Tri-City News October 22 2020

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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

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China has no influence on schools, say trustees District reacts to criticism over Confucius Institute DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Grade 12 leadership students Maya Tharp, Oliver Hopewell and Brianna Tsuyuki get into motion for the annual Move4MANA challenge at Heritage Woods secondary in Port Moody. The 30-day challenge allows students to accumulate points for various activities that are exchanged for high-calorie therapeutic food packets that will be sent to children in Afghanistan. See the full story on page 35. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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School District 43 has removed the name “Confucius” from the Confucius Institute to better reflect how the language and cultural program operates and is funded, according to SD43’s top official.

Superintendent Patricia Gartland told trustees at a Zoom board meeting Oct. 13 that SD43’s popular after school program is no longer funded by Hanban, China’s Education

Ministry, and the roughly $300,000 in annual grants for teachers and materials will now be coming from the South China Normal University in Guangzhou, China.

“We are already working on revising the website to reflect the fact we are non-governmental. It’s simply a “sister school” relationship, it’s non-profit, non-governmental,” said Gartland.

The program, which provides Chinese language and cultural programs to 440 students, will now be called the Chinese Language and Culture Institute in Coquitlam.

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Removal of PoMo booms ‘a real disaster’ Floating timber a habitat for seals and birds Stefan Labbé slabbe@tricitynews.com

Marine scientists, environmental advocates and a sea captain are raising the alarm after a set of log booms was towed away from the old Flavelle mill site, prompting concerns that Port Moody’s local harbour seal population has been robbed of its primary location to breed and raise young pups.

The sawmill — which stands as both a monument to the city’s roots and a source of income for 70 workers — has boomed logs in the eastern portion of the Burrard Inlet for over 100 years. In that time, the thousands of square feet of floating timber has doubled as an important habitat for both the seal population and migrating birds.

But concerns over the future of the sawmill have mounted in recent months.

In late August, the sawmill’s owners, AP Group, announced it would be closing the mill permanently due to “disproportionately high property taxes.”

Harbour seals lounge on the log booms in the eastern end of Burrard Inlet. They were recently removed as the Flavelle mill shuts down permanently. hilary maguire PhOTO

“It’s a real disaster for the seals,” said Andrew Trites, director of UBC’s Marine Mammal Unit. “They’re going to be pregnant and I don’t know where they’re going to go.”

“It’s going to be every mother for themselves.”

For several years, the harbour seal population of the Burrard Inlet had increased at what experts say is a phenomenal rate. That is until about three years ago, when it began to level off, a phenomenon some speculate could be a result of the area reaching its natural carrying capacity as transient orca whales increasingly took to the inlet for a meal.

“The Salish Sea is being re-wilded after decades and

decades of culling and hunting,” said Trites.

But as marine life comes back to the Burrard Inlet, it has also had to find a way to adapt to the growing human population, which has increasingly encroached and hardened shorelines, creating unsuitable or even dangerous breeding grounds.

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“People have taken over the foreshores, all the prime spots that they used to use.

Seals don’t have the same options that they had 100 years ago. They’ve adapted to the changes,” said Trites, pointing to the Flavelle log booms. “It’s not simply possible to turn the clock back and use some of these

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shorelines in the way they used to.”

“There’s an onus on us to compensate in some way.”

Last month, the Vancouver Aquarium — the country’s biggest — indefinitely shut its doors after ticket sales evaporated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But it wasn’t the only chance to see large mammals up close. From spring into summer, the booms acted as a live, floating exhibit where anyone passing by in a kayak, paddle board or boat could catch a glimpse of some of the region’s most iconic marine fauna as it went through its life-cycle.

“It’s a bit of a wildlife show out there,” said sea captain, educator and longtime environmental advocate Rod MacVicar.

Burke Mountain Naturalists member Elaine Golds said she has spent many trips with MacVicar during the annual Christmas bird count documenting the birdlife and observing the seals on and around the booms.

“It was a place of refuge for them,” she said, noting the several species of bird, including sandpipers and herons to eagles and vultures, that would use the booms as a platform to rest or hunt.

Now, added MacVicar, “if you’re on the sand and a wolf or coyote comes up, you’re hooped.”

The seals are already showing signs of distress as they pop up their heads and find no place to rest, according to MacVicar. But come springtime, that distress could turn into a disaster, say scientists and advocates.

One solution could be to create a floating set of rafts in the same way Newport, Ore., and San Francisco, Ca., have done for sea lions, at the same time creating a permanent tourist attraction.

In fact, part of Port Moody’s Official Community Plan — which outlines a long-term vision for the Oceanfront District connecting the Flavelle sawmill site with Port Moody’s historic core and Moody Centre — includes incorporating such platforms.

But much of that plan is in the hands of the landowners, and its redevelopment could take decades, according to Mayor Rob Vagramov.

The sudden departure of the booms has prompted questions around the possibility of getting an early artificial replacement for the log booms in time for spring pupping season.

“I think the city should have a pretty significant interest in that area,” he said.

PoMo agrees to explore restoring booms mario barteL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Bringing a log boom back into Port Moody Inlet to provide a perch for seals and sea birds to rest or escape predators isn’t as simple as lashing a bunch of logs together and towing them into place.

In fact, said Port Moody Coun. Diana Dilworth, it could end up costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars to obtain access to water lots, acquire and install anchors, pay for liability insurance as well as ongoing maintenance costs.

At a recent council meeting, Mayor Rob Vagramov successfully introduced a motion charging city staff to report back on developing a coexistence strategy for marine wildlife that could include bringing back the booms or creating some sort of artificial replacement.

Coun. Steve Milani said the city “owes it” to the wildlife in its environs.

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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

Review could hurt int’l ed. program, say trustees continued from front page

Gartland stressed that the teachers are Canadian and have teaching certificates, bachelor’s or masters’ degrees and the program has always been independent of the Chinese government.

Still, some trustees expressed concerns that the Coquitlam cultural and language program is suffering from poor optics because it’s being criticized in the media and in an online petition with more than 6,000 signatures.

Jennifer Blatherwick, a Coquitlam trustee, proposed a motion, that was seconded

by Port Coquitlam trustee Christine Pollock, calling for an independent review.

They want an independent consultant to evaluate the relationship of the Confucius Institute and School District 43 to determine if there is any “undue influence.”

Blatherwick said she personally thinks the program is well-run but is concerned that “impartiality is in doubt”

PATRICIA GARTLAND

and she advocated for a review by an independent body to prevent “unfair and unfounded accusations.”

However, the motion was defeated, with trustees noting the district is already subject to an independent audit each year, and provincial government scrutiny, without complaint.

‘SLAP IN THE FACE’

Some trustees even raised concerns a review would hurt the district’s successful

international education program, which currently has 1,300 students, many of them from China.

“It’s a slap in the face of people who have worked hard to develop the most successful international education program in K-12 education,” said Port Moody trustee Keith Watkins.

Board chair Kerri Palmer Isaak said subjecting the program to review smacks of anti-Chinese messaging.

“It’s not a message we want to send to the Chinese community or our Chinese students,” said Palmer Isaak, who said she has received only a few complains but none from parents.

“You’re asking me to say I know better than these parents [who enroll their children in the program]. Let these parents decide what is best for their family,” she said.

Port Coquitlam trustee Michael Thomas pointed out that the criticism of the program comes mostly from outside the district.

“Most of the negative

comments I’ve heard have come from people who are misinformed or under informed about our program here,” he said.

INSTITUTE CHANGES

Although the international education program and the language and culture institute are separate, there are connections, in that the institute enhances SD43’s role as an international education provider.

Students and fees are down this year due to the global pandemic, but another 130 are expected to enrol next year as the federal government has recently ended travel restrictions for foreign students As for the language and cultural program, students pay $200 each to learn Mandarin, Kung Fu, and Chinese painting, and officials say both Chinese and non-Chinese students take part, including, recently, an international student from Italy, where Confucius Institutes are also located.

