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Juan Jose Rosales, 76, and his wife Marta Rosales, 66, died at the scene of a hit-and-run crash Wednesday.

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As the investigation into the crash that killedtwo pedestrians on a Coquitlam street Wednesdaycontinues, police are hoping for more witnessesto come forward.

Local Mounties confirmed investigators havefound the vehicle believed to be involved in thealleged hit-and-run, as well as the person driv-ing.

RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung said the alleged driverwas interviewed by police but later released.

He noted investigators have seized a truck andare in the process of getting a warrant to searchthe vehicle.

It is way too early to speculate on charges,Chung said, adding police dont believe speed ordrugs and alcohol were factors in the crash.

The incident happened just before 3:30 p.m.when, according to Coquitlam RCMP, a greytruck was turning onto Austin Avenue fromGatensbury Street when it hit two pedestrians.

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It may not have solved allof the crime and safety issuesfacing the region, but it was alively debate about the topicduring the Tri-Cities NOWsfirst Twitter town hall.

More than a dozen policeofficers,politicians andotherstook part in the 90-minutetown hall Wednesday usingthe hashtag #TCNOWforum.The discussion featuredspirited debate and analysisof the topic in tweet form.

The Tri-Cities NOW haschosen some highlights fromamong the forums roughly140 tweets:

SFU professor MartinAndresen

Evergreen Line wontnecessarily lead to anincrease in crime. Preliminaryresearch on Canada Linehas shown minimal effect#TCNOWforum

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vention and RELATIONSHIPbuilding continued to be abest practice when coming toyouth crime prevention

Port Moody Mayor MikeClay

#TCNowForum - percep-tion of crime, even if not real-ity, breeds fear - educationfor the masses on what towatch for in community.

Coquitlam Coun. TerryONeill

@TheTriCitiesNow Policeare doing a great job. In Coq,chronic-prolific team is work-ing. The problem is the revolv-ing door. #tcnowforum

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ongoing problem (particular-ly thefts from cars), robberiesare rare...#TCNOWforum

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gram for prolific offend-ers doesnt work, and is adisservice to offenders w/mental illness/addictions.#TCNOWforum

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fears but property crime isthe biggest risk for most.

NDP MP Fin DonnellyCanadas prisons are

packed to record-high levels.Poverty, addiction & men-tal illness common amongmajority of inmates #tcnow-forum

This is a sampling of thediscussion, but there will bemore forums to come on anumber of topics importantto you, the readers.

Check thenownews.com;in a few weeks well be select-ing a new topic for anotherforum.

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The two pedestrians, who were describedas seniors, died on scene.

Chung said police spoke to a small numberof witnesses at the scene, but want to speak tomore to find out what happened before, dur-ing and after the collision.

Police have not officially released the namesof the victims, but Global News has identifiedthem as Juan Jose Rosales, 76 and MartaRosales, 66.

Two boys, Scott and Logan,were hanging out near theintersection after schoolwhen they heard a boom andscream.

Scott said he saw two peoplelying on the ground as othersrushed over to provide aid.

He said it appeared one ofthe victims was still breath-ing for a short time after thecrash.

Meanwhile, Logan said a sil-ver truck that hit the victimsstopped at first, but then tookoff after being approached by someone on amotorcycle.

He suggested the driver knew he had hitsomeone because he stopped.

There was a guy on a motorbike and hechased after the car, Scott told the Tri-CitiesNOW.

Both of the boys said the motorcycle chasedthe truck eastbound down Austin.

Several police cars were seen in front ofa home near Hickey Street and Austin, andRCMP confirmed the vehicle was located at aCoquitlam residence.

The scene of two bodies lying under blan-kets near the intersection in broad daylightwas shocking for residents in the area.

Dave Turnbull, who was out walking hisdog, suggested the stretch of road is danger-

ous, especially from speeding cars.How many more people have to get killed?

he asked, adding hed like to see more policepresence in the area.

Andrew Buchanan also lives near the inter-section and lodged a complaint with the cityand RCMP six months ago with his concernsover the safety of Austin.

He was told police dont have the resourcesto set up regular traffic enforcement.

I see cars here [going] too fast, Buchanansaid.

