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Ctte. to look at shelter issues in Coq. Concerns about needles, drug use near 3030 Gordon Gary MCKenna

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Ben Glassen with one of the quail chicks he’s raising in an aquarium in his Port Moody home. He says the little birds have great potential for sustainable, small-scale co-operative backyard urban farming to provide eggs and meat. He says such farms would also bring Port Moody back in touch with its historic roots and the practice of pioneers settling the city growing their own food, something evoked by an old barn that still stands at Hope and Grant streets. For more, see story on page 20.

TALKING PArENTING Two Tri-City moms are looking at all aspects of parenting — with the help of some experts — with their ParentTalk podcast: see story, page 25

A task force is being set up by the city of Coquitlam to address some of the issues and community impacts arising from the homeless shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. According to a report to council, the new advisory committee will monitor activity at the facility and ensure that BC Housing and shelter operator RainCity Housing are meeting the requirements of their Good Neighbour Agreement.

Coun. Chris Wilson, the task force chair, said its objective is to ensure impacts to the community are minimized.

“We are all committed to making the shelter work as best we can,” he told The Tri-City News Monday. “None of us want to have the shelter close down. We all want it to be very successful and make a difference in our community.” see SHELTER, page 3

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‘We didn’t lose beaver kit for nothing’ City must adapt to beavers as well: Klahanie resident Mario Bartel

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A new beaver management plan could yet turn Port Moody into a paradise for the resourceful rodents.

But it will have to respect the science about the animals’ habits and lifestyle while finding a balance within urban environments where they’re settling.

(Last week, Port Moody council approved Coun.

Meghan Lahti’s proposal that the city develop a beavermanagement plan to prevent another death.)

That’s the best-case scenario, according to a pair of local advocates for fur-bearing animals, Judy Taylor-Atkinson and husband Jim Atkinson.

They were observers when a beaver pair made Pigeon Creek, in their Klahanie neighbourhood, home in 2016 and then became a family of four last summer. And they shared the community’s anguish when one of the young kits drowned in December as city crews attempted to trap and evict it from a den the beavers had constructed in a storm pipe that drains rainwater and prevents flooding.

Like many of their neighbours, the Atkinsons stood at the rail on the Klahanie Drive bridge that spans Pigeon Creek and watched as the beavers just below chopped down young trees along the banks, moved limbs and branches to build a dam and then a den,

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Judy Taylor-Atkinson and Jim Atkinson check out a beaver sighting log on the bridge that passes over Pigeon Creek, where a family of beavers has built a den and dam. The beaver advocates and Klahanie residents say they’re encouraged by the city of Port Moody’s intention to create a management plan for the semiaquatic rodents after a project to evict the family from a storm overflow pipe in the creek last December resulted in the death of one of the family’s two kits. and slowly transformed the waterway into a placid pond.

But they weren’t just interested bystanders.

Taylor-Atkinson has been studying the science of beavers and their management for years while her husband helps install flow regulators into dams to diminish the chances of damaging floods.

Both are on the board of the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals (The Fur-Bearers).

But despite having lived in Jasper National Park for 33 years, and in Port Moody since 2008, the Atkinsons had never actually seen a live beaver in its natural habitat until the pair moved in practically at their doorstep.

Beavers are notoriously nocturnal, Taylor-Atkinson said, but once they settled into their new home in the stream that runs amidst low-rise condo buildings, they grew accustomed to the human hustle

and bustle around them. A curiosity quickly became a real life neighbourhood nature show.

While nearby trees that had been planted by the developer were wrapped to protect them from the beavers’ toothy toil, the natural habitat along the creek’s banks was left alone and the beavers’ activities respected.

One neighbour even attached a log book in a plastic sleeve on the bridge railing so visitors could note their observations.

Taylor-Atkinson said the transformation of the creek to a beaver ecosystem was remarkable. The still water attracted bugs like dragonflies to alight, which attracted birds and bats and salamanders to eat them. The cool, sheltered eddies created by fallen limbs and branches in the water were perfect resting places for salmon fingerlings, which attracted ducks and even a juvenile heron to make the occasional visit for a snack. The

dam filtered sediment, clearing the water and pushing it into the creek’s banks, encouraging new growth like bullrushes to take root.

“They were repairing the habitat,” Taylor-Atkinson said, adding beavers are considered a “keystone species” around which an entire ecosystem revolves — a marked contrast to old-school thinking that beavers and their industrious ways are a nuisance, especially in urban environments.

But she said proper wrapping of trees that need to be protected, and proactive measures to regulate the flow of water through beaver dams and discourage them from building dens in human infrastructure can mean a beneficial coexistence.

“You’re never going to kill your way out of beavers,” Taylor said. “Co-adaptation is what we have to do.”

This is especially important as more and more communities seek to daylight and restore natural waterways that have been diverted and culverted by past development.

Beavers, which can travel 20 miles in a day in search of a new home, are attracted to those reborn urban streams because of their low water levels and ready supply of younger trees, TaylorAtkinson said.

“When this creek was built, nobody knew they were creating an ideal beaver habitat.”

Keeping it that way will be a matter of education and good science, she said — and a legacy for the young beaver that perished.

“We didn’t lose that kit for nothing.” mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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The terms of reference for the task force state that all recommendations that come from the committee will have to be approved by Coquitlam council, similar to other city advisory committees. The meetings will also incorporate input from Port Coquitlam council while liaising with BC Housing and RainCity.

The creation of the task force was agreed to several months ago following meetings between the city and the

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shelter operator, Wilson said.

He added that while there have been some improvements at 3030 Gordon since it opened in December 2015, there is still work that can be done to mitigate the impacts on the neighbourhood.

“I think everybody knew there would be some growing pains,” he said. “Things have continued to in some ways get better and, in some ways, not necessarily get better.”

The facility is staffed around the clock and offers 30 private rooms year-round plus an-

other 30 emergency shelter beds in a dorm room during the winter months. There are also 30 transitional housing units on the site.

Some city councillors have argued that while the facility was intended to be a shelter for homeless people, it has taken on more of a harm-reduction role for drug addicts and people struggling with mental health issues.

Coun. Terry O’Neill said he supports the shelter but is concerned it has veered from the mandate that was first

presented to the city and the community.

“It became a real harm-reduction centre,” he said. “That was a surprise to everybody on council. It is not just a place where drug use is tolerated in the privacy of your room. It also became a place that facilitated all sorts of harm-reduction strategies.”

But O’Neill added that the shelter has always been low barrier and that drug use at the facility was expected. He also noted that overdose deaths are less common when people are

in facilities “where they can get help and are supervised rather than alone in the woods.”

O’Neill said he has heard concerns in the community about needles left in the area, homeless people loitering in the neighbourhood and the facility attracting what he called “unsavoury characters.”

He added that the creation of the task force will put a formal structure in place to ensure the community impacts stemming from the shelter are minimized.

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LEGAL MARIJUANA

Farnworth lays out B.C. bud regulations Rules will restrict where weed can be consumed Diane StranDBerg The Tri-CiTy News

The first licensed recreational marijuana retail stores could be open as soon as late summer but the provincial government won’t force municipal governments to accept them in their cities.

Monday, Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and solicitor general and the MLA for Port Coquitlam, announced that the Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) will have its first stand-alone pot store by late summer and the first private retail operations could likely open around the same time.

Meanwhile, an online outlet for selling non-medical cannabis is being developed by the LDB, which will be in charge of wholesale distribution of marijuana, as it is for liquor.

Farnworth said the province is acting as quickly as possible to deal with the new regulatory landscape for non-medical cannabis by July 1 but many details still need to be worked out, such as price, “seed-tosale” tracking and packaging.

As well, Farnworth said, the federal government is still

POCO MLA MIKE FARNWORTH working on a regulatory regime for cannabis edibles while the law to crack down on drugimpaired driving is still before the Senate.

“We will need time to implement the federal governments regulations, set rules and adjust,” he said during a teleconference with B.C. media.

Farnworth also assured cities they won’t be forced to take pot shops, noting that Richmond has already declined.

“Municipalities will have the authority to make local decision based on the needs in their communities,” he said.

“What works in Vancouver will not necessarily work in Nelson, Cranbrook or Port Coquitlam.”

Under the new rules, marijuana can be consumed in public spaces as long as those spaces aren’t frequented by children — places such

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“Municipalities will have the authority to make local decision based on the needs in their communities,” said Mike Farnworth, the minister of public safety and solicitor general. as parks, playgrounds and beaches — and cities can add their own rules.

