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POCO FIRE, COQUITLAM RCMP HIT MOVEMBER HIGHS

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jkurucz@thenownews.com Their wives and significant others couldn’t be happier the calendar has finally turned.

While Movember is now officially in the rearview mirror, a pair of teams made up of first responders from the Tri-Cities certainly left their fundraising mark.

Having raised $12,742, the Port Coquitlam fire department finished fourth among all departments in the nation, and was bested only by their colleagues in Edmonton, Calgary and Regina.

That the department only boasts about 65 members speaks to their level of commitment to the cause, which included a hockey tournament and other charitable drives.

“It’s a huge accomplishment for us — we’re a tiny department compared to those ones in Edmonton and Calgary,” said PoCo firefighter Ryan Masi, whose fundraising total of $295 was second only to leader Rob Decicco’s $400.

The Coquitlam RCMP’s team, called the Mantastics, finished fourth amongst all police agencies in Canada after collecting $11,616.

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Tunnel-boring machine arrives FIRST PART OF EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO CREATE EVERGREEN LINE TUNNEL IS ONSITE

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com It’s being hailed by the group building the Evergreen Line as a major milestone for the billion-dollar project.

This week, the first part of the giant machine that will drill a two-kilometre tunnel between the western part of Port Moody and Coquitlam for the rapid transit line arrived.

The cover head for the tunnel-boring machine was lowered into the excavation pit at the north portal of the project.

“It’s a key milestone because the whole fabrication and deliverance of the tunnel-boring machine and the boring of the tunnel is critical to the schedule,” said Amanda Farrell, the Evergreen Line’s project director.

Over the next few weeks, under the cover of darkness, large trucks — too big to use the roads during the day — will be hauling parts for the boring machine to the site. From there, the machine will be assembled and tested.

The actual boring is expected to begin in February and continue until the end of 2014.

The tunnel will run from Barnet Highway in Port Moody to Kemsley Avenue in Coquitlam.

Farrell noted crews expect to bore about eight to 10 metres a day.

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The cover head for the tunnel-boring machine is lowered into an excavation pit. sure to be of interest to onlookers, that might not be the case for area residents.

“We know that it is challenging for those neighbours,” Farrell said, adding officials are working with the contractor to manage noise.

“We will do everything we can to minimize

the concerns they have or give them information.”

The tunnel boring work will run in two shifts, starting at 6 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m. potentially every day except Sunday, depending on the schedule.

However, Evergreen officials suggested there wouldn’t be much noise from the machine, which has a front end of 11 metres, but widens to 85 metres in the back, once it disappears into the hill.

Farrell indicated the noise heard by residents would mostly be from trucks removing material. She said three extra trucks an hour will be hauling material from the site to start, ramping up to six as the work continues.

Farrell also noted 17 trucks an hour are currently using the Barnet during the week.

As for opportunities to get a glimpse of the machine, Farrell said safety is a major concern seeing as how it is an active construction site.

She said the Evergreen group will likely hold a public event to unveil the name of the machine, adding web cams have been set up around other parts of the construction line.

Just last month, a portion of Barnet at Ioco Road in Port Moody was closed for a long weekend for work on the line.

Crews pushed a large concrete structure into position below Barnet adjacent to the Ioco Bridge for the Inlet Centre Station. The structure will ultimately contain a portion of the station platform and guideway.

The work went off without a hitch and the road was opened to traffic on time.

Local group calls for reduced bus fares TRI-CITIES HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING TASK GROUP SEEKS CITY’S SUPPORT

John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com Service providers across Metro Vancouver are calling on the province and TransLink to expand the reach of the BC Bus Pass Program to include reduced fares for those on income assistance. Run by the province, the program offers low-income seniors and those receiving disability assistance an annual bus pass at a reduced fare.

Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group chair

Sandy Burpee appeared before Coquitlam council in committee Monday to ask for support to see the program extended even further.

“For people who are homeless, they don’t have the money for transit fares and yet sometimes they have to travel a fair distance for the services they need, whether it’s medical services, a hospital visit or for mental-health services,” Burpee said in an interview Wednesday.

The proposal is being headed up by the Vancouver Urban Core Community Workers’ Association, a centralized group of service providers based on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

The group works with a larger network of homeless advocates, who are trying to get support from city councils first, before taking their request to the province and TransLink.

Though it’s unknown when the proposal will get to that point, Burpee explained it would likely work by having service

providers or non-profits buy passes on behalf of clients.

“They wouldn’t just be distributed carte blanche to people who are homeless. But if a need was identified, these organizations could have these lower cost fares to give,” he said.

Councillors offered preliminary support for the program, but want it expanded beyond just those on income assistance.

“This is a serious issue not only for the homeless, and I accept that, but for single moms, the working poor, for a whole range of individuals, for whom transit is inaccessible as soon as you put a fare gate up,” said Mayor Richard Stewart.

For Coun. Mae Reid, Burpee’s pitch underscored the longstanding transit issues facing Coquitlam and other suburbs.

“A bus out here is sort of like Bigfoot — you see them so rarely,” she said.

Monday’s discussion was deferred, and will be brought up again at the Monday, Dec. 9 meeting.

PoCo council to vote on homeless shelter RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERNS PREVIOUSLY

John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com Rob Thiessen is concerned, three days ahead of a critical vote on homeless services in Port Coquitlam.

The managing director of the Hope For Freedom Society, Thiessen is working alongside PoCo city staff and residents to allow for a temporary homeless shelter

Rob Thiessen to operate out of Northside Kingsway Church on Kingsway Avenue.

A revamped Good Neighbour Agreement — an agreed-upon set of rules that

spell out safeguards and a pledge for increased communication for all parties involved — will be voted on Monday.

That vote comes two weeks after a heated public debate on the matter, during which area residents overwhelmingly opposed the shelter operation.

But for all the vitriol in the room that night, the most disconcerting comments didn’t come from the public, but rather from the elected officials, some of whom called last year’s Bridge Shelter project a “failure.”

