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EVERGREEN OFFICIALS WILL MEET RESIDENTS BEGINNING THIS WEEKEND And drivers who have been using Jeremy DEUTSCH the bridge since it first opened a AT SEAVIEW SCHOOL jdeutsch@thenownews.com little more than two years ago but

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com A second meeting has been scheduled for Port Moody residents affected by tunnel boring for the Evergreen Line, but this one will be in their neighbourhood. The Evergreen project team has set up a meeting for Monday, Feb. 2 at Seaview Community School, to provide information and take questions regarding construction on Cecile Drive and Clarke Road. A bulletin put out by the project team noted the information will be the same as what was presented at an earlier meeting in January. Monday’s meeting will run from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the school, located at 1215 Cecile Dr. Both residents and Port Moody council had asked Evergreen officials to meet in the affected neighbourhood to discuss concerns around the project. Two sinkholes have formed in the last couple of months related to tunnel boring, one in late October in the parking lot of a townhouse complex on Chateau Place, and the most recent on Jan. 2 on Cecile Drive. Following the second sinkhole, residents mobilized and asked for a meeting with Evergreen Line officials to get answers, which prompted the recent get-togethers. In an e-mail to the Tri-Cities NOW, Kerry Lecorre, a Chateau Place resident who has helped organize people in the community, noted some residents weren’t able to make it to the first meeting and hoped word would be spread around the neighbourhood to give more people a chance to attend Monday’s local information session. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

Construction on the Port Mann Bridge is heading into its final stages, and drivers are being reminded about a configuration change that’s set to begin this weekend. According to Transportation Investment Corp., starting this weekend, drivers will have a choice as they approach the Port Mann Bridge on Highway 1 westbound from Surrey. The highway will be separated by a barrier near the 152 Street overpass in Surrey and drivers will choose to go right or stay straight — with both lanes realigning as they head onto the bridge. Drivers heading for Coquitlam should use the right-hand lanes to avoid the need to change lanes on the bridge. “We want drivers to know that if they’re going to Coquitlam, they should be in the very far right lane,” said Greg Johnson, with TI Corp. He noted the configuration is a preview of what drivers will see when the final 10 lanes of the bridge are complete. Johnson said construction on the massive project is in the home stretch, but drivers will likely see traffic cones for a number of months.

haven’t paid their tolls are learning a hard lesson. TI Corp. said if a driver owes $25 or more and is 90 days overdue, ICBC will refuse to renew their driver’s licence or issue vehicle insurance for any of the cars they own if payment is not received. Drivers receive at least three notifications requesting payment before being designated “Refuse to Issue.” The company indicated at any given time, between 10,000 and 25,000 customers are labelled Refuse to Issue. The process, which has been in place since September 2013, appears to be working as TI Corp. noted when customers are notified their account has been designated Refuse to Issue, between 80 and 85 per cent make payment. While the value of the outstanding accounts varies from day to day, the current balance is about $3 million. When asked for a breakdown of how many drivers in the Tri-Cities have an outstanding bill, TI Corp said it couldn’t provide those numbers due to privacy concerns. The bridge operator said Refuse to Issue drivers make up about one per cent of all Port Mann users. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

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Burrard Thermal to close in 2016 CITY OF PORT MOODY OPPOSES PLAN BY BC HYDRO TO DECOMMISSION THE FACILITY

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com The province has now set a date for shutting down the only local source of power generation in Metro Vancouver, and the City of Port Moody plans to fight to keep it open. In a letter to the city dated early January, Finance Minister Mike de Jong confirmed BC Hydro will decommission generating capacity at the Burrard Thermal Generating Station effective March 31, 2016. The letter also noted the city receives an annual grant-in-lieu of property tax worth $1.28 million in 2014, and that payment will end the year after the shut down. “I recognize that loss of the annual grant BC Hydro pays to Port Moody in respect of generating capacity at Burrard will require amendments to Port Moody’s current Five Year Financial Plan,” de Jong wrote. “However, I am confident that the municipality has sufficient time to accommodate this loss of revenue. The Province will work with the city and BC Hydro to finalize the timing of the generation grant ending, and to examine possibilities for other uses for the Burrard site not required for ongoing transmission support role that might generate municipal taxes to reduce the impact of the loss of the generation grant.” But city politicians were quick to rebuke the closure on Tuesday, agreeing to have staff come back with information that would allow the city to draft motions to oppose the closure. Coun. Rick Glumac said he’s concerned

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Burrard Thermal, a natural-gas-fired generating station built in the 1960s, is slated to shut down on March 31, 2016. about the closure, suggesting it isn’t in the best interests of the province or the municipality. He argued that, at a time when the province is looking at spending money on hydroelectric projects like the Site C dam, Burrard Thermal is a perfectly functioning facility able to generate electricity on a backup or emergency basis when needed.

“It seems very shortsighted with the province to close this facility, and I think we have to take a strong position on this as council for both our taxpayers and for the ratepayers of the province,” Glumac said, adding the facility may be needed in a situation such as a natural disaster. Mayor Mike Clay said he remains confused

over the rationale to close the plant, especially given the millions of dollars spent on upgrades. “This is the only local source of energy we have and it’s not a good idea to shut it down,” he said. As for the tax hit, Clay estimates it will equate to about a four-per-cent increase for homeowners, but the analysis still has to be worked out. He suggested the province could actually have to pay more depending on the land use and whether the property changes from its current exempt utility status to an industrial site. In the end, the mayor said, it’s not about the money. “I don’t believe, and a lot of us don’t believe, that shutting the plant down is the right thing to do,” Clay said. The letter from the minister also noted BC Hydro will operate the facility as a voltage regulator, balancing voltage brought to the Lower Mainland from the Interior. “BC Hydro will continue to pay the annual grant to Port Moody in respect of the land at the site as long as the Crown corporation owns the facility,” the province’s letter reads. The grant in 2014 was $236,000. In 2013, the province announced plans to shut down the plant, noting the move will save $14 million and that BC Hydro will not need Burrard Thermal’s backup generating capacity as of 2016. Built in the 1960s and located in the northwest area of Port Moody, Burrard Thermal is a 900-megawatt conventional natural-gas-fired generating station.

