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Housing plan unveiled COQUITLAM UPDATES AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY

John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com The statistics over the last 20 years are sobering: an 89-per cent-increase in rent and a 200-per-cent jump in dwelling costs, compared to marginal, 20-per-cent gains in household incomes.

Pulled from recent census counts and other housing statistics, those numbers have formed the basis for Coquitlam council re-thinking its Affordable Housing Strategy, a process that began to take shape Monday.

“It’s a very contentious, divisive area,” conceded Jim

McIntyre, Coquitlam’s manager of planning and development. “It’s a challenge … but it does need be dealt with.”

The wide-ranging plan, which still requires council endorsement and stakeholder feedback, is broken down across four major areas: fostering housing affordability through market innovation, promoting affordable living, leveraging the city’s existing affordable housing fund and building strategic partnerships.

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WorkSafeBC weighs in on crash Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com It’s 8:35 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2013.

The driver of a Smithrite garbage truck has returned to Coquitlam Centre after dropping a bin off at the dump in Port Coquitlam.

He’s arrived at the mall to put Bin 6 back into place.

The operator drives to the loading bay.

It’s now 8:39 a.m.

What follows in the next four minutes nearly costs the driver his life and will become the subject of a detailed WorkSafeBC incident investigation report.

According to the report, obtained by the Tri-Cities NOW through a freedom of information request, the driver backed into the garbage bin area at 8:40 a.m. Video footage shows him backing down the ramp, passing underneath the archway, with the empty rail system on the rear of the truck already significantly elevated.

The top of the rail system appears to narrowly miss the archway.

The Smithrite driver, who is not identified in the report, backed up to the compactor bin and began the task of pulling the bin onto the truck’s rail system.

The driver told WorkSafeBC investigators the bin was three-quarters of the way onto the rails when he started to move forward in neutral, with the rails elevated five feet.

A still photo taken from security video shows the truck driving out of the loading bay with the compactor bin and rails still elevated.

As the truck advanced, the front

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After this garbage truck hit a decorative archway at Coquitlam Centre last year, the driver had to be extricated from the cab. of the bin struck the bottom edge of an archway. The impact caused the archway to detach from its supports. The archway rotated 90 degrees while it fell, landing frontside down, on top of the truck’s cab.

GPS data showed the truck stopped moving at 8:44 a.m.

The driver knew something was wrong only after the archway began crushing the cab, trapping him inside. He told investigators he did not hear or feel the compactor bin strike the archway.

The archway crushed the cab, forcing the injured driver to crouch down in the driver’s seat until emergency crews could free him.

In what must have been a few

terrifying moments, a fire broke out under the dashboard and flames and smoke entered the cab where the driver was trapped.

Other garbage truck drivers on the radio system heard the driver’s calls for help.

Fortunately, two courier drivers from a different company were making deliveries at the mall and witnessed the incident.

They used fire extinguishers from their trucks to push back the fire, draining them until they were empty.

However, the fire kept growing until firefighters arrived 10 minutes later to snuff out the flames.

The driver was extricated from the cab and taken to hospital, but

the nature of his injuries was redacted from the WorkSafeBC report.

What followed was an investigation by the safety agency, which sought to determine the cause and underlying factors of the incident.

The report found the archway was not designed for horizontal loading, noting it was supported by a concrete column on one end and a steel column on another.

“The hollow archway was intended merely to hold the brick cladding to present a desired aesthetic link between the two sections of the mall,” the report stated, adding that the archway served no useful function and a similar structure at another location at the mall had been removed years before.

Investigators suggested the archway would have posed less of a hazard if it had been marked to draw attention to its height, or the hazard could have been eliminated completely with the archway’s removal.

The investigation also looked at the driver’s record and experience and determined unsafe operation of the garbage truck was an underlying factor.

The report concluded the driver did not operate the truck as he was instructed and trained to do.

The documents said the driver moved the truck forward while simultaneously hoisting the compactor into the rails.

At the time of the incident, the rail system was elevated four feet, while the truck was moving three kilometres an hour.

“As a result, the compactor bin was too high to clear the archway,” the report stated.

“Both the employer and the manufacturer of the rail system required the rail system to be fully horizontal before moving the truck out of the area. The driver did not comply with requirements to operate the truck and equipment safely.”

The report also suggested the driver was not focused on driving at the time of the incident, noting the driver was looking in the rear-view mirror watching the rail system when the incident occurred, adding he wasn’t focused on driving but on advancing the bin onto the rails and lowering the rails.

The WorkSafeBC investigation also concluded inadequate training and instruction of the driver was not a cause or underlying factor of the incident.

The investigation report did not address any penalties or enforcement related to the incident.

A spokesperson for WorkSafeBC cited privacy issues related to the release of that information.