“The smoking aspect is actually declining,” he said. “More people are using oils. Vaping and edibles are going to be an important way in which people use cannabis in public.”

Only people over the age of 19 can possess pot — up to 30 grams of dried or the equivalent in oils — but when transported in a vehicle, it has to be

in a sealed package or out of the reach of occupants.

Farnworth expressed concern about the ability of law enforcement to police marijuana use because Bill C46 to deal with drug-impaired driving is still before the Senate and police need equipment and time to train.

But B.C. will have its own rules in place. Anyone caught driving while drug-impaired could face a 90-day driving

ban, although details are slim on what method or technology would be used to determine whether someone is drugimpaired.

Similar to alcohol, there will be zero-tolerance restrictions for the presence of THC, the active drug in marijuana, for drivers in the graduated licensing program.

B.C. will also allow up to four plants to be grown per household, as proposed under

federal regulations, as long as those plants can’t been seen by the public. But landlords and strata councils will still be able to regulate where pot can be smoked and will also be able to restrict or prohibit home cultivation, he said.

As for entrepreneurs interested into getting into the retail business, it won’t be a slam dunk, said Farnworth, although they will be able to apply on line for pre-registration as early as this spring.

Applicants will face tough scrutiny by the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch to ensure that “organized crime and the criminal element is kept out,” Farnworth said, and will be monitored to make sure they don’t sell to anyone under age or purchase products from any agency other than the Liquor Distribution Branch.

Retailers will also be limited to selling only cannabis or cannabis accessories, such as bongs or rolling papers, but not food, clothing, lottery tickets, tobacco or liquor products, and no free samples will be allowed.

“I expect there is going to be considerable public interest but, at the same time, it’s one of those things that people have to know what they’re doing in order to be successful.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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SD43 & CUPE reach deal on pension & benefits for retirees CUPE pensioners will switch to a municipal plan DianE StranDbErg The Tri-CiTy News

School District 43 and the union representing its support staff have reached an agreement that will resolve a dispute over a controversial change in workers’ post-retirement medical benefits.

And the district claims the deal will save SD43 money.

Members of CUPE Local 561 protested when SD43 announced last year it was cancelling extended medical benefits for retirees. A $50-million solvency gap in the workers’ non-teaching pension plan (NTPP) run by SD43 prompted the move and sparked a year of negotiations.

The deal announced in a press release Jan. 30 will see the pension of CUPE members, as well as other SD43 excluded staff, moving from the NTPP to the Municipal Pension Plan (MPP), which serves a number of B.C. health organizations, municipalities and school districts. Under the new plan, workers will pay a higher premium but their wages will be increased by 4% to cover the extra cost and other adjustments will be made using approximately $3.5 million from funds set aside for the nowclosed post-retirement group benefit (PRGB) to pay for it each year.

CHRIS NICOLLS, SD43 Originally the source of friction between the union and SD43, sparking a protest and a media campaign last year, the closure of the PRGB makes it possible for workers to move over to the MPP, and if any funds are left over, they will go back to the district, said Chris Nicolls, the district’s chief financial officer and secretary treasurer, who called the deal “a win all the way around.”

MPP is a significantly larger plan, covering 32,000 workers, while SD43 won’t pay any more in premiums for the transfer.

“We will pay the same amount that we are currently paying,” Nicolls said, noting the district shouldn’t be in the pension business.

And by switching to the MPP, the district will no longer have to deal with a $50 million solvency gap an actuarial report identified in the SD43 non-teaching pension plan back in 2016.

“All of that was designed to not take any money out of the

classroom and have staff not lose jobs,” Nicolls told The TriCity News.

Union workers had been concerned the PRGB closure would eliminate their postretirement health and dental benefits but those will now be provided by the municipal plan, and their pension will be indexed to inflation.

It’s “good deal for both active members and retirees,” CUPE Local 561 president Dave Ginter stated in an earlier press release.

The deal includes a “no worse off” guarantee for members who retire within five years of transferring to the MPP and the agreement is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2018 with a formal asset transfer of about $80 million to take place in March, followed by MPP board acceptance in May. The deal also removes a financial cloud that has been hanging over the district’s books for some time, owing to changes in the generally accepted accounting principles that were mandated by the province in 2005. (Those principles required SD43 to put funds into the pension plan to cover future payouts for current workers, a solvency gap that grew to $50 million over time.)

In a press release, board chair Kerri Palmer Isaak (the trustee for Anmore and Belcarra) called the agreement “a milestone” that provides the district with financial stability.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

Pot proponent says SD43 trustees should’ve called Diane StranDberg

Anmore Municipal Council has scheduled a Public Hearing, to be held in Council Chambers at village hall, 2697 Sunnyside Road, Anmore, on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

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A Port Coquitlam property owner is disappointed School District 43 trustees didn’t seek out more information about a proposed medical marijuana production facility before making comments about it last week’s board of education meeting.

Leslie Wallace of Lucava Farms Inc. said her letter to the board asked for an opportunity to answer questions about safety concerns regarding a proposed operation at 1840 Broadway St. in PoCo. But she said she didn’t receive either a call or email in follow-up and didn’t know about any board issues until reading about them last Friday in The Tri-City News.

“If they were going to discuss this, they could have taken time to make one phone call or one quick email,” said Wallace, who is getting public feedback on the project before making a formal application.

Among the concerns raised by trustees was the potential for odours coming from the proposed production facility located within two km of several schools.

Wallace said odours from pot production can be a problem with illegal producers but not with industrial producers that

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Tri-City school trustees weighed in on a proposed commercial marijuana-production facility but the proponent wonders why they didn’t ask for more information before venting publicly. are required to meet stringent federal regulations and install carbon and HEPA filters.

“I, too have concerns about odours. We have illegal grow ops everywhere,” she said, adding: ”I hate the stench.”

Trustees also expressed fears about children getting access to marijuana and proximity of the facility to schools.

But Wallace said if she had been asked, she would have pointed out there are also pubs and beer and wine outlets in the same area, and that her operation would be for the production of medical cannabis, which has been legal in Canada since 2001.

“There does seem to be a

huge amount of confusion, which I wouldn’t have expected from educated school trustees, on the difference between medial marijuana that has been here for 17 years and a facility closed to public that will operate within a very stringent set of guidelines imposed by the federal government and the retail sale of cannabis in July.”

Wallace said she has no plans to apply for a retail sales licence and that it’s up to everyone to protect children, noting: “I totally 100% agree with education, prevention and all of those things that school trustees should be concerned about.” dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

A copy of the bylaw and relevant information under consideration by Council will be available for public inspection at village hall during regular office hours (Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) from February 7 to 13, 2018.

All persons who deem themselves affected shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person at the Public Hearing. Written submissions will also be accepted up to 4:00 p.m. on February 13.

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Traffic was backed up for hours on Highway 1 Monday evening after the 17-year-old alleged driver of a car stopped for speeding in the HOV lane reportedly ran from the vehicle, hopped over a median and ran across the eastbound lanes, where he was struck by another vehicle..

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According to investigators, the car was pulled over for driving at excessive speed in the HOV lane near the King Edward Overpass at 8:16 p.m.

While officers were completing their paperwork, one of the occupants — believed to be the driver — got out of the vehicle, jumped over the concrete divider and ran into eastbound traffic, where he was hit by an oncoming motorist.

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was in police custody at the time of the incident, the Independent Investigations Office of BC has taken over the investigation. In a statement, IIOBC said it is looking to see if there is any link between actions of police and the person’s injuries.

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Public Input Opportunity

Development Variance Permit No. DVP00050 Development Variance Permit No. DVP00050

A public input opportunity is being provided in consideration of varying the City’s Subdivision Servicing Bylaw, 1987, No. 2241, Part III, Section 304 (c) to not require construction of the walkway.

PUBLIC INPUT 7 pm on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

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Street address: 1934 Warwick Avenue

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Inspection of documents: Prior to the public input opportunity, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed development variance permit, a larger drawing and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on February 13, 2018.

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PORT MOODY

Flavelle plan passes first regional hurdle Mario Bartel The Tri-CiTy News

A proposed development on Port Moody’s waterfront took another step after it received support from the region last week.

Metro Vancouver’s regional planning committee last Friday voted to support Port Moody’s proposal to re-designate the 12.7-hectare site next to Rocky Point Park, where the Flavelle sawmill and a small parcel of municipal property now stand, from industrial to general urban use.

