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PoCo fires may have been set House that was a shooting scene hit by Tuesday blaze GARY MCKENNA
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A Port Coquitlam home that was the scene of a targeted shooting last month went up in flames early Tuesday morning. The blaze, which happened in the 2400-block of Kelly Avenue, is one of two fires that occurred that night that investigators believe may have been deliberately set. “It was pretty intense,” said PoCo Fire Chief Nick
Delmonico. “We were definitely hampered because we had crews on scene at the other fire.” The first fire of the night occurred at around 11 p.m. Monday at a home in the 2500block of Larkin Avenue, where flames broke out in multiple locations. Delmonico said the fire was so hot that it scorched the siding of a nearby home. “The arson squad is on the scene,” he said. “Any time you get more than one ignition point, it looks a bit suspicious.” Flames ignited at several points around the house before moving up the walls and spreading into the attic. see IGNITION POINTS, page 10
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A house in the 2400-block of Kelly Avenue in Port Coquitlam that was the scene of a targeted shooting last month was the scene of more drama Tuesday when fire broke out in the early morning hours — one of two suspicious fires in PoCo overnight Monday/Tuesday.
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Plans in works for ERH expansion Hospital is serving a growing pop. DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News
Eagle Ridge Hospital’s new executive director says a business plan is being developed to justify an expansion of the hos-
pital’s emergency room and could be ready by June. The news comes as the Port Moody hospital celebrates more than 30 years in the TriCities, a region that has grown rapidly in the intervening years, increasing demand for ERH services When the ER was built, it was meant to serve 15,000
patients annually but last year saw as many as 50,000. “Recognizing that we have an ER with a growing population, we are in the phase of creating a business case to expand our emergency department,” Heather Findlay said. “It will be a nine-month process and we will be forwarding that to the ministry in June.”
Last Thursday, Findlay gave a health care report card to the Fraser Health public board meeting that laid out the challenges ahead for the hospital given a projected 18% population increase in 10 years, many of them aging seniors who will need specialized services.
see ERH NOT REACHING, page 11
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In response to The Tri-City News’ call for seasonal photos, readers Corey and Jovita Kleim of Port Coquitlam sent us this picture of their sons Mason and Jackson in front of the family Christmas tree. More seasonal photographs from Tri-City News readers can be found on page A6.
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As we have in previous years, The Tri-City News will soon be printing a list of large light displays in the Tri-Cities for Christmas. To add your home to the list, please send your name and address along with details of your display (how many lights, special displays, hours and days of operation plus any charities for which you’re collecting cash or food) to newsroom@tricitynews.com. Once we have started the list, we’ll post it online with a map.
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PoCo mosque pitching in to help and settle newly arrived refugees Mosque members to help refugees get settled here DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News
As B.C. welcomes Syrian refugees, a local mosque hopes to help them get settled. The Masjid Al-Hidaya and Islamic Cultural Centre in Port Coquitlam is getting ready to host up to 25 families per intake as Canada ramps up to take in 25,000 refugees over the next few months. “We want to house them, feed them, comfort them and envelop them in a community of comfort,” said Mohammed Khan, who is helping organize the reception program. While it is not known yet how many Syrian refugees will be resettled in the Tri-Cities as the Canadian response is still in the beginning stages, (early numbers suggest just 16 people are coming here, out of 200, and most of them are privately sponsored), the PoCo mosque will be available for whatever the need. For example, Khan is approaching local businesses to secure discounts for bulk buying of toiletries and other prod-
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Mohammed Khan, a member of the Masjid Al-Hidaya and Islamic Cultural Centre on Kingsway Avenue in Port Coquitlam, is helping organize a reception program for some of the Syrian refugees, some of whom will be temporarily housed in the mosque’s gymnasium. ucts that may be required, and is reaching out to the mosque’s congregation and the rest of the community for new blankets, outerwear in good condi-
tion, food and cash. “Right now, we don’t know what all the needs are,” Khan said, noting cash donations are likely to be the most practical
way of giving and the mosque, run buy the Islamic Society of BC, can provide charitable tax receipts. Khan said many of the so-
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Cram the Cruiser on Saturday – with food Coquitlam RCMP cars will be filled with something other than scofflaws this weekend in the third annual Cram the Cruiser food drive for Share Family and Community Services. On Saturday, Dec. 5, officers and RCMP volunteers will be at the Real Canadian Superstore parking lot at Westwood Mall (3000 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam) collecting nonperishable food items to fill up more vehicles than ever. The public is invited to drop by between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. with food to donate or, if you’re heading to do your own shopping, to pick up a few extra groceries for families in need. “Too often, I see families in need despite how hard they work to try to make ends meet,” said Const. Justin Christofferson, who helps organize the food drives. “By helping us Cram the Cruiser, you’ll be making a world of difference for someone less fortunate in your community.”
911 WE CARE TOY DRIVE IS ONGOING The folks in the red serge will be helping the guy in red during the seventh annual 911 We Care Toy Drive for Share Family and Community Services. Until Dec. 14, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam residents are asked to bring new, unwrapped toys for a child or teen (up to 17 years old) for Share’s Christmas toy program to the Coquitlam RCMP main detachment or their local community police station. The 911 We Care Toy Drive began in 2009 with a group of Coquitlam RCMP dispatchers who wanted to find a way to give back to the communities they served so they started to collect toys for Share Family and Community Services before Christmas. These toys are distributed to vulnerable families registered for Share’s Christmas hampers. This year, ’tween and teen gifts are in high demand. The drop-off locations are: • Coquitlam RCMP detachment, 2986 Guildford Way, Coquitlam (next to Coquitlam city hall); • Burquitlam community police station, 413-552 Clarke Rd., Coquitlam, 604-933-6833; • Ridgeway community police station, 1059 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam, 604-933-6888; • Northside community police station, 3312 Coast Meridian Rd., Port Coquitlam, 604-927-517; • Downtown community police station,: 2581 Mary Hill Rd., 604-927-2383.