It’s only been in recent years that the 11-year-old program generated controversy, including concerns about Chinese funding of trustees’ cultural trips to China, which have been on hold for two years. Canadian documentary film maker Doris Liu said the public should continue to be wary of the language and cultural program despite the change of name and organization.

STUCK IN CHINA

Although the Chinese government recently handed over the Confucius Institute to the responsibility of a non-governmental organization, Liu said the Chinese government is still involved because of its relationships with all businesses and institutions, including direct government oversight

by Chinese Communist Party officials.

“The purpose for the Chinese government to create these two new organizations is to shift the worldwide criticism of the close

ties between the CI’s and the Chinese government,” said Liu, whose film In the Name of Confucius was screened in Coquitlam.

The district’s CI program has come under increasing concern since CanadianChinese relations deteriorated, with the extradition of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief financial officer and the daughter of the company’s founder, and the subsequent arrest and detention of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.

Canada continues to maintain that it is deeply concerned by the arbitrary detention of the two Canadians in China since 2018, but China has denied that, saying the two were arrested for security reasons.

According to Gartland’s presentation Tuesday, the purpose of the program is to develop all students as global citizens, generate broad cultural understanding and to support economic development within the Tri-Cities.

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OCTOBER 22 – 28

Have a Fun – and Safe – Halloween!

Halloween will still be fun this year although just a bit different. It’s simple to find new ways to enjoy this annual occasion, while following health protocols and doing our part to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

CALENDAR Monday, Oct. 26 Council-in-Committee 2 p.m.

Regular Council 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/agendas

Wednesday, Oct. 28 Finance Standing Committee 10 a.m.

Pick up a Free Halloween Activity Kit

Starting Oct. 26, families can drop by Poirier Community Centre to pick up a free Halloween kit (while supplies last). Kits include a fun craft and a deliciously scary recipe geared to four different age groups: ages three to five, six to nine, 10 to 12, and 13 and up.

No pre-registration required. Pop by the community centre at 630 Poirier St. to pick up your kit weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (limit 3 per family). For info or to check on kit availability, contact 604-927-6027.

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Safety Tips for Trick-or-Treaters Y Choose costumes that are bright or reflective and that don’t drag.

Y Ensure you can see clearly through costume masks.

Y Use flashlights or glow sticks to increase visibility.

Y Use battery-operated candles for jack-o-lanterns and other decorations.

Y Keep matches, lighters and candles out of children’s reach.

Y Keep exits from your home clear of decorations so nothing blocks escape routes.

Y Ensure all smoke alarms are working.

Expect the unexpected – slow down and look for pedestrians. There will be more foot traffic on Halloween night, so give yourself extra time to navigate residential streets and be especially mindful while driving.

Y Be careful with sparklers as they account for roughly one-quarter of emergency room injuries from fireworks.

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Staying Healthy on Halloween

Keep pets inside. Fireworks and costumed strangers can be terrifying for pets, potentially causing them to run off, jump out open windows or dart into traffic. Sounds and activity can also cause a normally friendly dog to bite if it feels scared or threatened.

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Keep human treats out of your pet’s reach – candy is unhealthy for pets, particularly chocolate, which can be toxic.

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Check out these tips from the BC Centre for Disease Control to help avoid spreading the coronavirus: Y Socialize within your social or family bubble.

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Lafarge Lake loop upgrades will go ahead without bridge Council, residents said 'Island Walk' could hurt habitat

The city of Coquitlam wants to turn the grey, stodgy public space outside city hall into a more vibrant plaza that residents want to hang out in.

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Plans for a bridge to the island at the north end of Coquitlam’s Lafarge Lake have been quashed over concerns the project could damage natural habitat.

Don Luymes, the city’s newly appointed general manager of parks, recreation and culture, said staff will move forward with its Lake Loop enhancement project without the bridge, after both council and the public panned the idea. Instead the island, which a staff report noted is an “ecologically sensitive area,” will be left inaccessible and in its natural state.

“People indicated their concern about that portion of the plan,” Luymes said while presenting an updated version of the proposal to council. “[The bridge] has been removed. The path as it currently goes at the north

BUCHANAN SQUARE

City hall will get a big slide in plaza upgrade GARY MCKENNA gmckenna@tricitynews.com

The ‘Island Walk’ section of the Lake Loop enhancement project called for bridges and a landing plaza that would take advantage of a view oriented toward Coquitlam’s City Centre neighbourhood. The plan has been scrapped after council and the public panned the idea. CITY OF COQUITLAM PHOTO

end of the lake is retained.”

While the Island Walk portion of the project is being scrapped, staff will move ahead with plans for the other three sections of the Lake Loop enhancement project.

The Urban Walk section, which runs along the west side parallel to Pinetree Way, will feature a new wharf deck, seating and additional lighting, while the Garden Walk on the west side will include more floral display

beds and link with the community plaza.

The Forest Walk, located at the south end, will see upgraded pathways, widened and paved to alleviate crowding and extensive tree replacement, as well as plantings the city said will improve the health and diversity of the area.

Luymes noted the last time the Lake Loop project was brought before council was March 10, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was

hitting the province. The public health crisis interrupted the planning process, he added, saying he sees the latest presentation as a “relaunch.”

With council’s unanimous approval of the proposal, staff will now move forward with a detailed design and budget. An online questionnaire is expected to go out to the public and the results of the engagement process will be presented to council early next year.

Work will get underway on a revamped Buchanan Square outside Coquitlam city hall next month.

The first phase of the project, which has seen the replacement of a waterproof membrane over underground parking area, has already begun.

However, crews will begin constructing the new plaza above complete with a seating area, plantings and a slide.

“The membrane work is well underway,” said

Don Luymes, general manager of parks, recreation and culture. “What this report deals with is what happens above the membrane.”

Luymes added that the project is expected to meet the $4.3 million budget allocated by council last year.

Planning has been underway for the Buchanan Square upgrade, which is located between city hall and the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, for a couple of years. Last fall, planners presented renderings of the project to city council, showing new benches, swings and even a slide.

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Hefty fines coming for nuisance properties New regulations, more officers coming in PoCo DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Huge fines are coming for property owners in Port Coquitlam who create havoc in neighbourhoods with noise, dilapidated buildings and unkempt yards.

And there will be more bylaw officers in the city working longer hours to ensure local regulations are adhered to, some even on bikes and in marked cars.

The initiatives come as Port Coquitlam is seeing a sharp climb in population and having to deal with COVID-19 related concerns, as well as parking, protection of water courses, illegal dumping, problem properties, bear complaints and those who don’t secure their garbage.

As well, Port Coquitlam bylaw officers have sometimes had to pick up discarded needles on city properties including parks, collecting 500 so far this year, and they are often tasked to deal with homeless camps to

A Port Coquitlam bylaw officer examines graffiti in the city. New fines are in the works for property owners who don’t clean up their properties. CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM PHOTO

ensure conditions are sanitary and help those in need.

However, Mayor Brad West said having to deal with social issues wasn’t the main impetus for increasing the number of bylaw officers. The extra resources were needed, he added, to strengthen city bylaw enforcement in general.

“We’ve established improving safety as one of the key priorities for this council,” he told the Tri-City News recently after the city gave three readings to bylaws to enhance the role of bylaw officers and boost fines for nuisance properties.

The fines of up to $500 for repeated offences are expected to encourage property owners to move more quickly to address concerns of police and bylaw officers.

At council Tuesday, Oct. 13, West said the new Property Standards and Nuisance Abatement Bylaw will provide a “stick” to landlords and other property owners who cause repeated problems requiring the city and RCMP to spend time and resources dealing with issues.

“We have our carrots, this is adding a bit of another stick in situations where

we have a property owner that’s not paying attention… we now have a financial consequence we can start to impose that will perhaps get their attention much more quickly.”

There are about four or five nuisance properties in the city at any one time, according to bylaw manager Paula Jones, who said the nuisance bylaw would be applied in cases where there have been repeated issues, not for a single house party or a neighbour dispute.

In recent years, Port Coquitlam residents have complained about a number

of nuisance properties, including one in the city where the building eventually burned down.

