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jdeutsch@thenownews.com Coquitlam Mounties continue to investigate a hit-andrun in Port Coquitlam that left a man seriously injured in hospital.

On Tuesday, the RCMP confirmed investigators had received several tips from the public, but the driver and vehicle have still not been identified.

Police said the victim was riding his bike eastbound along the bypass just east of Kingsway Avenue before midnight Wednesday when he was hit from behind by what investigators believe was a Toyota truck or SUV. Investigators recovered a black plastic passenger side mirror housing from the scene they believe may be from the suspect vehicle.

The following day, the family of cyclist Bruce Rickman urged the driver to come forward and talk to police.

The 55-year-old bus driver was heading home to Pitt Meadows at the time of the crash.

He remains in hospital in stable condition.

Mounties couldn’t discuss the nature of the tips, but RCMP Const. Michelle Luca said the main priority for investigators is to get as many as possible.

“Unfortunately, sometimes people think they may have some sort of info that’s insignificant,” she told the Tri-Cities NOW. “In the grand scheme of things it’s never insignificant, we really urge people to come forward with information.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Coquitlam RCMP Traffic Services Section at 604-945-1550 and quote file 2014-21316.

The latest hit-and-run incident came less than a week after police announced charges against a PoCo man in the fatal crash that killed 16-year-old Annie Leung.

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On Tuesday, the BC Coroners Service confirmed the man who died during an incident in the Alouette River in Pitt Meadows Monday was Jagit Khangura, 44, of Port Coquitlam.

The coroners service said Khangura was swimming with family members in the Alouette River near the Silver Bridge in the late afternoon when he started to have trouble in the water and was not able to reach the shore. Family members called 911 and emergency services responded immediately.

A number of bystanders also tried to help, but were unable to pull Khangura from the river.

By 8:30 p.m., his body was located on the river bottom and recovered by a diver.

The BC Coroners Service and RCMP continue to investigate the incident.

The coroners service noted the family members has asked for privacy at this time.

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com The summertime might usually be a chance for School District 43 trustees to leave their roles behind for a bit.

But not for SD43 trustee Brian Robinson — not while the province and teachers are still fighting.

The longtime trustee has vowed to carry out his own form of protest over the ongoing labour dispute.

Until a deal is struck, Robinson will show up at schools around the Tri-Cities with rally signs, encouraging the two sides in the dispute to get a deal done.

“I have seven grandchildren and they need to be in school,” he said, suggesting the efforts to get a deal done have been too quiet. “I’m also a trustee and we have 33,000 students that need to be in school.”

On Friday, Robinson was out front of Dr. Charles Best Secondary, joined by follow trustee Keith Watkins. On Tuesday, he was in Port Moody.

He said he’s not picking sides in the dispute, but rather just trying to encourage both sides to get a deal.

“The message is negotiate,” he said.

And Robinson sees big implications for the district if school doesn’t start in September, noting there are hundreds of international students waiting to hear if there will be classes.

Robinson also pointed out a lot of work has to be done behind the scenes to get the schools ready for students.

earned $800,000 from a signing bonus handed out in his jdeutsch@thenownews.com role as the band’s economic While the furor over revela- development officer, which tions the chief of Kwikwetlem he took over in September First Nation made nearly a 2013. He said the 10-per-cent bonus was million dollars in built into the salary was quelled position three somewhat by the years ago to long weekend, the give the person issue is expected to in the role an heat up later this incentive to get week. contracts.

According to a Giesbrec ht press release on said he didn’t the band’s webknow he would site, Chief Ron make that Giesbrecht will NOW FILE much when he announce next steps on the issue “once Chief Ron Giesbrecht took over the role, adding he has spoken to as he removed the bonus strucmany people as possible.”

The release also noted the ture from the position. When chief was “committed” to asked if he intended to return speaking to band members in some of the money, he said person or by phone before he he had no comment. At least leaves for medical treatment one of his fellow councillors this week. The chief of the is calling for Giesbrecht to tiny First Nation has come step down.

Coun. Marvin Joe told the under fire after remuneration documents showed he made CBC on Friday that band members were irate over $914,219 in 2013-14.

Last week, Giesbrecht the extra compensation, and told the Tri-Cities NOW he called for the chief to resign.

Jeremy Deutsch

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Trustees Brian Robinson and Keith Watkins protest on Tuesday afternoon.

“There’s a lot to lose if we don’t get this settled before September 2nd.”

Teachers and their union, the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, have been on strike since mid June without a deal in sight. The job action cost the last couple weeks of the school year and if a deal isn’t struck, could go into September.

The provincial government recently offered parents $40 for each child under 13 if the strike stretches into September.

Robinson suggested the strike might not be top of mind for parents busy with holidays, but he believes that will change once people start looking at the calendar.

“We would like all the trustees to grab sign and get in front of their schools,” he said.

Robinson may soon get his wish, as the BCTF and the BC Post Secondary Employers’ Association have agreed to meet on Friday, Aug. 8.

Put your phone down, Coquitlam’s Cahoon promises transparency SD 43 hopeful says Chris MONTGOMERY

Two of her adult stepsons also live in the Tri-Cities.

She is part-owner and manager of the famSchool board candidate Shari O’Neill wants ily business.