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Alice’s entrance from the north portal of the 2-km Evergreen Line in Coquitlam last Friday kept politicians, media and construction workers in thrall for over half an hour and will keep commuters waiting for another few months. Last Friday, as the cutter head of the tunnel boring machine finally poked out from a wall of crumbling concrete, it was revealed that the $1.4-billion Burnaby-to-Coquitlam transit line won’t be open until early 2017. That’s more than six months after the original deadline of the summer of 2016, which was subsequently pushed to the fall, after problems with the tunnel boring slowed progress on construction. Still, local mayors were philosophical about the news, saying that the delays were expected after the equipment took such a long time boring through Clarke hill, stopping periodically for maintenance and to deal with sinkholes. Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said although he was disappointed, nobody is to blame. “I believe that they did everything they could to complete this phase of the project as quickly as possible,” he told The Tri-City News. “And I’m certainly glad [the tunnelling is] done, as the rest of the project contains much less uncertainty.” “That’s why we have contingencies,” said Port Moody Mayor Mike Clay. “You have challenges, you deal with them, you hope for the best and then you move on.” Peter Fassbender, B.C.’s minister of community, sport and cultural development, who represented Transportation Minister Todd Stone at last week’s event, said the delay was unavoidable but won’t affect the amount taxpayers have to pay for the project. Meanwhile, drivers on Clarke Road will still have to deal with
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Chamber of Commerce representatives, said the current revenue-sharing model is advantageous to Port Moody. When the initiative was created, the three cities wanted to have an even balance for profits and, therefore, divided the mobile licensing proceeds like this: 29% for Coquitlam, 18% for PoCo and 53% for Port Moody. What’s being considered now, however, is a more common model that would see a 90/10 split, with the issuing municipality retaining 90% of the fees and the 10% balance distributed to the partner cities. Hodge said the Tri-City program has achieved its overall goal: to make it easier for businesses to operate regionally and to reduce red tape. Dilworth said she’s looking forward to the program evolving and becoming permanent. She’s also open to having a more regional involvement. “The nature of a lot of the businesses is changing,” she said. “In the Tri-Cities, there’s a lot more businesses running mobile. We need to ask ourselves, How do we support that?”
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Builders, decorators, caterers and others with mobile businesses operating in the TriCities can still pay an extra fee next year to be on the road. Last week, city councils in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody extended the intermunicipal business licensing program, allowing companies to travel freely across the region to provide programs and services. The mobile licence — a $165 add-on to the regular business levy — has grown in popularity since the program launched in 2013. According to city staff reports released last week, 232 mobile permits have been purchased so far this year versus 203 last year. Still, there’s talk to make the program even bigger — and permanent — a move that would help Tri-City businesses move into neighbouring cities. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction, which oversees the 10 mobile business licence agreements in 69 B.C. municipalities, said discussion
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SD43, city & province pitch in to build school for Burke New elementary school to be open in September ’18 DIANE STRANDBERG Tri-CiTy News
When it comes to building new schools, it helps to have some cash in the bank. At least, that’s the situation in School District 43, which contributed $2.9 million it generated through land sales towards the cost of Smiling Creek elementary as well as $4.8 million toward land costs. The city of Coquitlam also kicked in $5.15 million to purchase land, although part of the Queenston Avenue property will be a park. The deal was reached after lengthy negotiations with several land owners and the province for a $20.5-million school that some say should already be open. On Monday, Education Minister Mike Bernier gave the long-promised OK to the deal when he announced the province would contribute $17.6 million toward the construction of the 430-student capacity school, which will open in September 2018 “It takes partnership, it takes collaboration and it takes a lot
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Some Burke Mountain parents were pleased about the news that construction can start on Smiling Creek elementary school. of planning,” Bernier said, as he congratulated the school district and the city for collaborating with the province on the deal. This horse trading may just be the new normal for building B.C. schools as the province struggles to repair and remediate seismically risky buildings and build new schools in growing neighbourhoods such as Burke Mountain. “School districts have the opportunities to disperse the properties they might have. Schools that might be vacant they can sell off so we can use
those funds to collaborate and build schools,” Bernier told The Tri-City News when asked why SD43 had to contribute to the project. The district’s contribution for building Smiling Creek came from selling surplus land at Parkland elementary school in Coquitlam. Wherever the money came from, Burke Mountain parents weren’t looking a gift horse in the mouth. Bjorn Ossenbrink and Mery Naven were among a small group of parents who attended a press conference
Monday morning for the announcement and said they are pleased the project is approved, even if it means SD43 had to pay for some of the costs. “I think it’s great the school district stepped up to cover the costs,” Ossenbrink said. But they aren’t satisfied and said they hope efficiencies can be found to get Smiling Creek open sooner than 2018, and will continue to lobby for a new middle school to handle growing enrolment on Burke. “Maybe that will be a way for them to make up for lost time,” said Naven, whose child will be entering kindergarten next year. Board chair Judy Shirra, a Port Coquitlam trustee, said the project is timely because “feeder schools are crowded to the max.” “This is going to relieve so much pressure on this mountain,” Shirra said in her speech to a crowd of politicians, administrators and a few parents, and she also thanked Burke Mountain parents for their advocacy. Smiling Creek will have 430 students in 19 classrooms. There will also be an enhanced gym, multi-purpose room with kitchen and exterior washrooms for park users. @dstrandbergTC
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Delmonico said that it was unclear how many people were living in the home but several people were leaving the property with their belongings when crews arrived. Because firefighters were able to arrive quickly, he added, they were able to keep the flames from spreading to nearby buildings. Crews were still mopping up the Larkin Avenue fire when the second call came in for the fire on Kelly Avenue at around 4 a.m. Tuesday. By the time firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed. Delmonico said the flames were fuelled by a gas line that was broken and may have been tampered with. Trevor Holloran, who has lived on Kelly Avenue for two years, said police have visited the home numerous times over the last few months. “There were a lot of people in there,” he said. “We have had problems with this house for a long time.” While police said the property is considered vacant, there were 10 to 12 occupants and a black Hummer parked in front of the home when it was shot at in the early morning hours
In honour of Coquitlam 125—our year-long anniversary celebrations—we are creating 12 salmon sculptures that will be installed throughout the city as legacy public art. Selected artists will be invited to paint or adorn one of the 12 sculptures with a design reflective of Coquitlam’s past, present or future.