In order for a property to be declared a repeat nuisance it must have required more than one nuisance call within a 24-hour period or more than three over 12 months.

The bylaw outlines what and where items can be kept on properties, defines unsightliness, includes standards for yard maintenance, noxious weeds, garbage, pooled water and dilapidated vehicles, buildings and fences.

It also addresses graffiti and covers recurring nuisance noises and lighting, although not lighting on streets, vehicles, playing fields and school grounds.

The bylaw would allow the city to issue compliance orders, issue tickets with fines of up to $500 to recover costs for administration and remediation work, and charge new abatement fees for repeat nuisance calls requiring attendance by staff and RCMP officers. An appeal process is included for compliance orders and abatement fees.

The city will also have its bylaw officers sworn as

peace officers under the Police Act, so individuals could be charged for obstructing or assaulting them.

As many as eight bylaw officers will be on the job starting mid-month, up from 5.5 (full-time equivalent), and their hours will be extended.

Bylaw officers will now be working from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week, and enhancing their presence with bike patrols and marked vehicles.

“It’s a recognition of bylaw officers and the important work they do. It is not a nine-to-five Mondayto-Friday job — it’s a sevenday-a-week job,” West said.

In addition to these measures, the city has added safety concerns to its corporate support department and hired Dominic Long, a director with experience in community safety in Vancouver to lead the Bylaw Services, Community Police, Communications, Corporate Office and Information Services divisions.

Once the new bylaws are adopted Oct. 27, the wording for the new Property Standards and Nuisance Abatement Bylaw 4910 and Delegation of Authority Bylaw 3876 will be posted on the city's website.

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A Port Moody heritage advocate says a renewed commitment by the city to engage various property owners at the old Ioco townsite needs to make tangible progress by the end of the year if the heritage structures are to be in any kind of condition worthy of a 100th anniversary celebration in 2021.

Robert Simons said the city needs to get owners like Gilic Developments, Imperial Oil and School District 43 on board “to deal more collaboratively on a revitalization plan” for the enclave of homes, a grocerteria and community hall that once housed workers at the nearby refinery.

He said the approaching centenary should be a “catalyst for positive actions.”

Tuesday, in response to a delegation last January from

Some of the structures at the old Ioco townsite are in such disrepair they may not survive to see the enclave's centennial celebrations. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

the Port Moody Heritage Society, council agreed action needs to be taken — and quickly.

“We have the opportunity to be a little more aggressive in our dealings with the other owners,” said Coun.

Diana Dilworth. “They have an ethical and moral commitment to work to preserve the heritage, which is denigrating very, very quickly.”

Dilworth said saving the townsite once and for all would be a long-lasting legacy of the current council.

But Simons said it would barely make up for time lost since the site was turned into a special heritage conservation area in 2002. Some work has been accomplished to help maintain some of the vacant structures, such as the installation of electric heating and tarping of roofs to help keep the interiors dry, but others have fallen into severe disrepair.

Simons said he’s particularly concerned about the state of the old Ioco school, across 1st Avenue from the

townsite proper. He said the city needs to work with the school district, that still owns the building to determine if it is still structurally sound and have any issues resolved.

Simons said that if all the parties come together and progress towards preservation is made, the townsite has the potential to become a destination.

“Collective effort by all parties that commit to a plan for preservation and revitalization would be a desirable outcome of the anniversary,” he said.

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Another champion for the Ioco townsite, Mary Anne Cooper, will have her upcoming 106th birthday officially recognized by the city.

Last Tuesday, council declared Oct. 25 to 31 will be Mary Anne Cooper Week.

City hall will be lit with red spotlights, her favourite colour. A collection box for cards as well as congratulatory messages will be set out, and a digital method of collecting tributes is also being explored.

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PoMo to push for provincial code mario bartel mbartel@tricitynews.com

Port Moody will ask the provincial government to create a formal code of conduct for local elected officials to ensure they have a “respectful and safe workplace.”

But council’s assent of such an entreaty didn’t come until the motion’s proponent, Coun. Diana Dilworth, was on the receiving end of a sharp rebuke by one of her colleagues.

While Coun. Hunter Madsen ultimately supported Dilworth’s motion, he said it was mostly unnecessary as Port Moody council already operates “under one of the toughest codes of conduct of any municipality in B.C.” In 2018, Port Moody became the first municipality in the province to adopt a code of conduct bylaw for city councillors.

It requires councillors

to “act honestly and, in good faith, serve the welfare and interests of the municipality as a whole.” It also requires councillors to treat each other, city employees and the public with “courtesy, dignity and respect.”

However, Dilworth said the city’s own code doesn’t go far enough, as violations that can be punished by a range of penalties from a letter of reprimand to suspension are adjudicated by council itself.

“This is a much broader issue,” she said.

But Madsen accused Dilworth of shrugging off the effectiveness of council’s code already in place.

“Maybe the problem isn’t the local code of conduct, maybe the real problem here is the real specifics of her account lack merit to win council’s support,” he said, referring to a testy exchange between Dilworth and Mayor Rob Vagramov at a council meeting last July.

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ometimes a party leader finds themselves trapped in a cycle of missteps, gaffes and controversies that overshadow everything else on the campaign trail.

We saw that happen to BC NDP leader Bob Skelly in 1986, Social Credit leader Rita Johnston in 1991, BC Liberal leader Gordon Campbell in 1996 and BC NDP leader Ujjal Dosanjh in 2001. And that is precisely the kind of trap BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson finds himself in right now and there is precious little time left in the campaign to escape.

Nearly every day on the campaign has put Wilkinson on the defensive as various controversies derail his attempts to change the chan-

nel to something more positive. Whether it is explaining why one of his candidates voted against a rainbow Pride crosswalk or why he was chuckling at sexist comments on a Zoom chat or why another candidate had to be turfed from his party, Wilkinson has had more down days than up ones.

However, it is how he has dealt with these controversies (or, to be more accurate, how he has not dealt with them) that appears to be raising question about his leadership from within his own party. This does not bode well for his long-term leadership prospects.

When video surfaced of that Zoom chat showing North Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jane Thornthwaite making sexist comments

about Bowinn Ma, the NDP MLA for North VancouverLonsdale, Wilkinson was slow to respond. He waited more than two days before taking questions about the incident.

He then threw Thornthwaite under the proverbial bus, using harsh language to condemn her behaviour.

His treatment of her stood in stark contrast to his inaction when it came to Chilliwack-Kent MLA Laurie Throness, who has for years been linked to homophobic views.

Throness was caught in another Zoom chat linking contraception to eugenics and Wilkinson waited until after it became apparent on social media that an internal revolt amongst some of his candidates — including sitting MLAs — before taking

action. Aside from raising questions about Wilkinson’s leadership, these episodes (and others) have exposed a couple of glaring weaknesses about the BC Liberal party.

One is that it remains rooted in the past and has yet to renew itself along more diverse — ethnic, gender and age — lines that better reflect the demographic makeup of the electorate, particularly in Metro Vancouver. The other is that its tolerance and even embracement of social conservatism in order to hold political power carries enormous risk.

Unless something dramatically changes between now and election day, Wilkinson and the BC Liberals could face the same fate.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC

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YOUR LETTERS SCHOOL DISTRICT 43

Confucius Inst. rebrand a myopic ‘sleight of hand’ The Editor, Re. “China has no influence on Coquitlam schools, say trustees, as they double down on Confucius Institute, the Tri-City News.”

In an effort to eliminate “confusion,” the Coquitlam Confucius Institute is now rebranding after dropping the name of China’s most famous philosopher.

Meanwhile, in another shell game, it is no longer affiliated with Hanban, a branch of the Chinese Ministry of Education, but will be headquartered in Guangzhou at the South China Normal University in a so-called sister-to-sister relationship with School District 43.

This is all sleight-of-hand.

Consider the front page article by the Globe and Mail, “Beijing uses B.C. schools to push agenda,” Thursday, Oct. 15, which raises specific concerns as SD43 applies white-wash. Children celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Confucius Institute in Coquitlam can be found in a YouTube video all synchronized and pumping their fists in the air while reciting “I am proud. I am Chinese,” lines from a patriotic poem which also praises the “fivestar red flag” as well as the spirit of the Communist revolution.