O’Neill says her experience attending school the next board to address the district’s financial problems — and figure out how to make board, land-planning and budget meetings in it safer for parents to drop their kids off and the past year led her to believe that an age gap of a generation “or more” pick them up at the end of between trustees and most the day. parents has led to a huge disO’Neill, a Coquitlam resiconnect that leaves trustees dent who has lived in the unfamiliar with the needs of Tri-Cities since 1986, says children and families. she wants to read the entire “None of the trustees have forensic audit on the board’s children in SD43. I feel that $10-million operating deficit trustees should, and should done last fall, not just the be active as parent volunteers summary released publicly. so they are familiar with our The deficit is the root of students needs, as I’m sure the district’s financial probmost of them were 15 to 20 lems, she says, and her conyears ago,” she says. cern is how experienced Cuts to support and library trustees allowed the probprograms as a response to lem to develop.

SUBMITTED PHOTO the deficit has shifted an On the safety front, O’Neill Shari O’Neill is troubled by unacceptably heavy burden is targetting the danger SD43’s financial standing. on to teachers, O’Neill says. posed by parents texting and O’Neill served for five talking on their phones while years as school liaison for the Coquitlam driving in drop-off and pick-up zones.

“It’s only a matter of time before a child is Montessori Society, volunteered for five years hurt or worse, by one of these distracted par- for fundraisers and school activities on her ents. It’s a serious issue, and one that does not Parent Advisory Committee, including its hotlunch program. She will serve this fall on the get enough attention,” she says.

O’Neill has two children in elementary school’s multicultural council and emergencyschool in Coquitlam and one in middle school preparedness and school-planning committees. in Port Moody. editorial@thenownews.com

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“I believe all children should receive an excellent education, no matter which public program they are in, and have a sense of Carol Cahoon says her biggest issues as a belonging and inclusion. Every child should school board candidate in SD 43 are greater be treated fairly and have equal represenfiscal accountability, fair and equal represen- tation for their educational needs. Children tation for all children’s needs and finding should not suffer because of insufficient funda way to strengthen public ing or inadequate support,” education. she says.

The next school board “I have served on the faces a number of challenParent Advisory Committee ges, says Cahoon, who lists and School Planning budget overruns, labour Committee at schools in disruptions and a stagnant, both Port Coquitlam and complacent approach by Coquitlam.

In addition, past trustees as issues that I was a school liaison and need addressed. elected the Chairperson of “I want to be part of the The Coquitlam Montessori solution and not a spectaSociety, which has classtor to the problems,” says rooms in schools across the Cahoon, a resident of the district.

Como Lake area who has “All these volunteer poslived in the Tri-Cities for 18 itions gave me added experiSUBMITTED PHOTO years. ence working on balancing This SD43 trustee candidate “There has been complabudgets, raising funds, prohas no time for complacency. cency and a lack of new ideas moting programs and observor proactive solutions. ing first hand how important “I can bring accountability, transparency good fiscal management is. and fiscal responsibility to the budgeting proCahoon has a 14-year-old starting Grade 9 cess,” says the bookkeeper. at Dr. Charles Best, and a 12-year-old headed “I will listen to all stakeholders to ensure into Grade 7 at Banting Middle School. that they are equally and fairly represented.

“A school trustee’s responsibility includes I’m a team player known for consensus build- the execution of total fiscal accountability for ing, with a strong emphasis on collaboration the management of public funds in a responand open communication. sible and open manner.” editorial@thenownews.com

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CTA head outraged over $40 subsidies Chris MONTGOMERY

editorial@thenownews.com Tri-Cities teachers are unimpressed the provincial government is preparing for a school-free September by offering parents $40 a day in anticipated childcare expenses.

Local parents seem equally angry.

Shortly before last week’s announcement that stalled labour negotiations were set to resume Aug. 8, Finance Minster Mike de Jong told parents that an estimated 340,000 families of public-school pupils under the age of 13 will be offered $40 a day toward child care — if teachers are still on strike at the start of the school year Sept. 2.

The $12-million-a-day in cash will come from monies saved by not having to pay teachers’ salaries and is meant to provide for tutoring or childcare associated with classrooms being closed, de Jong said.

He also ruled out early recall of the legislature, now set for Oct. 6, to order teachers back to work.

Charley King, president of the Coquitlam Teachers’ Association, said last week that the strike savings “should be re-invested in classrooms.”

“The government is putting an awful lot of energy into finding ways to keep schools closed instead of finding ways to negotiate [with us],” King said.

“We had 600 layoffs in this district because of a $13-million shortfall. Services to kids have been impacted. The government is stacking up huge amounts in savings. This [$12million-a-day] has got to be galling to the school board. As a parent, I’m outraged.”

Muriel Gibb, a Coquitlam resident who helps with the care of four grandchildren attending school in Pitt Meadows and Surrey, shared King’s anger.

Her comments to the Tri-Cities NOW echoed much of what was being said on social media, on call-in shows and in letters to the editor.

Although her two children stand to pocket a total of $800 a week under the Liberal plan, some or all of which they could pass along to Gibb and other family members for care, Gibb says she isn’t interested.

With the extended family already scram-

bling to supply pre-and after-school care for the children, one of whom has special needs, Gibb says that covering school hours as well would be tough.

But more than that, she insists the money should be left in the education system.

Both sides in the dispute “are so close that salaries aren’t an issue,” she said.

“It’s about things like class composition.

Teachers need the help,” Gibb said. “They gave up salary increases 10 years ago to get some help in classrooms, and they never got it. They need extra staff and everybody knows that. The government knows that.

“Families are at the point where enough is enough. Kids need to go back to school.

Teachers need help with them. Spend the money on that.

“We don’t want the money for ourselves.

We want the kids at school. We want them to negotiate properly.”