Morguard Investments Ltd., which manages the mall, said in a statement it has been working closely with WorkSafeBC and the centre’s employees to understand what happened and to prevent a similar incident from taking place.

“Following receipt of WorkSafeBC’s report and in conjunction with head office personnel, we continue to assess the logistics of the area in question and will do what is required to restore our long history of safe operations at the centre,” said Franca Aere, regional general manager for Morguard.

Calls to Smithrite Disposal Ltd. were not returned by deadline.

Response filed in ‘slush bomb’ lawsuit Jeremy DEUTSCH

jdeutsch@thenownews.com It was an act of God that caused slush bombs to rain down on a motorist crossing the new Port Mann Bridge in the winter of 2012, according to a lawsuit response filed by the firm in charge of the bridge.

The Transportation Investment Corp. has denied the claims made in a lawsuit filed by Roberta Lessard related to an incident that occurred on Dec. 19, 2012.

Court documents filed in May state Lessard was driving eastbound on the Port Mann near Surrey that day, and was injured when ice and snow plummeted onto the roof of her car.

Three other companies involved in the construction or operation of the bridge — Kiewit/Flatiron General Partnership, Flatiron Constructors Canada and Peter Kiewit Infrastructure — were named in the lawsuit and are listed in the response denying the claims.

TI Corp., the company that operates the Port Mann/Highway 1 project, claims the buildup and release of ice and snow from the bridge was the result of a “confluence of extreme environmental conditions both unforeseen and unforeseeable to the defendants or any of them and was the inevitable

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Slush bombs fell from the bridge in 2012.

result of an Act of God.” Court documents state the construction companies exercised reasonable care in the design and construction of the bridge, while TI Corp. exercised reasonable care in the operation and maintenance of the bridge for the safety of all users.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Just a few weeks after opening in December 2012, the bridge was shut down for part of a day when the “slush bombs” fell from cables.

Motorists filed hundreds of ICBC claims as

a result. Afterwards, custom-designed cable sweepers were fitted around the bridge to prevent similar incidents from happening.

As a result of the incident, the suit claims, Lessard, who is described as an employee of the Vancouver Police Department, suffered physical injuries including headaches and soft tissue damage and shock, as well as trauma and nervousness.

She is seeking general and special damages and recovery of health-care costs.

The suit claims the injuries were caused by the negligence of all of the parties named for failing to properly maintain, repair and inspect the bridge, and to properly design the bridge and ensure it was reasonably safe and danger-free.

In its response, TI Corp. claims as soon as it became apparent that the buildup and release of ice and snow from the bridge posed a hazard to users, the company took immediate steps to close the bridge.

The response states any damage, loss or expense suffered by Lessard occurred without negligence on the part of the defendants, and TI Corp. denies any liability.

Court documents also state that Flatiron and Peter Kiewit had no involvement in the design, construction, repair, maintenance and safety of the bridge and there is no basis for

the claim to proceed against the two defendants.

The civil claim was one of two filed in May relating to the slush bomb incident.

Caryl-Lee Obrecht is suing TI Corp. over a similar incident that day.

Court documents state Obrecht was a passenger in a Ford Focus travelling eastbound across the bridge from Coquitlam that day when large sheets of ice falling from support cables struck the vehicle.

The suit claims Obrecht, a Delta resident, suffered injuries including a concussion, laceration to her scalp, headaches, injuries to her neck and shoulder, post-traumatic stress disorder and nightmares.

The suit claims the incident and resulting injuries were caused solely as a result of the negligence of TI Corp.

None of the allegations in the suit have been proven in court and TI Corp. has yet to file a response to that lawsuit.

Last winter, TI Corp. confirmed new monitoring and control systems have been installed to keep bridge cables free of ice and snow.

A series of collars was fastened around the cables and stored at the top of the bridge towers on remotely operated hangers. The collars drop down the cables one at a time to dislodge any accumulated snow or ice in their path.

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Landlord on hook for home raid costs

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com A Port Coquitlam landlord has learned the hard way about the hard costs of renting his place out to an allegedly unsavoury tenant.

On Monday, PoCo council turned down a request by the owner of 2136 Mary Hill Rd. to waive a $12,000 fee as part of the investigation and raid of the home by police and the city’s Public Inspection Team.

In January, the house was raided and a city staff report noted police recovered suspected stolen property and evidence of drugs being stored at the home.

Police also recovered knives and a magazine for a Glock pistol.

Though the tenant was arrested at the time, no charges were ever laid.

However, the home was still deemed to be a controlled substance property under the city’s controlled substance nuisance bylaw and also slapped with a do-not-occupy order.

When the declaration is made, the bylaw requires the standard service charges be applied to the property to reflect the cost of running the inspection program, which includes the costs of staff time, RCMP and bylaw officers and firefighters.

