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What does City Centre need? More Survey says: more restaurants and bars are needed Gary MCKenna

The Tri-CiTy News

What’s a person have to do to get a drink in Coquitlam’s City Centre?

That is a question many residents are asking, according to a survey conducted by planning staff, which found a desire for a wider range of pubs, restaurants and entertainment options in the city’s most densely populated neighbourhood.

But there are already early signs the area is attracting new businesses, said Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s general manager of planning and development, and the process will likely accelerate with anticipated development and residential growth.

“I dare say it is starting to take shape,” he told The Tri-

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City News, later adding: “The wheel is starting to turn. It is starting to come alive. It is just the first very preliminary steps.”

The survey was conducted as part of the initial phase of public consultation for an update to the City Centre Area Plan. When the update is completed, it will guide development in the neighbourhood for the next 25 years and will focus on making it a “hub of diverse activity,” according to a staff report. The online questionnaire was held between Feb. 22 and March 12 and had 1,350 participants.

When asked what improvements residents would like to see in City Centre, 39% of respondents wanted more entertainment options while 37% sought a wider range of restaurants and bars.

Another 24% of respondents said they would like to see a more pedestrian-friendly area while 22% wanted more retail shops and services. see CITY, page 4

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Kathy Song, 22, and Ethan Jang, 18, are members of the Coquitlam RCMP’s community police volunteer bike patrol, a position that allows them to help Coquitlam RCMP officers and keep an eye on their community. For more on the patrol, see story, page 15.

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Tri-City News reader Steve Kazemir emailed these photos Monday, writing: “Bears are out! I took the attached pictures this evening in front of my house (near Pitt River and Columbia in PoCo). I watched the bear and, as expected, it was going from house to house, garbage can to garbage can. In our neighbourhood, all garbage cans should have locks on them; unfortunately, many people don’t. I noticed that every house the bear went to, the cans had no locks. I think the bear has learned which houses have locks, and it doesn’t bother with the locked ones. Imagine what would happen if we ALL locked our garbage cans like we are supposed to. A fed bear is a dead bear. Lock your garbage cans.”

MUNICIPAL POLITICS

Leftover cash could go to campaign, charity Just two Tri-City politicians have leftover 2014 $$ Janis CLeugh

The Tri-CiTy News

If Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore were to run for re-election this fall, he would already have $12,133 in the bank for his campaign, a nice cushion given the new fundraising constraints for local government and school board candidates.

But Moore, who announced last November he’s quitting

POCO MAYOR GREG MOORE politics, will be donating his surplus campaign funds to charity.

Yesterday (Tuesday), after

The Tri-City News’ print deadline, the city’s finance and budget committee was set to approve a request from Moore to transfer his extra campaign cash to the PoCo Community Foundation, a philanthropic non-profit he helped found in 2011.

“I like that the foundation covers all aspects to make our community a better place,” said Moore who, during his tenure as mayor, has raised money for the foundation via its annual mayor’s croquet tournament and other activities.

He’s one of only two TriCity candidates from the

2014 civic election who have campaign money left over; the other is PoCo Coun. Darrell Penner, who has $710.96 plus accumulated interest in a city trust fund.

Under provincial legislation, candidates are required to give any surplus campaign cash to their jurisdiction to be held for the next race; if they’re not running again, however, the money is considered revenue for the municipality unless otherwise directed, as in Moore’s case.

Elections BC spokesperson Andrew Watson said civic and school board candidates can still use their surplus money

even though, four years ago, it may have been collected via unions and corporations, which are now banned from contributing.

“The source of these funds would have been reported in the previous election’s disclosure statement,” Watson said.

According to Moore’s 2014 financial papers, he brought in $3,100 from individual donors, $38,111 from corporations and $1,500 from unions.

His biggest business contributors were: Dynamic Structures ($5,000); Onni ($5,000); Westlo Financial Corp. ($2,500); and Seagull Leasing ($2,500); he also received $1,000 from

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By comparison, Penner brought in $490 from individual donors plus $5,714 from businesses and $900 from the IAFF Local 1941 (PoCo firefighters) and the Hospital Employees Union.

As reported in The Tri-City News last week, many potential candidates in the Tri-Cities say they’ll be in a pinch this year to source campaign funds, with individual donations capped at $1,200 and a ban on union, corporate and organization cash. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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City a ‘matchmaker’ to spur economic dev. continued from front page

Attracting private enterprises to the neighbourhood means making sure staff are in the loop with industry trends and aware of the businesses seeking commercial spaces, according to David Munro, Coquitlam’s manager of economic development, who said, “We play matchmaker.”

For example, through contacts the city has in the real estate community, Munro recently learned of two restaurant operators looking for locations. He said with that information, he can reach out directly to entrepreneurs and pitch them on the benefits of setting up their shop in Coquitlam.

“Relationships — that is a big thing for us,” he said.

With close proximity to the Evergreen Extension and a range of large festivals and events occurring throughout the year, there is a lot the City Centre area has to offer businesses, Munro said. He added that when restaurants and retailers start to move into an area, it can have a snowball effect, generating a hub that attracts more people and business activity.

“It builds momentum,” he said. “We have a variety of res-

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Coquitlam residents and community stakeholders are invited to share their input on the City Centre Area Plan update in the next phase of public consultation: • Complete a survey at www.coquitlam.ca/ccap between May 29 and June 19.

• Attend a community information session at Coquitlam Centre mall (kiosk located in the central atrium) May 29 (10 a.m. to 7 p.m.) or June 9 (9:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.).

• Visit planning staff at Town Centre Park during the July 1 Canada Day celebrations.

• Post ideas and images on social media using the hashtag #mycitycentre.

• Sign up for email updates at www.coquitlam.ca/ccap.

SURVEY SAYS

What improvements would you like to see in City Centre?

• Provide more entertainment options: 39% • Offer a wider range of restaurants and bars: 37% • Make the area more pedestrian-friendly: 24% • Offer more retail shops and services: 22% • Create more opportunities for family-friendly activities: 22% • Increase opportunities for travel by walking, cycling and transit: 21% • Provide more parking spaces: 18% • Introduce more public gathering spaces: 18% • Offer a wider range of housing types: 18% • Provide more job opportunities: 15% • Make the area more universally accessible: 7% • Other: 11% – source: city of Coquitlam taurants in Coquitlam’s City Centre already. You can get all types of food and it is gradu-

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COPS & CRIME

Black Cat keeps an eye on road safety It doesn’t issue tickets but gives Mounties info Gary MCKenna

The Tri-CiTy News

Mounties have a new tool to monitor people’s driving habits in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

The Black Cat radar system has been deployed around the two cities and is capable of collecting data on vehicle size, speed and lane position.

But the automated mobile unit is not used for issuing tickets.

Its deployment is aimed at helping traffic officers identify areas requiring additional enforcement, said Staff Sgt. Mark McCutcheon.

“We got the Black Cat in early March and we’ve been using it in specific locations where we’re getting complaints from the public,” he said. “When we evaluate the data it collects, we can make well-informed decisions about where our enforcement teams can be most effective.”

The system is so useful that Coquitlam RCMP recently ordered a second unit. Police

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POCO MAN CHARGED IN ASSAULT A Port Coquitlam man has been charged with aggravated assault in relation to a stabbing last Thursday in Mission.

The attack occurred outside the victim’s home and the victim and assailant knew each other, according to Mission RCMP. The victim is recovering from the injuries and police said the incident revolved around historical matters between the victim and the suspect.

With assistance from the Coquitlam RCMP, the alleged assailant was arrested and, last Friday, 32-year-old Kyle Robert Kollman of PoCo appeared before court. He has since been released from custody with conditions. said that residents that have issues with speeders in their neighbourhood can call police at their non-emergency number (604-945-1550) to enquire about the Black Cat radar.

“Since our traffic officers can’t be everywhere, there’s a good chance we’ll use the Black Cat in your area,” McCutcheon said. “It’s a good reminder for everyone to slow down, be realistic about travel times to reduce your risk of crashing and arrive your destination safely.”

Mounties are also stepping up their enforcement efforts as part of High Risk Driving Month and said Speed Watch volunteers will be working throughout May to encourage drivers to slow down.

According to ICBC, there were 330,000 crashes in B.C. in 2016, or roughly 900 per day, with the costs of claims growing close to $3 billion per year. On average, 43 people are killed each year in the Lower Mainland from crashes involving high-risk driving behaviours.

“We’re at a point today where the number of crashes across our province and the number of claims we’re receiving are growing by the thousands every year,” said Lindsay Matthews, ICBC’s acting vice-president for road safety, in a press release.

“We can all do our part by slowing down to make roads safer and save lives.” gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

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COPS & CRIME

Call nos. down but don’t tell whole story Some crimes may be under-reported: Mounties

BY THE NUMBERS In 2017 in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, the top five calls for service to Coquitlam RCMP were: 1. suspicious person/ vehicle occurrence 2. false/abandoned 911 3. unspecified assistance 4. cause a disturbance 5. traffic

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Coquitlam RCMP crime stats for 2017 show a drop in calls for service from the previous two years but police say more of the calls are urgent and require more policing resources, and some of the decrease can be attributed to how calls are filed now.

