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A 37-year-old Port Coquitlam resident and her American husband were among six people killed Monday in a midair crash near Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska State Troopers released the names of Elsa Wilk, 37, as a resident of Richmond, and Ryan Wilk, 39, as an American from Utah. But sources close to the couple confirmed the two were residents of Port Coquitlam. The floatplanes were carrying tourists from a cruise ship when they collided more than 3,000 feet in the air. Elsa Wilk was a third-degree black belt in taekwondo who at one point trained at the Pacific Rim Taekwondo
Aniela Guzikowski is worried about cigarettes in creeks, rivers and, eventually, the ocean, where they end up in the stomachs of birds, turtles and other marine life. To combat the problem, the 11-year-old is spearheading the Butt Free BC campaign, hoping cities such as Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody will help raise awareness about the problem and encourage people to dispose of their cigarette butts responsibly. For more on Aniela and her butt-battling campaign, see article on page 19. Diane StranDberg/the tri-City newS
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Institute in Coquitlam and Triumph Taekwondo Club in Port Coquitlam. Until last year, she worked as a marketing director for the CryptoKitties blockchain game but lately had been working as a freelance communications person. “She worked her ass off,” said one acquaintance, who asked not to be identified. “She worked, worked, worked.” Ryan Wilk was an influential name in the crypto-security community, according to one colleague, and became the face of the Vancouverbased security firm NuData, which was purchased in 2017 by MasterCard. “It is with deep shock and sadness that we must share that Ryan Wilk and his wife Elsa have passed away following a tragic plane accident whilst on holiday,” wrote a spokesperson for MasterCard. see
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Tara Stroup Port Coquitlam’s emergency program officer
Severe storms, wildfires and flooding associated with climate change are making emergency planning even more critical, according to one Port Coquitlam city official. And those Metro Vancouver residents who are in denial and have not yet planned for an emergency or disaster are not doing themselves any favours, says Tara Stroup, PoCo’s emergency program officer. Citizens have to come to grips with the knowledge that they will have to look after themselves for the first 72 hours after an emergency, she said, and that means having a communications plan, food, water, emergency supplies and even cash on hand for daily activities. “We want people to have their own plan. Everybody needs a plan,” said Stroup, who leads PoCo’s emergency planning team.
EMERGENCY TRAINING IS AVAILABLE Ongoing training is also available at the city’s new emergency preparation training facility. For more information, visit portcoquitlam.ca/ep. Volunteers are always needed, contact 604-927-5460 or ep@portcoquitlam.ca.
A new publication, Are You Prepared?, which lists everything residents should do before, during and after an emergency, is being distributed by the city of Port Coquitlam. The emergency manual can be picked up at city facilities, says Tara Stroup, the city’s emergency program officer, or downloaded from portcoquitlam.ca/ep. DiANE StRANDbERG/thE tRi-CitY NEwS
But what about those who are mobility challenged, hearing impaired, isolated, are frail elderly or who have small children at home — how can the city ensure these people have a plan in place?
That question keeps Stroup up at night as she and her team of volunteers work on disaster scenarios and planning strategies for the city. Her group is working on a Critical Community
Assessment Index — essentially a map of the locations of people who might need extra assistance in coming up with an emergency plan. Similar to information that Port Coquitlam Fire Rescue uses to get information about residents — and typically gleaned during tax time, when the notices go out suggesting people provide the city with information — the index will list who needs extra assistance. Stroup’s volunteers will then work with these individuals and help them develop
their own plan because there is no guarantee an emergency responder will be able to provide help within that initial 72-hour period. “I’m fairly anxious about this and the need to have a coordinated effort, and making sure everyone in our city is prepared,” Stroup told The Tri-City News. One key aid will be a new publication, called Are you Prepared, the city produced to help residents plan and deal with an emergency. The 36-page guide, avail-
able for free at city facilities or online, lays out everything from what supplies to have on hand to how to plan for children and pets. It will be a life-saver if a disaster happens because, being in book form, access to it is not reliant on a power supply and contains steps to take even after an emergency has taken place, including how to cope with stress and who to contact to deal with recovery. “It’s important they put this in their emergency kit and save it,” Stroup said. ”At least you know you have the information you need.” For anyone who might be complacent about emergency planning, Stroup lays out a number of potential disasters from a megathrust earthquake or hazardous rail disaster to flash flooding and a severe windstorm that could knock out power and disrupt lives. But instead of scaring people with potential scenarios, Stroup would rather reach them with “tenderness and kindness,” she said. “We need to plan for all these kinds of events,” she said. “We’re trying to make it as easy as we can.”