The city charges $12,000 as required in the bylaw, based on the average cost of dealing with a controlled substance property.

It was also noted the homeowner had already paid $12,000 to remediate the property to have the home certified safe to occupy.

Two weeks ago, owner Harvey Douglas asked council to waive the $12,000 bylaw fee, arguing in part that the home was not used as a marijuana grow-op and there was no evidence the building was used to manufacture, grow, store or sell any controlled substance.

The city argued the home was used for drug trafficking and storage and recommended the bylaw and fee be upheld.

Mayor Greg Moore said he sees the bylaw and fine as a deterrent that makes homeowners more responsible for what goes on at their properties.

“We have to have some responsibility — we don’t want this type of activity in our community and if that means there has to be the heavy hand of fines for business owners that own rental properties, then fair enough,” he said.

“This is not acceptable for the community I want to live in.”

He also suggested the number of grow-ops city council has had to deal with has dropped dramatically since the bylaw and inspection team was introduced.

Coun. Darrell Penner echoed a similar sentiment, suggesting the bylaw is putting the responsibility on the landlord.

While some on council suggested lowering the fine, a vote on an amendment to do so failed.

Only Couns. Dean Washington and Mike Forrest voted against the staff recommendation.

Washington questioned how the city could charge a fee given no one was charged with an offense and nothing was found growing in the home.

“I didn’t think it was a very compelling argument to charge this person the $12,000,” he said.

Forrest agreed the bylaw should be upheld, but said the cost in this case seemed onerous.

“It isn’t the same as a grow-op and therefore the difference for me is a bit of a challenge,” he said. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

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relocation policies when rental properties are redeveloped.

The aspect of affordable living was also examined, specifically the cost of transportation and other factors that affect household incomes. To that end, the strategy focuses on higher density areas — complete with high-paying jobs and educational opportunities — being located near major transit hubs.

Further stats examined as part of creating the strategy suggest that 26 per cent of all households — roughly 10,000 — spend more than 30 per cent of their income on housing. Census numbers from 2006 also indicate that 1,175 households in Coquitlam, or nine per cent, were in need and spending at least half of their income on accommodation.

Compounding those issues is the fact that about 700 to 1,000 units of the city’s rental

stock could be lost by 2023.

The majority of those units are located in Burquitlam and will be redeveloped due to the arrival of the Evergreen Line.

Between now and 2023, about 50,000 people are projected to move into Coquitlam, creating the need for more than 20,000 new housing units.

As a means to counteract those forces, the city will attempt to shift its focus onto newer, non-traditional housing models. Secondary suites will be relied upon, as will “lock off suites,” which are similar in nature to secondary suites.

Shared equity models will also be explored. That system sees the proceeds of new equity in a unit shared by both the original funder and the household in an effort to allow first-time buyers the ability to afford their first down payment.

A major thrust of the strategy calls for the city to part-

ner with senior governments, service providers and nonprofits to leverage the plan, and the call for more money.

AccordingtoMayorRichard Stewart, the city must move away from the clusters of rental and affordable housing traditionally found in areas like Austin Heights and Burquitlam.

Instead, those housing options must be spread equitably across the city.

“That by itself creates challenges — it segregates the community,” he said.

“But we do have some tools.

Largely those tools won’t cut ribbons, but it will cut us red tape. It will help us cut out some barriers that exist in the way of providing that wide range of affordable housing options.”

City staff will now fine tune the plan and present an updated version to council at a later date. From there, the strategy will move into the public consultation and stakeholder feedback phase.

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Burquitlam plan upsets some neighbours John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com Burquitlam residents turned out en masse Monday to oppose yet another new development in the area, though city council ultimately approved a seven-storey apartment building on Breslay Street.

In what was a marathon two-hour discussion during Monday’s public hearing, council heard a litany of concerns around the proposal, including the prospect of increased traffic, decreased property values and a lack of accompanying infrastructure in the area.

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“This building is way too huge for the area,” he said.

A nearby Breslay Street resident said the development will create a “homogenous neighbourhood.”

“I’m probably going to be stuck at 721 Breslay for quite some time because my property value has diminished, regardless of what’s been said here today,” the resident said.

In an interview Tuesday, Mayor Richard Stewart said he couldn’t support the application, largely because of its

aging seniors who want to downsize but remain in the community and young families looking for a “Yaletownstyle lifestyle,” minus the Yaletown prices.

The majority of the development will feature 600-squarefoot one-bedroom units and 800-square-foot two-bedroom units, “I really believe that this building is going to take the level of quality in the neighbourhood up a notch and I think it’s going to actually improve the neighbourhood,” Ritchie said.

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The idea was first presented in early July after the city received complaints over the issue, and as the story gained prominence in the media.