And some people may not be reporting crimes out of fear, embarrassment or complacency, or due to their cultural background, police say.

“It’s great the numbers are down but we need to be very cautious whether these calls are reflecting what’s happening in criminal activity,” Cpl. Michael McLaughlin told The Tri-City News.

The RCMP’s communications spokesperson was responding to questions about the local detachment’s most recent community year in review, which reported 41,083 calls for service, down from 43,094 in 2016 and 44,308 in 2015 — a 7% decline over the three years.

Fewer calls don’t square with an increasing population in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, which the local Mounties serve, but McLaughlin said some of the difference can be explained by changes in filing procedures because not every call gets its own file and the number doesn’t include foot patrols, which are categorized in a single file, fraud without money loss, calls referred to other jurisdictions or government bodies, or when a single individual causes multiple offences

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“As we get more efficient and streamlined, it doesn’t equate to the same numbers,” McLaughlin explained.

As well, more targeted policing could be helping to reduce crime, McLaughlin said while noting 43% of the calls for service in 2017 were urgent or required an immediate response, up from 40% in 2016.

“That’s 1,200 additional calls,” McLaughlin said. “It is another cautionary note.”

Still, McLaughlin has concerns that a number of crimes are under-reported, such as frauds where people do lose money or romance fraud, because victims are too embarrassed to come forth, as well as domestic violence and sexual assaults.

In other cases, people may get used to crime and don’t report something they think is too small to call in, such as theft from a vehicle, while some newcomers to Canada can be reluctant to call police.

“We have our work cut out on that,” said McLaughlin, who said the RCMP is working with SUCCESS and other agencies that work with newcomers to build understanding and trust while a number of Coquitlam RCMP members speak a second language, an obvious advantage in a multicultural

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But communication with the public and education con-

tinues to be a top priority for the local force, he said.

“When in doubt, call police. If you’re not sure, we can always sort it out for you and we don’t want people to worry about whether it’s serious or not. Just call us. We don’t want people to under-report because when we talk about our crime-reduction strategy, it is really dependent on our public reporting to us.”

Another problem area is false and abandoned 911 calls, which rank second among the top five calls for service. Almost 2,600 of these calls were made

last year — that’s an average of about seven a day. Many are caused by pocket dialing a programed number in a cell phone but, occasionally, people in distress or violent situations may be in real trouble.

“As soon as we hear any kind of disturbance, we make that a priority call. That’s precisely why false and abandoned 911 calls are so serious. It could be robbery, someone will dial 911 and put the phone aside,” McLaughlin said, noting that police have to respond to these instances in case they are an emergency.

But when they are not, important police resources are needlessly used.

“We are still focusing on education, it is having some impact, we’d like to get that number down further.”

Even if you accidentally dial 911, you should stay on the line to let the call taker know you’re safe. If you hang up, the call taker has to call you back to make sure you’re OK. If the operator can’t reach you, a police officer is dispatched to confirm your well-being. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC

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Large, unsightly retaining walls may soon be a thing of the past in Coquitlam as the city is proposing new rules that would limit the size of these concrete structures and encourage developers to build in ways that fit with sloping terrain.

“They opened up possibilities for innovative design,” said Jennifer Derbyshire of Wesbild Holdings Ltd., which was among developers consulted for the new steep slope strategy.

The policy, which will go before a public hearing May 28 at Coquitlam city hall, would restrict retaining walls to 2.4 m in height for one wall or a total maximum of 4.8 m if two are built.

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SpeAk Have an opinion on a Tri-City News story? Leave a comment on our Facebook page. of 10 m and even higher were being built, particularly in the Partington Creek neighbourhood, as developers tried to create flat building lots to meet the demand for traditional homes.

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“We’re trying to figure out what that different product could be,” Derbyshire said.

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single-family homes because they can accommodate terracing and stratas can look after the retaining walls.

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The review acknowledges that these changes would require slightly deeper lots and reduce overall lot yields, but expanding housing options beyond single-family homes could offset the decreased lot yield.

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ANMORE GREEN ESTATES

anmore village digs in over septic issue Connecting to PM sewer ‘unrealistic solution’: Anmore Mario Bartel

The Tri-CiTy News

The village of Anmore is digging in its heels to not allow the Anmore Green Estates housing development to hook up to Port Moody’s sewer system.

But residents of the 51-unit strata complex just inside the community’s borders say the village has been intransigent toward their efforts to resolve problems with its two septic fields that have leached E. coli and fecal coliform contamination on to a nearby school’s property.

In a letter unanimously endorsed by Anmore council to Dan Bings, the operations manager of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy’s compliance section, the village’s chief administrative officer, Juli Halliwell, said such a connection is an “unrealistic solution” and the village has no interest in joining the Metro Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District (MVS&DD), which administers municipal sewer systems and the cost of running them for all of Metro Vancouver.

Halliwell said the village will continue with its “longstanding

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A failed septic field near Eagle Mountain middle school in Anmore and Heritage Woods secondary school in Port Moody could be posing a health risk to students and staff at the schools. And the Eagle Mountain parent advisory council wants something done about the issue before summer vacation. position that all residents are responsible for treating their own sewage on-site” rather than require its residents to bear the cost of annual MVS&DD dues if the community is hooked into a sewer system.

But in a rebuttal letter addressed to Anmore Mayor John McEwen and council, the vicepresident of Anmore Green’s

strata council, Brandie Roberts, said the village’s position isn’t as “longstanding” as it’s made out to be.

Roberts said documents registered to Anmore Green’s lands when it was developed in the early 1990s indicate the village’s assumption that it would eventually have a municipal sewer system.

A clause in the strata’s statutory right of way agreement for utilities with the village obtained by The Tri-City News states the septic fields will no longer be required “once the lands are serviced by an operational community or public sewage treatment facility.”

But in its revisions to its official community plan in 2014,

the village adopted a policy that it “will not develop a municipalwide sewer system.”

“This shift in position is important to recognize as the establishment of [Anmore Green Estates] predates this policy by more than 19 years,” Roberts said.

An engineering report commissioned by the strata as part of its obligation to address the problems with its septic system following a pollution abatement order issued last November by the environment ministry said the “only practical and feasible option” to stop the leaks that were first detected in soil tests last September is a connection to Port Moody’s sewer system just 60 metres away. The strata has said it will pay for that connection as well as bear any ongoing costs.

In April, the ministry requested a second engineering report to determine if the septic fields can at least be repaired or redesigned to standards that were in place before municipal wastewater regulations were revised in 2012. That report must be peer-reviewed by a third, independent, engineer before it’s submitted by May 23.

But Halliwell questions how independent that peer reviewer will be. “The village feels strongly that the peer reviewer should be chosen by the Ministry of Environment and that the only role for representatives of AGE

[Anmore Green Estates] is to respond to questions from the peer reviewer,” she said.

Meanwhile, parents of students attending Eagle Mountain middle and Heritage Woods secondary schools, whose properties adjoin Anmore Green’s septic fields, are growing increasingly frustrated at the time it’s taking to solve the problem.

At a special meeting of Eagle Mountain’s parent advisory council held in the school’s library Tuesday — and attended by representatives from the ministry, School District 43, Anmore Green, its engineering company, Fraser Health and Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Rick Glumac — PAC president Diane MacSporran said parents heard a lot about the process but few solutions.

“This needs to happen before the summer time,” she said.

“We don’t want to be dealing with this in the fall when there are new children coming in.”

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“The school does not have a playground and that site is our only option to give the kids a place to play,” she said. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartel

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Towers aplenty get early OK from Coq. Hundreds of new condos and rental units in the works Gary MCKenna

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The pace of highrise condo construction in Coquitlam does not appear to be slowing down.

Council approved first reading for three projects Monday night that will add a total of 650 housing units to the city’s residential stock.

The largest project is planned for Glen Drive and Westwood Street in the City Centre neighbourhood, where Polygon Developments is proposing a 40-storey, mixeduse tower, with podium-style ground-level commercial units.

Fifty-one of the 273 units would be rentals while 222 would be market condos on a site currently occupied by several houses. The project would also feature four floors of commercial office space.

While the 40-storey tower is being built by Polygon, the Onni group owns the land directly to the west of the project

NEW DOCK AT COMO LAKE Pedestrians walking the loop at Coquitlam’s Como Lake will be detoured as the city works to replace a dock on the east side of the lake.

Signs have been posted on site to help park users avoid machines and equipment being used on the project, which is expected to be wrapped up by the end of the week.

According to the city, the new dock will provide lake visitors with a wider and longer platform.

Any public inquiries can be directed to the city’s parks customer service line at 604-927-6300 or parks@coquitlam.ca. gmckenna@tricitynews.com • @gmckennaTC

along Pinetree Way, where it is proposing to build three more towers. The two projects would move forward on separate timelines but are being designed by the same architectural firm.