SD43 Superintendent Patricia Gartland has also long claimed that Confucius Institute teachers are sourced

within Canada and have undergraduate degrees or more. But upon investigating LinkedIn accounts, the Globe and Mail determined that “at least two instructors worked as teachers in mainland China shortly before beginning work for the Coquitlam Institute, which says it only uses local staff.”

On top of this, there have been long standing problems with educational materials in the form of textbooks from China, which depicted Taiwan as a province and Tiananmen Square as sanitized, as reported by the Globe. Clearly, SD43 has been less than truthful about China’s influence on the Confucius Institute,

and Gartland as its chair in Coquitlam should be held accountable.

But what is the true cost of doing business with Beijing? SD43 sees it as a boon, with about 10% of its budget paid for by fees from overseas Chinese students, on average twice the rate of other school districts in the province, according to the Globe. Lest we forget, however, about the over 5,000 British Columbians who have died from overdoses of illicit fentanyl which derives from China.

If we look at the controversy surrounding Huawei, Global News has reported on the link between that company’s sudden rise and

the bankruptcy of Nortel, Canada’s telecommunications gem. Too interested in profit margins, Nortel failed to protect its own research and development as China-based military hackers downloaded and stole from executive accounts.

The Globe and Mail has also reported that listening devices were found in the former Nortel building walls. Perhaps SD43 would consider this sort of news beyond its purview.

Myopia prevails at SD43.

Speech is not free in China.

It’s a police state with internet firewalls, censorship in overdrive, intrusive facial recognition technology and a pervasive social credit

system to regulate its people. There is no “public” in mainland China, a concept which suggests “openness” — something President Xi sees as a political enemy.

It also has an aggressive international agenda which should be clear to all. In other words, the Coquitlam Confucius Institute is just a pretext for “good will.”

Confused? Beijing certainly is not, though it appears SD43 is muddled about which side of the Pacific Ocean it is meant to serve: China and its despotism, or Canada and its democracy? I know which I prefer.

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BC VOTES 2020

Horgan defends decision to call election during pandemic Fewer cases today than when election was called, he says

new builds like that of a middle and secondary school on Burke Mountain.

“We are working as fast as we can to take public dollars and drive them back into the communities that need them,” he said. “And if there’s another layer, that’s because we want to get it right.”

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B.C. Premier John Horgan spent Tuesday morning in Coquitlam for a third time as the party’s campaign looked to push its end-game messaging to battleground ridings in the final days before the provincial election.

In a conversation with a group of seniors at Coquitlam’s Glen Pine Pavilion, Horgan touted the party’s plan to spend $2.3 billion on the construction of hospitals and to add another 7,000 care aides to seniors homes across B.C., a move set to bolster a sector reeling with the highest death rates due to COVID-19 in the province.

The visit came less than 24 hours after Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed B.C. was firmly riding a second wave of coronavirus infections, a reality that prompted the BC Liberal party to send out a news release accusing the NDP of taking advantage of the pandemic to suppress votes in the dying days of the election.

“I think the problem is John Horgan’s selfish ambition in calling this election while we’re going in the second wave of the pandemic.

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didn’t need to happen and it should not have happened,” said BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson Tuesday, defending the claim.

Meanwhile, BC Green leader Sonia Furstenau urged voters not to vote out of fear.

But in an interview with the Tri-City News, Horgan defended his party’s decision to call a snap election.

“We’re four days away from election day. There are fewer active cases today, despite the large number over the weekend, than there was when the election was called,” he said, pointing to the 1,987 active cases on Sept. 21 versus the 1,639 reported Monday, Oct. 20.

The Sept. 21 baseline, however, was thrown into question the day after the election was called, when Vancouver Coastal Health suddenly announced 500 people had recovered from the virus without providing a precise timeline of when or how such a large slice of active cases was suddenly dropped from its tally.

On Monday, almost four

weeks later, Dr. Henry confirmed “we are in our second wave here of our COVID-19 storm in B.C. But we have control over what that wave looks like,” and that “Encouragingly, we in B.C. are not seeing exponential growth.”

The riding of CoquitlamBurke Mountain is seen to be among the top battleground electoral districts in the province, a riding in which incumbent BC Liberal candidate Joan Isaacs won by only 87 votes last election.

But the pandemic is not the only thing Horgan discussed while touring the Hoy Creek Hatchery in Coquitlam, the Tri-City News pressed the NDP leader where he stood on other long-simmering issues in the riding.

With the construction of new schools a perennial public policy priority for the riding, the Tri-City News asked why his government had added an additional step, known as a “concept plan,” which would further delay the approval process of

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CITY OF COQUITLAM LAND SALE: SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS FOR SALE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL CITY OF COQUITLAM LAND The City of Coquitlam is soliciting offers for the purchase of three adjacent single-family lots with the intent that construction of single-family residences commences as soon as possible. As described in the RFO, proponents may offer on individual lots, or offer on all three lots as a package.

These three lots are available for purchase through a public request for offers (RFO) process. You can access and download a copy of RFO No. 20-02-04 detailing the process for submitting an offer, along with additional detailed lot information at: coquitlam.ca/bids.

Parties interested in submitting an offer in response to No. 20-02-04, 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, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020.

Inquiries are to be directed in writing by email only, quoting “RFO No. 20-02-04 Sale of 3 Single-Family Lots located: 1454 Nanton Street, 1455 Nanton Street and 1457 Nanton Street, Coquitlam, BC” to: landsales@coquitlam.ca Access the full RFO package from coquitlam.ca/bids.

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A Port Coquitlam couple say they are so happy they can’t sleep after winning big in the lottery.

Liezl Panganiban and her husband Edgar Ebreo matched all four numbers playing the Extra on the September 26 Lotto 6/49 to win $500,000.

The Port Coquitlam residents purchased their winning ticket at the Town Pantry on Shaughnessy Street and were at home doing laundry when Panganiban decided to check their tickets on the BCLC Lotto! app.

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Ebreo then remembered he had another ticket for the draw and gave it to his wife to check.

“When it came up a winner we were both really excited,” said Ebreo.

“There are a lot of mixed emotions, it feels unreal,” Panganiban said, adding that they plan to help out family in the Philippines.

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“We have been saving to put a down payment on a house for a while now, this will really help with that,” Ebreo added.

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Stewart says name used in scam email Ignore ‘me,’ says mayor after fraudulent messages sent GARY MCKENNA gmckenna@tricitynews.com

As mayor of Coquitlam, Richard Stewart sends his fair share of email, but a message circulating under his name asking for help with a bank transfer is not one of them.

Stewart said the note is a scam and warned residents not to reply to suspicious emails or click on links from contacts they are not familiar with.

“Just ignore ‘me’,” he wrote on Facebook to anyone who may have received the fraudulent message. “Unfortunately, scam emails are becoming

more prevalent, which is why I publish so many such scams here, to call people’s attention the various scam techniques.”

The fake message started circulating last month and targeted several of Stewart’s colleagues at city hall.

Under the subject heading “Quick Assist1,” the email says Stewart is out of town and needs “your help to transfer funds from my bank account.”

“I realize it’s a huge imposition but I wouldn’t trust you with this if I absolutely had alternative means to help myself,” the message reads. “Let me know if you are comfortable so I can forward my banking details to you.”

If someone replies to the scam message, Stewart said they will likely be given instructions to buy gift cards or send banking informa-

tion and passwords.

“No, I’m not ‘out-oftown’, and I don’t need help with my bank account,” the real Stewart wrote on Facebook.

This is not the first time his name has been used in these kinds of scams, he told the Tri-City News.

Last year, a similar message circulated around city hall and he said he believes a bot has captured his email address possibly through the city’s website.

He encouraged residents who believe they may be targets of a fraudulent email to ask a family member or a friend for help if they are confused about a message.