Coquitlam’s new bylaw applies to any enclosed space — a vehicle or a boat, for example — without adequate ventilation.

Monday’s vote comes shortly after Surrey instituted the same policy earlier this month. Coquitlam’s previous fine was $150, and the current penalty drops to $400 if the fine is paid within 14 days.

City solicitor Heather Bradfield explained last week that bylaw enforcement officers will take into account a number of factors when dealing with each case: the amount of ventilation available in a vehicle, the time of year the offence takes place, the condition of the animal and how it is behaving.

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After a dearth of public backlash, and a muddied interpretation of the initial bylaw, Coquitlam council has put the brakes on a proposed ban on longboards and skateboards.

Council defeated the controversial bylaw Monday, and has instead instructed city staff to study regulations in other municipalities and come up with a new set of rules.

The proposed bylaw called for a total ban on skateboards, longboards, in-line skates and kids’ scooters on all city streets and sidewalks.

In an interview Tuesday, Mayor Richard Stewart acknowledged the wording of the previous bylaw did not capture the original intent council had — to ban or regulate the reckless use of skateboards and longboards in the city.

“We do need a solution for the reckless rider,” Stewart said.

“We need to protect that rider, but more importantly perhaps, to protect the pedestrians who aren’t very safe when someone is travelling on a wheeled vehicle down a sidewalk with no brakes at bicycle or motor vehicle speeds.”

Staff’s task will now be to study bylaws in other communities and hold consultations with members of the skateboarding and longboarding community.

Stewart said some preliminary ideas that have been discussed include creating speed limits on sidewalks, instituting specific zones where longboards are and aren’t permitted, banning boarders from occupied sidewalks and making the use of helmets mandatory.

“We heard from skateboarders who were concerned with the reckless behaviour of some, because they know the backlash that will result,” Stewart said. “They can predict the backlash that would result from an injury to a senior or a child in a collision with a skateboarder.”

Defining reckless behaviour may prove difficult, but a staff report notes bylaw officers will use discretion in each case.

“Our bylaw inspectors are very experienced and understand when and how to apply bylaws,” the report reads. “The objective is not to ticket six year olds using scooters alongside their mothers going to school.”

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A bear displaying “aggressive behaviour” near Gates Park Thursday night was killed by conservation officers early Friday morning.

Police say the bear was first spotted early Thursday evening. The bear reportedly lunged towards a conservation officer.

It was shot, but ran back into the greenbelt, prompting the search early Friday.

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Help new drivers learn good habits

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ith summer now at its height, and thoughts of returning to school appearing on the horizon (politics and labour relations willing), many teenagers are eager to get behind the wheel of Mom’s or Dad’s car, and learn how to drive it.

In 2013, about 46,000 learner’s licences were given to prospective drivers aged 16 to 19.

Having an extra driver in the family has its appeal — but it also comes with significant risks.

Driving is particularly risky for new drivers, because they lack experience and may not have a store of appropriate responses to many of the situations they will encounter, and they lack the ability to react with greater understanding when they are in a serious situation.

Not only are young, inexperienced drivers more likely to be involved in an accident, but 18 per cent of crashes involving young drivers result in injury or death.

Some of what makes experienced drivers better than others are the habits they develop — possibly before they even get behind the wheel of a car.

Those habits become even more important to remember as parents help their children learn how to drive.

An ICBC survey indicated that 29 per cent of parents believe their teens picked up bad driving habits from them.

That’s a heavy burden to bear — especially if those bad habits lead to tragedy.

We concur with ICBC’s suggestion that the job of teaching new drivers, after they have passed their basic knowledge and vision tests, should rest with qualified supervisors. That instructional period is a good time for parents to study the rule book with their kids, work on any bad driving habits and learn about Graduated Licensing Program restrictions — and help kids follow them.

POCO CITY WORKERS HELP MATRIARCH CREATE A HORTICULTURAL LEGACY In May, my family lost our wonderful matriarch, “Nana” Elmore. Nana loved her community and her family and her roses — she’d always ask, “Isn’t she beautiful?” about her roses when she’d open the front door to her little cozy house in the Tri-Cities to invite you in for tea.

When Nana passed it became very important to me and my family to plant a rose bush in her honour somewhere close to her home and ours.

The City of Port Coquitlam was absolutely amazing and wonderfully compassionate in trying to help us with this unusual request — from the first call, to getting into contact Mr. Bill Herbst, parks coordinator, to meeting with Mr. James Bobick, horticultural supervisor. Mr. Bobick was kind enough to take myself and my mother with him to plant the roses (I had two, as I was afraid my black thumb may have done in the original), in a lovely area where we could visit “her,” all while chatting warmly with us like old friends — we learned a great deal from him.

