The Tri-Cities Now July 4 2014

TRI-CITIES

FRIDAY

JULY 4, 2014

on the way out?

4

thenownews.com

THE NOW

LIQUOR LAWS Are ‘beer gardens’ at festivals

CANADA DAY FUN Our photographer shot nearly 100

photos at Tri-Cities celebrations Tuesday. To see them all, visit us online at www.thenownews.com and click on “PHOTOS & VIDEOS”

Serving COQUITLAM, PORT COQUITLAM, PORT MOODY, ANMORE and BELCARRA since 1984

BRIDGE DECISION

Arbitrator rules on Bailey bridge battle NEWS 6

Witnesses sought in tragic car crash

Cougar killed in Port Moody

NEWS 7

NEWS 5

Hazmat crews scrub down after being inside a suspected drug lab in Coquitlam Wednesday morning.

LISA KING/NOW

A ‘very dangerous’ lab CHEMICALS REMOVED FROM HOME ON WESTWOOD ST..

Jeremy DEUTSCH

PHOTO BY LISA KING

Art on display

Show this weekend

ARTS 17

MUSIC ON THE GRILL RETURNS ARTS 16

jdeutsch@thenownews.com While Tri-Cities residents were out celebrating Canada Day, Mounties were busting a suspected drug lab in Coquitlam.

Police were called to a home in the 800 block of Westwood Street Tuesday morning after neighbours complained of a strong chemical odour coming from a duplex.

The RCMP’s clandestine lab team was also called to the property to aid in the investigation and help clean up the premises.

Hazmat crews were still on site Wednesday morning, and police were expected to be on scene for another two days.

One person was taken into custody, but since no charges have been laid, police would not identify the individual.

Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung said the investigation continues, but couldn’t say exactly what the people living in the home were trying to make.

“This kind of lab is very dangerous and has some very dangerous and volatile chemicals CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

To see more photos of the cleanup of the alleged drug lab, download the Layar app to your smartphone and scan this page

FREE MISO SOUP FREE SALAD EVERY $15 ORDER EVERY $30 ORDER For Take Out Only

Lo

SUSHI OYAMA

Ans

ug

on A ve.

he ed

Lunch Bento Box served till 3pm - 7days week

604.474.1054 www.sushioyama.ca SEE OUR MENU & DISHES DISHES AT AT www.sushioyama.ca SEE OUR MENU & TEL

Hw

y.

Forest Roll

Oyama Roll

Black Pearl Roll

Evergreen Roll

Westwood St.

CO Q

COQUITLAM

3055 Anson Avenue

U Pin CENTITLAM e t r e RE eW ay

JAPANESE DINING HOUSE

OPEN 11:30 AM to 10:00 PM 7 DAYS A WEEK

GIFT CARD AVAILABLE

2

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

InTHE NOW

Follow us on Facebook: TheTriCitiesNOW and Twitter: @TheTriCitiesNOW

View our stories and photos with Layar Using Layar: Download the Layar app to your smartphone. Look for the Layar symbol. Scan the photo or the page of the story as instructed. Ensure the photo or headline is entirely captured by your device. Check for advertisements that have layar content too. Watch as our pages become interactive.

WEB EXTRA

See more photos of hazmat crews cleaning up a suspected drug lab on Westwood Street in Coquitlam

Visit us online at www. thenownews. com to view photo galleries of local people and events.

Page 1

See more photos from Canada Day celebrations in PoCo and Coquitlam Page 3 LISA KING/NOW

PHOTO OF THE DAY: A woman shows her Canadian pride Tuesday at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam with a mini maple leaf. To see all of our Canada Day photos, visit us at www.thenownews.com or, to see a selection, scan with Layar.

FLYERS:

Real Canadian Superstore, Little Caesars Pizza*, Ultraluxe*, M&M Meats*, Bosley’s Pet Food*, Princess Auto* *selected areas only

www.wizardscreens.com

604-299-8878

To see any of our Layar photo carousels online, visit us at www. thenownews. com and click on PHOTOS & VIDEOS.

CONTACT US editorial@thenownews.com sports@thenownews.com advertising@thenownews.com distribution@thenownews.com (for delivery concerns)

STUDY SKILLS MATH SAT/ACT PREP WRITING READING HOMEWORK HELP

/WIZARDSCREENS

Industries Inc.

Our Products are Custom Made & Professionally Installed

“Experience the Magic”

Security Screens

Retractable Awnings

Retractable Screens

Expand Your Living Space

Overhead Awnings

Disappears while not in use!

Experience the Magic!

Motorized Screens

No Bars, No Grills!

Security with a view!

Keep dry!

DIY Installation

Motorized Vista ViewScreens Screens

2012 PNE Prize Homewhile not in use!

Disappears Experience the Magic!

Pergola Canopies

of the curve With Summer Learning at Sylvan Ah, summer break: Sunshine, vacation plans and R&R. But, did you know, your child can lose up to 2-1/2 months of learning over the summer? Sylvan’s got you covered.

With our summer sessions, your child can beat summer learning loss, build skills, and get off to a great start in the fall.

Summer sessions are filling up fast.

Call today!

SIGN UP TODAY!

for Summer Workshops starting at $50.

Coquitlam

604-941-9166 2012 PNE Prize Home

Large openings! Cover Over 23 Feet

3

Call today for more details.

Learning Should Be Personal ™ S Y LV A N L E A R N I N G . C A

4

NEWSNOW THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

Are ‘beer gardens’ on the way out?

COQUITLAM WARMS TO NEW LAW, WHILE GOLDEN SPIKE KEEPS ITS BEER GARDEN

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com If you were at Canada Day festivities in Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park Tuesday, you might have noticed something was a little different from previous years’ celebrations, or maybe you didn’t notice anything at all.

The latter is precisely what the mayor was expecting, as the city-run event featured alcohol sales without a restrictive beer garden for the first time in its history.

“People were walking through the park and sitting down in front of the big stage with a coke or with a beer and enjoying the festival.

“It went really well,” Richard Stewart told the TriCities NOW the day after the big celebration.

In previous years, the event featured a more traditional fenced-in beer garden, where no minors were allowed.

LISA KING/NOW

Shayla Heatherington and Darren Hollett of Mission Springs Brewery served up beer Tuesday at Coquitlam’s Canada Day celebrations. Under new provincial laws, patrons were allowed to roam the event grounds with alcohol, instead of being confined to a beer garden.

Under the new system, people of age had to show identification, which got them a bracelet that allowed them to be in possession of alcohol on the event grounds.

The mayor said the feedback he received from patrons was all positive.

He joked that the only problem on Tuesday was that vendors couldn’t pour beer

fast enough on a hot day.

Earlier this year, the province brought in changes to B.C.’s liquor laws that included removing beer garden and festival barriers.

The provision includes eliminating beer gardens at events that use what’s called a special occasion licence (SOL), except where doing so is deemed not suitable from a public safety perspective.

In the case of Coquitlam, the Canada Day event marked the first time the city had applied for a festival-wide liquor licence.

Stewart, who said he’s been fighting for a decade for what he calls a more “intelligent” way of regulating liquor, suggested the new approach will be the standard for city-run festivals like Canada Day. Across town in Port Moody at the Golden Spike Days Festival, the old beer garden system remained in place.

Festival society president

Monique Balaski said the police and municipality also popular event didn’t follow prefer the smaller beer garthe City of Coquitlam’s lead den. She added there aren’t in getting a festival-wide any plans to change the beer licence, for which she offered garden system at this point, but suggested a trio of reait could be sons: the laws looked at in had changed the future while the once more fessociety was We want tivals try the in the middle everyone to new system. of its applicahave a good As for other tion, feedback time and no one festivals in received from Coquitlam parents indito cause a bad not sponcated they time. sored by the preferred that city but using drinking stay – Coquitlam Mayor its facilities, in a separRichard Stewart Stewart said ate area, and he would supexpanding the beer garden throughout the port expanded beer gardens grounds would have drastic- as long as organizers take ally increased the festival’s security into account.

“We want everyone to have security requirements.

“From a feasibility perspec- a good time and no one to tive, we just feel it’s much cause a bad time,” he said.

In PoCo, beer gardens more easy to manage if the beer garden is a contained weren’t an issue, as the city area,” she said, adding the opted for alcohol-free events.

Expand your social circle.

It’s the simple things that can make a big difference in your day. A good laugh, a perfect cup of tea; your health and safety; new friendships and service with a smile. Quite simply, this is the life, at Amica. Discover our Wellness & Vitality™ lifestyle today.

ATTEND A SEMINAR

Managing Chronic Disease.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2014. 2:30 pm.

Helpful information for you or a loved one. Call to RSVP.

www.amica.ca 14-0804

Retirement Redefined •

Amica at Mayfair 2267 Kelly Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC 604.552.5552

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

GOT NEWS?

Contact the editorial team

Phone: 604-444-3451 Fax: 604-444-3460 Email: editorial@thenownews.com

Cleanup continues at suspected lab CONT.FROM PAGE 1 associated [with it],” he said, adding the house itself was not previously known to police.

He also noted that, besides the smell, neighbours became suspicious because all the windows on the home were blacked out.

There were also reports that part of the neighbourhood was evacuated for a time.

Drug labs are not new to the Tri-Cities.

Last year, police raided a couple in Coquitlam.

In May 2013, Coquitlam Mounties, acting on a tip, swooped in on a home on Haversley Avenue that was suspected of being used as a drug lab.

Two people were arrested.

A month later, two U.S. fugitives were picked up

COQUITLAM’S

#1 HOTEL

Whether it’s for a business meeting, onenight visit or extended “staycation”, you’ll find the Executive Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre Coquitlam a true home away from home.

LISA KING/NOW

Hazmat crews removed buckets and garbage bags from this duplex in Coquitlam. To see all 13 of our photos from the cleanup, visit us online and click on the story. by border police after their home on Lansdowne Drive was raided on suspicion of being used as a drug lab.

Matt Nicka, 38, and Gretchen Peterson, 33, were wanted in the U.S. for conspiracy to distribute and manuf-

acture 1,000 kilograms of marijuana.

They fled from their Coquitlam home just before the raid in June, but were picked up a couple of days later by border police near Vancouver.