Selina Robinson, MLA for CoquitlamMaillardville, said Friday her office has been flooded with calls from parents angry at the provincial plan — some of them from outside her riding.

Most of their concerns could be summed up with “what the hell am I going to do with $40,” she said.

“People deserve a government that’s working hard on resolving the issue before Sept.

2. It looks like they’ve put a lot of work into Plan B. They should be working on Plan A instead.”

B.C. schools closed for the final two weeks of the year after teachers went on strike June 17. Little progress has been made in talks over the past month; wages, benefits and funding for class size and composition remain unresolved.

The BC Teachers’ Federation is asking for eight per cent over five years in wages. The province is offering seven per cent over six years.

Teachers want a fund of $225 million a year spent on new teachers and on class-size and composition issues, and another $225-million for better medical benefits, professional development and preparation time. The government countered with an offer to maintain a $75-million Learning Improvement Fund.

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New Student Registration On Tuesday, September 2, over 30,000 students in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody (including the Villages of Anmore and Belcarra) will be returning to school. School District 43 (Coquitlam) welcomes all students and wishes all of them the very best for the year ahead.

If you are new to the area or have moved over the summer, registration for new students will take place in public schools the week of August 25.

Bring along proof of citizenship for parent and child (i.e. birth certificate, PR card, passport) and proof of local residency.

Non-residents can contact the International Education Department 604-936-5769 for more information.

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Farnworth spent $6K on failed leadership bid

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the way for John Horgan to be acclaimed as the leader.

At the time, Farnworth said he decided to drop out Port Coquitlam MLA Mike when he realized he wasn’t Farnworth may have failed going to get at his bid to lead the result he the NDP this wanted. spring, but he Early on in didn’t have to the race, Horgan spend a lot of managed to money on his get the supcampaign. port of a large According to number of NDP 2014 B.C. NDP caucus memleadership conbers, including testant financing the support of reports released NOW FILE several highTuesday, the Port Coquitlam MLA profile local PoCo MLA spent Mike Farnworth NDPers, includ$6,482 on his ing Coquitlamcampaign before Maillardville MLA Selina dropping out of the race.

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He also received just $361 The long-time PoCo MLA in campaign contributions. just had two caucus members Farnworth dropped out of on his side. the NDP leadership race just Farnworth eventually a few weeks after his camdropped out of the race to paign began in April, leading jdeutsch@thenownews.com

throw his support behind Horgan, and suggested at the time his decision would show the caucus is united.

Had Farnworth continued, he likely would have faced a difficult campaign, while being outgunned in the wallet by Horgan.

According to the financing reports, the NDP leader raised $123,542 in contributions including some from major organizations like the BC Professional Firefighters Association and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Retired Coquitlam MLA Diane Thorne also donated $1,000 to Horgan’s campaign.

Documents show that Farnworth’s decision to leave the race also saved him $25,000 from the party’s nomination fee, which Horgan did list as an expense.

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Coquitlam tops list of B.C. bear sightings Tara CARMAN editorial@thenownews.com Coquitlam was the bear-sighting capital of B.C. last year and while many of the animals showed up to gorge on garbage, there was also another attractant at play: the humble blueberry.

“More than 20 years ago we had no blueberry farms here; now we have 600 acres just in Coquitlam,” said Drake Stephens, urban wildlife coordinator for the City of Coquitlam.

“Right now, that lures a lot of bears into the area. I counted 20 bears in one farm a few years ago.”

A list of black bear, grizzly bear and cougar sighting reports to conservation officers for 2013, obtained by The Vancouver Sun through a Freedom of Information request, shows Coquitlam had by far the most reported black bear sightings in the province, with 1,281 reports. Neighbouring Port Coquitlam was third, with 882 sightings.

Other Metro Vancouver cities, including Maple Ridge, North Vancouver and Burnaby, were also in the top 10.

Last year was much quieter than usual for bear sightings in the area, said Chris Doyle, an inspector with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.

“The exception was the Tri-Cities area,” he said. “It was as busy or busier than normal.”

This year, there is more activity throughout the region, he said, and sightings in the TriCities are roughly on par with last summer.

“You’ve got large areas of residential and businesses that are right on the interface of good bear habitat,” he said of the area.

Blueberry farms have also contributed to the booming bear population in the Tri-Cities, Doyle said, though electric fencing has had some success in mitigating this.

“If you’ve had several years where you’ve had a number of bears feeding on blueberries ... it may create a larger population of bears,” he explained, adding that those bears live in proximity to garbage-producing neighbourhoods.

“Once a bear starts on garbage and if it’s readily available, there’s nothing we can really do to deter them from returning to that food source, other than working with the community first to ... cut that availability of food source off.”

Coquitlam has taken steps in this direction, introducing in July a new bear-resistant container for residents to dispose of food waste, Stephens said. Garbage containers in the city are not bear-proof, which is why it’s especially important for residents to properly sort their garbage, he added.

There are other things residents can do to avoid attracting bears. One piece of advice Stephens offers, which he admits is generally not well received, is to keep food scraps in the freezer, wrapped in newspaper or a compostable bag.

“I just have one in the freezer that I add to throughout the week so that I don’t have smelly prawn tails and chicken bones and fish bones. That ... will smell up your garage or your cart really fast and attract wildlife.”

Because bears are most active at night, it is also important not to set garbage out at the curb the night before pickup, Stephens said.

Coquitlam has a bylaw preventing people from doing so before 5:30 a.m. on pickup day. City officials also go door-to-door, especially in newer neighbourhoods, distributing pamphlets on bear awareness with a phone number to report sightings.