Coquitlam Mayor RichardStewart said the city has a chal-lenge with the speed of trafficalong both Austin and ComoLake Avenue.

He suggested dangerousdriving is not only a growingissue for Coquitlam, but alsothe Lower Mainland.

The mayor said he wouldbe talking to city engineers tosee if anything can be changedat the intersection to make itsafer.

This is the second deadly hit-and-run in the Tri-Cities in a

little more than three months.Riverside Secondary student Annie Leung

was killed on Sept. 10 when she was hit by adark-coloured truck while in the crosswalk atPitt River and Mary Hill roads.

The driver has still not been caught.Chung said police would like to see people

take responsibility for their actions, addingin general, charges are unlikely even in afatal crash if the driver wasnt doing anythingillegal like being impaired or speeding.

You also provide the family a little bit ofclosure knowing youre taking responsibilityfor what happened, he said.

In the meantime, Coquitlam Mounties areasking any witnesses to contact the detach-ment at 604-945-1550 and quote file number2013-34951.

Mayor is looking atintersection safety

Bomb threat sendsstudents home


Students at GleneagleSecondary got an unexpectedday off after a bomb threatwas called into the school.

Coquitlam RCMP respond-ed to the call after 10 a.m.Thursday.

The school was safelyevacuated.

Bomb sniffing dogs werecalled out, but by 1 p.m.nothing had been found.

Coquitlam Mounties sentout this tweet at 11:30 a.m.:

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GleneagleSD43 police inci-dent. Nothing has beenuncovered yet. Officers stillon scene investigating.

Stephanie Lui, a student atGleneagle, said an announce-ment came on at 10:15 a.m.that the school was in lock-down.

She said classes followedthe protocols of locking doorsand covering windows.

About 15 minutes later,they were told to evacuate toScott Creek Middle.

We thought it was a drill,Lui told the Tri-Cities NOW,adding all the students were

fine and the evacuation wasorderly.

Students were later dis-missed for the day.

RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chungsaid the call came into theprincipal of the school, whothen called police.

Somebody called andsaid there was a bomb in theschool, he said, noting thecaller was a male.

Every time theres a bombthreat, we take it seriously.

Chung indicated once theschool was cleared, the inves-tigation would turn towardidentifying the caller.

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Ken Franzs mind is cloud-ed by what-ifs and doubts.

What if he had reachedout to the woman living inthe suite below all thesemonths?

Would he still be alive if hedecided to go to sleep earlySaturday morning insteadof waking himself up with ashower?

What if he had brokendown the door of the apart-ment below, already engulfedby flames? Could the womanbe saved, or would he haveperished in the flames withher.

They are now the ques-tions that keep Franz awake

at night, following a deadlyapartment fire on HowieAvenue last week.

He hopes by telling hisstory, maybe some lessonscan be learned so a similartragedy can be avoided.

It was sometime betweentwo and three oclockSaturday morning when the39-year-old dozed off on thecouch while watching somemovies in his third-floorsuite.

When Franz woke up, hewas faced with a choice: goback to bed or take a shower.

He decided on the latterand it might have saved hislife.

After his shower, he walkedto his bedroom and feltwarmth beneath his feet.

Franz shrugged it off atfirst.

He got into bed and thatswhen he noticed a flickeringlight from the window.

I jumped up, opened thecurtains and there was a wallof flames that engulfed myentire window, Franz toldthe Tri-Cities NOW.

Then I heard the crack-ling.

He got dressed and quicklyran out of his apartment toalert others.

Franz banged on all thedoors he could.

By that time, the fire alarmhad sounded and people in astate of disbelief started filingout of their units.

Franz then did what mostwould be too afraid to do.

He went to the second floorunit where the fire started.

Franz didnt know the 37-year-old woman who livedbelow at all.

He knew she had a youngchild, maybe six or seven

years old, and would see hersmoking on her balcony attimes.

He started banging onthe door, but there was noresponse.

I was going to try andbreak into it but I couldnt,Franz said.

There was already smokebillowing out. I couldnt doanything. I tried. You wantto save somebody, but youcant so you feel some type ofhelplessness.

He finally ran out of thebuilding. From the groundoutside, he could see theflames taking over the twounits.

The bedroom wasdestroyed.