200-pound cougar killed in Port Moody Jeremy DEUTSCH

jdeutsch@thenownews.com Port Moody police say they were forced to destroy a cougar after it got too close to a populated part of the community Monday night.

Police were called to a home in the 100 block of April Road after a resident called about a large cougar up a tree in their yard.

After consulting with conservation officers, who weren’t in the area to come out, police decided to destroy the large feline.

Port Moody police spokesman Const. Luke van Winkel said officers decided to kill the cougar due to its unwillingness to leave an area near homes and trails.

Officers had also received a call about the same cougar earlier in the day near the old Ioco Townsite, but it disappeared.

The cougar was estimated to weigh 200 pounds.

Van Winkel said cougar sightings, while rare, do happen in the Tri-Cities from time to time every year.

He suggested people shouldn’t be worried when using trails and other outdoor spaces, but should be prepared for an encounter with a wild animal.

REINTRODUCING

PHOTO COURTESY PORT MOODY POLICE DEPARTMENT

RATED #1 ON TRIP ADVISOR Blazing-fast wifi, data ports and in-room workstations make the Executive Plaza an instant fit for business travellers and corporate meetings, while the hotel’s luxury suites offer separate living areas and kitchenettes, sofa beds and multiple flat-screen TVs. CUSTOMIZED PACKAGES The Hotel also offers a number of unique and boutique packages such as romantic retreats, hot escapes, and shopping packages.

GREAT FOOD & ENTERTAINMENT Introducing the new The Wild Fig Restaurant, elegantly designed and crafted, features weekly entertainment, drink and food specials and a relaxed -yet-vibrant feel.

Police shot this cougar in the 100 block of April Road.

Anyone heading out for a hike alone should let someone know where they’re going, and people should take precautions to keep pets safe.

“If you’re out in the area … we all have to be aware we share this space with wildlife and that means we have to take precautions when we go out,” Van Winkel told the TriCities NOW. The Ministry of Environment also has some tips if you encounter a cougar: • Never approach a cougar.

Although cougars will normally avoid a confrontation, all cougars are unpredictable.

Cougars feeding on a kill may be dangerous.

• Always give a cougar an

avenue of escape.

• Stay calm. Talk to the cougar in a confident voice.

• Pick all children up off the ground immediately.

Children frighten easily and their rapid movements may provoke an attack.

• Do not run. Try to back away from the cougar slowly.

Sudden movement or flight may trigger an instinctive attack.

• Do not turn your back on the cougar. Face the cougar and remain upright.

• Do all you can to enlarge your image. Don’t crouch down or try to hide. Pick up sticks or branches and wave them about.

• If a cougar attacks, fight back.

Certificate of Excellence 2014 WINNER

tripadvisor

Executive Plaza Hotel Coquitlam

405 North Road, Coquitlam | executivehotels.net/coquitlam

5

6

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

NEWSN0W

COUNCIL MEETINGS

Tri-Cities win bridge fight ARBITRATOR SIDES WITH COQUITLAM OVER NEW WEST

When: Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Jeremy DEUTSCH

Where: Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Drive Port Moody, B.C. Times: Public Hearing, 7pm, Regular Council Meeting immediately following the Public Hearing Television coverage airs on Shaw Cable 4 at 9am on Saturday, July 12, 2014.

We’re now live streaming our Council meetings at www.portmoody.ca/watchlive. While you’re on our website, sign up for Council e-notifications.

Get an agenda package at City Hall, the Port Moody Public Library or www.portmoody.ca/agendas.

tor S. Glenn Sigurdson found jdeutsch@thenownews.com Coquitlam’s proposal to be It’s a win for the City of “more persuasive” and selectCoquitlam in the battle over ed a two-lane bridge for the the Braid Street Bailey Bridge crossing.

Not surwith New p r i s i n g ly, Westminster.

Coquitlam On Mayor Richard Wednesday, Stewart was it was Two lanes are pleased with announced better. It’s still the arbitrator’s that a provinnot a permanent decision. cial arbitrator “Two lanes had sided with solution but it are better.

Coquitlam’s heads us in the It’s still not a proposal to right direction. permanent replace the solution but current bridge – Coquitlam Mayor it heads us in with a twoRichard Stewart the right dirlane span. ection,” he New told the Tri-Cities NOW. Westminster was seeking to He said his city now looks have the old span replaced forward to working with its with another one-lane counterparts in New West bridge.

After reviewing submis- to get a new bridge installed sions by both cities, arbitra- and to tackle some of the traf-

NOW FILE PHOTO

The one-lane Bailey bridge linking Coquitlam and New West will be replaced with a two-lane span. fic issues between the two communities.

Provincial arbitration was initiated in March after both municipalities were unable to agree on the future of the

Public Hearing Notice When: Tues, July 8, 2014 at 7pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. Port Moody Council is holding a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed bylaw:

Get in touch!

LOCATION MAP - 220 Brew Street

(Air Space Pcl. 9 - BCP37032)

SUBJECT PROPERTY

N

How do I get more information?

Review the proposed Rezoning Application 6700-20-120 and related information at the Development Services Department, City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. anytime between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.

How can I provide input?

PT. AIR SPACE PCL. 9

1. If you believe your property is affected by this rezoning, attend this meeting in person and submit comments directly to Council.

2. You can also send a submission in writing anytime before 12 noon on July 8, 2014. If you plan on sending your feedback ahead of time, email it to clerks@portmoody.ca or fax it to 604.469.4550 Mary De Paoli, MCIP, RPP, Manager of Planning

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca

Address: 220 Brew Street (Rezoning Application 6700-20-120) Applicant: Onni Development Ioco Road (Corp.)

Purpose: To amend the Land Use Contract to increase the maximum permitted commercial and community gross floor area by 18,000 sq. ft. from 122,000 sq. ft. to 140,000 sq. ft. for Suter Brook as a whole. The amendment would allow for the 2nd storey of the office building at 220 Brew Street, to be used for either office or commercial and community use. The purpose of this application is to allow for a daycare to operate on the 2nd storey of the office building.

connection.

The dispute over the bridge was reignited 16 months ago when the span was closed after cracks were first spotted in the structure.

What followed was a backand-forth between both cities until a decision was made to leave the issue in the hands of an arbitrator.

As for a timeline on when a two-lane bridge will be in place, Stewart said the hope is to get structural supports in the river sometime this summer and within the window of time regulations allow for work to be carried out in the waterway.

Also not surprisingly, officials in New West were disappointed by the decision.

New Westminster Coun.

Chuck Puchmayr said he thought his city put forward a “very good case” but always knew it would have to accept the consequences of the arbitrator’s decision.

“I would say I am surprised.

I truly think that the safety of goods movement through that corridor, the safety of the issues related to the more than 60 train movements a day, the letter from the railways, from Transport Canada with regards to that [made a strong case],” he said.

“Of course I am disappointed we weren’t successful but we did agree to this process and we have to accept, in good faith, the binding decision by an arbitrator.”

Puchmayr was also disappointed the arbitrator’s decision didn’t provide any rationale for supporting Coquitlam’s position.

The decision comes at a time when the City of New Westminster is getting to work installing a new single-lane Bailey bridge and removing the old bridge that was deemed structurally unsound. Puchmayr said the arbitrator’s decision won’t impact installation of the new one-lane bridge, as it’s not something that would preclude a second bridge from being installed at the site.

— with files from the Record

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

7

NEWSN0W

Witnesses wanted in crash WOMAN MISCARRIES AS RESULT OF COLLISION

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com Coquitlam Mounties are looking for witnesses in a Port Coquitlam crash that ended with tragic results.

Police said the collision happened Saturday (June 28) after 9 a.m. when a red 2002 Ford Excursion and a

blue Mazda 3 collided on charges, if any, related to the Lougheed Highway near incident.

“It is hard to Oxford Street. comment on One of the it because we drivers was don’t have a pregnant and lot of informarushed to hosThis is the first tion,” he said. pital, but her time I’ve heard However, he baby died as of something noted invesa result of the tigators don’t crash. like this. [It’s] believe speed The other very tragic, or alcohol driverinvolved though. were factors in in the crash the crash. was not hurt.

– Cpl. Jamie Chung Chung also Coquitlam suggested the RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung said it’s too circumstances are unusual early to speculate on possible for investigators.

“This is the first time I’ve heard of something like this.

[It’s] very tragic, though,” he said.

Police are urging anyone who remembers seeing the vehicles in the vicinity of the crash site that morning to call them.

Chung said witnesses will play a key role in the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Coquitlam RCMP at 604-9451550, ask for Const. Bauldry and quote file number 201417619. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

Dr. Dan Im

OPEN HOURS: Mon-Sat 9:00am-6:00pm, Sun Closed 104-1071 Austin Ave., Coquitlam • 604-931-1277

Notice of Public Hearing

Rezoning for subdivision/consolidation at 860 Dominion Avenue Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 3874

PUBLIC HEARING 7 pm on Monday, July 14, 2014 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

To rezone a .28-acre portion of the 7-acre parcel at 860 Dominion Avenue from A Agriculture to P2 Institutional to enable its subdivision and consolidation with the adjoining property at 2240 Hawkins Street. This amendment is intended to facilitate the proposed alignment for the extension of Hawkins Street to connect with Nicola Avenue and the provision of surface parking for the proposed care facility.

Location

GIVE YOUR INPUT

Street address: 860 Dominion Avenue Legal address: Portion of Lot 36, Block 6 North, Section 8, Range 1 East, NWD, Plan 27244

All members of the public will have a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions about the bylaw at the hearing.

Inspection of Documents

Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public hearing.

CITY HALL

2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam BC

Prior to the public hearing, the public is welcome to inspect the proposed bylaw and any related bylaws, reports and plans at: Corporate Office, Port Coquitlam City Hall 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays)

Carolyn Deakin, CMC, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5421 • corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

www.portcoquitlam.ca/getinvolved

Lavender Celebratio-

Join us in our gardens with lavender blooming galore. Sip a lavender lemonade, enjoy some just-picked organic food while listening to live music and trickling ponds. Check out some unique local art, jewelry

Art and Wellness in the Gardens

Adults: $6

and de-stress with a healing chair massage or energy balancing

July 5th & July 6th - 10am to 5pm Seniors: $3 | Free for Children under 6 years old

6834 Mt. Lehman Road, Abbotsford BC V4X 2G5

|

P: 604·857·1998

session. Get inspired from an intuitive reading, numerology, energy medicine session or speak with our shaman for some ancient wisdom. |

info@tuscanfarmgardens.com

|

tuscanfarmgardens.com

OPINION

8

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

Tri-Cities NOW is a division of LMP Publication Limited Partnership.

