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WEDNESDAYTHE WEDNESDAY
TRI-CITY NEWSFEB. 12, 2014www.tricitynews.com
INSIDETom Fletcher/10
Letters/11A Good Read/15
Community Calendar/16
DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Jamie McDonald (left), who ran across Canada spurred on by the inspiration of Terry Fox, poses with Fred Fox and the Terry Fox statue at the Port Coquitlam hometown hero’s namesake secondary school, where he spoke to students last Friday.
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Silver!A standout performance by Coquitlam athlete Kevin Reynolds in Sochi on the weekend helped boost Canada to a silver medal in the first ever Olympic team figure skating competition. Reynolds is next in action on Thursday.See story in Sports, page 22See video at www.tricitynews.comSee a local Russian celebration, page 3
Crowdsourcing to house just one homeless person
Mayor looks to on-line community to change a life
By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Crowdsourcing has brought the world the Pebble “smart” wrist-watch, the Form 1 3D printer and a Veronica Mars movie for fans of the spunky, small-screen teen detective.
And while gawker.com’s infamous “crack-starter” campaign failed to secure a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, a Tri-City mayor is hoping crowdsourcing can help with a charitable campaign of his own.
Port Coquitlam’s Greg Moore has started a crowdsourced fundrais-ing campaign to cover the rent costs for a single homeless person.
By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Terry Fox inspired charity runner Jamie McDonald.
So McDonald returned the favour, sharing that inspiration and Terry’s can-do spirit last Friday morning with students at the Port Coquitlam hero’s namesake school.
Dressed in a Flash superhero costume, the affable Brit used humour and stories of hardship and endur-ance to encourage Terry Fox secondary school students to do what they love and not give up, but give back.
“If we do that, we’re going to change the world,” McDonald told hundreds of attentive students.
With videos of his various exploits punc-tuating his hour-long presentation, McDonald described how he raised
thousands of dollars for children’s hospitals, including BC Children’s Hospital, during his 5,000-km cross-Canada run, which ended Feb. 4.
One of his videos, called Jamie McDonald Run — Who’s the Daddy, about reaching the final summit on the Rocky Mountains, has received nearly 11,000 hits since it was posted Feb. 1. Showing the unstoppable McDonald crowing about his accomplishment, the video ends with him being splashed by slush from a passing vehicle.
Flash of Fox inspiration
see SUPERHERO, page 3
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“You show all the characteris-tics Terry had.”Fred Fox, speakingto Jamie McDonald
see ‘CHANGE’, page 4POCO MAYOR GREG MOORE
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“Sometimes, the world just slaps you in the face,” McDonald joked.
His presentation included gripping mo-ments from a previous adventure, a 14,000 km bicycle tour from Bangkok to his home-town of Gloucester, U.K., where he was arrested, slept rough and was even caught in a gun battle on the Afghanistan border.
McDonald, who spent much of his childhood in and out of hospitals because of a rare spinal condition, said one of his motivations is giving back to the caregivers who supported him when he was a kid and seeing the smiles on children’s faces when he wears his superhero costume.
McDonald said he wants to help “make the care better and stop the hurt from happening.”
Terry Fox was his big-gest inspiration, especially during more difficult days during his cross-Canada run when he had to per-severe despite agonizing tendonitis. He was an “amazing human being,” McDonald said of Fox, who died of cancer in 1981
before he could complete his cross-Canada run, but who still inspires millions to raise funds for cancer research every year.
Much of McDonald’s cross-Canada tour was on major highways, where he slept in a small tent on the side of the road. In one hilarious video, McDonald flips out after running in the wrong di-rection for five miles.
“Everyone does that,” McDonald said, as he called on the students to not give up even in the face of mistakes and challenges.
Fox sibling Fred Fox was on hand for the presentation and told McDonald he had been following his progress with interest.
“You show all the characteristics Terry had,” Fox told McDonald.
FOLLOW JAMIE• To follow along
McDonald’s exploits and donate to BC Children’s Hospital via his website, visit www.jamiemcdon-ald.org. He is also post-ing regularly at twitter/MrJamieMcDonald and Facebook at Facebook.com/[email protected]
Coq. restaurant is watching Sochi
By Diane StrandbergThe Tri-CiTy NewS
A Coquitlam res-taurant will be a local Olympic headquarters for the next several days as Russian expatriates celebrate the Winter Games in Sochi.
Russian House own-ers Nikolay Tsvetkov and wife Tatyana Tsvetkova said they feel a strong sense of pride that Russia is hosting the Olympics.
“It’s a big responsibil-ity,” Tsvetkov said.
The couple is origi-nally from Kazakhstan, formerly a Soviet repub-lic, and the two say they have divided loyalties when it comes to watch-ing the athletes perform.
In their hearts, they say, they want Russians to win gold but if no Russians have a chance at the podium, then they will root for Canadians.
“ I f n o t R u s s i a , of course Canada,” Tsvetkov said.
Hockey is one of the most important sports to watch for the couple, who immigrated to Canada 12 years ago, and they’ll have the res-taurant’s TVs tuned to the Bolshoy Ice Dome and Shabya Arena on Russia’s Black Sea Coast for all the contests.
Tsvetkova said she’ll also be watching the figure skating competi-tion and hoping for gold for 31-year-old veteran Evgeni Plushenko, who won the Russia’s first gold medal Sunday night in the new event of team figure skating,
with Julia Lipnitskaia.The restaurant (www.
russian-house.com) in Austin Heights held a party last Friday night to celebrate the Sochi Olympics, with dozens of guests hailing from all corners of the for-mer Soviet republic, in-cluding Russia and the Ukraine. Food served in-cluded Georgian chicken, Siberian pelmeny, cab-bage roles and perogies, among other delicacies.
The pair, both musi-cians, said the evening was to include traditional and modern singing and dancing, and a per-formance by a Russian children’s choir was planned.
The restaurant regu-larly hosts special events and weddings for people of all nations from the former Soviet [email protected]
Charged in Merritt
Two Coquitlam men and a Surrey resident will be back before a judge next month after allegedly threatening a driver at gunpoint in Merritt.
Edward Soviak, 24, and Tyler Grieve, 27, both from Coquitlam, as well as Mark Kraljevic, 24, of Surrey, were in court last Tuesday facing charges of assault with a weapon.
RCMP claim the trio was in a Black Lincoln Navigator when they pulled up alongside a driver, who was leav-ing a friend’s house. When the driver no-ticed the backseat pas-senger was masked with a balaclava and directing a shotgun at him, he put his car in reverse, drove away and called for help.
Police tracked down the vehicle and its oc-cupants a short time later.
“It appears that the three suspects mistook the victim for another Merritt resident known to police,” said Const. Tracy Dunsmore of Merritt RCMP in a news release.
$1.5M for Coquitlam
Coquitlam hit the jackpot last week with a $1.5-million payout as host city to the casino on United Boulevard.
And the most re-cent quarter includes the opening days for the rebranded Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.
City staff say the municipality col-lected $1,564,520 as part of its 10% cut of net profits for Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2013. The Hard Rock Casino Vancouver, formerly Boulevard Casino, launched on Dec. 20.
The windfall brings the city’s total casino revenues to around $97 million since the gaming facility opened in 2002. The city spends the money on major capital pro-grams and projects for non-profit [email protected]
diane strandberg/the tri-city news
Jamie McDonald, a native of the U.K., spoke to students at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox secondary school last Friday about his cross-Canada fundraising run, which was inspired by PoCo hero Terry Fox.
diane strandberg/the tri-city news
Nikolay Tsvetkov and Tatyana Tsvetkova show off some of their Olympics gear. The couple owns The Russian House restaurant in Coquitlam and celebrated the opening of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi with dinner, music and dancing.