The second-largest tower, which had its first reading approved during Monday night’s council meeting, would be located on Sydney Avenue and Westview Street (near the Burnaby border at North Road and Austin Avenue).

The 25-storey project, another podium and tower, is expected to have 235 units, with 157 market condos, 69 market rentals and nine below-market rental units. The five-storey podium would hold an amenity

space and the rental units, according to a city staff report.

The final tower development to receive first reading Monday night is a 21-storey project located at Lougheed Highway and Blue Mountain Street. The proposed development would include eight townhouse units and a mixed-use space at the ground-floor level and a tower with four ground-floor commercial units and 142 market condo units.

All three towers will now move forward to the public hearing phase of the city’s application process. Public hearing dates are posted and updated at coquitlam.ca. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC

City of Coquitlam

NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to portions of the properties located at 3495, 3505 and 3515 Baycrest Avenue, as shown on the attached map.

The application proposes a redesignation of portions of the subject properties from Open Space to Townhousing. If approved, the application would facilitate the use of the land area that falls within the BC Hydro Right-of-Way for a proposed public pathway and semi-public landscape area under the RT-2 Townhouse Zoning. The CWOCP amendment does not change the number of townhouse units proposed for the properties at 3495, 3505, 3515, 3525 and 3535 Baycrest Avenue.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the abovenoted application.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • By email: clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 • In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Tuesday, April 24, 2018 to Tuesday, May 15, 2018 excluding statutory holidays To obtain more information on this application you may: • Visiting the Planning and Development Department at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays; or • Calling Darlene Cheveldeaw, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3435; or • Emailing Darlene Cheveldeaw, Planning and Development Department, at dcheveldeaw@coquitlam.ca.

All written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

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

HOUSING CHOICES REVIEW GET INVOLVED IN PHASE 2 OF OUR REVIEW OF THE HOUSING CHOICES PROGRAM.

In Phase 2 of the Housing Choices Review, we’ll be looking at ways to encourage more projects in existing Housing Choices areas.

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! Take the survey online at coquitlam.ca/housingchoicesreview from April 30 to May 14, 2018.

For more information and to sign up for email notifications, visit coquitlam.ca/housingchoicesreview.

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New Arthritis Painkiller Works on Contact and Numbs Pain in Minutes New cream works faster and is more targeted than oral medications. Key ingredients penetrate the skin within minutes to relieve arthritis pain, joint stiffness, and muscle soreness. Users report significant and immediate relief.

By Robert Ward Associated Health Press TORONTO – Innovus Pharmaceuticals has introduced a new arthritis pain relief treatment that works in minutes.

Sold under the brand name Apeaz™, the new pain relief cream numbs the nerves right below the skin.

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Anesthetics are used in hospitals during surgery. They block nerve signals from the brain so that patients don’t feel pain and they work fast.

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“There will be a pleasant warming sensation that is followed by a cool, soothing one. This is how you know that the active ingredients have reached the affected joint and tissue.”

Works In Minutes For arthritis suffers, Apeaz™ offers impressive advantages over traditional medications. The most obvious is how quickly it relieves pain discomfort.

The cream contains the maximum approved dose of a top anesthetic, which penetrates the skin in a matter of minutes to numb the area that’s in pain. This relief lasts for several hours.

Published pre-clinical animal studies have shown that the ingredients in Apeaz™ can also prevent further bone and cartilage destruction.

There are also no negative side effects like from oral medication. Apeaz™ delivers its ingredients through the skin. Oral medications are absorbed in the digestive tract. Overtime, the chemicals in pills can tear the delicate lining of the stomach, causing ulcers and bleeding.

When compared to other arthritis medications, Apeaz™ is a fraction of the cost.

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Instant Pain Relief Without a Prescription Many Apeaz™ users report significant improvements in daily aches and pain. Many more report increased flexibility less stiffness, and decreased muscle soreness. They are moving with less pain for the first time in years, like Henry Esber, an early user of Apeaz™.

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Apeaz is a Natural Health Product approved by Health Canada for the following conditions: • Arthritis pain • Simple back pain • Strains • Sprains • Athletic injuries • Muscle stiffness and pain • Wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle, foot, muscle or joint pain

A New Way to Treat Pain Although Dr. Damaj and his team say that their cream is the fastest and most effective way to relieve arthritis pain, they believe there is still a reason to take joint pills. The most effective are those which help to further lubricate, strengthen and support the joints.

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Prov. must step up to deal with mental health issues M

uch has changed in how we deal with mental health in the years since Riverview Hospital was closed — not all of it bad.

Today, there is more understanding and acceptance of the challenges faced by people with mental health issues than ever before and stigma, though still a problem, has been reduced while therapies and facilities have improved. but clearly, not everything that has happened since Riverview closed has been good.

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mental illness in the community and, sadly, drug abuse is often part of the so-called dual diagnosis.

We see this, for example, in the number of police calls related to mental health. Last year, for example, there were 1,782 mental-health related calls to the Coquitlam RCMP and 723 apprehensions under the Mental Health act — an increase of 25% over 2016.

We see this in an increasing number of community complaints about anti-social behaviour in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam near the Gordon avenue homeless shelter and

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needles being left in public spaces.

Too many people have fallen through the cracks, it appears, and the community is bearing the brunt of inaction and downloading.

It’s no secret that drug use and mental health issues often co-exist and, thus, it’s the provincial government’s responsibility to find a solution.

There have been suggestions that 3030 Gordon ave. be turned into a high-barrier shelter, with more restrictions upon entry, but bC Housing won’t do that unless it can open up another low-barrier

shelter in the community.

Riverview would seem like a good place for such an operation given that it will soon be the site of a Centre for Mental Health and addiction, but it is so far away from where people who are homeless are living — including down a dangerous stretch of highway — it’s hard to say whether this could be achieved. but something needs to be done to address the problem.

The back of a police car is not the best place to provide mental health and drug addiction support but at the moment, it that may be the best the TriCities can offer.

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Let dead bear educate neighbours The Editor, Re. “Dead bear is the point” (The Tri-City News, May 2).

A preserved black bear displayed in the lobby of Coquitlam city hall is a great idea, and should other specimens come along, Coun. Teri Towner’s idea of displaying them at libraries is good as well.

The fact of the matter is, on its northern border, Coquitlam shares a huge backyard with wildlife, a wilderness stretching 115 km straight north past Whistler, and development is continuously encroaching on the territory.

Developers coming through the front doors of city hall should be aware of how they need to be mindful of their “neighbours.”

Here on Burke Mountain, we still gleefully tell the story of the construction worker who got trapped in a porta-potty for 45 minutes on a 30 C day because he and his fellow workers left their lunch litter strewn about. In the past, we have also heard stories of workers feeding wild animals. Bears are not stupid; they are creatures of

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This suspected “garbage bear” — struck by a car off Chilko Drive in Coquitlam in October 2016 and euthanized two days later — will be on permanent display in the lobby of Coquitlam city hall. closer to the animals with their cameras. Deer are not safe.

They’re wild and unpredictable and have been known to stomp pets and people with their sharp hooves.

A native species black bear

opportunity and learn how to attain the fastest food supply.

People are curious about the wild animals that live nearby and among us. I see people and their children getting out of their cars and creeping

on display at city hall will confirm that, yes, they have thick fur, are big and powerful, and have sharp teeth and claws, so if a person comes across one, they should keep their distance, preferably from a

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protected place. At least this unfortunate bear will serve a higher purpose.

Black bears prefer to avoid people and run away. They do not stalk humans but will defend themselves if surprised or trapped, or if they feel their young are threatened. They have excellent senses of smell and hearing so if you want to avoid them while out walking, keep talking, make noise, keep your dog leashed. To avoid attracting them to your home, keep your garbage secure.

They can smell your offerings from many kilometres away and so can their friends.

Enjoy the trails of our big backyard. I’ve had bears walk through my yard but I’ve never met one on a hike.

One more thing: Coquitlam’s Bear Aware person, Julie Kanya, will give a family-friendly 45-minute presentation about living near wildlife at the upcoming meeting of the North East Coquitlam Residents Association on Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at Victoria Hall. Don’t be nervous; be informed.)

Janet Klopp, Coquitlam

The Editor, Re. “PoMo will vote on plans for two sites” (The Tri-City News, April 13) and “Look to future in PM” (Letters, April 25).

Congratulations to Port Moody council on the referendum choice.

Now, can we also have one on the Eagle Ridge Hospital grounds just to send a message to Fraser Health that they shouldn’t run roughshod over a small community that cares very much about the ER hospital and how it is developed?

Do any of them live here?

Rod Archibald, Port Moody

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new schools in the works in District 43 Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

Several new school buildings are in the planning or construction stages have recently opened or are about to open in the Tri-Cities, and the public will get to visit them or have a say in their planning.

Here is what’s coming up in the next few months:

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Curious about the new Centennial secondary?

Thursday, May 31 from 2 to 6 p.m., the Coquitlam school will be hosting an open house to celebrate its new building.