“That’s the part that bothered me the most,” Thiessen said. “There was blood in the

water that night. [City councillors] called our shelter season last year a failure, yet we moved 47 people off the streets permanently. We have the best record in the country as far as homelessness.”

At the Nov. 25 meeting, council passed a temporary use permit to allow Northside Kingsway Church to participate in this season’s cold wet weather mat program, pending the approval of a new Good Neighbour Agreement.

Council tied a number of stipulations to that agreement: the shelter will only operate during January 2014; correspondence will be sent to all nearby strata councils; weekly meetings

with those councils will be conducted; all complaints will be tracked and recorded and contact details will be provided for parties involved, including the city, the Hope For Freedom Society and the RCMP. Thiessen, however, doesn’t want unrealistic expectations tied to that agreement, whether it’s from council or nearby residents.

“The expectation is that we’re going to clean up all of the problems in that neighbourhood — we can’t,” he said. “Those problems have been there for decades.

They’re not caused by us and we can’t do anything to mitigate them except to pro-

vide housing for people who don’t have housing. That will, slowly but surely, reduce the issues.”

Four other churches have agreed to be a part of the program in both Coquitlam and Port Moody. Should council vote against the proposal Monday, Thiessen will have three weeks to find another shelter alternative.

The program kicked off at Coquitlam’s Calvary Baptist Church and averaged about 50 per cent occupancy — 12 to 15 people per night — in November.

The shelter is operating out of Coquitlam Alliance Church this month. twitter.com/johnkurucz

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Coquitlam firefighters like Chris Bond, left, as well as Port Moody firefighters like Doug Stewart, also raised funds for Movember. Visit us online to see more photos.

Firefighters, police raise Movember funds CONT. FROM PAGE 1

Team leader Ryan Ziebart led the charge after netting $4,225 in donations.

The Coquitlam crew finished behind a pair of Ontariobased police forces, while the Burnaby Fuzz netted the

highest total in Canada for the second straight year.

The Port Moody Police Department, Coquitlam Fire and Rescue and Port Moody Fire Department all took part in Movember as well, though fundraising totals weren’t available by Tri-Cities NOW

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New measures take aim at slush bombs Jeremy DEUTSCH

jdeutsch@thenownews.com Just in time for winter weather, the company responsible for the new Port Mann Bridge says measures are in place to avoid the slush bomb incidents of last year.

On Wednesday, officials with Transportation Investment Corp., the company in charge of the Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project, confirmed new monitoring and control systems have been installed on the bridge to keep cables free of ice and snow.

Specifically, the company has installed snow-clearing collars. A series of the collars are fastened around the cables and stored at the top of the bridge towers on remotely operated hangers.

As required, the collars will be dropped down the cables one at a time to dislodge any accumulated snow or ice in their path.

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Greg Johnson, a spokesperson for TI Corp., noted the collars are ready for use if snow falls and will be available on all 152 cables crossing the roadway.

“We’re confident these snow control measures will ensure the bridge remains safe and open in the event that we get snow this winter,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW in an e-mail.

It was an inauspicious start for the bridge last winter when, just a few weeks after opening, it was shut for part of a day when snow and ice or “slush bombs” fell from cables. Motorists filed several hundred claims with ICBC as a result of the incidents.

Afterward, customdesigned cable sweepers

were fitted around the bridge to handle the problem.

TI Corp. said the interim sweepers were removed so engineers could conduct further testing and development for a longer-term solution.

According to the company, the new collars were developed and tested with input from a team of engineers and specialists that included cold weather laboratory testing in the climactic wind tunnel at the University Of Ontario Institute Of Technology.

TI Corp. said engineers there were able to recreate conditions from last winter, and far more severe weather.

The collars were tested in a range of depths of snow and ice, including the volume on the day of the slush bomb incident, and in even deeper conditions.

Besidesthecollars,Johnson pointed out a meteorological monitoring program has been set up to inform crews on when to activate the collars.

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Eagle Ridge Hospital scores well on survey

86 PER CENT POLLED SUPPORT EXPANSION Jeremy DEUTSCH

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Despite the battering Metro Vancouver hospitals have taken recently over patient care, a new poll suggests a majority of Tri-Cities residents are happy with their local facility.

A poll commissioned by the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation and carried out by polling firm Insights West found 52 per cent of respondents in the Tri-Cities gave the hospital a rating of seven or eight out of 10. Another 13 per cent gave it a nine.

The survey, conducted between Sept. 23 and 28 by sampling 409 Tri-Cities residents, also found a high number of people identified the facility as their community hospital, and support its expansion plans.

The survey found 86 per cent would support plans to expand the hospital (56 per cent strongly), while 78 per cent consider Eagle Ridge to be their “community hospital.”

At the end of 2011, Fraser Health and the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation began a master concept planning process for the hospital focused on expansion, improvement and health service delivery. Those plans are still being worked on.

Mario Canseco with Insights West said the level of engagement from the community with Eagle Ridge is much higher than in other areas of B.C. “We see it’s a high level of engagement on the part of the population of the area and they want to see good things happen with the hospital,” he said.

Canseco suggested in other communities, people want expansion but don’t look at the hospital as their community hospital.

There’s also good news for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, which rated in the top 10 of more than 100 charities the polling firm has when it comes to brand scores.

Though only 15 per cent of Tri-Cities residents have donated to the foundation in the past, double the number (32 per cent) indicated they are interested in donating in the future.

“We’re really pleased with the results of the survey, particularly because of the opportunity it presents to [the] Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation to engage more community members in our charity and raise more funds for the hospital,” the foundation’s executive director Charlene Giovannetti-King told the Tri-Cities NOW. She added the results were better then what the foundation expected.

The survey also found that half of Tri-Cities residents have visited Eagle Ridge Hospital in the last year, including 28 per cent who received assistance and care themselves.

Last month, the union that represents nurses working in Fraser Health hospitals, including Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody, sounded the alarm over conditions in the emergency room.

In the case of Eagle Ridge, nurses claim patients are in the hospital’s ER for days, morale among nurses is low and in one case, a dying man was read his last rites in the hallway with 12 strangers watching.

