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Dale Proctor installs lights on a fence at Coquitlam’s Lafarge Lake on a rainy morning in preparation for the city’s annual Lights at Lafarge Christmas display. This year’s show will feature more than 300,000 LED lights. For more information on Lights at Lafarge, which officially opens Saturday and runs through Jan. 20, see article on page 3.

TRI-CITY HOUSING

Coq. council ponders big housing moves More duplexes & triplexes possible Gary MCKenna

The Tri-CiTy News

Coquitlam council is considering limiting the size of new

single-family homes in certain parts of the southwest area of the city to encourage the construction of more duplex, triplex and fourplex units.

Staff presented the idea to council Monday afternoon as part of its plans to tweak the Housing Choices program,

established in 2011 to diversify the city’s housing stock in the traditionally single-family area.

Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s general manager of planning and development, said staff has been disappointed with the take-up of the program, noting the majority of the

applications have been for two-lot splits — essentially subdividing one lot into two — rather than the duplex, triplex and fourplex developments they had been hoping for.

“We know there is some difficulties with [the Housing Choices program],” he said.

“We are not getting the mix of housing types.”

Lots that are eligible for the Housing Choices program exist primarily between Blue Mountain Street, Brunette Avenue, Austin Avenue and Schoolhouse Street. Some properties in the neighbour-

hood around Alderson Avenue south of Lougheed Highway and Haversley Avenue west of Schoolhouse are also eligible, along with 175 lots around the periphery of Burquitlam Station. see DIVERSIFYING, page 10

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WINTER FESTIVALS

300,000 lights, 9 switches – no problem Lights at Lafarge kicks off Saturday in Coquitlam Mario Bartel

The Tri-CiTy News

Most people don’t give a second thought to flipping a light switch.

But beginning Nov. 24, Bruce Tiessen will be holding his breath every time he reaches for the toggle to turn on the more than 300,000 colourful LED lights that comprise this year’s Lights at Lafarge Christmas display at Coquitlam’s Lafarge Lake.

“Every day when we turn it on, we cross our fingers hoping nothing’s gone wrong,” Tiessen said.

Actually, there are nine switches that must be turned on as the expansive display that surrounds the lake for 1.2 km is divided into as many zones so any problems can be quickly isolated and repaired, said Tiessen, who’s Coquitlam’s landscape manager and in charge of designing the show that will be ablaze through the Christmas season and until Jan. 20.

This is the second season the lights have completely surrounded the lake, Tiessen said, making it the largest free outdoor light display in Metro Vancouver. And with the lake located right at the end of SkyTrain’s Evergreen Extension, visitors from all over the region are making a stroll through the glowing seasonal scenes part of

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Left: Coquitlam’s landscape manager, Bruce Tiessen, checks out the progress of lights and decorations being installed for the annual Lights at Lafarge Christmas display that will officially open Saturday. Right: Teressa Ponsart and Bill Nichol string lights in a tree. The installation takes two weeks but planning the display is a year-round effort. their holiday schedule.

That has raised expectations to keep the show fresh, Tiessen said, adding, “We have to be careful not to repeat ourselves.”

That means changing the colours in some of the scenes and adding new ones, the planning of which began last February, Tiessen said.

This year’s display will be more interactive, he added, and Christmas music will be piped all along the route.

Tiessen said working with lights is not much of a departure from his usual duties planning and plotting the city’s gardens and boulevards,

LIGHTS AT LAFARGE OPENS SATURDAY Lights at Lafarge officially opens Nov. 24 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. An opening celebration will be held at the TD Community Plaza beginning at 7 p.m. featuring a fire and acrobatic show as well as performances by the Coastal Sound Music Academy youth choir and the Gentlemen of Fortune acappella chorus. except instead of trying to create moods and feelings with foliage and flowers, he’s using electricity and twinkle lights.

“Just like a gardener, you’re trying to fit it into the landscape,” he said.

Tiessen said it’s important all

the displays have been handcrafted in the city’s workshops to instil a sense of community in the project. Which makes it a proud moment when those switches are first flipped. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

TRI-CITY LIBRARIES

Getting Coquitlam library into community key for future Vision for future of library to be unveiled today Janis Cleugh

The Tri-CiTy News

For the past few years, the Coquitlam Public Library has looked inward to restructure.

Now, with the release of its three-year strategic plan today (Wednesday), its focus will be mainly outward — to help the people who visit its two branches as well as its mobile and online services — with the aim of drawing in new users and partners.

Its new vision, which was to

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The Port Coquitlam library recently closed temporarily due to a flood, although it opened a pop-up library in the nearby PoCo recreation complex.

Tomorrow, it’s holding a customer appreciation event from noon to 3 p.m. (drop-in_ to celebrate its re-opening and, according to a press release, “all the people who make the library great, including you!”

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CPL executive director Todd

Gnissios, who was hired in 2013, said the library’s future push is driven by more than 500 survey respondents, interviews with city council and library staff, and consultations with focus groups earlier this year.

Their feedback? The library is much more than books.

“We have about 80 staff and we need to get these people out in the community,” Gnissios said. “The library is a service, not a building.”

Over the next three years, Coquitlam Public Library hopes to make better connections with residents on Burke Mountain — a rapidly growing neighbourhood in northeast Coquitlam, where the city plans 30,000 residents who will

primarily use the City Centre branch — and along North Road, which is also changing quickly as towers rise around the Evergreen Extension route.

There’ll be a boost to connect with new Canadians, especially those who speak Farsi and Korean, to reach out to seniors (through a possible grant from the city) and to juice up the library’s marketing department.

As for non-profits and community groups looking for much-needed cash, the library can also be a first stop, Gnissios said, with librarians helping source funding applications.

The strategic plan also calls for more technology and innovation at the City Centre digital hub and more presence

of librarians on steering groups such as the Tri-Cities Local Immigration Partnership — with the intention of raising awareness of what the library can provide.

“We want to attend as many local events as well can,” Gnissios said.

Besides the outreach, the physical layout at the six-yearold City Centre branch will also get a makeover and its furniture will be updated in the new year.

“We have made a lot of changes over the past five years and all of our metrics have gone up as a result,” he said.

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Cops may face inquiry after return from Cuba Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

The families of police officers Mark Simms and Jordan Long are hoping for swift justice after learning that the men’s ninemonth ordeal will continue in Cuba because prosecutors are appealing their acquittal in a sexual assault case.

In a Facebook post to supporters of Simms, a Vancouver police officer, and Long, who is with Port Moody Police Department, the family said it learned that the prosecution will appeal the case, delaying the men’s return.

And even if they return home exonerated by the Cuban justice system, the two could still face an investigation by the Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner.

A spokesperson from the OPCC said while the case has been opened at the request of the VPD and PMPD, there won’t be any investigation until the officers’ legal issues have been resolved in Cuba.

“For us, the next steps would be whenever these offers return back to the jurisdiction where we have authority, we will try to obtain more information,” said Rollie Woods, the deputy police complaint commissioner, It’s possible that an investigation could take place even if

the appeal is turned down but would depend on the OPCC receiving more details in the case to see if further investigation is warranted.