Our offices are located at 216-3190 St. Johns Street, Port Moody BC V3H 2C7 Phone: 604-444-3451

New law seems to be working well

I

t may have only been one festival, but it appears that people can handle a little bit of alcohol at a community event.

Besides plenty of red and white maple leafs, Coquitlam’s Canada Day event at Town Centre Park included the ability for people to enjoy a beer outside of a tightly controlled beer garden.

This was made possible after the provincial government brought in changes to B.C.’s liquor laws that included removing beer garden and festival barriers.

And by all accounts, the change worked out fine and received glowing reviews from people at the park.

Down the road in Port Moody, it was a different story.

Organizers with the Golden Spike Days Festival decided to stick with a traditional beer garden format.

One of the reasons was feedback from parents who wanted to keep the beer drinking separate from children’s activities.

That makes sense and is completely reasonable.

It’s what makes the new law as refreshing as an ice cold beer.

It gives each festival the option to apply for a festival wide-liquor licence, or not at all.

In the case of kid-friendly festivals and events, booze may not mix that well and organizers can choose to plan accordingly.

But at a more adult-oriented event, organizers have the option of allowing patrons to have a drink in their hand while they roam the grounds.

That’s not unlike the situation in so many other countries around the world.

So kudos, not only to the park’s patrons who proved they can be responsible enough to handle a beverage, but also to the city for presuming its residents could do so, too.

NOWPOLL THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:

Do you think alcohol should be contained to beer gardens?

• Yes, it keeps events safer for families • Yes, then all the rowdies are in one place • I can see both sides of the argument • No, we don’t need to treat drinkers like children • No, it’s no fun to be behind those barricades

Vote at www.thenownews.com LAST WEEK’S QUESTION:

Are you watching the World Cup?

Yes, as much as possible. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes, but just a little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Is it still on? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No, I’m not really a soccer fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No, it’s summer — who wants to watch TV?

26% 24% 14% 27% 8%

Copyright in letters and other materials submitted voluntarily to the Publisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the Publisher and its licensees may freely reproduce them in print, electronic or other forms.

The publisher shall not be liable for minor changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement. The publisher’s liability for other errors or omissions with respect to any advertisement is limited to publication of the advertisement in a subsequent issue or the refund of monies paid for the advertisement.

What’s in a name? A lot

C

ompanies rarely complain when you underestimate their political donations, particularly if the amounts already look bad. But when you miss their donations to a party altogether it can cause some grief, particularly if it’s an association of strongminded individuals from across the political spectrum.

Which is why — if you have to make that error — the last group in the world you would want to do it to is the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia. Or is that the Trial Lawyers Association of BC? Because according to the database at Elections B.C., the Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia has given $34,820 to the B.C. Liberals and zilch to the NDP, while the Trial Lawyers Association of BC has donated $18,875 to the NDP and zilch to the Liberals.

To further complicate matters, donations from the one do not appear with the results of donations from the other, even though they’re both the same association. And to top it all off the Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. (with periods) hasn’t given anything to any political party. Then, of course, there’s the “Trial Lawyers Ass’n of BC,” which gave $890 to the NDP, and the “Trial Lawyers Assn of BC” that gave a further $1,900 to the NDP. And none of the donations from those last two forms of the association’s name appear among the results for “Trial Lawyers Association of BC,” the other one ending in “British Columbia” or “Trial Lawyers Association.”

Therein lies the problem with the database at Elections BC. Exact it is not.

It’s more akin to a treasure hunt where every possible permeation of a company or association’s name must be considered and sometimes conjured

up from variations no one may have thought of before just to get what might approximate accurate results.

For instance, since 2005, the New Car Dealers Association of B.C. has donated all of $1,000 and every cent of it to Kevin Falcon’s 2011 Liberal leadership campaign. The “New Car Dealers Association of BC” (no periods) has donated a little over $1 million.

Donations from the “New Car Dealers Association” ring in at $1.12 million and amazingly all 120 of the donations from — guess who — the “New Car Dealers Association of BC.” But perhaps you’re curious and want to determine how much car dealers across the province have given to political parties over and above the benevolence of their industry association.

Covering all conceivable automobile manufacturer bases, you do a search for “Kia” and among the 12 results is Cigar Connoisseurs, which gave $500 to the Liberals. Why would Cigar Connoisseurs show up among results for a search on Kia? Because Kiarash Kalhor is the owner. Get it? Kia...rash. Naturally, 0939090 B.C. LTD shows up as well, because Malkiat Sandhu is one of its principal officers, as in Mal-kia-t.

And to think that one frequent user has the temerity to call the database “finicky.”

Great Pacific Capital Corporation has never made a political contribution in B.C., but Great Pacific Capital Corp has given $283,130.

Search Jimmy Pattison, who owns Great Pacific, and there are no results.

But search Jim Pattison and $346,740 in donations appear from various companies where he’s listed as the principal officer.

FleishmanHillard (how the company actually spells its name on its website) hasn’t given a penny. Nor has Fleishman

Hillard, Fleishman and Hillard or Fleishman & Hillard. But FleishmanHillard – with a hyphen – has donated $6,625.

Search “Markin” and you’ll find that Allan Paul Markin has given $220,000 to the Liberals. Search Allan Markin and you’ll learn that through two — or maybe it’s three — different numbered companies in Alberta he’s donated another $240,000 to the Liberals, but no hide nor hair of that Allan Paul Markin character, even though they’re the same person.

Part of the fault with the Elections BC database rests with the political parties and how they enter and supply data, part with donors who sometimes opt to use slightly varied corporate names for donations to different parties, but the bulk of it lies with the database itself. When a search of Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia doesn’t turn up any donations from the Trial Lawyers Association of BC, but a search of Kia turns up a donation from Cigar Connoisseurs it might be time to call tech support. Hint: suggest they look at the stemming or the lemmatisation algorithm. Or both.

Dermod Travis is the executive director of IntegrityBC.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? Share your opinion on this column or anything else you read in The Tri-Cities NOW by sending a letter to the editor to editorial@thenownews.com, with “letter to the editor” in the subject line. We edit for taste, legality and length, and both letters to the editor and opinion columns may be reproduced on The Tri-Cities NOW website, www.thenownews.com.

LETTERS PROVINCE NEEDS TO DO MORE TO HELP

Re: “More students struggling,” column by Keith Baldrey, Wednesday, July 2.

This all boils down to the need for Premier Christy Clark and her Liberal caucus to really do what their platform says and put families first — not just with more specialist teachers in schools but also in terms of funding, staffing and support for health assessments, social services, drug education and prevention, family intervention, child poverty ...

Unfortunately, it is the school system that sees the result of a lack of funding for a variety of ministries besides the ministry of education.

It is the schools that are left to feed hungry kids, take them to doctor’s appointments, find them coats and boots to wear when it’s cold, and a long list of other things that fall way beyond the expectations of an education system.

It is truly appalling how the needs of children are not being met by the province.

Christi Livingstone Port Moody

GET REALISTIC, MAYORS

The province, or rather, Transportation Minister Todd Stone, has confirmed what we already know: that the “pie in the sky” support for TransLink is totally unrealistic in the short term.

The mayors are not necessarily financial wizards and what are municipal budgets anyway?

Just take more taxes from the residents!

Now we note that Stone and Premier Christy Clark are reneging on their mandate and promise to have this TransLink issue in a referendum with this year’s municipal elections.

Yes, they are the government and can do what they wish and money is not the issue as this will only cost the taxpayers substantial money to have a separate referendum in 2015 (after the municipal elections in 2014).

Stone seems to try to cover up this mess with comments along the lines of: If the mayors agree to hold the referendum sometime next spring.

Nice try, but who will cover the costs? Money is no issue! The taxpayers want to know the answers and take steps when voting in

2014 elections, not after.

Let’s request that Metro mayors get more realistic and stop overspending our money. This is “the Best Place on Earth” to reside if you can live here with all of the taxes and agencies having taxing authority.

Enough is enough!

Elwin Mowry Coquitlam

CITY CLARIFIES ESTIMATE IN STORY In your recent article entitled “Coquitlam to host business workshop,” it is noted that the City of Coquitlam has awarded $100 million in contracts to Coquitlam businesses over the last three years.

This figure was produced by staff and I wanted to provide further clarification as there is a distinction between overall payments made locally and those made locally through our procurement process.

The $100-million estimate referenced was, in fact, a total of all the payments issued by the City to an address in Coquitlam.

Analysis of our procurement

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

CONTACT US

Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

General 604-444-3451 Sports 604-444-3094 Advertising 604-492-4492 Delivery 604-942-3081 REGIONAL PUBLISHER Brad Alden

records indicates that “contracts awarded” to Coquitlambased suppliers and businesses — i.e. those contracts specifically awarded through the procurement process — was just over $52 million over the past three years, an average of approximately $17 million per year.

We apologize for any confusion that may have occurred as a result of the original figures reported. And we look forward to the opportunity to meet with local businesses and share more information on the City’s procurement process at the workshop this fall.

John DuMont Deputy City Manager City of Coquitlam

LETTERS

The Tri-Cities NOW welcomes letters to the editor. We do, however, edit for taste, legality and length. Priority is given to letters written by Tri-Cities residents and/ or issues concerning the Tri-Cities. Please include a phone number where you can be reached during the day. Send letters to editorial@thenownews.com with “letter to the editor” in the subject line. No attachments, please. Letters to the editor and opinion columns may be reproduced on The Tri-Cities NOW website, www.thenownews.com.