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Police seek ID for suspects Jeremy DEUTSCH

jdeutsch@thenownews.com Local Mounties are hoping members of the public can help identify two alleged mail thieves who were up to no good at an apartment in the Burquitlam area.

Police were contacted on Nov. 23 after someone found several mailboxes had been broken into in an apartment building in the 500 block of Smith Avenue.

Investigators believe a man entered the building through the front door and used a screwdriver to break into a number of mailboxes, damaging them. Police also believe a woman captured on surveillance may have acted as a lookout for the man.

It’s unknown exactly what was stolen and police are asking for the public’s help to identify the two suspects.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of either person is asked to contact Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550 and quote file number 2013-34538.

••• A brazen robbery has prompted police to ask for the public’s help with their investigation.

The incident happened

This surveillance image shows a suspect wanted in connection with mail theft at a Burquitlam apartment building.

back on Oct. 11, when two masked men, one with a handgun and the other a knife, robbed the Esso gas station on Johnson Street in Coquitlam at 11 p.m.

Police said the two suspects fled the scene in a silver or light brown mid-2000s Chrysler 300.

No employees were injured in the robbery.

On Tuesday, police released video stills of the two suspects, and a similar version of the car involved in the getaway.

One suspect is described as a man of medium to heavy

build, approximately five feet 10 inches tall, wearing a black ski mask, black hooded sweatshirt, black sweat pants, black shoes and bright green work gloves. He was carrying a black Nike backpack.

The second suspect is described as a man with a slim to medium build, standing five feet eight inches to five feet 10 inches tall, wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt, black sweat pants with white stripes and white shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Coquitlam RCMP and quote file number 2013-30332.

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Misplaced priorities?

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all us cynical, but we wonder if John Yap’s announcement that beer could be sold in grocery stores was timed to go with the huge BC Hydro hikes and the release of yet another damning report on child poverty in the prov-

ince.

Yap, the parliamentary secretary tasked with the review of provincial liquor laws, noted that, “British Columbians lead busy lives, and they are often hard-pressed for time, so I’m recommending we have a more convenient option available to them so they’re able to pick up a bottle of wine or a six-pack of beer when they are shopping for their groceries.”

It’s certainly nice to know that the government is thinking about how to make things easier for its hard-working citizens — particularly when it involves mind-numbing substances.

After all, after reading about BC Hydro hikes that will mean about $300 more for each family in B.C., and discovering that 93,000 kids are living in poverty in this province, we’ll all need more alcohol to numb what little collective social conscience we still have left.

Call us old-fashioned, but making booze more accessible seems to be counterproductive in many ways. Studies have shown, not surprisingly, that more teens have access to booze when grocery stores sell it, and, of course, more get drunk and get into trouble.

And do we really need more adults grabbing a case of beer instead of a loaf of bread or jug of milk when there are so many families already fighting poverty and addiction issues?

The big retailers who make oodles from booze sales are keen on the idea. But the little liquor stores are not so keen. They argue there is an abundance of liquor stores conveniently placed near grocery stores already.

Is it really so difficult for someone to walk from one side of the parking lot to the other for a case of beer? Will this make our lives easier, or just more alcohol-soaked?

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#antibullying is too trendy

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n the fading light of teenage suicides instigated by bullying — the most infamous case of which was by Port Coquitlam’s Amanda Todd — the anti-bullying bandwagon has revved its powerful engines in protest. Don’t get me wrong; the whole sentiment behind that particular cause is great and should certainly be supported but it’s been ridden with so much insincerity that it’s lost some of its credibility.

The messages that people throw out, the ones that say vague and just barely sincere things like “We’re here for you!” and “We love you!” and the dreaded “It will get better!” all seem completely inane nowadays. Especially with the recent surge of social media networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, the sentiment has been cramped into shallow husks of words strung together and tossed about with a hashtag slapped on the front.

These phrases have all lost their meaning by sheer overuse and pure narcissism. They’ve been used by one too many people scrambling to maintain their glittering online personas because, by sticking the term “#antibullying” to the end of a dramatic declaration of disgust or reprehension, they would suddenly be regarded as a shining beacon of good citizenship worthy of the attentions of their followers.

It has gotten to the point where even the bullies themselves don’t realize they’re bullies simply because they post anti-bullying statuses, or wear T-shirts bearing the aforementioned hashtagriding-terminology. They feel as though, by wearing such shirts and by publicly declaring such words, that it makes them very clearly not bullies. They tell the world they’re wholeheartedly against bullying before turning around to do the very thing they were supposed

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to be against and, somehow, it’s justified because hey — look — they’re wearing a shirt that says “#antibullying.”

It no longer matters that people say that anymore since everybody and their dog is tweeting, posting and Instagramming the same message like a broken record. Nobody seems to be doing anything significant about the bullying issue and those who genuinely hold a hand out to victims risk getting bullied themselves.

Even so, attention to anti-bullying campaigns seem to be at the whim of media broadcasters. If there is no news of bullying leading to death or some form of severe consequence, or if there isn’t something viral on the net pertaining to such bullying, then the entire bandwagon seems to just mysteriously vanish.

Not surprisingly, Google Trends reports substantial fluctuations in its “Interest over Time” graph pertaining to terms related to the anti-bullying campaign — the greatest, most notable spike of which was during October 2012, the month of Amanda Todd’s untimely passing. From then on, the trend witnessed a deep dive downwards when no other news of bullying went viral.

In the end, the sentiment behind the whole anti-bullying campaign is truly a good one and work should sincerely be invested to better the situation. However, it’s been losing its credibility simply due to the monstrous bandwagon in tow. Words of love and support, though well-intentioned, have been tossed around so much that they’ve lost their impact.

Rampant hypocrisy and trendiness of the sentiment has led to the bandwagon itself being used as a guise for bullying as people have started using it as compensation for their actions. It is certainly an unfortunate tag to a truly needed cause.

Joey Chan is a Grade 12 student at Terry Fox Secondary in Port Coquitlam.

