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jdeutsch@thenownews.com There has typically been only one time when the entire family of a war veteran could gather in a local legion: Remembrance Day. However, that is about to change in Port Coquitlam and likely many legions around the province thanks to changes to B.C.’s liquor laws.

On Thursday, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133 in PoCo announced it is the first to receive a new liquor licence that permits minors into the facility with their family members.

Shirley Dunford, president of the PoCo legion, said the change is part of an effort to keep the legion going for years to come.

“To be able to bring all our family in will mean so much,” she told the Tri-Cities NOW, noting she has grandchildren and great-grandchildren who previously weren’t allowed in.

She pointed out the legion’s only source of revenue comes from bar and food sales.

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Casino says rebrand paying off Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com They’re basically the biggest musical legends of their generation.

In one instance you have Ringo Starr, the drummer for arguably the most influential band in rock music, and in the other, the man only known as Slash, the revered guitar player for one of the most popular musical acts of the late 1980s and 1990s in Guns N’ Roses.

And within a few weeks of each other, the two icons had graced the stage of The Theatre at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.

The fact the two were at the Coquitlam casino isn’t a comment about any dimming careers, but rather the ascension of the facility since it rebranded itself as a Hard Rock at the end of last year.

For Raj Mutti, the casino’s executive director, the eight months that have passed since the Boulevard Casino moniker left the street have been very positive.

He said the Hard Rock has been able to attract a newer and younger demographic who might not normally be interested in a casino by focusing on the entertainment and hospitality side of the business.

“We’re trying to differentiate ourselves in the marketplace, and provide new forms of entertainment and things that are fun for people of all ages to do rather than the core gaming audience that come to the casino just to gamble,” Mutti told the TriCities NOW.

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Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, left, and former Beatle Ringo Starr played the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.

And as he explained, carrying the Hard Rock banner has helped the casino attract the big names, pointing out Slash didn’t know there was a Hard Rock in the Lower Mainland, but he knew the brand.

“It helps us out a lot in terms of adding credibility to our property and our name and helps lead big name entertainers to want to do shows with us,” he said.

And the focus isn’t just on trying to get the marquee acts.

Just as an example, besides the Friday night appearance of Slash, which was sold out, the parking lot of the casino the following day was teeming with exotic cars and people of all ages for the first annual Ultimate Car Show.

It was a free event that raised money for the SHARE Family & Community Services Society.

The casino has a formal

agreement with SHARE to be the venue’s signature charitable partner.

Also keeping it local, every Thursday night for the past couple of months, the venue has been host to the Rock the Mic Band competition, a battle-of-the-bands style event for local aspiring musical acts.

Last December, the Great Canadian Gaming Corp., which owns the casino, officially launched the re-branding effort with a major renovation that cost about $15 million.

Some of the changes inside the walls include decades of musical memorabilia, opening of the Asylum Lounge, a 190-person venue, along with the addition of four smaller eateries, a coffee shop, and a host of different food and beverage options.

The casino also took heat after it decided to change the

name of the Red Robinson Show Theatre to The Theatre.

Big names like Michael Bublé got on board to protest the change and show their support for Robinson, but the casino went ahead with the change.

Mutti, who cites the Slash show as the most successful one to date, suggested there is a buzz in the community about the casino.

While the buzz may be anecdotal, the quarterly financials appear to back up the positive sentiment from casino officials.

According to Great Canadian’s second quarter results, revenue and earnings at the Hard Rock increased by seven per cent and 29 per cent respectively, to $13.5 million and $4.5 million.

In the financial statements, Great Canadian’s president and CEO Rod Baker said the company is encouraged

by the performance of the casino.

“The property has steadily gained in popularity since its re-launch last December, and its quarterly results are a testament to its growing status as one of Vancouver’s premier entertainment destinations,” he said. “We believe that there is considerable potential for further improvement at this property, and will continue our efforts to increase its traffic.”

Ann Stone, a lecturer at UBC’s Sauder School of Business, believes it was a smart move for the company to align with the Hard Rock brand, which she suggested is still a very well-known name.

She’s also not surprised the re-branding has turned the casino’s fortunes around.

Stone said when people are looking to spend their money on an experience, they either rely on word-of-mouth or a

brand they know and trust.

“If you’re going to try something called the Boulevard Casino, you’re probably going to think ‘I’m not thinking so’, but if you say ‘Wow, there’s a Hard Rock in town’, you’re going to say that’s a pretty good opportunity,” she said.

“If I’m looking for any of those experiences, the Hard Rock Casino’s got to be on the list.”

Also watching closely is the City of Coquitlam.

Mayor Richard Stewart said the re-branding has taken the former venue from a Tri-Cities casino and turned it into a tourist attraction for the region.

“I want it to focus on bringing people to our community to experience various aspects of our community, and certainly the music side of the casino is an incredibly valuable attraction,” he said.

“I look forward to seeing Coquitlam on the map because of the kinds of performers who come through.”

Stewart also praised the Hard Rock for how the casino handled the transition, by suggesting the venue has focused on what the customer is looking for in a responsible way.

He’s also hoping the company will make good on long terms plans to build a hotel on the site, which the mayor said would help alleviate a shortage of rooms in the city.

As for the future, Mutti said he couldn’t speak about any plans for a hotel, but he did maintain the Hard Rock will continue to build on entertainment offerings and bring big names to the casino.

Provincial cuts to police cause concern GANG ACTIVITY MAY RISE: EXPERT

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com Almost anyone who lives in Metro Vancouver understands no community is immune to gang violence and organized crime, including the Tri-Cities.