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Celebrating Russia and Olympics
Superhero went wrong waywww.tricitynews.com Tri-City News Wednesday, February 12, 2014, A3
JAMES M. FITzPATRICK, CPA, CGAWith more than 30 years of experience as an accountant, Jim Fitzpatrick’s roots run deep in the Tri-Cities.
When he’s not serving valued clients from the new office in Port Coquitlam, Jim is likely to be found in the community. Recently recognized by the CGA for his more than 25 years of service, Jim has enjoyed helping Tri-Cities clients since 1993.
Reach Jim at [email protected].
102-2071 Kingsway Ave | Port Coquitlam | BC | V3C 6N2 604 942 4362 | www.jfitzpatrick.com
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By Tuesday afternoon, the Homes for Good Ending Homelessness Society campaign on FundRazr (fundrazr.com) had raised $1,160 towards a $6,800 goal, up from $20 just a few hours earlier.
(Crowdsourcing has become a popular online method of raising money for charities and busi-nesses. Kickstarter.com and indiegogo.com are two well-known crowd-sourcing websites.)
Moore said he started the online campaign on the weekend and took advantage of some down-time on an airline flight to Charlottetown, P.E.I. to stir up some interest via email.
“It’s going to be fun to see if I can challenge my-self and our community through crowdsourcing to see if we can get enough money to house some-body,” Moore said from a Federation of Canadian Municipalities sustain-ability conference in the maritime city. “If you get enough people doing this,
you can change someone’s life.”
He should know. The Homes for Good Society is currently housing two families — eight people in all — with funds raised from the community. Moore said it costs about $6,800 to top up monthly housing allowances for 18 months — the length of time it takes a homeless person to get back on their feet.
Working with the New View Society and other agencies, Homes for Good identifies people needing
help and then tops up their rent cheque.
One of the families helped by Homes for Good was living in a car on the north side of Port Coquitlam until one of the society’s directors knocked on the window to see what the organization could do to help.
Now, the family is in stable housing and the children continue to attend school.
With more money, the Homes for Good could house even more people from the Tri-Cities, Moore said, including those who are currently using the temporary bridge shel-ters run by the Hope for Freedom Society.
If just 136 people gave $50 each, Moore said, someone’s life would change forever.
YOU CAN HELP• To support Homes
for Good’s FundRazr campaign, visit fun-drazr.com and search “Homes for Good Ending Homelessness Society.” For information on Homes for Good, visit [email protected]
‘Change someone’s life’HAVE A HEART, TAKE A SWIM
You can take a dip in Port Coquitlam’s indoor pool on Valentine’s Day to help raise $10,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
The city will host its Strokes for Heart swim-a-thon at the Hyde Creek rec centre (1379 Laurier Ave.) on Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Individual participants and teams of four can sign up to swim the lengths for an hour for $25 per per-son while school teams can suit up for $2 per person.
Register by Thursday to book a time slot. For more information, call Delaney Kitching, aquatics recreation programmer, at 604-927-7955 or email [email protected].
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Hockey dayin PocoA pond — a large puddle, really — at the end of the Mary Hill Bypass in Port Coquitlam (near the Pitt River Bridge) has been attracting hockey players for years when weather is frigid enough, long enough to freeze the water. That was the case on the week-end, when PoCo resident Michelle Lark snapped these images of pucksters playing in the cold. Still, be aware that authorities warn people to be careful of fro-zen bodies of water as the ice is often not thick enough to support their weight.
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By Tom FletcherBlack Press
Online privacy and se-curity experts gathered in Victoria last week to share strategies to pro-tect computer networks they say are “under at-tack like never before.”
Charles Wordsworth, technology security con-sultant and vice-president of Privacy and Access Council of Canada, said the days of teenage computer hackers mak-ing mischief have been replaced by organized crime, much of it based in Eastern Europe.
A key concern is breaking into computer networks that collect personal information. The attraction is simple, Wordsworth said. Online criminals work in secret, with little risk to them as they search for weak-nesses.
“You don’t get shot robbing online banks,” Wo rd swo r t h s a i d . “Unfortunately from my experience, the hackers are getting smarter, they
have more money than anybody else, so there-fore they can hire people who are a lot smarter than the people who de-velop the applications.”
B.C. and other govern-ments increasingly use web applications for ac-cess to their programs. B.C. Auditor General Russ Jones reported last week on security defi-ciencies, calling on the province to require bet-ter security measures from contractors who develop websites used by government.
One recent example of a preventable breach was in Alberta, where 620,000 medical records were taken along with a laptop computer owned by a private medical clinic with 25 outlets in the province.
Sharon Polsky, CEO of Privacy and Access Council of Canada, said encryption is simple now and should be required of all government con-tractors. She said pro-tection has to be built in at the beginning, and
all employees and con-tractors with access to personal data should be trained to protect it.
While there isn’t much the average person can do to protect against in-stitutional data breaches, there are simple precau-tions everyone can take.
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Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce is welcom-ing the province’s ef-forts to reduce costs and red tape for small busi-nesses in a new extended producer responsibility program for consumer packaging slated to take effect in May.
New regulations an-nounced last week ex-empt some categories of small businesses from the obligation of assum-ing responsibility for the recycling of their pack-aging and printed paper under the BC Recycling Regulation.
Businesses that are ex-empt include those that have less than $1 mil-lion in revenue, produce less than a tonne of con-sumer packaging and are not part of a fran-chise but operate as a single point of retail sale.
“From a red-tape per-spective, we applaud that it’s only affecting the big players,” said Bryan Hyndman, chair of the chamber’s policy com-mittee.
The local chamber was part of a lobby-ing effort by the BC Chamber of Commerce to have small businesses exempted from having to sign on as a steward with Multi-Material B.C.,
which would have re-quired them to file a re-cycling plan and pay fees for paper and other con-sumer packaging that ends up in the residential waste stream.
Some of the types of packaging for which industry stewards are responsible include fly-ers, bank statements, cardboard, cold drink cups and anything that is used to protect, con-tain or transport a sub-stance and ends up in consumers’ hands (more information is available at www.multimaterialbc.ca).
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business owners lack the resources to be able to handle the extra pa-perwork and operate on such small margins that fees would be an oner-ous cost. He also specu-lated that some larger businesses may also balk at the measures if they can’t find a way to ab-sorb the costs.
Ken Doty, owner of Sandpiper Signs and Decals in Coquitlam, is
one of the businesses that will benefit from the new regulation an-nounced by Minister for Small Business Naomi Yamamoto. Sandpiper would have had to com-ply under the original regulations that stipu-lated a $750,000 revenue cap and said he appre-ciated the chamber’s ef-forts on his behalf.
The new regulations mean only about 3,000 of B.C.’s 385,000 busi-nesses will have to sign on as stewards with MMBC. But low-volume producers that gener-ate between one and five tonnes of consumer packaging will have a streamlined process and flat fees. They will still need to register with the MMBC WeRecycle portal and sign a membership agreement by May 31.
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MMBC expects to gen-erate about $85 million in
revenues from packag-ing producers, including newspaper companies and grocery stores, which will be used to pay mu-nicipalities to collect recy-clables or to hire contrac-tors to pick them up.
A c c o r d i n g t o Langdon, B.C. is the fourth province in Canada to establish a program where produc-ers are made responsible for packaging. “I think there is widespread sup-port,” he said. “This is a way to put a price on it and have producers manage those costs.”
Although there may be some initial work on the part of producers to comply with regula-tions (fees are assessed by weight), Langdon said the task will become eas-ier in future years.