The proposal will now go to the Metro Vancouver Regional District board, which will consider a bylaw to amend its regional growth strategy to accommodate the new development.

Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay said he’s confident the Metro board will also give its assent.

“I feel good that the members around the board table will agree with the committee members,” Clay said. “There is strong logic that went into the committee decision.”

Clay said the committee recognized Port Moody is changing.

“The industrial days of Port

MAYOR MIKE CLAY Moody as a smokestack mill town are behind us,” he said.

“We need to move forward in the modern economy.”

In their presentation to the committee, Clay and Port Moody’s city manager Tim Savoie said redevelopment of the site could create 1,130 new jobs without the loss of any industrial jobs as Flavelle would shift employees to its mill in Surrey. They said the construction of almost 3,400 residential units in 11 towers ranging from 16 to 38 storeys — as well as live-work units and 60 to 70 rental apartments in a low-rise building along with retail, office and light industrial spaces — would “complement… other parts of Port Moody where high density mixed uses

are anticipated,” such as the nearby Moody Centre transitoriented development area.

But Robin Silvester, the president and CEO of Port Metro Vancouver, said in his delegation to the meeting that the Flavelle site should remain industrial “until a regional approach to the protection of industrial land is established.”

Silvester said industrial land, with well-paid jobs and stimulus to the economy, “is vital to the future of our region.”

In his recommendation to reject Port Moody’s request, Metro Vancouver’s regional planner for parks, planning and environment, Jaspal Marwah, cautioned there was no certainty the plan for redeveloping the site would proceed as proposed because Flavelle could end up selling the site, “resulting in a very different development proposal coming forward by a future owner.”

Marwah said the Flavelle site is a particularly important piece of industrial property because it’s large and flat, with waterfront access and close proximity to rail and major road networks.

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“The Flavelle site possess unique characteristics that are in demand from a range of industrial operators,” Marwah said, adding there are only four vacant waterfront industrial sites in the region that are the same size or larger than Flavelle.

But Clay said Port Moody has “hundreds of acres of unused waterfront industrial land,” and there’s more in neighbouring Burnaby “that could be activated if it was in such short supply.”

While Marwah conceded Port Moody’s objective to locate high-density development near transit, he said the actual walking distance from most of the site to the Moody Centre SkyTrain and West Coast Express station is beyond the optimal 800-metre radius.

Clay said that ignores the reality that Port Moody is now in an urban containment zone that is well-served by transit.

“We are in the heart of the Lower Mainland and we are expected to take a large share of regional population growth,” he said.

While a previous attempt by the city in 2014 to change the site’s designation was rejected by the Metro board because there wasn’t a development plan in place compelling enough to come at the expense of industrial land, Clay said times, and the city, have changed.

“Today’s industry is high tech, and they need office space and glass fibre, not wood fibre and beehive burners, as the industries of the past,” Clay said.

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Space problem for French immersion Cdn. Parents for French say more teachers needed Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

Lack of space, not a shortage of French immersion teachers, is restricting the number of classes, resulting in a waiting list for programs, the Tri-Cities’ board of education was told last week.

As in other B.C. districts, the popularity of French immersion has sparked a need for teachers but School District 43 has been successful in recruiting, superintendent Patricia Gartland told trustees.

“We would be interested [in more French immersion classes] if we could provide the space to increase the program,” she said at the Jan. 30 board of education meeting.

SD43 saw 620 applications for programs of choice in the district this winter, including Montessori, Bilingual Mandarin and the Reggioinfluenced program but French immersion had the most applicants, the board was

PATRICIA GARTLAND, SD43 told. In all, 120 students were unable to get into a program of choice and were placed on a waiting list.

“We filled all the programs in all the schools,” assistant superintendent Gerald Shong said, noting it’s also a challenge to find specially-trained teachers for the Montessori program.

A shortage of French immersion teachers has been a chronic problem, with Chilliwack school district officials heading to Quebec to look for educators and the Canadian Parents for French in BC and Yukon calling on Education Minister Rob Fleming to take action.

Among the recommendations sent to Fleming last week, the organization asked for more incentives, such as student loan forgiveness, recognition of French teachers from other provinces, travel subsidies and bursaries.

Wages are also an issue, according to the organization, which wrote: “As the French teacher shortage is now a country-wide challenge, provinces are beginning to compete against one another.

British Columbia has the second lowest teacher salary in Canada. If we are to begin anywhere, that has to change. We must be competitive to recruit and retain teachers in British Columbia.”

But SD43 maintains that it has obtained the required staffing for the popular program.

“We’re doing extremely well in our district,” Gartland said.

Meanwhile, a space crunch at Glen elementary has resulted in the gradual moving of the early French immersion Program to Westwood elementary, phased over six years, beginning with kindergarten in September 2018. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

City of Coquitlam

PUBLIC NOTICE Council Initiative for the Austin Heights Business Improvement Area Service In accordance with Section 213 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby provided that Council for the City of Coquitlam is intending to establish a local area service in relation to a Business Improvement Area in Austin Heights pursuant to sections 210 and 215 of the Community Charter.

This notice concerning the creation of a local area service on Council initiative is given pursuant to Section 213(1) of the Community Charter. Specifically, the local area service proposed is the Austin Heights Business Improvement Area Service (AHBIAS).

1. The proposed AHBIAS will provide the following business promotion scheme: a. The encouragement of business in the Business Improvement Area in order to complement and expand the present business mix; b. The strengthening of businesses in the Business Improvement Area by undertaking beautification projects, new marketing strategies and merchandising techniques to promote existing business; and c. The improvement, beautification, maintenance and security of the Business Improvement Area to attract customers and improve community ambiance.

2. The business promotion scheme (Primary Area) will be designed to benefit the area shown outlined in red on the attached map identified as “Schedule A”.

3. The estimated cost of the business promotion scheme will be: • 2018 = $152,529 • 2019 = $170,833 • 2020 = $191,333 • 2021 = $214,293 • 2022 = $240,008 This will represent, in aggregate, a total amount not exceeding $968,996 for the term of the proposed bylaw.

4. Land or improvements within the Business Improvement Area shown outlined in red on the attached map identified as “Schedule A” will not be subject to this local service tax unless classified, in whole or in part, as Class 6 (business and other - as defined in the Assessment Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 438/81), with the exception of those Class 6 properties which have been granted a statutory or permissive exemption under sections 220(1) or 224(1) of the Community Charter.

5. 100% of the cost of the business improvement scheme will be borne by the benefiting property owners.

6. The local service tax will be collected as a property value tax which will be calculated on the basis of each individual Class 6 property’s assessed value in relation to the assessed value of all Class 6 properties in the local service area multiplied by the rate necessary to raise the required funds as set out in Item 3 above.

7. The charges will be imposed for a period of 5 years from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2022.

Council may proceed with the establishment of the AHBIAS, unless a majority of the owners, representing at least one-half of the total assessed value of the parcels which are liable to be specially charged, petition Council not to proceed with it within 30 days after the publication of the final publication of this notice (February 7, 2018).

If you, as an affected property owner in the designated area, support the initiative, you do not have to respond to this notice, however, you are invited to do so if you wish. Any opposition to the initiative by affected property owners must be made by submitting your opposition in writing to the City Clerk’s Office, City of Coquitlam, at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 and received no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 9, 2018.

Following the March 9, 2018 deadline, the petitions will be reviewed for sufficiency and validity and presented to Council at a future Council meeting for consideration.

Depending on the results of this petition process, Council may choose at that time to proceed with a bylaw establishing a Business Improvement Area in the Austin Heights neighbourhood.

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Got wine? Help dress grads in need Fundraiser for a group that makes proms possible Janis CleuGH

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Not every high school graduate can afford to buy an expensive gown or rent a flashy tuxedo in which to celebrate their prom.

In the Tri-Cities, that’s where the Enchantment Project comes in — and where you can help.

The project is collecting bottles of wine for a fundraiser to help local grads in financial need get to their proms this spring.

Celia Chang, owner of Port Moody Flowers, will accept the bottles until Feb. 19 for the pub night wine draw that will take place Feb. 21 at the Burrard Public House (2414 St. Johns St.) in PoMo from 5 to 8 p.m.

Money raised at the pub night is used by members of the Enchantment Project —similar to the Cinderella Project in other communities — to buy tickets for graduation dinner/dances and pay for hairdressing and make-up application on the grads’ special day.

