The Tri-Cities Now February 18 2015 by Coquitlam Now

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Coquitlam looks at raising fees for annual parking pass holders in the City Centre area

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com A pair of alleged tire thieves will soon face time in front of a judge after being collared by Coquitlam Mounties. Last month, members of the detachment’s prolific target team arrested two people suspected of stealing tires and wheels in more than 30 cases stretching between October 2014 and January of this year. RCMP said they caught up to the suspects by using both information received from the public and through crime analysis. “Ultimately, we zeroed-in on two targets who had moved to the area a few months before the changes in criminal activity started,” RCMP Cpl. Scott Grimmer said in a statement. “Although no stolen tires or wheels were recovered, we did seize several pieces of evidence related to the thefts that indicate these are the alleged suspects. We also retrieved stolen property after executing a search warrant at the pair’s residence.” Two Coquitlam residents, 28-year-old Tomasz Stawarski and 25-year-old Lindsey Gilmore, were arrested Jan. 23. Stawarski is facing charges of break and enter, possession of stolen property over $5,000, possession of stolen property under $5,000, and failure to comply with condition of recognizance. Gilmore is facing one charge of possession of stolen property under $5,000. The two were released from custody and ordered not to possess any break-in instruments. They’re scheduled to make a court appearance today (Wednesday). Mounties released a warning to truck owners in January, noting the thefts occurred overnight. Investigators believed the suspects had been surveying neighbourhoods in a U-Haul or moving-style cube van.

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A fire Monday afternoon, at 2915 Glen Dr. near Johnson Street in Coquitlam, destroyed 24 units of the four-storey building, which contains a total of 72 units.

Fire takes a heavy toll AS MANY AS 150 RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS

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Coquitlam in recent memory. The fire, which started after 4 p.m. — possibly on a balcony — displaced 100 to 150 residents living in the 72-unit strata building. There were no reports of injuries. All of the units suffered forced-entry damage from firefighters looking for people to evacuate.

jdeutsch@thenownews.com It could be months before some residents of 2915 Glen Dr. get a chance to go home. A fire Monday afternoon destroyed 24 units in the four-storey building, and proved to be one of the biggest blazes in

Meanwhile, the investigation into the cause of the blaze began Tuesday morning, once the fire was put out. Fire chief Wade Pierlot said the investigation could take a couple of days, and wouldn’t speculate on a cause. However, he said there isn’t anything to suggest the fire was suspicious. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Cost of parking passes may rise

COQUITLAM LOOKS AT CHANGES TO COST OF PASSES AVAILABLE FOR AREA RESIDENTS

John KURUCZ jkurucz@thenownews.com Coquitlam staff are proposing a pair of changes to the parking structure in the City Centre area, including an increase in annual fees that could affect close to 2,000 motorists. The biggest proposed change is a shift in the fee structure for resident parking passes, with increases anticipated to jump from $18 to $24 annually. Staff have also endorsed increasing the cost for replacing missing or lost passes to $10, up from $5. Along with those changes is a proposal to remove the lot at 3045 Lincoln Ave. from the list of pay parking lots where annual pass holders are permitted to park. Staff analysis suggests the lot is currently at between 50 to 60 per cent occupancy, with the majority of these vehicles annual resident parking pass holders. “With the new Evergreen ALRT opening in summer of 2016 and a station on Pinetree Way at Lincoln Avenue, staff believe that without changes to the current ability for Annual Resident Parking Passes to use this lot, it will be ‘over run’ with pass holders and not be available for the surrounding City Centre businesses,” notes a staff report from the city’s engineering department. The moves are being made largely to reflect

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Coquitlam is looking at changes to resident parking passes, as well as closing a lot at 3045 Lincoln Ave. to pass holders, to make way for more Evergreen Line parking. changes in the road network in relation to the Evergreen Line’s arrival in the fall of 2016.

The jump in fees is also expected to net the city an additional $10,000 annually.

The city issues about 1,900 resident parking passes per year for lots near the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Town Centre Park, City Centre Aquatic Complex and Pinetree Community Centre The fees were introduced in 1997 and set at $15, before being increased to $18 in 2003. Prior to updating the area’s parking strategy in 2012, the City Centre pay parking program was losing about $60,000 annually. Recent changes to the city’s contract, fees and other operational changes have seen the program generate about $40,000 annually. Coun. Bonita Zarrillo was the lone council member to oppose the change in fees. “I do have concerns about raising the current fees at the moment with the inconvenience of parking that’s happening in the city over the next year or year-and-a-half,” she said. Coun. Mae Reid stressed the changes are only being made in certain areas and not across the entire city. “People seem to think that this is parking all over the city. It’s not. It’s only in these specific parking lots,” she said. Should the bylaw changes receive final approval, motorists using the Lincoln Avenue lot will be given a one-year transition period after it closes to find other options.

Dealership aims to turn negative to positive VANDALISM AT CAR LOT MOTIVATES GM TO OFFER HELP TO LOCAL SCHOOL

Jeremy DEUTSCH jdeutsch@thenownews.com Justin Gebara is determined to turn a negative into a positive. On Saturday, the general manager of the Go Mitsubishi dealership in Port Coquitlam and his staff discovered some vandalism when they arrived at work. The best Gebara could figure, at some point Friday night, vandals decided to smash the windshield of a Fiat sitting on the lot. At first he suspected it might be an angry customer. The damage was disappointing for Gebara, not only because someone was coming to look at the car that TH