In a span of just 15 months in 2012 and 2013, there were four gang-style shootings in the Tri-Cities — all of which remain unsolved.

The last came a year ago when 34-year-old Joey Lamont Arrance was gunned down near Marathon Court in Coquitlam.

While the streets have been fairly quiet since, experts and politicians are questioning how long that will remain following word that budget cuts are coming to the provincial RCMP’s organized crime units.

On Wednesday, the RCMP’s command-

ing officer in B.C. announced budget cuts to the force, specifically $4.2 million from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement UnitBC and the Provincial Major Crime program.

The CFSEU, which deals with organized and gang crime, has been cut by $2.8 million, reducing the number of Lower Mainlandbased teams from six to five, by 12 positions, while a budget cut of $1.4 million was made to the special projects/unsolved homicide/ missing persons program.

Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth said he was surprised by the cuts and doesn’t see the rationale behind them.

He argued the cuts will limit the capabilities of the RCMP to do its job targeting organized crime, especially when it comes to biker gangs.

“Instead of making these cuts, the government should be supporting police efforts to fight organized crime and gang crime,” Farnworth told the Tri-Cities NOW. “We’ve seen enough of its impact in the

Lower Mainland, in the Tri-Cities, across the river in Surrey — I think people would be appalled at this.”

The NDP MLA suggested organized crime is growing and diversifying around the country and across the globe, adding the cuts send the wrong message to the biker gangs.

“You don’t take your foot off organized crime because it will rear its ugly head time and time again,” he said.

Simon Fraser University criminologist Robert Gordon said if the provincial government feels organized crime is on the decline and the RCMP don’t need money to investigate a “declining phenomenon,” it’s wrong.

“Clearly, organized crime is still very active,” he said, noting organized crime is tied to a still-vibrant drug trade.

Gordon, who noted the province hasn’t offered a response to the cuts yet, also argued once police ease up on investigations, organized crime will rise again, leading to more shootings in Lower Mainland communities.

The criminologist also questioned if local municipal and RCMP police forces, which haven’t been cut, will have to pick up the slack from the provincial cuts.

He pointed out with many of the CFSEU members from municipal departments likely heading back to their former posts, he’s not sure if there will be any savings in the end.

Just after sundown on May 30, 2012, gangster Gurbinder Toor was gunned down in the parking lot of the Port Moody Recreation Complex as he got out of his car on the way to a ball hockey game.

Less than a month later in June, another gangster, Randy Naicker, was fatally shot near his truck at the corner of St. Johns and Queens streets during rush hour.

Naicker was the founder of the Independent Soldiers gang.

That September, Joseph Markel of Port Moody was gunned down at his home in the Glenayre neighbourhood in the middle of a Saturday morning.

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members to the legion, which has seen its membership wane significantly over the years.

There are about 500 members at the branch, compared to 2,000 to 3,000 at its height.

In the past, the legion had to turn down events like birthday parties and weddings because of the old liquor laws.

Dunford said the organization needs the younger generation to take over and get involved in the legion.

“We need new blood,” she said.

Long-time member and Second World War veteran Richard Young said he hopes the changes at his legion will allow the organization to continue on, not only for his family but other families with children.

He sees the legion as an opportunity to bring history to life, noting his father, who fought in the First World War, never mentioned the legion when he was younger.

When kids were allowed in only on Remembrance Day, he was always willing to talk to young people about his experiences.

The change also has the support of PoCo Mayor Greg Moore.

A member himself, he said the new rules will give the organization a better opportunity to connect with the community.

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Moore also said he’s not worried about any negative effects from bringing kids into the legion, pointing out the situation is very similar to that at many restaurants.

“It’s really cool to sit down here and have lunch, you’re within all this history and it’s just a great opportunity to talk about our legion,” he said, adding the local branch has shown leadership by

being the first in the province to get the licence.

And big plans are already in place to mark the change, including a family day and dance on Saturday, Sept. 6 to celebrate.

The legion is also planning a children’s Christmas party for later in the year.

To learn more about PoCo legion events, go to www. pocolegion.ca.

Local group fundraises to pay for water testing Chris MONTGOMERY

editorial@thenownews.com The Coquitlam-based Watershed Watch Salmon Society has launched a fundraising campaign to support long term, independent water monitoring in the aftermath of the Mount Polley tailingspond spill earlier this month.

The move comes in the same week a government analysis of sediment entering Quesnel Lake from the Aug. 4 spill indicated contaminant levels are unsafe for aquatic life.

“While government leaders have been busy downplaying the severity of this disaster, independent scientists and First Nations have been doing an excellent job collecting water, sediment and fish samples from the moment news of the spill first broke,”

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“They will need financial support to do all of the necessary lab tests on the samples they’ve collected — and to carry on with their important work over the coming months so we can truly understand the long-term impacts to water and fish.”

The monitoring is aimed at determining the toxicity and chemical behaviour of the metal-laden sediments as they move and settle out into Polley Lake, Quesnel Lake and along the Quesnel River.

The sudden rush of water and tailings after the breach plugged the outlet from Polley Lake and destroyed Hazeltine Creek. Water and tailings also ended up in Quesnel Lake.

Drinking water in the nearby town of Likely was ruled

safe shortly after. Hill told the Tri-Cities NOW the sediment itself and its potential for slow leaching or movement is the bigger concern.

B.C. Mines Minister Bill Bennett has announced an independent inquiry into the collapse of the dam wall that led to the leak.