Meanwhile, MMBC is working to get a con-tractor to deal with Coquitlam’s recycling but has chosen to work with Encorp to handle glass and other recy-clables that won’t be collected at curbside. Langdon said consum-ers will be able to drop off more varieties of recycling such as soft plastics, polystyrene and aluminum foil at the Return-It depots on Barnet Highway and Lougheed [email protected]
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T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Minister Todd Stone re-leased a traffic study last Friday showing average weekday vehicle traffic down 3% this January compared to January 2013, when tolls were $1.50 and work contin-ued to complete the 10-lane structure.
The study shows the share of truck traffic on the Port Mann is up 3.8% for January, de-spite the toll increase. Weekday truck traffic on the non-tolled Pattullo and Alex Fraser bridges is up 1.6%, contradicting the popular idea that the
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Stone said the change in revenue projections is mainly due to a re-calculation of the base-line used in previous forecasts. Traffic over the Port Mann declined before the new bridge opened, due to a linger-ing recession, and re-covery has led to truck traffic being up on all bridges, he said.
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director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation, said the drop in traffic could be a sign that $6 a day is too much for some commuters. Stone said studies in Florida and Texas show drivers react to toll increases by try-ing other routes but they come back when they re-alize the time saving.
Mike Proudfoot , CEO of Transportation Investment Corporation, which operates the Port Mann bridge and high-
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Ottawa is moving to clean up the mess it created by issuing medical licences all over the country. Since then, municipalities have com-plained that small-scale medical licences have been greatly exceeded, with many used as fronts for a criminal drug trade that has made B.C. infamous around the world.
How big is the problem? About 38,000 Canadians licensed to carry marijuana for medical purposes and half of them live in B.C. Their permission to grow their own or buy it from designated small-scale growers is with-drawn in a couple of months.
Here’s a look at the community level: Police in Maple Ridge estimate that it alone has 500
properties licensed to grow pot. No, Maple Ridge is not a world hotspot for glaucoma or arthritis; it is, however, historically known for its secluded properties and as a base for B.C.’s prison system and the province’s Hells Angels.
Police have only an estimate because Ottawa’s bungled medical pot scheme con-ceals the location of licensed growers from provincial and local governments.
RCMP Insp. Dave Fleugel told Maple Ridge council last week his detachment will first tar-get medical growers they know are linked to organized crime. But it’s difficult to determine which are legal and which are not.
“This has the potential to cripple the courts,” Fleugel said. “Something is going to have to take a back seat if we are going to go after all of them.”
The police and fire department have pro-posed an amnesty or grace period, allowing people to disclose their location and have it properly dismantled without penalty, to help deal with the volume.
This mess was created by Ottawa in re-sponse to a court ruling that forced them to
make medical pot available. The Harper government remains trapped in a failed war-on-drugs mentality that prevents any inno-vation or even common sense.
Then there is the circus in Vancouver, where self-styled princes of pot exploit the confu-sion of the medical marijuana law to run an Amsterdam-style retail trade.
Cannabis Culture, the pot and propaganda empire built by Marc Emery before he was jailed in the U.S., rants about the government’s “war on patients” amid garish ads for “pot by post” and exotic weed varieties.
“By Health Canada’s own estimate, the cost will increase from $5 per gram to $8.80 per gram — going up by nearly 400%,” its website warns. Apparently, smoking lots of weed re-ally is bad for your math skills.
Dana Larsen, who spearheaded the ill-con-ceived and failed decriminalization petition last year, heads up the serious-looking Medical Cannabis Dispensary. It has done so well at its location in the drug bazaar of East Hastings
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And did you know you can get a vet’s note to buy medical pot for your pet?
Larsen has boasted about the exotic offer-ings of his stores, including “watermelon hash oil” at $150 for 2.5 grams. Wow, man, that’s like 400 million per cent higher!
Fittingly, this farce goes back underground on April Fool’s Day. Medical users can only order shipments from an approved commer-cial producer.
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New approachIt is said the definition of insanity is to repeat the same
behaviour over and over again and expect a different result.
So it should come as no surprise the shambolic state our criminal justice system is in, especially when it comes to dealing with chronic offenders.
The approach of the Canadian justice system is almost entirely focussed on investigating crimes, prosecuting those responsible and incarcerating them. And when the sen-tence is up, the criminal is unleashed on the public with no meaningful support or supervision to do it all over again.
And so the cycle of crime and incarceration continues.As a result of this approach, police resources are
stretched thin, courtrooms are backlogged and jails are full. Not only is this approach ineffective at preventing crime, it’s prohibitively expensive.
Unfortunately, very little consideration is given to why people commit crimes, and how they can better supported so they don’t keep committing them.
As the Delta Police Department’s recent report on chronic offenders notes, the vast majority of these individuals suffer from extreme cases of mental illness exacerbated by drug addition. Their crimes, thus, are symptoms of their illness.
An approach that treats chronic offenders as sick human beings and provides them with long-term treatment, su-pervision and support will undoubtedly have more success than the current dysfunctional model.
And while the thought of rehabilitating criminals instead of incarcerating them may seem like mollycoddling to some, bear in mind this approach has been proven to save taxpayers’ dollars and reduce crime. The Delta Police re-port cites none other than the State of Texas as an example of this approach being successful not only from a public safety standpoint, but from an economic one as well.
That is why it is disappointing to see Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party’s so-called “tough-on-crime” approach, which advocates more of the same punitive treat-ment of criminals that has been so spectacularly unsuccess-ful for so long, just on a much larger scale.
The result will be a predictable failure, and will cost Canadian taxpayers billions of dollars.
– South Delta Leader (Black Press)
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TRI-CITYTRI-CITY leTTeRslook to seattle for a transit structureThe Editor,
Re. “Mayors in charge: Stone” (The Tri-City News, Feb. 7).
Todd Stone, like all the previous ministers of transportation in B.C., can’t get TransLink gov-ernance and funding right. His latest fiddling, unfortunately, proves it.
Unlike TransLink, the transit authority of the Greater Seattle area, Sound Transit, has a gov-ernance structure that has long been used in many towns in the west-ern world that have great transit systems: local politicians are in charge of transit, along with one or more representative of the political entity that govern a specific area of a country (state, prov-ince, region, etc.).
From www.soundtran-sit.org:
“Sound Transit is gov-erned by an 18-mem-ber Board made up of local elected of-ficials and the secre-tary of the Washington
State Department of Transportation.
“The board establishes policies and gives direc-tion and oversight. It is empowered under state law to identify ballot measures for voter ap-proval of regional transit projects and maintains the long-range plan that identifies potential proj-ects to submit to voters.
“At critical milestones of every voter-approved project, the Board makes key decisions by adopt-ing budgets, identifying alternatives to include in environmental review,
selecting the preferred alternative, determin-ing the final project to be built and establish-ing baselines for project scope, schedule and bud-get. The board also ap-proves major contracts.”
The difference be-tween European towns that have a similar gover-nance structure to that of Sound Transit is that their transit funding is a given, coming from the various levels of governments. (On the other hand, di-vided motorways are usu-ally built by private com-panies and are tolled.)
Obviously, there is not in B.C. the transit cul-ture one finds not just in Europe but also on other continents and even in Montreal, Toronto and major U.S. cities. Yet Portland, Ore. — with a transit system that spreads in all directions (unlike Metro Vancouver), steady funding and low fares — “got it” and Seattle is on board, too.J-L Brussac, Coquitlam
Teacher ‘insulted’The Editor,
Re. “B.C. govern-ment will appeal teacher ruling” (The Tri-City News, Feb. 5).
I continue to be insulted by the arrogance of the Ministry of Education and the current provincial government.
I have been a teacher since 1980, keeping informed and involved in the many years of ne-gotiations with var-ious governments. But these past 12-plus years have been mostly un-pleasant ones to be a teacher due to the disrespect show us by the BC Liberal government, which greatly influences public opinion. I am tired of being accused of not standing up for my students, which I do every day.Jennie Boulanger, Coquitlam
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Putting out welcome mat for wildlifeMany species are endangered – can you help them?