PoCo hears Fremont input Jeremy DEUTSCH

jdeutsch@thenownews.com While a change to the traffic alignment around the Fremont area of Port Coquitlam is still years away, the city continues to gather input for possible options. The city is keeping its comment period for the route study open until Feb. 13. The study is looking at identifying a route to connect Dominion Avenue to Lincoln Avenue or Victoria Drive. Planners and council members will also be taking into consideration the feedback given by residents at an open house and public forum Tuesday, and what they heard was a lot of questions as to why the city is considering the alignment in the first place. Linda Richardson lives on St. Thomas Street near Cedar Drive and can’t understand why the city is considering making any changes. She suggested traffic studies have shown TH

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Cedar Drive is adequate to handle future traffic. “It’s almost as if they [the city] get all this input, they get all the feedback and they don’t listen,” Richardson told the Tri-Cities NOW before the public forum portion of Tuesday’s event. “They just seem to do what they have in mind for Coquitlam.” She said she’s lived in the area for 30 years and is comfortable with the current alignment. Liana Carbonara has lived on Cedar for 40 years and doesn’t want to see more traffic on the street. And she, like others who spoke to the Tri-Cities NOW, believes Coquitlam and the growth on Burke Mountain is pushing the city to consider the changes. Carbonara said she’d like to see Coquitlam pay for the project if and when it moves forward. At this point, the city says it has not set aside any funding for the project and the

route south of Prairie Avenue wouldn’t be needed for another 10 years. The route north of Prairie might not be needed for another 20 years, if at all. The cost for the various options ranges from $4-million to $23-million. But PoCo Mayor Greg Moore said he wants this council to make the decision and end the uncertainty. “We don’t want to leave it hanging. We need to get the line drawn so people have assurance where it’s going to go and when it would be built,” he said. Moore acknowledged the study is being driven by growth on Burke Mountain, but argued that’s part of living under a regional system. He also suggested there are funding sources available to help pay for any project, above and beyond PoCo taxpayers. A decision on the preferred route is expected to be made in the spring.

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Metro Vancouver had given the city until March 31 to respond to the petition. Coun. Rick Glumac proposed a 60-day deadThe City of Port Moody has come up with line extension to give council time to address a way to make sure it doesn’t end up in court public feedback and allow it to work with staff with Metro Vancouver over its new official on refining the OCP if council requests. “That gives us the opportunity to make community plan (OCP). On Tuesday, council voted to make amend- some specific changes, [while] not opening ments to the OCP to appease the regional up the whole OCP,” he argued, adding the extra time to address issues in district’s current opposition to the OCP would benefit everythe plan. one in the community. Specifically,MetroVancouver However, city staff recomhad taken issue with the land [An extension mended the amendments be use designation for the Andres limited to Metro’s points of Wines and Mill and Timber would] give us conflict with the plan. sites in the city’s new OCP. the opportunity The city’s manager of planThe OCP calls for the two to make some ning, Mary De Paoli, suggested properties’ land use to be moved from general indusspecific changes opening the OCP to significant change would create a lartrial to general urban, but the [to the OCP]. ger and more time-consumrequest was declined by the ing public consultation proMetro Vancouver board due to –Port Moody Coun. cess that could exceed Metro lack of a comprehensive plan Rick Glumac Vancouver’s deadline. for the sites. City staff also told council After the OCP was passed in the fall, Metro Vancouver filed a court petition there didn’t seem to be an appetite by the arguing Port Moody’s OCP is invalid and does regional district to move the deadline. In the end, council voted down Glumac’s not meet statutory guidelines. The regional district argued the city has motion, which only received support from enacted a new regional context statement Couns. Zoe Royer and Robert Vagramov. Mayor Mike Clay said it’s important the in the OCP that has never been agreed to or issue be resolved and the OCP accepted by accepted by Metro Vancouver. The city has now agreed to move the two Metro Vancouver. He said once the OCP is accepted amendsites in question back to an industrial land use designation. The change still requires a public ments can be made to the two sites in the future. hearing before final approval. jdeutsch@thenownews.com

Port Moody chips in $10K for SAR team

GROUP NOW $50K SHY OF FUNDING GOAL

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com One of the largest search teams in Metro Vancouver has nearly crossed the finish line in its efforts to raise money to buy a major piece of new equipment. Coquitlam Search and Rescue has raised $350,000 for a new mobile command centre, and is now just $50,000 shy of the total amount needed. The team got a small boost Tuesday, as Port Moody city council approved a request for $10,000 toward the purchase of the new vehicle. SAR team member Sandy Burpee told council after making the request a couple of months ago the team had a lot of success fundraising, which helped bring up the total. “I’m confident we’ll make that [$400,000] target,” he said. The current command centre is 20 years old and due for replacement, while a new vehicle would give the team the opportunity to put

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Coquitlam Search and Rescue wants to replace its mobile command centre. in enhanced electronics for things as simple as a printer for coloured maps. The current truck has no climate control, so can’t be cooled in the summer or warmed in the winter. A new vehicle would also give the team more space to hold briefings and debriefings during its 30 to 40 tasks per year. Mayor Mike Clay suggested the $10,000 sum from the city is a bargain compared

