centre, when open later this year, will be the village’s welcoming facility and will showcase the mountain lifestyle, Scott said; however, the centre will also be a selling site for the city, the biggest landholder in the Partington Creek neighbourhood.

The municipality owns about 100 vacant acres in

Partington, most of it on steep grades. Scott said those lands will be parcelled off into 3.5- to 5-acre chunks and will be fully serviced to the lot lines.

Despite the global pandemic, “the real estate market is really hot so we hope to capitalize on that this year,” Scott said. “The demand is there and the interest rates

are low.”

Although no properties are currently available, the city has set up a website (burkevillage.ca) to generate interest among developers.

Adopted in 2013, the Partington Creek Neighbourhood Plan is part of the Northeast Coquitlam Area Plan that council passed two decades ago.

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Loved ones struggle with COVID questions Trevor Nash was one of 21 residents at Lakeshore Care Centre who died of COVID-19

also lived at Lakeshore during their final days before they passed away just a few months apart in 2019 and 2020.

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Kate Cochlan faced a difficult task this week when she picked up a bag of belongings from the Coquitlam care home where her husband passed away of COVID-19 complications.

Cochlan’s husband, Trevor Nash, died Dec. 29 at Lakeshore Care Centre, one of 21 victims of the deadly coronavirus that swept through the 56-bed facility Dec. 4 to Jan. 8.

The bag of clothing and recorders, reminders of Nash’s love of music, provide Cochlan with a tactile memory of the husband she lost — her partner, who enjoyed calligraphy, and was a BC Hydro statistician and attentive father of three before he got Alzheimer’s.

The belongings are no solace as she grieves over her husband’s recent death due to COVID-19, after seeming to rally for a few days.

Even now, Cochlan wonders about what happened and if anything could have been done differently to prevent COVID-19 from spreading so quickly through the facility.

In all, 75 people, including 43 residents and 32 staff, contracted the disease over those four weeks, leading

Kate Cochlan’s husband, Trevor Nash, died of COVID-19 complications. He was one of 21 victims of the viral contagion at the Lakeshore Care Centre in Coquitlam.

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to a 77% infection rate and a 38% death rate among all residents.

QUESTIONS REMAIN

“I think there are huge questions that have to be asked about the gaps in long-term care for it to move the way it did,” said Cochlan, who led Lakeshore’s family council.

Over the past several months, families of seniors in Tri-City care homes have chafed at restrictive visiting rights, even as asymptomatic staff were bringing in the virus, and questions have been put to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix over why rapid testing of care home staff wasn’t introduced sooner.

Some of these concerns

are being dealt with as B.C. health officials grapple with efforts to combat the deadly virus. A pilot was started in December in Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health care homes to study whether rapid testing is effective in reducing the spread of coronavirus in long-term care facilities.

And Friday, Fraser Health reported it was on track to vaccinate residents and staff at 151 long-term care and assisted living facilities by the end of the day.

But, for Cochlan, these initiatives come too late.

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Cochlan says she sympathizes with staff who struggled to fend off the disease, many contracting it themselves.

“They are wonderful those staff. I hope they’ve all come through it OK. That’s the part you don’t hear much about.”

However, she wonders why rapid testing wasn’t done sooner in the care home sector if it was seen as useful by professional sports teams and the film industry, and Cochlan said she supports B.C. senior advocate Isobel Mackenzie’s review of the province’s largest care home outbreaks.

“There are these gaps.

There has to be more oversight and more consistent standards,” said Cochlan, whose mother and father

Cochlan believes that families should have had more opportunity to visit, with protocols for donning personal protective equipment, especially for those whose loved ones have dementia and may not be able to use FaceTime or understand what’s going on when the visit is short and the family member is two metres away.

“The essential visitors exemption should have allowed for regular visitors,” Cochlan said, noting that putting on full anti-virus protection “isn’t rocket science,” and something families would be very “motivated to do.”

“I was capable of doing it and was allowed to do it for two or three days for my mom (for end-of-life care), I’ll never understand why that wasn’t allowed for people with dementia, for whom six feet (apart) wouldn’t work.”