Bennett told reporters this week the inquiry would include government regulations and policies, and a look at “how we do business.”

Critics are concerned the panel is too heavy on engineers and too light on regulatory experts, making it unlikely to properly assess the role government might have played.

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The list of candidates looking for a spot as a trustee on the School District 43 board continues to increase.

On Wednesday, Michael Thomas announced his candidacy for trustee for PoCo. In a press release, he noted as a father of three, he’s seen “many of the challenges facing students first-hand,” and as a taxpayer and business owner he’s concerned about the school district’s financial management.

Thomas indicated he has a history of success with com-

munity projects including as a member of the board of directors for PoCo Heritage.

The press release also went on to list a number of PoCo committees he has volunteered with, including the May Day Task Force, Spirit Week Task Force, Transportation and Operations Committee and Smart Growth Committee.

“With my years of community involvement, family and business experiences, I’ll bring the type of balanced approach required to get this school district back on track,” he said.

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Tools stolen from site of Evergreen Line project POLICE ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING INCIDENTS OF VANDALISM AT THE SAME LOCATION

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com When you have a construction project that spans two major communities, it’s bound to be susceptible to vandalism and theft.

That’s what the group behind the construction of the Evergreen Line discovered recently after an inci-

dent in Port Moody.

According to police, someone stole a variety of tools from a large tool box at the Evergreen Line main staging area along Vintner Street, sometime between Aug. 5 and 6.

Besides swiping $3,500 worth of tools, the crooks decided to graffiti the site.

Police noted the graffiti

included messages like “the government is a lie,” “don’t be sheep,” “God is life” as well as the numbers “666” and a star of David.

Port Moody police spokesperson Const. Luke van Winkel said it’s the first time the department has dealt with incidents of theft and graffiti around the line.

“As for the graffiti, this is the first time we’ve had anything essentially vandalized in the area,” he said.

“Whether its related to the Evergreen Line, whether it’s the person stealing the tools doing it, we don’t know but we hope to determine that as

the investigation unfolds.”

Coquitlam Mounties also said they haven’t been called to any theft incidents at construction sites along the route.

A response from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure said the overall safety of the site and security of the materials are the responsibility of the company contracted to complete the projects.

The ministry noted any theft that occurs on these sites is the responsibility of the contracted company and the company covers any associated costs.

Combine your bridge bills

Crossing the Golden Ears and Port Mann bridges is going to get easier and more efficient starting Sept. 1, according to TReO, “when drivers begin to receive one TReO bill for both bridges.”

The new TReO combined bill “means one less bill for drivers to pay and guarantees eligible customers the best rate on both bridges,” according to a press release.

Most TReO customers are already set for combined billing. All they need is a TReO

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The toll systems on the Port Mann Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge have worked together since the new Port Mann opened in December 2012, but combined billing aims to add simplicity and convenience for drivers.

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U.S. unrest makes case for cameras

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t’s beyond hard to watch the level of unrest coming out of Ferguson.

The Missouri town has been in a near-constant state of protest and heavy-handed police response since an unarmed black teenager was shot by police more than a week ago. But with drastically differing police and civilian accounts of the shooting, we are left to guess what sparked this.

New technology makes it entirely feasible for officers to wear miniature cameras on their uniforms and studies have shown that police forces that use them experience a drastic drop in use-of-force and complaints against police.

Rightly or wrongly, police face a perception that they protect their own.

It doesn’t help that there have been some very high-profile cases where photos or footage captured by a civilian bystander was the only way we ever learned the truth. The Robert Dziekanski and Sammy Yatim cases are probably the best examples of this.

Of course officer-mounted cameras themselves are a bees’ nest of other ethical questions. Who has access to the footage? Who decides what can be released? What happens to the hours of mundane, law-abiding citizen activity they’re sure to capture each day? These are fair but answerable questions.

As a society, we grant police the authority they need to safely do their jobs, to serve and protect, which we are grateful for. But the agreement comes with the understanding that their authority must be matched by accountability.

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o you ever wish that you could get rid of Facebook, Snapchat and other social media once and for all so you never need to spend time checking, responding and “liking” pictures of someone else’s breakfast? So you don’t have to stress over that 220th “follower?” So you don’t need to worry if your post has no “likes?”

It is true that social media has brought much convenience to our lives.

Nowadays, we can chat and connect with people instantly while being miles away from each other. Also, we can let the world know all the “fun” things that are happening around us, like the salad we had for dinner and the toenail that someone cracked.

However, vast developments in technology have changed the meaning of friendship. A few decades ago, friends were people who played sports together, went to the movies together and laughed together face to face. Now, “friends” are people that text you during class or comment below your selfie.

Some of them might even be strangers.

Also, due to the limitations of these new technologies the communication revolutionized but lost some of its former qualities. True friends, besides supporting each other, would be ones who chat, play and enjoy life together physically. However, we, the young generations, are not doing that very often anymore.

Many grandparents would often say: “Back when I was your age we didn’t text or post things online. We were physically together.”

We now “see” friends through social media rather than meeting them physically. “Staying connected” seems to have become the most important thing in some people’s lives now.

Let’s be honest, how many of us ask

“Do they have Wi-Fi here?” the first moment we check in? Instead of enjoying the beach, sunshine and bikinis, we ignore them and pay more attention towards connecting to our friends online.

Have you ever seen a group of teenagers walking side by side but half of them are staring at their iPhone screens? What is the point of walking together if you are not going to talk or even look at each other? How ridiculous! In this case, they may be physically together but they are mentally apart.