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CITY IS REVIEWING ‘OUTDATED’ SMOKING CONTROL BYLAW

conference saw mayors and John KURUCZ councillors from across B.C. jkurucz@thenownews.com endorse a motion asking the Port Coquitlam may soon province to regulate the use join Vancouver as one of the and sale of electronic cigaonly cities in B.C. to regulate rettes, also known as e-cigathe use of electronic cigarettes. Health Canada issued an rettes. City spokesperson Pardeep advisory in 2009 cautioning Canadians Purewal said to avoid the the issue is products altocurrently gether, though being examined by staff, Our stance right a nation-wide, outright ban and a report now is that doesn’t exist. to council is higher levels Instead, it coming this ruled that spring with of government companies recommended need to make can’t sell echanges to the some rulings on cigarettes concity’s smoking taining nicobylaws. it … tine. Typically, “City staff –Andrea McDonald, e-cigarettes are undertakCity of Coquitlam contain caring a review of tridges filled our Smoking Control Bylaw, which is from with propylene glycol or 2002 and outdated,” she other flavoured additives. As recently as last week said. “Regulation of e-cigarettes a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggestwill be a part of this review.” In October 2014, Vancouver ed e-cigarettes can release up became the first city in B.C. to to 15 times the amount of apply the same restrictions formaldehyde as compared around electronic cigarettes to smoking traditional cigaas those applied to traditional rettes. The City of Coquitlam cigarettes. Last year’s Union of British is taking a more wait-andColumbia Municipalities see approach, according

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Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigs, are popular among smokers trying to kick regular cigarettes. to bylaws manager Andrea McDonald. “We have had some questions [from residents], and we have had some discussion and research,” she said. “Our stance right now is that higher levels of government need to make some rulings on it before we’re going to really get involved because it’s kind of out of our jurisdiction currently.” McDonald noted there are no regulations around e-ciga-

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rettes in any of the applicable zoning, business or smoking bylaws. “Because smoking is very clearly defined … e-cigarette does not meet the same definition,” McDonald said. “Businesses can set their rules as they see fit, but it’s currently not breaching a bylaw.” Port Moody spokesperson Dave Teixeira said the same standards apply in that city as well.

jdeutsch@thenownews.com Coquitlam Mounties are warning residents about a BC Hydro scam that has surfaced in the Tri-Cities. According to police, a local business received two phone calls from a 1-800 number claiming to be representing BC Hydro. The caller told the shopkeeper they had an hour to purchase three $500 and one $498.84 money orders from a grocery store to pay for their overdue power bill, which was close to $2,000. Otherwise their power would be shut off. “Fortunately, the shopkeeper didn’t fall for the scam, and reported the call to the police so we can prevent others from being victimized,” said RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung in a statement. “This is why it is so important to report crime or suspicious activity. Your information is vital to our crime reduction strategy.” Coquitlam RCMP are asking both area businesses and residents to keep an eye out for the scam. Police note BC Hydro does not demand payment in the form of money orders for overdue accounts. If anyone receives a call from someone claiming to represent BC Hydro and demanding immediate payment, they’re asked to hang up and call BC Hydro at 1-800-BCHYDRO or 1-800-224-9376 to verify the legitimacy of the call. If you’ve been victimized by this scam or received any calls from scammers representing BC Hydro, contact the Coquitlam RCMP and the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre to report it, police advise. BC Hydro issued a warning last year about fraudsters posing as hydro employees continuing to contact customers across B.C. by phone in an attempt to steal money from residents and small businesses — particularly restaurants. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

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Police investigate failed arson attempt HOMEOWNER’S DRIVEWAY SOAKED WITH GASOLINE, BUT NO FIRE STARTED

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com Coquitlam Mounties are looking for the person behind a failed arson attempt in PoCo. Police were called to a home in the 1100 block of Fraserview Street on Wednesday morning after the homeowner noticed someone had gone through her shed and poured gasoline on the driveway. Fortunately, there was no damage, as the suspect’s attempts to light a fire appeared to fail. Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung said investigators spent the day in the neighbourhood talking to residents to see if they had

seen anything suspicious overnight. “We’re basically asking anyone who lives in the area, if they see someone suspicious looking or anyone carrying a jerry can down the road to call us,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW, adding people can also call police if they smell gas in the air around their home. Chung said nearby residents don’t need be concerned, pointing out this is the first type of incident in that area in recent memory. While there is no suspect description, anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Coquitlam RCMP at 604-9451550 and quote file 20152788.

Suspect wanted for attempted robbery

Coquitlam Mounties are looking for the public’s help to identify the suspect in a botched robbery. Police said the incident happened on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 5, when a woman walked into a convenience store in the 2700 block of Lougheed Highway in PoCo and demanded money from the cashier. When the would-be robber said she had a gun, the cashier panicked and pressed a bell to get the attention of another employee, who was in the back of the store. As soon as the second employee came out from the back, police said the suspect fled the store on foot without any cash. The suspect is described as a Caucasian in her teens, with a slim build, standing

four-feet 11-inches tall with black hair. She was wearing a black jacket, hoodie and pants, and carrying a brown bag. Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is asked to contact Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550 and quote file number 2015-472.

Fake kidnapping scam foiled

It started out sounding like a terrifying ordeal. A mother who lives in Taiwan received a phone call from someone claiming to have kidnapped her 25year-old son, who lives in Coquitlam, who was demanding a ransom. She could hear what sounded like someone being beaten in the background and shouting about sending money. The mother, gravely concerned about her son’s well-being, immediately contacted other

family members, both in Taiwan and Coquitlam. Fortunately, after calling the police and family members in Coquitlam, the woman determined that her son was safe and the “kidnapping” had never happened. That’s the scenario that played out on Wednesday, Jan. 7, and it has Coquitlam Mounties warning the public about a scam that’s surfaced in the community. “Becauseeveryoneinvolved acted so quickly and did the right thing by contacting the police, with the help of the Taiwanese authorities, we were able to alert the ‘victim’s’ family to let them know he was, in fact, safe and the kidnapping was a hoax — before any ransom money was paid to the alleged kidnappers,” said RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung. “Though this incident turned out to be a scam, we take these kinds of reports very seriously. We want people to

Land Use Committee Notice When: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at 7pm • Where: Brovold Room, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. The Land Use Committee is holding a public meeting to consider the following application:

Get in touch! How do I get more information? Review the proposed application and related information at the Development Services Department, City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. anytime between 8:30am-5pm, Monday to Friday.