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day, but because since taking over the dealership last year, he’s prided himself on the business being customer friendly. “It actually hurt my feelings when I first saw it,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW. However, a few hours into the day, he received an anonymous call tipping him to a post and video on Facebook from Terry Fox Secondary students that appeared to brag about the incident. Due to the nature of social media posts and possible ages of the suspects, the TriCities NOW will not be identifying the students involved. But rather than be angry, Gebara felt sad for the three

kids allegedly involved in the act. He called police to investigate, but upon learning of the possible ages of the culprits, said he’s less interested in pressing charges and just wants an apology. Gebara, who said he was no angel when he was a teen, suggested if the suspects were career criminals he might think differently, but in this case he wants to make the kids better people. Besides that, the dealership is pledging to cover the cost of the repair, about $750, and donate three times that amount to the high school for some type of programming for students. “We’re going to step up and hopefully build a relationship with Terry Fox and maybe minimize our vandalism by helping out the local high school,” Gebara said. The company is already

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Justin Gebara, the general manager of a PoCo car dealership, wants to turn a negative into a positive by donating to Terry Fox Secondary, after three students, according to social media posts, vandalized a car on the dealership’s lot, at left. but had reached reach out to the secondary school about

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Residents have ‘lost everything’ in fire CONT. FROM PAGE 1

“We’re going to treat this like every fire,” he told the Tri-Cities NOW Tuesday morning. Pierlot also said investigators will work as quickly as possible to let residents in to get personal belongings. “We’re going to try and get a determination as soon as we can without compromising anything,” he said. In all, 46 firefighters fought the blaze, which raged into the evening.

On Monday evening, the city set up a reception centre at the Pinetree Community Centre, at 1260 Pinetree Way. The centre was expected to remain open Tuesday to allow for officials to properly account for all the people living in the building. The city also said it will be releasing information when it can on what agency will be handling any donations for displaced residents. Residents can also register their pets at the reception

centre. Anyone missing a pet is asked to e-mail the Animal Shelter (animalshelter@ coquitlam.ca) with a description/photo and staff will add it to the list of missing animals. The city will be posting updates to an emergency information line at 604-9274357 (HELP) and to its website at www.coquitlam.ca. Zainab Al-Rammahi lives in the ground floor near the unit where the fire broke out. She said she didn’t hear any alarms and was alerted to

the fire by her brother. Her family got out safe, but as she watched crews douse water on the building, she added up her losses. “It’s so awful — you see you’ve lost everything,” Al-Rammahi told the TriCities NOW. She also took video of the scene before any fire crews arrived, which showed a large portion of the building already in flames. The 19-year-old student said she feels lucky to be alive.

Al-Rammahi’s family had only been renting the unit for six months and is now homeless. Gloria Halfkenny lives in the same area of the building, but was hopeful her unit had been spared. While she watched firefighters attack the flames, she appeared more concerned for her fellow neighbours than for property, noting the building is filled with kids and families. “I just pray to God everybody got out,” Halfkenny said. At Monday evening’s council meeting, Mayor Richard

Stewart addressed the situation, suggesting it was a very challenging fire to fight. “We wish the very best to the displaced residents of this building,” he said. The fire on Glen was not far from one that was also massive in scope — at Glenview Manor on Pacific Street in July 2006. That blaze forced 500 people to evacuate from the complex and three surrounding buildings. It was found to have started in the electrical system. Visit us online for updates about where to donate to displaced residents.

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counts of possession of stolen Jeremy DEUTSCH property. jdeutsch@thenownews.com The RCMP identified the One of Port Coquitlam’s neighbourhood as a crime hot crime hot spots just got a lit- spot and used information from crime tle cooler after analysis and the arrest of uniformed an alleged members to p r o l i f i c Right now help net the offender. On suspect. Wednesday, there’s no L o c a l Feb. 11, the linkage [to Mounties note Coquitlam arsons], but the investiRCMP’s progation conlific target we’re definitely tinues and team picked looking into it. more charges up a suspect against Roach for allegedly – Coquitlam RCMP could be comstealing a car Cpl. Jamie Chung ing. and committing other Investigators are also lookoffences in the community. Police also seized a number ing into any links between of weapons from the suspect, the suspect and a rash of including an imitation fire- arsons in the same area that occurred in January. arm and a prohibited knife. Police responded to four Justin Roach, a 26-year-old Port Coquitlam man, is now separate arsons in the Citadel facing 12 criminal charges, Heights area last month including theft of a motor vehicle, possession of an imiﬁnd us on tation firearm, possession of a prohibited weapon without a licence, possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace, possession of a break-in instrument, and two

between Jan. 16 and 28. In all cases, police noted an accelerant had been used and the damage was described as minor. “Citadel Heights is a small place and we’re always looking at different possibilities,” said Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung. “Right now there’s no linkage but we’re definitely looking into it.” As for Roach, he is being held in custody and is expected to make a court appearance tomorrow (Thursday).

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jdeutsch@thenownews.com Those in dire anticipation of the Evergreen Line opening will have to wait a few months longer — it’s been delayed to the fall of 2016. On Friday, the province announced the timeline for the project has been adjusted. “The tunnel boring process has been slower than anticipated,” a government press release stated. “While there was some time contingency built into the schedule for tunnelling, the contractor now is forecasting that the Evergreen Line, originally scheduled to open in summer 2016, will be ready to open in fall 2016.” The province noted the project remains on budget and the contractor is responsible for all costs related to the delay under the terms of its fixed-price contract. The tunnel-boring portion of the project has run into issues after two sinkholes opened up in Port Moody. Evergreen Line project director Amanda Farrell noted progress on the rest of the project is moving well, but acknowledged challenges have come with the tunnel boring work, particularly with the maintenance. “We always knew the tunnelling could go quicker or slower and there was contingency built into the schedule of that,” she told the Tri-Cities NOW. “It’s obviously taken a little longer than expected.” However, Farrell said she’s confident the project won’t be delayed any further. She’s also not worried the setback will

reflect negatively on the project, pointing to the progress on the rest of the line. According to Evergreen officials, the overall project is more than 50 per cent complete. In late October, the first sinkhole appeared in the parking lot of a townhouse complex on Chateau Place. The most recent sinkhole, which appeared on Jan. 2, closed Cecile Drive for weeks and worried residents living in the Port Moody neighbourhood. Cecile just opened to traffic this week, but more traffic changes for the area are expected in coming weeks. The sinkholes aren’t the first hiccups for the billion-dollar project. Last March, a temporary concrete spacer, which acts as a support and sits between the top of the support column and the lower side of a guideway at the intersection of Clarke Road and Como Lake Avenue, failed, causing the structure to drop and rotate. Evergreen officials said the most likely explanation for that mishap is that work was being done on the other end of the beam using heating pads, which caused friction and a small slip. The guideway was repositioned several weeks later. A few months later in June, a large launching truss near a guideway slipped slightly as work was being done along a section of the line running along North Road between Cottonwood and Foster avenues. An investigation determined operator error was behind that mishap. twitter.com/jertricitiesnow