For boys, the funds go toward tuxedo rentals from Black

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The Enchantment Project (committee at left) allows Tri-City graduating students in financial need select a gown or tuxedo for their year-end high school dinner and dance. and Lee, said Carrie Clark, an aboriginal youth worker in School District 43 who is part of the project’s fundraising committee along with Carol Todd, Pam Becker, Cencherie Brisbin, Deanna Jones, Lorna Whalen, Shari O’Neill, Kelly Zimmer, Janine Close and Jill Reid.

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Clark, who works at six Tri-City schools, including Gleneagle secondary, said the Enchantment Project has grown substantially since she got involved in its second year, 2011, with the committee getting bigger as need has grown.

Last year, about 35 girls were referred to the project by SD43

youth workers and counsellors while about 20 boys took part (the committee doesn’t yet know this year’s numbers).

Last year’s pub night fundraiser brought in more than $4,000 thanks in part to the donations of 72 wine bottles. This year’s event will also include a 50/50 draw and a two-night getaway to Whistler.

Meanwhile, Project Enchantment organizers are also asking for the public’s help to donate formal dresses as well as accessories, purses and shoes; they can be dropped off at any SD43 high school as girls referred to the Enchantment Project have the opportunity to select a gown at Pinetree secondary school in March; volunteers will ensure the dresses are dry-cleaned and altered before the dinner and dance, Clark said.

Shari O’Neill said many grads in previous years have returned their dresses to the group because they want to pay it forward “to help another girl for the following year,” she said.

• Wine donors are asked to attach their name to their bottle when dropped off at Port Moody Flowers (259B Newport Dr.). Tickets for the pub night are $25 for a burger and alcoholic drink. Email oneill.clan@ shaw.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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veryone from social media experts to police are urging us to be vigilant in our use of the internet and to make sure our kids are safe. but how much of this is just noise to deaf ears?

Last Thursday, it was Change Your Password day to avoid being a target for identity theft. on Tuesday, it was Safer Internet day to encourage leaders and parents to work together to teach children and youth to be safe online.

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Here’s the thing, the internet is a wonderful and helpful invention. We need it every day to connect, do work and share our thoughts. but the constant connection has a downside in loss of human connection, mental health concerns and decreased productivity. oddly, it’s against this backdrop that a press release dropped into The Tri-City News’ inbox proclaiming eight rest stops in Super, Natural british Columba are getting Wifi so travellers can stay connected. of course, what is a family pic-

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Yes, we get it. Convenience is important and there are many good reasons to have access to Wifi. We just hope the next family camping trip can leave the internet alone for a few days, allowing everyone to take a much-needed break.

To borrow from 1960s counterculture icon Timothy Leary, it’s time to turn off the tech, tune in to each other and drop in on someone instead of faceTiming them. If Google, Twitter and facebook workers can do it, so can the rest of us.

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RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL & MENTAL HEALTH

Blame BC Liberals for Riverview’s issues The Editor, Re. “Restore Riverview for hospital, research” (Letters, The Tri-City News, Jan. 26).

I think letter writer Joerge Dyrkton needs to check his facts a bit more. In his letter, he blamed the NDP as well as the BC Liberals for the closure of Riverview. Riverview closed in July 2012. The BC Liberals were in power from June 5, 2001 until July 18, 2017, so they were in power for 16 years — from 11 years before the closure of Riverview, as well as during the closure, and for five years after.

So please don’t blame the NDP for something that was a decision the BC Liberals made.

In addition, the BC Liberals decided to do away with two of the three crisis lines in this area. The sad thing is, there were only one or two paid staff and everyone else was a trained volunteer. And now, when people call the crisis line, they are often asked to leave their name and number and someone will call them back because there aren’t enough volunteers to handle the calls from all of the areas. People are not willing to travel to Surrey to volunteer when they live in the

System is failing a friend tri-city newS FiLe PHOtO

The closure of Riverview Hospital falls on the shoulders of the former BC Liberal government, says the letter writer.

Tri-Cities or Maple Ridge.

Another thing the BC Liberals did was to discontinue funding for two thirds of the employment counsellors in the province the end of April 2012.

The reason I know these things is because I was a volunteer on the crisis line and I was one of the employment counsellors who was laid off.

Because we worked for nonprofit societies, many people didn’t hear about it.

These closures indicate to me how little the BC Liberals

care about the average person and their welfare. So, it isn’t only people with mental issues who have been affected by the decisions made by the BC Liberals. It is also people in crisis and those who have been laid off or are facing challenges regarding finding employment.

So, if you want a government who cares about the welfare of the average person, you might want to think carefully about the choices that these governments have made.

L. Mackintosh, Coquitlam

The Editor, A powerful personal example can substantiate the claim that our mental health system is failing.

We all know that although that Premier John Horgan’s government has endowed disabled British Columbians with increased benefits, thousands of individuals continue to lack access to mental health care and intervention.

Take my good friend Abby (not her real name). Up until a decade ago, she’d struggled valiantly to remain a working contributor to society despite having suffered repeated incidents of sexual and physical abuse, events that led to mental illness and alcoholism.

At her breaking point, Abby was forced to take disability leave from her retail management job but, due to lack of access to appropriate

care, she still hasn’t received the therapy critical to her recovery and eventual return to the workforce. In over 10 years, the paltry pension offered by her insurance company, far substandard to the B.C. government disability pension, hasn’t increased a single dollar to accommodate inflation, and furthermore leaves her without dental and (most) medical benefits.

To compound her woes, Tri-Cities Mental Health has closed her case permanently under the justification of “no further treatment options,” leaving her to fend for herself as her mental health deteriorates without bound.

In my efforts as an advocate, I’ve learned she isn’t eligible to collect the government disability pension, since another insurance agency is already “provid-

ing” for her, and due to an impassable thicket of political red tape, she cannot access desperately-needed psychiatric care — anywhere.

And while our province offers quality health care to rapists and murderers, Abby, a model citizen, continues to fall through the cracks.

Currently, I’ve exhausted all my options and desperation is setting in as Abby’s mental health begins to tax my very own.

I am feverishly hoping for Premier Horgan himself to read my story and help me access psychiatric intervention not just for Abby but for everyone else in the system who cannot access the care they require. In my opinion, inhumane suffering shouldn’t be allowed to persist in a first-class country such as Canada.

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There is a new chief at Coquitlam Fire and Rescue.

Jim Ogloff has taken over the top job in the department following former fire chief Wade Pierlot’s retirement last month after five years with the city.

“I am very happy and honoured to be your next fire chief,” Ogloff said after being

officially announced for his new role during a council meeting on Monday.

Ogloff has had a long career with the city, albeit not always in a firefighters’ uniform. He started out issuing building permits in Coquitlam’s planning department in 1997 before making the move to firefighting two years later. In 2005, he moved up from captain to assistant chief before taking

over as deputy chief of operations and support in 2011.

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washed gravel onto the road and undermined sections of the pavement. Downhill lanes weren’t affected.

Jeff Moi, Port Moody’s general manager of engineering and operations, said there was no flooding but four houses did lose water. They were set up with a temporary connection until repairs to the water main were completed.

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Assault suspect is sought Metro Vancouver Transit Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in an alleged sexual assault that occurred on the SkyTrain during the early morning hours after New Year’s Eve. Police said three females boarded a train at CommercialBroadway Station at around 2:30 a.m. Jan. 1 and were heading east when they were approached by three men.

The women ignored the men until one commented on the suspect’s choice of hair colour. He approached the victim, allegedly grabbed her by

A security camera photo of the suspect in a Jan. 1 sexual assault on SkyTrain.

the face and licked her lips.

“The victim had to forcefully push the suspect away,” said police in a press release. “The three women moved to the opposite end of the train car until the suspect and his friends got off the train at the Lougheed SkyTrain station.”

The suspect is described as 5’6” tall and of Middle Eastern descent, with a thin build and dyed, faded blonde hair; he was wearing earrings, a jean jacket and blue jeans at the time of the incident.

“The Metro Vancouver Transit Police would like to

commend the victim for her bravery and courage to come forward and share her story with us,” said police in a press release. “Sexual assaults are a priority for the transit police and every sexual assault will be investigated thoroughly.”

Anyone with any information regarding the identity of the suspect or anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call Metro Vancouver Transit Police at 604-515-8300 and reference file number 2018-8. People can also text using code 87 77 77.