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Location: 2513-2519 Clarke St. (Rezoning Application 6700-20-123) Applicant: TL Housing Solutions Ltd Purpose: To rezone 2513-2519 Clarke Street (the Legion site) from Special Public Service (P2) and Community Commercial (C3) zones to Comprehensive Development Zone 62 (CD62). This would allow for a five storey mixed use development consisting of commercial space, 84 residential units and a new Legion facility on the subject properties.

know that if this happens to them, they need to call us immediately.” Coquitlam RCMP offer the following tips to help prevent similar incidents from happening. • Have regular contact with your loved ones: making a phone call, sending a text message or connecting through social media regularly will help put your family members’ minds at ease. • Provide your family with contact information of places you frequent: Providing your family with contact information for your work, school and close friends is helpful not only in a crime-related situation, but it allows them to find you in case of a family emergency, such as an illness or accident. • Call police immediately if you get a call from a kidnapper: Coquitlam RCMP treat this type of call seriously with deployment of full resources. The primary goal is the victim’s safety and the safety of anyone else who could also be a potential victim. • Safeguard your personal information and the information of your loved ones: Whether it’s a real kidnapping or a scam, perpetrators often do research on the background of their potential victims. Keep your private information private, both online and in public places. This decreases the chances of your personal information falling into the wrong hands.

Port Coquitlam man identiﬁed as homicide victim in Whistler

A PoCo man has been identified as the person who died in a Whistler hotel last week following an altercation. Damon William Campbell, 45, was found unresponsive and in medical distress by Whistler RCMP officers at the Aava Hotel at around 3 a.m. on Jan. 20. HewastakentotheWhistler Health Centre, where he was pronounced dead. Whistler RCMP released little information about the incident, except to say Campbell became unresponsive as a result of an altercation. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said the incident was not a targeted attack. The Independent Investigations Office was also called in because police were at the scene while the victim was in medical distress. The police watchdog agency said it would conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether there was any relationship between the death and an officer’s actions. — Cheryl Chan, The Province

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PoCo couple ordered to sell condo PARKING DISPUTE LED TO YEARS OF LEGAL BATTLES WITH STRATA COUNCIL, $185K IN FEES

A Port Coquitlam couple court hours, frustrating dozwill have to sell their condo ens of judges, severely testing after being found in con- the patience of court registry tempt of court following a staff and, most important, protracted legal battle with forcing the council to rack up more than $185,000 in legal their strata council. In a ruling released fees to defend itself. There were numerous Tuesday, the B.C. Court of judgments Appeal upheld obtained a ruling that against them orders the as well as numdrastic measerous orders of ure for ChengEnough is special costs, Fu Bea and enough … I’m and they were Huei-Chi Yang blaming not eventually Bea. declared vexaThe dispute only [the Beas] tious litigants began in 2006 but also the and ordered when the court system. to cease any council passed further legal a new bylaw They allowed actions. regulating the this to drag out T h e y use of parking for so many ignored the stalls, a move court orders opposed by years. and a B.C. the Beas. – Iuli Varva, strata S u p r e m e The couple council member Court judge went to court found that the but lost their case. Instead of appealing, only way they would take they launched a fresh peti- notice of their flouting of tion, using many of the same the law would be to order failed arguments. They lost them to sell their premises. The couple appealed the sale yet again. Over the next several years, order, arguing the court had they repeatedly returned to no jurisdiction and that it was court, taking up countless not an appropriate decision.

But in her reasons for judgment, B.C. Court of Appeal Justice Nicole Garson said Mrs. Bea, the registered owner of the suite, had shown a “contemptuous disregard” for court orders both by her own conduct and the conduct she authorized her husband to pursue. “As the chambers judge found, it is Mrs. Bea’s continued ownership of the strata unit that fuels her vexatious court applications. He was of the view that forcing a sale was the only way to finally end these vexatious proceedings. “The chambers judge’s discretionary decision to grant the order deserves deference in the circumstances, and it cannot be shown to be inappropriate in this case. I do not see any error in his conclusion.” Justice Anne MacKenzie agreed with Garson but a third judge, Justice Richard Goepel, dissented, finding the judge did not have the jurisdiction under the court’s civil rules. Iuli Varva, a former president and longtime member of the strata council, said

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Owners at the Brittany Park condo complex in Port Coquitlam are on the hook for fees incurred to defend the strata council against a long-running legal battle launched by two owners over a parking dispute. it was about time the court ruled against the Beas. “Enough is enough. Believe it or not, I’m blaming not only [the Beas] but also the court system. They allowed this to drag out for so many years.”