For months, Cochlan was the designated visitor, trying to get in as many visits as possible, signing up for extra days when there was room in the schedule.

Nash was used to daily visits so it was a hardship not to be with him every day.

“I know people must have died just because of the separation,” Cochlan said.

During the outbreak, visits were suspended and

Cochlan had to wave and call to him outside his room.

She counts herself lucky because he had a window.

However, when it appeared Nash was near the end from complications of COVID-19 Cochlan was declared an essential visitor. But when she saw him, he appeared to rally and even sang a bit of a jazz melody.

His improvement was short-lived.

The last time she saw Nash alive was through a window, while she stood outside the care home, on tip-toes, calling to him, hoping to catch a glimpse and maybe a snippet or two of song. Because he seemed to rally, she never expected him to go so soon, and when he did, she wasn’t there.

LASTING EFFECTS

Now that the outbreak has been declared over scheduled visits have resumed at Lakeshore and a magnolia tree will be planted for those who have passed away.

For Cochlan, the death of her husband ends six years of visits at the hospital — first for her parents, then her husband. It was a “closeknit” place, and impacts of COVID-19 will be long-felt by many, she said.

“They were just a very vulnerable population. Once the pandemic showed up, I know people did their best, it wasn’t for lack of good intentions,” she said, “But time will show the policies were maybe saving people’s bodies and not their spirits and their total wellbeing.”

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Beloved Art Knapp Plantland to rise again as ‘boutique’ store Former location closed to make way for car dealer

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A family-owned nursery business is re-opening — albeit at a smaller scale — in Port Coquitlam in time for gardening season.

With Art Knapp Plantland closing down on 1300 Dominion Ave. to make way for a car dealership, a smaller retail store called Art Knapp Living will open in a 5,000-sq. ft. space in Fremont Village.

Rose Vander Zalm said her new store will be a “boutique” shop catering to Tri-City gardeners and will offer annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs in an outdoor area.

But it won’t be the same size as the former Art Knapp Plantland, she said.

The plant selection will be curated, with some specialty plants, while the store will also feature home décor and fashion — items that customers came to appreciate at the former Art Knapp.

An e-Commerce store will also open up so people can purchase their items online, a move that was underway prior to COVID-19 and the sale of the Dominion Avenue property, Vander Zalm said, noting e-Commerce is crucial for businesses to stay relevant in today’s competitive marketplace.

“It will be a lifestyle store.

That’s my hope,” Vander

been in Port Coquitlam for 30 years.

The new store, at 180-820 Village Dr., off Lougheed Highway, could be open as early as April although the

e-Commerce store will open sooner.

Vander Zalm said she’s excited to be in the newly developed part of Fremont Village, near Walmart.

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The City invites the public to provide input to Council with respect to how this new license, if approved, may affect them and their property.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving input on this application until Monday, February 8, 2021. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways:

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In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, and associated regulations, the City of Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCRB.

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COVID, rain blamed for bad count An annual count of birds in the Tri-Cities turned up the fewest number of species on record.

But COVID-19 and windy, wet weather are blamed for the poor showing during the annual Christmas Bird Count on Jan. 2.

This year there was no effort to promote the event or recruit volunteers so a small band of die-hard naturalists took to local parks, greenbelts and shorelines to count species on their own.

Their effort, though admirable on a particularly stormy day, failed to turn up many different bird species.

But organizer Victoria Otton hopes it was the weather that kept birds hidden and fewer participants that resulted in the low count, not an actual decline of bird species in the region.

“It was a much scaleddown event, with last year’s team leaders taking just a few observers along with them and repeating last year’s routes. Not all routes got covered, and some routes were shortened.

There were no new volunteers recruited and no promotion of the event this year,” Otton said.

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Pine Siskin are an irruptive species, which means they proliferate in certain positive conditions.

However, Otton said counters only saw 151 birds on this year’s count, compared to 2014, when 414 birds were counted in the Tri-Cities.

saw fewer than usual species, just 64, compared to the average of 83 seen annually over the 22 years of the local bird count.