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egardless of what each side may be trying to tell you, voting Yes in the upcoming Lower Mainland transit referendum won’t instantly fix all of our transportation problems. Meanwhile, the No side has been busy framing the argument to make us believe a Yes vote can’t truly fix transit, because it is actually TransLink that is broken. So Yes may result in a partial and very expensive transit fix without getting to the root cause of our problems, while the No vote will only assure that our transit problems will continue, without forcing any change to TransLink. And yet the bottom line remains that both transit and TransLink have to be fixed, sooner rather than later, no matter which side the final ballot count favours. Or do they? Sometimes, when something is broken badly enough, you should just throw it away. The transit system needs a lot of expensive work done … but TransLink belongs in a dumpster. How did we, as voters, allow our governments to create two-tiered transportation in B.C.? Why is the Lower Mainland set aside from the rest of the province, a secondclass region? For most of B.C.’s existence, transportation has been a provincial responsibility. It worked especially well in the 1950s and 1960s when Premier W.A.C. Bennett and Highways Minister “Flying” Phil Gaglardi built a lasting legacy with a then-world-class transportation network. Now transportation is only a province-wide responsibility when it’s outside the Lower Mainland, and we’re on our own. We’re worse than on our own, in fact — we have TransLink, a body created by the provincial government to buffer itself from our transportation problems. TransLink operates like our school boards: the provincial government hamstrings its budget, claims credit when it works, and the rest of the time … well … “It’s not our fault, TransLink did it.” It’s long past time to dissolve TransLink into the B.C. ministry in charge of transportation — or create a junior portfolio with the minister answerable directly to cabinet, instead of a bunch of responsibility-deflecting mayors.

BURRARD THERMAL PROVIDES ESSENTIAL ELECTRICAL INSURANCE Re: “City tries to prevent Burrard Thermal closure,” Friday Feb. 13. Burrard Thermal makes sense as an emergency backup power source for BC Hydro. It was only back in 2008 when ice formation on the reservoir in the Peace required Burrard Thermal to be fired up in order to keep the lights on in this province. Having our energy come to us from the Peace means that we rely on long, long isolated transmission lines that could be disrupted by a forest fire or by an ice storm. The decision to discontinue Burrard Thermal doesn’t make sense from a business point of view and was never properly reviewed at the BC Utilities Commission or anywhere else, for that matter. Furthermore, while providing tax revenue to the City of Port Moody should never be the reason for keeping Burrard Thermal open, I was disappointed to read that rather than advocating for her constituents, Liberal MLA Linda Reimer chose, essentially, to tell Port Moody residents to raise their property taxes to make up for dubious BC Liberal decisions.

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ast week’s Throne Speech and Tuesday’s provincial budget make it clear the provincial government is very much on cruise control, and I suspect that’s just the way Premier Christy Clark wants it. The Throne Speech was described by many as “threadbare” and an indication the B.C. Liberals are out of gas, to which Clark retorted that the speech wasn’t about generating news headlines but was instead a reiteration of her government’s ongoing plan. The budget was another steady-asshe-goes economic document, which achieves the B.C. Liberals’ number-one priority of all: balancing the books. But the budget continues to be balanced on the proverbial razor’s edge, which means there are few dollars available for many new spending initiatives. Things weren’t always like this, of course. In the run-up to the last provincial election, the Clark government was running around, announcing all kinds of things. The premier herself tried to dominate news coverage and her critics derisively labelled her “Premier photo-op.” But the premier is nowhere near as active in the media these days, and her government is not feverishly trying to change the world. The coming legislature session will see only a modest amount of legislation — less than 30 bills in all likelihood — and I suspect little of it will be controversial. In conversations with B.C. Liberals, I get the distinct impression they see no reason to do anything particularly dramatic. They sense their voter base seems content with the state of the province, and so a laissez-faire approach has been adopted by the government. Clark herself seems particularly confident, if not content in how things are

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going. No one pays attention to polls anymore (not that there have been any), so there is no evidence that if an election were held today that her party would be in trouble with the electorate. And the premier continues to toy with the NDP Opposition, which is by no means as comfortable in its collective skin as the B.C. Liberals. Clark uses the NDP as the butt of a number of jokes in speeches she makes to party faithful, and in the legislature (which she attends only a couple of days a week) she appears to relish any question period encounter. The B.C. Liberals are well aware of the discomfort in NDP circles these days, and use any opportunity to exploit the situation. For example, NDP leader John Horgan’s controversial decision (in a year-end interview with the Canadian Press) to single out five members of his caucus as “stars” (thus suggesting the rest of the caucus is something short of chopped liver) has given the governing side a delicious opening in the House. For example, B.C. Liberal MLAs occasionally tease any NDP MLA who is not one of the deemed “Fab Five” about their apparent lower status, thus keeping alive the ongoing narrative that the NDP has yet to resolve its internal dynamics. Contributing to the lower temperature at the B.C. legislature these days