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Barrett’s battles were legendary. In 1972 while still in opposition, after he defied the speaker of the legislature by asking the same question 67 times, he was barred from the legislature for five days. He had been concerned about a woman who had been poorly served by a private insurer after her husband died and wanted to know what the government intended to do about it.

“He cared deeply about his province and devoted much of his life to trying to make it a better and fairer place to live,” the family said in a statement.

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“He was absolutely a remarkable individual,” said Farnworth, who first met Barrett in the late 1970s. “He was a giant of a person in politics in British Columbia.”

Barrett was first elected as an MLA for the Dewdney riding, which consisted of Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and Mission in 1960, before becoming MLA for Coquitlam in 1966. He was still the Tri-Cities’ representative when he became B.C.’s opposition leader in 1969 and was sworn in as the province’s 26th premier in 1972.

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National Cupcake Day is crosscountry event presented by the BC SPCA, the Ontario SPCA and participating humane societies. This year, Cupcake Day falls on Monday, Feb. 26 but animal lovers and bakers are encouraged to fundraise throughout February.

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Leander, and Horatio are two very handsome bonded boys looking for a new home together. They came to the Port Coquitlam Education and Adoption Centre from Burnaby through our Drive for Lives Program. These young, social boys seek out attention from people and absolutely love settling in beside you to be petted. They would love to live indoors as a part of the family.

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en Glassen is hoping to change the way people think about their food and sustainable agriculture — one quail at a time.

The Port Moody resident envisions friends and neighbours in his historic Moody Centre neighbourhood turning over

a small part of their backyards to raise the tiny birds for their eggs and meat.

Here’s his plan: Glassen would move his small, portable coops around the yards every day, and from yard to yard every week or so, caring for the birds himself by providing them with food and water. The homeowners would benefit from the natural pest control as the quail hunt and peck for grubs and insects while fertilizing the grass with their droppings, and they would have ready access to a supply of eggs as well as, when the males ma-

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(A typical female quail lives two years, laying an egg almost every day. Males would be humanely slaughtered by a butcher for meat when they mature after two months.)

Glassen, who studied sustainable food systems at Capilano University, is testrunning his idea with a property owner in Maple Ridge. But he’ll have to confirm how it fits into Port Moody’s animal control and zoning bylaws before he can bring it home to roost in his own neighbourhood.

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ted uses of residential properties allows “the keeping of animals as household pets when such animals are normally kept within a dwelling unit.”

Glassen told The Tri-City News the quail’s small size, quiet demeanour, low-cost care and maintenance, and short lifespan make them ideal for small-scale urban farming, avoiding many of the problems that can come with backyard chicken coops.

The city of Vancouver allows a maximum of four registered hens in a backyard coop and other fowl, like ducks or turkeys,

are prohibited. In Coquitlam, chickens can only be raised on a property zoned for farming.

Glassen said his early overtures to neighbours, and a presentation he gave at a recent Tri-City Greendrinks open-mic event at the Gallery Bistro have yielded positive feedback.

“It’s very much about creating greater awareness about sustainable, high-quality food and how available it can be,” Glassen said. “There’s no more secure, sustainable place than to just look into your backyard.”

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Can an insurance salesman from Port Coquitlam or a muffler shop owner from Port Moody help save the world?

Maybe not in a day, or even a weekend. But by contributing their voices to six peace-building conferences being hosted throughout the world in 2018 by Rotary International, the president of the Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial, Mohan Mohanan, says the world can creep a little closer to freedom from conflict and strife.

The first of the conferences — on the role environmental sustainability can play in building peace — will be held Feb. 9 to 11 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.

Mohanan said it’s not unusual for Rotary’s 1.2 million business and professional leaders from around the world to take an active role in finding solutions for global issues.

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Ron Goyette, past president of Port Coquitlam Centennial Rotary, helps pack food for the club’s knapsack lunch program that helps get food to kids who need it at a local school once a week. three countries in 2017. And members work tirelessly at local projects like lunch programs for school kids that help improve their communities with the hope those efforts could spawn future difference-makers.

“Rotary has always been an initiator,” Mohanan said.

The local Rotary’s approximately 120 members belong to one of 58 clubs in a district that runs from Everett, Wash., to Hope. Clubs in Vancouver and Burnaby belong to a different district. But Mohanan said they all share a common goal of maximizing their efforts to

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I might have to classify This Is Not a Valentine by Carter Higgins (illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins) as one of my new favourite Valentine’s picture books. This poignant read captures the genuine love a young boy feels for a classmate and the many ways he demonstrates his fondness for her. But, as he continuously reminds the reader, “This is not a valentine, / since the cooties tumble out when you open one of those. / But if you get the cooties / and I get the cooties, / then we can have cherry juice / and chicken soup with rice / together.” He is very clear that he is not presenting his crush with a Valentine because he does not have buckets of roses, jewels and gems, a fancy cursive note, or sparkles and pink and glitter. Alternatively, this young boy presents his true crush with dandelions (with no remaining wishes left to blow because he used them all up), his superhero cape and his peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This Is Not a Valentine is a true celebration of friendship and kindness.

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true love. Fran’s friends are skeptical about love — in fact love is a little scary to them: “Wait. What’s LOVE?” they ask. “‘That’s when two people feel all mushy mushy about each other.’ / ‘EWWW! MUSHY MUSHY???’” A silly read-aloud about monsters discovering the true meaning of Valentine’s Day: “It’s about something you feel in your real heart. Even if it does feel a little funny sometimes.”

In the picture book Love, written by Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Loren Long, readers are gifted with a celebration of the love that radiates throughout our world, the people we meet and the friendships we create. This story reflects on the various ways we experience love, and the many places we can find love, in our everyday lives. From sharing food with someone in need, to playing with friends in the sprinklers on a hot summer day, to laying in the green grass and expe-

riencing the beauty of nature, or gathering as a community during times of sorrow — love is all around us. De la Peña’s warm and moving story of love, accompanied by Long’s striking illustrations, will resonate with readers on Valentine’s Day and throughout the year. It’s a wonderful story to share with the family.

“Sloppy licking pup kisses / Jungle gym climb-up kisses / Baby brother drool kisses / Splashing in the pool kisses.” I Love Kisses, written by Sheryl McFarlane and illustrated by Brenna Vaughan, is a tender tale of the sweet smooches we share with the ones we love. A delightful treat to share with toddlers and preschool-aged children this Valentine’s Day. Make your Valentine’s Day sweeter with these reads and visit your local library to discover many more.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Natalie Schembri works at Port Moody Public Library.

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If you’ve got kids, you’ve got stuff. And if you have too much kids’ stuff, there’s an opportunity next month to clear out the closets and start your spring cleaning.

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FEB. 9: COFFEEHOUSE MUSIC

• Tri-Cities Pride coffee meetup, 4-6 p.m., Caffe Divano, 101 Klahanie Dr., Port Moody. This is a chance to connect with other LGBTQ2+ folks in a safe and inclusive environment. Info: www. tricitiespride.ca.

• Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse presents musician and songwriter Ivan Boudreau, The Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq., PoCo; doors open at 7 p.m.; admission: $5 at the door. Info: 604-945-0606 or www.crossroadshospicesociety. com/coffee.

MONDAY, FEB. 12

• Port Moody Station Museum Family Day event, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., rain or shine. This annual event attracts families to take a seat in the 1921 train car for a hot chocolate or enjoy the many children’s activity stations. The event’s theme, Working on the Railway, promises fun events and offers a glimpse into the past; hammer spikes, hammer your name into the railway, make your own conductor’s hat and more. Cost: $10 per family, cash only.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14

• Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a small stamp auction – everyone welcome; viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m., Burke Mountain Fire Hall meeting room, 3501 David Ave., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-9419306.

• Pacific Digital Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school; guests always welcome. Info: www.pdpc.ca.

THURSDAY, FEB. 15

• Burke Mountain’s community group, North East Coquitlam Ratepayers Association, meets, 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr., to discuss concerns of residents of the area. Speaker: TBD. All Burke

Mountain residents welcome to attend. Info: 604-970-2579.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-9:30 p.m., Canadian Royal Legion Branch 263, 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam. Info: 604-937-0836.

FRIDAY, FEB. 16 • Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets at 7 p.m. at the Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (street parking only). New members welcome. Directions & info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

FRIDAY, FEB. 23 • Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse presents Second Wind, The Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq., PoCo, doors open at 7 p.m.; admission: $5 at the door. Info: 604945-0606 or info@crossroadshospice.org. Second Wind is a Vancouver duo whose eclectic repertoire incorporates folk, pop, rock, acoustic, alternative, R&B and country.