The highest number of species ever counted was 98, and the lowest in previous years was 72.

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Cut into a virtual haggis with SFU, ScotFestBC Online Ceilidh on Jan. 23 features world-class piper JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

A Coquitlam non-profit group will team up with SFU this weekend to host their first-ever Robbie Burns night.

The virtual celebration

by ScotFestBC and SFU’s Centre for Scottish Studies will see a number of West Coast “stars” in Scottish cultural circles: Jack Lee pipe sergeant of the six-time world champion Simon Fraser University Band, and Dr. Leith Davis, the Burnaby university’s director for Scottish studies.

Dr. Jack Lee has been the pipe sergeant of the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band since it was founded 40 years ago. He’ll perform on Jan. 23. PHOTO SUBMITTED

The free entertainment on Jan. 23 will also include sing-alongs, fiddle music, a whisky talk and a recitation of one of Burns’ most famous poems, Address to a Haggis.

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utive director of ScotFestBC, which runs the BC Highland Games at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam each year, said the joint effort with SFU was a long time coming.

“COVID has really forced everyone to work together

in different ways,” he said.

“Now, everything is online, and we’re seeing people branching out to find virtual events and make virtual social connections.”

Dr. Davis told the Tri-City News that SFU’s Centre for Scottish Studies is thrilled to co-host the inaugural Burns celebration with ScotFestBC. “Ever since Burns’ friends first gathered together to remember him in the early years of the 19th century, the Scottish poet and songwriter has been the focus of social gathering.”

She added, “This year especially, we need to celebrate our human connections and remember how sharing art, poetry, music — and feasting and drinking— are so important to bring us

together in community both locally and globally.”

Chisholm, a Coquitlam resident, said registration is now open via Eventbrite. ca., and the Zoom event can accommodate up to 500 viewers over the two hours; a taped pre-show featuring the SFU Pipe Band in Chilliwack will also roll, beginning at 6:30 p.m., as participants are let into the event, which officially begins at 7 p.m. PST on Saturday, Jan. 23.

There is no admission charge.

As for prizes, Tartantown in Coquitlam will award a $250 gift card to the best dressed participant with the best set design in their home while the Victoria Caledonian Distillery has whisky tour gift cards up for

grabs. As well, participants have the chance to win a $130 bottle of Invermallie single malt whisky from Macaloney’s Caledonian Distillery or gift cards to The British Store in Surrey.

Chisholm said January is typically a busy time for Scottish cultural groups with pipe and dance activities as well as the Burns’ night in the third week, to mark the Scottish Bard’s birthday.

With the global pandemic still raging, though, “our options are slim but we are working within our parameters and delivering the best Robert Burns Celebration to the public,” he said.

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City of Coquitlam

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:

Monday, January 25, 2021

Time:

7:00 p.m.

Location:

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

Public participation in this Public Hearing will be conducted by electronic means.

To attend remotely: visit www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing or call 604-927-3010 for details and instructions.

If you do not wish to provide input, but would like to view the proceedings, watch online: www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

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: 1350 Coast Meridian Road

The intent of Bylaw No. 5084, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation of a portion of the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 5084, 2021 from Large Village Single Family to Street Oriented Village Home and Environmentally Sensitive Area.

The intent of Bylaw No. 5085, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 5085, 2021 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RTM-1 StreetOriented Village Home Residential and P-5 Special Park.

If approved, the application would facilitate the development of 13 three-bedroom rowhouse units, the protection of the portion of Watkins Creek that runs along the rear of the property, and the construction of Galloway Avenue, running east-west across the site, and Francis Crescent, running northsouth across the site.

Item 2

Addresses: 373 and 375 Clayton Street, 572, 602, 604, 606, 608, and 612 Rochester Avenue, and 390 and 394 Guilby Street

The intent of Bylaw No. 4984, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation of the properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4984, 2021 from Townhousing to Medium Density Apartment Residential.