is the looming federal election. It’s not until the fall, but its presence is already starting to hover over the provincial scene. The BC NDP, because of its direct ties to the federal party, will naturally become more distracted as the federal campaign draws nearer. Two members of its caucus — MLAs Jenny Kwan and Mable Elmore — are about to fight it out in a nomination for a federal riding, and that will likely cause some tension. The B.C. Liberals are in a somewhat different situation, but it’s one that can also create some internal tension. The party is a coalition, and its caucus has members who have divided loyalties between federal Conservatives and Liberals. One of its members — Maple RidgeMission MLA Marc Dalton — has opted to sit as an Independent MLA as he seeks a federal Conservative nomination. If he were to actually win the nomination, he would stand a pretty good chance of winning a safe Conservative seat — which would open up his provincial seat, which in turn is a swing riding that the NDP could capture in a byelection. But that’s a lot of ifs. In the meantime, the provincial political scene is off to a quiet start in 2015, and there’s not much to suggest things are going to really heat up for a while yet. Still, even when a government is content to travel along on cruise control, something can come out of nowhere to force it to make a sudden, sharp turn along the way. There’s nothing in sight right now, but the year is early. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

LETTERS COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER IMPLICATIONS

Re: “Environmental resolution gets OK,” Friday, Feb. 13. I got my receipt from the Suzuki Foundation for financially supporting the Blue Dot Project on Jan. 8. I’m already committed. Calling on communities to pass a motion committing to the Blue Dot declaration, “respecting people’s right to live in a healthy environment,” is a worthy initiative that citizens can easily support. Clearly though, government adoption means that resources will be required. For Port Moody to put things into action requires a process. Recognizing this process, Coun. Diana Dilworth made a motion for staff to report back on what the resource implications would be in fulfilling the Blue Dot declaration; it was defeated. Instead, council carried a motion blindly supporting the declaration, and without even questioning the city resources required. This action completely lacks accountability and certainly is not the way for a new council to gain public confidence, or support for

such a deserving project. John Grasty Port Moody

ARBITRARY NIQAB POLICY BASIC BIGOTRY... In a recent federal court action brought by a woman challenging the current Conservative government policy prohibiting wearing a niqab while taking the oath of citizenship, this policy was struck down: “The Court found that the policy of requiring a woman to remove her facial covering, where there is no question of identity or security, was illegal.” — Zunera Ishaq’s lawyer, Lorne Waldman (per National Post 2015-02-12). In response to this I’ve encountered snide comments about “Accommodation!” and “If she wants to become a Canadian then fit in!” First, please note that this ruling applies “where there is no question of identity or security,” and I contend that absent any legitimate need to compare her face against photographic ID, there is no reasonable purpose in having someone who doesn’t

know the woman, who might never have seen her before, nor perhaps ever again — to see her face while she recites her oath. The elimination of an unnecessary, arbitrary or pointless restriction is not an accommodation. As to the “If she wants to become a Canadian then fit in” attitude: I suppose that’s why we’re all speaking the language and wearing the traditional garb of the peoples originally indigenous to the areas in which we live? No? Perhaps it’s more like the dominant culture, having overwhelmed previous ones, now claiming entitlement as the one, true way? This “we were here first!” argument is pretty shaky. How, in any case, is whether someone chooses to wear a niqab, or a burqa, or even wear their trousers back to front for that matter, anyone else’s business? How is whether you “like,” or choose to “accept” or merely “tolerate” what someone else might wear somehow an “accommodation” by you? It’s simply religious or cultural bigotry. Nothing else. It’s enough to get a man’s kilt in a twist. Ron McKinnon Port Coquitlam

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5. By mail at City of Port Moody, Box 36, Port Moody,

music and snacks! You can also browse through Clarke

B.C. V3H 3E1. Please make cheques payable to “City of Port Moody”. 6. At your bank, available at most Canadian financial institutions.

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from the event inspired.” No stranger to the TriCities, Stegemann once operated a public relations firm locally and worked alongside the City of Coquitlam on tourism and commerce projects. Her big break came in 2010 when she appeared on the CBC program Dragons’ Den, when philanthropist W. Brett Wilson aligned himself with Stegemann’s efforts. Since then, the pair have invested nearly a quarter of a million dollars into the communities they work with. Wilson has continued to

assist in Stegemann’s company and will join the Nova Scotia native at the chamber discussion in March. The fact that her presentation celebrates International Women’s Day is no coincidence, as the date holds special significance for the entrepreneur: she launched her book on March 8, 2008, while her fragrance got its start on the same day in 2010. “It’s a very special day for me to shine light on that date and celebrate that we can run companies, that we can vote and that we can do more with our buying power and voting power to bring about positive

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Barb Stegemann will be in Coquitlam on Thursday, March 5 for a talk at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver. change — in partnership with men,” Stegemann said.

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City of Coquitlam

Notice of Public Hearing

Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws. This meeting will be held on:

Date: Time: Location:

Monday, February 23, 2015 7:00 p.m. City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

ITEM 1 HAS BEEN CANCELLED Item 1 Text Amendment – Industrial Zones Review The intent of Bylaw 4522, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Ofﬁcial

Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 in order to revise its land use designations and policies as they pertain to the consolidation of the City’s nine industrial zones. If approved the bylaw amendment would: • Amend the Citywide Ofﬁcial Community Plan, Chapter 5.2 to add policies to support the proposed “Business Enterprise” land use designation • Amend the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan to remove the “Highway Retail” land use designation with a new land use designation,“Business Enterprise”, to correspond with the new B-1 Business Enterprise zone. • Amend the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan to add policy which supports the development of small-scale restaurants, and grocery stores of limited size, that support local industrial workers, under speciﬁc circumstances. • Amend the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan and Maillardville Neighbourhood Plan to add the three new zones (M-1 General Industrial, M-2 Industrial Business and B-1 Business Enterprise) as corresponding zones to the “Industrial” and “Business Enterprise” land use designations and add policies that outline the intent and conditions of use for each of the Industrial and Business Enterprise land use designations. • Amend Schedule D to the Southwest Coquitlam Area Plan to limit the B-1 zone to the areas along United Boulevard, as outlined on the Schedule. • Add two new zones (M-1 General Industrial, M-2 Industrial Business) as corresponding zones to the “Industrial” land use designations to the City Centre Area Plan and add policies that outline the intent and conditions of use for the Industrial land use designation. • Redesignate properties by changing the OCP land use designation to be consistent with the new zones assigned to a property including redesignating: • 22 properties from Highway Retail Industrial to Business Enterprise; • 4 properties from Industrial to Business Enterprise; and • 15 properties from Industrial to Service Commercial.