Varva said he and his wife are personally on the hook to pay $5,000 for their share of the strata’s legal fees following three special resolutions of the council. In a separate legal matter,

the council is attempting to force the Beas to pay the legal fees, but Varva is not confident they will recover the full amount. — Keith Fraser, The Province

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Alzheimer’s: we need a plan

e all live nearly every day, in one way or another, with a few health-related words that can make the blood run cold — words like “cancer” and “stroke”… and “Alzheimer’s.” Each one carries with it its own chilling concept of approaching mortality, each with its own propensity for drawn-out devastation for entire families. Cancer isn’t the death sentence it once was. Great strides have been made in understanding the mechanisms of many of its forms, and while several remain immutable, many of the myriad diseases that fall under the “cancer” umbrella have been relegated to the status of mostly serious and in need of immediate attention. Understanding of stroke has grown exponentially. We know that healthy living and good eating habits go a long way to protecting us — throw away the cigarettes! But Alzheimer’s disease remains mostly a puzzle, and improvements in treatment have only had modest success in delaying onset and its final, inexorable conclusion. What we do know is not encouraging. We know that, while aging is a risk factor, the disease is not restricted to old age. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and smoking add to the risks, so healthy living counts. We know Alzheimer’s can be overwhelming for its victims’ caregivers. Dealing with the relentless deterioration of a loved one becomes both mentally and physically debilitating. We know that three quarters of a million Canadians are living with Alzheimer’s, and as the average age of our population rises, so will its burden. So we ought to know what other countries have already done: that it’s high time Canada builds a serious national strategy to deal with Alzheimer’s disease. And we know that Alzheimer’s strikes women more than twice as often as it does men — and that nearly three out of four caregivers are women … so our national strategy must focus strongly on the full impact that Alzheimer’s has on women.

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magine, if you will, being enrolled in a clinical trial and researchers failing to inform you that you had a higher risk of death depending upon which of the two groups in the trial you were assigned to, that renal failure or stroke were just two of the possible side effects of one of the treatments or that one of the groups might not receive patient care to the highest levels available. Now imagine that you were enrolled without your written consent or knowledge, with researchers relying instead on verbal consent given over the telephone by your legally authorized representative. Incredibly, part of that trial was happening right here in the province under the nose of the B.C. government at the University of B.C., St. Paul’s Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital. In layman’s terms, it involved sticking a catheter into the lungs of patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome and injecting additional fluids into their lungs to manipulate lung pressures to determine which treatments had higher and lower death rates. It would take the U.S. government to bring it to a halt. U.S. authorities suspended the trial — sponsored by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) — in 2002, when investigators first raised concerns that one of the two patient groups in the trials did not receive care according to the “best current standard of practice.” And in an 11-page letter to UBC in 2003, the U.S. Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) shut the trial down for good. OHRP — an office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — is responsible for “the protection of the rights, welfare and well-

being of subjects involved in research conducted or supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.” In their letter to the university, OHRP highlighted serious concerns with the patient consent document in use for the NHLBI study. Most notably, that it failed to include death as one of the risks of the research: “the informed consent document did not include a statement that the subject could have a higher risk of death depending on which of the experimental groups he or she was assigned to.” Additionally, OHRP noted that “although the informed consent documents stated that subjects assigned to the fluid conservative management group might experience inadequate organ perfusion, there was no mention that this could result in renal failure, ischemic brain injury, cardiac ischemia or other end organ damage.” While UBC said in 2004 that it had made “major improvements” to its ethics review process following the NHLBI study, OHRP flagged compliance issues with university officials in 2009 and again in 2010, following what the university called “an OHRP audit.” In May 2009, OHRP wrote the university requesting that it “conduct an evaluation of its system for protecting human research subjects to ensure that it is in compliance with Department of Health and Human Services regulations for the protection of human research subjects.” They pointed to concerns over how minutes were recorded at meetings of the university’s research ethics board, that provisional approval could not be given to clinical trials and that reporting procedures in place for unanticipated problems with trials were insufficient, as was the oversight of some trials.

In January 2010, they followed up with a second letter: “We have reviewed the UBC (Research Ethics Board) policies and procedures and we have determined that they do not provide sufficient details for the procedures required by HHS regulations,” including “ensuring prompt reporting … of any unanticipated problems involving risks to subjects or others.” UBC’s Office of Research Services submitted an additional report with “corrective actions” two months later, and is considered to be compliant with U.S. regulations as of April 2010, after OHRP concluded that the university’s actions adequately addressed their concerns. The university has a big interest in keeping OHRP happy. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is a big player on campus. In 2010, a total of 223 studies at the university were funded by the department. And, according to the U.S. government’s spending.gov website, since 2010, the Department of Health has awarded $43.6 million in grants and contracts to researchers at the university. But the university wasn’t the only institution in the province on OHRP’s radar screen.

OHRP and the Interior Health Authority

From July 2000 to November 2014, the U.S. Office for Human Research Protections has sent exactly one compliance letter to a Canadian university or health authority outside of B.C.: McMaster University. And that was in 2001. In the same period of time, the Interior Health Authority received three letters. CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

OPINION CANADA’S MEDICAL RESEARCH POLICIES ARE SERIOUSLY FLAWED

CONT. FROM PAGE 8 In 2000, OHRP wrote a compliance letter to the chief executive officer, Murray Ramsden, of what was then the Okanagan Similkameen Health Region. Today, it’s the Interior Health Authority. All of the letters, including the 2000 letter, were addressed to Mr. Ramsden. In a four-page letter in December 2007, OHRP found that the authority’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) did not have “written procedures” to adequately describe five activities, including: “the procedures which the IRB will follow for its continuing review of research, reporting its findings and actions, and reporting any unanticipated problems involving risks to subjects or others.” OHRP required that corrective action be taken to ensure that the

terms of reference for the authority’s IRB were also compliant with the U.S. Department of Health’s regulations that a quorum of an IRB be composed of a majority of its members and not a minority of the members, as was the authority’s practice. The letter noted that the revised Terms of Reference — which the authority had promised for September 2007 — still hadn’t been received by OHRP three months later. The authority was given a two-month extension. Close to a page of the 2007 letter was redacted. In its June 2008 letter to the authority, OHRP wrote that “HHS regulations require that continuing review of research be conducted by the IRB at intervals appropriate to the degree of risk, but not less than once per year.” The letter noted that the authority had “failed to conduct continuing review of research at least once per year for the protocol Albumin in Acute Stroke: ALIAS.’” OHRP had raised that issue — review frequency — as early as 2000. By September 2008, OHRP was satisfied that the authority had taken sufficient “corrective actions” to be in compliance with