EDITOR Leneen Robb SPORTS EDITOR Dan Olson REPORTERS Jeremy Deutsch, John Kurucz PHOTOGRAPHER Lisa King ACTING SALES MANAGER Lara Graham ADVERTISING SALES REPS James Corea, Kerri Gilmour, Pat Jacques, Sanjay Sharma, Bentley Yamaura SALES SUPPORT Daaniele Sinclaire AD CONTROL Elayne Aarbo CLASSIFIED SUPERVISOR Dawn James CLASSIFIED REPS Darla Burns, John Taylor ACCOUNTING Judy Sharp

JULY SPECIALS AC SPECIAL

Unbeatable prices

Starting at

$

149 88 INCLUDES:

evac and recharge of AC gas and inspection of pollen filter.

Expires July 30/14

ALL SEASON TIRES LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEED! We offer a huge selection of All Season.

We’ve done the shopping for you, visit us at www.westwoodhonda.com for price comparison.

Expires June 30/14

9

20% OFF

LABOUR ON ANY BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT! (INCLUDES RESURFACING) Expires July 30/14

10

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

Coquitlam itl Celebrates Canada Day

T

! u o Y hank

Thank you to all the marketing & community partners, volunteers, Coquitlam residents, family & friends who celebrated together and made Canada Day a success!

TM

group

Progressive Waste Solutions Polygon Homes Ltd. ReMax The Epoch Times Home Depot – Coquitlam

4Cats Arts Studio Absolute Slacklines Avia Employment Services Climb Base5 Cap’s Westwood Cycle Cineplex Entertainment LP Coquitlam Family Chiropractic Coquitlam Express Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club Fit4Two®

The Common Place EGRT Construction Micky’s Public House The Clever Cupcakes

IKEA Investor’s Group Kinetic Security McDonald’s Mr. Lube Canada – Coquitlam People’s Court Tennis Club PriceSmart foods SCN-Lavalin Sticky’s Candy West49

COMMUNITY PARTNERS 777 Neptune Squadron RCAC A Taste of Ukraine Access Youth Outreach Services Armenian Cultural Association A-Star Art Parlour Bahati Creations Retail Services BC Table Tennis Association Candace Curr Art City of Coquitlam Multicultural Advisory Committee Clay Jung Hong Kim Cloud Nine Cotton Candy Company Coquitlam Amateur Radio Emergency Services Society

Coquitlam Animal Shelter Coquitlam Dodgeball League Coquitlam Ducks Volleyball Club Coquitlam Farmer’s Market Society Coquitlam GOGOS Coquitlam Heritage Society Coquitlam Public Library Coquitlam RCMP Child ID Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable Culex Environmental Ltd. Douglas College Douglas Horne eartHand Gleaners Society Evergreen Cultural Centre

FaceBox Media Photobooth Fin Donnelly Flying Wedge Pizza Fraser Valley Potters Guild Grenada Cultural Associations of BC Hana Foods Inc. Honourable James Moore, PC. MP. Houle Games & Entertainment ICBC Immigration Services Society Joyce Needham Junkology Linda Reimer Little Bear Aboriginal Art

Marble Slab Creamery Mr. Mike’s Mr. Tube Steak Nando’s Chicken Northern Paranormal Investigations Omega Sports Centre Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society Our Little Donut Factory Papa’s Shish Kabab Place des Arts Project Portable Wall Rocky Point Ice Cream Rosemary Hanna Art S.U.C.C.E.S.S Tri-City Multicultural Society

coquitlam.ca/canadaday /cityofcoquitlam |

@cityofcoquitlam | #ehcoquitlam

Scouts Canada Selina Robinson SHARE Family and Community Services Société francophone de Maillardville The Common Place The Little Snowflake Factory TransLink TravelSmart Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Tri-Cities Speed Watch Tri-City Chinese Community Society Tri-City Iranian Cultural Society Tri-City Speed Watch Tzu Chi Foundation Canada

NEWSN0W

Civic race is getting started Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com The first challenger for a spot on Port Moody city council has come forward to start the race.

This week, Cathy Cena announced she will be running in this fall’s civic election for a seat on council.

In a press release, Cena, a business development manager for a company called Imprint Plus, said the time is right to “offer her services to the political community.”

“I love Port Moody and have excellent qualifications for the job of councillor,” she said.

“I have a good understanding of Port Moody’s municipal issues, and I’m an effective leader. I can manage large

and small projects from commencement to completion.”

Cena said she intends to focus on the issues of transportation, public safety and spending.

Her press release also said she intends to encourage the smart growth of Port Moody’s infrastructure as the city acts upon it’s official community plan by “helping conserve the things that make Port Moody unique while building towards the future.”

Cena also sits on several

community committees, including Port Moody’s Heritage Commission and Parade Committee.

She’s also a director with Blanket B.C., a society that provides blankets to the homeless.

Earlier this year, Mayor Mike Clay said he would be running again for a second term as mayor in the election.

Voters will go to the polls on Nov. 15. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

NEWS TIP?

$10.00 OFF NEWSET

Solar Set ........................ ........................$55 Solar Set $55 Gel Gel Powder Powder Set Set .............. ............. $46 $46 Acrylic Set .....................$36 Acrylic Set...................... $36 Real Nail Shape Gel Polish Color And .............. $16 Get Polish.......................$16

Over 6 years experience in the Tri-Cities

$5.00 OFF FILL

772-0039

cell

Schedule of Meetings City Hall - 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam

Cathy Cena

Monday, July 7, 2014

Temporary Truck Route Changes

In order to provide effective alternate routes to Pinetree Way during the Evergreen Line construction, trucks will be allowed to drive on the following routes beginning in July.

Closed Council

12:00 p.m.

Council Committee Room

Council-in-Committee

2:00 p.m.

Council Committee Room

Regular Council

7:00 p.m.

Council Chambers

Watch Live Broadcasts of Coquitlam Council Meetings or Archived Video from Meetings Previously Webcast

• Pipeline Road between David Avenue and Guildford Way

The City of Coquitlam offers a video streaming service that makes its Regular Council Meetings,Council-inCommittee Meetings and Public Hearings accessible through its website at www.coquitlam.ca/webbroadcasts.

• Guildford Way between Pipeline Road and Johnson Street • Johnson Street between Guildford Way and Barnet Highway No time restriction:

Agendas for the Regular Council and Council-in-Committee Meetings will be available on the Council Agendas page of the City’s website by 5:00 p.m. on the Friday prior to the scheduled meetings.

• Dewdney Trunk Road between Mariner Way and Lougheed Highway Engineering & Public Works 604-927-3500 @cityofcoquitlam |

WOMEN AND MEN’S SERVICES

*Pedicure onlyFor ............... $25 NEW Special Kids: *Maniicure only............... $15$28 Bequeen Nail Tip Design ......... *Maniicure & Pedicure Manicure.................................. $15 Combo ................... $40$20 Pedicureonly ..................................

Mani Pedi Combo.....................

Waxing.............. $6 and up$35

City of Coquitlam

City of Coquitlam

coquitlam.ca |

604-944-3388

WESTWOOD MALL 106 - 3000 LOUGHEED HWY. COQUITLAM

New Location Inside Westwood Mall (778)

• Mariner Way between Barnet Highway and Dewdney Trunk Road

editorial@thenownews.com 604-444-3451

Lee at

e Besid re r-Sto Supe

6:00 am – 10:00 pm Mon – Fri; 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Sat; prohibited Sun:

GOT A

11

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

/cityofcoquitlam

coquitlam.ca

@cityofcoquitlam

/cityofcoquitlam

Coquitlam Current LIQUOR STORE

@ EXECUTIVE PLAZA HOTEL COQUITLAM

The Future of Coquitlam Parks, Recreation and Culture Coquitlam staff want your input to help guide parks, recreation and culture planning and spending for the next 10 - 15 years. On June 16 City Council unanimously endorsed the Parks, Recreation and Culture Draft Master Plan’s strategic directions and recommendations. So, now it’s time to get resident and stakeholder input.

MONTHLY SPECIAL BU DW E I S E R 2 4 PAC K $ 42.99

The public consultation process is just starting, and over the next six to nine months there will be opportunities to learn more and offer feedback through open houses, surveys, workshops and focus groups.

$38.99

Why Does a New Master Plan Matter?

MIX & MATCH ANY WINE IN STORE

The Parks, Recreation & Culture Master Plan will be a guiding document for the City to plan and prioritize its facility, service delivery and parkland needs. Since the last plan was developed in 1998, Coquitlam’s population has increased by 24 percent and continues to be one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Metro Vancouver. This growth along with increasing cultural diversity and changing demographics requires the City to adapt to new demands and plan for the future.

The new Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan will provide the framework for moving forward so we can deliver what is needed, affordable and feasible.

Please visit www.coquitlam.ca/prcmasterplan to review the Draft Master Plan, which includes proposed strategic directions and an assessment of the City’s current services. Residents can also complete an online survey and sign up to receive news updates about the project.

This is your community – we encourage you to be part of the discussion.

coquitlam.ca |

@cityofcoquitlam |

/cityofcoquitlam

PHONE CHARGER GIVE-AWAY WITH 24-CAN PURCHASE

BUY 6 BOTTLES, GET 5% OFF BUY 12 BOTTLES, GET 10% OFF

NEW ITEMS!

Ruffino Lumina Pinot Grigio $13.99 Ruffino Chianti $13.99 Burrowing Owl Athene $39.70 Burrowing Owl Merlot $39.25 Burrowing Owl Chardonay $28.65 Kindle Merlot $9.99 Kindle Sauvignon Blanc $9.99 Diabolica Red & White

405 North Rd Coquitlam, BC | (604) 937-4597 | executivehotels.net/coquitlam

12

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

2013 CLEAROUT

NO OTHER OFFER LIKE THIS ANYWHERE ELSE BRAND NEW 2014 FORD FOCUS SE HATCHBACK

MSRP

22,624 SAVE

$

2,263

$

STK# 143009

YOUR PRICE

20,361**

$

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD FUSION SEDAN

EMPLOYEE

PRICING $

$

1,860

$

STK# 143628

YOUR PRICE

22,304**

$

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD ESCAPE SPORT UTILITY

OVER

14,000

plus...