“Sadly, in this day and age, people need to keep informed about these types of scams,” he said, “and to make sure their loved ones are also aware and informed.”

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A NEW LIQUOR LICENSE EAGLE QUEST GOLF CENTER 1001 UNITED BOULEVARD, COQUITLAM The Eagle Quest Golf Center, located at 1001 United Boulevard, Coquitlam has applied to the Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch (LCRB) for a new Liquor License. If approved, the license would permit patrons to have alcohol on the existing nine-hole golf course, two practice putting greens, and the two-level driving range.

The proposed hours of service are from 9:00 a.m. – midnight, Monday to Sunday.

In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, and associated regulations, the City of Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCRB. The City invites the public to provide input to Council with respect to how this new license, if approved, may affect them and their property. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving input on this application until Monday, November 9, 2020. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, B.C., 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 Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays (Telephone: 604-927-3010).

Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a Regular Council Meeting. Council will consider the input provided and submit a formal recommendation on the application to the LCRB. Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at coquitlam.ca/agendas.

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Costumed hacker photobombs SD43 meeting Hacker uttered racial slur during Zoom meeting DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

The risks of using Zoom for public meetings was on full display when a young hacker photobombed last week’s school board meeting wearing first a costume and later nothing but his underpants.

But despite the hack that disrupted the meeting for a few minutes and sent a technology education official scrambling for a fix, board meetings will continue to be held on the online platform.

Board chair Kerri Palmer Isaak said the benefits of increased public participation outweighed the risks of Zoom and that meetings would

continue to be held via the online platform for the foreseeable future.

“The feedback we have received in being more available and more accessible and having more people watching outweighs the interruptions,” Palmer Isaak said, in response to a question from the Tri-City News.

However, she stressed the district would do what it can to “control the virtual environment in the future.”

“We don’t want to diminish or take away from the incredible resource we have,” Palmer Isaak further added.

Still, the photobomb incident caused a bit of an interruption, delaying a presentation by director of instruction Stephen Whiffin, who was preparing to speak on the district’s use of technology during the pandemic.

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someone being able to hack into the meeting and said it was one of the risks of using Zoom which has the advantage of providing access to the public.

“I had some firefighting to do here unfortunately,” Whiffin said noting the discomfort the hack must of caused.

“None of us want to see … [meetings] interrupted

by people who are not using technology appropriately,” Whiffin said.

Whiffin did not provide details on how the intrusion occurred.

Typically, members of the general public are not able to participate in the meeting as their video and audio are muted by the meeting administrator.

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to eliminate disruptions, a youth wearing a Batman-like costume and mask and holding a giant Nerf Blaster said a racial slur and began talking over superintendent Patricia Gartland, who was making a presentation on international education.

The video lasted about 15 seconds before it was turned off, leading board chair Palmer Isaak to apologize to

the approximately 45 meeting participants.

“Obviously some people are very skilled with technology,” Palmer Isaak said.

In a second interruption later in the meeting, a voice could be heard saying “Korean bump” and a video was shown of someone in his underpants. It too lasted about 15 seconds before it was shut down.

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Issues of affordability were once again top of mind as BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson made a pit stop in the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding Friday in front of the home of one of his newest candidates.

Shoring up support for James Robertson, who is carrying the banner for the BC Liberals in the riding, Wilkinson pledged help for renters and new home buyers with a $1.75 billion housing plan, that includes incentives to encourage municipalities to fast-track housing as well as funding for BC Housing and cash to upgrade existing affordable housing projects.

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unsuccessfully for a Port Moody city council seat in 2018 — was fresh off an outing at a recent Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce debate. Standing in his driveway off St. Johns Street, he said affordability issues are big concerns for voters in

his riding, who find it “difficult to find a house they can afford.”

While BC NDP leader John Horgan has touted his party’s plan to build 114,000 units over 10 years, Wilkinson said the promise hasn’t been kept, with only

2,963 mostly temporary units constructed so far.

Wilkinson said his plan would do a better job of making homes affordable by increasing supply, discouraging speculation with higher property taxes for foreign buyers, cuts to the pro-

vincial sales tax, rent relief and fixes to the skyrocketing condo insurance problem.

“We’re talking about a real plan to get people into good solid rental accommodation and realize their dream of owning their own home in B.C.,” Wilkinson said.

But over the last 24 hours, the party’s promises have been overshadowed by a string of allegations that several BC Liberal candidates hold transphobic or homophobic views. On Thursday, that led to the resignation of Chilliwack-Kent MLA Laurie Throness.

Wilkinson said he had every intention of firing the controversial MLA over his remarks linking the BC NDP’s plan to provide free contraception with eugenics, but didn’t have to because Throness resigned.

“I went and made that call with the intent to end that candidacy,” Wilkinson said.

When pressed about why a New Westminster Liberal

candidate, Lorraine Brett, wasn’t fired over a Tweet considered by CoquitlamMaillardville MLA Selina Robinson to be anti-trans or a Langley MLA turfed for opposing rainbow crosswalks, Wilkinson said he expects candidates to uphold values of equality, fairness and opportunity for everyone and be “free of discrimination.”

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The debate — the last of four organized by the TriCity Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the TriCity News — featured a few hostile moments, as when BC Liberal incumbent Joan Isaacs went after BC NDP challenger Fin Donnelly’s party record on distributing pandemic financial aid to small businesses and for adding another step to an approval process for a new school on Burke Mountain.

“It’s a little rich coming from the BC liberals. They waited for years to build,” Donnelly shot back in one particularly heated exchange.

Donnelly, for his part, offered a direct indictment of how the BC Liberals 16 years in power led to “skyrocketing” costs of living and the privatization of staff at hospitals and seniors care homes, often repeating some version of “Don’t go back, go forward.”

Donnelly also leaned heavily on the BC NDP’s record over the last three and a half years in power, pointing to the expansion of Eagle Ridge Hospital, the planned

and BC Liberals throughout the campaign.

Political newcomer Adam Bremner-Akins piled on in an unusual dynamic where both the BC Green candidate and BC Liberal incumbent attacked Donnelly for being part of a party that called the snap election.

“If the NDP wanted to help small businesses they wouldn’t have collapsed our government. That’s where we can get funds to small businesses, that’s where we can see regulations,” said Bremner-Akins.

Bremner-Akins, 18, is the second youngest candidate in the province this election.

But that did not appear to dampen the SFU political science student’s appetite to challenge the other candidates and outline his party’s bold policy proposals in education and the environment.

Bremner-Akins articulated the BC Green plan to eliminate university tuition, ban fracking, slash corporate subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, re-direct $500 million towards the development of renewable energy and the re-training of fossil fuel industry workers, and offer $300 million in grants to help small businesses manage 50% of their rental costs.

In one challenge that hung in the empty hall, BremnerAkins asked, “Are you willing to commit to banning fossil fuel subsidies, taxpayer money that is funding the destruction of our planet?”

Neither Donnelly nor Isaacs responded.

opening of a Tri-Cities Urgent and Primary Care Centre this winter and pledged to see through the promised middle-secondary school on Burke Mountain.

But it was when both candidates laid out how they’d help British Columbians through COVID-19 where the two parties’ world views began to diverge along familiar lines.

Beyond the direct aid the BC NDP’s have granted British Columbians over the last seven months, Donnelly highlighted his party’s reduction in hydro rates and elimination of bridge tolls and monthly Medical Service Plan fees.

“These are steps that will help small businesses in our community by allowing people to have more money in their pockets to purchase the products and the services that they need,” said Donnelly.

Isaacs shot back describing the Employer Health Tax as “absolutely crippling for business” and pointed to a Globe and Mail report indicating that by calling an election, the government had delayed the disbursement of hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic economic recovery aid.

“There’s only one reason why we’re here tonight and one reason only: John Horgan has called an unnecessary election in the middle of a pandemic for self-serving and political reasons,” said Isaacs in a direct attack repeated by both BC Greens

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the airsoft pistols can look, and the misunderstandings that can occur,” Law told the Tri-City News.

No one was arrested and charges are not being considered in the incident.