The OPCC’s job is to investigate complaints in situations where a police officer has done something either on or off duty to discredit the police department, and as yet no information has come to light.

“Our role is in providing oversight of allegations of misconduct. We never had a complaint from anyone,” Woods said, and the woman who made the allegations has not responded to efforts by the OPCC to contact her.

Then there are the additional challenges of obtaining records and evidence, a simple procedure when the case is in B.C. Woods said getting appropriate records and documents could be challenging because the Cuban legal system is different from Canada’s.

“We don’t know whether the records will exist and, if they do, they’ll be in Spanish. We’ll have to get them translated. It’s all up in the air. We are waiting what the outcome of what the process will be in Cuba, then we will decide what the next steps will be.”

It’s also not known how long the officers will be detained in Cuba because while the fam-

ily states that an appeal by the prosecution is common, the procedure and the time it takes are not known.

“We expect that truth and justice will continue to prevail as this process unfolds,” the Facebook post stated.

The comments come as the two men were acquitted of sexual assault by a panel of five female judges, according to the Facebook post.

Media reports have stated the two were on holiday in Veradero, Cuba when a 17-yearold Ontario tourist made the allegations.

Their families have maintained the pair are innocent.

In a Facebook post Monday, the families of Long and Simms stated the following: “We expect the very highest levels of the government of Canada to take action and work collaboratively with Cuban authorities to expedite this process.”

Consular services have been provided to the two, according to an email to The Tri-City News from Global Affairs Canada.

Meanwhile, the PMPD is not releasing any information about the Port Moody officer, including his status with the department, citing lack of information from Cuban authorities and privacy issues. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

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COQUITLAM

Public hearing for five-tower project Coq. residents can weigh-in during Dec. 10 meeting Grant GranGer The Tri-CiTy News

A five-tower development proposed to replace the Best Western Hotel on North Road will go to public hearing despite city council having plenty of concerns about traffic in an already congested corner of Coquitlam.

Anthem Properties’ latest proposal for 319 North Road calls for 1,519 residential units with five towers ranging from 23 to 44 storeys. That’s an increase from the initial 1,386 units in a plan Anthem put forward July 9. Council, however, asked the developer to consider including a rental component and daycare.

The revised proposal has a standalone, six-storey rental building and a daycare facility, although it wouldn’t be built until the fourth and final phase of the development.

In addition, Anthem wants to build a new east-west connection between North Road and the Lougheed Highway

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A five-tower project is being proposed for the Best Western property on North Road in Coquitlam. with completion prior to occupancy of Phase 3.

“It’s already an area that struggles with traffic,” said Coun. Craig Hodge.

The eastern end of the connector would empty out

into the eastbound lanes of Lougheed. Manager of transportation Dan Mooney said Anthem is considering including a light there. see COUNCIL, page 7

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Council has traffic, daycare concerns situation. They came up with more or less a workable game plan,” said McIntyre.

Overall, the proposal calls for 1,430 condominiums, 40 market rental units and 49 below-market, along with retail, restaurant and office space.

The first phase will be construction of towers of 28 and 32 storeys along North Road with 496 condos and 18 belowmarket rental units. None of the units in those towers will have three bedrooms. The staff report said Anthem plans to focus its marketing for the buildings on local first-time buyers and investors, and will include “more family-friendly units” in later phases. The podium for the towers will include a large restaurant, retail and office space.

Phase 2 will be the six-storey standalone rental building with 40 market rental and 31 belowmarket rental units in the middle of the project. The report said Anthem is working with Affordable Housing Societies to purchase and manage the below-market rental units. Phase 3 will be the third and fourth

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“I want more assurances than just the possibility of a light on Lougheed,” said Hodge.

Mooney said the traffic signal at Delestre Avenue would be relocated to the west end of the new connector road.

“I really see this as changing the look of this area and upping the look of the area and I feel it would achieve that really well, but I want to make sure it isn’t hamstringing the neighbouring properties,” said Coun. Dennis Marsden.

Coun. Bonita Zarrillo wants a full presentation of the roads and access at the public hearing to fully understand what’s there now and what will be there at every stage along the way.

“If we can’t understand how can we expect the public to understand,” said Zarrillo.

Planning and development general manager Jim McIntyre said the city will work with the applicant’s transportation engineers prior to the public hearing which is expected to be on Dec. 10.

“It was a very challenging

towers on the north and south sides of the rental building.

The 6,770 sq. ft. daycare with 5,145 sq. ft. of outdoor space would be built in the fourth and final phase, along with Tower 5, on the east side. It is currently planned to accommodate 37 children, 12 toddlers and 25 pre-schoolers.

“I might suggest when this is built out there’ll be more than 25 kids in 1,500 units,” said Marsden, who also felt a daycare could be built in the first phase. “It’s a nice first step with a daycare, but there is an opportunity to look at a lot more.”

Anthem is also boosting its electric vehicle charging stalls in the first phase from 151 to 518 spaces, which is one per residential unit and four commercial spaces.

The city estimates the development will generate $12.6 million in development cost charges to pay for increased municipal infrastructure, $59 million in affordable housing in exchange for increased density, and $1.9 million in community amenity contributions.

Council and Committee Procedures Amendment Bylaw Council and Committees Procedures Amendment Bylaw No. 4095 COUNCIL CONSIDERATION

6 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

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• An updated start time of Council meetings to 6:00pm; • Deletion of a fixed meeting length; and • Advise that the Acting Mayor duties will fall to the Acting Mayor of each preceding month until a replacement is identified.

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Notice of Public Hearing Zoning Amendment Bylaw

6 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

The Council and Committee Procedures Bylaw provides a governance framework for Council and Committee meetings. It speaks to agendas, minutes, delegations, public notices and other procedures.

The proposed updates to the Council and Committee Procedures Bylaw are:

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Notice of Public Input Opportunity Development Variance Permit

Development Variance Permit No. DVP00055

This variance would facilitate a two-lot subdivision including dedication of lands for widening of Patricia Avenue and a corner cut-off at the intersection.

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Location: 3590 Inverness Street

6 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

Legal Description: Lot B, Section 6, Township 40, New West District, Plan NWP79899

GIVE YOUR INPUT Members of the public will have an opportunity to express their views at the meeting or can submit written opinions to:

GIVE YOUR INPUT Members of the public will have an opportunity to express their views at the meeting or can submit written opinions to:

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Inspection of Documents Prior to the public hearing, the public is welcome to inspect the bylaw or application, larger drawings and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on November 27, 2018.

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Prior to the public hearing, the public is welcome to inspect the application, larger drawings and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on November 27, 2018.

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COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

PoCo council meetings to get new start time Janis Cleugh The Tri-CiTy News

Port Coquitlam council meetings will take place an hour earlier.

Last week, newly elected Mayor Brad West announced regular council gatherings will begin at 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month; the next meeting is Nov. 27.