SCRATCH

$2500 CASH*

26,214 SAVE $

YOUR PRICE

1,745

$

STK #2999325

STK #2394517A

2002 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 4WD STK #2294921

2007 MAZDA 5 GT WAGON MOONROOF STK #2793901

STK #1316559

24,469**

8,500

$

29,699 SAVE $

5,810

$

STK# 143598

YOUR PRICE

23,889**

$

19,500

$

42,299 SAVE $

YOUR PRICE

12,500

$

20,900

34,202** 40,914 SAVE

$

4,156

$

REMOTE START, TRAILER BRAKE CONTROLLER

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD F150 LARIAT 4X4 CREW CAB NAVIGATION, MOONROOF, LEATHER, HID, CHROME PKG

$

LEATHER STK #1094584

15,800

$

26,800 STK #1392239

TURBOCHARGED STK #1096459

$

30,800

23,800

FORD EDGE SEL SPORT UTILITY BACKUP CAMERA STK #1319564

32,900

$

TRUCKS & VANS

2007 DODGE RAM 1500 2009DODGE GRAND CARAVAN SE SLT 4X4 QUAD CAB STK #2954118

5.7L HEMI STK #2756009

2008 GMC CANYON SLE1 CREW CAB STK #2879449

36,758**

NAVIGATION, MOONROOF, LEATHER, HID

$

2010 SUBARU IMPREZA 2013 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG WRX STI AWD HIGHLINE AWD

$

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD F150 PLATINUM 4X4 CREW CAB

LEATHER, MOONROOF, NAVIGATION STK #2993066

LEATHER, 18” RIMS STK #1302262

51,800

$

2011 FORD RANGER SPORT 4X4 SUPER CAB FX4 PACKAGE STK #119457X

TK

30,500

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD F150 FX4 4X4 CREW CAB

2009 INFINITI G37 COUPE SPORT

FORD FUSION SE SEDAN

$ BRAND NEW 2014 FORD F150 XLT 4X4 CREW CAB

28,800

4X4 CREW CAB

$

MSRP

YOUR PRICE

2010 HONDA RIDGELINE

STK #1496475

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD EDGE SEL SPORT UTILITY NAVIGATION, MOONROOF, LEATHER, REVERSE CAMERA, SYNC

13,800

$

2014 MAZDA CX-5 SPORT UTILITY

$

8,097

$

STK #1296104

10,800

$

LEATHER, MOONROOF, NAVIGATION STK #1309493

$

STK# 143587

9,800

$

STK #1093901

LEATHER, MOONROOF, ALLOYS STK #2694111

HEATED SEATS, LEATHER, 3.73 LIMITED SLIP

MSRP

9,552

$

2006 MINI COOPER 2010 MAZDA MAZDA6 2012 MITSUBISHI I SPORT SEDAN HARDTOP COUPE LANCER ES SEDAN

FORD FOCUS TITANIUM SEDAN

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD MUSTANG GT COUPE

STK# 144903

$

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD F150 STX 4X2 SUPER CAB

2003 HONDA CIVIC EX 2009 TOYOTA YARIS HATCHBACK COUPE

FORD ESCAPE SPORT UTILITY

MSRP

IN FACTORY REBATES

MSRP

STK#144540

IMPORTS W/ 129 INSPECTION REPORT

BRAND NEW 2014 FORD MUSTANG PREMIUM COUPE

MSRP

24,164 SAVE

FORD F150 XLT 4X4 CREW CAB XTR PKG BACKUP CAMERA STK #1319543

16,800

$

2010 CHEVROLET COLORADO LT 4X4 EXTENDED CAB

10,900

$

2012 FORD TRANSIT VAN XLT STK #124169X

STK #1036123

16,800

$

2013 FORD E250 CARGO VAN STK #1319513

19,900

$

2010 FORD F150 LARIAT 4X4 CREW CAB CHROME PACKAGE STK #1016521

TK STK#146115

MSRP

YOUR PRICE $33,199 $ SAVE $ 9,119

24,080**

STK#146568

MSRP

YOUR PRICE $44,149 SAVE $ $ 11,094

33,055**

STK#146575

MSRP

YOUR PRICE $50,549 SAVE $ $ 12,820

37,729**

STK#146412

MSRP

YOUR PRICE $57,974 SAVE $ $ 13,535

44,439**

*only applies to new vehicle purchases. **Price is net of all Ford Incentives, does not include $499 dealer doc fee, levy or taxes. All prices plus dealer doc fee of $499. , and taxes. Vehicle may not be exactly as shown. Ad expires on July 31, 2014

STK#146430

MSRP

YOUR PRICE $63,364 SAVE $ $ 14,290

49,074**

34,900

$

$

20,800

$

21,600

26,600

$

All price plus dealer doc fee of $499, and taxes. Vehicle may not be exactly as shown. Ad expires on July 31, 2014

APPOINTMENTS & DIRECTIONS TOLL FREE

301 STEWARDSON WAY, NEW WESTMINSTER

1.888.491.4651

WWW.KEYWESTFORD.COM

DEALER #7485

13

• SALES • SERVICE • PARTS • FLEET & LEASE • GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES !

Kirk McLean’s Preferred Car Dealer

$

27,800

14

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

NEWSN0W

No summer school for Tri-Cities students

• Are you unsatisfied with your dentures?

• Unable to chew?

• Unhappy with the looks?

DENTURE WEARERS!

Chris MONTGOMERY editorial@thenownews.com

COME IN AND RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY CONSULTATION AND DENTURE CARE PACKAGE FREE!

Summer school has been cancelled across the Tri-Cities in the wake of the teachers’ strike — leaving 45 students to repeat failed courses when schools reopen, and 5,000 students who traditionally polish their marks during the summer without any options.

It appears the strike that began province-wide more than a week ago could still be under way in September.

PORT COQUITLAM DENTURE CLINIC Unit 3-1471 Prairie Ave., Port Coquitlam

604.464.7779

Adil Shivji Registered Denturist

12MM LAMINATE 12 Colors

Starting from

89¢*sq. ft.

360 Degree Locking System Underfloor Heating Approved

100% waterproof

en kore

100% Water Proof

10 x 10 KITCHEN

500Kg square meter Lock Strength

starting at

Free

I

4 Colors in stock

WARRANTY Stain Resistance Lifetime Abrasive Wear 20 year Manufacturing Detects 20 year Fade Resistance Lifetime Soil Resistance 20 year Texture Retention 15 year

Sq. ft.

IN

5

PRICE

*RECEIVE A FREE STAINLESS STEEL SINK WITH PURCHASE COUNTER TOP

GRANITE QUARTZ

In Store

Reg. $10 Sq. Ft.

STO

CK

LEDGESTONE

SALE $ 99*

Maple Wood from Canada • Plywood Cabinet Box • US Stain • Full extension glides

OR

2 Colors

LIFETIME WARRANTY

K

Granite from

Pet Urine Resistance Lifetime

1

C TO NS

ARMSTRONG VINYL

CARPET

PRICE

3995 + Tax

(Including Granite Countertop)

Dioctyl Phthalate

SALE $ 99*

$

12x12 SALE $ 99* 2 Colors Sq. ft.

PRICE Made in USA CK Reg. $299 TO

1

IN

PRICE

IN

99¢* Sq. ft.

12’’x12’’ 4 Colors

Reg. $ 999

C STO

IN

STO

4900*

$

per sq ft installed

UP TO 80% OFF 2” Fauwood Blinds

Coquitlam’s automated waste collection system is now operational.

Residents in single-family homes will receive green waste and recycling collection weekly, while the garbage cart — which should only include non-recyclable and non-compostable materials — will be picked up every two weeks, according to a press release from the city.

Residents can find their new collection zone and pick-up dates in the 2014-15 curbside collection calendar.

Or, get a customized curbside collection calendar from www.coquitlam.ca/curbsidecollection or the App Store or Google Play store.

The city will be collecting old garbage cans in the fall.

However, for residents who wish to dispose of them sooner, cans with a 1, 2, 4 or 5 recycling symbol can be taken to Wastech at 1200 United Blvd. for free.

For more information, visit www.coquitlam.ca/trashtalk or call engineering customer service at 604-927-3500.

FREE INSTALLATION ON ALL ORDERS HOME SHOW SPECIAL

PORCELINE TILE

SALE

Sq. ft.

S

BERRYALLOC LAMINATE

K

CK

SALE $ 3 9 9 * PRICE

6 Colors Made in Gemany

• 80” Long planks • Lifetime Residential Warranty • AC4 DPL Direct Pressure Laminate • 5 yr. Moisture Warranty • 10 yr. Commercial Warranty

Daniel HugoMiller Ito

receives a yummy $15 abc breakfast gift voucher. Congratulations on a job well done!

Carrier of the Week

sponsored by VANITY SPECIAL

PRICE

63750**

Reg. $850

36" WIDTH

IN

Also available in Espresso

C STO

K

Location: 2773 Barnet Hwy. @ Lansdowne

*PACKAGE PRICE INCLUDES VANITY CABINET, QUARTZ COUNTERTOP, UNDERMOUNT SINK, FAUCET, MIRROR, DOOR HANDLES. SOFT CLOSE

CSA APPROVED SINK & FAUCET

SALE $

reopen.

Grant said all of the 45 remedial students in the district, most of them in Grade 10, can be accommodated in local schools in September.

Unless picket lines appear, support staff are expected to resume work completing school accounts, conducting annual audits and cleaning and repairing schools, Grant said.

“I can’t tell you what date, but schools will open eventually,” he added.

Many districts in the Lower Mainland, including Burnaby, Vancouver and Maple Ridge/ Pitt Meadows, have also cancelled summer classes.

Grant said a letter detailing the situation would be posted Thursday afternoon on the district’s website at www. sd43.bc.ca.

Waste collection system upgraded

Luxury Vinyl Plank by

Built-in acoustic damping

Both sides are so far apart that two mediators have declined to step in.

Class size and composition and wages are still in dispute.

Tom Grant, School District 43’s superintendent, said Thursday that it would have been impossible to run classes for some 5,500 students using administrators alone.

Teachers had said they’d picket schools if summer classes went ahead, meaning support staff wouldn’t cross the lines either.

And although the Labour Relations Board ruled last week that classes must be held for remedial students who needed to pass failed courses, the district can meet the board’s alternative condition that students be accommodated when schools

SALE

PRICE

$

111750 *

Reg. $1490

72" WIDTH

Also available in Espresso

IN

C STO

K

SALE $ 96750 * PRICE

Reg. $1290

IN

C STO

K

60" WIDTH

Also available in Espresso

PROFESSIONAL SALES & INSTALLATIONS GUARANTEED! 2128 0 L o u g h e e d H w y., M a p l e R i d g e B .C.