Soon, friends will not be people who communicate face to face but those who connect to the world only through their fingertips.

Along with the increasing popularity of social media comes competition. One wants to have more followers than the other guy because this proves that he is the more “popular” one. These “friends” are often random people who you searched up or people who randomly “liked” your posts. However, are these people actual friends? What do you know about the guy who appears to be 15 years old and lives in California? Is he really your friend? You do not think it’s creepy when a stranger likes your photo on Facebook but it makes you uncomfortable when someone walks up to you at the bus stop and says, “Hey, I like your photos.”

If you find a stranger unsettling or even intimidating in real life, why don’t you find him weird online? Yet you were the one who added or agreed to add him to your Facebook friends. What made you trust him so that he can see into your personal life? These people are not friends, they are strangers.

Social media of the modern world make our lives easier. New websites and apps bring a brand new form of interaction into our lives. Since we con-

nect through this kind of interaction, we build friendships through these mediums.

These friendships are not the same as they were a few decades ago. Back then friendship was not about “likes” or “followers,” but that’s how it seems to be now. We have friends of large quantity but are they friends of quality? We know less about the “ppl” around us because we spend less time with them face to face. For some of them, we have no idea who they are. But surprisingly, when online, we let these strangers know a lot about us while we are not as open when chatting with our actual friends.

Friends nowadays have become spiders and are clinging onto their little webs of social media. We are drifting away from this corporeal world because of the convenience and “fun” brought about by social media.

Go out and smell the roses under those cheery skies. Turn off your phones; life is better with a beam of sunshine!

William Lu will be going into Grade 10 at Heritage Woods Secondary School. He was born in China and moved to Canada in the spring of 2011.

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LETTERS CITY RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT WASTE

At events organized by the city, including May Day, Canada Day and the upcoming Rivers and Trails Festival, local community groups, such as the Scouts, volunteer by helping people sort their waste properly and they collect the recyclables as part of their fundraising efforts.

These efforts are part of the great work that our city and our residents have been doing to keep waste away from the landfill and to keep Port Coquitlam clean, green and beautiful.

More information and resources on how to sort waste properly are available on the city’s website at www.portcoquitlam.ca/waste.

Pardeep Purewal Manager of Communications and Administrative Services City of Port Coquitlam

Re: “Car show was great, but we need to sort waste,” letter to the editor, Wednesday, Aug. 20.

The Downtown Car Show, organized annually by the Port Coquitlam Business Improvement Association (BIA), is definitely a highlight of summer for our residents. We’re pleased the event attracts thousands of people from all over to come and experience the spirit and vibrancy of Port Coquitlam.

The city supports the BIA in organizing the car show and provides waste collection services at the event. In addition to over 50 three-stream waste sorting bins placed throughout the city, extra recycling, garbage and green carts are put in the downtown area and in Leigh Square to ensure proper sorting of waste during the event.

As a quick cleanup was needed after the breakfast served by volunteers from the Hawthorne Seniors Centre and council members, city staff collected all waste and ensured it was sorted properly prior to disposal.

THIS TEACHER WON’T BE BACK IN CLASS EARLY So, BCPSEA (BC Public School Employers’ Association) is willing to lift the lockout so teachers can go into school early and prepare just in case the two sides are able to work things out in time?

They are expecting me to go in early, voluntarily, when they docked my pay 10 per cent a day for two weeks in June for doing my job under the lockout conditions they imposed?

I just don’t get it. I do want to go back to work. I like my job.

It is the most difficult job I have ever done, and I spent 20 years in retail, but the most rewarding.

Why does it take the government more than a year to negotiate a contract with the teachers when they resolve other unions’ within hours?

What evidence do I have to expect that they will actually negotiate in these last two weeks, when they haven’t really negotiated all year?

I hate that my class will look just like it did, when I had to leave it in June, and I hate the idea that for the first time in nine years, I won’t be prepared when I go back.

Helen Boulanger Coquitlam teacher

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I have lived in Coquitlam for 23 years now and this is a first.

The rats were less than a couple of metres away and seemed unafraid of humans.

I find this disturbing. There have been recent changes to what the public can buy in our local hardware stores to control rodents.

Poison is now in pre-packed containers and is more expensive.

They have taken away the active ingredient bromadialone, which did the job; the poisons available now are ineffective. It is no coincidence that rats are gaining a foothold in our community.

I called and spoke with someone in the city’s parks maintenance department. He didn’t seem too interested and said he would pass the message on.

If citizens are no longer allowed to purchase effective means to control these vermin, then I would say our local government will have to take action in dealing with this nasty problem.

Robert Horton Coquitlam

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s today just another day?

And tonight after it has passed, will it be forgotten?

Is it a day in the way?

That’s a countdown day that you just want to get through because it stands between you and what you anticipate — a special day in the future, a holiday or the weekend.

In the trance of everyday life, we can get caught up with nonstop activity, endless goals and distractions.

We lose sight of what matters most, and we can forget a simple truth.

Every moment is precious and every day a gift.

When they were young, I taught my children to frame each day.

Before they rolled out of bed, I asked them to say a prayer of thanks, considering all the good in their lives, especially the people they loved. By beginning the day with their cups half full, they would be more inclined to see the positive throughout each day, and when their cups were full, they would be more likely to share and give.

Again at the end of each day, at suppertime and at bedtime, they would recall the gifts of the day: what they enjoyed, what they received and what they gave.

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Dr. Davidicus Wong This summer, my kids are asleep when I leave the house and they’re awake when I go to bed. I no longer keep track of their prayers, and I wonder if they, like most grown ups and teens, have become too busy to frame their days and measure their moments day by day.