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LETTERS HOSPITAL, BCAS RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

Re: “Ambulance dispatcher, hospital disappoint,” letter to the editor, Wednesday, Dec. 4.

BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) and Fraser Health are committed to providing high quality care to our patients. We regret that Mr. Campbell doesn’t feel that he received good service, as outlined in his letter published in the Tri-Cities NOW on Dec. 4. Both agencies take concerns with our service to patients very seriously; we reviewed the incidents and have taken steps to address these concerns.

On Dec. 2, the BCAS Patient Care Quality Office (PCQO) — the office that receives, investigates and follows up on complaints — became aware of the concern and contacted Mr. Campbell by phone to get more information. A review of Mr. Campbell’s 911 call determined that the call was properly assessed by a BCAS Emergency Medical Call Taker and appropriately categorized as a non-urgent call for a patient with non-lifethreatening injuries. The review

also showed that when his call was received, all other ambulances in the area were assigned to other higher priority incidents.

Per the normal protocol, BCAS advised Mr. Campbell that an ambulance would be dispatched as soon as one was available and to call back if the patient’s condition changed. Ten minutes after the initial 911 call, Mr. Campbell called BCAS to advise that the patient would be taken to hospital by private vehicle. The request for service was then cancelled by BCAS. We sincerely regret that Mr. Campbell did not feel he experienced an acceptable wait time.

All calls to BCAS are assessed and ambulances are always assigned based on medical need and type of injury or illness — similar to the way a hospital emergency room would assess and admit patients based on urgency.

Ambulances are assigned on the basis of medical priority, not first come, first served. BCAS’s average response time for urgent calls in Coquitlam is 12 minutes, 37 seconds.

In terms of the service Mr. Campbell experienced at Eagle Ridge Hospital, Fraser Health has taken action to investigate and follow-up on concerns. There is

no policy that states that patients arriving at a hospital independently will not be helped by staff unless they arrive by ambulance.

Fraser Health has ensured our staff are reminded of this, and their responsibility towards providing appropriate patient care.

We have also reached out to Mr. Campbell to offer an apology, and reassurance that patient care continues to be a priority for Fraser Health.

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COMMON SENSE NEEDED Re: “Ambulance dispatcher, hospital disappoint,” letter to the editor, Wednesday, Dec. 4.

I worked for years in a longterm care facility in Downtown Vancouver. Many of our residents used wheelchairs or walkers and quite a few liked to go around the neighbourhood, so there was always a risk of them falling down

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on the sidewalk by our building or a block or two away.

We were not allowed to go out and help them as, if we got hurt in the process, this would not be considered a work-related injury by WorkSafeBC (former WCB), and therefore our medical expenses, lost wages, etc. wouldn’t be covered by them.

Try explaining that to a passerby informing us that someone that might be one of our residents needed help.

The whole policy can only have been dreamed up by bureaucrats that have no idea about the work that facilities like ours, and more so hospitals, do.

Calling an ambulance or the firemen (due to our location, both usually came within minutes of one another) to move a person a few yards or even feet from the front door of a facility whose main purpose is to treat people with medical problems is not only ridiculous but is also expensive.

Needless to say, we used our common sense, went out, assessed our residents, then helped them back home. If we were caught in the act by a supervisor he/she duly reminded us of the policy that he/she routinely broke.

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Lighting up the heart of old Coquitlam

Place des Arts, Mackin House Museum and Gare de Fraser Mills Station Museum will team up to host a multicultural celebration of light on Saturday, Dec. 7.

Formerly known as Light Up the Square, the event now known as A Lantern Affair will feature a wide array of events including a lantern ceremony, a winter carnival, tours of the various facilities and offerings of gingerbread and apple cider.

Art classes spanning a number of different cultures and techniques will also be offered: Chinese paper lanterns, Koreaninspired lanterns or traditional Canadian pop-bottle lanterns will all be crafted.

A Lantern Affair runs from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 1120 Brunette Ave. in Coquitlam.

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Elements of jazz, soul, Celtic, and roots music will collide this weekend in Coquitlam.

Jazz musicians Jesse Peters, Lizzy Hoyt and Travis Switzer will perform at the Evergreen Cultural Centre on Friday, Dec. 6 as part of a performance called “Strings & Swing, Our Favourite Things.”

The trio will perform vintage Christmas carols while also fusing elements of contemporary music into the performance.

Friday’s show gets underway at 8 p.m. and tickets range in price between $15 and $35. For more info, call 604-927-6555 or log on to www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca

TACKLING BULLIES WITH SONG

The Port Coquitlam duo known as Paliatsky is heading up a dinner-concert event to help raise money and awareness around anti-bullying efforts.

Set for Saturday, Dec. 7, the show runs from 7 to 11 p.m. at Joe’s Atlantic Grill in Port Moody and will feature two other performers, Norine Braun and Wayne Lambert, aligning their musical efforts around East Coast food and music.

The show is being organized to benefit the charity Bullying Ends Here.

Tickets can be bought in advance by calling 604-936-8883

or at the door for $25. Admission includes chowder, fish ‘n’ chips and a shot of Screech.

Joe’s Atlantic Grill is located at 2410 St. Johns St. in Port Moody.

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More than a dozen young performers from the Tri-Cities will be performing across Metro Vancouver as part of the Royal City Youth Ballet Company’s presentation of the Nutcracker Suite.

The local contingent, who will be offering up 20 performances in the coming weeks, includes: Morgan Crawford, Amy Lewis, Sydney Turner, Taylor Rae Gevatkoff, Francis Healy, Emma Juhala, Richelle Gordon, Serena Dudley, Carima Abubakar, Kristina Quat, Sage Henshell and Chealsea Henderson.

Upcoming shows include Dec. 7 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby, Dec. 8 at the Massey Theatre in New West and Dec. 13 to Dec. 15 at the Surrey Arts Centre.

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Port Moody’s Anna Levy and Gregory Myers will be offering a piano and theory master class on Sunday, Dec. 8 from 2 to 5 p.m.