U.S. regulations. The issues flagged by OHRP at both UBC and the Interior Health Authority point to serious flaws with Canada’s medical research policies, not the least of which is that there’s little oversight of clinical trials in Canada by Canadian authorities and what little there is, is a closely guarded secret. There are 4,000 drug trials underway in Canada at any given time. Health Canada only started inspections in 2002, with a goal of inspecting two per cent of the trials each year. It still hasn’t met that target. Since then, they’ve identified critical problems with 33 clinical trials across the country. But unlike OHRP and the U.S. Food and Drug Agency, they won’t say where or what those issues are. By way of comparison, between October 2008 and March 2014, the FDA has conducted more than 950 inspections in Canada, 130 of them in B.C. Details of those inspections are publicly available on the agency’s website. The FDA identified “significant objectionable conditions or practices” where “regulatory action (was) warranted to address lack of compliance” at eight of its inspections in the province. Despite the fact that Health

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Notice of Public Consultation The City has received an application for a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) for the property located at 2954 Pheasant Street (Popows Auto Body). The owner of this site has applied for a TUP which would allow them to repair and sell automobiles under 4500 KG GVW for up to three (3) years. Additional information related to this application, including a copy of the permit, may be inspected from Friday, January 30, 2015 to Monday, February 16, 2015 at the Planning and Development Department, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays. Additional information concerning this application may also be obtained by contacting Chris Jarvie, Development Planner, at 604-927-3438 or cjarvie@ coquitlam.ca. It is expected that this application will come before Council for consideration at their Regular Meeting scheduled for Monday, February 16, 2015. The Council Meeting, at which the application will be considered, starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2. If you wish to provide input in writing please submit your comments to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca In person at the City Clerk’s Office which is located on the 2nd floor of City Hall at 3000 Guildford Way By fax at 604-927-3015 Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca.

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new Canadians a chance to connect with one another and learn more about Canadian culture. It’s also an opportunity for those who may feel homesick or isolated to feel a sense of belonging, particularly as the Chinese New Year approaches next month. “Some of these kids really miss home,” Xu said. “For many kids, this is the first time they have left home. During the Chinese New Year in China, they’re with their parents eating and talking. So we want them to feel welcome to the community here too.” Saturday’s event is free and open to the public. It takes place in rooms 136 and 137 of the library’s City Centre branch, with registration kicking off at 2 p.m. For more information, e-mail ciss@ cisscanada.com.

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Notice of Intention Notice of Intention to Consider an Amendment to Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2988, 2014 At their January 27, 2015 meeting, Port Moody Council gave first three readings to a proposed City of Port Moody Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2988, 2014, Amendment Bylaw No. 1, 2015, No. 2998. A Council Procedure Bylaw establishes the general procedures that Council follows in conducting their business. Pursuant to Section 124(3) of the Community Charter, Council is required to give public notice that they are considering amending Council Procedure Bylaw No. 2988, 2014. The proposed changes in the amending bylaw are: 1. Clariﬁcation of Consent Agenda Procedures – Section 6(g) in Schedule D is amended to add wording that clarifies when items are to be removed from the Consent Agenda. Section 6(h) is amended to correct a numbering error. 2. Public Hearing Procedures and Time Limits – Sections 11(m) and (n) in Schedule D are added to clarify the procedures for presentations by members of the public at a public hearing, and to add a five-minute time limit per turn for speakers, with multiple turns allowed for each speaker. 3. Adding a Second Public Input Period – Sections 7(a) and 11(i)(j)(k)(l) in Schedule D are amended to add a second Public Input Period after Staff Verbal Reports at Regular Council Meetings. View copies of the bylaw online at www.portmoody.ca. Council will consider adopting the proposed Amendment to the Council Procedure Bylaw at the February 10, 2015 Council meeting. Here’s how you can provide written comments on the proposed bylaw: • Email info@portmoody.ca • Mail your comments to PO Box 36, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC V3H 3E1 to the attention of the City Clerk • Submit written comments in person at the Legislative Services counter, Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC V3H 3E1 Please submit your comments by 5pm Friday, February 6, 2015.

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to grow its base of archival materials by reaching out to sports groups, seniors’ centres and the local branch of the Royal Canadian Legion to see if more materials can be found. As part of Monday’s discussion, councillors expressed interest in using copies of some of those materials to celebrate the city’s 125th

anniversary next year, while also tossing around the idea of taking photos of the same location on an annual basis to document growth and change. A past president of the Coquitlam Heritage Society, Coun. Craig Hodge said having a standalone presence for the archives offers residents peace of mind in the event

that they’re otherwise reluctant to part with older items. “Once you have a city archive, people will start to turn over information because they feel safe in knowing that it’s now in the proper hands,” he said. To learn more about the city’s archives, see www. coquitlam.ca/archives. twitter.com/johnkurucz

Help Variety help kids

Vickie Ayers, a Tri-Cities resident and life-long fundraiser for Variety — The Children’s Charity, is appealing for support as she winds down her efforts to reach her current goal of $29,000. She has been fundraising since she was 10 years old and has raised more than $300,000 for B.C.’s special kids. Ayers will be at her booth at the Pinetree Price Smart

location every day except Mondays, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. right up to Saturday, Feb. 14 for those wishing to make a donation or drop off change for her coin drive. Variety T-shirts, gold heart pins and other items are also available to purchase. Variety will issue receipts for cheques of $20 or larger. A new Robert Bateman print will be issued for donations of $169 or more.

Call 604-939-7419 for the drop-off address if you have beer or pop bottles to donate or if you need them picked up. The bottle and coin drives go year-round. Watch for Ayers on Global TV (Channel 11) on Sunday, Feb. 15 between 1 and 2 p.m. for her presentation at the Show of Hearts Telethon, which will be broadcast live from the Hard Rock Casino Theatre in Coquitlam.