I wanted to express my amazing amount of gratitude to the City of Port Coquitlam and the team of horticulturalists who make it such a beautiful, colourful, green and friendly place to live. I know Nana would love the spot where her roses now live, and she would have “squeezed” all those who helped.

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ot a week goes by, it seems, that doesn’t see Premier Christy Clark talk, yet again, about the vast riches that lay in B.C.’s path if only a liquefied natural gas industry gets off the ground in this province.

It’s a theme that began before the last election, and one that helped carry her to a surprising victory with the voters.

People seem to at least want to believe the fairy tale-like talk about billions of dollars coming our way, to help eliminate the provincial debt and even the sales tax. But for all the time the premier spends talking about this subject, more evidence (or at least information) turns up that reminds us all about just what a shaky roll of the dice the whole LNG gambit may prove to be.

Clark is arguing that the glut of natural gas on North American markets has kept the price low, and therefore B.C. must look to other markets to make money. China, Korea and Japan all loom as potential customers of B.C.’s LNG. To be fair, she has a point here. The steady decline in the price of natural gas in North America has meant dwindling revenues to the provincial treasury arising from royalties on gas sales, and this has been going on for several years now.

Annual natural gas royalty revenues for the B.C. government peaked in 2005-06, at almost a whopping $2 billion. Back then, the price was a lofty $7.27 per gigajoule, but things have gone downhill ever since, as the shale gas revolution in the United States exploded. The revenues bottomed out at a measly $169 million in 2012-13 and are expected to hit nearly a half billion dollars or so this year, but the days of royalties generating more than a billion dollars a year appear over.

And even the current estimate for this year’s revenues may be in jeopardy

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of being too high. Prices are lagging behind predictions of a few months ago, and even a 50-cent change in the price from what was predicted equals about $140 million in lost revenue.

All of this volatility underscores the premier’s argument to find new markets. But while the price for LNG remains high in Asia, who is to say those prices will remain high when and if a B.C.-based LNG plant is up and running a few years from now?

China recently signed a mammoth long-range deal with Russia for natural gas, and there are reports the price included in it is much lower than current prices. SFU professor and energy expert Mark Jaccard has pointed out that the Asia market can become just as volatile — and cheaper — over time as the North American one. If the Asian market price for LNG drops significantly, that alone could threaten the economic models of private companies contemplating building those proposed LNG plants in northwest B.C. Another potential problem: several recent media reports have said a major New York hedge fund has bought a $1-billion stake in Apache, one of the companies involved in a proposed LNG project in Kitimat, and is urging the company to get out of the project.

According to Bloomberg and the Wall St. Journal, the hedge fund managers apparently think the Kitimat project is

a drain on Apache’s capital, and any potential payoff is still many years down the road. They want the company to focus solely on U.S. projects.

Then there is the Kitimat air shed problem. Proposed LNG plants would be clustered in a tight valley with the existing Rio Tinto smelter and perhaps even an oil refinery, which all adds up to a lot of emissions into the air over a relatively small area. The government insists the report it recently commissioned to look into the problem concluded up to four LNG plants could operate without damaging the health of residents, if “proper measures” were taken. But Green Party MLA Andrew Weaver was quick to point out one of those recommended measures is to operate the LNG plants with electricity and not natural gas, which is something the premier has ruled out.

Finally, the recent landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision on aboriginal title may throw yet another wrench into plans to lay more pipelines to carry LNG to those envisioned plants.

Put it all together, and it would appear the premier’s lofty dreams of LNG riches may still be stuck in the proverbial pipe for a while yet.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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LETTERS A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT?

Call it the orange juice syndrome. Bev Oda, former federal minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency, knows it well. Her $16 glass of orange juice at the Savoy Hotel in London in 2011 was the tipping point that precipitated her downfall as a cabinet minister and an MP. The political landscape is littered with Bev Odas — politicians felled over lavish spending on entitlements, like former Alberta premier Alison Redford was.

Rarely are they felled over such things as a $182-million child welfare management software system that doesn’t work.

Which is why the government’s purchase card payments released this month with the public accounts is so illuminating.

In the big scheme of things, the charges are an infinitesimal percentage of government spending — $41 million out of more than $43 billion in expenditures — but they offer a glimpse at fiscal approaches between ministries and whether a sense of entitlement may exist in some corners of government.

In his last two years as premier — from 2009-10 to 2010-11 — Gordon Campbell’s office charged 1,205 transactions to the purchase card totalling $400,384.

Last year, Christy Clark’s office charged 1,216 transactions totalling $395,220.

Under Campbell, flights on Harbour Air and Helijet came in at $23,591 over two years for the premier’s office. Last year, Clark’s office charged $142,071 with the two airlines. And that doesn’t include additional flights with Alaska Air, Air Canada, Pacific Coastal Airlines, Porter Air or WestJet. All in, Clark’s office charged $185,308 in airfares.