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PoCo ranks third in 2013 bruin sightings CONT FROM PAGE 6 “We’re a very fast-developing community with many new residents that may be new to bear country, or new to Canada even, and they’re not used to seeing them.

Some of us oldtimers might not phone anyone whereas new residents are pretty quick to phone.”

Doyle, however, said municipalities could be doing more. Just six B.C. municipalities, only one in Metro Vancouver, have completed the province’s Bear Smart certification program: Whistler, Squamish, Lions Bay, Naramata, Port Alberni and Kamloops.

“A lot of those communities still have a lot of bears there because the habitat’s good for bears,” Doyle said.

“But we’ve certainly seen a decrease in the types of problems with bears around residences accessing garbage.”

If residents find a bear

on their property that won’t leave, the best thing to do - from a safe distance - is to make a lot of noise using pots and pans or air horns to let the bear know it is not welcome, Stephens said.

Conservation officers respond to roughly one in 10 reported bear sightings in the Lower Mainland, Doyle said, noting that they will typically not respond if the bear has an escape route and is no threat to anyone.

When officers do attend, they guide the animal into an escape route when possible. If the bear is in a confined space, it may need to be tranquilized using a dart and relocated, he said.

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display aggressive or threatening behaviour or are seriously injured, Doyle said, adding that only a small percentage of the thousands of calls to conservation officers result in the animal’s death.

The most important element of any strategy to deal with bears in residential communities is prevention and, failing that, early intervention, Doyle said.

“If we’re able to deal with bears early on in the conflict history, if we’re able to deal with the attractants, we know that when there’s years where there’s good berry crops, which there was last year ... that bears will return to natural food sources.”

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It’s time both sides get back to table

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hile a sliver of sunlight has started to appear in the ongoing dispute between teachers and the province, with both sides agreeing to meet later this week, there is still no deal in sight as the beginning of the school year looms.

And if a deal doesn’t get done in time, the provincial government has offered parents $40 per child under the age of 13.

The provincial finance minister made the announcement last week.

The plan would cost about $12 million per day, about the same amount to run the school system.

The media has reported the government sees parents using the cash for tutoring or basic daycare.

Predictably, the B.C. Teachers’ Federation quickly panned the plan in the media, suggesting the government is putting more effort into prolonging the dispute than ending it.

Teachers across the province have been on strike since mid June.

After a couple months with little bargaining going on, that would be fair assessment.

The provincial government has to consider the options if there isn’t a deal by September.

After all, that time frame gives both sides less than a month to hammer out a deal.

But this next month could be spent more wisely if the negotiators got in a room and negotiated a deal.

When summer holidays end and attentions return back to the reality that children across B.C. don’t have a place to go come Sept. 2, there’s a pretty good chance nearly every parent would gladly forgo the cash to have their kids in a school learning again.

AN IMPOSITION? GET REAL Re: “Are park messages too sombre?” Friday, Aug. 1.

Yet again Coun. Terry O’Neill has found a way to offend many of the electorate with his crassness, insensitivity and flippant attitude towards the very people who put him in office. He finds the public display of grief an imposition?

And he really doesn’t appreciate the fact that he has to drive by the roadside memorials. His moral turpitude would not only be offensive if it was coming from an ordinary citizen, but it is unmitigated gall when you consider the fact that Mr. O’Neill is an elected official.

Have any of us forgotten his general categorization of people who were opposed to the clear cutting of trees as an overreaction by the “tree-hugging” sector? It is obvious this man has no conception of public relations and is totally oblivious to popular sentiment.

As for the memorial plaques on park benches, I am of the same mind as Mayor Stewart when he stated he finds them perfectly inoffensive. How can the expression of love, loss and endearment of the departed be an insult to the sensibilities of anyone who takes the time to read them? Let’s get real, these aren’t ubiquitous headstones strewn throughout the parks we’re referring to, but 160 tiny plaques situated in the many parks located in a wide area of Coquitlam.

It seems we have become a society that seems more preoccupied in finding fault rather than embracing the basic human emotions of our fellow man.

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Time is teachers’ enemy

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ow many people reading this column could go 20 weeks without a pay cheque, without seriously depleting your savings account or cashing in a significant amount of RRSP funds?

I suspect not many people could, but that bleak scenario is precisely the one facing many teachers in B.C. as the summer progresses.

The teachers were last paid in midJune, or thereabouts.

They may not see another paycheque until mid-October, unless their union moves significantly off its bargaining position in contract talks.

And yes, I say “union” quite deliberately. That’s because there is no way to pressure or force the government to accede to what the B.C. Teachers Federation is demanding at the negotiating table.

This is not to say that what the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) is asking for is not warranted in some respects.

Teachers have made a strong and compelling case, for example, that more funding is needed to address issues such as class composition.

Hiring more specialist teachers, to pick just one area, would have a huge and positive impact on many classrooms.

But for all the validity of some of the BCTF’s arguments (these don’t include the ones involving their demand for a greater benefits package) there is no reason at all to expect the provincial government to suddenly fork over almost a quarter of a billion dollars, which is what the BCTF is seeking to address class composition.

I’m not the only observer to point out that in this poker game, the government holds all the cards — not just the best cards, but all of them.

VIEW FROM THE LEDGE Keith Baldrey

The government’s ability to legislate an end to the dispute and to impose a new contract gives it the whip hand.

The BCTF may well challenge such a move in court, but that will take some time to play out if the union chooses to go down that route.