Family pictures andmementos gone.

The rebuilding process onlyminutes old.

And like many of the resi-dents, Franz had no insur-ance.

Hes quick to point out forthose who might judge, insur-ance is not always something

people can afford.On Tuesday, about two-

thirds of the residents wereallowed to return home,but people living in 24 unitsremain displaced, includingFranz.

Hes been staying in a hoteland is fortunate enough tohave friends and family tocrash with for a while.

While Franz, who worksfor a computer company, haslost much, he considers him-self lucky.

He got out alive, and noone else was killed or hurt.

However, Franz still has somany questions and believesthe other residents do too.

Coquitlam RCMP wouldlater confirm a woman liv-ing on the second-floor suitedied in the fire.

Her name has not beenreleased. But residents livingin the building have suggest-ed the woman was strugglingwith mental health issues andpolice had made several tripsto the unit in the week lead-ing up to the fire.

All Mounties have con-firmed so far is they had dealtwith the woman prior to thefire, but provided no details.

Police suggested there is nosign of foul play and investi-gators will be working withthe BC Coroners Service onthe circumstances surround-ing the womans death.

That leaves Franz withquestions for police and evenhimself.

If the speculation is true,he wonders if the womangot any help for her issuesand whether police followedproper procedure.

He also questions himself.Maybe if we knew more

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Ken Franz tried to save the woman who died in anapartment fire last week. He also alerted neighbours tothe blaze, giving them more time to escape.

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Its never easy to come upwith a vision for a major partof a community where thou-sands of people live.

Just ask Port Moody citycouncil.

On Wednesday, the cityheld a special town hall meet-ing to get feedback from resi-dents on its draft OCP (offi-cial community plan), andlike at similar meetings theviews on the future of the citywere varied.

Some 300 people packedthe Inlet Theatre at City Hallto listen and express theirviews about the proposedOCP.

Several residents spoke outagainst some of the changesin the plan, calling for moredensity in certain areas of thecity.

Reiner Specht, a formingmember of the group calledthe Port Moody CitizensCoalition, who is opposed tothe current draft OCP, arguedif adopted, the city would loseits small-town feel.

Elaine Golds, anothermember of the coalition, saidthe OCP makes it look likethe city has been sold outto developers. She added theplan also doesnt do enoughto protect creeks.

Resident George Assafechoed those comments.

Its a developers dream,he said of the OCP, adding itsthe wrong plan for the city.

Other residents alsoexpressed their opposition tothe proposed plan for what isbeing called the OceanfrontDistrict, specifically the Milland Timber site.

The plan is calling for a mixof residential, commercialand public space along thewaters edge, with buildingheights of up to 28 storeys.

Rod MacVicar, a member ofthe Mossom Creek Hatchery,suggested the city shouldpurchase the site for the com-munity.

If you dont include theocean, youre missing theboat, he said.

There were some thatexpressed their support forthe plan, or at least parts ofthe plan.

Several residents saidthey support the plan formulti-family housing in theCoronation Park area, whileothers spoke in favour ofthe plan for the area calledWestport.

The vision for Westport,which is in west Port Moody,is for a mix of residential andcommercial units clusterednear Barnet Highway, withbuilding heights rangingfrom three to 26 storeys.

Jillian Hull said she sup-ports the plan for Westportand argued the notion of asmall town isnt the build-ing size but how people treateach other.

I like to see density, shesaid, adding she rememberspetitions opposed to NewportVillage at the time.

Following the meeting,Mayor Mike Clay character-

ized the town hall meetingas a good mix of opinion,adding that makes councilsjob that much harder.

I think we got a good feelfor the more contentiousissue on the OCP, he told theTri-Cities NOW.

While the feedback heheard didnt change his mindon where he stands with theOCP, he did suggest therecould be a change in at leastthe wording when it comes tothe Mill and Timber site.

He suggested the city might

have made a mistake in theway the OCP has designatedthe land for the site, noting itis considered a special studyarea.

That means the site isunder review and would haveto go through a more exten-sive process before beingdeveloped.

As for the OCP, council willdecide the next step, includ-ing the possibility of morepublic consultation, but any-thing new wont likely hap-pen until January.