The intent of Bylaw No. 4987, 2021 is to authorize the City to designate the lands located at 373 and 375 Clayton Street, 572, 602, 604, 606, 608, and 612 Rochester Avenue, and 390 and 394 Guilby Street, and three heritage homes (Thomas and Edith Clayton Residence, James and Margaret Clayton Residence, and the Gueho Residence), as protected heritage property.

The intent of Bylaw No. 4985, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4985, 2021 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RM-2 Three Storey Medium Density Apartment Residential (373 and 375 Clayton Street and 572, 602, 604 and 606 Rochester Avenue) and RT-2 Townhouse Residential (608 and 612 Rochester Avenue and 390 and 394 Guilby Street).

If approved, the application would facilitate the realignment and reconstruction of the portion of Guilby Street that abuts the site in order to eliminate the existing offset intersection at Rochester Avenue, the development of two apartment buildings (five and six storeys), two townhouse buildings (three and four storeys), and the restoration and retention of three heritage homes (Thomas and Edith Clayton Residence, James and Margaret Clayton Residence, and the Gueho Residence) for a total of 181 units.

The intent of Bylaw No. 4986, 2021 is to authorize the City to enter into a Heritage Revitalization Agreement to regulate development on the site and the restoration, relocation, and protection of three heritage homes (currently located at 572 Rochester Avenue, 604 Rochester Avenue, and 390 Guilby Street).

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Public participation in this Public Hearing will be conducted by electronic means.

To attend remotely: visit www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing or call 604-927-3010 for details and instructions. If you do not wish to provide input, but would like to view the proceedings, watch online: www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

Monday, January 25, 2021 7:00 p.m.

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ART DISPLAYS

Three new exhibits open tonight at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam): Coquitlam Heritage Society’s Capturing Moments: Chronicling Our Lives; Rick Herdman’s Into the Woods: BC Nature in Woodcut; and Laura Clark’s Remnants. To view the shows, book an appointment time by calling 604-664-1636.

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TOAST THE HAGGIS

Join ScotFestBC as the Coquitlam non-profit group hosts its inaugural Robert Burns Celebration — in honour of the Scottish Bard — with SFU’s Centre for Scottish Studies. The virtual event (not a supper) features music from world-champion piper Jack Lee as well as Burns’ poetry and history readings, fiddle music and sing-alongs. There are also many prizes to be won including a bottle of whisky. Visit https://www. eventbrite.ca/e/a-robertburns-celebration-tickets-136376338299.

Sunday, Jan. 24 FARMERS FIELDS

Check out the produce and supplies at the weekly Port Moody Winter Farmers Market, running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot south of the Port Moody recreation complex (300 Ioco Rd.). Visit makebakegrow. com for more details.

The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the properties located at 3420 and 3428 Queenston Avenue. The application proposes an amendment to the Smiling Creek Neighbourhood Plan to change the designation of the property located at 3420 Queenston Avenue and a portion of the property located at 3428 Queenston Avenue from Small Village Single Family to Conventional Townhomes.

If approved, the amendment would facilitate the development of 52 townhouse units and a child care centre.

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 Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; • Regular mail: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; • In person: Attn: City Clerk’s Office – please place in one of two City Hall drop boxes (3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam), located at the underground parking entrance or by the main entrance facing Burlington Drive; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

Additional information about this application can be accessed by contacting Natasha Lock, Planning and Development Department, at NLock@coquitlam.ca.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation, including names and addresses, 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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Port Coquitlam cyclist went the distance Dan McGuire was a co-founder of the BC Randonneurs MARO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Dan McGuire was small in stature, but in British Columbia’s quirky community of long distance cyclists, the longtime Port Coquitlam resident was larger than life.

McGuire died Dec. 12 at the Lakeshore Care Centre in Coquitlam. He was 88.

His daughter, Tara, posted on social media that he died from COVID-19 — only three days after he was diagnosed.

Born in Saskatchewan, McGuire was one of the founding members of the BC Randonneurs, a group of cyclists dedicated to logging long days on two — and sometimes three — wheels.