The BCTF may eventually also ultimately win that ongoing court case about contract language governing class size (it has won in the B.C. Supreme Court, but the government is appealing and a potential further appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada may mean this won’t be resolved for perhaps two more years).

So unless the BCTF leadership crawls back from the edge of the cliff it has been sitting on for months now, the only question becomes one of timing.

As in: when will the government impose that contract?

In past disputes, the government has moved relatively quickly to end a strike by teachers, using the legislature to do so.

Not this time.

The government now realizes it has the BCTF just where it wants it.

For the first time ever, the union’s membership are paying a huge personal financial price for staging a strike.

And the teachers are paying that price at the worst possible time. The fact the two-month summer break has landed smack in the middle of the

strike exacerbates the cash flow problems that can arise from going potentially more than four months without an income.

Government House Leader Mike de Jong is adamant he won’t call the legislature back earlier than its Oct. 6 scheduled start, just to impose a contract.

His surprise announcement of a $40 per lost school day per student rebate for parents would seem to buttress that point.

If he sticks to his guns, the earliest date for an imposed contract to take effect would be Oct. 9th (it takes a minimum of three days to pass a bill into law). If teachers went back to work that day, presumably they wouldn’t be paid for two more weeks.

It all adds up to about 20 weeks without a teacher being paid. The unfortunate thing for teachers, which it is more than likely, is that the imposed contract will contain pretty much what’s on the table now from the government, which means teachers will have given up thousands of dollars for nothing.

I still think a negotiated deal is possible: the two sides are close on wage proposals, and if the BCTF staggered its argument for funding for class composition over several years (instead of all at once), dropped most of its benefits demands and agreed to put off any grievances until that court case is ultimately settled one way or another, a deal might be in sight.

It might not be totally fair, and it may not give the teachers and their classrooms everything they deserve.

But not many labour disputes end up giving everyone what they deserve, and in this case no one deserves to go without an income for 20 weeks.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC

LETTERS ANGER OVER $40 SUBSIDIES

Re: “B.C. to pay parents if strike continues,” Friday, Aug. 1.

Forty dollars per day for children under the age of 13 if the government and BCTF have not settled in September?

I listened as Mike de Jong alluded to the money provided to allow for parents to seek out educational programs, tutoring or other support for their children not attending public schools because of the strike.

Oh, yes, if this is needed for daycare, that’s okay too. So if the government is offering this subsidy to parents in lieu of a formal education, why just children 12 and under?

I’m left wondering why not high school students who are just as affected, if not more, in terms of the academic demands and crunch that will happen if the school year is condensed due to this ongoing dispute.

If you really mean daycare costs are being subsidized, I guess that means $1,200/day minus overhead is what teachers should be earning for the 30 students in their charge each day? Oops,

I forgot the additional costs for special needs support.

I’m sure parents will be able to find daycare for their exceptional needs children on $40 a day.

Good luck!

Tammy Wirick Coquitlam ••• Mike de Jong announced that parents of children under 13 could claim $40 per day while the teachers’ strike continues.

The money comes from the $12 million saved each day the strike continues. The clear message coming from the BC Liberals is that they are not committed to negotiating a settlement with the teachers during the next month.

As a parent, I find the idea that daycare is a reasonable substitute for education insulting.

Children deserve an education that begins the first week of September. They deserve a government that is doing everything in its power to ensure that this happens.

However, having seen what $12 million will buy for only the younger children in B.C. ($40 which will pay for only part of a day’s daycare program), I am very impressed with the fact that this same amount of money pays

for the education costs of all children in B.C. Given its excellent value, I am just wondering why the government would rather see the strike continue than provide a bit more funding to improve class sizes and composition.

I guess the ultimate message the Liberals are sending is that they just don’t want to pay for a strong public school system, and they think that between this bribe and the several year gap between this bungling and the next election, all will be forgiven.

I suspect they’ve miscalculated.

Re: “Changes expected this fall to ‘monster house’ rules,” Friday, Aug. 1.

There is more at stake over monster homes in Port Moody than shading and view blocking.

Building ground-oriented duplexes or fourplexes would offer greater variety in housing and affordability.

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Affordability would enable young couples to purchase family-friendly starter homes in established neighbourhoods.

Much of Port Moody will be served by the forthcoming Evergreen rapid transit line.

Rather than monster homes with two or more car garages, more transit-oriented housing should be in-filled into our mature neighbourhoods.

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Thompson Park is home to PoCo Minor baseball, where hundreds of kids participated in the recent Peewee AA Provincial Baseball Championships. The league’s batting cages and storage bin are regularly hit with illegal graffiti and have become an eyesore to participants and users of the park.

Poco Minor Baseball came up with the idea of creating a community mural in order to eliminate and deter future tagging in the area. Members from the Poco Minor Baseball club volunteered their time to assist with the

mural. The mural blends in First Nations art with images of baseball.

Kris Kupskay, the artist and creator of the Hidden Agenda Projects, has created numerous murals in Port Coquitlam and neighbouring municipalities.

The community mural is part of the City’s ParticiPAINT program, which is an opportunity for youth and local residents to take ownership and beautify their community, gain volunteer hours, work with a professional artist and to make a positive contribution to their community and counter negative youth stereotypes.

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It’s the details that matter the most

way — with a series of photos — and from there she zeroes in on the fine details: comjkurucz@thenownews.com position, lighting and angles.

“It’s actually the process that I enjoy the With an attention to detail like hers, you’d think Gerry Thompson was a molecular sci- most,” she said. “Because my work is so detailed, I have to love the process.” entist.