Open since last September, the school built to accommodate 1,400 students features natural lighting, wood details, a large open foyer/cafeteria, a state-ofthe-art science lab, a teaching kitchen and a 234-seat theatre.

Also coming up this month, the district is holding an information session for people interested in plans for a new education learning centre to be built next to Winslow Centre (1100 Winslow Ave. in Coquitlam). The event is slated for 6 to 8 p.m. May 30 and the community is invited to look at ideas for siting the building and have input on how high it should be.

“We’re working with the architects to come up with different ideas,” said Ivano Cecchini, School District 43’s assistant secretary treasurer for facilities and planning services.

The project is expect to cost about $30 million and will replace current board offices and provide space for meetings and professional development.

And for those in the Irvine elementary school catchment, the district is planning an open house May 23 from 6 to 7:30 p.m., for the community to view design ideas for the $19-million seismic replacement school.

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Do you love box lacrosse?

In June, Minnekhada middle school students will welcome the addition of a rebuilt lacrosse box next to their school.

June 14 from 11 a.m. to

noon, a celebration will be held for the box that had to be relocated to make way for construction of the $31-million Minnekhada replacement.

Excavation is underway for that project, with the new school slated to open in fall 2020.

There was some worry that the lacrosse box wouldn’t be replaced, or would have to wait for new construction, but an agreement with the city of Port Coquitlam on cost sharing and the importance of the facility prompted both sides to get the project in place.

“Initially, it was a partnership between the city and the school district — the reality is it’s a school district amenity and we knew it was an important amenity, so we worked hard to get it set up,” said Cecchini.

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All the new schools are built to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold standard and have prioritized energy efficiency, Cecchini said.

A new website for capital projects has been established at http://www.sd43.bc.ca/ capitalprojects/Pages/default. aspx

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Anticipation is building for the new Moody middle school in Port Moody.

Cecchini said that a few more details need to be finished before the approximately $25-million seismic-replacement building can be occupied in the coming weeks.

“I would say we’re about 85 to 90% done. A lot of people are really excited for that [move-in] to happen,” Cecchini said.

The official opening for the new school of the arts is set for June 18 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Also next month, there will be a reunion and open house for Sir Frederick Banting middle school June 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. in anticipation of the old school being knocked down and the new school opening in the fall.

Glen elementary will also have an event celebrating its classroom addition June 22 from 10 a.m. to noon and an opening event is planned for the new Smiling Creek elementary school Oct. 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. The first elementary school for Burke Mountain in Coquitlam will include a community centre and will be ready for classes in September.

Meanwhile, SD43 has almost completed a project definition report for Sheffield elementary, which is necessary to obtain funding for a second

PLAYGROUND MONEY FROM PROVINCE The provincial government has announced a $5-million annual fund for playground construction at schools, ending a longstanding concern among parent advisory councils that have historically fundraised for recreation facilities on school property.

Jan Mezei, president of the B. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, said the funding will relieve the burden of playground fundraising from school PACs and ensure that safe, accessible playgrounds are available for all students.

This year, 51 schools will get new playground equipment, including Moody middle school in Port Moody, which will receive $105,000 for an accessible playground.

Districts applied for the funding in April and money is being awarded based on greatest need.

Priority is given to schools where there is currently no playground and then to schools where the existing playgrounds are aging. Districts that did not receive funding this year will receive funding next year if they apply for it. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com • @dstrandbergTC

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Riding bikes to fight crime Volunteers ride on streets & in parks to aid Mounties

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Kathy Song likes to ride her bike and she has her eye on a career in policing.

So when her brother, Brian, spotted an opportunity two years ago to volunteer with the Coquitlam RCMP’s community police volunteer bike patrol, he recommended she apply.

Song has been riding weekly shifts out of the department’s Burquitlam community policing office ever since.

The 22-year-old is part of a contingent of about 10 volunteer patrollers riding around Coquitlam in two- to four-hour shifts handing out crime prevention notices in parts of the city identified as hot spots for crimes like break-and-enters, thefts from cars, vandalism and graffiti tagging. They also check for stolen licence plates and provide support at community events like Canada Day celebrations and the Terry Fox Run. Another five volunteers patrol Port Coquitlam.

“We’re just the eyes and ears for the community,” said Song, who has worked her way up to being a co-ordinator for the volunteer bike patrols.

The patrollers are also a vital supplement to the regular duty officers on shift, said Cpl. Mike McLaughlin, the detachment’s media relations officer, noting, “There’s only so many uniformed officers you can put out there.”

And when those officers arrive at a scene that’s also being attended by members of the volunteer patrol, they know

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Kathy Song, 22, and Ethan Jang, 18, are members of the Coquitlam RCMP’s community police volunteer bike patrol. The Mounties are now accepting applications from new prospective volunteers.

WANT TO RIDE & HELP? Coquitlam RCMP is accepting applications for its community police summer bike patrol up until May 16.

Candidates must be: • at least 16 years old; • able to pass a bike riding evaluation; • and able to pass a security background check.

Riding evaluations will be conducted May 26. For more information, visit the RCMP detachment at 2986 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, or any of the local community police stations. their work can be complemented by the trained eyes and ears of the patrollers.

“Our volunteers are really tuned to what is important,” McLaughlin said.

That was particularly apparent one night when Song was on shift at the Burquitlam office and two young people burst in to report a drunk driver had

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crashed into a nearby park and had fled the scene. Song and a fellow patroller (they never work alone) pedalled to the park and were able to secure the area and check if anyone was hurt before other emergency responders arrived.

Another volunteer patroller, 18-year-old Ethan Jang, said it’s gratifying to feel like he’s

able to make a difference in the community. An experienced and passionate mountain biker, Jang said it has been fun to learn the skills it takes to ride safely on the road.

Members of the volunteer patrol are equipped with a hybrid bike that allows them to ride efficiently on the pavement while also making it easy to ride into parks and on trails.

Nothing beyond a basic ability to ride a bike, as well as a passion to serve the community, is required. But after training, potential patrollers will be evaluated on their ability to handle their bike safely.

And while Song is a young adult, age is not a big factor as members of the patrol range from their teens to middle age. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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WHEEL2HEAL 2018

Bicycles and sunshine added up to a major fundraiser Saturday for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. The annual Wheel2Heal bike ride, which began and ended at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park and featured a variety of routes, drew hundreds of riders and raised $141,000. It also drew a huge donation when Kelly and Glen Hobbis, who had previously supported Wheel2Heal as owners of Cap’s Westwood Cycle stores (now converted to Trek corporate stores) announced that they would donate $100,000 to the foundation. The top individual fundraiser for this year’s event is Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, who collected $18,000 for the ERH Foundation.

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FOR SALE – TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT SITE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL CITY OF COQUITLAM LAND The City of Coquitlam is pleased to present the opportunity to acquire and develop a serviced and fully-zoned townhouse development site at 1310 Mitchell Street in the expanding Partington Creek neighbourhood of Burke Mountain. This 6.05 acre site is strategically located next to the future neighbourhood centre that will serve this growing community.

RFO 18-01-15, SALE OF A TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT SITE, 1310 MITCHELL STREET, COQUITLAM, BC, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot A, Section 7, Township 40, New Westminster District Plan EPP63984 SIZE: 2.45 hectares (6.05 acres)

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• Fully zoned RT-2 (Townhouse Residential) site with road construction, sidewalks and boulevards complete and site services to lot line.

The site is available for purchase through a public request for offers (RFO) process. You can access and download a copy of RFO 18-01-15 detailing the process for submitting an offer, along with additional detailed site information at: coquitlam.ca/bids.

• Adjacent to the future Partington Creek Neighbourhood Centre which will be Burke Mountain’s vibrant commercial and recreational hub.

• Approximately 500 metres south of the future Sheffield Elementary School.

• Potential view corridors to the south and east.

Access and download the full RFO package, “RFO 18-01-15” from coquitlam.ca/bids.

Parties interested in submitting an offer in response to RFO 18-01-15, must follow instructions detailed within the RFO documents.

Offer and deposit must be received by the City of Coquitlam no later than 2 p.m. PST, Tuesday, July 24, 2018.

Inquiries are to be directed in writing by email only, quoting “RFO 18-01-15, Sale of a Townhouse development site, 1310 Mitchell Street, Coquitlam BC” to: landsales@coquitlam.ca

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PoMo has coupons to help battle beetles Coupons for half price nematodes starting May 14

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Moody residents who live in a single-family home can get a coupon from the city that will save them 50% on the cost of purchasing nematodes — tiny worms that kill chafer beetle grubs in the soil when applied correctly. Those grubs feed on the roots of grasses and attract predators like crows and rac-

coons that will dig up lawns to feast on them.

The coupons will be available on a first-come, firstserved basis at the finance counter at Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.) from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Residents must show picture ID to prove their residency to get a coupon

and there is a limit of one coupon per household. The coupon can then be used to purchase a package of nematodes for half price at Art Knapp Plantland and Florist in Port Coquitlam (1300 Dominion Ave.), which will also provide instructions for properly applying the nematodes.

