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Will Clements and Alex Jopson try out one of the hammocks at the Westminster Pier Park as they ponder the upcoming Music by the River celebration in July. The event is already stirring up interest throughout the Lower Mainland. For the full story, see page 11. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
PETITION DRAWS 400 SIGNATURES
Drive to have third arena gains traction By Theresa McManus
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Hockey and lacrosse fans are among more than 400 residents appealing to city hall to build a third arena in New Westminster. Queen’s Park resident Daniel Fontaine recently launched an online petition to determine how
much community support there is in the city for the initiative and to encourage city council to take action.The petition states a third arena would allow the city to host more frequent and larger sports tournaments that support local tourism activities and the local economy. It would also greatly increase the opportunity of the city to increase the flexibility of prac-
tice and game times, according to the petition. “A city the size of New Westminster should have at least three arenas in order to support our lacrosse, hockey and other community activities,” states the petition. “Cities that are much smaller than New Westminster have more than two arenas to meet the needs of their local sports community.”
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As the parent of a son who plays amateur hockey in New West, Fontaine said he’s experienced first-hand the challenge of dealing with the limited number of facilities in the city. He said that includes having limited practice times and forcing kids to leave the community for offerings like threeon-three hockey in the spring or summer because of limited ice and
arena space. “When I sat on the NewWestminster Minor Hockey executive, I got to see the pressures first-hand as well around the work that our allocator had to do to try and juggle and get enough ice time. It was always, always a struggle for us to do that.That was the genesis of
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