604 477 1889 | 1 800 951 8337

OPEN

Mon-Fri 9-5 Sat 10-4 www.woodopolis.com *See store for details.

Please collect your breakfast reward for your job well done at the abc Restaurant on Barnet Hwy @ Lansdowne in Coquitlam - 604-474-2773 (This Location Only)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE A NOW CARRIER, CALL: 604-942-3081 TODAY!

15

R E M M U S

INTO

DRIVE

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

S G N I V A S

STOP IN NOW! LEASING IS BACK!

Tired of Negative Equity?

LEASING IS BACK! Warranty up?

Drop it off and get a new one!

NEW 2014

NEW 2014 DODGE DART

DODGE GRAND CARAVAN CHEROKEE SPORT NEW 2014 JEEP

CV315507

$

DR730482

19,999

or LEASE FOR $104 Bi-Weekly

CK302615

15,999

$

or LEASE FOR $80 Bi-Weekly

24,888

$

or LEASE FOR $149 Bi-Weekly

JOURNEY NEW 2014 DODGE

JR197802

19,999

EVERY VEHICLE PURCHASED RECEIVES A

or LEASE FOR $111 Bi-Weekly

WJ297360

OR

$

iPad

WRANGLER SPORT 4X4 NEW 2014 JEEP

50” TV

20,999

$

or LEASE FOR $97 Bi-Weekly

Payments are bi-weekly and do not include tax. Term 60 months @ 4.99%. Abbreviations: tp = total amount financed including interest. B/O=Buy out of lease. CV315507 b/o11765 tp26911, CK302615 b/o11290 tp30774, DR730482 b/o10055 tp21833, WJ297360 b/ o14235 tp28241, JR197802 b/o10672 tp26896. All offers are subject to acceptance conditions (OAC) - Other conditions may apply. Cost of ipad or TV is added to dealers cost.

16

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

Canada’s Online Lifestyle Magazine

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT

Music on the Grill returns to Coquitlam

ESSIE SUMMER SET Are Montrealers into vampy Bordeaux shades?

Do Torontonians opt for the bold while Vancouverites tend toward Pacific blues?

Nope, we’re just typecasting. Check out what Essie hues sell out first (and where) and enter for your chance to win.

Only VIPs can access this exclusive contest. Become a member now at www.vitamindaily.com/vip-room

Multiple Juno Award winner Jim Byrnes is going to kick the summer off in style this weekend in Coquitlam.

Byrnes will be playing two shows at the Evergreen Cultural Centre to highlight the onset of the sixth-annual Music on the Grill series.

The shows also feature local folk/roots singer Babe Gurr, who’ll be joining Byrnes on both Friday, July 4 and Saturday, July 5.

Pre-show entertainment will be provided by the Leo Bae Ensemble.

Tickets are $52 for dinner and the concert, or $32 for a concert only. The bar opens at 6:30 p.m., while dinner is served at 7 p.m. The concert begins at 8 p.m.

For tickets, call 604-9276555, or go online to www. evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

VIP ROOM

YES TO THE WEDDING GUEST DRESS

By Athena Tsavliris

Whether you’re invited to a shotgun at city hall or an elegant affair in Muskoka, these summer-suited frocks are good for all manner of nuptials.

See the slideshow on our Editor’s Diary at www.vitamindaily.com

Surrealism and the birds

Their inspiration is as varied as their works — one takes on surrealism and mannequins, while the other examines birds that can speak.

Artists Mary Bennett and Kevin Godsoe are the artists behind Incubating Stories, an exhibit that runs at PoCo’s Leigh Square Arts Village from July 10 to Aug. 11.

Godsoe’s mixed-media works are rooted in his own personal mythologies and explore the “collective unconscious of human experience.”

“Godsoe’s work involves ephemeral aspects of memory, emotion and experience,” notes a press release.

“He hopes to create images that are evocative of the human experience and spark an emotional reaction in the

viewer relating to their own personal experience.”

Bennett’s connection to the exhibit came from the discovery that the same gene is switched on in baby birds learning to sing as in humans learning to speak.

“She is fascinated with the diversity of size, shape, method of building the nests, and the mating, laying of eggs, brooding, hatching and ‘child-rearing’ habits of birds,” a press release states.

Details of the time and date for an opening reception for Incubating Stories are yet to be announced, but the event will feature refreshments, an opportunity to meet the artists and a chance to see how they approach their subjects when working with collage and multimedia.

CONTINUED ON PAGE 18

FASHION & SHOPPING

BRIGHT EYES The new (and possibly only) eyeshadow we need to complete our summer look has arrived.

We’re loving the new summer 2014 collection from NARS. Read more at www.vitamindaily.com

Westhill Family Pool Party

BEAUTY

WIN TICKETS TO THIS SUMMER’S HOTTEST MUSIC FESTIVALS

Celebrate the start of summer with a family BBQ and time in the pool!

Enjoy summer to the fullest with this week’s VIP grand prizes, including $2,500 worth of fun! Score tickets to both the Virgin Mobile Presents Squamish Valley (August 8th to 10th) and Pemberton Music Festivals (July 16th to 20th). Plus, score Tori Amos tickets and check out an exclusive DIY with Tiffany Pratt of HGTV’s Buy It! Fix It! Sell It!

When: Sunday, July 6, 1-4pm Where: Westhill Pool, 203 Westhill Place (Located off Clarke Road - follow the signs!)

RSVP to your VIP invitation at www.vitamindaily.com/vip-room

Admission: $2/person

VITAMIN VIP

BBQ and entertainment provided by

Your free daily dose of beauty, fashion, culture and cuisine VITAMIN.DAILY

@VANVITAMINDAILY

@VITAMINDAILY

VITAMINDAILY

Port Moody Civic Workers

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca

• Bouncy castle • Face painting • Gizmo the Clown & magic show • Free BBQ

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

Check out our

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT

Art show set for weekend ARTISTS WILL BE ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS

Chris MONTGOMERY editorial@thenownews.com Bill Baird’s weekend showing of his artwork will feature nothing but realistic paintings of things he likes.

Because that’s all Baird paints.

The genial but blunt Coquitlam artist says he’s not big on abstract paintings — not blobs of colour or “interesting lines” or anything that involves “pouring paint on a canvas and riding your bike” over it.

“To me, a painting should be something you are comfortable living with,” he says.

“It’s like a friend. It’s part of your environment.

“I get nothing out of an abstract painting.”

That puts Baird at odds with other artists in the show being staged this weekend by the Coquitlam Art Club.

And that’s the whole point, says organizer Sonia Vaz Mais, whose own work includes paintings of galaxies and abstracts of rocks and forests as well as flowers.

LISA KING/NOW

Painter Bill Baird is among about 20 artists lined up for this weekend’s Coquitlam Art Club show.

Baird is one of about 20 mixed-media artists whose works will be on display at the Centennial Pavilion. All of them will be present during the showing.

The annual event, run since 2009, is meant to offer the public a chance to not only see the work of local artists, but to meet them and talk to them about what inspires them and how they move from inspiration to finished work, says Vaz Mais.

“It’s quite a varied show; we all work very differently,” notes Vaz Mais, a designer and painter who says she was recently taken by something that has been spilled on the

floor of an elevator she was riding.

She photographed the “incredible image” that the spill left and went on to reproduce it in different colours, she says. Right now, she’s working on a piece that explores the range of faces visible in a piece of wood.

The message? Artists are moved in mysterious ways and respond in equally varied ways, and people should feel free to ask them about their works.

For his part, Baird has a straightforward story.

Born in Glasgow to two hearing-impaired parents, the focus was on “visual

pastimes,” he says. His father painted, and so did he — always “nature, natural things, landscapes.” At some point, practicality won out and he opted for an engineering degree over art studies.

But he always painted.

Once in Canada, he found two great influences — famed naturalist painter Robert Bateman, whose work he copied to perfect his own technique, and Fort Langley painter Alan Wylie, a fellow Scot who had found his way to the Lower Mainland and who helped Baird perfect his depictions of Glasgow tram cars, he says.

He’ll be showing, but not selling, his favourite painting this weekend. It’s a forest scene of a fox and her cub that began with a small picture of the animals’ heads.

The rest Baird conjured up from “a tree in the garden next door, rocks from somewhere else.” The assembly, built up through “my attention to detail,” pleased him enormously, he says. And so he’s keeping it.

The show will be held at the Centennial Pavilion, at 620 Poirier St. in Coquitlam, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 5 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 6.

Admission is free.

Host a Port Moody block party this summer!

Are you looking to have some fun this summer? Block parties are a great way to get to know your neighbours, build a sense of community, and celebrate being a Port Moody resident. We’ll set you up with barricades and tents, and give you two bottles of Andres Wine to give away as a door prize!

Get your block party started today! Sign up at www.portmoody.ca/block party Are you a local business looking to make your mark in the community?

Become a Port Moody block party sponsor! Call 778-878-0778 for details.

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca

17

channel YouTube.com/thetricitiesnow

Summer Art Show Coquitlam Art Club July 5 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Saturday July 5th 9:00am – 4:00pm July 6 9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday July 6th 9:00am – 3:00pm

July 7 9:00am - 4:00pm

Centennial Pavilion 620 Poirier Street, Coquitlam

Free Admission

Original Artwork by accomplished Artists using different mediums will be on display.

Feature Artist: Bill Baird

Resident caretakers required

The City of Port Moody requires resident caretakers for each of the following City properties: • Heritage Mountain Community Centre • North Shore Community Park – Field House • Old Orchard Park • Westhill Community Centre The City offers living space (including heat, light, water). Monthly rental is based on market rates plus GST. The caretakers’ activities include reporting to the City Police and the Manager of Recreation Services any and all acts of damage or public nuisance occurring in and around the park site, and observing, recording and reporting the incidents that they witness. The caretaker is expected to perform these activities at regular intervals each day of the week.

Submissions of interest must be received by July 18, 2014. Interested parties should include details of past caretaking positions and other related experience. Caretakers under final consideration must provide a satisfactory police records search. Send submissions by email to jlacroix@portmoody.ca.