As well, as part of West’s restructuring of council business and in an attempt to be more efficient, statutory committees will be replaced by a Committee of Council — a committee-of-the-whole format that’s currently used in Coquitlam and Port Moody.

Committee of Council will meet every Tuesday at 2 p.m. at city hall, except for the fifth Tuesday of the month; its recommendations will be forwarded to council for formal votes. Meanwhile, councillors will be responsible for a variety of portfolios to lead municipal policy.

West will be in charge of development, planning, downtown and economic development while Coun. Dean Washington will continue to steer the city’s budget and finances; he is also vice-chair of

MAYOR BRAD WEST Committee of Council.

Coun. Laura Dupont will remain as the environment, climate action and parks committee chair, Coun. Darrell Penner will continue in his role as public works and transportation advocate and Coun.

Glenn Pollock as housing, sports and recreation head.

Newly elected councillor Steve Darling will take the reins of community safety — bylaw enforcement, fire, RCMP and emergency preparedness — while fellow newcomer Nancy McCurrach will promote the arts, culture and heritage.

As well, West announced a new Mayor’s Citizen Advisory Roundtable that will comprise up to a dozen volunteers who will give feedback to council

and city staff; successful candidates will represent a crosssection of the community.

“The roundtable will have a direct voice to the mayor’s office and be a sounding board on residents’ priorities,” West said in a news release. “It’s a way for council to continue to engage our citizens and businesses — find out what matters to them and come up with creative ways to make Port Coquitlam a better place for everyone who lives, works, visits and invests here.”

Appointments to external committees were also announced this week: • West on the Metro Vancouver board (Penner as alternate) and TransLink Mayors Council (Washington as alternate); • Pollock representing the city on the PoCo Community Foundation, Fraser Health Municipal Government Advisory Group and TriCities Healthy Communities Partnership; • McCurrach as the council liaison on the Fraser Valley Regional Library board and PoCo Arts; • Dupont on the Coquitlam Watershed Roundtable; • and Darling as the city’s official liaison to School District 43.

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TREASURES OF CHRISTMAS

Big-ticket items offered at Christmas auction Janis Cleugh The Tri-CiTy News

A photo safari in Botswana, a Montana luxury getaway and Markus Naslund autographed Canucks jersey are among the goods up for grabs at the silver anniversary for Treasures of Christmas.

This Saturday’s fundraiser to support operations and programs at Crossroads Hospice Society in Port Moody will see six big prizes up for grabs — with a total value of at least $30,000 — in the live auction.

And a one-carat white gold diamond bracelet — custom made for Treasures of Christmas — will also be on the block as well as dozens of gifts supplied by Tri-City businesses for the silent auction.

“We have some very generous sponsors,” said special events co-ordinator Shelly Pennington of the Crossroads Hospice Society, a charity that has provided care to the terminally ill since 1988 as well as grief and bereavement services to residents in the Tri-Cities and New Westminster.

Pennington said there’ll be a lot more glitz for the 25th annual gala plus some surprise entertainers. Already lined up to perform are circus act Neezar Joseph, DJ Storm and

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Emcees Kaitlyn Herbst of Global TV and Johnny Defazio of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver will return Saturday to host the 25th Treasures of Christmas festivities.

Ken Able of Big City Soul.

As well, included with each ticket, arriving guests will be greeted with a martini for the reception and they will toast the anniversary with a glass of champagne; a buffet dinner will be served by Hard Rock Casino chefs while each table shares a bottle of red and white wines.

Meanwhile, as per tradition, organizers will auction off four decorated Christmas trees, with the winner receiving a tax receipt.

This year, the “Giving Trees” will go to Canuck Place, a children’s hospice in Vancouver; Hawthorne Seniors Care Community, a Port Coquitlam residence on Hawthorne Avenue; Pets-Matter, a foster

care society for owners in need; and a Tri-City family referred

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In 2017, one Christmas tree went for $12,000.

“We want our Giving Trees to go to families,” Pennington said, adding, “This is a time to give back, and we take a lot of pride and time into making sure people get the help they need during the Christmas season.”

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According to a staff report, 117 projects have been approved under the program in the eight years it has existed: • 59 narrow-lot single-family subdivisions; • 26 duplexes; • 15 cottage houses; • 13 quadruplexes; • and four triplexes.

Another 67 lots redeveloped in the Housing Choices area did not take advantage of the program, opting instead to replace the existing residence with an often much larger single-family home.

A staff report noted that by putting limits on the size of detached homes, the city would “‘level the playing field’ between large single-family houses and Housing Choices projects.”

Putting tighter floor area ratio limits on new detached homes “is perhaps the single most effective way to encourage Housing Choices projects and discourage large single family houses,” the report said.

And limiting the size of single-family homes is not the only adjustment being considered for the program.

Community planner Rebecca Chaster told council

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JIM MCINTYRE Monday staff were looking at options for pre-zoning eligible sites to shorten the approval time. The change would mean that instead of council approving projects on a case-by-case basis, “a front-loaded process,” including community consultation, would be initiated to allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes on all permitted lots.

“It would remove the rezoning barrier, which we know is a hurdle and a challenge to many applicants taking on these projects,” she said, later adding: “We could potentially take the three- and four-unit projects and add it as a permitted use already.”

But not all at the council table were enthusiastic about

pre-zoning such a large number of lots.

Coun. Brent Asmundson raised some concerns, noting that the move could receive a significant amount of pushback from the community.

“There is a risk when you pre-zone everything,” he said.

“If it is not working the right way, you don’t have the ability to stop it right away.”

Any changes made to the Housing Choices program would still require significant community engagement, according to city staff.

The next steps in the process include consultation on options in early 2019, followed by a consultation summary at the council table. By mid 2019, staff expect to finalize concepts and draft bylaw amendments.

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INLET SKYTRAIN STATION

Busy corner in PoMo gets a new look — but it’s only temporary Mario Bartel

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Some commuters might say the corner of Ioco Road and Barnet Highway can be a parking lot.

Soon, it will be — temporarily.

At its meeting last Tuesday, Port Moody council approved a temporary use permit that will allow Translink to turn the vacant lot next to the Inlet SkyTrain station at the busy intersection into a storage area for the next 14 months.

The lot will be used to park

construction vehicles and equipment as well as trailers from the neighbouring U-Haul rental depot and parking for staff of Westwood Honda while Translink builds a new storage facility for 30 to 40 SkyTrain cars just west of Falcon Drive in Coquitlam.

André Boel, Port Moody’s manager of planning and development, said the visual impact of the site will be dampened by wrapping the 1.8-metre chain-link fence that will surround it, which would become a public art display, perhaps of large photos sub-

mitted by local artists.

In his report to council, Boel suggested the cost of the artwork, as well as printing and installing the wrap, could be shared by the permit’s applicant and $1,500 from the city’s artwork reserve fund but Mayor Rob Vagramov questioned that strategy.

“Why spend city money on artwork?” he said as council approved an amendment to require the applicant to pay the full cost for the art installation.