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For more information about the coupon program and tips on how to maintain a healthy lawn, go to www.portmoody. ca/chaferbeetle. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

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• Pacific Digital Photography Club meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 7:30 p.m., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school. Guests always welcome.

Visit www.pdpc.ca for additional info on PDPC and for a listing of club meeting dates and speakers.

• Tri-City Photography Club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month (except holidays) at 7:30 p.m. at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. The club is a great way to hone your skills and meet other photographers of all levels, and has photography outings throughout the Lower Mainland. Info: www.tricityphoto.ca.

• Dogwood Photography Group meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m., at Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion. Club members must be members of Dogwood Pavilion; professionals and novices alike are welcome. Info: Arcadia, 604-936-2263 or artistarcadi@gmail.com.

• Coquitlam Camera Club meets second Wednesday of each month, 7:15-9:30 p.m., Miller Park elementary school, 800 Egmont Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Dale, 604-667-3375 or Elma, 694936-3969.

SINGLES CAN MINGLE • The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ singles looking to meet new friends and participate in social events such as walking, dancing, dining out, travel, theatre, etc., meets on the third Friday of each month at PoCo Legion, 133–2675 Shaughnessy St., 7 p.m., to plan events. Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• The Tri-City Singles Social Club offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more. Meetings are normally held on the third Friday of each month, excluding December, 7 p.m., at the Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody. New members are welcome. Info: Darline, 604-4660017.

SPORTS & GAMES • Apex Netball Club is held Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hillcrest middle school, 2161 Regan Ave., Coquitlam for women and girls of all ages. Beginners welcome. Info: Nicole, 778-240-8247 or nicmurphy26@gmail.com.

• Coquitlam Lawn Bowling Club is looking for new members.

The bowling green and clubhouse are next door to Dogwood Pavilion and rose garden, located at 624 Poirier St. Membership is $90 per year and includes use of practice bowls, exercise, clean air, sunshine and friendship. Info: Dennis or Flo, 604-945-2768.

• Euchre Club meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. Info: Bev, 604942-8911.

• Super Strikers Youth Cricket Club plays at Mackin Park in Coquitlam; all levels welcome, including handball cricket for U16 and U14 and kanga (softball) cricket for U10. Info: 604-4612522 or kittybridgens@yahoo.ca.

• PoCo Chess Club meets every Thursday, 7-10 p.m., at Wilson Centre (PoCo rec complex). Info: Nathan, 604-340-6208 or email: pocochessclub@chessmastery.com.

IN THE GARDEN • Fraser Pacific Rose Society meets last Tuesday of each month except August and December, 7 p.m. Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St. Everyone welcome.

• PoMo Garden Club meets second and last Monday of each month, 10:30 a.m., Kyle Centre. Info: 604-931-6224.

• PoCo Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at Trinity United church, Prairie and Shaughnessy.

Info: 604-941-8465.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS • Pocomo Hiking Club invites people to join Saturday hikes starting at 9:30 a.m. from the Rocky Point Park parking lot. Info: Maurina, pocomohiking@hotmail.com.

• Singles over-45 walking group meets Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. at Pitt Meadows rec centre for walks in Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows areas. Info: Graham, 604-464 1839.

• Happy Wanderers Walking Club welcomes all singles 45 and older for walks in the Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows areas; meet every Saturday at 9:15 a.m. Info: Marilyn, 604-4638874.

• PoMo Canoe and Kayak Club meets first and third Thursdays of each month, 7 p.m., Old Mill Boathouse at Rocky Point Park. Info: Brent, 604-461-8863 or Gordon, 604-936-8203.

• Learn to canoe or just have fun paddling with Dogwood Canoe Club; membership costs $35. Info: Jenn, 604-764-1009.

• Barnet Sailing Club co-operative. Info: 604-739-9384.

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS • Hyde Creek Watershed Society meets first Wednesday of every month, 7:15 p.m., Hyde Creek rec centre. Info: 604-461FISH (3474).

• Hoy/Scott Streamkeepers meet the third Wednesday of each month. Info: 604-941-3402.

• Minnekhada Park Association is a group of local volunteers who work in partnership with Metro Vancouver Parks to preserve and enhance the natural environment of Minnekhada Regional Park. The group runs a bear aware program to educate visitors about appropriate behaviour when encountering bears in the park and organizes work days to support nest box program, and to enhance the park’s historical features. Volunteers are always needed. Info: Karen, 604-520-6442.

50-PLUS & GRANDMOTHERS • The Club Port Moody, a gathering place for those over 50 at 101 Noons Creek Dr., hosts a number of regular events, including: crocinole, Tuesdays, 10 a.m.; knitting, Tuesdays, 1-2:30 p.m.; cribbage, Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon; ukelele group, Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Info: theclubportmoody.com.

• Coquitlam Gogos meet the third Wednesday of each month at Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam, 1-3 p.m. Gogos raise awareness and money for African grandmothers caring for children orphaned by AIDS by supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. New members are welcome. Info: coquitlamgogos@gmail.com.

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• Lincoln Toastmasters meets from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays (except first Tuesday of each month) at Hyde Creek rec centre, 1379 Laurier Ave., PoCo (Room 3). Improve your self-confidence, communication and leadership skills through public speaking. Info: Shirley, 604-671-1060 or shirleybrown@shaw.ca.

• Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce’s Toastmasters group meets Wednesdays, noon-1:15 p.m., PoCo city hall to improve communication and leadership skills. For more information, visit business.tricitieschamber.com/events.

• City of the Arts Toastmasters, dedicated to improving leadership and public speaking skills, meets 5:30-7 p.m., Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr. Info: Mike, cityofthearts@icloud.com or cityofthearts.toastmastersclubs.org.

• Downtown Coquitlam Toastmasters meet every Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m.; first Wednesday of each Month at Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch, 1169 Pinetree Way, in the Coquitlam foundation Room; other Wednesdays in Room B2090, Douglas College, David Lam Campus, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam. The Toastmasters program addresses skills including public speaking, listening, evaluating and feedback, as well as leadership skills. Info: 604-936-1427.

• Morningside Toastmasters meetings are held Thursdays, 7-8:30 a.m., at Burkeview Family Funeral Home, 1340 Dominion Ave., PoCo. Club is looking for new members who are committed to improving their public speaking, leadership and communication skills. Info: lindakozina@gmail. com or www.morningsidetoastmasters.ca.

• Tri-City Speakers Toastmasters Club meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m., Douglas College, main building, Room B2050, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam; you can drop in for an evening to experience the effective communications and honing of leadership skills in a friendly environment. Info: tricityspeakers.toastmastersclubs.org or Sean, 778-995-5230.

• Get self-confidence and speaking skills as Tri-Cities only noon-hour Toastmasters club meets at Coquitlam city hall every Tuesday, noon-1 p.m. Info: tottcoquitlam.toastmaster-

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• Would you like to be able to deliver a powerful toast at a wedding or a memorable speech, or learn to lead a team more effectively? The RP2 Toastmaster Club. The club will meet Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. at Port Moody rec complex. Info: Gene, 604 230-8030 or genevickers@hotmail.com.

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Hundreds attended Friday as the 2018 edition of the annual Port Coquitlam May Day celebration kicked off at the PoCo rec complex with the official introduction of the royal party as well as the tradition of kids from schools across PoCo dancing around the maypole. The 95th May Day continues this week, with the big event — the parade — set for Saturday. Visit portcoquitlam.ca for a list of activities.

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Fascinating books from the U.S. Deep South A GOOD READ CAROLINE WANDELL

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Having experienced the history of Savannah, the beauty of the spring bloom of azaleas in Charleston and the tastes and sounds of New Orleans, I was prompted to read more about this extraordinary corner of the world. You too can delve into the magic of the South with the turn of each

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Her husband is distant and frustrated by the decline of the town’s once-thriving furniture industry. Then there is Ava’s mother, Sylvia, whose full-time job is meddling in the lives of those around her. J.J.’s newfound wealth forces everyone to consider what they want and deserve from life and how they might achieve it. This novel is an intimate glimpse into the hearts of one family.

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TC CALENDAR THURSDAY, MAY 10 • Pre-Mothers Day brunch, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., at The Club, a gathering place for those over 50, 101 Noons Creek Dr., Port Moody. Cost: $5 per person. Registration required by calling 604-492-2995 visiting The Club. Info: theclubportmoody.com.

• Burke Mountain Naturalists meeting, 7:30 p.m., King of Life Lutheran Church (corner of Falcon and Guildford, Coquitlam). Feature: presentation by fisheries expert Marvin Rosenau on the Fraser River’s disappearing salmon. Free admission and all are welcome.

Info: 604-937-5379 or www. burkemountainnaturalists.ca.

FRIDAY, MAY 11 • Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse presents Quartête à Tête, 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. Lynn McGown, Michael Pratt, Vanessa Kay and Brian Robertson are Quartête à Tête, who have brought their infectious love of singing to delighted audiences in Vancouver for 30 years.

SATURDAY, MAY 12 • St. John’s Anglican Church spring tea, 2206 St. John’s St., Port Moody, 2-4 p.m., in the church hall downstairs; pie, ice cream and a beverage for $5; bake, craft and plant tables.