Most physicians experience a nearly constant pressure of time. While looking after our patients, there are always competing demands on our time. And outside of clinical time, we may be on call, attending endless committee meetings or managing a perpetual pile of forms and reports.

I must confess that every one of my days — like an overstuffed suitcase — is packed with activity. I sometimes judge the day by how much I have accomplished: A good day is a productive day.

But none of us should wait until the next holiday, retire-

ment, or the end of life, to wake up and live each day.

We should begin — and continue — with the end in mind.

To not waste a day does not mean to pack it full of activity. We waste this day by not being fully awake.

What gives your life meaning? Are you awake to the experience of being alive — tasting, touching, breathing, feeling?

What are your greatest goals? What are you doing with your time?

What are you doing this day to take one small step in the direction of your dreams?

Today are you talking to the people who matter most?

Are you fully present in the presence of others?

The measure of each day is like the measure of our lives, and the unit of measure is love. How have you shared love this day? Be gracious when receiving it. Be generous in expressing it.

How were you helped in big and small ways, and how are you helping others?

Don’t let this day slip by as another blur of time, another square on the calendar or another countdown day.

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Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician.

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t’s not hard to get nine months of flowers out of the daisy family, even if all you have is a couple of containers to plant them in. Many are so happy in well-drained soil that containers are an ideal spot.

Daisy flowers are profuse, long-lasting and good for cutting. Even their faults are generous ones. They tend to seed around and clumps increase fast. Most like sun but can handle partial shade.

Though relaxed about watering most of the year, they do need watering in long, hot summers.

The show begins in March with the yellow daisy flowers of Leopardsbane (Doronicum). Varieties range from three feet (one metre) tall to 12 inches (30 cm) — nice for bees early in the year.

Just a tad later, the very dwarf double daisies open white, pink or rosy red pompoms — spectacular the first year, but after that flowers are smaller. These were bred from Bellis perennis, the lawn daisy that some gardeners loathe and others love.

By mid-spring, the fleabanes (Erigeron) start flowering and continue for ages. This is a huge family of daisies, often with so many

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narrow petals they can look semi-double. Colours vary from white to pink to various purples. They love good drainage and some happily self sow in driveways and paver cracks.

By summer, Shasta daisies open their usually white petals with gold centres.

Today, Shasta flowers can be double, shaggy or have quilled or twisted petals.

Many dwarfs are now available and one, Becky, opens yellow petals that slowly turn to white. If you deadhead them in July, you’ll get more flowers later.

Echinacea is a daisy that’s become hugely popular. It’s a native North American daisy that had herbal uses as an immune system stimulator and is still used for this purpose today. It is best in poor soil because this helps it stay compact — and it hates to be moved.

The many native species usually flowered in purple-

pink. Newer cultivars have many whites. The variety Cheyenne Spirit has red, orange and yellow flowers.

Some newer echinaceas flower from seed the first year.

At summer’s peak, cone flowers (rudbeckias) begin blooming. The newer ones today are developed from the native Black Eyed Susan that covers the B.C. Interior hills with gold in summer. All grow and expand so fast that the main problem is usually stopping them.

These days rudbeckia flower colours go beyond the blazing Goldsturm, which is still so popular today.

Cappuccino is bronze-brown, Prairie Sun is gold with pale tips and a green centre and Cherry Brandy is red with a dark cone.

Soon the perennial fall asters flower. Today they are mainly dwarf and colours are intense purples, rose, pink and soft white. Purple Dome is only 18 inches (60 cm) while Alert is only 12 inches (30 cm). With these, as with other daisies, pests aren’t a problem.

Among the tallest popular daisies are heleniums (sneeze weed). These are rugged three foot (one metre) tall perennials that like rich soil and moisture, but survive

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Filmmakers to document Camino trip Chris MONTGOMERY editorial@thenownews.com Pilgrims have been trekking along Spain’s famed Camino de Santiago route for 1,000 years, searching for spiritual enlightenment and meaning in their lives.

Devan Scott isn’t sure what his own 45-day trip down the historic 791-kilometre route next month is going to do for his soul. But the Coquitlam filmmaker is determined to document the quest, and he’s taking two of his favourite fellow heathens along on the job.

Scott, Daniel Jeffery and Will Ross are the trio of filmmakers behind Sad Hill Media, a collective of Metro Vancouver filmmakers whose latest venture is We Three Heathens. Their idea is to tweak the traditional thirdperson documentary format to produce a first-person account of the Camino’s spirituality, culture and phys-

ical challenge, assembled from footage shot by each of the filmmakers as they make the trek together.

Scott is a graduate of Port Moody’s Heritage Woods Secondary, where his film bug first bit. The trio met up at SFU’s film program and have spent the five years since working together on a growing body of short films that combine innovative techniques and powerful stories.

The initial work on Heathens, their first fulllength documentary, is being funded with $10,600 raised in an online Indiegogo campaign in July. The trio is also awaiting word this month on grant money from the BC Arts Council.

The crowd-sourced money will cover plane tickets and other expenses for shooting the film. Scott says they may launch another fundraising or grant push in January after they figure out what post-production work will

look like.

“It’s a first feature film by three very independent filmmakers, so there’s not a huge budget,” Scott said. “It’s scalable; we need a minimum of $15,000 but have plans for up to $35,000.”