That’s an average of $3,560 per week. Now there may be some good reasons for some of those flights, but a daily commuter service isn’t one of them.

Those float planes and whirlybirds sure are popular though.

Last year, more than $2.4 million was charged for flights on Harbour Air and Helijet. That’s about $47,000 per week. In defence of the flights, the Finance ministry stated: “Employee travel to and from Victoria is often required in order to deliver the many programs and services British Columbians rely on.”

Plausible for some of the

flights, not so much for others.

It’s tough to imagine that British Columbians were so urgently in need of a program or service from International Trade that it justified the ministry charging $89,000 for flights on Helijet.

There were some pretty big differences between the Campbell and Clark governments in other ministries as well. Aboriginal relations and reconciliation charged $780,783 last year.

That’s nearly triple the $266,543 over Campbell’s last two years.

And since politicians are masters at re-categorizing expenditures to suit their political agenda, comparing charges between fiscal years for ministries isn’t always an exact science.

There’s no purchase card summary for International Trade in 2010 or 2011, but last year the charges hit $1.33 million, including $260,730 with Air Canada, three charges at the Chosun Hotel in Seoul totalling $94,000 and two charges at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beijing totalling $52,000.

Over at the Justice department, they found 33 reasons to celebrate something or other at Earls on Hornby. Average tab? $362.

Total bill? $11,958.

But it’s not all bad. There were some spendthrifts. The Public

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Service Agency spent $796 with Groupon and various ministries made at least 419 transactions with dollar stores across B.C. totalling $24,179.

And while purchase card payments have dropped from $47.35 million in 2010-11 to $41 million last year, it’s not much cause for celebration when payments to government suppliers rose from $7.17 billion to $8.07 billion in the same period.

A government does have to operate and that means spending money. And it’s easy to second guess some expenditures. But the powers that be shouldn’t be too shocked when the public is more curious over a $225 charge by the premier’s office for a passport or $736 for valet parking in Los Angeles by International Trade than they may be over the cost of replacing the George Massey Tunnel.

That’s politics. The public gets irate over the small amounts because they can relate to them.

But the funny thing is that politicians who get the small things right generally don’t screw up the bigger ones.

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Coquitlam hosts park parties ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD NIGHT’ SET FOR THURSDAY, JULY 31

John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com The City of Coquitlam is bringing the party to the people.

Introduced in mid-July, Neighbourhood Nights is a series of weekly get-togethers staged in some of the city’s most prominent parks.

The free initiative is meant to bridge the gap between

different neighbourhoods and have residents meet face to face.

“It’s an open, inclusive sort of feeling. We want to get people active and participating,” said Sam Cooke, the city’s outdoor recreation coordinator.

“It gets people moving through to other neighbourhoods. It’s great, because it helps build that bigger sense

of community.”

The concept behind Neighbourhood Nights is not all that different than a block party, outside of the fact that each event is staged in a municipal park setting.

The city provides the bulk of everything that’s needed for the once-a-week gatherings: singers, entertainer, hot dogs, games and activities, face painting and more.

“People just show up. They don’t have to do anything in advance,” Cooke said.

The first Neighbourhood Night was staged July 17 at Burquitlam Park, while this week the idea moves to Galloway Park on Thursday, July 31.

Cooke said the idea for the Neighbourhood Nights program came from a longCONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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Eating at a festival? Follow these safety tips

Summer is in full swing and with it comes a host of festivals and events. Whether it’s a hot dog with sautéed onions or a chicken curry, Fraser Health is reminding festivalgoers not to let salmonella and E. coli ruin their day. Here are five things to look for when buying food at a festival or other public event: • Is the vendor displaying a valid temporary food permit?

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• Is the person serving food coughing or sneezing without properly protecting the food and washing their hands? Vendors should use washing stations equipped with soap in a dispenser and paper towels. Proper hand hygiene is the number one way to avoid spreading germs. Everyone should always sneeze and cough into their elbow to avoid the spread of germs.

• Is the person touching the food wearing gloves?

Vendors who need to touch the food, like sandwich makers, should always wear gloves when handling the food. One thing to look out for is whether they use the same gloves when handling money or other items. Gloves should

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running city program called Park Play. That program has been running for close to two decades and sees city staff moving between parks on a daily basis during the summer months, providing kids with literacy activities, games and more.

“It’s great to see families with their kids coming out to the park and connecting with other parents,” Cooke said.

“But we also recognize that during the day is not always the most convenient time for some parents, so we wanted to do something in the evening when the whole family can get together.”

After the July 31 event, Neighbourhood Night moves to Mackin Park on Aug. 7 and wraps up at Glen Park on Aug. 14.

Each event runs from 6 to 8 p.m.