Tickets at the door.

MONDAY, MAY 14 • Tri-City Photo Club meets in the Drama Room at Port Moody

MAY 12: SHRED IT WITH THE GOGOS • Coquitlam Gogos shred-a-thon, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Coquitlam Alliance Church parking lot, 2601 Spuraway Ave., Coquitlam; bring documents/files to be shredded on the spot by donation. Proceeds go to Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign to support grandmothers and children orphaned by AIDS in 15 African countries. Info: www.greatervangogos.org. secondary school, 300 Albert St., 7:30 p.m. – guests are always welcome. Feature: Travel, speaker TBA. Bring some of your favourite travel images to share.

Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca.

• Heritage Writers’ Group meets, 10:30 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives.

Start capturing your life story for family and posterity! No preparation required; just bring a pen and paper, or your laptop.

TUESDAY, MAY 15

• PoCo Heritage hosts Heritage Detectives, 10 a.m.noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Join resident local historian Bryan Ness in a weekly exploration of different aspects of Port Coquitlam’s heritage and history.

THURSDAY, MAY 17

• North East Coquitlam Ratepayers Association meeting, 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr. Topic: Find out how to avoid meeting a bear while walking on Burke Mountain; Coquitlam City’s Bear Aware person, Julie Kanya, will speak at this family-friendly presentation.

All walkers and their children are welcome. Regular NECRA business meeting will begin at 8:10 p.m. after a short break when

all concerns of the neighbourhood can be brought forward.

Info: 604-970-2579.

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

Info: 604-937-0836.

FRIDAY, MAY 18

• Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers opportunities 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. Info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

• Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse presents Shades of Green, The Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq., PoCo, doors open at 7 p.m.; admission: $5 at the door. Info: 604-945-0606 or info@crossroadshospice.org. This Maple Ridge rootsy band features Lucy Rowley, Caden Knudson, Bryan Barrow and Darren Exley.

SATURDAY, MAY 19

• Invasive plant control work party, 9 a.m.-noon, with Friends of DeBoville Slough and the city of Coquitlam; volunteers will

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be working to control Japanese knotweed. Meet at the kiosk on the north side of the slough at 9 a.m.; wear sturdy footwear and dress for the weather (if it is hot and sunny, remember sunscreen and water). Tools will be provided but if you have a favourite pair of hand clippers or loppers, you may use them. As there is a waiver to sign, anyone under the age of 19 will need a parent or guardian to sign.

TUESDAY, MAY 22 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-3 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-525-0464.

• Share Family and Community Services presents an informative and engaging evening for parents and caregivers, YOLO: Youth Offering Listening Opportunities. Listen to youth share their life experiences in order to help parents understand their own teens better, 6:30-8:45 p.m., Share, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody.

Registration: contact Sabrina, 604-936-7205, Ext. 168 or Sabrina.hayward@sharesociety. ca.

Family ties & American Sea continued from page 23

Dirt Road by James Kelman is a story about the strength of family ties. After his mother’s death, 16-year-old Murdo and his father travel from their home in rural Scotland to Alabama to be with his uncle and aunt. On his first visit to the United States, Murdo’s eyes are wide open, taking in everything he sees, from racial and religious tensions to guns and the threat of severe weather. As a musician, he makes a deep connection through the incredible music of the South and his newfound love of the blues. Kelman paints a portrait of a young man’s urgent need for connection in a time of grief.

Jack E. Davis writes a wonderfully readable explora-

tion of the South’s favourite body of water in The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea. From the Keys to the Rio Grande, one learns the stories, the marine seascapes and the personalities that have driven the history of the Gulf.

The reader is given a glimpse into the water’s future and its lessons, namely the ramifications for how we consider and combat climate change. This is an astonishing work of environmental history.

Please visit your local library for more recommendations for great reads that can take you to the beautiful and historic South.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Caroline Wandell works at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library.

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Gumbleed — a Chinese punk tribute band made up of James McGonigal (guitar, vocals), Leo Huang (vocals), Feiju Wang (drums), Reilley Tomiyama (guitar, vocals) and Sarah Harrison (bass) — perform at Rock the Fox this semester. Huang and Wang are SD43 international students. janis cleugh/the tri-city news

Sixteen students at École des Pionniers, which opened the doors to its new Port Coquitlam school last month, will sing, dance, play music and give stand-up comedy routines to raise money for its graduation ceremony on June 22. Among the performers, as pictured above, are (not in order): Princess Lisakanya Nsengindemyi, Marika Letendre, Sophia Riou, Melody Harms, Ambre Argelies, Gabriel Saunders, Aureane Emery, Brittany Huella-Bruskiewicz, Gabrielle Nebrida-Pépin and Brittany Savoie.

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Poetry boost for first grad class at the new Pionniers Two of this year’s Poetry In Voice winners will be among 16 students from Port Coquitlam’s École des Pionniers performing at a talent show on Friday.

Graduating student Brittany Huellas-Bruskiewicz clinched first place and $5,000 at the national competition in Toronto last month for her bilingual recitations while Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin, also Grade 12, earned $1,000 for her second prize win in the English category of the contest.

Both students will recite poems — in French and English — at the school fundraiser that will pay, in part, for next month’s convocation ceremony for the 28 graduates, École’s biggest grad class since the school formed in 2000.

Grade 12 student Ashton Ramsay, who also handles marketing and promotions for the Royal Canadian Theatre Company, said École’s fourth 2018

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Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin (left)and Brittany HuellasBruskiewicz at the Poetry In Voice competition last month.

annual talent show will be full of surprises with singing, dancing and stand-up comedy acts.

“There’s going to be something for everyone,” he said, noting the goal is to collect $3,000 from the show.

As well, a silent auction will be open with prizes that include spa treatments, a vita-

min gift basket and a catered romantic meal for two.

Three weeks ago, École students marched from their old school site on Wellington Street — the old Port Coquitlam secondary site, where hometown hero Terry Fox graduated — to their new digs nearby on Patricia Avenue.

School District 93, which serves the francophone community in the Tri-Cities, Ridge Meadows, Burnaby and New Westminster, built the new school at a cost of about $25 million; it was constructed to meet LEED gold standards.

The former PoCo High is set to be demolished next month.

• The talent show runs Friday, May 11 from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. in the auditorium in the new École des Pionniers (1618 Patricia Ave., Port Coquitlam).

Tickets are at the door for $8/$5/$25 for a family of four (cash only). Call 604-552-7915. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

rOCk The fOx

School’s (nearly) out for Rock School at Terry Fox Cover tunes by Adele, Pearl Jam and Ed Sheeran — and about two dozen more songwriters — can be heard at Rock the Fox next week in Port Coquitlam.

The three-night concert is the “final exam” for grade 9 to 12 students in this semester’s Rock School, a program designed by Juno awardwinning teacher Steve Sainas at Terry Fox secondary.

The young musicians’ first show — also the first stage performance for several students — is on Tuesday, May 15 and will feature songs made popular by: Leonard Cohen, Harry Styles, Calum Scott, Noah Kahn, Rihanna, Drake, the Eagles, Dawes, Ariana Grande, Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Discord, Demerit, Gumbleed, System of a Down and Make Them Suffer.

The next night, on Wednesday, May 16, there will be songs from: Extreme, Jason Mraz, Leonard Cohen, Rihanna, James Bay, Calum, Scott, Imagine Dragons, Bebe Rexha, Machine Gun Kelly, One Republic, Ed Sheeran, Radwimps, Ling Tosite,

TERRY FOX’S STEVE SAINAS The Garden, Bon Jovi and Ensifirum.

And on Thursday, May 17, the tunes are by: Bane’s World, Daniela Andrade, 21 Pilots, Henry Rollins, Descendants, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Adele, Leonard Cohen, Alex & Sierra, Hozier, Pink, Maroon 5, Six Pence None the Richer, Jeremy Passion, Neck Deep, SZA, Khalid, The Killers and Pearl Jam. As well, some student bands will also play their original compositions.

The concerts begin at 7 p.m. at Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate, PoCo); tickets are $5 at the door (cash only) or from Rock School students. Doors opens at 6:30

p.m. Proceeds benefit the Terry Fox Rock School and Recording Arts programs.

Meanwhile, students currently in grades 5, 6 and 7 — for the 2017-’18 academic year — can learn how to play guitar with Sainas in July.

The blues musician is leading the inaugural Summer Learning Guitar 6, 7, 8 at Kwayhquitlum middle school in PoCo, from July 10 to 27 from 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. The course is free to students in SD43; however, a $15 equipment fee will be applied.

Sainas said the skills-building class is open to all levels of guitar players, and acoustic guitars (with nylon strings) will be supplied.

“We’re going to play the songs they want to learn,” he said, noting tunes by Jason Mraz and Ed Sheeran as well as television theme songs tend to be the most popular.

“It’s a rare opportunity to learn from a teacher who is also a professional musician.