If filming is as “strategic and thoughtful” as planned, the trio want to be finished editing by May. Enough extra money would mean the group could focus on editing their work rather than working on other projects at the same time. They might also hire out some of the work — the sound mixing, for example — to a production house, Scott says.

But for now, the whole focus is on getting ready for a mid-September departure.

That means gathering camera and travel gear and cramming in enough long, rigorous walks to ready themselves for a hike that could take anywhere from 45 to 60 days — or about a half-mara-

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Will Ross, left, Devan Scott and Daniel Jeffery will film their journey along Spain’s Camino de Santiago. thon a day.

Scott says the idea for a film investigating spirituality first came to him when he heard about the Camino and viewed a photo essay on it, and then solidified when he spent four days living at Westminster Abbey in Mission during a film shoot.

The calm and peace made

an impression, and the film became a way of investigating universal spirituality.

The group decided on a film that, unlike traditional documentaries, would move from third-person observations to first-person perspectives.

Each of the men will shoot footage of their own experi-

ences as secular travellers on a traditional religious trek, with the goal of editing it into a unified, full-length piece.

It’s a goal that Scott says is both daunting and exciting.

But it might be made easier by his decision to make it with very few resources.

“A lot of young filmmakers try to create stories that need vast amounts of resources,” Scott says. “I want to do something that’s within my means to do to my satisfaction.

“Two or three years ago, ‘do-ability’ was something I never thought of. My grad film two years ago was a massive mini-epic about a biblical Armageddon. It cost $6,000 or $7,000 for 12 minutes of film. Now I’m asking what I can express with the tools I have, instead of pining for tools I don’t have. It’s changed how I pick my projects.”

For more on the project and links to the trio’s other work, visit www.wethreeheathens. com.

Retiree has own reason for heading to Spain HE PLANS TO HIKE THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO TO HELP CHARITY

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com Louis Charland isn’t particularly religious. However, that’s not going to stop him from taking part in an annual pilgrimage in Spain that’s all about self-reflection. In a few weeks,

Charland and a friend will be taking part in the Camino de Santiago, a several hundred kilometre walk to the shrine of St. James the Great in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain.

It’s a walk that draws thousands of people every year to the European

country.

Charland plans to walk about 300 miles, or 480 kilometres, in 30 days, carrying all his belongings for the trip on his back, and staying in hostels along the way (the pilgrimage is 791 kilometres or less, depending on the starting point).

But the 73-year-old isn’t doing it just to feel good about himself — he’s raising money in support of the BC Children’s Hospital burn unit.

“It started with the idea of adventure and romance, and then because it’s a pilgrimage, it morphed into atonement,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW, adding he picked the cause because it helps children.

Charland is hoping to raise $5,000 through his efforts, and as of Wednesday, had reached the $1,300 mark.

He started with a goal of $2,000.

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Since March, he’s walked about 1,000 kilometres in preparation.

The training even wore out a good pair of shoes before the trip.

“It’s going to be difficult at times for sure,” he said, noting each day on the walk will present a new challenge.

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every time you put your right turn indicator on, a camera mounted on the right mirror shows a nice clear display down the side of the car, making watching for cyclists easy, and parallel parking a cinch.

Performance:

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While the Accord is far more refined than the Hondas of yore, it still has a bit of that racing spirit tucked under the hood. The four-cylinder option makes a reasonable 184hp at 5,000rpm and 181lb/ft of torque at 3,900rpm. The dual exhausts on the Sport models uncork an extra 5hp, and the V6

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Truth be told, Honda’s nailed this transmission. Unless you’re brutal with the throttle, it doesn’t whine and rubber-band too much, and is extremely smooth and efficient. Even better, the Accord’s chassis is that of one of the ballerinas the H-badge used to put out, meaning that it’s really quite quick and nimble.

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New Honda a practical mid-sized sedan cate a 10-to-15-per-cent bump in those figures, but the Accord did return very good fuel economy in the real world, particularly the way the CVT worked in the city.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 Coquitlam’s Inspiration Garden hosts Zero Mile Diet work-

shop on planting for fall and winter. Gather from 10 a.m. til noon to learn which veggies can be planted now and which over winter for spring harvest. The garden is in Town Centre Park. To register call 604-924-4386, quote barcode 472319. .

MONDAY, AUGUST 25 Terry Fox Library hosts a Japanese taiko drum demonstration

from 11 to 11:45 a.m. at the Leigh Square band shell, 2100-2253 Leigh Sq. in PoCo. Members of the award-winning, world famous Uzume Taiko group will perform for Summer Reading Club members. Register by calling 604-927-7999.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 Terry Fox Library hosts members of the Summer Reading

Club from 7 to 8 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Find out who won the group’s prizes, enjoy some snacks, games and good times with other club members. Info: 604-927-7999.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27 SHARE Society concludes its 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 “Stage II Recovery — Life in the Future.” 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.

Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary Used Book Sale runs in the main lobby across from the gift shop, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Proceeds help purchase equipment and patient comfort items for the hospital.

Metro Vancouver’s parks department hosts Bat Watch, a guided walk with an interpreter who wlll help walkers to spot bats leaving their roosts and will talk about the animals’ habits and importance. Open to those 6 and older. Runs from 7 to 9 p.m. at Minnekhada Regional Park in Coquitlam. Fee $8/adult, $4.25 child/senior. Advance registration req’d. Info: 604-4326359.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society hosts a

Historical Downtown Mural Walk at 6 p.m. at Heritage at Leigh Square, 2100–2253 Leigh Sq. in PoCo. Join Bryan Ness as he unravels the stories behind the murals in downtown PoCo. Info: www.pocoheritage.org or info@pocoheritage.org.