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

• BC Angel Dresses is in need of Volunteers in the TriCities. BCAD is a non-profit group of volunteers who collect donated wedding, bridesmaid and grad dresses; volunteer seamstresses transform them into Angel Dresses that are then shipped to hospitals across the province and offered to grieving families at no charge.

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TC CALENDAR continued from page 23 • Share Family and Community services is looking for volunteers to work with seniors for its shop by phone and Friendly Visiting programs, and transportation to community resources. Info: kathie.rodway@ sharesociety.ca or 604-9376975.

• KidStart needs volunteer mentors to provide caring and supportive relationships. You must be 21 years or older, prepared to accept a young person unconditionally and able to spend three hours a week or more. Mentors are carefully screened and supported, and there are regular training sessions and ongoing support provided by staff. Info: www. kidstart.ca.

• Volunteers wanted for all positions at Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary thrift shop, located at 2811B Shaughnessy St., PoCo; applications available at the store during open hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; noon-3 p.m. Sundays.

• Volunteer drivers needed for Share Family and Community Services’ Better at Home program to give seniors rides to doctors’ appointments. Drivers must be 21 or older, have a reliable vehicle, insurance and driver’s licence, and be willing to undergo a criminal record check and commit for a minimum of three months (up to six trips a month).

Reimbursement for mileage is available. Info: Paola, 604-9376991 or paola.wakeford-mejia@ sharesociety.ca.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society is looking for volunteers to assist with programs and operations; society is made up of volunteers of all ages who donate time that will fit their schedules. A few hours during the month would benefit this group.

If you have an interest in helping with hatchery tours, building operations or event planning, email hydecreek.info@gmail.com. Info: www.hydecreek.org.

• Volunteers wanted for Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Weekend Coffee Program in the main lobby at ERH; openings for both Saturday and Sunday shifts. Info: 604-544-1470.

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• Port Moody Ecological Society, a volunteer-operated educational and training facility, is seeking keen volunteers.

Volunteers can be adults or students (over 16) and membership is as low as $5 (students). Hatchery is open every day except Sunday, 9 -11 a.m. There is a range of activities each day but no experience is required — club members will train and guide you. Info: 604-469-9106 or portmoodyecologicalsociety@hotmail.com.

Line is recruiting volunteers to provide assistance to people in the region who are experiencing emotional distress. No experience is needed as extensive training and ongoing support are provided. If you are interested in learning more about this challenging and rewarding opportunity, visit www.options.bc.ca. and follow the link for the crisis line.

Next training starts soon.

• PoCoMo Meals on Wheels needs drivers on an ongoing basis. Meals are delivered over the noon hour and training is provided. Info: 604-942-7506.

• Scouts francophones is looking for volunteers to be youth leaders (who can fulfill practicum hours, too). Info: 604936-3624.

• Big Brothers Program matches men over the age of 18 with boys 7-14 who have limited-to-no contact with a positive male role model. Big Brothers spend 2-4 hours a week. Info: 604-876-2447, Ext. 236 or www.bigbrothersvancouver.com.

• Big Brothers’ In-School Mentoring Program matches men and women over the age of 18 with boys and girls from local elementary schools for one hour a week. Info: 604-876-2447, Ext. 236 or www.bigbrothersvancouver.com.

• PLEA Community Services of B.C is looking for volunteers 19 years and older who are interested in spending three hours a week mentoring an atrisk child or youth. Info: Jodi, 604-927-2929 or www.kidstart. ca.

• Canadian Cancer Society is looking for cancer survivors to be peer volunteers, providing one-on-one support on the telephone and/or in-person to people living with cancer. Training provided. Info: 604-253-8470.

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New moms broadcast parenting chats with pros from a Burke Mt. basement

long list of questions for the professional in front of them.

Rather, “we want an organic discussion,” said Fox, a Port Coquitlam resident. “We want to talk from the heart and make that connection. It’s been an amazing journey and we’re so happy to be spreading information with other parents.”

• To subscribe to their podcast, visit parenttalk.ca.

Documentaries about challenging the tallest and steepest hills around the world will roll this weekend in Port Moody.

The “moment” Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival will screen its “Best of” picks — including several global, North American, provincial and festival premieres — at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., PoMo).

The Saturday afternoon program features the flick The Ario Dream. Directed

by Paul Diffley, the show delves into the caves of the Picos de Europa Mountains.

The Saturday matinee line-up also includes The World’s Highest Marathon, a Nepalese/USA short film directed by Bjarne Salen about Lyme disease survivor Christopher Mohn and his journey from the Everest base camp. The other films are: Moment; Freedom; This Way Up; and Surf The Line. On Saturday at 7:30 p.m., there is Tarfala; 2.5 Million; A Line In The Snow - Greece; Follow Through; and Sumber by Battulga.

Sunday afternoon’s line-up features the works The Last Honey Hunter; Foodless Odyssey; My Irnik; Pursuit; End of Snow; and Living With Wildlife.

And at 7:30 p.m., the PoMo fest finishes with Hold Fast; The Land of Maybe; Above The Fray; and Stumped.

For tickets, visit vimff.org.

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In the basement of a Burke Mountain home, Tri-City moms Genevieve Kyle and Heather Fox show the room where they conduct their interviews.

Since October, the pair has invited more than two dozen professionals — mostly from the healthcare field — to sit down in the studio to talk about parenting-related issues.

And, so far, they’ve banked about 60 shows via their ParentTalk podcast, of which the first episode (The Power of Play) went live last Wednesday.

This week’s episode, released today, centres on injury prevention with Holly Choi with conversations about child safety gates, baby-proofing a home, and how to safeguard your kids against burns, drowning and poisoning, among other things.

Their podcast idea sprung from a Facebook group that Kyle launched about two years ago, called Maman’s Group, a social network for parents. She invited fellow new moms for get-togethers at her Coquitlam home to connect and learn.

“I thought it was a shame to have all these women and and experts in this group and not be able to share their tips with the rest of the world,” said the Granby, Que., native who moved to B.C. in 1997 without knowing the English language.

The group, now 150-members strong, encouraged Kyle to start a parenting-focused podcast; in turn, Kyle recruited Fox, a Terry Fox secondary grad (class of 1995) who at the time was a franchise owner of Gymboree Play and Music.

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Port Coquitlam resident Heather Fox (left) and Genevieve Kyle aired their first podcast episode on Parentalk last Wednesday. a of their sons — Fox’s Hudson, now 14 months, and Kyle’s Alexandre, now 16 months — while their wives were in the studio, they recorded 30- to 45-minute talks with their chosen guests.

Besides Choi, a first aid instructor and car seat specialist with Safe Beginnings, the experts included: Dr. Kathleen Mahannah (naturopath); Treya Klassen (communications

expert); Jazmin Nagy (doula); and Nesrine Jabbour (financial planner).

Fox stressed not all the discussions are geared for moms.

“There’s a lot for dads, too,” she said, citing an upcoming episode about male infertility.

Kyle said they built up their inventory quickly not only to accommodate their experts’ schedules but also to ready for a busy time later this year: Kyle

and her hubby are expecting another son, around the start of the summer.

Kyle said the late nights of researching and editing their shows via Garage Band, over the past four months, have been hard work but also enlightening. While much study is done in advance, Kyle and Fox, who also has a background in public speaking, haven’t always followed their

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The chair of one of the biggest festivals in Coquitlam says he’s struck a committee to look at relocating the event to the south side of Town Centre Park.

Last November, Mike Chisholm warned city council that his group was looking for other Lower Mainland sites for the BC Highland and Scottish Festival after the city awarded less than $12,000 for the 2018 games and competition, a major tourism attraction.

Last Friday, Chisholm told The Tri-City News that his group needs $10,000 more to break even and he plans to meet with city officials this week to talk about funding.

One idea to cut costs, he said, is to move the fest from Percy Perry Stadium, which he said is expensive and limited, to the grassy plaza area, on the east side of Lafarge Lake — where the city holds its Canada Day and Kaleidoscope parties — in 2019.

“We continue to look for an area where we can make money and save money” while also seeking other

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The Highland Games in Coquitlam is one of the city’s biggest draws. sponsors, he said. “The plaza is our first choice for relocation.”

He added, “The city has indicated they want to work with us to ensure this works.”

Mary Morrison-Clark, Coquitlam’s manager of community, recreation and cultural services, said on Monday her events team will figure out how the festival

committee can make the most of its Spirit Grant bids.