By Diane StrandbergThe Tri-CiTy NewS
The Tri-Cities are home to a number of plants and animals that are at risk of becoming extinct and the South Coast Conservation Program is looking for people who will help protect them.
This year, SCCP is introducing an environ-mental program for local property owners to help them make their yards more appealing and safe for local wildlife. With a focus on properties next to a forest, wetland or a creek, the group is offer-ing site visits to provide homeowners with expert information about what makes their property ecologically unique. They will also get tips for im-proving habitat for na-tive plants and wildlife, such as how to remove invasive species or what plants will entice hum-
mingbirds and be benefi-cial for bees.
“This is an area that has seen a lot of devel-opment and change
over the years, and it is a hotspot for species at risk,” said Tamsin Baker, SCCP stewardship co-ordinator.
Modelled after similar initiatives on Vancouver Island to protect the rare Garry oak and in the Okanagan to save the
grasslands, the environ-mental stewardship pro-gram is being expanded to the Coquitlam area this year after two years in
the Fraser Valley, where five properties were en-hanced and protected.
“Coquitlam has a lot of streams and creeks, and obviously the Coquitlam River, and there are en-dangered species in the area,” Baker said.
Among the species of particular concern here are the Pacific water shrew (although rare, it has been sighted in this region), and the northern red legged frog, which used to be plentiful and is now endangered. Development is disturb-ing habitat for these rare creatures, said Baker, and there are currently more than 260 endangered plant and animal species in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.
She hopes that through nature stewardship, and
by increasing plant and animal diversity, this region won’t become a dead zone for endan-gered species. Most criti-cal are larger land hold-ings that contain a creek or wetland, and Baker hopes people who own these properties will con-sider a conservation cov-enant to protect the land into perpetuity.
“Were looking for peo-ple who really care about the native plants and ani-mals and have questions. They can get a hold of us, they send me an email or give me a call and we can discuss their unique situ-ation and, if it looks good, we’ll happily come out and have a look.”
The site visits are free, with funds provided by Environment Canada. [email protected]
GET GREEN, GET INVOLVEDTri-City residents interested in participating in
South Coast Conservation Program’s environ-mental initiative for local property owners are urged to visit www.sccp.ca; you may also contact Tamsin Baker at 604-202-2381 or [email protected].
SOUTH COAST CONSERVATION PROGRAM PHOTOS
The South Coast Conservation Program wants to educate people about what they can do to protect local wildlife, includ-ing naturescaping their yards, getting rid of invasive species and even placing a conservation covenant on their property if it contains a creek, pond or stream.
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Rom-com not just on screen
Thinking of watching Annie Hall, Sleepless
in Seattle or Roman Holiday on video again this Valentine’s Day?
Why not try some-thing new and pick up a funny and heartfelt book from your local library instead.
The quirky and hi-larious debut novel by Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project, has quickly captured the hearts of readers around the world. This feel-good comedy is about an introverted genetics pro-fessor, Don Tillman, who conducts an experiment called The Wife Project. Don creates a foolproof questionnaire to find the perfect partner — one who doesn’t smoke or drink and always arrives on time. Instead, Don meets Rosie, an outgoing and headstrong bar-tender who has a project of her own: the hunt for her biological father. As Don helps Rosie with the Father Project, comedic misunderstandings and romance ensue.
Don’t let the “Y.A.” sticker on the spine fool you, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green is
a poignant and clever read for both teens and adults. Hazel Grace Lancaster is a 16-year-old cancer patient who is forced to attend the Cancer Kid Support Group. While begrudg-ingly attending a session, she meets Augustus Waters, a charming and handsome 17-year-old former basketball player and amputee. Hazel and Augustus quickly form a strong friendship that blossoms into more after they go on a trip to meet their favourite author, the reclusive and alcoholic Peter van Houten.
One of Nick Hornby’s funniest books is About a Boy, which is told from two very different per-spectives. Will Freeman is a 36-year-old rakish bachelor and Marcus Brewe is a shy school-boy who lives with his single mother. They meet through SPAT (Single Parents Alone Together), to which the childless
Will fakes his member-ship in order to meet and date single mothers. Although Will’s lie is soon found out, he and Marcus develop an un-likely friendship and Will eventually finds better ways to meet women.
Fans of Downton Abbey will delight in Nancy Mitford’s Love in a Cold Climate (a favou-rite character is the over-the-top Lady Montdore, who makes Downton’s Dowager seem tame). Set in Britain during the time between the two world wars, Mitford’s book both embraces and pokes fun at the aristocratic class. Like The Pursuit of Love, Mitford’s earlier novel, this book is narrated by Fanny Wincham and tells the story of her distant cousin, Lady Leopoldina (Polly) Hampton. Polly has just returned from India and is expected to have her pick of any of England’s most eligible bachelors on account of her beauty and wealth, except that she is com-pletely uninterested. While the reader won-ders which suitor Polly will choose, Fanny finds love in a charming side story.
Finally, a hilarious read for the reluctant romantic: Kingsley Amis’ Lucky Jim. Set in 1950s England, it tells the story of James (Jim) Dixon, a medieval history lecturer who hates his job but
is terrified of losing it. Complicating matters, Jim is in a lukewarm relationship with fellow lecturer Margaret Peel when he meets and falls in love with Christine Callaghan, the girlfriend of his boss’s playboy son. In all matters romance and work, Jim seems unlucky until the novel’s surprise end. If you like the situational humour of the original, British ver-sion of The Office, you will laugh at every page.
Looking for more ideas? Countless cin-ematic rom-coms, from to the memorable Bridget Jones’s Diary to the Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook, were first hilarious and charming novels.
Ask your local librar-ian for more recommen-dations.
A Good Read is a col-umn by Tri-City librar-ians that is published
every Wednesday. Jamie McCarthy works at
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A GOOD READJamie McCarthy
Just in time for V-Day, books full of love & humour
‘War on Science’ is topic for Noons Creek Hatchery AGM
It’s science vs. poli-tics next week at the Port Moody Ecological Society’s annual gen-eral meeting.
On Feb. 19 at 7 p.m., PMES hosts the gath-ering in Multipurpose Room 2 at the Port Moody rec centre with speaker Craig Orr, the executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society.
He’ll speak about “The War on Science and Wild Salmon.” According to a PMES press release, changes in federal legislation in-troduced in 2012 have gutted fish habitat pro-tection and, in conjunc-tion with drastic cuts in staffing levels, have severely weakened the ability of the federal fisheries department as well as Environment Canada to monitor and respond to environmen-tal problems. In addi-tion, research institutes that had been investi-
gating the pollution of aquatic ecosystems, at-mospheric sciences and the pollution of marine mammals were abruptly closed. More recently, the federal government has been criticized for closing and destroying priceless scientific re-search libraries across Canada. Orr will dis-cuss the impacts these policies will have on the health of our ecosys-tems and the future of wild salmon in B.C.
In addition to Orr’s presentation, mem-
bers and guests will re-ceive updates from the Noons Creek Hatchery, which hosts the popular Fingerling Festival.
And Kyle Pilon, presi-dent of the Mossom Creek Hatchery, will also provide an over-view regarding recon-struction efforts after a devastating fire in December.
The meeting is free and open to the pub-lic. More information about the Noons Creek Hatchery is available at www.noonscreek.org.
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Craig Orr of Watershed Watch enjoys fishing.
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THURSDAY, FEB. 13• Caregiver Support
Meeting, 10-11:30 a.m., Shaughnessy Care Centre, 2250 Wilson Ave., PoCo. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.
• Caregiver Support Meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Maillardville community centre, 1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.