“If we’re going to be fencing off and screening something, I would consider that a basic

consideration that there be artwork and we should expect that from the applicant.”

Boel said while the site will have to be graded and a driveway built for access from Ioco Road, he anticipated disruption to the flow of traffic and residents in nearby Suter Brook village will be minimal. He also said the city will work with the applicant to ensure the site stays tidy and the storage of construction waste will not be permitted, adding construction is expected to start “soon.”

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chool district 43 may just have struck a chord with its plea for more targeted funding for children with special needs as well as more consistency and clear standards for programs that support these kids. finally, it seems someone is listening to all these efforts at advocacy as, last week, b.C.’s Select Standing Committee on finance and Government Services unanimously adopted Sd43’s recommendation for more money and supports in this area.

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The board of education is often vilified for not doing enough, such as not requiring applied behavioural analysis training for all education assistants who work with children with autism, as some other districts do; or having waiting lists for children who need assessments. Sd43 also spends more on students with learning disabilities and other vulnerable students than it gets from the province and, thus, has to borrow from other funding allotments to ensure supports are in place.

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but resources are always stretched thin. Without fees from international students, it’s questionable whether the district could cover these costs without incurring a deficit.

These issues and more are behind Sd43’s plea that all districts be treated the same when it comes to vulnerable students.

Thankfully, it appears their cry has been heard because the standing committee recommended increased funding for early identification, the provision of support programs, and the training and recruitment of specialized teachers. as well, it recommended in its report last week that clear

standards should be established, and appropriate supports should be fully funded for students with special needs in both public and independent school systems.

Will these recommendations bear fruit in future budgets?

It’s hard to say. The province has a lot of promises on the table and more education funding wasn’t top on the list for those who responded to a survey. but a majority of people do seem to agree that without an appropriately funded education, b.C. sill neither be competitive in the global economy nor a truly just society.

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ELECTORAL REFORM REFERENDUM

Having a say on PR vs. FPTP systems The Editor, I’ve heard the argument that proportional representation gives rise to smaller splinter parties and that may be true — it depends on the preferences of voters.

Of course, that is just what a true democracy is supposed to reflect.

Still, it might be of interest to learn that, since 2005, Elections BC says some 40 different parties have contended for seats in our provincial legislature (see the list, right), so small parties are nothing new, nor are they anything to be afraid of, especially given a hefty 5% vote threshold for proportional seats.

So please, stop the fearmongering about Nazis.

Chicken Little has been put to shame by such exaggeration and innuendo.

Nick Heath, Coquitlam

According to Elections BC, the following parties have fielded candidates in provincial elections from 2005 to 2018: • 4BC • Advocational Party • B.C. Patriot Party • BC Vision • BC Action Party • BC Cascadia Party • BC Citizens First Party • BC Excalibur Party • BC First • BC Green Party • BC Liberal Party • BC Marijuana Party • BC NDP • BC Refed • BC Reform • BC Social Credit Party • BC Unity Party • BC Youth Coalition • British Columbia Party • Communist Party of BC

AS PREDICTED: MMP

ous letter to The Tri-City News, he now insists on vetoing the party-led “closed list” version for the “open list,” where the public votes for the remaining balance of proportional candidates.

The Editor, So Premier John Horgan not only favours the mixed-member proportional (MMP) form of proportional representation, which I predicted in a previ-

Doug Ford of Ontario, who recently changed the ridings of Toronto city council, midelection.

It seems to me that self-inflicted bungling is an equal-opportunity activity among political leaders across Canada, and now poor British Columbians have to endure yet another degree of illegitimacy to the NDPled referendum process.

Joerge Dyrkton, Anmore

• Christian Heritage Party of B.C. • Conservative • DR BC • Emerged Democracy Party of B.C. • Helping Hand Party • Land Air Water-The L.A.W. • Libertarian • MDM • NAP • People’s Front • Republican Party • The Freedom Party • The Platinum Party • The Progressive Nationalist Party • The Sex Party • The Vancouver Island Party • Unparty: The ConsensusBuilding Party • Western Canada Concept • Work Less Party • Your Political Party of BC (yPP)

‘TRuE DEMoCRACy’

The Editor, The arguments being put forward by those who want to retain our broken voting system are not factual. No one has yet come up with a good, factual reason for not moving to proportional representation (PR).

Lies and largely fearmongering are all the “no” supporters can offer.

The current first past the post (FPTP) system is not democratic when 35% of those who vote elect a majority government that does not represent the remaining 65% in any way.

If laws were passed in the legislature with the same system, everyone would be outraged,

Premier Horgan’s move comes in the middle of the referendum voting process itself, after all the ballots and supplementary material have been sent out.

This reminds me of Premier

and rightly so; a “yes” from 35% of the elected MLA’s when 65% oppose is not democracy.

Neither is FPTP. Unless one votes for the winning candidate/party in FPTP, one’s vote is wasted and useless. I am tired of having to vote for a candidate I really do not want just to hopefully ensure another candidate I want even less is unsuccessful. So-called strategic voting is not true democracy. We deserve to be represented according to how we vote — that is true democracy.

Countries that use PR are among the most advanced and stable, and have sound economies. It is time we share in that.

Vote for PR. Byron Hosking, Pitt Meadows

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Police, store clerk foil attempted butter theft Two Vancouver men have egg on their face after being arrested for allegedly stealing a shopping cart full of butter worth more than $1,400.

The pair was arrested outside the Real Canadian Superstore in the 1300-block of Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.

Figuring to get away with the load of dairy products, the pair allegedly piled a cart full of but-

ter then walked out of the store.

They didn’t get very far, however, because a store employee stopped them, recognized one of the individuals from another incident, and called police.

“Stealing a large amount of butter is a little unusual but we see this sort of thing with similar food products,” said Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Michael McLaughlin in a press release.

“Things like cheese, meat

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On the other hand, it’s possible these suspects were choosing the wrong way to get a head start on their Christmas baking.”

The two men, a 23-year-old and a 25-year-old partner, are facing charges of theft under $5,000. The 23-year-old is also a suspect in at least three other butter thefts around Metro Vancouver in recent months.

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Five people have been displaced after fire broke out at a home in the 1400-block of El Camino Drive in northeast Coquitlam last Thursday night.

Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the blaze, but believe it started on the outside of the detached home and worked its way up a side wall and into the attic.

“The occupants had no idea the house was on fire until our crews arrived on scene,” said deputy fire chief Rod Gill, noting that with flames predominantly outside and in the attic, the smoke detectors were unable to do their job.

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take more care planning the agenda for its meetings by requiring them to adjourn by 11 p.m.

“Many meetings in the past term have extended beyond reason,” he said, adding the new time frame will ensure important decisions can be made at a “reasonable hour.”

Vagramov suggested the new procedures be subject to a review after every election.

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Last Tuesday, at council’s first regular meeting since the Oct. 20 civic elections, Rob Vagramov said it’s an opportune time for returning and new councillors to examine the way council business is conducted “before we get into any business,” adding, “I feel it would really engage new councillors in understanding what council procedure is all about.”