INTERIOR TO LOWER MAINLAND TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT Public Safety Notice – Snowmobiler and Winter Recreation Users Winter recreationalists and snowmobilers should be aware that construction of the Interior to Lower Mainland (ILM) Transmission Line continues. On-site activities include on-going maintenance of access roads; tower assembly and erection; and stringing of the conductor (transmission lines). The ILM right-of-way continues to be a construction zone with restricted access. Restricted access is required for worker and public safety to avoid risks associated with construction materials and equipment, or other potential hazards that may be hidden or partially hidden by the snow. Please avoid using the right-of-way for your activities. If you are in the area, use extra care when traveling around the right-of-way. The ILM project is a new 247 kilometre 500 kilovolt transmission line between Merritt and Coquitlam that will expand the electrical system so that BC Hydro can continue to deliver clean and reliable energy to homes and businesses in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. For more information on the project please visit: bchydro.com/ilm. If you have any questions, please contact BC Hydro Stakeholder Engagement: 1 866 647 3334 or 604 623 4472 or send an email to stakeholderengagement@bchydro.com.

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Bring your family, and explore gadgets from the past at the Port Moody Public Library’s Retro Tech Petting Zoo on Saturday, Feb.7. Check out the library’s hands-on display of vintage electronics and devices, and watch your kids navigate the ancient mysteries of rotary phones, cassette players, Polaroid cameras and more. Bring down your old-school

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The station wagon isn’t dead, it’s just disguised. If you think every single vehicle on the road is a crossover or SUV of some kind, then nil desperandum: there are still some wagons out there. Say hello to the Toyota Venza, effectively a station wagon version of the Camry. It has the same engine choices, apart from a hybrid, and while this one has available all-wheel-drive, you can get a front-driver too. While the Venza looks bigger, thanks to a jacked-up ride height, it occupies roughly the same footprint as the Camry. What’s more, just as station wagons were in the past, it’s positioned as a family-friendly vehicle that’s just that little bit more practical than your average four-door sedan. Now in its seventh year, and two years since the last facelift, the Venza’s disguise might be wearing a little thin. Let’s get it out on the road and ﬁnd out what’s beneath the mask.

Design:

Designed to slot in-between the RAV4 and the Highlander, the Venza appears, at ﬁrst glance, to be slightly more upscale than either. The RAV4 is built with small crossover practicality in mind, and the Highlander screwed together to take on the soccer team, but the Venza’s just that little bit swooshier. It looks a little like a Sienna caught in Willy Wonka’s taffy puller, and that’s intended as a compliment. Lower and wider than other crossovers on the road, the Venza hunkers down low over its 20” alloy wheels and – wait, hang on, twenty-inch wheels? On a Toyota?

Yes indeedy-do. Part of the snazzy curb-image this thing has is a pair of boots ﬁt enough to qualify for a walk-on part in a mid2000s rap video. Even the base model gets 19” rims, something required by the sheetmetal-heavy styling. For those of us who aren’t part of Nate Dogg’s posse, this is a bit of overkill, and ruins the ride on bumpy pavement. Note that you can tuck much smaller 17” or even 16” wheels on for winter duty.

Environment:

If the exterior of the Venza has aged well, the same can’t be said for the interior. Those attributes that worked before are still here: a spacious, roomy feel, brightened up by a huge panoramic sunroof. However, climb into a newer offering, like the arch-rival Subaru Outback, and this Limited trim tester starts looking a little long in the tooth. Fit and ﬁnish are still very good, and there’s a sense that the interior will take as much of a kicking as a Rubbermaid product, but it is much more plasticky than recently refreshed competitors. Still, as-mentioned, the essentials are all here. There’s a clever holder for your smart-phone that includes a pass-through for the USB charging-cord, a truly enormous sliding centre console, and the controls are all quite sensible. The centre-mounted screen is a tad on the small side, at 6.1”, but functionality is straightforward, and hooking up streaming audio and operating the navigation was very easy. Where the Venza excels, as do regular wagons, is in carrying adult-sized passengers. For a growing family with teens outgrowing a RAV’s back seats, the Venza has rear room to sprawl out and a trunk big enough to haul hockey bags: 870L with the seats up and nearly 2000 with them folded ﬂat.

Performance:

While a 2.7L four-cylinder is available on base-trim Venza’s, please be aware that this is only a choice for the quite-miserly. Producing 182hp, it’s pitted against 2245kg (plus options), which is quite a bit to shift. The V6, Toyota’s ubiquitous 3.5L unit, produces a much-

better 268hp. The six is a bit of a gem, really, and somewhat overlooked in the business. Lotus stuffs it in their Evora, and while an AWD crossover doesn’t have the lightness of a sportscar, the V6 Venza does at least have passing power to spare. Making a few passes along the Sea-to-Sky highway reveals something of a duality to the Venza’s driving character. While the driving position is comfortable and slightly high up, the centreof-gravity feels low. It’s a stable, planted machine through the corners. However, the steering is somewhat overboosted and lacks feel. Toyota improved this with their redesigned Highlander, but the Venza does feel more like an older Toyota – which it is, so fair enough. Grip from the all-wheel-drive could also beneﬁt from Toyota’s recent work. Here, planting the accelerator from a stop causes the front wheels to break grip, and then the rear to react. Toyota’s tightened this up elsewhere, but the Venza still has slip-and-grip. For all that, it’s a comfortable cruiser that rarely puts a foot wrong. As with all crossover/wagons, the rear visibility could be better, but blind spots are managed well the oldschool way, with concave insets in the side mirrors.

