Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam
Port Moody
It’s a wild time of year as bears, coyotes out & about.
A parade and a business showcase during May Day.
PoMo museum plays role in Bby. students’ WWI film.
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It’s a draw for acting PM mayor Contentious debate after Vagramov tries to install supporters MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
Irshad Abdulla and Vishad Deeplaul with their son, Zrav, seven, at Galloway Park on Burke Mountain in Coquitlam, their adopted home. The family left their homeland of South Africa a few years ago but not before setting in motion a court challenge that would change lives for same-sex parents there. See story, page 28. STEFAN LABBÉ/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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After an evening of council wrangling Tuesday — and, eventually, a random draw in which slips of paper were pulled from a drinking glass — Coun. Meghan Lahti will be Port Moody’s acting mayor for the next three months. The move was forced after Mayor Rob Vagramov announced last Thursday he would be taking a paid leave of absence after it was announced he had been charged with one count of sexual assault following a months-long investigation by a special prosecutor. The special meeting of council’s committee of the whole was convened to draw up an acting mayors schedule when Vagramov, in his final act as mayor before taking his leave, attempted to install as
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his fill-ins — for the next year — supporters Hunter Madsen, Steve Milani and Amy Lubik, the three Port Moody councillors with the least experience. After Lahti’s term as acting mayor, Madsen will assume those duties from July through September, with rookie Milani then taking over through the end of the year, if necessary. But for council’s two other veterans — councillors Diana Dilworth and Zoe Royer — the glass came up empty. SEE
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