For the better part of a year,city council has been workingon the OCP in anticipation ofthe Evergreen Lines arrival.

The 261-page document,which guides land use, servi-cing and the form and char-acter of any new develop-ment, identifies seven distinctEvergreen sub areas, mostlywithin the city centre area.

All of the changes beingproposed in the new OCP arewithin areas where the newSkyTrain line will run onceits complete in 2016.

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In June 2013, Minister Responsible for Housing RichColeman was given responsibility to strengthen home inspec-tion accreditation to better protect consumers buying a homeby improving the qualification and training requirements forlicensed home inspectors.

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TransLink everyonesfavourite whipping boy in theLower Mainland is aboutto be put to the electoral testand it promises not to bepretty.

Far from being the favourite kid onthe block, the fate of TransLinks futurefunding will be decided in the midst ofthe introduction of the Compass cardand Lower Mainland residents know fullwell how that initiative has been goingas of late. It doesnt bodewell for the vote.

Despite this, PremierChristy Clark promisedthat a referendum wouldbe held on TransLinksfunding needs in lastMays provincial electionand thats what LowerMainland residents aregoing to get, even thoughthe B.C. government risks opening theproverbial Pandoras box with Clarkspledge.

To get a sense of just how much of agamble the B.C. government is takingon this one: look no further than to ourneighbours to the south who are amongthe worlds most experienced with taxinitiatives at the ballot box.

Since 2000, the Washington, DC-based Center for TransportationExcellence has tracked all U.S. LocalOption Transportation Tax (LOTT)ballot measures that include a transitcomponent.

In an academic paper Taxing forTransit: An Exploratory Analysis of LocalOption Transportation Taxes thoseballot measures were analyzed. Thepaper focused strictly on broad-baseddedicated transportation taxes andexcluded other ballot initiatives such asanti-tolling and bond measures, vehicleuser fees, and measures that were little

more than glorified popular opinionsurveys.

From 2000 to 2011 there were 274ballot measures that met the test.Eighty-two of those referendumspassed, less than one in three. Seventyper cent failed.

Another study Transit referendumsand Funding Options: Bonds Versus Taxes examined 111 transit referendumsheld in the United States between 1999and 2007. The results were only mod-

estly more encouraging.Fifty-five per cent ofthe ballot measures inthat study passed votermuster.

Not surprisingly,though, that total wasskewed by referendumswhere voters approvedbond initiatives knowingfull well they were pass-

ing the buck on to future generationsover initiatives that sought tax increasesin the here and now.

Even still, does the B.C. governmentreally want to place a bet on TransLinksfuture funding with odds that are littlebetter than those of flipping a coin?

Keep in mind that a lot rests on thequestion.

Successful transit referendums inthe U.S. had a few things in common:finite time frames, specific project andexpenditure plans, more local controlof transportation investment decisions,inclusion of citizen oversight commit-tees, and whether it was a bond or taxinitiative.

This past week, TransportationMinister Todd Stone on the Voice of B.C.set out six conditions for a winning ref-erendum. Its fair to say the province isclose to meeting one of them: timing.

Less than a year out, no one knowswhat the referendum question will be,

who will approve it and how the resultswill be interpreted.

Will the final question take a thumbsup or down approach or will it ask vot-ers to choose the least nasty remedy outof a medicine cabinet full of distastefuloptions?

What about the risk of voters in 20plus municipalities being played offagainst each other? Will Surrey vote yesif they perceive that rapid transit needsin their community will take a back seatto a West Broadway SkyTrain extensionin Vancouver? What legitimacy will thevote have if a majority of communitiesvote no, but a majority of voters voteyes?

Voter turnouts in B.C. local electionsare also notoriously low. And if turnoutin the 2014 local elections is anythingcomparable to the results last time out,its possible that one out of three vot-ers could set tax policy for three out ofthree ratepayers.

And its not just low turnout, but whoturns out that should raise some flags inVictoria. Transit users may be less likelyto vote in a municipal election thanthose who rely on a car as their primarymode of transportation.

At the end of the day, holdingTransLinks management to account andspiting the agency at the ballot box aretwo distinct exercises. One of them maynot be so wise.