Features:

Loaded to the gills, my Limited-trim AWD Venza cracked the 40K mark: $41,740 after freight and before taxes and levies. That’s quite a bit, considering Toyota’s pricing on the Highlander. You do get a lot though: a 13-speaker JBL audio system, LED running lights, push-button start and keyless entry, leather seating with power for driver and passenger, Bluetooth audio, and navigation. Ofﬁcial fuel economy is rated at a just-ok 12.8L/100kms city and 9.3L/100kms for the V6; the four-cylinder will do a just over a litre better in town, and about the same on the highway. Observed fuel economy for mixed driving was right at 11L/100kms, which is actually very good.

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Dated interior; ride compromised by huge wheels; no standout technology

The Checkered Flag:

A practical people-mover with panache; the bones of a station wagon in a nicer package.

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Event aims to buy instruments for kids John KURUCZ

jkurucz@thenownews.com Long-time Terry Fox Secondary music teacher Steve Sainas is well-versed in the realm of creativity, and this weekend he’ll use that outside-the-box type of thinking to help the next generation of local musicians. Sainas is heading up a fundraising show tonight

(Friday, Jan. 30) to help raise money for the “Must Rock” program at Minnekhada Middle School. The event kicks off at 6:30 p.m. at the Terry Fox Theatre, and the goal is to round up enough cash to buy new instruments for the Minnekhada program. “If public school music programs are going to survive government funding cuts,

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The non-profit group Dancing 4 A Change will host its second-annual fundraising gala this weekend in Port Moody to help raise money for a new initiative focused on empowering local school kids. The event is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31 at the Inlet Theatre, and features wine, appetizers, prizes and entertainment provided by Tina Turner tribute act Truly Tina. The group works to generate public awareness about sexual exploitation and trafficking, and to raise financial support for those who are at risk of or have been affected by exploitation or trafficking. This weekend’s show will raise funds for the “Dance It Up” program, which launches at Moody Middle School at the end of February. “This dance program will be fully funded by Dancing 4 A Change and is aimed at empowering students through choreographed dance movements and team work, engaging them in a fun activity that in turn will improve their self-esteem and confidence,” group founder Sheila Alwell wrote in an e-mail to the Tri-Cities NOW. Tickets cost between $37 and $45 and are available online or at the door. For details, see www.dancing4achange.org.

Singers wanted for new choir Two members of the local faith community are inviting singers and would-be singers to a series of rehearsals in February, with the goal being a show at Festival du Bois. The rehearsal dates are Feb. 4, 11, 18 and 25, while the festival performance is slated for Feb. 27. Lead organizers Lincoln Tatem and Tony Chung belong to Hillside Community Church and Northside Kingsway Church respectively, and are looking to create an “event dedicated” choir made of up members from across the community. The group intends to raise awareness around homelessness, addictions and mental health through their performance. “The purpose is to create a lively, engaging, communitybased group to rally around supporting local organizations involved with homelessness, addictions and mental health,” notes a press release from Festival du Bois organizers. All of the rehearsals are scheduled to take place at the Hillside Community Church, at 1393 Austin Ave. in Coquitlam. For details, contact Chung at choir@fusiongospel.com or 604-710-5164.

Place des Arts hosts animator Jeff Chiba Stearns’s resume is as lengthy as it is impressive. An independent filmmaker and animator, Stearns’s films have screened at more than 200 film festivals around the world, garnering the Vancouver resident 30-plus awards. On Feb. 5, he will offer insights into his whirlwind career as part of Place des Arts’ Salon Speaker Series. Stearns founded Meditating Bunny Studio Inc., a Vancouverbased Webby award-winning and Emmy-nominated studio, in 2001. It specializes in the creation of animated, documentary and experimental films aimed at both children and adults. One day before his presentation, Stearns will lead an “Anijam Animation” workshop for burgeoning animators aged 11 to 14 on Wednesday, Feb. 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. An “anijam” features individual animated segments that link together to make one larger film. Stearns’s talk on Thursday, Feb. 5 kicks off at 7 p.m. and tickets cost $5 plus GST. For more information, log on to www.placedesarts.ca or call 604-664-1636.

individual goals and provides instruction in traditional and contemporary genres, as well as training in composition and music technology.” Tonight’s show features performances by a handful of Fox alumni, along with S.V. and the Killer B’s, Royal Oak, Bridgeworks, The Bird, The Lion & The Meerkat, Tinman Revolution and The Chocolate Rainbow of Death. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., while the show runs from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets cost $10, and can be purchased online or at the door, however only cash will

while, has been around for close to 15 years, teaching thousands of students the value of music education while operating on an almost totally self-sufficient basis. “It is my goal to share our primarily self-funded successful contemporary music education model with other public school music programs and to support them as much as possible with the help of my colleagues, community supporters and industry friends,” he said. “It is important that students have access to music education that suits their

then we as educators need to get even more creative in how we develop our programs so that we can maintain and increase enrolment numbers in our music programs and generate our own funds to purchase much-needed instruments and music equipment,” Sainas said. The Must Rock program at Minnekhada is headed up by David Erickson and serves as a type of feeder system for younger students as they continue their musical and academic goals at Terry Fox Secondary. Sainas’s program, mean-

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CALENDAR TUESDAY, FEB 3 Coquitlam Prostate Cancer Support and

Awareness Group holds its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. at the Pinetree Community Centre, 1260 Pinetree Way in Coquitlam. A guest speaker from Simon Fraser University will address the drugs involved in prostate cancer and “some future progression about drug use.” All those involved with prostate problems are invited to come and share their concerns and experiences in a conﬁdential atmosphere. There is no charge, though donations are accepted. Info: Norm at 604-936-8703 or Ken at 604-936-2998.

WEDNESDAY, FEB 4 SHARE Society kicks off its 13-week educa-

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FRIDAY, FEB 6 Place Maillardville hosts an ongoing educa-

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