Law said it is not illegal to carry an airsoft gun, which shoots spherical plastic projectiles. There’s also no rules about safe storage during transporta-

tion for the weapons.

Still, she added that people should use common sense when storing them in vehicles.

“The key message to the public is definitely to keep all imitation guns and weapons out of sight,” Law said.

“This will eliminate any misunderstandings, accidents or thefts.”

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Const. Deanna Law said the incident occurred at 4:15 a.m. Oct. 11 when an 18-year-old motorist was stopped at an impaired driving checkpoint at Mary Hill Bypass and Shaughnessy Street.

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The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the property located at 1350 Coast Meridian Road. The application proposes an amendment to the Upper Hyde Creek Neighbourhood Plan (UHCNP) to change the designation of a portion of the subject property from Large Village Single Family to Street Oriented Village Home and Environmentally Sensitive Area.

If approved, the amendment would facilitate the construction of a thirteen unit stratified residential development and the protection of the portion of Watkins Creek that runs through the property.

This is the second consultation opportunity for this application. The first consultation opportunity was provided in March and April of 2018.

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The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Monday, November 9, 2020. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; • Regular mail: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

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

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

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In September, Walter completed her 1,000th mask.

But with the rains of fall and winter quickly approaching, she worried how she’d be able to continue as the plastic baggies offered little protection to keep the masks dry.

That’s when Nicole Blades of the United Way reached out and facilitated the connection to get Walter’s mask shop constructed and installed.

“This is exactly what I’ve been hoping for,” Walter said.

She estimates her efforts so far have raised more than $1,400 for Days for Girls as well as considerable funds for the food bank.

And with cases of the viral infection on the rise again, Walter said she has no intention of stopping her endeavour.

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A Coquitlam woman will be able to keep on sewing masks and offering them to the community from her front yard, even as the fall and winter rains set in.

Last week, volunteers from the United Way’s community builder team installed a “little mask shop” in the front garden of Susan Walter’s home on Gabriola Drive. The peak-roofed structure was crafted by handymen from the Coquitlam Men’s Shed Society.

The little mask shop is fashioned after little libraries that have popped up in front yards throughout the TriCities.

But instead of being able to collect a free book or donate one, visitors will be able to collect one of Walter’s

hand-sewn masks in exchange for a donation to her favourite causes.

She is hoping to raise money for the Share Food Bank or the Port Moody chapter of Days for Girls, a group that assembles feminine hygiene kits for young women in developing countries.

Walter, 64, started sewing the masks last April, after public health officials recommended them as a way to help prevent transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. She placed them in plastic sandwich bags and pinned them to a clothesline in front of her house, where anyone passing by could help themselves.

Walter said it was a way to stay connected to her community as people heeded public health directives to stay home as much as possible. It was also a project that helped her diminish the

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Organizers of the annual Move4MANA challenge at Heritage Woods secondary school weren’t about to be stilled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Instead, they’re hoping their efforts to create a month-long virtual event will result in more packets of therapeutic food being sent to feed children in a developing country than in the previous three years the school’s 1,400 students have taken up the cause.

Brianna Tsuyuki, one of the students in Marilyn Nunn’s Grade 12 leadership class that puts together the event, said planning for this year’s effort actually started last June. At the time, she said, everyone figured

Maya Tharp, Oliver Hopewell and Brianna Tsuyuki show off one of the MANA high-calorie therapeutic food packets being sent to Afghanistan. mario bartel/the tri-city news

school would be back to normal in the fall and the challenge could be launched on World Food Day with the usual rousing assembly in the gymnasium to get everyone excited about participating in the lineup of group

events and activities.

But when it became apparent none of that would be possible because of the ongoing public health directives to prevent transmission of COVID-19, and the segmentation of the student

body into smaller learning cohorts, the scramble was on to find a new way of doing things.

Maya Tharp, another organizer, said brainstorming in early September was fast and furious.

“It was just a plethora of ideas,” she said. “Then we needed to sort them into the ones that can happen.”

Instead of an assembly, the challenge launched Friday with a special video presentation that’s being followed-up by a social media campaign over several platforms. Organized group activities have been replaced by virtual sessions that students can access through the Zoom online meeting app, or individual initiatives like going for a run, a hike, or swim.

Each activity is logged into a special app that converts them into points to be cashed in for the food packets donated by the Food for Famine Society and distributed by World Vision Canada.

The unique circumstances of this school year also presented another opportunity.

With no school sports to spark the school’s Kodiak spirit that Heritage Woods is known for, Tsuyuki said Move4MANA could become the unifying force that brings

students together.

“We just want everyone to get lifted up,” she said.

That’s raised hopes this year’s challenge could be the best ever, said Nunn, adding the packets will be sent to Afghanistan based upon research done by a human geography class.

Another twist brought on by the pandemic and the accompanying anxiety and stress it’s brought, is a new emphasis on mental health, said Tsuyuki.

Students will also be able to earn points by attending virtual yoga classes, writing in a mindfulness journal or even taking on a virtual art challenge.

Oliver Hopewell, another student organizer, said the experience of pivoting this year’s event on a dime has given them a new appreciation for the advantages they do enjoy, as well as the fragility of human connections and the new ways those can be strengthened.

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to “tens of thousands of dollars.”

As well, Anmore agreed to collect the easement fee on behalf of the school district through a parcel tax charged to AGE homeowners, interest free, for the next five years.

Halliwell said the process has been slow and complex because it involves eight separate municipal, regional and provincial agencies or entities.

“It has been an enormous effort and has taken countless hours of staff and volunteered time to arrive where

to the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Discharge District that administers the regional sewer system, and annual sewer treatment fees of $1,256 per unit.

Roberts said strata owners approved the plan in hopes construction could be completed in the summer before the school reopened in September.

SD43’s chief financial officer, Chris Nicholls, said it was also on board.

Halliwell said to speed a solution, the village also agreed to waive its fees, which she estimates amount

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It’s been more than three years since routine tests of ground water near Eagle Mountain middle school in Anmore found elevated levels of fecal coliform and E coli at the bottom of a hillside.

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Property owners of the 51-unit strata Anmore Green Estates say they don’t have the money to pay for fees being charged by the village of Anmore and School District 43, on top of the engineering and construction costs for a hookup to a nearby sewer connection in Port Moody they’ve already agreed to cover.

“If a reasonable form of funding cannot be found to finance these fees, the AGE community cannot commit to paying them,” said Brandie Roberts of Anmore Green’s strata.

Roberts said provincial facilitator Debra Oakman recommended last spring that financing be provided through a loan from the Municipal Financing Authority (MFA), managed by the village of Anmore.

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that idea.

Juli Halliwell, Anmore’s chief administrative officer, said money from the MFA can’t be used for private infrastructure projects, and Oakman’s recommendation has since been amended.

She said providing financing through the village’s own reserve funds also wouldn’t work, as it would set an “unsupportable precedent” that could give all of Anmore’s homeowners the right to attain financing through the village for their private projects.

“We can’t say yes to some, and no to others for this type of financing, and we certainly cannot fund everyone,” Halliwell said.

Roberts said going to private banks would break the homeowners, who are already on the hook for about $1 million in total costs.

“We have serious concerns that the need to find private financing for the administrative fees will mean that AGE families will not be able to afford this process,” she said.

Last May, Oakman, who was appointed by the province to smooth negotiations, recommended Anmore Green’s homeowners, School District 43 and the village of Anmore support a cost structure to resolve the problem that included $500,000 for construction and an easement fee of $140,000 to access the school property, as well as a one time fee of $4,907 for each unit in the strata to connect

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A strong majority of B.C. teachers say that health and safety measures in place to

stem the spread of COVID-19 are inadequate.

That’s according to the BC Teachers’ Federation, which conducted a survey of just under 9,000 teachers in all but two school districts in the province. When teachers were asked how adequate workplace health and safety measures were, 60% of them said conditions in their school setting were either

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“completely inadequate” (7%) or “somewhat inadequate.”