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The intent of Bylaw 4527, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to consolidate the City’s nine industrial zones into three new zones (M-1 General Industrial, M-2 Industrial Business, B-1 Business Enterprises). The proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw would: • Delete the existing nine industrial zones and add the three proposed new zones to the text of the Zoning Bylaw (M-1 General Industrial, M-2 Industrial Business, B-1 Business Enterprises); • Rezone approximately 345 properties under one of the current nine industrial zones to one of the three new zones, or the existing CS-1 Service Commercial zone; • Rezone four properties from M-4 Asphalt and Concrete Plant Industrial to A-3 Agricultural and Resource to permit concrete and asphalt batching limited to these specific properties in the A-3 zone • Amend the CS-1 Service Commercial zone to: o permit a mini-warehouse use, o increase the maximum lot coverage to 55%, o increase the maximum density to not exceed a maximum gross floor area of 0.6 time the lot area, and o increase the maximum building height to 11 metres, not to exceed one story, except for mini-warehouses which must not exceed 11 metres and two stories. • Add new definitions pertaining to the three new zones and revise two existing definitions; and • Add parking requirements for each of the new zones.

Copies of the bylaws, associated maps and supporting staff report are available for viewing on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/ publichearing. Any person wishing further information or clariﬁcation with regard to the proposed amendments should contact Karen Wong, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3476.

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tion where containers are a more manageable situation for growing vegetables than the open garden. In early spring, containers set against a house wall also tend to be a warmer situation and are especially useful for salad crops. Arugula can be started

any time now. It’s quite cold-hardy with leaves that taste spicy and nutty and really liven up salads. Once arugula plants get close to flowering and also once the weather becomes warmer, the flavour becomes very hot. You can keep arugula going quite a while by frequent cutting. The kind called ‘Wild Arugula’ is perennial. Green onions are ideal for container planting outside now. Their vertical growth habit allows you to get masses of salad material out of very small space. Corn salad can also be started in containers, it’s a cold-hardy shapely little

plant when young with dark green, glossy leaves and a mild, flavour. Once you plant one patch, you’ll have masses of seed forever more. There’s a variety called ‘Granon which holds its leaves up away from the soil It’s also time to plant radishes. The spring radishes are globe shaped and very fastgrowing. They do appreciate rich soil and lots of water. Lots of gardeners come to grief with the radish bulb fly — row covers really help here — and all the more if the radishes are grown in containers. Used on top of CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

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Item 2

Address: 3500 Highland Drive

Item 3

The intent of Bylaw 4531, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4531, 2015 from RS-2 One Family Suburban Residential to RS-9 Large Single Family Residential, RS-11 Estate Single Family Residential and P-5 Special Park. If approved, the RS-11 zone will facilitate the creation of one (1) lot fronting Highland Drive; the subject property’s existing dwelling will be retained on this lot. The RS-9 zone will facilitate the creation of two (2) single family lots fronting Wales Avenue, and the P-5 zone will protect a portion of West Smiling Creek and its associated riparian area.

Address: 3416 Roxton Avenue

The intent of Bylaw 4539, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4539, 2015 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RTM-1 StreetOriented Village Home Residential and RS-7 Small Village Single Family Residential. If this application is approved, the RTM-1 and RS-7 zones would facilitate a subdivision of thirteen (13) residential lots comprising eight (8) street-oriented village homes (row-house units) on eight (8) fee-simple lots fronting Roxton Avenue, and ﬁve (5) small village single family lots fronting Darwin Avenue. 3500 Highland Drive

How do I ﬁnd out more information? Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from February 11 to February 23 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays. You may also obtain further information with regard to the bylaws mentioned above on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

How do I provide input? Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Ofﬁce will compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010.

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Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity. Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts. Prior to the Public Hearing written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca Regular mail: 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 In person: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015

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To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce prior to noon on the day of the hearing. Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce at 604-927-3010. Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested persons concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Kerri Lore Deputy City Clerk

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A Store with a Mission The Crossroads Hospice Society thrift store continues to provide an important source of support for the society’s work.The thrift store’s success builds on a unique and satisfying community-oriented operational model of social enterprise. Thrift stores can be messy businesses.There are the challenges of sorting and dealing with a huge diversity of items in various conditions. And in the Tri-Cities, the thrift store market is competitive, including commercial operations.

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Plant your leeks now CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 containers, row covers don’t get as muddy and can be re-used for years. Spinach is hardy enough to be seeded outside now and this season keeping the seedbed adequately moist doesn’t look like any problem. The big need of spinach is nitrogen and as the weather gets warmer and lawnmowing starts, spinach does well growing among grass-clippings to hold in moisture. If you always choose the outer leaves, you can keep harvesting spinach for a long time. The vegetables that really need to be started inside in February are winter leeks because they take a very long time to grow to transplantable size.