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Tri-City public schools spent less money than was budgeted this year, resulting in a surplus that can be used in future years and cash for a plan to make the board office more efficient. Tuesday, School District 43 trustees were told that a
surplus as high as $7.8 million is anticipated, with $4.5 million from fees foreign students pay to attend schools here and $3.3. million from under-spending in supply and staffing. But while most of the funds will be used to bolster bud-
gets in future years, $1.8 million remains “unrestricted” in SD43 parlance — meaning it can be used for emerging issues. One of those issues is organizational efficiency, according to SD43 secretary-treasurer Chris Nicolls, who asked
that $600,000 be set aside for organizational systems planning to examine and update document management practices, review and improve existing data systems and student records management, improve business communication, and establish a busi-
ness continuity and disaster recovery plan. Trustees approved the request, calling the initiative “positive change.” “This is not so much an expense as an investment,” said Port Coquitlam Trustee Michael Thomas.
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Thursday, May 16 National Lifejacket Day 4 – 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/ccac Family Night on Burke 6-8 p.m. coquitlam.ca/ smilingcreek Health and Social Implications of Vaping School District 43 6:30 – 8 p.m. sd43.bc.ca
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Wow! We have over 200 residences registered as participants for the City-wide Garage Sale on May 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. The list of participating addresses will be updated on our website soon and will also be published in the Tri-City News on Indie artists Current Swell May 23. Encourage your friends and families to WHAT’S NEW? save the date so everyone can find great Save the Date for bargains, support our participants and Kaleidoscope Arts Festival help our environment - reduce, reuse and Saturday, Aug. 10 recycle! coquitlam.ca/garagesale Don’t miss indie artists Current Swell, FITNESS & FUN Royal Canoe and Terra Lightfoot at Teen Weight Training Kaleidoscope Arts Festival, one of the This function 4-tier training system with most anticipated events of summer! a certified instructor for teens includes The fourth annual action-packed FREE body weight exercises, bar training, arts and music event will give you the machine training, and loaded exercise chance to jam to DJ tracks, try your hand technique. The one-hour evening at the arts, browse the artisan market, sessions for teens ages 13 to 16 years watch artists in action, enjoy delicious take place at Poirier Sport & Leisure food truck fare, or simply chill out. With Complex and City Centre Aquatic plenty to explore and site-wide beverage Complex. Check page 65 of our Spring/ licensing, Kaleidoscope will have a cool Summer Program Guide at vibe like an urban street festival but coquitlam.ca/programguide for session with a beautiful lakeside setting just dates and times. steps from SkyTrain. Kia West returns as presenting partner of the premier event, which draws thousands every year to Town Centre Park and the TD Community Plaza. The event runs 2 to 9 p.m. coquitlam.ca/kaleidoscope.
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Wanted! Tagline for Park Fire Safety Program Coquitlam wants your help to prevent City parks from going up in smoke this summer. Submit your idea for the tagline of our upcoming park fire safety campaign to help spread the word that all parks and trails are smoke-free and fire-free. No smoking, vaping or outdoor burning are enforced, year-round. The ideal tagline will be no more than eight words long, memorable, and clearly convey the park fire safety message. Participants must be a Coquitlam resident and only one entry per person will be eligible and entered in a draw to win a $100 Visa gift card. Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 31. For info on our fire rating, seasonal fire safety and to submit a tagline, visit coquitlam.ca/firesafety. DID YOU KNOW?
Summer Child & Youth Passes Now on Sale! Keep the kids active and having fun over summer without breaking the bank! Kids up to 18 years old get unlimited access to all of our drop-in activities offered throughout summer including swimming at both indoor and outdoor pools, as well as drop-in sports. The Summer Child & Youth Pass is valid from Friday, June 14 – Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019 and is only $20.00 (includes tax). coquitlam.ca/summerpass Looking for more info on events and activities in Coquitlam? Check out
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A drop in VIP gambling at the Hard Rock Casino could have budget repercussions for the city of Coquitlam. The most recent financial statements from Great Canadian Gaming (GCG), which owns the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam and the River Rock Casino in Richmond, showed the quantity of gambling chips purchased fell 12.5% to $282.8 million in the first quarter compared to last year. Because Coquitlam receives 10% of Hard Rock net revenues through its casino operating agreement, Michelle Hunt, the city’s manager of finance and technology, said the city would be closely monitoring GCG’s financial reports in the coming months. “We are not adjusting anything at this point,” she said. “We will monitor it through the next quarter.” Since the casino opened in 2002, Coquitlam has received more that $131 million through the operating agreement. Of that revenue, 12.5% is dedicated to the community capital fund, which operates
Revenues are down at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam and that affects the city’s bottom line. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO
the city’s tourism and Spirit Grant programs. Over the last 17 years, the city has awarded $8.5 million in Spirit Grants to more than 200 community organizations for projects in the municipality. In 2019, the city is budgeting $7.7 million in revenue from the casino although, last year, it budgeted the same amount and received $7.4 million. According to GCG CEO Rod Baker, the decrease in Hard Rock earnings is largely attributed to a labour dispute that began when workers walked off the job last May. Picket lines were set up outside the casino for six weeks before an agreement was reached between the union and the company.