“These are not surprising results,” said BCTF president Teri Mooring in a press release. “Many teachers are working in classrooms that have no space for physical distancing or access to fresh air. In many cases there has been no reduction in class sizes or school density.

Coupled with a weak mask mandate and it’s clear why so many teachers are reporting unsafe conditions.”

Mooring added that things have not improved as the province moves into the second month of school, and BCTF is calling on the government to mandate a stronger mask policy, smaller class sizes and hybrid education programs that both work

for everyone and reduce the density of in-school students.

But Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said recently that B.C. students’ return to class is not leading to a spike in the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. As of Oct. 1, 50 exposures had been reported in school settings, about half of which were in elementary schools and half at the

secondary level — but Dr. Henry pointed out that with more than 2,000 schools in the province and 500,000 students, numbers are still very low.

“The proportion of COVID-19 cases, by week, in school-age children remains low — less than 10% — and that has been consistent in the first three to four weeks since schools opened.”

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Will Davis

Selina Robinson

Nicola Spurling

I am a long time resident of Maillardville, originally from Quebec and fluently bilingual. I have been a successful small business owner, broadcaster, artist and not-for-profit executive.

Since March, I have been an advocate for better standards of care and support of the long-term care sector, especially for our front line heroes that provide care for our vulnerable seniors. I am the father of five children. My wife, Wendy, is a kindergarten teacher. I am actively involved with local community organizations and coach Tri-City ball hockey and basketball teams.

Selina Robinson was elected as the MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville in 2013 and re-elected in 2017.

She most recently served as the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Selina has been actively engaged in the Coquitlam community since moving there in 1994.

As a former city councillor, Selina advocated for the rights of taxpayers, fought to protect the health of children and families by introducing a local ban on cosmetic pesticides and worked to improve access for people with disabilities as chair of the Coquitlam Universal Access-Ability Advisory Committee.

Nicola Spurling is a public figure, a small business owner, a political commentator, an LGBTQ2+ advocate and an affordable housing advocate. With experience in project management, construction, sales, economics, research and marketing, Nicola brings a unique variety of skills to the table. She has served as the Lower Mainland representative for the BC Green Party and a panelist on CBC’s The Early Edition since 2017, is a director on the Vancouver Pride board and is president and founder of Tri-Cities Pride.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea you’d like to express to voters, and why?

My biggest issue is the shameless power-grab that the NDP are making in the middle of a pandemic, first slowing down the government to prepare to run a campaign, then announcing a snap election. The BC Liberals plan to eliminate PST for a year to help small businesses and families save everyday, end the ICBC monopoly to give consumer choices to find cheaper rates; help seniors stay in their homes longer with an up to $7,000 per year tax credit to help with at-home care; get local traffic moving by relieving congestion and completing the Brunette overpass; and eliminating the small business tax to get our economy moving now.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea you’d like to express to voters, and why?

Citizens need a government that is there for them when they need it. The COVID-19 pandemic showed us the vital role government plays in caring for people and keeping them safe. When the pandemic started, John Horgan moved swiftly to make sure that our health care response could meet the challenges of this unprecedented time. We put plans in place to prepare for the worst. We addressed significant gaps in seniors care, gaps that were the result of the BC Liberals’ privatization of this health care sector. We are fixing these gaps by hiring 7,000 workers and making their pandemic pay permanent.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea you’d like to express to voters, and why?

For too long we’ve accepted only having two parties to vote for - the BC Liberals or the BC NDP. With both parties upholding the status quo, it’s time for change. Nicola Spurling is running to be your MLA because she wants to be the change that British Columbia so desperately needs to address the current pandemic, human rights, climate change, affordability, education and the economy. She has a proven track record of creating political change at a municipal, provincial and federal level. In this difficult time, Nicola’s top priorities are keeping our community safe, protecting people’s jobs, investing in education and addressing the high cost of living and housing.

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Fin Donnelly

Joan Isaacs

I grew up in the Tri-Cities, and while my interests extend to the serious challenges across the province, my focus is here. I am a local climate activist and have been fighting for climate action and sustainable business in B.C. I have held multiple non-partisan climate strikes with local politicians and worked to advance the issues of youth. I believe we need new and passionate voices in the legislature, and believe I am able to offer that to the people of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain.

As a long-time Coquitlam resident, I know and understand our community. I have seen first-hand the devastating impact COVID-19 has had on our neighbours and local businesses. Prior to being elected in 2002, I was an environmental advocate completing 14 marathon swims to raise awareness about the health of B.C.’s waterways, covering more than 3,200 kilometres, including twice swimming the length of the Fraser River. I founded and currently chair the Rivershed Society of BC and co-founded the Fraser Watershed Initiative.

I like to connect with people. As a person who is enthusiastic to help and build better communities, I want to apply my experience, not only from my business and political side, but as a hockey mom with two sons, a mom struggling to find child care, and as a wife and business partner with my husband. Professionally, I spent over 30 years in the financial services industry, established a successful investment firm, and founded a consulting company to help non-profit and for-profit organizations.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea for voters in this election and why?

The most important issue for me in the election is climate action and using our economic recovery from COVID-19 as a context to create a sustainable economy. We can’t transition away from fossil fuels without incorporating local businesses and companies that produce clean energy and sustainable products.

If we utilize these businesses in B.C., make sure we include minority groups normally left out of policy decisions, use government policy to halt fossil fuel subsidies, and ban dangerous practices like fracking, we will be able create a green economy that works for all British Columbians.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea for voters in this election and why?

This election is about who we want to lead us through the COVID-19 pandemic and economic recovery. That’s why I am proud to be part of the BC NDP team under John Horgan’s strong and stable leadership. People want a government they can trust to be there for them, to make the right decisions, and to invest in them so we can get through this pandemic together and keep building a recovery that works for all of us.

Coquitlam, and especially the neighbourhoods in the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, is growing. And as we grow, we need more services and supports. That is why I was so proud to stand with John Horgan last month as we committed to building a new middle school and high school on Burke Mountain.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea for voters in this election and why?

There are three priorities for me. First, Burke Mountain is growing with many families moving in. The priority for the Burke Mountain area is to build a middle/secondary school. Second, the need for additional childcare is a priority. Families are still struggling to find childcare at an affordable cost. Several childcare spots opted to close after changes we made in 2018 and others decided not to open under the current business model. This left even a greater shortage of available spots. Third, small businesses are vital to our local economy, create local jobs and are our favourite destination spots to socialize. I want to support local small businesses and assist them to move forward.

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Brandon Fonseca

Rick Glumac

John Latimer

James Robertson

Logan Smith

I have been a resident of the Tri-Cities my whole life, and received my high-school diploma at Heritage Woods secondary. I am currently completing a molecular biology and biochemistry degree at Simon Fraser University. As part of my degree, I am doing research in a laboratory at SFU that is trying to understand the biology of snow algae and how it is tied to glacial recession in B.C.’s coastal mountains. I also volunteered as a first aid attendant for the Port Moody branch of St. Johns Ambulance at numerous Port Moody events.

Rick Glumac served on Port Moody council for six years before being elected to represent you in Victoria. As your local MLA, Rick is dedicated to protecting and improving the services you count on. He worked to save the public lands around Eagle Ridge Hospital from being sold off and championed a new urgent primary care centre for our community. As parliamentary secretary for technology, Rick has worked to grow B.C.’s tech sector. Previously, Rick was a software engineer and computer graphics supervisor.

Born the son of a nurse, John learned from a young age the importance of hard work while taking care of others in the community.

John is a professional mechanical engineer who has worked in western Canadian industry for the past 15 years. His experience and vision for sustainability led John to start a regional green company, Northern Climate Pathways, that has a focus on carbon literacy and product carbon footprint labeling. He is pro-green business and believes the technologies needed to combat climate change are an opportunity.

I am a father of three living in Port Moody. I spent 15 years serving in the Canadian Navy and Special Forces before retiring from military life. Now, I work as a shift supervisor right here at the port.

I volunteer with the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society to protect our waterways and pass them on to our children. I understand the struggles that the average family in Port Moody-Coquitlam is going through because I’m going through them too. I’m running to create more hope and opportunity in our community.