These are very frost-hardy, usually dark green or purplish and larger and sturdier than the summer leeks. Leeks are transplanted in late April or May by being dropped into holes poked into the soil. This is also the time to plant broad beans. This is one crop (like peas) that leaves the soil better than it finds it because it fixes nitrogen from the air into root nodules which nourish other plants. These are best picked very young because the skin of broad beans gets very tough as they mature. Anne Marrison is happy to answer garden questions. Send them to her via amarrison@shaw.ca

So why does Crossroads run a thrift store? The reason is rooted in our mission. Crossroads aims to provide compassionate support for patients and their families who are affected by the end-of-life experience. One of the many hard parts about losing someone you love is how to manage what they’ve left behind.The thrift store helps make these decisions a little easier. We provide a destination for clothing and other small items.We treat both the items and the people bringing them in with care and respect. And we endeavour to put suitable donations to good use by providing support to organizations such as the Downtown Eastside Women’s group, Doctors Without Borders and to local churches assisting the homeless.And of course, many donated items become available to others through purchase in the store. Money generated by Crossroads thrift store sales goes directly to our 10-bed hospice at Inlet Centre in Port Moody. The revenue supports grieving families, provides comfort measures in the hospice and trains our visiting volunteers.We use it to educate our community about hospice care and its benefits. The Crossroads thrift store also works collectively with other hospice thrift stores to raise awareness about hospice services. Not everyone knows about hospice and the option it provides. For many, the thrift store is the front door to learning about hospice services; for others who have lost a loved one in hospice, it can provide a meaningful volunteer experience. The Crossroads thrift store success would not be possible without volunteers. Close to 80 volunteers bring their time, passion and hard work to our storefront. Volunteering is invaluable for the store operation and Crossroads extends its heartfelt thanks. And we appreciate employers who donate funds in proportion to the volunteer contributions of their former staff.

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1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015 and 2027. jkurucz@thenownews.com In leading up to the big day — which falls While it may be the Year of the Goat, the on Thursday, Feb. 19 this year — Zhang Lion will be front and centre to kick off this explained that specific customs are adhered weekend’s Lunar New Year celebration at to. “You’re supposed to clean your entire house Coquitlam’s Henderson Place Mall. Running from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and make sure there is no dust around at all so you can celebrate and welFeb. 21, the day’s events will come the new year,” she said. include vendor exhibits, music“It’s sort of like Christmas al performances, hourly draws for western culture. Families and more. come together and celebrate.” None of those facets get It’s sort of like Zhang said while meal prefgoing, however, until the traderences differ across various itional Lion Dance makes its Christmas for cultures, one of the staples way through the City Centre western culture. of where she’s from in northmall. Families come ern China is the dumpling, or “The new year is the biggest gyoza. festival in Chinese culture,” together and Those dumplings are typexplained Henderson Place celebrate. ically always eaten on the eve marketing manager Vivian – Vivian Zhang, of the new year, but also on the Zhang. “And [the Lion Dance] day of celebration as well. is a ceremony that brings good Henderson Place Red packets full of money fortunes and good luck to are also doled out, and usupeople.” According to Chinese custom, each year is ally passed along from older generations to associated with an animal sign that changes younger people, typically from grandparent based on a 12-year cycle. The goat is the to grandchild, Zhang said. “That’s a very important tradition in the eighth symbol of the zodiac — other animals include: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, Chinese culture,” Zhang said. “Both children and adults, too, tend to get horse, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. Chinese tradition suggests those born all new clothes as well to symbolize someunder the same zodiac signs share common thing new for the new year.” Outside of the opening Lion Dance, a host traits — in the case of the Goat, those traits include creativity, perseverance and serenity. of other events are slated for this weekend’s Birth years of those born under the Goat local celebration. Musical entertainment will zodiac sign include 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, come from the Mellado Dance Studio, Praise

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Coquitlam’s Henderson Place Mall will host Lunar New Year celebrations from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21. Learning Centre, Arts Music Studio and Salina Cheng Musical Academy. Hourly lucky draws, a kids corner, face painting, a bouncy castle and a series of exhibits will also be a part of the afternoon-

long event. Saturday’s event is free and open to all, with partial proceeds going towards the Ronald McDonald House. For more information, call 604-552-6130. twitter.com/johnkurucz

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Coquitlam plans Evergreen updates As work continues on the Evergreen Line’s elevated guideway, the City of Coquitlam’s work is also “progressing on enhancing the corridors below,” according to a press release. Significant work around the travel lanes, medians and screetscapes, totalling more than $21 million, is planned

for the following key corridors:

Pinetree Way Work along Pinetree Way will begin in spring 2015 and continue until summer 2016. Features, which were presented to the public for input at an open house in

September 2014, will include public plaza areas (gathering places, street furniture, etc.), a multi-use pathway and decorative lighting and landscaping. A video flyover of the future corridor can be viewed at www.coquitlam.ca/ pinetreeway.

North Road and Clarke Road

Initial concepts for these two corridors were presented at the Transit-Oriented Development Strategy sessions in 2012, with revised concepts presented at the recent Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood Plan information sessions. They will

continue to be refined over the coming months. North Road, jointly-owned by the Cities of Coquitlam and Burnaby, will include median enhancements, improvements to pedestrian crossings, as well as guideway accent lighting and gateway features. The enhancements will follow the concept of the

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Rotary offers peace prizes

Local Rotary Clubs are encouraging applications for this year’s Rotary Peace Fellow Scholarships, which provide “academic and practical training to prepare scholars for leadership roles in solving conflicts around the world,” according to a press release. Applications must be received by one of the Tri-Cities’ four Rotary Clubs by May 1. “Today, there are still far too few mediators who are experienced practitioners in conflict resolution. There is an urgent need to produce another generation of people who can play a mediating role in the future,” said Prof. Paul Rogers, of the University of Bradford in the UK. “This program is the most significant development in graduate work in conflict resolution in decades.” Launched in 2002, Rotary’s Peace Fellowship program selects up to 100 fellows each year in a globally competitive process based on personal, academic and professional achievements. Fellows embark on one to two years of study to earn a master’s degree or a three-month professional development certificate in peace and conflict studies at one of six Rotary Peace Centers in Australia, England, Japan, Sweden, the United States and Thailand. To learn more, visit www. rotary.org/rotarycenters.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 SHARE Society offers an education series around alcohol and