18

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT

Teen makes artistic debut CONT. FROM PAGE 16

Melody Nejad is about to announce herself to the art world.

The 16-year-old Coquitlam resident is this month’s featured artist at the Port Moody Public Library, and it’s her first-ever public art display.

Nejad’s passions lie in art and drawing, and a press release notes her style “has been changed and influenced by the world and people around her.”

The self-taught artist also has her eyes on a future career in design, animation

and concept art.

“It is her future dream to find a job in that industry,” notes the press release from the library. “For now she is happy to have an opportunity to expose her art to the world.”

Authors release new books

Terry Fox Secondary teacher Jeff Leitch has taken to the literary world.

The Maple Ridge resident and former Coquitlam native recently co-authored a book with youth worker Roy

Dimond called Saving Our Pennys, a non-fiction piece that draws on messages of hope and discovery in the education system.

“Saving Our Pennys is a story of redemption and passion, unveiling how precious life truly is,” Leitch said in an e-mail to the Tri-Cities NOW. “A student named Penny (along with others) makes a powerful impact on this teacher’s life in the quest for understanding identity and purpose.”

For more information, see http://jeffleitch.wordpress. com.

• PoCo’s Eugenea Couture is using her new book, Adoption Not An Option, as a call-to-arms over the problems plaguing the foster care system.

A former Alberta resident of Metis descent, Couture was forced into the foster care system at the age of four and spent decades separated from members of her family.

“A story brimming with hope and the journey towards empowerment, Adoption Not An Option chronicles Couture’s 40 years of separation from her brother, and how she reclaimed her iden-

Connect us with your

business Monday, July 7, 2014, 6pm @ 100 Newport Drive

SUBMITTED IMAGE

The work of Coquitlam teen Melody Nejad is on display this month at the Port Moody Public Library. tity and healed generational patterns of guilt and shame to reunite her family,” notes a press release.

For more information, see www.eugeneacouture.com.

• A Coquitlam-based author is taking readers to a land of seclusion in Canada’s remote northern reaches.

Released in November 2013, the book is called Aegis Rising and is written by an author using the pen name S.S. Segran.

“Aegis Rising tells the story of the survivors of an ancient civilization who live a secluded life in a hidden valley in

northern Canada, awaiting the ‘chosen ones’ from their prophecy, and a secretive corporation with a global reach led by a shadowy figure who has a dystopian vision for the planet,” Segran wrote on amazon.com.

“The two worlds are about to collide and five teenage friends find themselves cast into the middle of this devastating conflict.”

For more information, see www.amazon.ca/AegisRising-Shirin-S-Segran/ dp/0991081315.

— compiled by arts reporter John Kurucz

Dr. Sonia Tolusso FAMILY AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY

604 942 6544

Join us for a business networking barbeque and free speakers series Join the City of Port Moody for a

Free Speakers Series!

networking BBQ and free speakers series on how Port Moody businesses can reduce waste expenses, increase recycling and prepare for the 2015 organics ban.

When: Monday, July 7, 2014. BBQ is served at 6pm, speakers take the stage at 6:50pm.

Where: Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Dr. Admission: Free, but registration is required. Go to www.portmoody.ca/businessconnections to sign up.

CRAIG SHISHIDO

Waste Advisor, Metro Vancouver Waste Reduction & Getting Ready for the Organics Ban

Celebrating 17 years of quality care in the Tricities

NEW PATIENTS WELCOME

HOURS: Tues 9-7pm; Wed 11-7pm; Thurs, Fri, & Sat 9-5pm

Suite 205-1120 Westwood Street Coquitlam (at corner of Westwood Street and Lincoln Avenue)

NEAL CARLEY

General Manager, Engineering & Parks, City of Port Moody Service Options for Businesses Provided by the City

JOJI KUMAGAI

Executive Director Strathcona BIA An Innovative BIA Solid Waste & Recycling Program

JACLYN MCPHADDEN

Managing Partner, Recycle Smart Private Sector Options & Business Success Showcase

THERE’S SO MUCH IN STORE Ladies, Men’s and Children’s Clothing 91>=;#% ,$$B>>#@;B> ) 0B(B3@& ) *##6> 4#&> ) 5#:>B=#3" 2<B'> ) 7'133 ,!!3;1%$B> +:>;$ 1%" +#8;B> HOURS OF OPERATION

Tuesday - Saturday 9:30am-4:30pm Thrift Thursday open until 7pm 7:!B@ 718;%?> 71<:@"1& /-@>< 71<:@"1& #A B1$= '#%<=.

2780 Barnet Highway, Coquitlam, BC V3H 1W4

604-949-0459

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca/businessconnections

www.crossroadshospice.bc.ca/store

CALENDAR Pinetree Way, Coquitlam. Tickets cost $35 for both events. Info: events@cutiecircle.com. or www.cutiecircle.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 6 RCCG Trinity Chapel holds a free “thanksgiving” lunch from

hol and drug use for those who have an alcohol or drug problem, and for those concerned about their use or the use of others. This week’s discussion is on “Heroin and other common depressants/ opiates — addiction, struggle and recovery.” The session includes a video, brief presentation and open discussion, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody. Registration is not required. Info: 604-936-3900.

2:30 to 4 p.m. at 1932 Cameron Ave., PoCo. Food hampers will also be available. Info: 604-474-3131 or www.rccgtrinitychapel. com.

Riverview Horticultural Centre Society hosts a guided tree tour featuring the fragrant linden trees on the Riverview Hospital grounds at 1 p.m., leaving from the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young building. For a site map, visit www.rhcs.org. Info: 604-290-9910.

MONDAY, JULY 7 Terry Fox Library hosts a magic show featuring Andrew and his

assistant Rocky the Raccoon from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Register by calling 604 927-7999.

TUESDAY, JULY 8 Coquitlam Prostate Cancer Support and Awareness Group

(PCCN Coquitlam) holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at Pinetree Community Centre, 1260 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam. All those involved with prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere.

There is no charge, although donations are accepted. Info: Norm at 604-936-8703 or Ken at 604-936-2998.

Terry Fox Library hosts a storytelling session for kids ages five to 12 from 7 to 7:30 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Use your imagination to journey to worlds near and far. Info: 604-927-7999.

Coquitlam Ukulele Tiny Instrument Enthusiasts holds a workshop, potluck and concert featuring renowned ukulele master, Kimo Hussey beginning at 5:30 p.m. The workshop and potluck kick off at 5:30 p.m. at 1536 Sprice Ave, Coquitlam. The show takes place at 7 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205

19

LIST YOUR EVENT:

Contact the Tri-Cities NOW

Phone: 604-444-3451 Fax: 640-444-3460 Email: events@thenownews.com

MONDAY, JULY 14

SATURDAY, JULY 5 Dogwood Photography Group holds its second annual

photography show on July 5 and 6 in the McDonald Cartier Room at the Poirier Community Centre, 630 Poirier St. in Coquitlam.

Shows run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days. Information: artistarcadia@gmail.com.

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9 SHARE Society hosts a 13-week education series around alco-

FRIDAY, JULY 11

Terry Fox Library hosts a meeting of the Adult Learner Book Club, from 2 to 3 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Make new friends, read interesting books and practise English in a fun environment. Adults upgrading their reading skills or learning English are welcome to join. Group meets on the second Friday of the month. Info: 604-927-7999.

SATURDAY, JULY 12 Coquitlam’s Inspiration Garden hosts a workshop on grow-

ing your own hops. Taught by Mike Por, landscape manager for the City of Coquitlam’s parks department, and Darren Hollett, a craft beer brewer with Mission Springs Brewing, this workshop runs from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 12 and again on Wednesday, July 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. The Inspiration Garden is located at the corner of Guildford Way and Pipeline Road in Town Centre Park. Topics will include growing, propagating, culturing and harvesting hops, and how to choose the best variety of hops for your taste buds. To register for this workshop, visit www.coquitlam. ca/garden.

Family Story Time runs from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch, 1169 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam. Stories, songs, finger plays, and rhymes for the whole family. The program will run Saturdays until Aug. 9. Registration is not required. Info: www.library.coquitlam.bc.ca or 604 554-7334.

Terry Fox Library hosts the Great Gross Out from 2 to 3 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Crazy crafts, icky edibles, rude reads, terrible trivia and a toilet paper toss will be offered for kids between the ages of seven and 10. Call 604-927-7999 to register.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

SHARE Society hosts a 13-week 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. This week’s discussion is on “Trauma — How substance misuse often occurs with people who have experienced childhood abuse. How these experiences may cause relapses or continued misuse.” The session includes a video, brief presentation and open discussion, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody. Registration is not required. Info: 604-936-3900.

THURSDAY, JULY 17

Riverview Horticultural Centre Society hosts a guided tree tour featuring fragrant linden trees on the Riverview Hospital grounds, leaving at 7:30 p.m. from the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young building. For a site map, visit www.rhcs.org.

Info: 604-290-9910.

FRIDAY, JULY 18

Terry Fox Library hosts a Red Carpet Movie Night for teens aged 12 and up from 2 to 4 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. For movie titles or more info, call 604-927-7999.

Circle of Friends 50+ Singles Social Club meets at 7 p.m. at the Port Coquitlam Legion #133, 2675 Shaughnessy St. in PoCo. The group is for 50+ singles looking for friendship and social events such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, walking, hiking and more. Info: Nina at 604-941-9032.

SATURDAY, JULY 19 Port Moody Legion 119 hosts a customer/first responder ap-

preciation day, with hot dogs and hamburgers on the barbecue, and entertainment by Linda Jones from 2 to 4 p.m. and the band Replay from 7 p.m. to closing. The legion is at 2513 Clarke St.

PORT MOODY PUBLIC LIBRARY

LINKS LITERACY

10:00 AM REGISTRATION

BANQUET SPONSOR

GOLD SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSORS

MEDIA SPONSOR

For more information or to register call: 604-469-4577 • www.library.portmoody.ca

20

SPORTSNOW THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

SPORTS SHORTS

SPECIAL LINEUP FOR BC

Team B.C. is ready to hit the pools, hardwood and lanes and bring back the medals at the Special Olympics Canada 2014 Summer Games.