I grew up in Port Moody and Coquitlam. My mother worked at Royal Columbian Hospital as a cleaner and my father worked for Waste Management cleaning up the cities. I grew up with parents cleaning up this province and I wish to serve you by cleaning up the mess the governments of yesterday and today have made. The biggest issue facing the people of B.C. is to get back to normal and to be able to meet the economic challenges we are to face moving forward. This is to be done by getting government out of our lives.

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PORT COQUITLAM

Lewis Dahlby

Mike Farnworth

Erik Minty

Mehran Zargham

Lewis Dahlby, 66, was born in Chilliwack, B.C., and runs a trucking and excavating business.

He’s married and lives in Port Coquitlam and has two daughters, ages 28 and 31.

Lewis first became a Libertarian in 1979 after watching a 10part series by Milton Friedman called “Free to Choose.” Lewis first ran in 1988 for the federal Libertarian Party. Lewis believes greater economic freedom increases prosperity.

Mike Farnworth was re-elected as MLA for Port Coquitlam in 2017. He was first elected as MLA for Port CoquitlamBurke Mountain in 1991, and re-elected in 1996, 2005, 2009 and 2013. He is the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General. Mike was raised in Port Coquitlam and has called it home since 1969. He earned a bachelor’s degree in geography at Simon Fraser University.

Professionally, people know me as a deep problem solver.

I am an SFU engineering science grad with over two decades experience as an engineer, project manager, consultant and entrepreneur. I’m constantly volunteering somewhere in PoCo, the community where I chose to raise my family in 1997. I served on the PoCo Soccer executive, building the referee program, and was a soccer and hockey coach for many years.

I am family man and active member of the Tri-Cities community. I strongly believe in public service. I have studied mechanical engineering at BCIT, during which I was the president of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). I have helped spread fair trade in the campus. I also have a Master’s of Engineering from UBC in naval architecture and I am a part-time lecturer at that University.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea for voters in this election and why? I believe the most important issue in this election is lack of freedom and excessively large government. The Libertarian Party was formed to counteract the trend towards an ever increasing large, intrusive government. The growing taxation burden creates a drag on the economy and reduces freedom. There are more than 200 different kinds of taxes, many of them hidden, but still reflected in the cost of items.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea you’d like to express to voters, and why? Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve been working across party lines in the legislature, with business and labour, communities and the federal government to do everything we can to protect the health of British Columbians. Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and implementing a recovery plan that protects peoples’ health and fosters a long-term economic recovery are critical to Port Coquitlam and the province.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea you’d like to express to voters, and why? It’s hardly a secret that this election was a self-serving move by a premier who has lost touch with people.

What has made these times so difficult for people is the fragility of our basic economic systems. When COVID-19 hit, we were not prepared. This is why we also need a real plan that focuses on building economic resilience within our local communities.

What is your most important issue, platform or idea you’d like to express to voters, and why? The most important issue in this campaign is for voters to realize which party can lead B.C. out of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal platform has brilliant ideas to lead the economy to a full recovery following the discovery of a COVID-19 vaccine. We will get more people back to work and attract investment by eliminating the PST for a year and setting it to 3% the next.

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From Port Coquitlam chicken farm to Olympian: local fitness guru dies in Los Angeles Irene Piotrowski once called the ‘world’s fastest school marm’

Hawthorn, Piotrowski discovered track while attending Moody high school. She also played basketball, volleyball and in her senior year was the vice-president of the Future Teachers Club.

Schmidt, who was a few years behind Piotrowski at Moody high, said the budding athlete listed her ambition in the school yearbook as “P.E. teacher” and her probable future as “2-minute mile.”

Schmidt said Piotrowski — whose maiden name was Macijauskas — even signed her book, “Best Wishes Julie!”

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A renowned Canadian Olympic sprinter who grew up on a chicken farm in Port Coquitlam has died.

Irene Piotrowski was 79 and living in Los Angeles when she passed away in August. She’d moved there several decades ago, after the death of her partner, Robert Sanders, a Vancouver jeweller who was gunned down in an underground parking lot in 1982.

Piotrowski competed at two Olympic games — 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, and four years later in Mexico City, where she set a Canadian record in the 100-metre sprint despite a painful leg injury.

She then reprised her time of 11.3 seconds later the same day.

Piotrowski, who also represented Canada in the 200-metre and 4x100-metre relay races, never won an Olympic medal. But she still enjoyed considerable national and international success, including several Canadian championships, silver and bronze finishes in the 100-yard and 220yard sprints at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, as well as bronze in the 100-metre at the 1968 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, where she also anchored the women’s 4X100-metre relay team to a silver medal.

After Piotrowski retired

back on track

Port Coquitlam Olympian Irene Piotrowski poses with a young Arnold Schwarzenegger at Muscle Beach in California. facebook PHoTo

from competition in 1973, she remained an avid fitness advocate.

carrying fLour

In 1974, she carried 500 pounds of flour on her back for 100 feet and 600 pounds for 50 feet to win the Yukon Flour Packing women’s championship, part of the annual Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Festival in Whitehorse that’s been running since 1964. She was also an ambassador for an exercise device that resembled a miniature trampoline,

making appearances at places like car dealerships to demonstrate the product.

In 1979 Piotrowski was appointed by Lt.-Gov. Henry Pybus Bell-Irving to a provincial advisory committee to make recommendations on how British Columbia should use its physical fitness and amateur sports fund. She was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

Born in Lithuania in 1941, Piotrowski, along with three brothers, a sister, and her parents, fled Soviet occu-

pation for Germany when she was three-years-old and then on to Canada in 1948.

After landing in Halifax in January, the family travelled by train to B.C. and started a small poultry farm.

wants to teach

Julie Schmidt, the president of the Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society, said the family likely planted roots on the north side of town, where most of the farms were located.

According to author and sports historian Tom

While attending the University of British Columbia, Piotrowski stopped competing altogether, as her focus shifted to becoming a teacher. But when a coach from her old high school asked her to help out with the track team she was now guiding at Delbrook high school in North Vancouver, the running bug bit anew and she began training again, under the guidance of her new husband, Heinz. He was a bartender with no experience working with athletes, but he read training manuals voraciously.

“You could see she liked running,” he told Vancouver Province reporter Brian Pound. “She was doing everything with ease.”

The Piotrowski’s quickly found success, as Irene won the 1963 provincial cross-country championship.

By the next year, she had set several national records, and the world indoor record for the 880-yard race

at the Toronto Telegram Games, and for a time she also held the world record in the women’s outdoor 100-metre. Vancouver Sun columnist Jim Brooke called her “the world’s fastest school marm.”

air of gLamour

As fast as she was, Piotrowski also had an air of glamour.

She was photographed working out in a bikini for Iron Man magazine and her Facebook profile once featured an old photo of her hanging out on Muscle Beach in California with a young Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In an apparent slap against sex verification testing that was mandated by the IAAF beginning at the ’66 Commonwealth Games, Piotrowski allowed herself to be photographed applying lipstick prior to a competition, bolstering a suggestion that outward displays of femininity were enough to prove an athlete’s womanhood.

For a time, Piotrowski had a close friendship with American Olympian Tommie Smith, who’d raised his fist against racism, along with teammate John Carlos, when they stood atop the medal podium at the ’68 Games in Mexico City. She said Smith was “so gorgeous and a real gentleman.”

In Los Angeles, Piotrowski worked in public relations and battled several health problems, including skin cancer. An online article in 2012 said the treatments drained her finances and she was sleeping on a friend’s couch after being evicted from her apartment.

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.

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roofing

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.

Bob •

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• • • • • • • • •

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lb.

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1

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GROCERY

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2

2

$ 49

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2

$ 29

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$ 99

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$ 39

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1

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SWAN

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LARGE TARO ROOT

79¢

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lb.

lb.

lb.

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Product of B.C. 1.74 KG

99¢

59¢

1

$ 29

$ 99

ea.

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5

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5

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2

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8

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