Surprisingly, Thompson didn’t take to art Though science may not be her bailiwick, Thompson has a carved out a successful until later in adulthood. Her first love was career in the arts largely due to the intricate the piano, and she initially made a living for herself as a professional musician. detail found in her paintings.

But when artistic inspiration came calling, A case in point would be her latest awardshe listened. winner, a piece called the Gathering #2.

“I just started painting on my own, and The painting features a series of water pitchimmediately fell in love with it ers and bowls stacked atop one the moment I started to paint,” another, and it’s garnered her Thompson said. an invitation to an internationThe PoCo resident built on ally renowned group showing that initial passion by pursuing in Italy, along with a recent Because my painting at the post-secondary third-prize award in a contest work is so level and eventually became staged by International Artist a teacher at the Fraser Valley magazine. detailed, I have College (now known as the “I don’t know why, but for to love the University of the Fraser valwhatever reason, emotionally, process ley). this scene really just hit me “I would tell my students to — everything just clicked,” –Gerry Thompson be serious about it and to take Thompson said. “It just was PoCo artist every course possible from suca random stacking of antique cessful artists,” she said. “You water pitchers and bowls don’t try to make a style, you stacked on a table. But I loved the way the light him them, and that really just let it happen.”

Since her teaching days, Thompson has grabbed my attention.”

The scene captured in the Gathering #2 is been a professional artist specializing in the based on a series of photos Thompson took world she sees around her. In other words, of the bowls and pitchers while visiting an abstract art is not her cup of tea.

“It’s not that I think my style is the style, but antique shop in Ontario.

Like the meticulousness found in her paint- it’s my style,” she said.

“I don’t think about who’s going to buy a ings, Thompson took dozens of pictures of the scene in an attempt to capture different angles piece, I think about what I love to paint. But if I have to tell you what to feel, then I’ve and different elements of light and shade.

While that process may have taken minutes, failed.”

For more info on Thompson’s works, log on finishing one of her pieces takes days if not weeks. Each of her paintings start the same to www.gerrythompson.ca.

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Libraries offer scores of summer programs Registration is still open for the Summer Reading Club at the Port Moody Library.

This year’s theme is “Funny Business” and will keep kids laughing all summer long, according to a press release from the library.

Kids are encouraged to sign up now, and read anything, anywhere for at least 50 days over the summer holidays.

Track your success in a special keepsake reading log illustrated by award-winning author/illustrator Jeremy Tankard.

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free programs at the library. Be amazed by Mad Science at their Spin, Pop, Boom show. Let loose in the library with the Reading Riot program, or relax at the weekly family movie events.

All programs are drop-in and free for Summer Reading Club members. Space is limited, so arrive early to get a seat.

Children who complete 50 days of reading will receive a gold medal, sponsored by the Royal Bank Financial Group, at a fun-filled ceremony on Sept. 6.

The Summer Reading Club is co-sponsored by the British Columbia Library Association, with assistance from Libraries and Literacy, Ministry of Education.

For more information, visit the library website at or phone 604-469-4577.

• Meanwhile, the Coquitlam Public Library is inviting all school-age children to fun-filled story times and activities at

both of its branches.

School-aged children entering Grade 1 and up are invited to participate in an assortment of enjoyable and entertaining free programs this summer.

The library will offer Lego days, board game days and puppet shows, as well as hosting the Burnaby Summer Theatre.

Join library staff at the Poirier branch on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. and at the City Centre branch on Wednesday mornings at 10:30 a.m. and Wednesday afternoons at 1:30 p.m. Programs are drop-in and space is limited so arrive early.

The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way, while the Poirier branch is located at 575 Poirier St. Call 604-937-4142 (Poirier) or 604-554-7334 (City Centre) for more information, or visit the library’s website at www.library.coquitlam.bc.ca

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6 SHARE Society hosts a 13-week education series around alco-

hol and drug use for those who have an alcohol or drug problem, and for those concerned about their use or the use of others. This week’s discussion is on “Mental illness, depression and addiction.

Understanding the links between the mental illness and addiction will be tonight’s goal.” The session includes a video, brief presentation and open discussion, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody. Registration is not required. Info: 604-936-3900.

Hyde Creek Watershed Society monthly general meeting kicks off at 7:15 p.m. at the Hyde Creek Education Centre and Hatchery, 3636 Coast Meridian Rd. in PoCo. Public are invited to attend the meeting, learn about our what we do and tour the hatchery. Info: hcws.info@gmail.com or www.hydecreek.org.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 City of Coquitlam is hosting a Neighbourhood Night free

block party at Eagle Ridge Park, 6 to 8 p.m. at Mackin Park, 1046 Brunette Ave. Bring your family, meet your neighbours and enjoy a free get-together. Info: www.coquitlam.ca.

Port Moody Library Summer Reading Club kids are invited to blast off with Mad Science’s Spin, Pop, Boom show at 2 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre, 100 Newport Dr. in Port Moody. Explore elements of chemistry and physics through games, demonstrations and more. The event is general seating, and limited to Port Moody Summer Reading Club participants aged six and up. Info: 604-4694577 or library.portmoody.ca.

Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society hosts a heritage garden walk at 10 a.m. at the Terry Fox Library, 2470 Mary Hill Rd. James Bobick, Port Coquitlam’s head gardener and heritage society member Bryan Ness will take the group on a tour of some of the most interesting and beautiful gardens in Port Coquitlam’s downtown area. This walk starts at Terry Fox Library and ends at Heritage at Leigh Square. Info: www.pocoheritage.org or e-mail info@pocoheritage.org.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 Terry Fox Library plays host to the Purple Pirate from 2 to

2:45 at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. Enjoy a treasure box full of laughs and

pirate magic that is fun for the whole family. Info: 604-927-7999.