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Firefighters battle a blaze at a home in the 2500-block of Larkin Avenue in Port Coquitlam on Monday night. of Nov. 13. Nobody was hurt and police said the occupants refused to co-operate with investigators. The home is one of three residences on the street that are slated for demolition to make way for a new apartment building. Coun. Darrell Penner, chair of the city’s community safety committee, said he was not aware of any incidents involving the Kelly Avenue home but noted that property owners are responsible for the condition of their property and that the city has billed people for these kinds of issues in the past.
“It can take time to put a case together,” he said, “but it has been done with other properties. If we have to board up windows, if we have to hire security, then the security costs go to the property owner.” Coquitlam RCMP are asking anyone with any information about either blaze to contact investigators at 604-945-1550. Those who wish to provide information anonymously can do so by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or by going to www. solvecrime.ca. gmckenna@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC
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The crunch can already be seen in hospital wait times, which Findlay said Eagle Ridge is trying to reduce with the implementation of a task force to look at communication and efficiencies. Currently, the hospital has a target of admitting ER patients to a bed within 10 hours of arrival 55% of the time — but has only reached that goal about 32% of the time. “We are talking about one to two persons a day [getting into beds more quickly]. I see that as an attainable goal,” Findlay said, acknowledging that while the target hasn’t been met, and the rate of achievement fluctuates, the overall trend line is up, with 37% of patients getting into hospital within 10 hours in recent weeks. “I think we’ll see some improving in the next few months,” she said. “We’ve got a task group of clinical staff to see where we can improve that, whether it be communications or transitions between hospital staff and physicians, insuring we decrease those delays as much as we possibly can.” There are challenges across the region. Hospitals in Fraser Health have improved slightly from the spring on key indicators of congestion but large numbers of incoming patients continue to wait too long to get a bed. Fraser’s latest report card suggests that remains a persistent problem despite repeated initiatives to improve patient flow. As of September, it shows just under 40% of admitted patients got a bed within a 10-hour benchmark so far this year. That’s far below a target of 55%, which is itself lower than more ambitious targets that had been set in previous years and subsequently discarded. A 2012 congestion review warned hallway medicine was so rampant in Fraser that staff were resigned that the jammed conditions would remain “intractable.” At that time, just 51% of patients admitted through emergency were getting a bed within 10 hours. The 39.8% rate for 2015 is up from 35% last May. Just two hospitals — Burnaby and Fraser Canyon — are currently meeting the 55% target for admission within 10 hours. In contrast, neighbouring Vancouver Coastal health authority reported it’s essentially meeting the same target with more than 54% of its patients getting a bed within 10 hours. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC – with files from Jeff Nagel
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Safety – and communication – are issues for Canada Post he phrase most people associate with mail delivery that says nothing will stop a postal worker from completing their appointed rounds is not a Canadian slogan nor even a U.S. Postal Service motto. In fact, it’s a bit of a stretch to use what is apparently a translation of Herodotus to refer to those who deliver our mail — and, it appears, not all that accurate, at least on Gatensbury Road in Port Moody. On that twisting hill, it took a bereaved widow who didn’t receive condolence cards for someone from Canada Post to acknowledge that the mail was not being delivered because the winding road — after 60 years of door-todoor mail delivery — was deemed too dangerous. Residents are understandably upset because they had no notice for two
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Coun. Dennis Marsden, who said he is already hearing from residents in the area about parking concerns. “Hollybrook is one of the neighbourhoods that I probably receive the most comments from residents than any other with regards to parking challenges,” Marsden said. “There has been a number of situations and tensions are starting to boil up there.” If the proposal is approved, a home recently constructed on Creekstone Terrace would remain while a home on Hollybrook Street would be demolished. The next public hearing in Coquitlam is expected to take place on Dec. 14. Other news:
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Coquitlam residents will get their chance to weigh in on a 14-lot subdivision, the latest housing development proposed for Burke Mountain in the city’s northeast. If the zoning amendment is approved, Hollybrook Street and Creekstone Terrace would see new single-family homes on the sloping two-acre site. Council voted unanimously last week to send the proposal to a public hearing scheduled for this month. The development could be contentious, according to
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t may be dark and even cold but that won’t stop Barry Wilson from skippering the Kona Kai around Port Moody and Burrard inlets and up Indian Arm for six nights starting Dec. 4. Leaving Reed Point Marina around 7 p.m., Wilson and 20 other boating enthusiasts will ply the waters from Belcarra to Burnaby, Port Moody and Deep Cove to bring a little holiday cheer to landlubbers. With their boats decorated from stem to stern, these boats are part of the annual Santa’s Christmas Ships that grew out of the Vancouver Carol Ships about 20 years ago. “We go around giving a light show,” said Wilson, who said the only thing the cruisers want back is the knowledge that people enjoy the show and, if they have homes on the water, they have parties on the nights the boats are in the area. “It all just fell together. We started with a little spark and it grew,” said Wilson of the event that has been an annual gettogether for the boaters, most of whom moor their crafts at Reed Point Marina in Port Moody. Beginning, Dec. 4, the ships go out and take slightly different routes each night, although they swing back and forth across the inlet most evenings, beginning and ending at Reed Point. On Dec. 5, they even stop at Belcarra Regional Park so Santa can disembark and children can sign his Great Book, and on Dec. 12, will cruise to Rocky Point Park.