The B.C. roster of 276 athletes features a number from the Tri-Cities’ Coquitlam chapter who will compete at the four-day event, July 8 to 12 in Vancouver.

Carrie Dignan and Kayla Willms will participate in aquatic events, while Adam Advocaat, Mandy Manzardo, Jay Prentice and Lori Urban will compete in athletics.

B.C.’s basketball team includes Ben Felling, Kyle McLaughlin, Nathan McNamara and Ariel Taylor, while Tricia Duff, Michelle Harding, Mark Lyon, Richard McDonald, James Newman and Greg Paike will be bowling. Jim Richter will compete in golf and Karl Anderson will play softball.

The coaches includes Erin and Greg Bodin (basketball), Billy Chan (10-pin bowling), Denise Currie (five-pin bowling), Melinda Markser (aquatics), Brandon Ngai (10-pin bowling) and Tina Taylor (basketball).

NORTON NETS TOP NOD

The Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez was named the American League’s pitcher of the month, and third baseman Kyle Seager just picked up player of the week honours.

But the award Port Moody’s Wayne Norton collected last week may end up resonating longer. The veteran baseball scout was presented with the Jim Ridley award by the Canadian Baseball Network, an award presented to the scout of the year.

Norton, who’s worked for the Mariners since 2000 scouting Canada and Europe, was instrumental in the team’s selection of Ontario’s Gareth Morgan, 18, with the 74th overall pick in last month’s draft. Morgan, an outfielder, received a $2-million signing bonus and is currently playing in the Arizona Rookie League. A year earlier, Norton signed B.C. talents Tyler O’Neill and Lachlan Fontaine for Seattle, taken in the third and 13th rounds, respectively.

It was the second time the veteran baseball bird dog had won the award, having received it also in 1998.

STREET SIGNS WITH AVS

Ben Street hopes to make a go of it in the Mile High City.

The Coquitlam native signed a twoyear deal with the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday, after spending the past two seasons in the Calgary Flames organization.

Street, 27, was called up twice in 2013-14 to play for Calgary, finishing with an assist over 13 games. Over the past two seasons, the Coquitlam minor hockey product has two assists in 19 NHL games.

While with the Flames’ farm team in Abbotsford, the five-foot-11 centre was one of the club’s more prolific scorers. He finished second in team scoring with 28 goals and 32 assists over 58 games. He was also tied for 10th among goal scorers in the American Hockey League.

GOT SPORTS?

Contact Dan

Phone: 604-444-3094 Fax: 640-444-3460 Email: sports@thenownews.com

Junior A’s power up for playoffs Dan OLSON

sports@thenownews.com The Vancouver Canucks’ new general manager Jim Benning has nothing on Tosh Nishimura.

The Coquitlam junior Adanacs general manager made two mega deals Monday at the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League roster deadline, locking up some big players on offence and defence.

Coquitlam acquired goaltender Peter Dubenski and lefthanded sniper Brett Hawrys from Nanaimo, and picked up six-footfour righthander James Rahe from Langley.

Rahe joins the team tied in league scoring for second with another recent Coquitlam acquisition — Eli McLaughlin — with 40 goals and 41 assists in 18 games.

Hawrys, meanwhile, is positioned seventh in scoring with 39 goals and 28 assists in 18 games.

The Adanacs wrapped up the regular season Wednesday in a mean-nothing 7-5 loss to firstplace New Westminster, confirming the top-two spots.

With the game holding little in value from a standings point of view — New Westminster had won the previous two meetings — Coquitlam sat our captain Wesley Berg, Challen Rogers, Cole Shafer, McLaughlin and Rahe.

Head coach Neil Doddridge said depth will be a major asset in the team’s run going forward, thanks to the deals that brought in three top-10 scorers and one of the best junior A netminders. “[Hawrys] will learn our offence and he’ll fit in real well,” said Doddridge. “It seems like he’s pretty gritty. Dubenski is a warrior and will be great for us... We have had balanced scoring all year, everyone was under 15-20 goals.

These guys being infused into the lineup are big-time scoring, so it will just raise our game.”

It’s the second time Nishimura has dealt for Dubenski. The 21year-old netminder was acquired

NOW FILE PHOTO

Eli McLaughlin, above right while playing for the Delta Islanders, is one of four players the Coquitlam junior Adanacs added to the lineup prior to this week’s trade deadline for a big playoff run. The B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League playoffs are scheduled to start next week. last year and posted the best save percentage in last year’s B.C. playoffs before reverting back to the Island team’s property.

After losing backup netminder Connor David to a knee injury, Coquitlam was seeking someone capable of sharing the duties with Riley Camazzola. In Dubenski they have a goalie who could handle the No. 1 job, said Nishimura.

“We had him before and we know he’s a strong player,” noted the general manager. “He’s a great player and a guy who steps into

our dressing room as someone everyone knows.”

His save percentage in Nanaimo was 78.07 and his goals against average stood at 11.84 while facing the second-most shots in the league.

Like Dubenski last year, both Hawrys and Rahe are only rentals, and will be returned to their previous clubs at the conclusion of the playoffs.

To acquire Dubenski and Hawrys, the Adanacs turned over the rights to intermediate A scor-

ing leader Mitchell McDole, Tyson Walker, Connor Sutton, Colin Winship, a fourth round pick next year and future considerations.

Rahe, the Thunder captain, cost the Adanacs their 2016 first round midget draft pick, a third round pick in next year’s draft, and future considerations.

“The ball is in our court now,” Nishimura noted. “The Minto is here and this is what all the players play for... You can never have too much talent, you can never have too many guys.”

Coquitlam carts off pair of premier golds

Two Coquitlam Metro-Ford soccer teams ended the EA B.C. Soccer Premier League on a winning note — with well-deserved gold medals.

Coquitlam won it all in both the girls under13 and boys u-16 championships, capping the premier spring season. Four other teams earned silver for the club, as it continued its place of prominence in the elite soccer circuit.

The u-13 girls blanked Fraser Valley 2-0 in the final, after having edged past Coastal FC

2-1 in the semifinal.

During the regular season, Coquitlam tied for second with Fraser Valley, both with identical 6-4-4 records. In their two regular season encounters, the Valley earned a 3-2 win and a 0-0 draw. So the final served as a little redemption as well as a title battle.

The u-16 boys, meanwhile, prevailed 7-1 over Vancouver Island.

They had earlier blanked Mountain United 3-0 to advance to the title match.

It was a perfect wrap for the squad, after they had claimed the regular season crown with a 10-2-2 record.

Coquitlam had split its two regular season tests with VI, winning 6-0 before falling 3-1.

Coquitlam took silver in the boys u13 final, falling 1-0 in penalty kicks to Surrey, and in the u18 title game with a 3-2 setback, also to Surrey. On the girls side, the u16s were bested 3-2 in penalty kicks by Mountain United, while in u18 Coquitlam was edged 2-0 by Coastal.

GROUP OUTINGS at the nat Get a group of 20+ together & experience Canadians Baseball SEATS START AT ONLY $10

NEXT HOMESTAND STARTS JULY 11 VS SEATTLE MARINERS AFFILIATE EVERETT AQUASOX - FOR TICKETS CALL 604.872.5232 OR VISIT CANADIANSBASEBALL.COM

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

JULY SPECIALS AC SPECIAL

Unbeatable prices

Starting at

$

149

88

INCLUDES:

evac and recharge of AC gas and inspection of pollen filter.

Expires July 30/14

ALL SEASON TIRES LOWEST PRICE GUARANTEED! We offer a huge selection of All Season.

We’ve done the shopping for you, visit us at www.westwoodhonda.com for price comparison.

Expires June 30/14

20% OFF

LABOUR ON ANY BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT! (INCLUDES RESURFACING) Expires July 30/14

21

22

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

THE TRI-CITIES NOW | FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

23

24

THE TRI-CITIES NOW

| FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014

Hurry in for MORE SAVINGS

2WithFrames Single Vision Lenses

99

$

BUY ANY DESIGNER SUNGLASSES/GET 2ND PAIR AT

The Lowest Price in Canada -

50% OFF!

including Clearly Contac

30

$

Many more designer ranges available in store!

00

/ONE BOX

Eye Glasses Ready In A Day**

ALL POLICE OFFICERS & VETERANS FREE Complete Pair of Glasses †

**

† With approved coverage

We have Essilor lenses!

ts

Single vision only.

OFFERS EXPIRE JULY 31ST, 2014

Way

✸

r.

G

ford uild

ne D

604-474-4949

N

sdow

Bring in this ad and receive an additional 5% discount!!

Land

(Lansdowne & Guildford by Starbucks)

➤

1194 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam

Glen Cres.

HOURS: Mon to Fri 10am–6pm • Saturday 11am–5pm

Tara Beauty Hair & Spa H O M E

HAIR BY SHOKOUH

B U S I N E S S

NO

S ON

IOCO

I

D

CO

GU

OR LDF

L FA

UNGLESS

DAVID

.

CR

JOHNSON

X

N

MONDAY-SATURDAY 9AM-8PM 1205 Noons Creek Drive Port Moody • 604-461-1190

SPECIAL PACKAGES

Hair Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $14 Shampoo Cut & Dry . . . $19 Style Only . . . . . . . . . . . . $13 Kid Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9 Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29 Hi-lite (cap). . . . . . . . . . . $30 Hi-lite (foils) . . . . . . . . . . $48 Perm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35 Up-Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35 Weaving Extension . . . $100

1. Facial, Manicure & Pedicure . . . . . . . . . . . $60 2. Color, Cut & Hilites. . . $80

WAX TREATMENTS

Full leg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $28 Half leg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17 Full arm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16 Eyebrow shaping . . . . . . . $6 Bikini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10 Bikini Brazilian . . . . . . . . $20 Chin or upper lip . . . . . . . $5 Under Arm . . . . . . . . . . . $10

Services for Women Only We Do Threading

OTHER SERVICES

Gel Shellac NEW Nail Treatment . . . . . . . $32 Full European facial. . . . $32 Full manicure . . . . . . . . . $15 Full pedicure . . . . . . . . . $19 Parafin hand & foot treatment. . . . . . . . $15 Brow tint . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8 Lash tint . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10

Gift Certificates Available