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The penny is no more. The copper coin’s fate was sealed earlier this year when it was taken out of production.

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For more than two decades, we’ve raised money through our Pennies for Presents campaign. The name has changed this year, but the goal has not. We invite the community to donate to our newly named Caring for Tri-Cities Kids campaign.

The annual fundraiser allows the SHARE Family & Community Services Society to buy Christmas presents for TriCities children whose parents are unable to do so.

Coins like toonies, loonies, quarters, dimes, nickels and, of course, pennies, are still welcome, as are paper money and cheques.

However, the Tri-Cities NOW has partnered with Coquitlam Centre to offer another way to give: by purchasing a gift card to donate. The next time you buy gift cards at the mall, you can purchase an additional one for the campaign and donate it at the Coquitlam Centre customer service desk, located on the lower level by The Bay. If you’d rather give a chunk of change, there are still more than a dozen locations throughout the Tri-Cities accepting donations, including the Tri-Cities NOW’s office at 2163190 St. Johns St. in Port Moody (from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays).

For a full list of donation locations, see the Caring for Tri-Cities Kids ad on Page 21.

Donations will be accepted through Dec. 31, and cheques should be made payable to SHARE Family & Community Services Society.

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Family and friends come together to eat, drink and commemorate the precious relationships that they hold with each other.

Throughout the years there have been many beverages made to help capture the essence of the season and these gatherings.

Eggnog is probably the first seasonal beverage that comes to mind. Eggnog is a drink that seems to have originated in Britain from a drink called a posset. This was a mixture of eggs, milk and ale, sherry or brandy.

Posset was served in small, carved wooden mugs called “noggins,” and thus the name “eggnog” was created. In North America the recipe was altered with rum as the replacement for the ale, sherry or brandy.

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a carton. The varieties available to us at our local grocery stores also include a light version that is lower in fat and, at some locations, a nofat variety. It is mostly served chilled either with or without ice, but I prefer to serve it hot, individually, like a steamed milk, and garnished with a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg.

If you aren’t likely to make your eggnog from a recipe, at least buy whole nutmeg versus pre-ground, and try grating it fresh onto the eggnog before serving. The flavour difference is incredible.

Hot apple cider and mulled wines are other wintertime favourites. These creations are made by heating either cider or red wine with a combination of favourite spices to infuse flavour. There is an endless combination of spices that one can use, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, star

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Sugar is not usually added to hot apple ciders as the base cider used in the recipe already provides an abundance of natural sweetness from the apples.

Mulled wines require a bit of sugar to complement the feeling of consuming a warm festive drink, while also offsetting some of the acidity in the wine.

Mulled wines that are heated for a long period of time are less likely to contain as much residual alcohol.

Many prefer to have most of the alcohol still left in the finished product and thus cook it briefly. Whichever way you choose to serve and consume this wonderful seasonal favourite, just remember not to boil the wine. Boiling the wine will rapidly increase the amount of evaporation and risk the chance of the mulled wine being too strong tasting in the end.

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Mulled wines have a long history in Europe CONT. FROM PAGE 16

A Swedish and Finnish version of mulled wine is called glogg. It is much sweeter and always has a high alcohol content. The final touch to glogg is the addition of a few almonds and raisins to each glass being served. Mulled wines are documented to have been in existence from as early as 400 A.D. in European areas, and thus have quite the history.

Always remember that seasonal beverages do not have to contain alcohol to be enjoyable. A heated cranberry juice or grape juice, for example, with the same warming spices can be made to replace mulled wine. Furthermore, there are so many choices of fantastic herbal teas and syrups for coffees that capture the essence of the season beautifully. Whatever beverage you choose to help celebrate during the holidays, please drink responsibly.

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Boiling mulled wine is not recommended. simmered. Isn’t simmering actually a slow boil? I heard you weren’t supposed to boil mulled wine — is this correct?”

Erik W. Abbotsford Dear Erik: The culinary definition of simmering is “to cook in water or other liquid that is bubbling gently.” Although, this is not the same as a “slow boil,” I still would not have my mulled wine heated to

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Some look very similar from year to year, but seldom-offered shades of the spectacular Christmas cactus (Zygocactus truncata) are still showing up in the stores.

In the last couple of years, the ever-popular bright red zygocactus has been joined by a deep purplish blood-red version. Just before that the beautiful hybrid Gold Charm appeared in a few stores.

This year I failed to resist a lovely, translucent-looking, coral-flowered zygocactus that flowered once and is now working on a new set of buds.

When these plants are in bud it helps to get them out of the living area into a cooler, more humid situation — at least at night. Hot, dry conditions make buds dry out and then drop.

People with no option except too-dry and too-warm rooms will find that misting two or three times a day helps preserve buds. This is because the natural habitat of zygocactus is in shady, cool, humid and frost-free

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The roots are hold-fasts rather than food-gatherers, though it’s common practice among houseplant gardeners to fertilize with half or quarter-strength all-purpose fertilizer. Misting the leaves with foliar fertilizer is also beneficial.

It’s believed that seed is spread by birds eating the flesh of zygocactus seedheads and excreting seeds onto trees or rocks. But these plants also reproduce by dropping branches. If they fall in a suitable spot, these branches will root.

Sometimes just gently brushing by the plant causes amputation.

This is not a disaster — it’s an opportunity to turn a small section into a new plant. This cutting can be dried for a week or two. Then

the severed end dries out and becomes thick skin that forms roots when it’s planted.

Small branches two or three inches long (five to seven cm) are most successful.

It is important to water Christmas cactus enough to keep the roots gently moist but they must never stand in water or the roots will rot.

That’s why they need to grow in a very well-drained mix: usually a one-third mix of peat (or potting soil), sand and grit. Orchid bark (reminding them of their long-lost native trees) can replace either the sand or grit.

Left to their own devices, zygocactus usually flower around November. But the heritage Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) always flowers right on Christmas.

It’s seldom sold commercially, probably because its gently scalloped branches spread widely, are drooping and hard to pack. Flowers are always pink.