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The following schedule is planned for this year’s Santa’s Christmas Ships. • Friday, Dec. 4: Cruise the inner harbour in front of Reed Point Marina toward Mill and Timber in PoMo, then over to North Vancouver and up the Dollarton shoreline, returning along the coast of Belcarra
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Above: Barry Wilson shows his boat, the Kona Kai, which is decorated and will be leading the annual Santa’s Christmas Ships cruise in Port Moody inlet and up Indian Arm for several nights leading up to Christmas. There will also be a stop Saturday, Dec. 5 at Belcarra Regional Park, where Santa will visit, and a Dec. 11 cruise to Rocky Point Park, where hot chocolate will be served. The boats will be in the area at 7:30 p.m. on those evenings. Below: Boats decorated last year. Regional Park. • Saturday, Dec. 5: Ships will cruise past Belcarra Regional Park, with Santa docking at the park at 7:30 p.m., There will also be fireworks. • Friday, Dec. 11: Cruise toward Cates Park, into Deep Cove and back past Belcarra to Reed Point. • Saturday, Dec. 12: Cruise to Rocky Point Park and do a colourful parade loop past the park. Hot chocolate is expected
to be served by the Rotary Club. • Friday, Dec. 18: From Reed Point Marina toward Rocky Point Park in a loop around the inlet, joined by crafts from the Vancouver Carol Ships. • Saturday, Dec. 19: From Reed Point, back toward North Vancouver, Deep Cove, past Brighton Beach toward Camp Howdy, then back past Belcarra park to the marina. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com @dstrandbergTC
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CHRISTMAS GIVING
Marissa wants gifts to keep on giving for Xmas DIANE STRANDBERG
we volunteer together. We like to volunteer for Share. I don’t like being hungry and I don’t think other people should be hungry.” Jennifer McKinnon believes,
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Marissa McKinnon wants everybody in the Tri-Cities to have a happy Christmas but she’s not just dreaming about it — she’s taking action. Marissa, who recently turned 11, is collecting food and money and buying gifts for another family through the Caring Neighbour program run by Share Family and Community Services. She collected items during her recent birthday party and, with her mom, Jennifer, will be putting together a holiday hamper for a single mother with two young children. “It’s really important at Christmas especially,” Marissa said. “Kids don’t get presents and stuff and they are going hungry when we are having good Christmas feast.” Among the items McKinnon collected at her birthday party was 10 lb. of food, $50 in gift cards and $50 in cash.
it’s important to give back, and enjoys having her daughter at her side. “It’s the next generation, right? You’ve got to start young and raise them with
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new ones. In the past, this process would take a long time but today, the rate of change is very rapid and every day lots of new scientific discoveries and ideas are coming on the scene. John Brockman, the editor, asked 175 scientists and visionaries to comment on scientific ideas that are ready to be abandoned..” • A Christmas Carol by
us a story about searching for a missing girl on a nature trail. A newspaper reporter named Claire has a sixth sense so she can first know the information. Through her sixth sense, she knew the girl was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend but the search manager named Matt didn’t believe her. After working to find her, the girl is saved.” • This Idea Must Die: Scientific Theories that are Blocking Progress, edited by John Brockman, reviewed by Abdolvahed Razzaghi: “Advancements in science are accomplished by discovering new things and developing new ideas. To achieve this goal, usually old ideas should be abandoned and replaced by
Charles Dickens, reviewed by Zohreh Gholipour: “A Christmas Carol is a story that says how a bad person can change to be a good person. Scrooge is a mean, cold and stingy man. He loves money and breaks everyone’s heart who is in need. One night, he dreams about a few ghosts who take him to the past and future.
He can easily see the results of his work. He decides to change and becomes a good, helpful and generous man.” • The Call of the Wild by Jack London, reviewed by Elnaz Shahianbaran: “This book is about a domesticated dog that becomes a wild dog. His name is Buck. He lived in California but was sold to people who
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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, December 14, 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.
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The intent of Bylaw 4631, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4631, 2015 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RS-8 Large Village Single Family Residential.
The intent of Bylaw 4625, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4625, 2015 from CS-1 Service Commercial to C-7 Transit Village Commercial.
If approved, the application would facilitate the development of fourteen (14) single-family lots.
If approved, the application would facilitate the development of a 193-unit, 23-storey, mixed-use commercial and residential high-rise development.
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The intent of Bylaw 4626, 2015 is to enter into a Heritage Revitalization Agreement with the owner of 1154 Rochester Avenue. The intent of Bylaw 4627, 2015 is to authorize the City to designate the lands, building, and structure located at 1154 Rochester Avenue as protected heritage property. If approved, the application would facilitate the restoration and heritage designation of the Edward Davies House, a historic Maillardville building, as a single-family home with a detached carriage house and the subdivision of the property to create two new one-family homes, each with a secondary suite.
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The intent of Bylaw 4623, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw 4623, 2015 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RM-3 Multi-Storey Medium Density Apartment Residential. The intent of Bylaw 4635, 2015 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to designate the subject properties as special needs housing sites and allow up to a maximum of 10% additional density in the RM-3 Zone, for special needs or affordable housing projects on a site-specific basis. If both Bylaws are approved, the application would facilitate the development of a 41unit, four-storey, market rental apartment building.
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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 December 2nd to December 14th 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. 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 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. 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 parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Marnie Burnham Deputy City Clerk
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• Burquitlam Community Association AGM in the library at Miller Park elementary school, 800 Egmont Ave., Coquitlam, 7 p.m. Wrap of yearly BCA business, election of officers (various positions are open for interested parties) and guest city clerk Jay Gilbert will speak on various subjects and take questions. • Tri-Cities Leadnow presents screening of Naomi Klein film “This Changes Everything,” 7 p.m., Douglas College David Lam Campus, 1240 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, Lecture Theatre A1470. Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 for students. The film presents seven portraits of communities on the front lines of both fossil fuel extraction and the climate crisis it is driving. Info: eventbrite.ca, and search the film title.
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• Pet photos with Santa – a fundraiser for Lower Mainland Network for Animals – 11 a.m.- 3p.m., Shaughnessy Veterinary Hospital, Shaughnessy Station, 2129-2850 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. Info: www.network4animals.com. • Dogway Dog Rescue Society fundraising Christmas pictures of dogs with the Grinch, 1-4 p.m., Bosley’s, 2850 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. Tasty treats will be served.
The Tri-City News’ online calendar is packed full of local community events and you can add yours — for free, no registration required. At www.tricitynews. com/community/submit-an-event, you can add your event. As always, to add items to The Tri-City News’ printed Community Calendar, email details to newsroom@tricitynews.com.
ideas. Workshop is free but space is limited. Call library about registration: 604-9277999. • Coquitlam Christmas craft fair, Poirier Forum, 618 Poirier St., Coquitlam (next to Dogwood Pavilion), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (also: Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.). Admission: adults, $2.50; seniors/children, $1.25. Info: www.coquitlamcrafts.com.
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• Coquitlam Christmas craft fair, Poirier Forum, 618 Poirier St., Coquitlam (next to Dogwood Pavilion), 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: adults, $2.50; seniors/children, $1.25. Info: www.coquitlamcrafts.com.
• Coquitlam Christmas craft fair, Poirier Forum, 618 Poirier St., Coquitlam (next to Dogwood Pavilion), 5-9 p.m. (also: Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.). Admission: adults, $2.50; seniors/children, $1.25. Info: www.coquitlamcrafts.com.