Terry Fox Library hosts a meeting of the Adult Learner Book Club from 2 to 3 p.m. Make new friends, read interesting books and practice English in a fun environment. Adults upgrading their reading skills or learning English are welcome to join. The books discussed vary according to the reading levels and interests of the group. All adult learners including those for whom English is their second language are welcome. Info: 604-927-7999.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10 Riverview Horticultural Centre Society hosts a tour of the

north end of the hospital site at the Riverview Hospital grounds beginning at 1 p.m. Meet at the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. For a site map visit www.rhcs.org. Info: 604-290-9910.

ONGOING Port Coquitlam Stroke Recovery Club meets Mondays at

11:30 a.m. at Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave. in PoCo. Those who have had a stroke, and their caregivers, are welcome. Info: 604-942-2334.

Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society hosts a Heritage Evening, the fourth Thursday of each month, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq. Everyone is invited to hear some of the stories behind Port Coquitlam’s heritage homes. Info: www.pocoheritage.org or call 604-927-8403.

Port Coquitlam Legion hosts an euchre club every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at 2675 Shaughnessy St. All skill levels welcome. Info: 604942-8911.

Port Coquitlam Lions Club meet on the first and third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Port Coquitlam Legion #133- 2675 Shaughnessy St. Info: Gord at 604-941-5140.

Port Coquitlam Parks and Recreation hosts the Comic Shop Youth Art Drop-In, 4 to 5:30 p.m. each Thursday at Leigh Square, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq., Port Coquitlam. Each free session begins with a brief lesson in comic history and technique, followed by free work time. Participants learn what makes cartooning a unique art form. This program is for ages 13 to 17.

Port Moody Artist Co-op seeks new members to display and sell their original fine art pieces in the Blackberry Gallery of the

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Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St. Info: www.blackberryartists.blogspot.ca or www.blackberrygiftshop.ca.

Port Moody Ecological Society invites the community to the Noons Creek Hatchery every Saturday from 9 to 11 a.m. to check out volunteer opportunities like working in the hatchery, water quality testing, gardening and more. Info: 604-469-9106 or www. noonscreek.org.

Recovery International is a self-help peer-to-peer support group for people who struggle with stress, fear, anger, depression, anxiety, panic and nervous symptoms. Cognitive behavioural techniques are discussed at the Port Coquitlam meeting. Info: Phyllis at 604-931-5945 or www.RecoveryCanada.ca.

Red Cross Health Equipment Loan Program (HELP) seeks additional client service volunteers for its Port Coquitlam location at #104–1776 Broadway St. Various three-hour weekly shifts are available. For more information, contact the office at 604-9449042 or e-mail LMR.HELP@redcross.ca.

Redeemed Christian Church of God Trinity Chapel offers support and information for new immigrants, Tuesdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1932 Cameron Avenue in PoCo. Call 604474-3131 and leave a message.

Redeemed Christian Church of God Trinity Chapel is having a bible study series called “The Joy of Following Jesus” Tuesdays 7 to 8:30 p.m., at 1932 Cameron Avenue in Port Coquitlam. Info: 604-474-3131.

Rocky Point Toastmasters meet Mondays at 7:15 p.m. at Port Moody City Hall, located at 100 Newport Dr. Info: 604-506-1037.

Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise meets every Tuesday, 7:15 a.m. at the Coquitlam City Centre Aquatic Centre, 1210 Pinetree Way. Enjoy breakfast, an interesting guest speaker and the camraderie. New members welcome. Info: Bob at 604-939-5852.

Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial meets every Thursday at 4:15 p.m. at the Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave. in PoCo. Open to those over the age of 19, the meetings involve members planning how they can support the community and make the world a better place. Info: www.pocorotary.ca.

Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise meets Tuesdays, 7:15 a.m. at the Coquitlam City Centre Aquatic Centre, 1210 Pinetree Way. Enjoy breakfast, an interesting guest speaker and the camraderie.

New members welcome. Info: Bob at 604-939-5852.

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Donnelly, Bennett lead hall list The Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame announced its 2014 induction class, with TriCities athletes standing front and centre.

Geri Donnelly, Chris Bennett and six members of the 2000 Canadian national team are all being feted as the Hall’s newest members.

Donnelly, a Port Moody native, didn’t make her international debut until the age of 31, but she scored twice in that game as Canada topped the U.S. She was a member of Canada’s FIFA World Cup teams in 1995 and 1999. Donnelly also led three club teams

— the Coquitlam Angels in 1990 and 1994, and Surrey in 2006 — to a national title.

Bennett, endorsed in the builder’s category, has taken on extensive coaching duties for Canada since hanging up the cleats. He was head coach of the boys under-15 in 1999 and was a long-time assistant for the Canadian national program, with the u-17 boys in 1989, the national u-20 squad fron 1993 to 1997, an interim assistant with the men’s World Cup team in 1988, and the same role with the men’s Olympic team from 1998 to 2000.

Bennett would also skipper the Vancouver Whitecaps’ women’s team to the North American title in 2007, and is currently the North Coquitlam United head coach.

The 2000 men’s national team, which won the CONCACAF championship, was also honoured. The roster includes Coquitlam’s Jeff Clarke, Carlo Corazzin, Craig Forrest, Davide Xausa and assistant coach Bruce Twamley, and Port Moody’s Les Wilson.