For more information on the city’s outdoor programs, log on to www.coquitlam. ca/parks-recreation-and-culture/sport-and-recreation/ new-promotions/outdoorrecreation.aspx.

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Further proposed phases of the project may include an additional skill circuit, as well as downhill riding trails in the adjacent Riverview forest.

More consultation planned on land use changes The City of Coquitlam plans to conduct more public consultation before considering proposed land use redesignations of city-owned land within the Smiling Creek neighbourhood on Burke Mountain.

Under the current neighbourhood plan, the future land use for these parcels is designated as school/park and neighbourhood park, along with areas for townhomes and single-family residential lots. Any redesignation for the future uses of this land requires city-wide Official Community Plan amendments to the Northeast Coquitlam Area Plan, the SmilingCreekNeighbourhood Plan and the Lower Hyde Creek Neighbourhood Plan.

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In the meantime, the city will be starting roadwork construction to provide servicing infrastructure to the Partington Creek lands, in accordance with the current Smiling Creek and Partington Creek Neighbourhood Plans.

The city says this work is consistent with both of these neighbourhood plans and includes: extending Burke Village Promenade eastward from Riley Street to Mitchell Street; extending Gislason Avenue eastward from the Smiling Creek Bridge to Mitchell Street; construction of Mitchell Street from Gislason Avenue north to the extension of Burke Village Promenade; and construction of a sanitary sewer line from

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The park will be accessible from both Queenston Avenue and Princeton Avenue.

Construction is expected to wrap up this fall.

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In this ancient city of a hundred spires I’m surrounded by wonder and beauty, but in a place so different from home, I’m reminded that I’m a traveller in a land that is strange to me. Along with the adventure of new sights, sounds and experiences, comes a subtle discomfort with the unfamiliar and the potential for danger.

It is not unlike the experiences of my own patients, friends and family who have found themselves in another strange place: the hospital.

A big difference between travelling to another country and finding yourself in a hospital is the surprise and misadventure that bring you to the latter. It’s like being a refugee fleeing from disaster rather than a vacationer to the happiest place on Earth.

As a patient, you might feel like Dorothy being swept to the Land of Oz, and I don’t mean Australia.

You might end up in the hospital for a procedure such as an operation, which many times can be planned and expected. In this case, it’s almost like a pre-booked holiday (perhaps with a very long wait) and the length of your stay is usually predictable. Most patients, however, are unexpectedly admitted to the hospital in response to an accident (e.g. a fall with a fractured hip) or an illness (e.g. infection, stroke, heart attack or symptoms of an asyet-undiagnosed condition).

The goal for most patients admitted to the hospital, of

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This is the reality when you gather many sick people in a large institution where every patient comes in contact with numerous healthcare workers. Fortunately, the vast majority of patients do well in the hospital and not only survive but thrive.

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Though patients are not to blame when things go wrong

in the hospital, I’ll offer in my next column some key tips to being a more assertive patient or advocate for a friend or family member. In fact, I could write a whole book — or, like travel writer Rick Steves, a whole series of books — on hospitals around the world, maybe the Lonely Patient’s Guides to Surviving Your Medical Adventures.

Dr. Davidicus Wong is a family physician. His column appears regularly in this paper.

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Series all square after dust-up

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sports@thenownews.com The B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League final has gone from intense to riveting.

The Coquitlam Adanacs and New Westminster Salmonbellies reconfirmed their rivalry to the tune of 2-2 series lock, on the heels of New West’s 13-8 win on Monday.

A best-of-seven series already operating on a pendulum, the battle was ratcheted up three notches on a night where two goalies were tossed and 350 minutes in penalties were assigned.

The two clubs engage again tonight (Wednesday) in Game 5, 8 p.m. at Queen’s Park Arena.

Purists and puritans will have plenty to debate once the last whistle is blown and a B.C. champion is decided — likely in a seventh game (slated for Aug. 3).

“A game like [Monday’s] we just have to address — their players are coming after us and taking liberties so we are going to go out and do what we have to do to shift this series,” said Coquitlam sniper Tyler Pace, who netted three goals in the loss.

The Bellies came out red-hot, and built up a 9-1 lead midway

through the second period.

Unlike games 2 and 3, where the Adanacs rallied for 11-6 and 11-7 decisions, the gap couldn’t be bridged. And the frustration boiled over.

Early in the third, New West goalie Eric Penny was tossed after high sticking Keegan Rittenger.

Seven minutes later the Bellies’ Jakob Doucet made it 13-6 and A’s netminder Riley Camazzola reacted to an apparent slight.

Three fights ensued, including Camazzola walking down floor to take down New West backup Ross Bowman. A few minutes later, sparks flew again with more players thrown out.