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• Christmas market and craft fair, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., Port Moody; local crafts, tasty treats, handmade gifts. Admission: $2 or a non-perishable food donation for Share. Table rental: $40. Info: info@ cherishthethought.ca, Facebook: Seaview Community School Market & Craft Fair. • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 1:30-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Setting the Stage: Story Structure and Braiding the Plot is the title of a short story workshop to be presented by author Ruth Kozak, a writer, journalist, playwright, historical novelist, short story writer, poet and writing instructor. Presentation will cover everything from synopsis, theme, voice and character development, description and action, to prompts that give you story
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• Burke Mountain Naturalists’ silent auction and AGM, 7 p.m., in the hall of Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam. BMN member Ian McArthur will present a slideshow featuring the past year’s activities. Admission is free and all are welcome. Info: 604-936-4108 or 604-4613864, or www.bmn.bc.ca.
hosted by Tri-City Christian Women’s Club, noon, Executive Inn, 405 North Rd., Coquitlam. Feature: Tangerine Quartet, Reflections of Christmas in a cappella harmony. Speaker: Sherrie Litster on “The greatest celebration of the all.” Reservations: Frieda, 604-937-7198.
SATURDAY, DEC. 12
• Celebrate the Winter Holidays in Maillardville with Société francophone de Maillardville, noon-3 p.m., Chez Nous Hall, 209 Lebleu St., Coquitlam. Reminisce the festive stories of the neighbourhood while dining and singing along with the SFM board of directors and staff; also: culinary delights, Christmas ornament workshop, refreshments and French-Canadian traditions. Info: www.maillardville.com/events.
SUNDAY, DEC. 13
• ArtsConnect AGM, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Samz Neighbourhood Pub, 2342 Elgin Ave., PoCo. RSVP: info@artsconnect.tv. Note: Membership renewal for 2016 is due Dec. 31.
MONDAY, DEC. 14
THURSDAY, DEC. 10
• Have you considered becoming a foster family? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring, foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 10 a.m.-noon, at 200906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. For info or another session date: 604-764-8098. • Women’s Connection Luncheon
• Tri-City Photography Club, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., Port Moody. Topic: Print night, hands-on session – event photos and social. Info: www. tricityphotoclub.ca.
PARENTS, KIDS
• Family resource centre at Minnekhada middle school, PoCo, offers multi-sensory and math tutoring; rate is $25 per session. Tutors are Orton Gillingham-trained and centre works in cooperation with SD43. Registration is ongoing. Info: frcdistrict43@gmail. com. • Parents, grandparents, and
caregivers who want to connect with others who are raising children, gain and offer support and understanding, gain information about parenting and other concerns, and have their children cared for while doing so, free of charge, can join a parent support circle. Parent Support Services of BC runs a Wednesday evening circle in Burquitlam. The support circle is an anonymous, confidential self-help group for parents with children 12 years old and under. Info: 604-669-1616 or www.parentsupportbc.ca. • Ignite Choir at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship is for kids 6-14 who love to sing, dance and act; the goal is to give children and youth an introduction to music and. The choir meets Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 13. Info: erbf.com. • Breastfeeding or pregnant and wanting to learn more? Looking for information or help? La Leche League Coquitlam groups offer informal, guided discussions and a chance to connect with other nursing mothers. New meeting location: Share Family and Community Services, 2615 Clarke St., PoMo. Meetings held second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. Women interested in breastfeeding and their children are invited to free monthly LLL meetings. Info: 604-520-4623 or www.lllc.ca. • Baker’s Corner Pre-school is a parent-participation pre-school that offers play-based classes for three- and four-year-olds and is located in Baker Drive elementary school, 885 Baker Dr., Coquitlam. Info: 604-461-5848 or bakerscornerpreschool.com. • Share Family and Community Services hosts free parent and tot drop–in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900. • Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs, stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full
participants; free; open 9-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elementary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-937-6971. • Tri-City Family Place, a drop in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672. • Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents, grandparents and/or caregivers. Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available. Info: 604-937-6970. • Pleasantside Play Pals, a non-profit parent-participation play group for newborns to pre-schoolers at Old Orchard Hall, PoMo; parents/caregivers invited every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m. • Parents and tots gather to play and learn in a Jewishthemed environment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam. Info: 604-552-7221 or info@ burquest.org. • Step By Step Child Development Society Family Resource Rooms open for drop-in at the following locations: Old Orchard Hall in Ioco Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m., Harbour View elementary school Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m. and at the Blue Mountain Park Scouts’ Hall on Wed from 10-11:30. Call 604-931-1977 for more information or visit the website at step-by-step.ca • Millside Family Resource Centre is open Fridays, 9-11 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate play, circle time and crafts. Millside elementary is at 1432 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161. • Mountain View Family Resource Centre is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. for parents and caregivers with kids up to 6 years; staff co-ordinate
play, circle time and crafts. Mountain View elementary is at 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Arshia, 604-540-9161. • Drop-in for parents/ caregivers and children 5 and younger, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, Birchland School Family Place, 1331 Fraser St., PoCo. Info: Westcoast Family Resources Society, 604-9417828. • Como Lake United church children’s choir for kids ages 6 to 10 meets Mondays, 6:30 p.m., 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Info: Elena, 604-4682733. • Christian Service Brigade and Senior Girls Alive at Westwood Community Church, 1294 Johnson St., Coquitlam, invite youth 11-18 to join them on Wednesday nights 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for Battalion program. Info: Ronnie Tan, 604-908-1847. • Autism Tri-Cities information and support group for adults with relatives with autism spectrum disorder. Info: Clair, 604939-5157. • PoCoMo Mothers of Multiples club meets the third Thursday of the month. Info: Brenda, 604-937-5534. • Simon Fraser Society for Community Living hosts Family Support, Education and Networking Group, for families with children with developmental or physical disabilities throughout the school year. For more information, please contact the Family and Individual Support Program at 604-525-9494. • Parents Together is a mutual help group for parents experiencing conflict with their teen(s), meets in PoCo. Info: 604-325-0556. • Learning Disabilities Association meets the third Thursday of each month at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo, 7-9 p.m. • Tough Love support group meets Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Stoney Creek community centre (in Burnaby) For parents with children in trouble or experiencing difficulties. Info: Cathy, 604464-2437. • The Ark Child Services, a non-profit counselling agency specializing in supporting families going through separation and divorce, has an office in the Tri-Cities. Info: Lee Cassels, 604-461-2124. • Children with Diabetes parent support group meets monthly. Speakers present information for living with Type 1 Diabetes. Social activities are also planned for the children and their families. Info: Carol, 604-931-2027. see page 31
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to spend three hours a week or more. Mentors are carefully screened and supported, and there are regular training sessions and ongoing support provided by staff. Info: www. kidstart.ca. • Volunteers wanted for all positions at Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary thrift shop, located at
2811B Shaughnessy St., PoCo; applications available at the store during open hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; noon-3 p.m. Sundays. • Volunteer drivers needed for Share Family and Community Services’ Better at Home pro-
email: newsroom@tricitynews.com phone: 604-472-3030 www.tricitynews.com/community/events-calendar gram to give seniors rides to doctors’ appointments. Drivers must be 21 or older, have a reliable vehicle, insurance and driver’s licence, and be willing to undergo a criminal record check and commit for a minimum of three months (up to six trips a month). Reimbursement for mileage is available. Info: Paola,
604-937-6991 or paola.wakeford-mejia@sharesociety.ca. • Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland is looking for volunteer tutors for Study Buddy program, which gives young girls the educational support they need by matching them in a one-to-one tutoring relationship. To be a Study Buddy volunteer, you must
be female, age 19 or older, have a high school diploma, some post-secondary education (completed or in-process), and some experience helping others learn. Study Buddies spend one hour a week tutoring a Little Sister for a minimum of six months. Info: 604-873-4525 Ext. 300 or info@bigsisters.bc.ca.