Hall, located at 3435 Victoria Dr. in Coquitlam. Fire chief Wade Pierlot will speak to the new ﬁre hall that’s set to open in the area. Info: 604-945-9055. Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society meets at 1 p.m. in the Community Room at the Leigh Square Gathering Place, 1100-2253 Leigh Sq. in PoCo. Bryan Ness will present A Salute to PoCo Women in our History. Info: info@pocoheritage.org.

drug use for those who have an alcohol or drug problem, and for those concerned about their use or the use of others. The topic will be “Alcohol — How dependence develops; controlled using; effects on pregnant women.” The session includes a video, brief presentation and open discussion, and runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 2615 Clarke St. in Port Moody. Registration is not required. Info: 604-936-3900. Port Moody Ecological Society hosts its annual general meeting at 7 p.m. at the Port Moody Recreation Centre, 300 Ioco Rd. in Port Moody. Guest speakers will be Greta Borick Cunningham and Shahira Sakaiyama of the False Creek Watershed Society in downtown Vancouver. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served. The meeting is free and members of the public are most welcome to attend. Info: 604-469-9106 or www. noonscreek.org. Singles Travel Club meets at 6 p.m. at the ABC Restaurant located at 300-100 Schoolhouse St. in Coquitlam. The club offers group tours for solo travellers and a chance to meet new friends, enjoy the security of group travel while avoiding the costly single supplement. RSVP to Val at 604-669-6607 ext. 304. Info www. singlestravelclub.ca.

FRIDAY, FEB 20 Cat and Fiddle Pub plays host to a pub night fundraiser for

Terry Fox Secondary students from 6 to 10:30 p.m. at 1979 Brown St. in PoCo Funds raised will go towards a Grad 2015 After Grad event. A $20 ticket includes burger, fries or salad plus sleeve, hi ball, beer, wine or pop. Info: Julie Knisley at 604-356-8069 or knisleyjulie@yahoo.ca. Tri-City Singles Social Club meets at 7:30 p.m. at the Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St. in Port Moody. The group offers an opportunity for singles over the age of 50 to get together and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more. Members are from the Tri-Cities and beyond and new members are welcome. Info: Darline at 604-466-0017. Terry Fox Library hosts a matinee screening of a Dolphin Tale 2 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Younger children must be accompanied by an adult. Info: 604-927-7999. City of Coquitlam hosts a number of Pro-D Day activities at facilities across the city. A Gym and Swim event is being offered for youth ages seven to 12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Centen-

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nial Activity Centre, 570 Poirier St. Kids will have the chance to play fun gym games and activities, then head across the street to Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex for a swim. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes, pack a swim suit, towel, lunch and two snacks. Program cost is $32.50. Register using barcode 499456. Crafts, science, sports and games will be offered for kids between the ages of six and 12 at the Pinetree Community Centre (1260 Pinetree Way) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wear comfortable clothing and shoes, and pack a lunch and two snacks. Program cost is $32.50. Register using barcode 500294. Drop-in sports kids aged six to 10 will also be offered at Pinetree between 1 and 3 p.m. Kids will play sports and games like soccer, dodgeball, basketball, tag and try obstacle courses. Admission is $2. A Pro-D Day Plunge will take place at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex (633 Poirier Street) from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be games, contests, prizes and more. Regular admission rates apply. Info: www.coquitlam.ca/featuredprograms or 604-927-4386.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Glen Elementary School Parent Advisory Council holds a

recycling drive from 9 a.m. to noon at 3064 Glen Dr. in Coquitlam. For info on what items are admissable, see http://pmdrecycling.com. Friends of the Coquitlam Public Library Society meet at 10:30 a.m. in the Nancy Bennett Room of the Poirier branch of the Coquitlam Public Library, 575 Poirier St. New members welcome. Info: 604-937-4130.

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◆ Lease payments of $64/$93 on the 2015 Rogue/2015 Pathfinder must be made on a monthly basis and cannot be made weekly. Weekly lease payments are for advertising purposes only. †No charge All-Wheel Drive (AWD) has an equivalent value of up to $2,180/$2,000/$2,000 applicable on all 2015 Juke® models (except Juke® SV FWD M6/CVT (N5RT55 AA00)/Juke® SV FWD CVT (N5RT15 AE00)/Juke® Nismo RS, FWD (N5YT55 AA00)/ 2015 Rogue models (except Rogue S FWD (Y6RG15 AA00)/Rogue SV FWD (Y6SG15 AA00)/2015 Pathfinder models (except Pathfinder S V6 CVT 4x2 (5XRGG15 AA00). Offer only applicable on cash purchase or standard finance rates through NCF. Discount is deducted before taxes. ≠Representative monthly lease offer based on any new 2015 Rogue S FWD CVT (Y6RG15 AA00)/2015 PathfinderS V6 4x2 (5XRG15 AA00) CVT transmission. 1.99%/2.9% lease APR for a 60/60 month term equals 60/60 monthly payments of $276/$405 with $0 down payment, and $0 security deposit. First monthly payment, down payment and $0 security deposit are due at lease inception. Prices and payments include freight and fees. Lease based on a maximum of 20,000 km/year with excess charged at $0.10/km. Total lease obligation is $16,541/$24,271. This offer is only valid from Feb. 3 – Mar. 2, 2015. $500 NCF lease cash appplicated on the 2015 PathfinderS V6 4x2 (5XRG15 AA00) CVT transmission. Conditions apply. ◆$31,748 Selling Price for a new 2015 Murano S FWD CVT (LXRG15 NA00). Conditions apply. **MSRP starting from $29,998 for a 2015 Nissan Murano S FWD (LXRG15 NA00) excluding Freight and PDE charges and specific duties of new tires. ▲Models shown $36,348/$48,368/$45,248 Selling Price for a new 2015 Rogue SL AWD Premium (Y6DG15 BK00)/2015 Pathfinder Platinum (5XEG15 AA00)/2015 Murano Platinum AWD (LXEG15 TE00). *◆±≠▲Freight and PDE charges ($1,750/$1,720/$1,750), air-conditioning levy ($100) where applicable, applicable fees (all which may vary by region), manufacturer’s rebate and dealer participation where applicable are included. License, registration, insurance and applicable taxes are extra. Lease and finance offers are available on approved credit through Nissan Canada Finance for a limited time, may change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offers except stackable trading dollars. Retailers are free to set individual prices. Dealer order/ trade may be necessary. Vehicles and accessories are for illustration purposes only. Offers, prices and features subject to change without notice. Offers valid between Feb. 3 – March 2, 2015. °Nissan is the fastest growing brand in the non-luxury segment based on comparison of 12-month retail sales of all Canadian automotive brands and 12 months average sales growth. *Ward’s Large Cross/Utility Market Segmentation. MY15 Pathfinder vs. 2015 and 2014 Large Cross/Utility Class. Offers subject to change, continuation or cancellation without notice. Offers have no cash alternative value. See your participating Nissan retailer for complete details. ©1998-2015 Nissan Canada Inc. and Nissan Financial Services Inc. a division of Nissan Canada Inc.