This is one of those plants where cuttings are passed from one friend or neighbour to another. Occasionally it can be found in garden club plant sales.

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Caring for Tri-Cities Kids Since 1990, the Tri-Cities NOW has partnered with the SHARE Family & Community Services Society to raise money for local kids. SHARE uses the funds to buy Christmas gifts for children from low-income families whose parents cannot afford to do so.

This year, we have some exciting changes to announce.While pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies, toonies, bills and cheques are still welcome, we’ve partnered with Coquitlam Centre to offer Tri-Cities residents another way to give — by purchasing a gift card to donate to the cause.

We’ve also updated the name of this year’s campaign to Caring for Tri-Cities Kids, in recognition that the old name, Pennies for Presents, focuses on a coin no longer in circulation.

The goal is the same, however.We want to help SHARE buy gifts for kids who would otherwise go without, to offer them the joy of the holiday season other families take for granted.

There are several ways to help. Cash donations are accepted at the locations below, including the Tri-Cities NOW’s office in Port Moody and all Scotiabank locations in the Tri-Cities.We are pleased to have Scotiabank partner with us again this year. All money collected at their locations will be matched by Scotiabank to maximum of $5000.

And if you’re in Coquitlam Centre buying a gift card, you will have the opportunity to donate another one to Caring for Tri-Cities Kids. It’s that easy.

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The Tri-Cities NOW’s office, at 216-3190 St Johns St., Port Moody (from 9am-5pm weekdays)

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100 per cent of proceeds go to the Caring for Tri-Cities Kids campaign, which has raised more than $150,000 for local children since its inception in 1990. All proceeds stay in the community.

Cheques should be made payable to SHARE Family & Community Services Society. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 31, 2013.

For more information, call The Tri-Cities Now at 604-492-4492

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SATURDAY, DEC 7 Les Échos du Pacifique, Maillardville’s French

choir, presents its Christmas concert starting at 7:30 p.m. at Centennial Secondary, 570 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-764-2808, celinegrandmont@shaw.ca or www.lesechosdupacifique.com.

Tri-City Wordsmiths holds its next meeting from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at the Terry Fox Library, 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. The topic “How Life Shapes Your Writing” will be presented by guest speaker Annette LeBox, a Maple Ridge writer, artist and environmentalist. Info: 604-475-2875 or pandorabee1@gmail.com.

West Coast Express Santa Train makes its 65-km trek from Mission to Vancouver, including stops in the Tri-Cities. To hop on board, bring a new, un-used and unwrapped toy to any WCE station in exchange for a return ticket for the West Coast Express to be used the same day.

Info: 604-488-8906 or www.translink.ca/santatrain.

MONDAY, DEC 9 Terry Fox Library hosts World Cinema Night

from 6 to 8 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Russian film 12 will be featured, which covers 12 jurors deliberating over whether to find a Chechen teenager guilty of the murder of his Russian stepfather. The film is rated PG. Info: 604-927-7999.

TUESDAY, DEC 10

Burke Mountain Naturalists hold a silent auction and the group’s annual general meeting at 7 p.m. at Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St. in Coquitlam. Group member Ian McArthur will present a slideshow featuring the past year’s activities. All are welcome to this free

event. Info: 604-936-4108 or 604-461-3864, or see www.bmn.bc.ca.

Douglas College hosts a Human Rights Day dinner from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Pasta Polo, 2754 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam. Dinner, music by Tony Prophet, opportunities to sign petitions and letters and a silent auction offered. Tickets cost $20. Call 604-941-2606 to reserve tickets.

WEDNESDAY, DEC 11 Terry Fox Library hosts a tutorial on eBook

readers and tablets at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. The session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. covers info on eBooks, while the 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. session covers tips on tablets. Info: 604-927-7999.

North Fraser Chapter of CARP hosts guest speaker Karen Tyrell, who will lead a presentation on brain health, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at 633 Poirier St. in Coquitlam. Learn ways to maintain brain health and help fend off dementia.

RSVP by calling 778-284-1189 or by e-mailing carpnorthfraserchapter@gmail.com.

SHARE Society offers an education series around alcohol and drug use for those who have an alcohol or drug problem, and for those concerned about their use or the use of others. The topic will be “Trauma — how substance misuse often occurs with people who have experienced childhood abuse.” The session includes a video, brief presentation and open discussion, and runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody. Registration is not required. This 13week series runs Wednesdays until Jan. 29. Info: 604-936-3900 Port Coquitlam Heritage & Cultural Society hosts an artist demonstration beginning at noon at 2100-2253 Leigh Sq. in PoCo. Karon Fuson of Floral Revelry will show participants how to make a “Kissing Ball.” Admission is by donation. Info: 604-927-8403 or e-mail

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THURSDAY, DEC 12 Tri-Cities Caregiver Program hosts a pair

of meetings in both Coquitlam and PoCo. The first session runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shaughnessy Care Centre, 2250 Wilson Ave. in PoCo. The other session runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Maillardville Community Centre, 1200 Cartier Ave. in Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend either session. Info: Karen Tyrell at 778-789-1496

FRIDAY, DEC 13 Tri-Cities Caregiver Program hosts a

caregiver support meeting from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St. in Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend.

Info: Karen Tyrell at 778-789-1496.

Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier branch, hosts a stories and songs session for people with developmental disabilities from 10 a.m. to noon at 575 Poirier St. The program is for people with developmental challenges of all ages and their caregivers. Christmas stories, carols and songs will be offered up alongside light refreshments.

To register, leave a message the library’s registration line at 604-937-4155.

SATURDAY, DEC 14

Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship presents A Few Days in Bethlehem – Dinner Theatre at 6 p.m. at 1160 Lansdowne Dr. in Coquitlam. A banquet gets going at 6 p.m., followed by the theatre presentation at 8. For tickets, call 604464-2416 or log on to 604-464-2416.

La Société francophone de Maillardville holds an open house to celebrate the holiday season from 2 to 5 p.m. at Chez-nous Hall, 209 Lebleu St. in Coquitlam. Everyone is invited to this

afternoon of music, refreshments, treats and more.