The resulting scuffles saw Coquitlam assessed 190 penalties in the final five minutes, including 13 game misconducts — three to Camazzola. New West was tagged with 125 minutes and eight players tossed out. “[9-1] is tough. It’s tough in lawn bowling or lacrosse,” noted Coquitlam coach Neil Doddridge.

“We got back to 10-5 and then the game changed. It is what it is — it’s not soccer and if you’re rubbing our noses in it you can’t expect us to not get upset.”

While the loss was resounding,

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LINDBJERG STAYS SUPER

While disappointed that the big title got away, Port Moody’s Gudmund Lindbjerg scooped up the Super-Senior crown at last week’s B.C. Golf Men’s Senior championship at Christina Lake.

A four-time B.C. senior victor, Lindbjerg wasn’t aiming for a consolation prize in the fiercely competitive final.

“Isn’t that terrible? It just means I’m super old,” joked Lindbjerg of his win, while finishing four strokes back of overall senior champ Doug Roxburgh.

To capture the super-senior title, Lindbjerg won a two-hole playoff over Kent Brown.

Tied for fifth overall, the two traded shots until the second playoff hole, with Brown hitting the bunker en route to a bogey, while Lindbjerg twoputted for par for the win.

It came down to the final nine holes in the three-day tourney with Lindbjerg briefly sitting tied with Roxburgh for the lead.

“We were right in the hunt but [Roxburgh] was steady all tournament,” he said. “He made some birdies early that I should have, and on the [final round] back nine I screwed up on a par-5.

“I hit the hill and it rolled, but I didn’t hit my putt.”

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Locked in combat, the Coquitlam Adanacs and New Westminster are all tied up 2-2 in their BCJALL final series.

Pace said the series still has a lot of life in it.

“We lost a game but we can

come back, it’s a three-game series now… We just have to come out strong and composed.”

PoCo eager to repeat peewee feat

The Port Coquitlam Minor Baseball Association knows exactly what it wants for its diamond anniversary — a repeat.

The club is playing host this week to the B.C. peewee AA baseball championships for

SPORTS SHORTS

just the second time in its 50-year history.

And while PoCo coach Mike Bird is focused on preparing his team for the challenging task of being good hosts and difficult opponents, he brings a little something else to the table: experience.

Bird was the starting pitcher for the PoCo team that captured the organization’s lone provincial crown 20 years ago.

“Some have said I talk about it a little too much,” Bird said with a laugh.

The connection has come full circle for the city employee, who leads this year’s PoCo peewee team that hosts the B.C. AA championships, beginning tomorrow (Thursday) at Thompson Park.

PoCo opens the tourney at 9 a.m. when they take on Vernon.

“We were the youngest team then and nobody really gave us a chance,” recalled the coach. “When you’re a kid you don’t think too much about what things mean.

“The importance didn’t sink in at that point, so I want to make sure that these boys really enjoy this experience.”

His lineup includes five returnees who made last year’s provincials and helped the squad claim the Valley title.

“I feel I do my best coaching in situations like this,” he noted. “You do all the preparation work, talk and practice the game and when it comes to these big games I can sit back and just let them play.”

Having started coaching at the age of 14 with his nephew’s team, Bird feels his crew has plenty of assets that make them contenders, not just home town hosts.

“My pitching staff is quite deep with three really good pitchers, and pitching wins games,” he said. “This core has been together since [the age of] nine, but this is the first year I’ve coached this group.”

Bird, who has managed at the premier level in White Rock, said having a chance to compete in a huge tournament is something every kid should experience.

“It’s just an incredible opportunity and I want them to enjoy it, no matter the result.”

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CYCLIST SPINS TO SILVER

Coquitlam’s Tory Nyhaug made significant headway in his climb up the BMX supercross racing charts last week.

The six-time Canadian BMX supercross champion captured the silver medal in the main event at the 2014 UCI BMX world championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

A year after finishing fifth overall, the 22-yearold posted a career-best performance to claim the second podium step.

Nyhaug placed second behind Olympic silver medallist Sam Willoughby of Australia. The 2012 Canadian Olympic team member was extremely pleased with the result, which came with his parents in attendance.

“Silver medal the the World Champs!! Thanks to everyone who has stuck by me and believed in me through everything,” Nyhuag tweeted.

BANDITS EDGE CAPITALS

Aiden Milburn, Bryan Poole and Kerry Susheski cashed in two goals apiece to pace the Tri-City Bandits to an 8-7 victory over the Royal City Capitals, advancing to the West Coast Senior B Lacrosse League final.

The Bandits trailed 4-3 early in the second period before pouncing for four straight goals, including markers by Brendan Shea and Milburn, a Burnaby junior call-up, 11 seconds apart.

Royal City closed the gap to one goal in the third, only to have Susheski net the eventual game winner and a 3-0 series win.

Joe Bell turned aside 37 shots in the win.

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