He was part of a contingent of riders that organized a series of long-distance events ranging from 200 to 1,000 km in 1979 that would qualify them to participate in the famed Paris-Brest-Paris

Dan McGuire travelled the world on his bike, including a visit to the Vimy Memorial in France in 2012. He was a co-founder of the BC Randonneurs, a group dedicated to riding long distances. PHOTO COURTESY JUNE GALLAGHER

brevet, a 1,200-km endurance event in France that is held every four years.

McGuire went on to ride it three times. He also travelled to the event on several more occasions to support other riders from the club.

Garry Pareja, a member of the old Vancouver Bicycle Club that spun off

the collection of hard-core riders that became the BC Randonneurs, said the group prepared by riding to Mt. Baker and back, or completing ascents of Cypress Bowl, Mt. Seymour and Burnaby Mountain all in one day.

“This branch of the club became the ‘Hard Riders,’”

Pareja wrote on the BC Randonneur’s historical timeline.

But it was McGuire’s determination to keep pedalling even after his mobility diminished because of Parkinson’s disease that really cemented his status amongst the sport’s giants as well as an inspiration to show others living with the degenerative affliction what’s possible.

McGuire, who discovered cycling when he was about 40, had ridden across Canada a few times.

But at the age of 80, and coping with various ailments like arthritic knees and hands, scoliosis in his spine, macular degeneration in his eyes and the onset of Parkinson’s, he decided he wanted to pedal his bike to the four corners of the country — a journey of about 10,000 km.

By then, wrote Tara in a blog post, the disease and medication had so diminished her father, when he’d occasionally fall asleep at the dinner table “he’d look very much like a skinny grieving question mark.”

There was no questioning his determination to realize his cycling dream, though.

“Dan could focus intensely on an idea and the tasks that lay ahead,” wrote Leo Boon, another of the sport’s pioneers in B.C., in a memoriam on the Randonneurs’ website.

“He was just so stubborn,” Tara told the Tri-City News.

McGuire’s journey to Canada’s most westerly, northerly, southerly and easterly points took him two years, with a break in between to rest his ailing back.

When he resumed in the summer of 2014, he’d switched from a twowheeled bicycle to a threewheeled recumbent to ease some of the aches of his aging body and keep him from tipping over.

As well, Tara said, it allowed him to pull to the side of the road whenever he pleased to just bow his head for a bit of a snooze.

He had no support team for part of the trip, no motorhome to which he could retire when he wearied.

Instead, Tara wrote, he relied on the kindness of

strangers to look out for him.

“Dad’s confidence in the positivity, general all-around goodness of the human race, was a gamble he was willing and pleased to take.”

That spirit was infectious.

Fellow randonneur Ralph Maundrell wrote in tribute, “Dan had the ability to install confidence in people,” adding McGuire inspired his own pursuits in long-distance cycling and even marathon running.

“We have lost a wonderful human being, a tough old guy, a great cyclist,” said Boon.

“He could be gruff, but he was also very generous,” said fellow cyclist Deirdre Arscott.

Tara said it’s been heartwarming to hear the impact her father had on so many cyclists. “He really worked hard to get people cycling,” she said. “We were always kind of impressed with his accomplishments.”

A virtual memorial service to celebrate McGuire’s life will be held Jan. 23. The family is requesting people honour his memory by donating to Parkinson Society BC.

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HEATHFIELD, William Ross 1924 - 2021 Ross passed away peacefully at East Kootenay Regional Hospital on January 10, 2021, at the age of 96.

Born in London, Ontario on June 27, 1924, the only son of Percy and Bessie Heathfield. Ross was a quiet, kind, gentle soul who cared deeply for his family and friends, he was a real gentleman and touched many hearts. Ross met the love of his life Frances Fisher, while in high school. After graduation, Ross joined the Navy and served from 1943 to 1945, mainly on the HMCS Tillsonburg escorting Merchant Marine ships in the Northern Atlantic. He was based out of Halifax and Port Glasgow, Scotland. Ross and Fran were married on June 1, 1946, in London, Ont. They were married for 71 years and had two sons. Ross worked in sales for several companies. He was a long-time member of the Gyro club, and he and Fran were enthusiastic members of a squaredancing group. In 1971, Ross and Fran moved to B.C., living in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. Ross set up his own business and contracted to Joanne Fabrics as the Western Canadian representative for the company. After retirement, Ross volunteered for the Red Cross, did neighbourhood Speed Watch, took up lawn bowling and was active in the local Seniors’ Centre. In 2017 Ross and Fran moved to Kimberley to Garden View Village to be closer to family.