Theres a real difference betweenusing referendums to set tax policy andusing them to overturn an unpopulartax. B.C. has experience with one and itseems despite significant oppositionin the Lower Mainland its about tohave experience with another. No pres-sure though: a regions economic well-being is only resting on the result.

Dermod Travis is the executivedirector of IntegrityBC.

The provincial government is driving forward itspromise of holding a referendum on TransLink.Or perhaps, driving forward isnt the correcteuphemism in this case.Theres a lot to be said for TransportationMinister Todd Stones reiteration of Premier Christy Clarkselection campaign promise to put TransLink under directpublic scrutiny through a referendum.

The very idea of politicians actually keeping a promise isalways refreshing.

But the advantages of direct democracy through gov-ernment-by-referendum are sometimes vastly overstated.

Elections allow us to hire politicians to work for us,to take the time necessary for in-depth research and con-sideration needed to make important decisions about howgovernment and its agencies serve us.

Some of those decisions require understanding of com-plex levels of information beyond the abilities of mostfolks, who have jobs of their own, to do the research fully.

Admittedly, they are also the types of decisions thattend to draw the most public reaction, usually from peoplewhose limited understanding leaves them vulnerable to theloudest and not always the wisest voices.

Thats the problem with TransLink funding: is the aver-age public person able to get past vocal claims of bloatedand overpaid administration and ineffective, skewed ser-vice levels (and a limited understanding that stuff alwayscosts money) to choose appropriate taxation modes andlevels?

And then theres the matter of getting people to vote atall. This one smacks of the politicos ducking an unpopularnecessity.

Sometimes, the politicians should just do the job theywere hired to do, instead of proposing referenda to handoff difficult decisions. Then they can take the heat for badcalls, not just the credit for the good ones. Business peoplewho lost the HST referendum surely know what wemean.

Is this reallya good idea?

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A recent surge in bearsightings isnt necessarilyan alarming new trend butrather a return to the norm,according to ConservationService officials.

Numbers provided to theTri-Cities NOW Thursdaysuggest the number of calls

to the Conservation Servicealmost doubled in 2013 whencompared to last year.

The period running fromApril 1 to Nov. 26 saw 2,300bear-relatedcalls, com-pared to 1,662during thesame period in2012.

The num-ber of bearskilled hasalso doubled,jumping fromfive last yearto 11 so farthis year.

Conservation officer SteveJacobi, who oversees the Tri-Cities area, said 2012 wasa statistically low year forsightings, and abundant sal-mon returns in local water-ways have helped play a partin this years numbers.

The bears are in all ofthese streams and all of theseravines, but when they seegarbage thats left out, aftertheyve fed on fish, they pop

up into then e i g h b o u r -hoods that areclose by and gofor garbage,he said.

J a c o b inoted thatbear sightingsare generallydown acrossB.C. in virtu-ally all areasexpect two: on

northern Vancouver Islandand within the Tri-Cities.

However, Jacobi noted thephenomenon is definitelynot tied to any one factor.Instead, temperature, avail-able food sources and theamount of daylight all play

a part.A further breakdown of

the numbers shows that 2013sightings jumped dramatic-ally in Coquitlam and PoCo,while Port Moody numbersdipped. Coquitlam sightingslast year totalled 778, com-pared to 1,207 in 2013, whilethe PoCo numbers increasedfrom 603 to 844. In PortMoody, 249 sightings havebeen reported so far this yearcompared to 281 in 2012.

Drake Stephens,Coquitlams urban wildlifecoordinator, also acknow-ledged the increase butsaid a number of the callshe received werent aroundproblem bears eating gar-bage.

The sightings werentnecessarily complaints. A lotof them were bears doinggood things like eating fish,he said. For the most part,they were staying near thecreeks and doing what bearsdo.

Stephens noted that areasaround Hoy, Scott andPartington creeks all sawhigh call volumes, thoughsightings were recorded in allportions of the city.

And while bears typicallyhibernate right around thistime, Stephens said a motherand two cubs are still awakeforaging for food in the AustinAvenue area.

For us in Coquitlam, weregetting a lot of new residentsmoving in and not realizingtheyre living in bear coun-try, he said.

They [bears] generate alot of calls when they get intoneighbourhoods that arentused to seeing them.