Coquitlam’s Inspiration Garden continues its Know & Grow series with an evening on Harvesting Vegetables. Expert garden hosts will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. with displays and information. The garden is in Town Centre Park. Info: 604-927-6224.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Coquitlam Prostate Cancer Support and Awareness Group

will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Coquitlam Pinetree Community Centre. Everyone welcome; strict confidentiality. No charge, donations welcome. Info: Norm at 604-936-8703 or Ken at 604-936-2998.

City of Coquitlam plans a range of day camps to keep kids busy should schools face late opening. Programs will be available at Poirier Community Centre and Victoria Community Hall. Info: www.coquitlam.ca/featuredprograms.

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Terry Fox Library in PortCoquitlam offers a free Pyjama Storytime from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m., featuring stories and songs.

Kids encouraged to wear their PJs and bring a stuffed friend. The library is at 2470 Mary Hill Road. Info: 604-927-7999.

SHARE Alcohol and Drug Program kicks off free fall series.

Video, presentation, discussion 7 to 8:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.

This week, Use, Misuse and Abuse: How people get addicted. 2nd Floor, 2615 Clarke Street, Port Moody. Info: 604-936-3900.

Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps GRILSE hosts info and registration night, Old Mill Boathouse, Rocky Point Park, 6:30 p.m.

Youth 12 to 18 welcome to learn about sailing, boating, marching, target shooting, leadership and more. Info: www.grilse.ca or email 201sea@cadets.gc.ca.

Hyde Creek Watershed Society holds monthly general meeting at 7:25 p.m., Hyde Creek Education Centre & Hatchery, 3636 Coast Meridian Road, Port Coquitlam. Public welcome to tour

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Hope Lutheran School and Church hosts 2nd annual Harvest Fest & Thrift Sale from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 3151 York Street, Port Coquitlam. Carnival games, pony rides, street hockey, softball, pie baking contest, cake walk. Info: 604-942-5322.

Port Coquitlam Heritage & Cultural Society hosts Multimedia Art Show & Open Garden today through Sept. 7, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine, 1047 Yarmouth Street, PoCo.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

Terry Fox Public Library launches Babytime series. Parents, caregivers welcome to help babies develop speech and language skills via bouncing, singing and stories. Every Tuesday Sept. 9 to Oct. 7, 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. Registration appreciated. Info: 604927-7999.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

Coquitlam Foundation’s AGM will be held at 7 p.m. in Coquitlam Foundation Room, City Centre Branch of library at 1169 Pinetree Way. RSVP: dclarke@coquitlamfoundation.com.

Terry Fox Public Library continues its Storytime at the Market series with a free session of stories, songs and rhymes from 4 to 4:30 at the Port Coquitlam Farmer’s Market, Leigh Square. Kids and caregvers welcome.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

Terry Fox Public Library continues its Adult Learner Book Club series with a free meeting from 2 to 3 p.m. for all adults interested in upgradng their reading skills or improving their English. Meetings take lighthearted approach, happen second Fridays of the month. Info: 604-927-7999.

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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263 and City of Coquitlam host Veterans Candlelight Tribute marking passing torch of remembrance to new generation. 2 p.m. at Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery.

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COQUITLAM FACES TOUGH OPPONENT AND LOUD CROWDS Stories by Dan OLSON sports@thenownews.com The reverberating drums at the Langley Events Centre are building a loud backdrop for the Minto Cup championship series.

Over the first two games, with the B.C. champion Coquitlam Adanacs holding sway, fans of the Six Nations Arrows didn’t quite have the beat nor the manpower to overwhelm the Langley Events Centre sound system. But as momentum shifted, the percussion created a repercussion.

On Wednesday, with the Arrows forcefully rallying to tie the best-of-seven series 2-2, the drummers hammered out a deafening tune.

Game 5 was played last night (Thursday), past the Tri-Cities NOW deadline, with the series continuing Saturday.

A raucous reminder of the sport’s First Nations’ heritage and loyal fanbase, the drums lay down a marching rhythm for the visiting club. What was Coquitlam’s home-floor advantage is now, and not surprisingly, a steady resonating source of support for a team 4,270 kilometres from home.

Adanacs head coach Neil Doddridge is fine with that — but he’d love to hear a little more desperation from their side and better results for his.

“In ’95, I remember,” said Doddridge of his own time with the Six Nations Chiefs senior team that invaded Queen’s Park en route to a Mann Cup title.

“It’s the rhythm that you play at.

It helps them, obviously, helps them on the offence and drowns out the talk on the defence.”

On Wednesday, the drums were in full force as Six Nations erased a 3-0 deficit and took control with a powerful second period, where they outscored the Adanacs 5-1.

Coquitlam’s shooters struggled to get to the crease and were regularly stopped by Arrow defenders with chops, hacks and whacks, a fact that exasperated the Adanac coaches.

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After Game 3’s penalty-filled trouncing, where Six Nations soaked up a 19-5 victory, the referees handed out just 25 minutes of penalties Wednesday. Six Nations converted two powerplay chances, including Josh Johnson’s second of four with 31 seconds left in the second that made it 7-4.

“The defence is answering the bell,” Arrows head coach Marshall Abrams said. “We know it’s going to be a hard-fought

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In a contest of skills between golfers from two countries, Coquitlam’s A.J. Ewart demonstrated some steely nerves and steady shots in finishing tied for fifth spot at the AJGA/CJGA Junior Golf championship last week.