• Tri-City Christian Women’s Club’s Women’s Connection Luncheon, noon, Executive Inn, 405 North Rd., Coquitlam; Crystal Hicks, a singer who performs with the Trinity Western University Choir and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, will share her story through word and song. Reservations by Feb. 10: Frieda, 604-937-7198.
• The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia presen-tation at Heritage Woods secondary, 7-9 p.m., dis-cussing the stigmas and myths surrounding dys-lexia. Refreshments will be provided and participants can register prior to the event by contacting Cathy McMillan calling 778-839-1540 or emailing [email protected].
FRIDAY, FEB. 14• Caregiver Support
Meeting, 10-11:30 a.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624
Poirier St., Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.
SUNDAY, FEB. 16• Bottle drive by 1st
PoCo Scout Group, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Kilmer elemen-tary school, 1575 Knappen St., PoCo. For assured pick-up, call 604-970-2579.
MONDAY, FEB. 17• Tri-Cities Parkinson’s
Support Group meets, 10 a.m.-noon, Eagle Ridge United Church, 2813 Glen Dr., Coquitlam. Info: 604-941-3182.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19• Port Moody Ecological
Society (Noons Creek Hatchery) AGM, 7 p.m., PoMo rec centre, 300 Ioco Rd. Speaker: Craig Orr, exec-utive director of Watershed Watch Salmon Society on “The War on Science and Wild Salmon.” Members of the public are welcome. Info: noonscreek.org.
THURSDAY, FEB. 20• Northeast Coquitlam
Ratepayers Association monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr., Coquitlam. All Burke Mountain residents are in-vited. Speaker: Coquitlam Fire Chief Wade Pierlot. Info: 604-941-2260 or 604-942-9725.
FRIDAY, FEB. 21• Tri-City Singles Social
Club meets, 7:30 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion, 2513 Clarke St., Port Moody. The club offers op-portunities for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more. New members are welcome. Info: Darline, 604-466-0017 or [email protected].
SATURDAY, FEB. 22• Pre-school age chil-
dren and their parents are invited open house at Kiddies Korner Pre-school,
10 a.m.-noon, 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo. Space is lim-ited so call to reserve your spot: 604-941-4919 or email [email protected].
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26• Tri-City Centennial
Stamp Club features stamp team trivia game with prizes; meet and mingle with other collectors at 7 p.m., game is after 8 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier com-munity centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: stamp-club.ca or 604-941-9306.
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• Dogwood Songsters meet Mondays, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Dogwood Pavilion; group also visits and enter-tains at seniors’ facilities weekly. If you love to sing, you can join. Info: 778-285-4873 or 604-464-2252.
• Silver Chord Choir, for those over 50, meets Mondays, 3-5 p.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo; if you love to sing and have fun, you can join – no auditions. The choir, which has been going for 43 years, sings twice a month at seniors’ residences in the Tri-Cities and at other events. Info: Teresa, 604-942-5144 or Ann, 604-464-5580.
FEB. 15: MLK IN PALESTINE• Free film screening of Al Helm (The Dream)
– Martin Luther King in Palestine, in which an African-American gospel choir goes to Palestine to work with a group there to present a play about Martin Luther King and become witnesses to life under occupation; 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo. Refreshments and discussion afterwards.
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How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Let Ken Lavigne tell you Tenor to talk about his road to the most pres-tigious concert stage in the world
By Janis WarrenThe Tri-CiTy NeWs
Two years ago, tenor Ken Lavigne spoke at an artists’
convention about how he made it from Vancouver Island to the Big Apple to play Carnegie Hall.
That talk — told in part through song — re-sulted in a successful tour, which the Canadian Tenor co-founder will bring to Coquitlam on Sunday night.
For his show, Lavigne relates the story of how he came to sing on the world’s most famous concert stage with the New York Pops.
And he believes he has told the tale enough times that his narrative has evolved to be “as smooth and seamless as it can be” without the audience having to ask questions afterward.
“Of course, I’m al-ways glad they followed along, didn’t fall asleep and were interested to learn more,” he said with a laugh.
Lavigne uses musi-cal examples to relive the journey by sing-ing Neapolitan opera hits, popular pieces by Leonard Cohen such as Hallelujah and his own compositions. With each piece, he tries to high-light the versatility of the tenor voice, he said.
His performance will be accompanied by mu-sicians on the piano, double bass, violin and guitar.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut, Lavigne has performed with fellow Victoria native David Foster, sung for Prince Charles and, last spring, was at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre as part of pianist Sarah Hagen’s Musical
Mornings concert series.“That was a great
show,” he said of the March 6, 2013, gig. “Of course, it’s always easier
for a pianist to play in the morning. For vocal-ists, we need a bit of time to warm things up.”
• Tickets for The Road
to Carnegie Hall on Feb. 16 are $35/$30/$15 and available through the Evergreen box office at 604-927-6555 or online at
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COURTESY OF EVERGREEN
Ken Lavigne, a founding member of The Canadian Tenors, will talk about how he made it to Carnegie Hall at a concert at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre on Feb. 16.
Get hooked on modern with Hamm
By Janis WarrenThe Tri-CiTy NeWs
Growing up in Edmonton, Corey Hamm was intro-duced to a world of music by his piano teacher.
And among the types he learned was contemporary — a genre he wasn’t quite so fond of. His teacher urged him to play Samuel Barber’s Piano Concert Opus 38, a piece that debuted in 1962 in New York City.
“I had a bad response as a 13-year-old boy,” Hamm recalled, “but now I love it. It’s unfath-omable why I didn’t like it.”
He credits his teacher for opening up the genre that eventually became Hamm’s special-ization.
These days, as an internationally renowned concert pianist, Hamm is taking his turn to lead the contemporary movement with his students at UBC, where he is a professor of piano and chamber music and director of the UBC Contemporary Players. Hamm is also on the piano faculty of the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at the New England Conservatory in Boston.
Next week, Hamm will talk about his pas-sion for modern classical music at Place des Arts as part of the Maillardville facility’s Salon Speaker Series. The presentation will include a Q&A with the audience.
Besides the Barber composition, Hamm will also describe his love for The Kyrie, a Requiem movement by Aldred Schnittke of Russia, and a piano piece called The First Communion by Olivier Messiaen of France.
Hamm said the public doesn’t get to uncover modern classical music enough and, as a result, the genre is often feared. “We hear lots of pop music and occasionally some classical music in our daily lives,” he said. “About 5% of the clas-sical music we hear, only 5% of that is contem-porary classical.”
He added, “In my experience with fellow mu-sicians, the public and students, if somebody is exposed to this music then they don’t have that fear. I think it’s just like anything else: If you get used to something you start to appreciate it. It’s the same thing with visual arts. There are still people today who think that Picasso is crazy and outlandish but it’s 100 years old and most of the world realizes that Picasso was a genius.”
• Tickets for Corey Hamm’s talk on Thursday, Feb. 20 are $5 through Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) by calling 604-664-1636 or visiting placedesarts.ca.
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CZECH MATESViolinist Roger Mangas and his pianist wife Monica Pfau will play at Place des Arts on Saturday, Feb. 22 as part of the Coquitlam art cen-tre’s faculty concert series.
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Last round of Czech series for violinist, pianist duo
By Janis WarrenThe Tri-CiTy News
A handful of Czech composers whose clas-sical music fell out of vogue at the start of the 20th century will have their works revived at a recital in Coquitlam next week.
Vi o l i n i s t R o g e r Mangas and his pianist wife Monica Pfau will perform some of the rare pieces he uncovered while in Europe in 2007 — as well as composi-tions by other prominent Czech masters — as part of the Place des Arts fac-ulty concert series.
