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WAR IN UKRAINE
‘It hits close to home’: From PoCo to Lviv Fire department donates items like blankets, stretchers and first aid kits DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Robert Gault shows off one of the custom fedoras he creates in the garage workshop at his Port Coquitlam townhouse. For more, see the story on Page 3. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Port Coquitlam and Kyiv, Ukraine, are thousands of miles apart but the ties are strong. From watching TV coverage to trying to find ways to help refugees fleeing the war-torn country or supporting those resisting invasion, many Tri-City residents are keenly interested in events in the eastern European country. But one man, whose wife is of Ukrainian heritage, has decided to step up to
help — and the City of Port Coquitlam is also answering the call. Andrew Richards, an 18year Canadian army veteran who served as a peacekeeper in Bosnia, has just delivered several of boxes of supplies, including blankets, stretchers, bandages, gauze pads, dressings and first aid kits, to a Burnaby warehouse for shipment to Ukraine. They were all donated by PoCo’s fire and emergency services department and are destined for Lviv, in western Ukraine, for use by sick and injured soldiers and refugees. Richards said these key medical supplies are critically needed and he is thankful the City of Port Coquitlam was able to help. SEE
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