Residents are reminded tocall 1-877-952-7277 to reportconflicts with wildlife thatthreaten public safety.

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GoodSamaritanhauntedby apartment blazeabout her, maybe we couldhave talked to her more,Franz contemplated. Maybewe could have found out ifshe had support.

And hes imploring otherpeople living in condos andapartments to get to know

their neighbours better.Because he was friend-

ly with other residents, hebelieves that helped him alertresidents to get out of thebuilding safely during thefire. While the damage hasdisplaced residents, he sug-gested it has brought peoplein the building closer.

It feels like a small com-munity in a sense, he said.

For Jen Hanson, a residentin the building whose suitewas not damaged, Franzsactions that night were noth-ing less than heroic.

She wanted his story tobe told, but has also beeninspired to help other resi-

dents affected by the fire.Hanson has started to col-

lect donations such as giftcards for groceries, useditems like furniture and cashfor the people living in 24affected units.

She also intends to set upa separate trust for the son ofthe woman killed in the fire.

Anyone interested indonating can contact Hansonat [email protected] and on Facebook atHowie Avenue Fire Relief.

As for Franz, its been near-ly a week since the blaze andhe is still troubled by that ter-rible morning.

He hasnt been able to sleep

much and repeatedly wakesup at around the same timethe fire took place.

When asked if he considershimself a hero, hes quick toshrug off the suggestion.

When you live in a com-munity like that you shouldhelp out your neighbours,he said.

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Extra pounds can sneak upon cats and dogs. Accordingto the National Pet ObesityAwareness Day Survey con-ducted by the Association forPet Obesity Prevention, in2012 52.5 per cent of dogsand 58.3 per-cent of cats inAmerica wereoverweight orobese. Thisequates to 80million dogsand cats atincreased riskfor weight-related healthd i s o r d e r s ,i n c l u d i n gmany cancers.

Our datashows thatobesity isrampant, andwe are cer-tainly settingup more andmore dogs and cats for jointproblems during their lives,said veterinarian and surgicalspecialist Dr. Steve Budsbergof the University of Georgia.This results in hundreds ofmillions of dollars in medicalbills and countless surgicalprocedures for weight-relat-ed conditions.

Few animals will turn awayfrom extra food, and over-feeding is a primary culpritin animal obesity. Here aresome other causes of paunchypets:

Leaving food available allof the time.

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Feeding the animal toomany carbohydrates or a sub-par food.

Being unaware the petis scavenging food from thegarbage or from other ani-mals.

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Focusing on the causes ofobesity in pets can help petowners develop a strategyto assist companion animalswith weight loss.

Check ingredients.Scores of different pet foodsare on the market. Not all arecreated equal, and some mayactually contain ingredientsthat make it difficult for petsto maintain a healthy weight.For example, many dog treats

now contain sugar to makethem even more irresistibleto dogs, fuelling greater sales.Some of the mainstream dogtreats available at pet storesand supermarkets list sugaras the second or third ingredi-ent, which means there arehigh concentrations of sugar,and this can lead to weightgain. By reading the labels,pet owners can weigh thepotential health benefits ofthe foods they choose to feedtheir pets.

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Make sure pets get plentyof exercise. Combine the rightfoods with exercise to ensurea pet maintains a healthyweight. Dogs can be walked,and cats can chase aroundstimulating toys or balls to

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BRADYis an adult male. Did you know that blackcats are the last to be adopted?

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CityvetoespathplanJohn [email protected]

A petition with 100 namesand the backing of an entirecommunity was enough tosway Coquitlam councilsvote on the fate of the OakPin footpath.

Council voted unanimous-ly Monday to maintain thewalking path in its currentstate, while also pledgingto keep Oakdale residentsapprised of any future worksto the trail network in theneighbourhood.

And while the pathremains intact, the land usedesignation near the area haschanged: council approvedthe subdivision of six lots on aproperty located on the southside of Chapman Avenue.

The citys original pitchwould have seen the footpathreplaced by a country lanethat would have allowed forvehicular traffic, bikes andpedestrians. The lane wouldhave included a grass corri-dor with paved driving stripsdown the middle.