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Dreams of Broadway turned to opera for this Centennial grad JANIS WARREN The Tri-CiTy News
His first love was the piano. The violin came next. Then choral music with the Coastal Sound Music Academy. In middle and secondary school, Port Coquitlam’s Chris Lysack fell for musical theatre. At Centennial, he studied under the two greatest drama and musical teachers in the school district: Dave Secunda and James Bryson. Broadway would be his goal, he thought. But back in 1996, the year he graduated from the Coquitlam high school, there weren’t many post-secondary institutions offering musical theatre programs. So he returned to his first love. As a freshman on scholarship at the University of Indiana, Lysack knew he wasn’t going to make a career as a concert pianist. Still, music was his passion and he obtained his doctorate in piano performance as well as a PhD in French literature. However, by then, opera had become a major focus in his life. During his literature studies, he had worked on a dissertation on the genre, of which he admitted he was not a fan. “I was taken by the athleticism of the singers,” he remembered. “It was the sounds that they could make with their bodies…. I had spent my whole life playing piano and was welladapted to the notion of making music and having technical virtuosity but this was a vocal instrument that was fascinating to me and raw.” By the time he was 27, Lysack was singing opera seriously. He appeared in the university production of Susannah by Carlisle Floyd and, in the spring of 2008, he clinched his first major role as a tenor in The Tales of Hoffmann, also at the University of Indiana. Lysack moved to New York City to study opera at the Manhattan School of Music and, for the past six years, he
Port Coquitlam’s Chris Lysack portrayed Laca Klemeň in Jenůfa this year at Theater Aachen, his home company in Germany. has been based in Germany. He has performed with a few European companies such as Staatsoper Hamburg, Landestheater Salzburg Theater fur Niedersachsen, Stadttheater Bern. However, Theater Aachen has been his home for the past four years. This fall, he portrayed Cavaradossi in its Tosca production as well as the title role in Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes for Theater Bremen. Next year, he’s also the star in Theater Aachen’s Tannhauser and Hans in Die verkaufte
CHRIS LYSACK Braut. This year also saw Lysack return to his beloved instrument: the piano. He made his
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German chamber music debut in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg (he has piano recordings on the Capstone and Centaur labels). But despite his extensive training and critical acclaim in the U.S. and Europe, Canada is never far from his mind. In 2014, he won a grant from the Canada Council for the Arts to study the Czech language to prepare for a role. “Strangely, being in the Czech Republic was almost a homecoming,” he said during a telephone from Germany last month, adding, “I’m very grateful for [the
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grant]. It was an honour.” His parents have travelled to Europe to see him on stage at least twice in six or seven operas. During the summers, Lysack comes home to PoCo to visit them and his sister and her family. Performing on home soil is on his bucket list. “I would love to sing in Canada but I haven’t yet,” he said. “The last time I performed in Canada was as a pianist in 2003 or ‘04 but never as an opera singer. “I hope it happens soon.” jwarren@tricitynews.com twitter@jwarrenTC
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For 20 years, The Province reporter Don Hauka sat beside Salim Jiwa, the newspaper’s investigative crime reporter. And day after day, Hauka heard the grim tales of Vancouver’s underbelly. “You can’t sit next to this soap opera going on next to you and not tell a story about this guy,” he said. Hauka penned a few fictional stories based on Jiwa in 1998, which were drew interest from Dundurn Press. He then turned them into his first novel, Mister Jinnah: Securities, which Hauka adapted for CBC-TV. Since then, the Gemini-award nominated writer has penned She Demons and, most recently, Pizza 911: A Mister Jinnah Mystery. On Thursday night, the New Westminster resident will talk about his craft — and the publishing business — at the Coquitlam Public Library (575 Poirier St.) with two other crime scribes. The lecture with Port Coquitlam’s Allan Emerson (Death of a Bride and Groom) and Cathy Ace (Cait Morgan mystery series), a Maple Ridge resident, is being put on by the Crime Writers of Canada. Hauka said interest in crime writing is strong. “It’s a genre that people gravitate to,” he said. “I think it’s part of human nature: People are storytellers and they hate an unresolved mystery. That’s what drives civilization. “Why does it work like that? Why does that happen? Crime writing takes those two two intrinsically human qualities.” • The Crime Writers of Canada talk on Dec. 3 is free but registration is required. Call the library at 604-937-4155. jwarren@tricitynews.com
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Artist in residence lights the way at PdA A faculty member at Place des Arts is enjoying her new role as an artist-in-residence at the Coquitlam facility. And she believes the position has opened the door to many young people around SD43 not able to afford arts education. This fall — thanks to a $9,000 grant from Westminster Savings to pay for three artists in residence this year — Place des Arts was able to hire Catherine Dumaine to create a lantern project in the lead up to the hub’s A Lantern Affair. That festive event takes place on Sunday. During her residency, Dumaine said she was able to conduct workshops at Place des Arts, at elementary schools and at community functions to build mini lanterns for a major installation that will be unveiled Dec. 6. “It’s been such a simple but powerful idea,” she said, “and we’ve been able to connect to the community, which is really wonderful to see.” Dumaine, who has been a fibre arts teacher at Place des Arts for eight years, will be at the Brunette Avenue