Mangas said he and Pfau wanted to pay homage to two of their University of Victoria professors who had in-troduced them to Czech
writers, especially those whose music was passed over with the change from the Romantic to contemporary era.
“Their careers dwin-dled but they had written some really fine music that, as a result of their bad timing, got lost,” he said.
Seven years ago, while on a visit to Vienna and Prague, Mangas im-mersed himself in librar-ies and used music stores to search for the rare scores that their UVIC mentors — Jaroslav Karlovsky and Paul Kling — had brought to their attention.
Mangas, a Place des Arts instructor since 1986, found enough ma-terial for a series of con-certs, starting in 2008, to celebrate the unknown
Czech pieces. And their fourth and final instal-ment of the series will be played next Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
He and Pfau will re-veal works by composers Oskar Nedbal, Josef Suk, Antonin Dvorak and Bohuslav Martinu. They also believe they will be presenting the North American premiere of Josef Foerster’s Sonata quasi Fantasia.
Mangas is a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and has about 35 students at Place des Arts.
Pfau was on the facil-ity from 1987 to ‘96 and returned last September after a break to raise the couple’s children. A former student of Robin Wood, Pfau has recorded for the CBC Vancouver
Orchestra under Mario Bernardi, the Vancouver S y m p h o n u n d e r Kazuyoshi Akiyama and the National Film Board of Canada; she also per-forms for CBC Radio’s Westcoast Performance.
With their final in-stalment soon over, Mangas said the pair’s next recital — likely to take place in 2016 — will feature pieces by German, Romanian and Czech composers — “music that I always wanted to play but never had the chance,” he said.
• Ti c k e t s t o A Celebration of Czech Music IV on Feb. 22 are $15/$13 and available by calling 604-664-1636 or visiting [email protected]
Gleneagle jazz night nearingTickets are still up for
grabs for Gleneagle sec-ondary’s sixth annual gala jazz dinner.
Teaching chefs and culinary students are whipping up an Italian feast for the Feb. 28 event, which includes performances from pro-fessional musicians Alan Matheson (trumpet and piano), David Branter (saxophone) and Rob McKenzie (trombone).
Proceeds will ben-efit the culinary arts and music departments at the Coquitlam high school.
To order tickets at $40 per person, go to glenea-gle.org then click on the Jazz Gala Tickets button.
LIFE DRAWINGThe cost to take part
in a life drawing class at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre is now cheaper.
Artists of any level are invited to the gallery — on the last Wednesday of the month — to draw an undraped model.
The sessions run from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 26, March 26 and April 30 and cost $10 per work-shop.
A d m i s s i o n f o r Evergreen members is free (annual membership costs $20 and includes discounts for events and
workshops).Drawing boards will
be supplied but partici-pants are asked to bring their own supplies. Open to artists 16 years and up, the events are led by Sara Graham, a MFA graduate from the University of Guelph. Registration for the life drawing classes is en-couraged as space is lim-ited. Call [email protected]
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Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Ravens, who defeated Pitt Meadows 66-47 last weekend, begin the Fraser Valley playdowns ranked sixth in the province.
Ravens, Talons have eyes on provincial prizeBy Gary McKenna
The Tri-CiTy News
The Terry Fox Ravens finished up the regular season on a winning note and will begin this week’s AAAA basket-ball post-season run at the top of the Fraser Valley North standings.
The PoCo club de-feated cross-town rivals Port Moody 76-60 last Thursday before win-ning two more games — a 66-47 rout over Pitt
Meadows and a 93-73 win over Charles Tupper — in exhibition play on the weekend.
Fox finishes the regular season 5-1 in divisional play and 18-7 overall, putting it in sixth place in the AAAA provincial rank-ings ahead of the Fraser Valley Playdowns this week. The top teams in the Fraser Valley tourna-ment go on to compete in the provincial cham-pionships.
The Ravens are eye-ing their second B.C. title in three years, after winning it in 2012 in a nail-biting 75-74 win over Walnut Grove. Terry Fox also took home the provincial banner in 1993 and 1994.
But the Ravens aren’t the only Tri-City club with championship aspirations.
While the Gleneagle Talons sit one place be-hind Terry Fox in the Fraser Valley North standings with a 4-2 re-
cord, they are positioned fourth in the provincial rankings, higher than their PoCo rivals.
The Talons defeated Port Moody 73-45 in their final game of the regular season on Friday, but dropped a 78-66 decision to the Heritage Woods Kodiaks, another Tri-City team, last Thursday.
The Kodiaks (17-6) received honourable mention this week, just missing the AAAA top
10 rankings after being edged out by the Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers of Surrey (15-10).
The Pinetree second-ary Timberwolves and the Centennial second-ary Centaurs are also eyeing a berth in the provincial champion-ships when the Fraser Valley play downs begin this week. The two teams were expected to play Tuesday night after The Tri-City News’ deadline.
Reynolds skates to silver in SochiCoquitlam skater helps team to second-place finish at Games
Coquitlam figure skater Kevin Reynolds was not expected to com-pete in the team event at the Sochi Olympics last weekend.
But when Patrick Chan dropped out of the contest so the defend-ing world men’s singles champion could rest ahead of the individual skating event, Reynolds got the call to fill in.
And the 23-year-old
did not disappoint. He posted Canada’s
best performance in the team event, perfectly executing three quad jumps for a 167.92 total segment score. His ef-forts bolstered Canada to a second place finish behind Russia (168.92) and ahead of the United States (165.85).
Sunday was Reynolds first Olympic event and his only international competition this season, after being sidelined with skate issues for the du-ration of the Grand Prix season.
A’s look local at WLA draft
see ReYnOldS, page 20
Team takes Jr. A’s Tyler Garrison first overall
By Gary McKennaThe Tri-CiTy News
Coquitlam Adanacs general manager Kevin Hill entered last week’s We s t e r n L a c ro s s e Association draft with one goal: pickup the best local players available.
With Coquitlam’s ju-nior team racking up title after title the last few years, the decision to stay in the community
was an easy one, he told The Tri-City News.
“A lot of times in the past, Coquitlam has passed on their local kids from the junior system, so that was our main focus,” he said. “When the junior system is winning B.C. championships, you might as well stick with it.”
With the first overall pick the team received in the Cory Conway trade to Nanaimo two seasons ago, the Adanacs took junior defensive stalwart Tyler Garrison.
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In his three years in the B.C. Junior ‘A’ Lacrosse League system, Garrison managed more than a point a game, in-cluding 23 points in 24 playoff appearances.
“He was one of the top D guys and overall play-ers in the draft,” Hill said. “He can play D. He can play offence. He is turn-ing into one of the bet-ter draw guys… he made [the decision] pretty easy for us.”
Matt Delmonico, a player who split his ju-nior time between the Port Coquitlam Saints and the junior A’s, was chosen fourth overall. With the pick, Hill said his team gets a strong right-handed shot that can put the ball in the net.
In last year’s regular season, Delmonico was 18th in scoring, with 36 goals and 31 assists, numbers that would have likely been higher had been able to play the full season.
In the second round, Coquitlam chose Sam Goodman, a “heart and soul guy” according to Hill, and Steven Neufeld and Vincent Ricci — also Coquitlam junior prod-ucts — with their 18th and 19th pick.
But not every player Hill drafted hails from Coquitlam.
Tyler Glebe, a goalten-der from Langley who has been plying his trade in Ontario’s junior ‘B’ league, could challenge for the top spot in the upcoming
season, said the Adanacs general manager.
The club also chose Kyle Dobbie, a New Westminster junior player, Montgomery Jones from Burnaby and brothers Patrick and Andrew McMillan of Kelowna.
Dominik Pesek, a player who is origi-nally from the Czech Republ ic bu t has played with the Victoria Junior Shamrocks, was Coquitlam’s 10th round pick.