And the class gives kids a head start if they want to join Rock School at Fox.” • To register, visit sd43.bc.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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The Matinée rocks May Days Janis Cleugh

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It’s been nearly a year since The Matinée dropped their second full-length album, Dancing On Your Grave — an 11-track powerhouse CD that included lush songs about love and loss.

Now, the Centennial secondary graduates who formed the band 11 years ago are writing for their next recording project, a more laid-back acoustic style of which they hope to showcase a few tunes on Saturday afternoon as they headline the May Days festival’s Party in the Square.

“So far, the stuff we’re writing now, we’re headed back to more of what we did in 2013 for the first album,” said guitarist Matt Rose, who calls Port Moody home. “It’s more of a songwriter’s vibe and less of the rocking guitars. We’re focusing more on the song itself.”

The Matinée, which is set to play two 45-minute sets at the Leigh Square bandshell between 1 and 3 p.m., will also perform their older songs as well as a couple of cover numbers, Rose said.

Later this month, they’ll be on the road for four dates in the interior (Penticton on May 30, Rossland on May 31, Kelowna on June 1 and

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The Matinée plays a free show at the Leigh Square Community Arts Village bandshell on Saturday.

Clearwater on June 2) to try out the new tunes.

Playing new songs in front of a live crowd “is really a good testing ground. You can get feedback quite quickly and you learn how to make it better and ready for the studio.”

Still, Rose said the band is unsure if it will release a traditional full album next or follow

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the trend and drop singles for online downloading — as soon as they’re ready — via SoundCloud.

“Pop and hip hop is changing the industry by putting songs out there right away, and sometimes for free,” he said.

For now, though, Rose said they’re enjoying the mellow sounds they’re creating. They

haven’t got much going on for this summer (last summer, they played a number of city festivals including Coquitlam’s Kaleidoscope) other than the Mission Folk Music and Skookum festivals.

“I think we just want to take things slower and get a better feel as we progress as a band.” jcleugh@tricitynews.com

After the Rotary May Day Parade on Saturday, the city of Port Coquitlam will host the Party in the Square (formerly known as the Community Block Party) from noon to 5 p.m. at and around the Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall).

Indie rockers — and Centennial secondary graduates — The Matinée will headline at the bandshell. There will also be: • children’s crafts and activities in the Kids’ Zone; • the Artisan Market, PoCo Biz Alley tradeshow and community displays; • historical trolley tours leaving every 30 minutes, from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.; • an emergency preparedness fair; • and food trucks and a beverage garden.

The parade starts at 11 a.m. (pre-show at 10:30 a.m.). Parking in downtown will be limited.

For more details about May Days, including road closures, visit portcoquitlam.ca/maydays.

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An art show tied to Asian Heritage Month officially opens in Port Moody on Saturday.

Irodori - We Love Canada — a display by 20 artists from Japan, Korea and Taiwan — launches at Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St.) with a reception from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Visit explorasian.org for more Asian Heritage Month events around Metro Vancouver.

VAGABOND

Tri-City actors Liam Coughlan and Sean Mawhinney are in Vagabond Players’ next production of its season.

The pair appear in You Can’t Take It With You, a play that runs May 31 to June 24 in the Bernie Legge Theatre at Queen’s Park, New Westminster.

Port Coquitlam resident Coughlan portrays the father, Anthony P. Kirby, while Mawhinney, 19, make his Vagabond début as Wilbur C. Henderson, the tax man.

For tickets at $17/$15 (with $12 previews on May 31 and June 1), call 604-521-0412 or visit vagabondplayers.ca/ tickets.

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Almost Maine, from the Northern Lights Collective in association with Pacific Theatre, is at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre this week. The romantic comedy is directed by Kaitlin Williams.

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Nine stories — weaved by five actors portraying 18 characters — is the basis for Almost, Maine, a romanticcomedy running in Coquitlam this week.

Evergreen Cultural Centre is remounting the play put on last year by Pacific Theatre, of which actor Kaitlin Williams made her directorial début.

“It’s an anthology of love stories,” Williams said. “I liked it because it was funny and sweet and charming and every one so relatable.”

The 10-minute long vignettes focus on, for example, the first time you fall in love or run into an ex-lover. There’s also magic realism added like

when an actor falls down to show he or she is falling in love.

Or there’s the woman who carries around a broken heart in her bag to demonstrate her lost love. “It’s a little quirky,” Williams said. “It’s not your average love play.”

Actors Peter Carlone, Kim Larson, Baraka Rahmani, Jalen Saip and Brandon Bate (replacing Giovanni Mocibob)

are cast in the Coquitlam remount; their characters refer to Almost’s landmarks such as the mill, rink and pub.

Written by John Cariani, the 2004 play is set in the remote fictional town called Almost, Maine (the original production has 11 short scenes). It ran for a month Off-Broadway in 2006 and is now the most produced play in North American high schools, replacing A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.

• Almost, Maine runs until May 12 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Tickets at $42/$32/$15 are available by calling the box office at 604-9276555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Pei pianist sarah Hagen ‘perks up’ for Mother’s Day PEI-based pianist Sarah Hagen will share her funny stories of being a concert pianist during a Mother’s Day show in Coquitlam.

“Perk Up, Pianist!” is the first of two shows at the Evergreen Cultural Centre for Hagen, who’s best known locally for founding the Musical Mornings salon series.

The Courtenay native, who last weekend launched her B.C. leg of “Perk Up, Pianist!” at the Fanny Bay community hall, said the program comes from weeks of being on tour. “It’ll be a recital and, in between, I’ll give people insight into the little thought-bubble above my head,” she said. “I’ll tell stories about what it’s like to be on the road all the time.”

Hagen said she enjoys travelling for her work although “there are days I feel like, What airport am I in? and What day is it?’”

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Sarah Hagen returns to Coquitlam next week for two concerts.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Hagen returns to the Evergreen to guest host the sixth Musical Mornings show of the season.

Hagen, who two years ago handed over the series’ reigns to fellow pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann, will play a show titled Musical Menagerie with songs by Debussy, Grieg,

Stravinsky and other composers that were inspired by fish, bears and donkeys.

• Tickets for “Perk Up, Pianist!” on Sunday, May 13, and for Musical Menagerie on Monday, May 14 are available via the Evergreen box office at 604-927-6555 or online at evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Gravel fondo opens new bike adventures Event explores new frontiers MARIO BARTEL

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Dean Stanton wants cyclists to see parts of the Lower Mainland they’ve never experienced before.

That’s a tall order for a region with more than 1,400 kilometres of designated bikeways and a worldwide reputation for challenging trails on difficult mountain terrain.

Stanton’s inaugural Golden Ears gravel fondo on May 26 will take adventurous cyclists along the elevated dikes into Minnekhada, back down across the Pitt River bridge, around the Pitt Meadows airport and up Pitt Polder to the boat launch before returning to the start/finish area in Port Coquitlam near Peace Park.

Riders of the 50 km medio fondo or the 100 km full fondo will traverse pavement only about 10% of the time. The rest of the ride will be on the gravel and dirt surfaces of the dikes.

Until recently, those dikes have been the almost exclusive domain of casual strollers and dog walkers. But a growing cohort of cyclists is seeking new terrain, new vistas, new adventures, and they’re doing it on a new class of bikes that exists somewhere on the continuum between lithe road bikes and fat-tired mountain bikes.

Chris Cook, the marketing manager for Norco bikes in Port Coquitlam, said while gravel or adventure bikes might seem new, they’ve kinda

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Chris Cook, the marketing manager for Norco Bikes, and Dean Stanton, of Tri1 Events, check out a pair of gravel bikes that are a growing niche in the bike market. Stanton, right, is the organizer of the first Golden Ears gravel fondo on May 26. always been around as roadies rattled over rocks or cobbled roadways on their skinny tires and mountain bikers slogged along logging roads to access gnarly singletrack. Except engineers and designers have now brought the performance elements of a road bike and the terrain handling capabilities of the mountain bike together in one package that can pretty much take a cyclist anywhere they want to go.

“People have been looking

at this for decades,” Cook said.

“But it’s taken some organization, scale and interest to bring it to the forefront.”

Gord Hobbis has seen the new trend towards go-anywhere performance bikes reflected on the sales floor of his Cap’s The Original bike shop in New Westminster and recently opened in Port Moody.

“People are looking for something a little different,” said Hobbis, whose family has been selling bikes since 1936.

Stanton has been organizing triathlon races for about 15 years, but five years ago he launched the Kettle Mettle fondo to showcase the railway trail between Penticton and Kelowna. It was the first event of its kind in Western Canada.

Last year he started the Cowichan Crusher on Vancouver Island, and the addition of the new Golden Ears gravel fondo has created a triple crown of adventure events for cyclists with a penchant for

punishment or the need for new experiences.

It took almost three years of route planning and negotiation with four municipalities as well as Metro Vancouver for the local event to come together.

Stanton said he’s seen interest in gravel riding catch fire.

Many of the riders in that first Kettle Mettle completed the 130 km route on mountain or cyclocross bikes but he expects most entrants in the Golden Ears event will be riding on

bikes specifically designed for riding gravel and dirt trails.