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The City of Port Coquitlamwill be testing water mainsand services from Dec. 4 to20 in neighbourhoods southof Kingsway Avenue as partof its annual leak detectionprogram.

The city says the testing isnon-intrusive and not antici-pated to affect the waterquality or supply in the area.

Most of the testing willtake place between 11 p.m.and 6 a.m.

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First-hand accounts fromCoquitlams past will be pre-served in perpetuity thanksto a new project that bridgesthe generation gap.

More than 40 long-stand-ing residents recently par-ticipated in the Oral HistoryProject, a lengthy document-ing process that involved ateam of volunteers many ofwhom are still in high school interviewing seniors.

The stories play out likea glimpse into the 30s, 40sand 50s, and each of thoseinterviews was recorded onvideo.

On Wednesday (Dec. 3), allof those stories will be induct-ed into the citys archives andthe event will be marked by aprivate gathering of projectp a r t i c i p a n t sand their fam-ilies. Copiesof the projectwill also bestored at theMackin HouseMuseum.

If we goback to the 30sand the 40s,it was reallyabout simpli-city, said JillCook, execu-tive directorof the Coquitlam HeritageSociety.

These stories are reallyabout the kinds of activitiesthat theyd undertake and thelives they led.

TheDecemberkickoffeventrepresents a two-year journeythats come full circle.

The idea was first floated

by Mayor Richard Stewartand other members of theheritage society, who netteda grant in 2012 to get theproject off the ground.

From there, local authorand historianDoug Rollingwas broughton board tohelp findpar ticipantsand train thestudent inter-viewers in theart of conver-sation.

P r o j e c to r g a n i z e r smade a pointof scanningthe entire

community, and those inter-viewed come from across thecity Maillardville, Glenayreand Burke Mountain, amongother places.

Some of the more nota-ble names include DonCunnings, Judith Forst, JimAllard and Anna Tremere, allof whom were interviewed at

the museum.I think what helped a lot

was the home-like atmos-phere at the museum, Cooksaid. The fire was on, therewas a beverage to drink. Ican honestly tell you, we didnot have anyone who wasntforthcoming.

Some of those stories speakto life at Fraser Mills, playinghockey on frozen ponds andrivers, or day-long walkingtrips that spanned Coquitlam,New Westminster and PortMoody.

Other stories are a little offthe beaten path.

We had three or four par-ticipants all talking abouthow they used to play withdynamite as they were chil-dren.

They would head out,they would buy some dyna-mite and then theyd gosomewhere fairly remote andthey would detonate it, Cooksaid.

For more information onthe project, call the museumat 604-516-6151.

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Mezzo-soprano Judith Forst was one of the Coquitlamresidents interviewed for the Oral History Project.

If we go backto the 30s andthe 40s, it wasreally aboutsimplicity.Jill CookCoquitlam HeritageSociety


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This beautiful poeticquotation from the 2003original South Korean Oldboywonderfully captures myattitude towards the newAmerican remake. Studiosmay applaud the easy moneymade and mainstream audi-ences may be pleased with anarrative that doesnt play itsafe, pushing the borders ofgood taste for better art, but Ifind myself in the corner, sol-emnly weeping because themasses have viewed a decentfilm but they could haveexperienced a great one.

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This year, some 200 kidsin the Tri-Cities and beyondgot to take part in a sportthey never would have hadthe chance to otherwise.

Thats because localChristmas revellers decided toleave the driving to someoneelse and rely on a ride homefrom Operation Red Nose.

As the holiday season kicksinto high gear, the service isback and hoping for anotherrecord-breaking year.

It just keeps increasing inpopularity, said OperationRed Nose Tri-Citiescoordinator Chris Wilson.

People are acting veryresponsibly for not a lotof money they can get homesafely and also get their carhome safely. Its hard to arguewith that.

In fact, the number ofpeople using the service hasincreased at a rate that mighteven impress old St. Nickhimself.

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familiar with it, they plan touse it more, he told the Tri-Cities NOW, adding the groupattracted 260 volunteers.

Operation Red Nose usesa team of volunteers to driveyou and your car home, fora donation. Volunteers workin teams of three with twodriving the client in theclients vehicle and the thirdfollowing behind in anothervehicle.

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Its huge for us, Wilsonsaid.

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