The newest members will be inducted in a ceremony on Nov. 9 in Vaughan, Ont.

Coquitlam carries off sixth BC title Stories by Dan OLSON

sports@thenownews.com Nothing says dynasty like a virtual blowout.

While the Coquitlam junior Adanacs began the B.C. Junior A Lacrosse League final as minor underdogs, they ended it like lions with an overwhelming roar Sunday at Queen’s Park Arena.

By taming the New Westminster Salmonbellies 12-8 before a raucous crowd of 2,000 fans, Coquitlam earned not just a sixth straight B.C. crown, but an undisputed claim to the ‘dynasty’ handle.

Led by captain Wesley Berg, Coquitlam shook off New West’s opening goal and counted six straight to grab a firm grip to start decisive Game 7.

Berg’s first goal, a shorthanded effort, tied the game 1-1 midway through the first. His second marker came six minutes later as he crossed the slot and fired the ball past Eric Penny.

He secured the hat trick 37 seconds into the second period, cycling around to the crease before batting the ball into the net.

New Westminster, to their credit, made a couple of valiant rallies, cutting the deficit to 6-4 but the Adanacs stood their ground, matching goal for goal.

Berg would finish with five goals and one helper, while Tyler Pace cashed in three times and set up three others.

Coming on the heels of Friday’s 13-6 must-win landslide by the Bellies — where the regular season champs forced a deciding game — the dominating performance spoke volumes.

“Sometimes you play a series and you beat a team 4-0 but win every game by one goal,” said Berg. “Sometimes you’re down

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In a total mean-nothing affair, the Coquitlam senior Adanacs finally hit the spot.

With no chance of a playoff berth or ruining their No. 2 draft position, the Adanacs stormed the beaches and trumped the Burnaby Lakers 16-9.

Brandon Goodwin scored four times and Matthew Dinsdale racked up a goal and six assists in the offensive explosion.

Coquitlam led 7-1 early in the second period and countered every Laker run with a run of their own.

Matt Delmonico and Daryl Veltman each netted two goals and three assists, while Steve Neufeld also tallied twice.

Also scoring were Travis Cornwall, Tyler Garrison, Brian Gillis, Brett Hickey and Ryan Johnson.

The Adanacs, who finished tied with Langley for sixth spot with 7-11 records, takes the lower seed due to head-to-head play. Nanaimo winds up with the first pick in next year’s Junior Lacrosse Draft.

POCO FALLS TO CHILLIWACK

The Port Coquitlam peewee baseball team made a valiant push and would only be halted by one of the top-two teams in the province.

PoCo, as hosts of the 2014 B.C. Peewee championships, survived a rough 10-0 loss to Vernon in the tourney opener and registered three wins to advance to the semifinals.

In the semifinal, the team met its match in Chilliwack, falling 7-5 after taking a 4-1 lead into the fourth inning. That’s when the Valley team posted five runs to gain control.

Earlier, PoCo avenged a handful of regular season losses to North Delta by trouncing their rival 13-1, before getting tripped up 8-4

by Kelowna.

They also knocked off Campbell River 11-8.

In the final, Duncan defeated Chilliwack 7-4 to capture the B.C. peewee crown.

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Leading the way for the Coquitlam Adanacs was captain Wesley Berg, left, against a hotshooting New Westminster lineup. The Adanacs now play Calgary for a Minto Cup berth. five, six (goals) and thinking about the next game...

“When we played a bad game we put it behind us.”

It was more proof that what happens during the regular season, stays in the regular season — since New West swept their three games to end Coquitlam five-year hold on that title.

But in the end, wins in the playoffs are what resonates the most and will send the Adanacs onto the next round, a bestof-five against Alberta champion the Calgary Mountaineers (beginning Thursday, 8 p.m. at

the Poirier Sports Centre).

“Wes is a guy who can take over.

We talked to him about taking over the game,” remarked acting head coach Curt Malawsky, who stood behind the bench during the weekend for the suspended Neil Doddridge.

“I said its nice to win a [Minto] in 2010 as a 17 year old but its pretty special to get an opportunity as a 21 year old captain.”

With the next ticket to punch to represent the West in the Minto Cup, the Adanacs know they need to continue to build on what has come so far.

“We’re a team, we’re all together and we’ve all bonded,” said netminder Peter Dubenski.

“You need that to win a Minto Cup. We’ve got a long road to go, to beat Alberta and Ontario’s always super, super hard. We just have to be prepared and be motivated to battle hard.”

The series with Calgary will be played out in five consecutive days — if Games 4 and 5 are necessary.

The Minto Cup is slated for Aug. 16 to 24 with the Langley Events Centre the site.

Anticipation proved to be worth it for Port Coquitlam’s Brittni Wolczyk.

The teen javelin thrower, who met the Youth Olympic standard last April in Florida, has officially won a spot on the Canadian roster following the results from the South American trials.

Wolczyk, who attends Archbishop Carney Secondary, began this current track season with a then-personal best throw of 48.02 metres at the American Youth Olympic trials in the Sunshine State.

“I went in hoping to take it nice and easy, [and] hit a good number like 44m for my first meet of the season,” Wolczyk said in April. “I’m really happy with [48.02m].”

While the mark put her in good stead for one of the four javelin spots from the Americas, she had to wait to see if that throw would stand.

And stand it did — with Wolczyk now preparing for the World Youth Olympics later this month in Nanjing, China.

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