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COURTESY OF THE SOCHI 2014
Coquitlam figure skater Kevin Reynolds, who took home silver on Sunday, practices ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Reynolds wows judges
For most of the year, the Canadian skater, who was born in North Vancouver, has had dif-ficulty finding a boot that fits properly.
“I’m feeling really good after this perfor-mance,” Reynolds told CTV News. “Considering that I didn’t have any ex-perience in the first half of the Grand Prix season and only national cham-pionships as a precur-sor to this, I’m very, very happy that I was able to get a relatively strong performance here, the
first time at Olympic Games.”
Reynolds finished be-hind Russian veteran Evgeni Plushenko, who helped the host country take its first gold medal of the 2014 Games. The team event was Plushenko’s first international com-petition since his silver-medal performance in Vancouver in 2010.
Reynolds will be back in action again on Thursday at 7 a.m. (PST) competing in the men’s figure skating short pro-gram, along with fellow North Van native Liam Firus.
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We require an analytical problem-solver with the ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy and attention to detail. The ideal candidate will have CPA certifi cation and several years experience in the administration of a computerized payroll system covering a large work force. A sound knowledge of payroll costing and liability recognition and reconciliation is also required.
This is a full-time, permanent position with a competitive compensation and benefi ts package. Qualifi ed applicants should send a resume and covering letter by February 14, 2014 to:
Robert GalePayroll ManagerBlack Press Group Ltd.34375 Gladys AvenueAbbotsford, BC V2S 2H5Fax: 604-853-6535email: [email protected]
We thank all those who are interested in this position; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
blackpress.ca bclocalnews.com
Senior PayrollAdministrator
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
ADULT CARRIERWith reliable car required to
deliver The TriCity News door-to-door to households
in the Tri-City areaWednesday & Friday.
Call 604-472-3040
109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
Landscape ConstructionFOREMAN POSITION
We are an est’d landscaping fi rm in need of a new Landscape con-struction foreman. The ideal can-didate will have knowledge of the landscape construction industry, and experience with heavy equip-ment, building retaining walls, lay-ing paving stones, woodworking, drainage, plant knowledge and all other aspects of comm and res, hard & soft landscaping. You will be working as part of a team, and expected to drive and encourage co-workers. You will be expected to be driven and accomodating to customers needs and wants. The position is F/T. Applicant must have a valid drivers license, min 3 years exp and be physically fi t. Pay is commensurate with exp. Benefi ts avail. If you are interestedin this position, please respond via email. Short listed candidates will be contacted for an interview;
109 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
130 HELP WANTED
CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now available to deliver the News in the TriCity area: 61944-41 Hickory Dr.45 Fernway Dr.47-167 Fernway Dr. 8224430 Decaire St445 Schoolhouse St1324-1423 Charland Ave1500-1551 Dansey Ave
8456603-631 Regan Ave604-644 Como Lake Ave (even)605-621 Langside Ave609-633 Smith Ave (odd)708-756 Dogwood St (even)709-729 Breslay St
8504801-836 Lonlac St804-826 Gatensbury St1189-121 Brisbane Ave1205-1221 Lamerton Ave
8630810-1013 Saddle St820-962 Ranch Park Way1001-1011 Palmdale St2820 Norman Ave2950-2970 Admiral Crt3065-3086 Butternut St3108-3109 Starlight Way 85171120-1219 Bartlett Ave961-971 Bayview Square1305-1308 Bayview Square1209-1216 Crest Crt920-1005 Gatensbury St1309 Harbour Dr981-1005 Lillian St1124-1209 Luxton Square1209-1216 Ridge Crt1200-1216 Tilston Crt 8314373-375 Clayton St559-622 Edgar Ave347-390 Guilby St559-619 Lougheed Hwy (odd)560-621 Shaw Ave
90611793-1891 Aire Cres (odd)2161 Lamprey Dr1715-2191 Western Dr
90171221-1286 Gateway Pl2309-2438 Kensington Cres1215-1266 Kensington Pl1217-1265 Knights Crt2306-2378 Nottingham Pl
92591329-1365 Apel Dr1401-1437 Braken Crt4032-4065 Braken Crt4032-4080 Coast Meridian Rd4015-4056 Derby Crt1413-1425 Lynwood Ave1410-1426 Toronto Pl4028-4098 Toronto St1346-1428 Victoria Dr
98781500-1528 Greenstone Crt 2620-2642 Marble Crt 2610-2641 Panorama Dr 97101235 Johnson St1235-1271 Lasalle Pl (odd)
60481600-1623 Gore St1502-1560 Prince St
92161101-1296 Barberry Dr1110-1259 Ellis Dr2925-2961 Sandlewood Way
87901266-1298 Creekstone Terr1266-1302 Hollybrook St3340-3361 Leston Ave3347-3361 Mason Ave (odd)1280-1311 Sadie Cres
86232922-2941 Burton Crt 954-990 Crystal Crt2898-2928 Dewdney Trunk Rd (even)2921-2940 Heckbert Pl957-972 Laurel Crt900-968 Sharpe St
Other routes not listed may be avail. Please call to enquire.If you live on or near one these routes and you are interested in delivering the papers please callCirculation @ 604-472-3042and quote the route number.
160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
BRANCH MANAGER & Counter Parts Person required for automo-tive parts, HD parts and body shop supply business in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. Parts experience required. Email: [email protected].
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
160 TRADES, TECHNICAL
JOURNEYMAN HEAVY DUTY MECHANICS
Fort McMurray & Leduc AlbertaGladiator Equipment Ltd. has immediate positions for Journeyman Heavy Duty, off road Certifi ed Mechanics for work in Fort McMurray and Le-duc, Alberta. Excellent wages and benefi ts.
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On Experience.Please forward resume: vancouveroutboard@
telus.net
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182 FINANCIAL SERVICES
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
INCOME TAX. TAJ DAMJI604-781-0315. Pickup delivery in Tri City Free. Singles $45 Couples $70. No limit on number of slips.
206 APPLIANCE REPAIRS
POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999Service to all Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guaranteed
239 COMPUTER SERVICES
242 CONCRETE & PLACING
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257 DRYWALL
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260 ELECTRICAL
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263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE
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275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS
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130 HELP WANTED
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
281 GARDENING
Prompt Delivery Available7 Days / Week
Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.
Bark Mulch Lawn & Garden Soil
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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS
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130 HELP WANTED
www.tricitynews.com Tri-City News Wednesday, February 12, 2014, A23
On August 20, 2009, at the 1100
block of Eastwood Avenue,
Coquitlam, B.C., Peace Officer(s) of
the Coquitlam RCMP seized, at the
time indicated, the subject property,
described as: $865 CAD, on or
about 10:18 Hours, and a Motorola
Razor, on or about 10:18 Hours.
The subject property was seized
because there was evidence that
the subject property had been
obtained by the commission of an
offence (or offences) under section
5(2) (Possession for purpose of
trafficking) of the Controlled Drugs
and Substances Act of Canada.
Notice is hereby given that the
subject property, CFO file Number:
2013-1826, is subject to forfeiture
under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will
be forfeited to the Government for
disposal by the Director of Civil
Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute
is filed with the Director within the
time period set out in this notice.
A notice of dispute may be filed by
a person who claims to have an
interest in all or part of the subject
property. The notice of dispute
must be filed within 60 days of the
date upon which this notice is first
published.
You may obtain the form of a notice
of dispute, which must meet the
requirements of Section 14.07
of the CFA, from the Director’s
website, accessible online at www.
pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The
notice must be in writing, signed
in the presence of a lawyer or
notary public, and mailed to the
Civil Forfeiture Office, PO Box 9234
Station Provincial Government,
Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.