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EXPRESS TOP LANGLEY

The Coquitlam Express are looking like a team eager to start the playoffs. The reigning B.C. Hockey League champions swept the Langley Rivermen in a home-andhome series on the weekend, taking decisions of 5-3 and 7-2. While Langley sits in second place in the Mainland Division and Coquitlam is fairly assured of placing fourth, the Express flexed its offensive muscle Saturday at home, scoring the game’s final five goals in the 7-2 win. Linemates Corey Mackin and Brett Supinski each tallied twice, with singles from Colton Kerfoot, Brendan Lamont and Michael Merulla. A day earlier, Lamont tallied twice, including the winner with 10 minutes to play. The Express host Surrey tonight (Feb. 18) 7 p.m. and Cowichan Valley on Friday.

BC VAULTS TO BRONZE

B.C.’s first team medal at the Canada Winter Games in Prince George this week was delivered in women’s gymnastics, by a group with distinct Tri-Cities roots. Led by Omega Gymnastics’ Shallon Olsen, the team of six athletes posted the second-best score on vault, third on floor and uneven bars, and fourth on beam, to fall just behind Quebec (gold) and Ontario (silver). Also contributing to the strong start were Coquitlam’s Seina Cho and Port Coquitlam’s Haley de Jong, while Ilka Juk and Cho are also from Omega club. De Jong trains at North Vancouver’s Flicka club. Olsen advanced to the women’s all-around competition.

CADET SCORES SR. GOLD

Coquitlam’s Andrei Secu used twin talents in skiing and shooting to capture gold on the weekend at the provincial Cadet Bialthlon championships in Whistler. A cadet with Port Moody’s 754 Phoenix Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, Secu topped the male senior division, against a strong field of competitors. A year ago, Secu captured silver in the junior division. In junior males, Luis Alberto Melendez finished seventh while fellow Phoenix squadron member Francisco Zhou placed ninth.

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Ravens roll to playoff title

The growing rivalry between the Heritage Woods Kodiaks and Terry Fox Ravens added a new layer Saturday. Just weeks after Heritage Woods secured a key three-point win over Fox and the North league regular season crown in the process, Fox returned the favour, and then some. The Ravens locked down the top berth and key home court advantage for the AAAA senior boys Fraser Valley playdowns with a convincing 78-51 victory over the Kodiaks. While they continue to muscle onwards without multi-talented swingman Liam Hancock, who has been sidelined with an injury since last month, Fox has also unveiled a strong united front en route to the provincial No. 1 ranking. “We have a pretty dynamic team that can switch in and out of defensive [systems] and cause other teams confusion,” said Ravens co-coach Brad Petersen. “It really starts with our guards who are quick and athletic enough to match-up well against bigger forwards.” Leading the way with 20 points each were point guard Jomari Reyes and forward Isaac Evans, while Jeff Sclater counted 13 points. Forward Mike West contributed 12 points. Fox staked out the lead in Saturday’s final early, and maintained that pace much of the game. Petersen remarked how every player has stepped up to cover for Hancock, whose status remains up in the air for the Valley championship. “We preached early on that we had no superstars who carry our team, but Liam took a big load of our offence and was also shutting down the opposition’s best player.” They advanced to the final on the strength of a 74-61 win over Pitt Meadows in the semifinal. Heritage Woods arrived at the final after blasting Centennial 97-37. In the third-place contest, Pitt Meadows prevailed over Centennial 68-57. The Valley playdowns continue today (Wednesday), as Pinetree takes on Enver Creek and Port Moody plays Panorama Ridge at Heritage Woods, while Centennial travels to Langley to play MEI. Each team is in a must-win situation. Heritage Woods will play the winner of the Enver/ Pinetree game on Friday, 8 p.m. at Heritage. Terry Fox, meanwhile, will take on the winner between Kwantlen Park and Seaquam, 8 p.m. Friday at Terry Fox. The top eight teams from the 24-team playdowns advance to next week’s Fraser Valley championships, running Feb. 26 to 28 at the Langley Events Centre.

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Terry Fox’s Isaac Evans, left, and Mike West crowd the key during last month’s Legal Beagle Invitational. Both contributed on offence and defence in Saturday’s win over Heritage Woods to win the North league playoff title.

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