In the last intake round, for example, it failed to apply for basic capital items such as tent rentals, which cost $30,000, and other city permit fees. If successful at the March Spirit Grant intake, the extra funding could be used for this year’s Games.

As well, Morrison-Clark said her team is considering moving a few Games events to the plaza area for this year as a trial run. “It’s all in the preliminary stages,” she said.

Should the city money not come through, Chisholm said, his group will need to consider scaling down the festival and cutting programs.

For the past 20 years, the Games have been held in Coquitlam and draw up to 10,000 visitors from around B.C. and the U.S. (66% from the Tri-Cities) to hear pipers and drummers, and to watch dancers and heavy events such as Caber tossing.

• The 2018 BC Highland Games and Scottish Festival are on June 16 at Percy Perry Stadium. Visit bchighlandgames.com for tickets and volunteering opportunities. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Puppet master plays sleeping Beauty role A box office attendant at the Evergreen Cultural Centre will be on stage at the Coquitlam venue on EdmuNdSON Friday night to show her puppetry skills.

Randi Edmundson plays the princess character in Sleeping Beauty Dreams, a Canadian premiere by Marionetas de la Esquina of Mexico in collaboration with Presentation House of North Vancouver.

“I’m very excited to share this show with the team at Evergreen,” Edmundson told The Tri-City News last week.

“It’s a very special show… and we are very pleased that Marionetas taught us their production.”

The Vancouver resident started the craft while she was an undergrad at UVic. Four years ago, she studied with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, an internationally renowned puppet theatre company from Calgary, while at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity — a program that “really opened my mind to what puppet actors can do versus what regular actors can’t do.”

In puppetry, she said, “the

audience has to participate and they have to believe that object is alive and thinking.

The audience has to invest, and that’s a wonderful feeling.”

Tickets for Sleeping Beauty Dreams on Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. are a pay-what-you-can-admission price. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre. ca. The show is sponsored by Westminster Savings as part of Evergreen’s Family Series.

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A Port Moody actor is in SHIT, a play by Patricia Cornelius that’s having its Canadian premiere in Vancouver until Saturday.

Sharon Crandall appears with Yoshié Bancroft and Kayla Deorksen in the show directed

by Donna Spencer that runs at the Firehall Arts Centre (280 East Cordova St., Vancouver).

Call 604-689-0926 or visit firehallartscentre.ca. for tickets.

ASIAN CONCEPT

Port Coquitlam’s Milton Lim is the co-creator of No Foreigners that opens tonight (Wednesday) at The Cultch.

The world premiere — which runs until Feb. 17 and is performed live and via a micro-to-macro camera apparatus — centres on the idea

of Chinese shopping malls as radicalized spaces.

Written by David Yee, winner of the Governor General’s Award for English drama, it’s presented by two AsianCanadian theatre companies: Hong Kong Exile of Vancouver and Toronto’s fu-GEN Theatre.

The Cultch is located at 1895 Venables St., Vancouver. For tickets to No Foreigners, call the box office at 604-251-1363 or visit thecultch.com.

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Piano duo Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann will kick off their Valentine’s Day with a public concert in Coquitlam next Wednesday.

The couple, which hosts the Musical Mornings series at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way), will highlight romantic and dramatic soundtrack tunes including from the flicks The Mission and The Big Country.

Evergreen’s performing arts manager David Mann will act as guest narrator for the event that starts with coffee and baked goods at 10 a.m.

Call the box office at 604927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com @jcleughTC

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The need for a permanent space to house Coquitlam’s growing archives continues to be top of mind for the city’s top clerk and chief archivist.

At Monday’s councilin-committee meeting, where archivist Emily Lonie delivered her fifth annual report, city clerk Jay Gilbert and Lonie made clear the current ground-floor area where Coquitlam Archives operates at city hall is at a premium —and they’re having to find creative ways to store historical records.

Lonie said she’s been forced to safeguard materials at locations around the city including at the Innovation Centre, which shares a building with the Evergreen Cultural Centre.

“We are certainly looking forward to the day for a more permanent facility,” she told the committee.

Gilbert said little has been done since the archives division was created in 2013 despite the boom in collections and the digital access to it: The numbers for Quest — the online search portal for Coquitlam Archives — continues to rise while donations also pour in.

Last year, for example, Lonie received eight major acquisitions including: • 12 bound print editions of The Tri-City News; • two historic maps of the city of Coquitlam; • and fonds from the Coquitlam Skating Club.

“There’s a commitment and an ethical requirement” for the city to have the infrastructure to store the donated materials, Gilbert said. “People are handing over their memories. We have to prove our reputation,” with Coun. Craig Hodge, a former Coquitlam Heritage Society board president adding, “These are gifts from the past for the future generations.”

Gilbert cautioned the archives division may have to slow down the public contributions should additional space not be found.

Still, there may be some relief next year, he said, if part of the old library space at city hall — currently used by archives and engineering — becomes vacant: About 2,220 sq. ft. of it is now being leased to an RCMP integrated unit.

Lonie said an upcoming goal for Coquitlam Archives is to partner with School District 43 to allow students learn about local history.

“We want them to feel the experience and history up close,” Gilbert said.

Another 2018 goal is to present quarterly online exhibits. This month, Lonie said, Coquitlam Archives will begin a show about the various scrapbooks in its collection, and discuss the history of scrapbooks. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Melanie Talkington of Lace Embrace Inc. will bring some undergarments from her 1920s collection for an event to coincide with the Mackin House Museum exhibit, Rising Hemlines: An Exploration of 1920s Fashion, which wraps up on April 7 (see below).

Its display includes clothing from fashion historian Ivan Sayers, who Talkington first met while studying at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in 1995.

The Calgary native later modelled his garments for various fashion shows and continues to do so today.

For her Feb. 13 lecture, Talkington will present vintage bras, panties, corsets, pyjamas and “bust binders” that, although may appear restricting today, “came out during a very liberating time for women,” she said, noting the lack of garter belts and other boudoir para-

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Last week, she was working on a 1970s Wonder Woman costume. “The orders never shock me anymore, and they are a lot of fun to create,” she said. Among her clients are Burlesque star Dita von Teese and Cathe Jung, who has the world’s smallest waist.

• Tickets for Unmentionables of the 1920s with Melanie Talkington are $10. The event takes place at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (1169 Pinetree Way) on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.

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With six of eight teams from the Fraser Valley North conference looking to move on to the Fraser Valley regionals in the long march to the BC High School boys basketball AAAA provincials at the Langley Events Centre in March, it might be tempting to gaze past this week’s league playoffs that conclude Thursday.

But it wouldn’t be advisable.

Just ask the Pinetree Timberwolves.

After romping through league play last year, they stumbled to fourth place in the first round of the post season.

That meant a lower seeding and tougher opponents in the Fraser Valleys.

And while they still squeaked into the provincials, they learned a valuable lesson.

“We made the mistake of looking ahead,” said the Timberwolves’ co-coach Chris Davies.

In fact, Pinetree’s ability to focus on the here and now may have been sharpened by a stunning 89-86 loss to the Riverside Rapids in their penultimate game of the season — their only setback in league play. The team was hobbled by a flu bug that was ripping through the roster, and Riverside’s Michael Wilkinson had a career night, netting 58 points; but they were able to reset with a rebound win the next night, 73-53, over the highly-skilled Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils, to clinch the league’s regular season title.

“We finished strong,” said Timberwolves’ co-coach Eugene Melnik.

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Heritage Woods Kodiaks’ Justin Knowles launches a shot over Terry Fox Ravens’ defender Grady Stanyer in their Fraser Valley North AAAA boys high school basketball showdown for second place last Friday at Terry Fox secondary school in Port Coquitlam. Heritage Woods won the game 68-65 to finish second and earn a bye into the district semi-finals that will be played on Wednesday at Pinetree secondary in Coquitlam.

That, plus some good showings against top-ranked teams and two tournament victories, have given the team encouragement heading into the post-season. It’s also made the Timberwolves a target.

“We’ve made ourselves a bit of a name,” Melnik said. “The teams in the Fraser Valley are assessing us. They’re paying

attention.”

But first they’ll have to get through this week unscathed.

A bye into the semi-finals that will be played tonight (Wednesday) at Pinetree secondary in Coquitlam, will help the Timberwolves overcome some of its health problems.

It’ll also help build their anticipation for gaining something

to show for their efforts, Davies said.