Among suggestions Vagramov presented in his report was giving more time to council members as well as the public to speak on complex issues.

He’s proposing the time limit for councillors be increased from five minutes to 10, and the time allotted for public input at council meetings be increased to 30 minutes. Currently the publicinput period is limited to 15 minutes, although, Vagramov pointed out in his report, motions to extend that were never defeated during his previous four years on council.

Vagramov said the five-

minute time limit imposed on councillors to speak “has been problematic in the past, where discussion on extremely complex matters has been forced into quick discussion,” adding that led to a lack of discourse and healthy debate. And, he added, allowing more time for public input means council won’t have to make repeated motions for extensions.

Vagramov said changes in council meeting procedures will help council be more flexible and responsive while creating a “responsive culture” at city hall.

“It’s a bit of a wish list,” he said, adding other councillors could present their ideas for further discussions at an upcoming meeting of council’s committee of the whole.

Other changes Vagramov is proposing include electronic participation in meetings where councillors may attend a meeting remotely by Skype, moving verbal reports by councillors to the beginning of a meeting, when more members of the public are likely to be present, and allowing late items to be added to the council agenda with the assent of two-thirds of council rather the current unanimous vote.

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But to avoid some of the problems that hindered the committee’s previous incarnation, including a lack understanding its scope, the city should look at how transportation committees operate in other cities.

Staff will produce a report on a structure and mandate for a renewed transportation committee to be considered at a future meeting of council.

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Many believe Black Friday was named for the day retail companies would become profitable for the year (retailers would record losses in red in and profits in black), but other accounts of the origins of Black Friday differ.

Gold Rush One story attributes the name of Black Friday to September 24, 1869, when two speculators created a boom and subsequent bust in the gold market.

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Images from Ralph Drew’s book “Coquitlam Chronicles: Historical Crossroads on the Fraser River:” Left, workers at the Hage Timber camp near the Coquitlam River in 1923 close to where the current City Centre is. Right: Langan Avenue in Coquitlam Township (now in Port Coquitlam) circa 1912 with mud and wood-plank surfaces.

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A book.

Stewart was a fan of the three historical books Drew wrote and published on his village, Indian Arm and the north shore of Burrard Inlet, the first of which — Forest and Fjord: The History of Belcarra — won a Lieutenant Governors Gold Medal award for historical writing in 2014.

Stewart wanted Drew to do a book focusing on Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities.

The result is a 370-page coffee table book titled Coquitlam Chronicles: Historical Crossroads on the Fraser River. “[Stewart] twisted my arm, he really did. In retrospect I’m

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Ralph Drew, author of Coquitlam Chronicles, which details the history of the region, stands amongst the tall towers of the city’s centre where tall trees once stood. glad he did. I was really happy doing the project and very happy with the outcome,” said Drew, who presented his work Monday to Coquitlam council, which paid for the nearly $7,600 in digital rights for more than

300 images in the book.

Drew was apprehensive at first because both Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam had produced “excellent” centenary books and he didn’t want to duplicate them. So his research

reached to a time before the cities existed — way back, to the ice age.

Thus, the first chapter is about the area’s natural history.

“That absolutely shaped what eventually happened in

[the area’s] history,” said Drew.

The second chapter is about the Indigenous presence long before Simon Fraser canoed down the river that would be named after him. Even the subsequent settlement involved many historical happenings in the province, especially in New Westminster and Fort Langley, which also broadened the scope of the book.

“I initially worried about how it would mesh with the existing centenary books but I think they complement each other quite nicely,” said Drew, 70, who did not seek reelection in last month’s municipal election after serving as Belcarra’s mayor since 1983.

The biggest surprise to him was “the extent and depth of logging in the area,” especially in the Coquitlam Lake region after BC Electric built a rail line to build its dam.

“There was very little written up. Yeah, we knew about the sawmills on the river and that was written up, but the actual logging up in the hills kind of went unnoticed. I was impressed as I got into it,” said Drew.

Although he won an award for Forest and Fjord, Drew hasn’t been able to attract a publisher because “local history is a niche market.” He estimated the direct out-of-pocket costs to publish the book at $32,000

but he has been able to cover that with several sponsorships, the two largest from developers Wesbild (Westwood Plateau and Burke Mountain) and Beedie Living (which is planning to develop the former Fraser Mills sight on the Fraser River).

“It’s a challenge, it’s not easy. I do it because I love local history and the whole writing process. There’s an artistic component to it, assembling it, the layout I enjoy it,” said Drew. “I wrote this book in a year, and it was an intense year. I’m talking about seven days a week, working anywhere from two to 10 hours a day. I was supposed to take a break after the third book but I really enjoy the whole research and history process.”

He’s also motivated by the legacy he leaves by writing the books, especially for his three grandsons, who are aged 20, 18 and 9 and live in Coquitlam.

“I’ve set aside four copies, one for my daughter and one for each of the boys, and my daughter’s put them on a shelf in the closet. At some point, they will become much more interested in it. I have a feeling it will probably be after I’m gone,” Drew said with a laugh.

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Alex Jankacky is a bundle of bubbling energy as he enthusiastically talks about the tiny bot he’s rolling back and forth across a boardroom table that he’s going to sell at the first KidPreneurs Market Day this weekend.

The 10-year-old from Anmore has developed a kit complete with parts, tools and instructions for kids to build the circuitry for a reindeer bot with an LED light for the nose.

Alex is one of 18 kids who will be at the market Saturday promoting products like slimes, soaps, baked goods and Harry Potter wands. It’s part of an after-school business class put on by the non-profit BizKids Practical Education Association in the Tri-Cities.

When the students in the 11-week course were asked to come up with a product to sell, he thought of the little bot he and his fellow Odyssey of the Mind competitors created earlier this year, only he kicked it up a notch.

“I decided to set it up as kits so it would be more educational instead of just selling the

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Alex Jankacky shows off his reindeer Christmas decoration bot that he’ll be promoting at the KidPreneurs Market Day Nov. 24 at Henderson Place Mall in Coquitlam. bot,” said Jankacky, who calls his venture Build-A-Bot. “The main part is the experience of building it.”

Leah Coss, the organization’s president, told The TriCity News, “The market day is the grand finale,” with the kids

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have always enjoyed reading novels that evoke a strong sense of place, stories that bring to life the people, the language and the locale, and that draw you into another world.

The following novels are wonderful examples of the experience of place. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

“Gut wrenching” and “raw emotion” are the terms that come to mind when I think of Dorothy Allison’s Bastard out of Carolina. This semi-autobiographical novel is narrated by 12-year old Ruth Anne, nicknamed Bone, whose mother gave birth to her at the age of 15. From the opening pages, Allison immerses us in a harsh world where poverty reigns, the men are tough and the women resigned but resilient. If life isn’t already hard enough for Bone, her mother Anney marries Glenn who, on the surface, is as sweet as sugar but who has an uncontrollable temper. Before long, Glenn begins to sexually and physically abuse Bone, resulting in a chain of events that tears the family apart and lays bare the consequences of family betrayal. There were times while reading this book I was sure I couldn’t read another

word, so disturbing were some of the passages, but the author’s use of language and her writer’s ability to pull me into her characters’ lives made me keep turning page after page. Allison said after the book’s publication that it was the “complicated, painful story of how my mama had, and had not, saved me as a girl.” It’s a powerful story you don’t want to miss.