Those design elements include a slightly longer wheelbase and higher bottom bracket than a typical road bike, disc brakes for reliable stopping in all weather conditions, and the capability to accommodate wider tires that soften the harsh bumps. Cook said his company’s high-end models can even include a “dropper” seat post that allows the rider to adjust their riding height on the fly for easier climbing and more assured descents.

Cook said some of the refinements grew from lunchtime rides Norco employees regularly embark upon from their offices in the Meridian industrial park. Tired of the routine and dodging cars along busy roads, they often veered to the nearby dikes in search of new challenges and safer environs.

“It’s an opportunity for discovery,” Cook said.

Stanton said that yearning for new frontiers harkens back to cycling’s earliest days when bikes were new, exciting technology and newly-minted cyclists were keen to test their own capabilities and those of their machines.

Hobbis agrees.

“It’s like mountain biking was back in the 1980s, when people were riding dirt logging roads without the extremeness of obstacles,” he said • For more information about the Golden Ears gravel fondo, or to register to ride, go to http://goldenearsfondo.com/

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Coquitlam Redlegs baserunner Justin Adamoski tries to avoid the tag as he’s caught stealing in the first game of their BC Junior Premier Baseball League doubleheader against the White Rock Tritons, Saturday at Mundy Park. The Redlegs dropped the first game, 6-4 before rebounding to win the second game, 7-6. The two teams are tied for second with 13 wins and three losses each.

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Saints split to top spot A split of weekend games was enough to vault the Port Coquitlam Saints to the top of the BC Junior A Lacrosse League standings.

The Saints rebounded from a 10-5 setback to the Delta Islanders at the Ladner Leisure Centre on Saturday to defeat the Nanaimo Timberman 10-7 on Sunday at the PoCo rec centre.

Port Coquitlam now has four points in three games,

two ahead of the Coquitlam Adanacs, Islanders, Shamrocks and Langley Thunder. All but Victoria have only played once.

Against the Timbermen, the Saints got five goals from Jacob Patterson. He also added an assist.

Meanwhile the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs opened their season with a 9-7 win over the Victoria Shamrocks Saturday at the Q Centre.

The Adanacs play their

home opener tonight (Wednesday) at 7:30 p.m. against Langley at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

• The Senior B Adanacs opened their home schedule with an 8-5 win over the Valley Rebels on Saturday. They’ll host Victoria on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Poirier, following the conclusion of the public memorial for local lacrosse icon Les Wingrove. Admission to the game is free.

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Centennial’s Lucia Zecca, right, tries to win the ball from a Lord Tweedsmuir defender in the first half of their first round match of the Fraser Valley girls high school soccer championships, Monday at Coquitlam Town Centre Park. The Centaurs won 4-2 after Avery Tulloch scored the winner with just two minutes left in the match. Jessa Vance scored twice for Centennial, who trailed 1-0 at halftime. Raegan Mackenzie added an insurance goal just before full time. Centennial plays league rival Riverside secondary school today (Wednesday) at 3 p.m., with the winner guaranteed a spot in the provincial championships that begin May 30 at the University of British Columbia.

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There were 2,579 home sales on the Multiple Listing Service® in April, according to REBGV statistics released May 2. This is a 27.4 per cent drop from the 3,553 sales in April last year, and the lowest since 2001.

However, April’s transactions are a slight improvement over the previous month, rising 2.5 per cent over March 2018 when 2,517 homes exchanged hands.

per cent increase since March 2018.

“Home buyers have more breathing room this spring. They have more selection to choose from and less demand to compete against,” added Moore.

However, those expecting the increased supply and slowing sales will result in lower prices must think again. The composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Metro Vancouver is currently $1,092,000, which is a 14.3 per cent increase over April 2017 and a 0.7 per cent increase over March 2018.

Part of the reason is that even though inventory is increasing and sales are slowing, the supply has not yet risen enough to match demand. The sales-to-active listings ratio for April 2018 is 26.3 per cent, which indicates a continued sellers’ market overall. However, this looks very different when broken into different property types.

By property type, the ratio is 14.1 per cent for detached homes (a balanced market, which is deemed in the range of 12 to 20 per cent), 36.1 per cent for townhomes and 46.7 per cent for condominiums (both strong seller’s markets).

Sales and prices by property type Detached homes once again saw the biggest annual sales slide. At 807 transactions, this market saw a 33.4 per cent decrease from the 1,211 detached sales in April 2017.

“Market conditions are changing. Home sales declined in our region last month to a 17-year April low and home sellers have become more active than we’ve seen in the past three years,” said Phil Moore, REBGV president.

“The mortgage requirements that the federal government implemented this year have, among other factors, diminished home buyers’ purchasing power and they’re being felt on the buyer side today.”

New and active listings rising There was also a flurry of new listings, with sellers moving on the spring market and perhaps motivated by uncertainty over the market’s future. Some 5,820 homes were newly listing on the MLS, an 18.6 per cent increase compared with new listings in April 2017 and a whopping 30.8 per cent increase over March 2018, when 4,450 homes were listed.

That takes total number of properties currently listed on the MLS® system in Metro Vancouver to 9,822 as of the end of April, up 25.7 per cent increase over April 2017 and a 17.2

The benchmark price for a typical single-family home in Metro renterisrate Metro Vancouver is Vancouver’s $1,605,800, which a 5.1 per cent increased to 36.3 per in 2016 increase from April 2017 but a 0.2cent per cent drop compared from 34.5 per cent in 2011 with March 2018.

However, this varies wildly by city and neighbourhood within the board’s jurisdiction, with Vancouver West the only area to see a year-over-year drop in detached benchmark prices, down 2.6 per cent. West Vancouver led the month-over-month price decline at 2 per cent, whereas Burnaby North, South and East all saw monthly price increases. Burnaby South’s annual detached price rise, however, was much lower than the Metro-wide increase, at 2.7 per cent. None of the Tri-Cities’ singledetached markets saw a monthly price decline, and all three had higher annual price rises than Metro overall.

Sales of attached properties such as townhomes, row homes and duplexes fell 25.2 per cent year over year in April to 464 units, which is slightly higher than the previous month’s 446 sales. The benchmark price of an attached

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A typical Metro Vancouver condo is now pegged at a price of $701,000. This is a 23.7 per cent increase from April 2017 and a 1.1 per cent rise over March 2018. However, both Burnaby North and South saw a month-over-month price slip in the condo market, as did Vancouver West and East.

Still, all 17 areas posted significant annual price increases, with the steepest in Maple Ridge, where typical condo prices are over 50 per cent higher than this time last year.

The Tri-Cities’ three condo markets all saw typical units priced at more than 30 per cent higher than a year ago.

Burnaby East condos also saw a steep annual jump at just over 30 per cent.

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As part of its Homeowner Education Week May 7-11, the mortgage insurance company published the results of its nationwide survey of 2,000 Canadian homeowners and renters.

The Financial Fitness and Homeownership Study found that 59 per cent of millennial respondents own a home.

That breaks down as 39 per cent owning a home with a mortgage, and a surprising 20 per cent of all millennial respondents owning a home without a mortgage.

Out of the 41 per cent of millennials who don’t yet own a home, 30 per cent plan to buy in the next two years (12 per cent of all millennial respondents). That makes a total of 71 per cent of Canadian millennials who either own a home or are planning to buy one soon. With millennials representing a sizeable cohort as the children of babyboomers, this age group has become the “engine” of Canada’s real estate market, said Genworth.

The study focused on the “financial fitness” of its

respondents, and the role that home ownership plays in financial wellbeing. It found that the respondents who own a home are far more likely to say that they are in “great” or “good” financial shape than those who do not own – unsurprisingly, given that most people have to be in good financial shape to afford to buy in the first place.

Metro Vancouver’s renter rate According to Genworth, being in great financial shape is increased to 36.3 per cent in 2016 described as “I have set clear financial goals that I am well from 34.5 per cent in 2011 on my way to achieving” and good is “I have a general notion of what I want to achieve with my finances, and things are more or less going in the right direction.”

Breaking down the numbers Among the different groups of respondents, 68 per cent of Canadian first-time buyers said they are in great/good financial shape, compared with 58 per cent of those who intend to buy their first home in the next two years. That figure is similar to the 59 per cent of repeat homebuyers and 62 per cent of those who intend to buy a home that is not their first.

Millennial respondents were just as likely as older Canadians to say they are in great/good shape (53 per cent in both age groups).

Broken down by province, respondents in B.C. were the most likely (60 per cent) to say they are in great or good financial shape. Those in Alberta (47 per cent) were the least likely to feel this way.

The report authors concluded, “These encouraging findings come at a time when the Canadian economy is strong, and unemployment and interest rates are low by long-term standards. Should economic conditions worsen, many may find their financial fitness is no longer as rosy as they thought. Now is a time for homeowners to set aside six to 12 months’ worth of savings and take advantage of double-up or extra lump-sum mortgage payments.”

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