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Catherine Dumaine with Amina Amani and Nathan Chandra from Janet Lau’s grade 1/2 class at Alderson elementary. venue on Sunday afternoon to build more lanterns with the public. Hosted by Place des Arts, Mackin House Museum and Gare de Fraser Mills Station Museum, A Lantern Affair is a free, family-friendly fete that runs from 2 to 4 p.m. Participants can join the lantern procession led by Place des Arts’ Triple Threat Training musical theatre students and take part in other activities such as building Christmas trees from sheet music, moulding clay orna-
ments, decorating cookies and carolling. And, of course, Santa Claus will be on hand for some storytelling. For those looking for gift ideas, the Christmas Boutique will be open with plenty of handmade wares for sale. Donations of food or a new, unwrapped toy will be accepted for the Share food and toy bank. Visit placedesarts. jwarren@tricitynews.com twitter@jwarrenTC
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Kirsti Hack, Jeff Leard and Ingrid Moore gave a rousing performance at the Port Moody Station Museum last month for The Call Went Out, a play about letters from B.C. Soldiers at the start of the First World War. The performance by the Story Theatre Company was funded by Canadian Heritage through the World War Commemorations Community Fund and in partnership with the Royal BC Museum. It was performed around the province last month.
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— or CUTIE — will host their annual Christmas ukelele strum-and-sing-along in the rehearsal hall of the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way) Dec. 6
from 2 to 4 p.m. Bring a non-perishable item for the Share food bank for a chance to win a present and $3.50 for the room rental. Visit cutiecircle.com.
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Sing along to favorites, old and new. This year the Centennial School Choir will join us.
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at the Dogwood Pavilion 1655 Winslow Ave, Coquitlam Main entrance on Winslow Ave. west of Poirier St. • Free Parking • Admission $5 (Children 10 & under Free) • Refreshments Included Tickets available at the Dogwood Pavilion (604-927-6098) or from a choir member
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Tri-City artists, groups get $63k Tri-City visual artists, musicians and arts-based groups have scored more than $63,000 in grants from the BC Arts Council. Last week, the B.C. government announced its latest round of funding with $4.7 million awarded to 430 individuals and organizations. The grants were bestowed following a peer-review process between July 1 and Sept. 30. “It is immensely rewarding to see the creative excellence of our province’s artistic community be nurtured and celebrated through the important work carried out through the BC Arts Council,” said BC Arts Council chairperson Merla Beckerman, in a news release. The Coquitlam winners are: Saromi Kim ($6,000 scholarship); Florence Mak ($6,000 scholarship); and Zebulon Zang ($24,360 studio arts). Mariela Shuley of Port Coquitlam also snagged a $3,900 scholarship while Port Moody residents Anna Levy (Yarilo Music Ensemble) won a $10,000 grant for tour initiatives and Kaya Szlachetka took a $6,000 scholarship. The Yarilo Contemporary Music Society also clinched $7,000 for professional projects.
SECOND PLACE
Starlet Jaime McLean took silver — for the second
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year in a row — at the Youth Talent Search BC finals in her hometown of Port Moody last month. The nine-year-old girl performed Naughty from the stage musical Matilda, besting 23 other finalists in the competition that was won by 17-yearold dancer Albert Saguil of Langley. Saguil, who goes by the stage name “Alone,” clinched the overall trophy plus a headshot session and a consultation with a top film/TV agent, among other things. The audience favourite prize went to the Coquitlam jazz group Clavinova Nights, made up of 17-year-olds Jamie de Guia, Anthony Maljevac, Kalen Dofher and Steven Pringle. The finals took place Nov. 22 at the Inlet Theatre in PoMo. Meanwhile, McLean is now preparing to play Jemima next year in the Align
Entertainment show Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. And, until Dec. 24, tickets for the musical will be discounted by $5. To purchase, go to vtixonline.com and enter the promotion code “Truly.” The production, which runs Feb. 5 to 20 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby, also includes Tri-City actors Ryan Purdy and Joanna Kovats.
FUNK IT UP
A favourite at the PCT Summer Sunday Concerts series in Port Moody will bring its blend of blues, funk and R&B to Coquitlam on Friday. For the second year, Brickhouse will play a Christmas show at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Tickets for Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree on Dec. 4 are $35/$30/$15 by calling the box at 604-927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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Acoustic Groove will be the special guests at a Christmas show by the Harmony Women’s Vocal Ensemble in Port Moody. The 2 p.m. concert at Heritage Woods secondary school (1300 David Ave.) on Sunday will feature festive tunes such as The Christmas Song, Sleigh Ride and O Holy Night. Formed in 1989, the 14-voice group is based in Coquitlam and regularly performs around the Lower Mainland. Tickets for the Dec. 6 recital at $20 are at the door or email harmonyvocalensemble@gmail.com.
MUNCHKIN
A Port Coquitlam girl is in Gateway Theatre’s production of The Wizard of Oz this month. Allison James, eight, plays a Lullaby League Munchkin and is in the ensemble for the musical, which is based on the classic motion picture. Directed by Barbara Tomasic with musical direction from Christopher King and choreography by Dawn Ewen, the show runs at the Richmond facility (6500 Gilbert Rd.) from Dec. 10 to Jan. 3. Call 604-270-1812 or visit gatewaytheatre.com for tickets.