The Last Ballad, Wiley Cash’s third novel, is a fictionalized account of the 1929 Loray Mill strike in North Carolina, an event that changed the lives of many in unimaginable ways. Ella May Wiggins works six days a week at a textile mill in Bessemer City, barely earning enough to clothe and feed her children. After attending a union meeting in nearby Gastonia, Ella May finds herself

leading the workers in their fight for humane working conditions. Before long, Ella becomes the target of antiunionists and angry mill owners who will stop at nothing to quash the labor revolt. This is a sweeping novel, full of sorrow and anguish and well worth your time.

Leah Weiss’ debut novel, If the Creek don’t Rise, takes us into the impoverished world of Baines Creek, a fictional town in Appalachia in the 1970s.

Here we meet Sadie Blue, 15 years old, pregnant and newly married to Roy, who drinks too much and uses her as a punching bag. Sadie has no idea how to escape from her marriage prison until a new teacher in town helps her see things in a different light. Sadie’s story is primarily told through the eyes of several colourful characters whose stories convey a world of bleakness softened occasionally by a few glimmers of hope.

As Sadie’s grandmother says, “Regular folk would buckle in this piss-and-vinegar world.”

Not so the folk around Sadie.

I liked this novel for so many reasons, particularly for the way Weiss develops a growing sense of foreboding throughout and crafts an ending that is deeply satisfying, if somewhat shocking.

A Good Read is a column by TriCity librarians that is published on Wednesdays. Kathleen Wyatt works at Coquitlam Public Library.

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• Trinity United and St. Catherine’s churches’ annual Christmas bazaar, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo; event includes a baking table, gourmet table, silent auction, luncheon and more.

• Join Lower Mainland green Team volunteers in planting trees and removing invasive species, 9:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Coquitlam River Park (near Shaughnessy Street and Lincoln Avenue); no experience needed; tools, gloves and refreshments will be provided. Info: meetup. com/The-Lower-Mainland-GreenTeam/events.

• Christmas bazaar, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, corner of Como Lake and Blue Mountain, Coquitlam; Christmas and cottage crafts, bake table, jams and jellies, white elephant, plants, silent auction, children’s corner and lunch. Info: 604-9396136, www.hiscpc.org.

• Christmas Tree Festival, Leigh Square, PoCo. Festival kicks off during the city’s Christmas in Leigh Square event alongside the Lighting of Leigh Square. Participate in PoCo Heritage’s festival and scavenger hunt throughout December for a chance to win fun prizes.

• PoCo Heritage hosts photos with Santa , noon-4 p.m., The Outlet Building, Leigh Square, PoCo; get your family photo taken with Santa by cash donation ($5 suggested donation per photo).

• Terry Fox Library customer appreciation, noon-3 p.m.

Celebrate the library’s reopening after a recent flood forced its closure. Drop in to enjoy smiles and refreshments.

MONDAY, NOV. 26 • Municipal Pension Retirees Association (MPRA) District 25/ Tri-Cities meeting, 11 a.m., ABC Country Restaurant, 300-100 Schoolhouse St., Coquitlam.

TUESDAY, NOV. 27 • Dogwood Drama Club presents Misconceptions and At Half Time, 7:30 p.m, Dogwood Pavilion. Tickets: $5 at the door.

• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-319-5313.

• Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. Guests always welcome. Info on scheduled activities: www.tricityphotoclub.ca/2018-2019-meetings.

ents Misconceptions and At Half Time, 1:30 p.m, Dogwood Pavilion. Tickets: $5 at the door.

SUNDAY, NOV. 25 • Dogwood Drama Club presents Misconceptions and At Half Time, 1:30 p.m, Dogwood Pavilion. Tickets: $5 at the door.

THURSDAY, NOV. 29 • Dogwood Drama Club pres-

will be selling handmade artisan crafts and prepared foods.

Admission: adults, $3; seniors, $2; children 12 and under, free.

TUESDAY, DEC. 4 • Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-

Cities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

FRIDAY, NOV. 30

• Coquitlam Christmas craft fair, 5-9 p.m., at the Poirier Forum (also on Dec. 1 and 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.); more than 100 vendors will be selling locally handmade artisan crafts and prepared foods. Admission: adults, $3; seniors, $2; children 12 and under, free.

• BC SPCA Tri-Cities Education and Adoption Centre hosts its annual Wine & Whiskers fundraiser at Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam – an evening of vegetarian hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, cocktails, auction items and games. Info: spca. bc.ca/events/event/tri-citieswine-whiskers.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28 • Pacific Digital Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school. Guests always welcome. Info: www.pdpc.ca.

• Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a small stamp auction; everyone welcome. Viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier community centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

minimum $20 donation per session. Book through spca. bc.ca/events/event/pet-photoswith-santa or by contacting the branch at 604-468-4044 or tricities@spca.bc.ca.

• Coquitlam Christmas craft fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Poirier Forum; more than 100 vendors

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Jewish fest expands to PoMo for 30th year Janis Cleugh The Tri-CiTy News

For three decades, the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival — Canada’s longest-running celebration of Jewish cinema — has rolled its flicks for downtown audiences.

Now, for its 30th anniversary, it’s screening productions in suburbs to the west and east.

This weekend, the fest will have five films in the Kay Meek Studio Theatre in West Vancouver and, starting next Monday, six movies at Port Moody’s Inlet Theatre.

“It’s been a goal of mine for the last number of years to

have the festival in areas where the younger families are living,” said Robert Albanese, the festival’s executive director. “We want to offer the same programming to people who don’t come to Vancouver’s centre.”

Launched Nov. 7 at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas in Vancouver — with the west coast premiere of Mr. and Mrs. Aldeman, a 2017 film by director Nicolas Bedos — the fest also showed six screenings at the Norman and Annette Rothstein Theatre on West 41st Street in Vancouver last weekend.

Albanese said his committee picked Port Moody because of its “lovely theatre” and the Tri-

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Cities’ large expatriate Israeli population.

The six film selections for the Port Moody audience are family-friendly and “among our favourites,” he said.

The Cousin — a story about a left-leaning actor who hires a Palestinian handyman accused

of committing a crime — won numerous nominations and awards last year including Best Actor for Tzahi Grad at the 2018 Israeli Film Academy Awards.

The Caretaker, an Israeli/ German production by Ofir Raul Grazier, follows griefstricken Thomas as he travels to Jerusalem to find closure over the sudden death of his lover. The critically acclaimed work picked up Best Director and Best Israeli Film accolades at this year’s Berlin Jewish Film Festival.