Info: 604-515-7070 or info@maillardville.com.

YWCA Metro Vancouver hosts a free legal information session for single mothers from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Tri-Cities East Neighbourhood Centre, 2062 Manning Ave. in PoCo. Lawyer Salima Samnani will speak to the new Family Law Act, introduced this year in B.C., which deals with parenting after separation. Free child minding is available. Info or registration: 604-619-5276 or singlemoms@ywcavan.org.

West Coast Express Santa Train makes its 65-km trek from Mission to Vancouver, including stops in the Tri-Cities. To hop on board, bring a new, un-used and unwrapped toy to any WCE station in exchange for a return ticket for the West Coast Express to be used the same day.

Info: 604-488-8906 or www.translink.ca/santatrain.

MONDAY, DEC 16

CP Holiday Train makes pitstops in both Port Moody and Port Coquitlam, marking the end of its cross-country journey. Pre-arrival festivities get underway in Port Moody at 4:30 p.m., at 300 Ioco Rd., while the train arrives at 5:25. From there, the pre-arrival party in PoCo kicks off with a free skate at the Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex at 6:15 p.m, while the train arrives at the West Coast Express Station at 2125 Kingsway Ave. at 7:15 p.m. For info on either event, see www.portmoody.ca/cpholidaytrain or www. portcoquitlam.ca/100.

Terry Fox Library hosts World Cinema Night from 6 to 8 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Chinese film Hero will be screened, which follows a soldier embarking on revenge against an army that massacred his people. The film is rated 14A. For more info on this free screening, call 604-927-7999.

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GLENEAGLE, TERRY FOX BOTH EAGER TO SHOW THEY’VE GOT GAME TO START SEASON. Dan OLSON sports@thenownews.com Wearing a bulls-eye to begin the season, the Gleneagle Talons are eager to show they deserve it.

Ranked No. 4 overall in the first two provincial high school coaches basketball polls, Gleneagle now sees the world from a different vantage point. And while the respect is nice, the followthrough is more important.

Head coach Tony Scott wants his Talons to focus on the short game — playing smart and playing for one another, as the inaugural Quad-A B.C. basketball season officially gets under way.

“The sense to me is this group wants to do well and work well as a team — which is what I want,” said Scott, who has skippered the senior boys team for most of his 17 years at Gleneagle.

“They’re a responsible group, and I think that’s an important step. I’m use to pulling the cart of expectations but this time I’m seeing what they can do, letting them pull the cart.

“I’m going to ride the cart and see where it takes us.”

The Talons were trumped 6956 by No. 2-ranked and reigning B.C. champion Walnut Grove in their home opener last week.

Showing that they can respond, they edged district rival Pitt

Meadows 72-64 in overtime on Tuesday, led by Denver SparksGuest’s six points in the extra frame.

The Marauders forced extra time, but the host Talons delivered an extra push in overtime, outscoring the opposition 14-6. “[Pitt] played really well and we had some good flow going…

They hit a two-pointer, a deep two, to force overtime but we answered back,” replied Scott.

On Wednesday, the Coquitlam crew lambasted AAA No. 5-rated Burnaby’s Byrne Creek 113-56.

This year’s Gleneagle lineup includes six members from last year’s roster, a team that handed upsets to then-top-ranked Kitsilano and Yale at different stages of the season.

Setting the pace are SparksGuest, who is averaging 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and six-foot-nine centre Grant Galbraith. While the team is carrying 10 players, contributions from all 10 is what Scott is looking for.

“We’re not yet where we want to be but the intensity is going in the right direction.”

Gleneagle heads to the Walnut Grove tournament on the weekend before entertaining eight teams in its own Talon Challenge, Dec. 18 to 20. Among the teams in attendance are No. 6 Holy Cross,

SPORTS SHORTS BIG WIN FOR NIEMAN

It was a great day for Coquitlam’s Sarah Nieman and her horse Danton last week.

The pair captured the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series West Coast championships in Las Vegas.

In a field of 22 horse-and-rider combinations, the team of Nieman and Danton proved heads-and-hooves better than the rest.

They advanced through the jump-off without penalty, then cleared the seven-jump tiebreaker course with a 34.959 seconds finish time.

The next quickest clean time was 35.105 seconds, by Wyoming’s Hannah Holik.

For her efforts, Nieman and her 10-yearold mount were presented with an engraved Wellfleet halter, a gift certificate and trophy.

Pitt Meadows and Handsworth.

Ravens sit at No. 9 The No. 9-ranked Terry Fox Ravens gained valuable experience on Wednesday in their visit to W.J. Mouat.

The No. 1-rated Hawks flexed their impressive talent when they erased a 15-point Fox lead beginning late in the third quarter, en route to an 86-72 decision.

“We were good for about three quarters, but it was that tough fourth quarter that got us,” said Fox coach Steve Hanson. “Late in the third they went to a two-three zone and got on a 24-6 run, while our offence kind of seized up.”

At half time, the PoCo crew had a 44-37 lead over Mouat.

It came on the heels of a onesided 100-49 win over Lord Tweedsmuir, while last week Fox officially launched the new season with a huge rally to top Vancouver College 62-55, thanks to back-to-back treys from Jomari Reyes and Liam Hancock.

Reyes’ long bucket tied the score with 50 seconds left, and Hancock iced a comeback that saw the Ravens trailing by 19.

The club hosts MEI tonight (Friday, 7:30 p.m. at Fox gym) and visits St. Thomas More on Tuesday before heading northeast for the REB Invitational in Edmonton.

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Going on the attack, Gleneagle’s Denver Sparks-Guest, right, plays keep away with his Pitt Meadows rival on Tuesday. To see more photos from this game, scan this page with the free Layar app.

STREET NETS HONOUR KINGS DUMP EXPRESS LOCALS SIGN WITH SFU Coquitlam’s Ben Street has turned one disappointment into motivation.

The Abbotsford Heat forward finished off November with an impressive stretch offensively, earning the 26-year-old the American Hockey League’s Player of the Month award.