Ross will be greatly missed by his son Richard and daughter-in-law Barbara, his grandchildren Sarah Steele (Byron), David (Megan) and Sean; eight great-grandchildren, brother-in-law Larry Fisher (Mary), nieces and nephews, and many friends.

Ross was predeceased by his wife Frances and his son Randall.

The family would like to thank the Staff and residents at Garden View Village for the wonderful care and friendship given to Ross while he lived there. Also, our thanks to Dr. Buchar, Dr. Pieterse, Dr. Schroeder, the nursing staff at the EKR Hospital and Andrea Wallace of Interior Health, for their care and compassion.

A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.

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LEBLEVEC, June A. June 10, 1931 − December 31, 2020 It is with broken hearts that we share the passing of our loving, feisty and passionate Mom and Grandma. June was born in Edenvale, Ontario, spending her early years on the family farm along with her siblings Dorothy, Ken and Alec where she took an active role in working the farm.

After high school, June worked at Bell Telephone in Barrie before meeting her future husband Bob and moving to Vancouver in 1962. There she worked on the switchboard at CN Rail and later Riverview Hospital making lifelong friends at both places.

June and Bob bought their house in Port Coquitlam in 1969 where she raised her three kids. She threw all her energy into her kids’ sports; endless hockey practices, ball games, football games, soccer and many tournaments. It is not surprising given that June in her youth was very active in sports playing for the Minesing softball team and as a pioneer for women’s hockey in Barrie in 1953, playing goalie before face masks were invented. Later in life, she was a dedicated and enthusiastic fan at her grandkids’ sporting events and performances.

When you think of June you see someone who had a great love for people; a fierce loyalty to family and friends, an ability to care and welcome, to find joy and laughter. Although she had little in terms of material things and faced many challenges, she had what was most important, a love for life. Her life was filled with passion, integrity and love. She had a spirited ability to rise above, to move forward, to embrace life, to welcome new experiences and to protect those she loved. Being a part of her kids’ lives meant everything because family was so important to her. June was a well−respected and recognized citizen of Port Coquitlam (which she dearly loved) for over 50 years where she made lifelong friends and garnered the unofficial title ’Ambassador of Poco’. Her legacy will be her larger than life personality, her fierce independence, her infectious smile and her love for her family of whom she was very proud.

June is lovingly remembered by her daughter, Nancy (Shawn); sons, Bob (Sue) and Paul (Robin); grandkids, Lauren, Taylor, Alyssa, Isaiah, and Hope; sister, Dorothy; brother, Alec (Barb); sister−in−law, Vera; many family and friends both here and back East including good friends the Gobilotts, Marg, and Betty; and second daughters, Karen, Tracy, and Lisa.

Special thanks to the wonderful staff from the Coho neighbourhood at Nicola Lodge, in particular Gina who was a special friend to June and our family’s lifeline during covid visiting restrictions.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Cyril Levene, our much beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was born in Gateshead, Northern England. From an early age, he experienced the Great Depression and WWII. He met his wife, Peggy McGarvey, in Belfast while completing his Internship, got married and following the birth of their daughter Anne, moved to Jamaica where he was hired as a Junior Medical Lecturer at the University of the West Indies Campus just outside Kingston. The family emigrated to Canada in the late 1960’s.

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at EAGLE RIDGE GM

604-507-7480

www.eagleridgegm.com

*All prices payments are net of all incentives and are plus taxes levies and $495 documentation fee and $100 air conditioning levy. Vehicles are not exactly as illustrated. All financing is OAC. All offers expire at 9pm, Monday, January 25, 2021

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