Standing Up, an American documentary by Jonathan Miller, weaves a yarn about

three comics trying to make it in New York while Redemption charts a former rock singer who becomes part of the orthodox Jewish community.

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel is a baseball documentary follows Israel’s team — competing for the first time — in the World Baseball Classic and The Last Suit, an Argentine/Spanish movie in Hebrew with English subtitles sees the elderly protagonist — and Holocaust survivor — plan a journey to the other end of the world.

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Albanese, who will be at each Port Moody screening, said he hopes the festival will continue annually in the city.

“We want to bring awareness that we are not just limited to Vancouver. We intend to become a presence in the TriCities from now on,” he said.

• Tickets to the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival in Port Moody can be purchased at the door to the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., inside PoMo city hall) or online at vjff.org. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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Bob Costello is in the director’s chair — for the first time— to lead the Dogwood Drama Club in its next production. The group at Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion presents a double bill on Sunday and Nov. 29 at 1:30 p.m. as well as Nov. 27 at 7:30 p.m.: Misconceptions, a 45-minute play penned

by Dick Meredith, and At Halftime, a 20-minute show by Art Shulman about a Over 60 Women’s Basketball League. Tickets at $5 (available at the door or from the Dogwood Designs gift shop) include refreshments. Call 604-927-6098 or visit coquitlam.ca/dogwood. The Pavilion is located at 1655 Winslow Ave. Pictured from left to right are: Anne Scott, Judy Slater, Nancy Golabiewski, Garth Sparkes, Jean Baker and Joan Royle.

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Composer Thomas Hogge is having trouble getting his musical off the ground.

His work, titled Forever and Ever: The Christian Musical, isn’t a musical per se as it is a concert with religious music.

There are no actors or narrator cast — though he’d like there to be some storytelling component to his production one day — but there are videographics to accompany the sound and dancers.

The presentation is, in fact, a combination of his original music from his two albums using the Bible as a source of inspiration.

A former Coquitlam resident, Hogge turned from classical music to rock anthems — via his band Punch and Judy and The Biz — then spiritual songs in 2012.

“I was sitting in the basement and it came to me,” the Peachland homebuilder said.

“I realized I’ve been writing the same songs all my life, just in different ways. They’re all love

COMPOSER THOMAS HOGGE songs.”

Hogge tapped fellow musician Miles Foxx Hill to coproduce his second album, Forever and Ever, and the pair began to structure the ecclesiastical production, Forever and Ever: the Christian Musical.

A bassist, Foxx Hill has worked with some of the music industry’s biggest names including Van Morrison, Michael Buble and Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.

Foxx Hill will be on the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage next Thursday along with other top working musicians under the New Jerusalem Project Band to showcase Hogge’s Christian tunes.

They are: Tom Arntzen (keyboards/vocals); Keith Bennett (vocals/harmonica);

Olaf DeShield (guitar/vocals); Laura Doyle (vocals); Vince Mai (trumpet); Steve Hilliam (saxophone); Rod Murray (trombone); Phil Robertson (drums); Ashley Tendesai (vocals); and Tim Porter (guitar).

Taylor Rowe, who trained with The Dance Initiative and The Source Dance Company, choreographed the steps.

“We have a lot of people on stage,” Hogge quipped.

As for his target audience, he hopes to draw in non-believers of the Christian faith.

“I think they will be touched by the music and we will let the Holy Spirit take it from there,” he said. “This is uplifting music that tells the story of the gospel.

It’s about Jesus and his return.

And though this is still very much a work in progress, we just want to get the music out there because it’s such a positive message.”

• Forever and Ever: The Christian Musical is at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) on Nov. 29 at 8 p.m. For tickets, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

It also runs at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby on Dec. 21 as a benefit for the MS Society of BC & Yukon. Visit foreverandevermusic.ca. jcleugh@tricitynews.com

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ME to WE — a 70-member club at Gleneagle secondary supporting the WE Charity — hosts its 6th annual coffeehouse next Friday, featuring entertainment from a dozen student musicians, dancers and a magician. The Nov. 30 fundraiser at the school (1195 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam) starts at 7 p.m. with proceeds going to help build schools in Tanzania — a location the group voted for because a member plans to visit the country next year to volunteer with the charity. Handmade rafiki bracelets from Kenya will also be sold at the high-tea themed event while door prizes and food will be available.

Tickets at $10/$5 can be purchased at the door. Pictured from left to right are grade 9 to 11 students: Anjali Cocasse, Jiwon Hwang, Sarah Johnson, Tiffany Lam, Elaine Xiao and Grace Kim.

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Teen day, live painting and a new EP for Maze Middle and high school students can add to a mural, make a mini terrarium and paint on wood at the third annual Teen Day at Place des Arts.

The Youth Arts Council is inviting teens to a special arts afternoon at the Coquitlam facility (1120 Brunette Ave.) on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.

The social event is open to students aged 13 to 17; admission is free.

The council is made up of 16 volunteers led by Jaimie Lee, a Grade 12 student at Port Moody secondary.

To save a spot at Teen Day, visit brownpapertickets.com.

Call the centre at 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.

TEACHER CALL

Arts teachers searching for a new venue to instruct can join an open house at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts on Friday.

From 1 to 2:30 p.m., managers will lead qualified teachers specializing in visual arts, dance, theatre, music and literature can tour the Maillardville centre.

Candidates are asked to have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent skills, training and experience. To save a spot, call 604-664-1636 (ext. 24) or email lchenosky@placedesarts.ca.

PURRFECT

Have a sip of vino while supporting the BC SPCA at its annual Wine & Whiskers, taking place at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre next Friday.

Last year’s gala brought in $6,000 for the SPCA Tri-Cities Education and Adoption Centre, via ticket sales and a silent auction, to help rehome 368 animals and other programs.

CASSANDRA MAZE “We are looking forward to another wonderful night of fun — all while helping abused, abandoned and neglected animals in our community,” said centre manager Dianne Stebner, in a news release.

Tickets at $45 include a beverage and appetizers.

To RSVP, call 604-468-4044 or visit spca.bc.ca/events/ event/tri-cities-wine-whiskers.

LIVE DEMO

Coquitlam painter Eileen Harder is the next guest at the monthly Art Focus Artists Association meeting.

Harder, who instructs at Glen Pine and Dogwood seniors centres, will show her talent in a live demonstration on Wednesday, Nov. 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. in The Outlet at Leigh Square Community Arts Village (behind Port Coquitlam city hall). Admission is free.

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Guitar sensation Daniel Bolshoy is the guest musician for the next recital in the Musical Mornings series in Coquitlam.

Bolshoy — the head of guitar departments for the UBC

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MAZE EP

Coquitlam native Cassandra Maze dropped her new EP this month in Vancouver.

The work, titled Asymmetry, was released at the Blue Light Studio. Her alternative pop tunes can be streamed and downloaded via Spotify, iTunes and Google Play.