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A Coastal ‘harp’ Sound for Xmas Diana Clark promises a program won’t lull you to sleep. The artistic director of the Coastal Sound Music Academy (CSMA) said the upcoming Coquitlam show may feature soothing songs with a harp “but it’s going to be a very upbeat concert,” she said with a laugh. “There are going to be lots of things to shake you up.” The award-winning choirs will sing at the Evergreen GILLIAN SKINNER Cultural Centre on Dec. 13 with music from Gillian Skinner, a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in New York — a mom to a CSMA singer. It’ll be the first time the choirs have been accompanied by a harpist. “I keep telling them, ‘I’ve waited my whole life to sing with a harp’ and they’re doing it so young.” The choirs will present the world premier of Children’s Winter, a song composed by Dermot O’Reilly and recorded by The Barra MacNeils that was specially arranged for CSMA and a harp. There’ll also be This Little Babe, a movement from A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten — perhaps the most famous Christmas composition for choir and harp — as well as the Manx Lullaby and a Catalonian carol from the 1500s called Riu Riu Chiu. And, of course, there will be seasonal sing-alongs such as Joy to the World and O Come All Ye Faithful. “It’s very inspiring and, with this time of year and what’s going on in the world today, I think it’s really important for people to create beauty together and feel uplifted, affect change and be caring for others,” Clark said. • Tickets for Comfort and Joy on Dec. 13 at 3 and 7 p.m. are $20/$15/$10 by calling the Evergreen box office at 604927-6555 or visiting evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils defeated Burnaby Central 4-0 last Friday afternoon during the AAA high school soccer provincial semifinal. The victory set the stage for a championship final showdown with Argyle secondary, which Charles Best won 5-1.
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Blue Devils take top spot at provincials Coquitlam club defeats Argyle in tournament finals GARY MCKENNA
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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils entered last weekend’s AAA high school soccer provincial championships facing some high expectations. The bitter taste of last year’s semifinal exit still lingered and head coach Dave Jones said the club was determined to avoid a repeat of its 2014 showing. “They were quite disappointed to lose out last year,” he said. “They definitely had something to prove.”
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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils AAA boys soccer team won its first provincial title since taking home the banner in 2012. And prove it they did. After steamrolling their way through the Fraser Valley playdowns, the squad bested each of its provincial opponents on the way to a 5-1 victory over Argyle secondary in the championship finals. The game got off to a bumpy start, with the North Vancouver team taking a 1-0 lead in the
first 10 minutes of the match. But Jones’ Coquitlam squad kept their composure and it wasn’t long before Matteo Polisi beat two players on the end lines and setup Jin An for the tying goal. That sparked the Blue Devil’s offence and a few minutes later Polisi cut the ball back for a pivotal go-ahead
goal to give his team a 2-1 lead at the end of the first half. Stefan Kamner scored the third goal for Best 20 minutes into the second, while Polisi scored his second with ten minutes left in the match. Jordan Verones rounded out the scoring with a top hand corner goal. The victory marked a solid weekend for the club, which had little trouble dispatching the competition on its way to the championship final. In the first game of the tournament on Thursday, the Blue Devils defeated Seaquam secondary 5-2 before defeating Reynolds secondary 3-0 later that day. The club kept up its winning ways on Friday with a 4-0 victory over Lord Byng, before
besting the host club Burnaby Central 4-0 in the semifinal. That set the stage for the final showdown against Argyle Saturday night. With players like Janko Vong and Erik Morden manning the defence, the Blue Devils did not give up many leads over the course of the five-game tournament. Jones said his commitment to the back end was something he learned from last year’s trip to the provincials. “Defence wins championships,” he said. “I wanted to make sure we had a strong back line.” Charles Best has not won the AAA boys soccer banner since it took the provincials back in 2012. This year’s junior squad also took the Fraser Valley
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championships, which means that with some of the players moving up the ranks the team may not have to wait as long for its next trip to the finals. “There is quite a bit of depth in the program,” Jones said. “The grade 11s are a really strong group.” Charles Best was not the only Tri-City squad to make it to the provincials. The Terry Fox Ravens finished up the tournament in sixth place, losing to Reynolds secondary in the fifth-place match. In AA soccer action, Archbishop Carney finished up the provincials fifth place after the team defeated Alpha secondary 3-2 in a shootout. sports@tricitynews.com @gmckennaTC
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The Terry Fox Ravens’ AAA high school football season came to an abrupt end last Saturday when the team fell 53-20 against Victoria’s Mount Douglas secondary Rams in the semifinals of the 2015 B.C. Provincial Championships.
Cristina Danieli scored a hat trick as her Coquitlam Metro-Ford TNT defeated the Coastal FC Royals 4-1 in under17 soccer action. The game had not been underway for long when Coquitlam jumped out to an early lead with Cooper Miller feeding Danieli for her first of the match. A few minutes later Sara Jetha set up Danieli to give the home team a 2-0 cushion going into the half. But Coastal FC was not ready to call it quits just yet. The visitors managed to get on the board early in the half, however Danieli quickly restored the two-goal lead by competing the perfect hat trick on a pass from Risako Kazemi a few minutes later. Kazemi netted a goal of her own before the clock ran out to finish up a three-way passing play that went from Fiona Swartz to Tessa Weimer to Kazemi, who buried the ball. A strong defence by the TNT kept Coastal hemmed in their own end and the visitors were unable to score again.
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Ravens come up short against Mt. Douglas PoCo club fell 53-20 against Victoria squad GARY MCKENNA
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It was a disappointing end to a promising season. After going undefeated all year, the Terry Fox Ravens fell 53-20 to the Mount Douglas secondary Rams in the AAA high school football semifinals last Saturday night at B.C. Place Stadium. Fox could not seem to slow down the Rams, who dominated the Ravens’ defence for most of the game. The Victoria school will now move on to face Vancouver College in the finals next weekend. Going into Saturday night’s game, the Ravens were coming off a big win over the 2014 provincial champions the South Delta Devils in the quarterfinals. The PoCo squad bested their Lower Mainland rivals with a strong performance from receiver Jeremie Kankolongo, who finished up the match with three scores. Taylor Poitras, who was the
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leading rusher in AAA football, also had a strong game. But the Rams had also been dominant all season. The Vancouver Island team dispatched the Kelowna Owls 51-13 during the quarterfinal game, with Declann Michielin, Gavin Cobb and Manny Lopez all having 100yard games. Rams quarterback Gideone Kremler was strong in the
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