“Winning something matters for these guys,” he said of the prospect of a league title.

“It would be a big confidence boost.”

One of the possible opponents should they reach Thursday’s league final could be the Heritage Woods Kodiaks

who snatched second place with an 68-65 win over the Terry Fox Ravens last Friday at Terry Fox secondary school in Port Coquitlam.

Kodiaks’ coach Chris Martin said the victory was a highlight in a rollercoaster season.

“It’s really tough to go into Fox’ gym and steal a win,” he said.

Martin said the tough, competitive nature of the Fraser Valley North division is a good proving ground for the battles ahead in the Fraser Valleys where seven of the province’s top ten teams in the latest provincial rankings reside.

“It’s always been a dog fight,” Martin said. “It gets you ready.”

But he’s also focussed on keeping his squad grounded in the immediate task at hand.

“Do your best minute by minute, quarter by quarter, and hopefully by the end of it, you end up on the right side of the score,” Martin said.

Their first test of that resolve could, in fact, come against the Ravens, should Fox prevail in their quarter-final game Tuesday (after The Tri-City News’ print deadline).

Nothing would please Ravens’ coach Brad Petersen more. “it’s always nice to get a rematch if that were to happen,” he said.

His young squad has flirted with the provincial rankings but mostly they’ve been gaining experience from a tough tournament and exhibition schedule.

“We were throwing them into the grind and seeing how they dealt with it,” Petersen said.

• Wednesday’s semi-final games will be played at 6 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. The final will be played Thursday at 7:45 p.m., following seeding games at 4:15 p.m. and 6 p.m.

All games are at Pinetree secondary school in Coquitlam. mbartel@trictynews.com

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A massive Canadawide street hockey event that alighted at Coquitlam Centre for several years is no more.

Scott Hill, the director of the Play On! tournament, announced on the event’s Facebook page that it is suspending operations for 2018 because of a lack of sponsorship dollars. He said several national sponsors have diminished or pulled their support altogether and the scale of the event that costs about $3 million to run every year was no longer sustainable.

“The sponsorship well dried up,” Hill said.

“Sponsors can reach kids through cheaper digital alternatives.”

That’s left local participants at loose ends.

One of them, Port Moody’s Calvin Ng, has even written a letter to the city’s mayor to see if there’s any support available to keep a local, grassroots version of the event going.

Ng, a volunteer referee at the tournament since 2008, said it was his chance to get involved in hockey in a way he never had a chance as a kid.

“One of the highlights of my summers won’t be happening this year,” Ng said.

Chad Ottahal, a 43-year-old Coquitlam goalie who participated in a few of the tournaments over the years,

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hockey with a low barrier of entry,” Ng said.

But keeping that barrier low had become increasingly difficult as sponsors disappeared, Hill said, adding the event was scaled back to 22 cities in 2014 to keep it affordable.

“We were concerned that further price increases would have created a competitive environment that would have been contrary to our mission — fun,” he said.

against others.

“It was still a fun thing, but there was a bit more of a competitive edge to it that you don’t always get at your average ball hockey game,” HollickKenyon said.

Ng said one of the event’s appeals was its accessibility to players of all ages and abilities.

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said the tournament united the country in play.

“Losing it takes away the memories that all the players would create and cherish for the rest of their lives,” Ottahal said. “Most people don’t take the time to just play anymore.”

Josh Hollick-Kenyon, another longtime player, said the event was a chance for average players to measure themselves

A pair of weekend road losses following a 6-0 win over the Surrey Eagles last Thursday leaves the Coquitlam Express shy of clinching a spot in the BC Hockey League playoffs.

The Express lost 5-4 to the Trail Smoke Eaters last Saturday and 7-3 to the Wenatchee Wild on Friday.

They are seven points ahead of the Cowichan Valley Capitals for the league’s last playoff berth, but have played one more game.

In Trail, Tyler Ghirardosi scored the winner just before the halfway mark of the third period after the Express had earlier erased a two-goal deficit with goals by Eric Linell and Jack Lippis 3:30 apart.

Joshua Bruce staked the visitors to a 1-0 lead with his seventh goal of the season 7:11 into the first period.

But the Smoke Eaters tied it just over six minutes later when Ross Armour put his

19th goal of the season past Express goalie Brock Hamm.

Andre Ghantous then gave the home team the lead three minutes after that.

Sam Kozlowski got the Express back on even terms 8:54 into the second period.

But again the Smoke Eaters replied with a pair of goals — by Kale Howarth and Armour with his second of the game — to take a 4-2 lead into the third period.

Hamm stopped 28 of the 33 shots he faced while the Express fired 26 shots at Adam Marcoux in Trail’s net.

Against Wenatchee, the Express were powerless to stop a Wild attack that unleashed 53 shots at Coquitlam keeper Clay Stevenson.

One of those shots, by Wenatchee’s AJ Vanderbeck, eluded Stevenson just 45 seconds into the game.

The Express tied it at 13:02 when Eric Linell converted a set-up from Sam Kozlowski.

It was Linell’s 25th goal of the season.

But 27 seconds later, the home team regained the lead when Vanderbeck scored his second of the game, and 30th of the season.

Nathan Iannone and

Murphy Stratton extended Wenatchee’s lead to 4-1 with goals in the last five minutes of the second period and Vanderbeck’s hat trick goal 45 seconds into the third period put them up 5-1.

Linell got one of those back for the Express with his second of the game before Wenatchee’s Augst Von Ungern and Sam Hesler sandwiched goals around one by Coquitlam’s Ryan Stack to round out the scoring.

The losses were a bit of a downer after the Express’ three-game road trip had started so promisingly last Thursday afternoon when they thumped the Eagles. It was Coquitlam’s third win over their Mainland division rivals in their last four meetings.

Brock Hamm stopped all 41 shots he faced from the Eagles, and his teammates scored five of their goals on power plays. The last time the Express scored that often with the man advantage in a game was Dec. 16, 2011, when they defeated the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, 8-2.

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There were 1,818 home sales of all property types in Greater Vancouver in January, which is up 19.4 per cent from January 2017, but down 9.8 per cent versus December, according to statistics released by the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) February 2.

The drop is likely partially due to the relatively high volume of sales seen late last year, especially in November, as buyers brought forward their purchasing plans to get ahead of the mortgage stress test launched January 1. January is also typically the slowest month of the year for real estate sales, with few buyers looking for homes in December.

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The board reported the sales-to-active-listings ratio for January 2018 as 26.2 per cent, which is still deemed a seller’s market, but the ratio has been dropping in recent months.

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“Demand remains elevated and listings scarce in the attached and apartment markets across Metro Vancouver,” said Jill Oudil, REBGV president. “Buyers in the detached market are facing less competition and have much more selection to choose. For detached home sellers to be successful, it’s important to set prices that reflect today’s market trends.”

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By virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act Ginos Tires & Towing Inc. will dispose of:

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(1) 2001 Mercedes ML320 VIN: 4JGAB54E81A241538 Registered Owner: Robert Isaac to recover $1149 as of August 14, 2017

FOUND NECKLACE @ Coquitlam sky train stn.

Feb 2 604.617.6203

604-630-3300

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AppliAnces POCO APPLIANCE MART 604-942-4999 • Rebuilt Washer•Dryer•Fridge•Stove Up to 1 Yr warranty • Trade-ins

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(2) 2004 Saab 9-3 Registered Owner: to recover $1648

VIN: YS3FB49S741023378 Veronica Lara Diaz as of August 14, 2017

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(3) 1992 Jeep YJ VIN: 2J4FY19P1NJ544554 Registered Owner: Jonathan Young to recover $2635 as of August 14, 2017 (4) 1997 Ford Explorer VIN: 1FMDU34X1VZB82367 Registered Owner: Michael Clark to recover $2241 as of August 14, 2017

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(5) 1997 Nissan Quest VIN: 4N2DN1111VD829088 Registered Owner: Karol Sobkowicz to recover $540 as of October 23, 2017 Plus any additional costs of storage, seizure and sale.

Date of sale February 14, 2017.

For more information: Gino’s Tires & Towing Inc. 604-472-0056 880 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6K1

WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT By virtue of the Warehouseman’s Lien Act, Imperial Self Storage, 1180 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC will dispose of: 1996 Dodge Ram Pickup, VIN 1B7MF36W1TJ172436, debtor Submersible Aviation Systems, owing $4837.80.

Sale to take place on February 21, 2018 at 15:00.

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