ADULT ART TIME

Make felted gifts and ornaments for Christmas at Place des Arts’ next pARTy@Pda workshop.

The adults-only class with faculty member Catherine Dumaine takes place at the Coquitlam venue (1120 Brunette Ave.) on Friday, Dec. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.

Appetizers will be served and a cash bar will be open.

Participants will also receive a 10% discount on purchase made at the Christmas Boutique, an annual handmade craft market opened last week. For tickets at $26 per person, or two for $42, call 604664-1636 or visit brownpapertickets.com. Felting supplies are included.

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Clockwise from left: Terry Fox Ravens Grade 10 quarterback Key’Shaun Dorsey scrambles away from a Notre Dame tackler in the first half of their BC Secondary Schools Football Association Subway Bowl quarter-final, Saturday at BC Place stadium; Dorsey gets instructions from Ravens’ coach Martin McDonnell; Running back Cade Cote looks for daylight in the second half.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Ravens’ win sets up rematch with Hyacks Terry Fox wears down Notre Dame in Subway Bowl quarter-final MARIO BARTEL

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Terry Fox Ravens junior varsity quarterback Key’Shaun Dorsey rewarded his coach’s confidence in him by leading the senior team to a 35-21 victory over the Notre Dame Jugglers in their BC Secondary Schools Football Association Subway Bowl quarter-final, last Saturday at BC Place Stadium.

It seems there’s something magical about Grade 10 quarterbacks and the Ravens.

Last year it was junior varsity pivot Stu Phillips who was able to step in for a hobbled Jevaun Jacobsen and the pair then platooned the Ravens to within a second of repeating as Subway Bowl champions.

This year, Terry Fox head coach Martin McDonnell again reached down into the junior squad late in the season when the senior team’s starting quarterback, Matt LewHendrickson, was battered and bruised.

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Especially as it allowed Lew-Hendrickson to play his more accustomed position — receiver — from which he was plucked at the beginning of the season when both Jacobsen and Phillips didn’t return.

In fact, it was a 38-yard catch by Lew-Hendrickson that he was able to take to the two-yard line which set up a scamper into the end zone by running back Cade Cote that tied the game at 7-7 after the Jugglers had taken an early lead.

Dorsey and LewHendrickson teamed up again

just before halftime when the junior quarterback tossed the ball to the senior pivot who then threw it back to Dorsey who ran it down the sideline and into the end zone to put Terry Fox in front, 14-7 with just eight seconds left until the break.

The Ravens rode the momentum of that play into the second half, and early in the third quarter, Terry Fox increased its margin when Cote bolted 75 yards for a major.

Two minutes after that, Jaden Severy scored on a 47-yard run to make it 27-7.

Notre Dame got some life when receiver Jerrell Cummings out-leaped Fox

at 7 p.m. at BC Place.

In last Saturday’s earlier game, the Hyacks upset the previously undefeated Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, 34-16, setting the stage for a rematch of last year’s Subway Bowl championship, when New West scored a dramatic 15-14 win on a last-second touchdown followed by a successful two-point conversion.

McDonnell said even though there’s a lot of new faces on this year’s Ravens, last year’s loss still stings.

“That will be motivation now,” he said of his team preparing for another crack at the Hyacks. “We won’t have to say much.”

defender Kaiden Parks in the end zone to pull down a strike from Jugglers’ quarterback Will Clarke.

But another 75-yard touchdown run down the sideline, this time by Severy, extinguished any spark Notre Dame might have realized from their score as the Ravens went up 35-14.

Jugglers’ running back Teon Alexander-Amour did score on a seven-yard run to make it 35-21 with four minutes left in the fourth quarter, but an interception by the Raven’s Kyle Huish two minutes later sealed his team’s place in Saturday’s semifinal, where they’ll face the New Westminster Hyacks

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Giving up four power-play goals cost the Coquitlam Express Sunday, as they dropped their third BC Hockey League game in a row, 6-2 to the Surrey Eagles, at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

The loss was also the second in a row at home for the Express, who dropped their game last Friday against the Victoria Grizzlies, 6-3.

Sunday’s odd-man assault started early, when Jeremy Smith took only eight seconds to convert Joshua Wildauer’s absence from the ice because of a tripping penalty into a 1-0 lead for the Eagles less than eight minutes into the first period.

Alex DiPaolo got the Express back on even terms, also on a power play, after seven minutes had been played in the second period. But six seconds after that goal, Coquitlam’s Juliano Santalucia was called for a minor and misconduct for a blow to the head after he drove an Eagles’ player hard into the glass and again the Eagles took advantage to go

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Coquitlam Express forward Alex DiPaolo looks for the loose puck in the pads of Victoria Grizzlies goalie Kurtis Chapman in their BC Hockey League game, last Friday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Victoria won the game, 6-3. back in front, 2-1.

Hunter Alden tied it with his first goal of the season but with Pito Walton cooling his heels in the penalty box for tripping, Surrey went back in front on a goal by Brandon Santa Juana to take the lead for good.

The Eagles scored three unanswered goals in the third period, one of them into an empty net, to seal just their seventh win of the season.

Two of those have come at the expense of the Express, who remain in third place in the

Mainland Division with 31 points, five points behind the Prince George Spruce Kings.

Cayden Bailey stopped 37 shots in the Eagles’ net to earn the game’s second star. Kolby Matthews made 23 saves for the Express.

Against the Grizzlies, Coquitlam clawed its way back to within a goal 12 minutes into the third period, but they could get no closer.

In fact, the tantalizing prospect of a four-goal comeback after the Express had spotted the visitors a 4-0 lead lasted a tick less than two-and-a-half minutes. That’s how long it took for Victoria’s Marty Westhaver to make it 5-3 after Joshua Wildauer’s 11th goal of the season had brought Coquitlam all the way back to 4-3.

Ryan Nolan rounded out the Grizzlies’ 16th win of the season with an unassisted goal into an empty net with eight seconds left in the game.

Victoria’s highly-touted prospect Alex Newhook, who’s projected as a possible firstround pick in next spring’s NHL entry draft, finished the game with one assist but made enough of an impression in other aspects of his play to earn the game’s first star.

Coquitlam tried to get back into the win column on Tuesday (after The Tri-City News’ print deadline), when they played the Langley Rivermen in Langley.

Their next home game is Friday, when they’ll host the Penticton Vees, 7 p.m., at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

KODIAKS FINISH 7TH

The Heritage Woods Kodiaks field hockey team went into last week’s provincials looking to improve on the 13th place standing they achieved last year.

A 3-2 shootout win over Vancouver’s Churchill secondary last Friday put the Port Moody school in seventh place. It was also a nice balm after the Kodiaks suffered three straight losses to top squads following a pair of wins on the tournament’s opening day.

Heritage Woods defeated McMath 3-1, and Panorama Ridge 2-0 to reach the championship draw of the 16 team tournament. But losses on the second day to the Kelowna Owls, who ended up fourth overall, and Handsworth, the eventual provincial champions, set up their showdown with Churchill.

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