Street, who started the 2013-14 season as a member of the Calgary Flames, collected a league-leading 11 goals and eight assists over 15 games over the month, after picking up just one point during the first three games.

During one stretch, Street tallied 12 points over a five-game period, including a fourpoint effort in Oklahoma City.

A fourth-year pro, the Coquitlam Minor Hockey product has totaled 12 goals and nine assists over 18 games this season, after collecting an assist while skating with Calgary for eight games.

He was sent down in mid-October.

So far, December is a dud.

The Coquitlam Express’ uneven run continued Wednesday with a resounding 6-0 thud, suffered at the hands of the visiting Prince George Spruce Kings.

Chad Staley opened the scoring 1:12 into the contest as the Kings took advantage of some shaky netminding to push past the struggling Express.

Coquitlam outshot Prince George 34-20 on the night, but couldn’t put one past Alex Murray, who collected his second shutout of the season. In two games this month, the third-place Express have dropped both games by a combined score of 14-1.

They look to reverse that trend tonight (Friday, 7 p.m.) when the Spruce Kings make a repeat visit to the Poirier Sports Centre.

On Sunday, the Vernon Vipers appear at the Poirier for a 2 p.m. afternoon game.

Vanessa Gee and Denver Sparks-Guest are making plans for life after high school.

Those plans include playing hoops and taking post-secondary studies up on Burnaby Mountain as members of the NCAA Div. II Simon Fraser University Clan women’s and men’s basketball teams.

Gee, a five-foot-seven guard with perennial Fraser Valley power Riverside, will join former Rapid teammates Fiona Beales and Michelle Spacek when she makes the trek up to SFU next fall. The PoCo sharpshooter averaged 24 points over a handful of games last week for the No. 6-ranked Rapids.

Coquitlam’s Sparks-Guest brings a versatile game as a member of the No. 4-rated Gleneagle Talons. The six-foot-five forward/ guard has averaged 22 points per game, nine rebounds and six assists to start his final high school season.

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Langr locks up Q’silver win Goalkeeper Ellie Langr was in fine form in backstopping her Port Moody under-17 girls Quicksilver to their first win of the season, a 1-0 decision over Langley.

MINORSOCCER Despite an injury-depleted lineup, Port Moody held an edge in play during a scoreless first half. Hayley Vendiola created a scoring opportunity with her feverish work, drawing a handball whistle that Quicksilver top scorer Vanessa Velo converted.

With 43 minutes remaining, Port Moody weathered the storm thanks to the tremendous work of Langr — turning back two free kicks.

Team captain Jenna Jessa, Kailyn Babey, Lori Jiang and Pareesa Kassam made major contributions on defence.

• It was a similar story with Port Moody’s u-16 boys Division 1 Redcaps, as netminder Alex Brown was remarkable in a 1-1 draw with Central City.

The Redcaps took the lead late in the first half when Scott Gaudette cashed in Yutaka Yen’s corner kick. Central City also received superlative goaltending, as Tony Blazevic, Kiernan Maurice, Rory McKay and Anton Pisaryk were all stymied during a number of

Port Moody rushes.

It wasn’t until the game’s last minute that the Surrey team tied it after a flurry of chances. Turning in standout work in support of Brown were Arash Borairi, Brad Gregory and Joseph Moon.

COQUITLAM Backline warriors Laura Marshall and Milena Wilson set the tone in the Coquitlam Metro-Ford u-12 girls Renegades’ 3-0 whitewashing of West Coast last week.

The pair were part of a strong effort for the club, with netminder Diana Emelianova collecting the clean sheet.

Scoring the goals were Claudia

Carbone, Ava Mongrain and Chanelle Prestia.

• A timely interception off a throw-in led to the Coquitlam Metro-Ford girls u15 gold TNT’s 1-0 victory over Port Coquitlam last week.

Cristina Danieli picked off the throw in and crossed it to Risako Kazemi, who stood a metre away from the netminder. Using the backside of her head, Kazemi redirected the ball past the PoCo goalkeeper’s outstretched arms for the game’s lone goal.

The TNT protected the lead over the second half, with strong contributions from Isabel Antunes and Olivia Dawson, while Alivia Ungaro secured her fifth shutout.

Also turning in stellar work were Olivia Kuninaka, Tessa Weimer and Amanda Yap. • The Coquitlam MetroFord u-17 boys Crusaders played West Coast to a 2-2 standstill in Div. 3 action.

Supplying the goals for Coquitlam were Keegan Baldwin, off a penalty kick, and Chris Seol. The defence, led by Giordano Bua, Dylan Desousa and Joseph Fernando, played extremely well, while backup netminder Colin Gill was sharp in his debut between the posts.

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Cents strike for seven The Centennial Centaurs got goals from seven different players en route to a 7-6 victory over the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils in senior boys field lacrosse last week.

Leading the scoring parade in the win were Daniel Fox, John Hofseth, Julian Infanti, Patrick Jordan, Josh Kemp, Cameron McCulloch and Angelo Pontellini. Netting a pair for Best was Jim Barnes. For more, go to www.thenownews.com.

Volleyball club holds tryouts

The Focus Volleyball Club will be holding tryouts for boys and girls aged 12 to 18 later this month in Burnaby.

The Tri-Cities-based club will hold the tryouts Dec. 14 and 15 at the Harry Jerome Sports Centre on Barnet Highway.

For more information, go to www.focusvolleyball.com or contact Barton at bartonlim@yahoo.ca.

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2013 FORD FIESTA 5DR

13,995

$

26,995

#8330

4,995

$

2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LT 4WD

2005 PT CRUISER GT CONV.

16,995

$

$

Fully Loaded Trucks

$

7,995

#4954

#5319

2013 CHEVROLET SILVERADO CREW 4WD FROM

6,995

2008 CHEVROLET UPLANDER

2013 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS

17,695

$

#5195

#4660

4,995

#5010

2006 HUMMER H2

2006 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN

2012 NISSAN ALTIMA FROM

Auto, Air, Fully Loaded

14,995

$

#5080

7,995

$

#5217

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