The 14-year-old kicked off the London, Ont. tournament with a round of 70, then stayed in the race for first with a two-over par 73 on Day 2. He finished with a 75, falling three shots back of Niles, Ill. golfer Orion Yamat.

In the girls division, Coquitlam’s Euna Han stayed in the hunt over the first two days after rounds of 74 and 73, but fell back to sixth place with a closing round of 80, placing 15 strokes ack of champion Mia Ayer of Waco, Tx. The tournament decides a joint winner between the American Jr. Golf and Canadian Jr. Golf associations.

battle — there are some big boys over on Coquitlam but it comes down to defence, down to heart and who wants it more.”

In the third, when the Adanacs tried to close the gap, the drums got louder. When the drums got louder, Six Nations would put another goal on the board — amplifying the beat even more.

“It’s great having some of the First Nations fans out from B.C. (supporting us),” said Johnson, who finished with four goals and the team’s Player of the Game honour. “It’s a lot of support I tell you that. It makes us feel that much better, just like at home.”

In Games 3 and 4, the Arrows deep roster came to the forefront, capitalizing on some open laneways. Wesley Berg, meanwhile,

faced double- and triple-coverage as well as a physical pounding, never mind the drums.

“They mark (Berg) pretty well, but he’s a warrior. He’s going to find his chance, he’ll get four or five quality chances a game, to say the least. He’s going to lead us to the rink,” said the Coquitlam coach. “(Coquitlam is) definitely not going to give up, they’ve got some good coaches over there,” noted Abrams. “They’ve been in situations like this before. They’ll definitely be pushing, but we just have to keep pushing away back there as well.”

Game 6 goes Saturday, 8 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre, and if necessary, Game 7 will be played Sunday.

Being the new kid in town is nothing new for winger Logan Coomes.

The Farmington, Mich. native will arrive this week in Coquitlam with few impressions of his new home or the hockey team that he has signed with.

The 2014-15 Coquitlam Express have a few returnees and a whole lot of holes as it prepares to defend last season’s unexpected B.C. Hockey League title.

That surprising achievement, as well as the exodus of talent that moved on to college and pro opportunities, is background enough to make a quick-skating forward like Coomes excited to get on the Poirier ice.

“I have never visited SUBMITTED Coquitlam but from other peers I have heard it is Logan Coomes beautiful,” the 18-year-old told the Tri-Cities NOW. “I was sold on the team because it’s a high level of hockey and they were interested in me so I couldn’t turn them down. It will prepare me for college hockey.”

Committed to Quinnipiac University for 2015-16, Coomes has an offensive touch that will help replace the likes of Adam Rockwood, Bo and Canon Pieper, and captain Ryan Rosenthal.

Like the Piepers and Rosenthal, Coomes was an American coveted by numerous clubs but chose Coquitlam due to the scouting wiles and connections of Express head coach Barry Wolff.

With Fredrick of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey League, Coomes netted 36 goals and 47 assists in 37 games.

Due to his father’s job with Chevrolet, Coomes moved around a lot growing up — living in Tennessee, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Maryland. Making the transition as ‘the new kid’ was always made easier by hockey.

“Playing hockey has certainly helped me make new friends because hockey teams are a second family to us… I think that hockey became a big part of my life when I was at the stage where my dad and I would go on road trips for hockey every weekend. That was the most exciting part of hockey when I was young.”

With Coquitlam aching for offensive reinforcements following the spoils of success, Coomes will be able to establish any role with the team he so chooses. But first, comes the work.

“I consider myself as a power forward. I think I’m creative in the offensive zone to make plays and bury the chances my team gets. My strengths are being able to read a play, good shot, and finding the open guy in the offensive zone,” he said.

Coquitlam’s camp kicks off Aug. 29.

BANDITS LAUNCH CUP TOURNEY

PANTHERS PLEASED TO SHARE

The boisterous fans — some with drums — and championship lacrosse are coming to the palace on Poirier.

Coquitlam plays host next week to the Presidents’ Cup senior B lacrosse championship, with seven teams battling for senior B bragging rights.

The host Tri-City Bandits, seven-time B.C. champs, kick off the tourney Monday at 10 a.m. against the Khanawake Mohawks, with the official opening ceremony going at 7 p.m.

That will lead into a rematch of the B.C. final, with Tri-City taking on the Nanaimo Timbermen at 8:30 p.m.

On Tuesday, the Bandits play St. Alberts Miners at 8 p.m., then Wednesday 5:15 p.m. against the Onondaga Redhawks.

Tri-City takes on the Akwesasne Outlawz Thursday, 8 p.m., and wraps up the round-robin Friday, 8 p.m. versus the Six Nations Rivermen.

The final is slated for Sunday, 4:30 p.m. at the Poirier rink.

The Port Moody Panthers will launch the 2014-15 Pacific Junior B Hockey League exhibition run Sunday with an invitation to help those less fortunate.

The Panthers will use their pre-season home games as a chance to elicit support for the SHARE Food Bank. Port Moody hosts the Delta Ice Hawks for two games this coming week — on Sunday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m., and Wed., Aug. 27, 8 p.m.

— at the Port Moody Arena.

Fans can glimpse the new-look Panthers for $5 or a donation of non-perishable food items for SHARE. Suggested donated items include canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned meat, rice, pasta sauce, juice, cereal, granola bars and peanut butter.

“As an entire organization, we feel a desire to help out and support our community wherever possible and the decision to make our pre-season games donation-based exemplifies that,” said Port Moody general manager Frank Iantorno.

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