In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:
On December 9, 2010, at the 250
block of Casey Street, Coquitlam,
B.C., Peace Offi cer(s) of the
Coquitlam RCMP seized, at the
time indicated, the subject property,
described as: $1,150 CAD, on or
about 18:07 Hours, and an iPhone,
on or about 18:00 Hours.
The subject property was seized
because there was a warrant
authorized by the court pursuant
to the Criminal Code of Canada
to seize evidence in respect of an
offence (or offences) under section
5(2) (Possession for purpose of
traffi cking) of the Controlled Drugs
and Substances Act of Canada.
Notice is hereby given that the
subject property, CFO fi le Number:
2013-1821, is subject to forfeiture
under Part 3.1 of the CFA and will
be forfeited to the Government for
disposal by the Director of Civil
Forfeiture unless a notice of dispute
is fi led with the Director within the
time period set out in this notice.
A notice of dispute may be fi led by
a person who claims to have an
interest in all or part of the subject
property. The notice of dispute
must be fi led within 60 days of the
date upon which this notice is fi rst
published.
You may obtain the form of a notice
of dispute, which must meet the
requirements of Section 14.07
of the CFA, from the Director’s
website, accessible online at www.
pssg.gov.bc.ca/civilforfeiture. The
notice must be in writing, signed
in the presence of a lawyer or
notary public, and mailed to the
Civil Forfeiture Offi ce, PO Box 9234
Station Provincial Government,
Victoria, B.C. V8W 9J1.
In the Matter of Part 3.1 (Administrative Forfeiture) of the Civil Forfeiture Act [SBC 2005, C. 29] the CFA
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317 MISC SERVICES
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329 PAINTING & DECORATING
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320 MOVING & STORAGE
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341 PRESSURE WASHING
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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
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353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL
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372 SUNDECKS
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374 TREE SERVICES
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PETS
477 PETS
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CANE CORSO MASTIFF - pure bred pups, shots, dewormed, vet checked. $1000: Call 604-826-7634
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
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PETS
477 PETS
DO YOU LOVE DOGS?We need loving foster homes for med.-lrg. sized dogs. 604.583.4237
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
503 ANTIQUES & VINTAGE
WANTED: BRITISH PAINTINGS. STERLING SILVER & MEDALS, ETC. CEF Est 1980. 604-727-0137
506 APPLIANCES
POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999Rebuilt*Washer*Dryer*Fridge*StoveUp to 1 Yr Warranty. Trade-in Avail.
523 UNDER $100
FRIDGE - white - 30”x30”x60”Perfect working order. $100/obo.
Call 604-931-2998.
560 MISC. FOR SALE
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REAL ESTATE
627 HOMES WANTED
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639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
• DIFFICULTY SELLING? •Diffi culty Making Payments?
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RENTALS
706 APARTMENT/CONDO
Your Choice for Property Management
(Since 1990) Professional Property Management Services
P.Meadows - Solaris TowersConcrete Hi-rise *3 Bdr +den
on 9th fl r, March 1st. $1675/mo.
Call 604-464-7548Visit our website for other rentals:
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COQUITLAM Near Douglas Coll & transit. 2 Bedrooms 2 bath $1250 p/m. Rent incl. 4 Appl & laundry. Fit-ness cntr & pool. Sorry No Pets. Refs required. 604-360-1285
Coquitlam Centre“Raphael Towers” 1 bdrm & den- $950
*IN-SUITE W/D *GARBURATOR*ONSITE MANAGER
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PORT COQUITLAM; 2 Bdrm apts, $810 & $830/mo, and a 2 Bdrm T/H $885/mo. Quiet family complex, no pets, call 604-464-0034
RENTALS
706 APARTMENT/CONDO
Coquitlam: Clean, quiet apt blk.
Suites to rent. Sorry no pets.
Family owned & operated for 40 yrs.
(604)936-5755
COQUITLAM
Welcome Home !
1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.
Call (604) 931-2670
Derek Manor2048 Manning Ave.
Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889
FREE PREMIUM CABLE$80 Value
800 sf S Impeccably clean Heat SH/W S Prkg S Avail. Now 1&2 bdrm Starting @ $795/mo
No pets ~ Ref’s req’d.
Polo ClubApartments
19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows
Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.3 Blocks to W.C. Express
W 1 & 2 Bdrm SuitesW 3 Appliances
W Secured Garage ParkingW Adult Oriented
W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets
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PORT COQUITLAMBright Clean & Spacious
2 Bdrm (corner suite) $925New carpet, paint, appliances
S Includes heat/hot waterS 1.5 blocks to various bus stops S 2 blocks to Safeway/medical S City park across streetS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required
CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550
PORT COQUITLAM- Newly renovated, quiet secure bldg, walk to all amens, WC Exp- 1 & 2 Bdrm apts available.- Lrg, bright, incl heat, h/water, f/s, priv balc, window coverings.- Laundry & storage on ea fl oor.- Plenty of pkng avail. No Pets.- Wheelchair accessible
McALLISTER APARTMENTS2232 McAllister Ave
(604)941-7721
RENAISSANCE ON SHAW555 Shaw Avenue,
CoquitlamStudio, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments very close to Lougheed mall and sky train station.
Contact manager, Nova at: 604-618-7467 or [email protected]
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground fl oor commercial area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersec-tion. Call 604-464-3550.
750 SUITES, LOWER
CTRL Coq., spacious, bright ground fl r 1 bdrm. Priv entry. N/S N/P. $850/mo incl. util. 604-939-7443
PORT COQUITLAM: new 2 bdrm suite. Cls to schools, shops, buses. $950/m inc hydro. Cat ok. Avl. now. Smoking ok outside. 604-690-0564
752 TOWNHOUSES
COQUITLAM:
GARDEN COURTHOUSING CO-OP2865 Packard Ave.
Now accepting applications for two 3 bdrm T/H’s, a large
2 bdrm & a small 2 bdrm. Share purchase required.
No Subsidies avail.Call 604-464-4921
RENTALS
752 TOWNHOUSES
COQUITLAM CENTRE AREA
TOWNHOUSES2 & 3 Bdrm Units Available*Near schools *5 Appliances
*Decorative Fireplaces~PET FRIENDLY~Available Immediately
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PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1097/mo - $1199/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938
TRANSPORTATION
810 AUTO FINANCING
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS
Re: The estate of Wanda Dawn Whitehurst, also known as WD Whitehurst, also known as Wanda Whitehurst, also known as Wanda D. Whitehurst, de-ceased, formerly of 739 Alderson Avenue, Coquitlam, B.C.
Creditors and others having claims against the estate of Wanda Dawn Whitehurst, also known as WD Whitehurst, also known as Wanda Whitehurst, also known as Wanda D. Whitehurst are hereby notifi ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to the executor George Almon Whitehurst c/o Lisa Eastwood, Barrister & Solici-tor, 5058 - 47 A Avenue, Delta, B.C. V4K 1T8 on or before April 15, 2014, after which date the ex-ecutor will distribute the estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the executor then has no-tice.
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OTHER SERVICESNEW! Gel Shellac Nail Treatment....$32Full European facial ..............................$32Full manicure .........................................$15Full pedicure ..........................................$19Parafin hand & foot treatment ..........$15Brow tint .................................................. $8Lash tint ..................................................$10
HAIR BY SHOKOUHHair Cut .................................................$14Shampoo, Cut & Dry ...........................$19Style Only ..............................................$13Kid Cut ..................................................... $9Colour ....................................................$29Hi-lite (cap) ............................................$30Hi-lite (foils) ..........................................$48Perm ........................................................$35Up-Do .....................................................$35Weaving Extension .............................$100
SPECIAL PACKAGESFacial, Manicure & Pedicure ...............$60Colour, Cut & Hilite ............................$80
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