GCG is also grappling with rules introduced last year as part of the province’s efforts to crack down on money laundering. The regulations, enacted in January 2018, require casinos to gather detailed financial information on the source of player funds on all transactions over $10,000. Documents obtained by The Tri-City News last September through a freedom of information request found Hard Rock accepted $2.5 million in cash transactions over $10,000 from gambling patrons between 2016 and 2017, before those rules came into effect. While acknowledging in a conference call with investors earlier this month that the
company has had to adjust to the new rules, particularly at River Rock, Baker said Hard Rock’s difficulties started with the labour dispute. The documents obtained by The Tri-City News last year found that compared to River Rock, where $13.5 million in cash was accepted in a single month in 2015, the number of large cash transactions in Coquitlam was relatively small. Still, some high rollers with wads of cash spent big money, mostly from unknown sources, at the Hard Rock in 2016/’17. Some $57,000 in suspicious cash transactions were recorded in 2015, with amounts ramping up to $1.48 million in ’16 and $1.051 million in ’17.
The city of Coquitlam wants electric vehicle owners to take advantage of two new municipal charging stations — but they don’t want them lingering all day. New charging fees approved by council Monday will see users pay $1 per hour for the first two hours, followed by $5 for each additional hour after that. The sharp increase in the fee structure will help “motivate the turnover of users,” according to a city staff report. Coun. Craig Hodge, an electric vehicle owner, said cars parked at stations after they have been fully charged is one of the “frustrations” of electric vehicle ownership. “Quite often, when I show up, the station is not available because the cars are parked there,” he said during Monday night’s council meeting. Increasing the cost after two hours “encourages people to move on.” Mayor Richard Stewart, who also owns an electric car, said he would be in favour of a system that had a more gradual increase so that people who are inadvertently
held up do not get penalized. Council voted unanimously in favour of the amendment to the fees and charges bylaw. Staff said they will closely monitor charging station usage and would likely report back to council within six months of the launch of the program, which is expected this summer. In January, council approved installing an electric vehicle charging station at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex and converting an existing station at city hall to public use. Jozsef Dioszeghy, Coquitlam’s general manager of public works, said at the time that staff looked at several options for fee structures. But after talking with electric vehicle owners, he said they determined it was unlikely anything over a dollar would attract users because it only costs about 80 cents an hour for residents to recharge. They would rather park in the free stalls than pay to charge, he added. Installation of the new charging stations is expected to cost $20,000 each. The city estimates the annual operating cost for the public charging stations will be $8,000 but will bring in a net revenue of $4,000 with the dollar-anhour charge. Each charging station is capable of accommodating two vehicles simultaneously.
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Many of Coquitlam’s facilities have holiday operating hours or may be closed Monday, May 20 for the Victoria Day long weekend. If you require emergency assistance regarding water, sewer or roads, please call 604-927-3500.
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Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery
Dawn to dusk (Office: Closed)
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10:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. 8 – 10 a.m.
Pinetree Community Centre
Closed
Summit Community Centre
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Coquitlam Animal Centre
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Poirier Community Centre
Closed
Smiling Creek Community Centre Closed
City Hall
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Closed (rentals only)
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They’ve sprung up from coast to coast in recent years, in rural villages and metropolitan centres. And, next month, Port Coquitlam will launch its own Repair CafĂŠ in a bid to keep out of landfills items that can be fixed and used. But first, the city needs a few volunteer hands to make it work. Mahdis Araujo, program manager for PoCo’s engineering and public works department and the person behind the city’s Repair CafĂŠ, is calling on residents who are handy with tools or sewing needles to lend a few hours every month. “The more, the merrier,â€? Araujo said outside the public works building, where the Repair CafĂŠs are expected to run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on one Saturday each month. Stations will be set up for PoCo residents to bring in their broken wares — small appliances, jewellery, computers and bicycles, for example. “Anything that can be carried in easily,â€? Araujo said.
The repairs — and lessons — will be no charge but there will be a donation jar to pay for cafĂŠ expenses. Working tool donations (i.e., hammers, saws and drills) for the fixers are also appreciated, said Araujo, who is modelling the cafĂŠ after Maple Ridge’s program, which began last year. According to Zero Waste Canada, the Repair CafĂŠ movement started in Amsterdam in 2009; a year later, the founder created the non-profit Repair CafĂŠ Foundation to provide guidelines and a network for the thousands of centres around the world wanting to take aim at the prevalent “take, make and disposeâ€? model. Araujo said Repair CafĂŠ volunteers tend to be retired and environmentally conscious; they want to improve the longevity of a product or machine rather than see it tossed. “This is one way of encouraging people to reuse and make the most of the things they already love.â€?
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Homeowners in Port Coquitlam should get ready for a 3.47% increase to their municipal taxes and utilities this year. Tuesday, city council unanimously voted for a hike that will see: • owners of the average single-family home (assessed at $990,514) pay a combined $39.20 more; • owners of the average townhouse (assessed at $710,328) pay a combined $112.87 more; • and owners of the average apartment (assessed at $465,179) pay a combined $105.37 more. The 2.99% increase for the tax portion alone — applied to all property classes — is more than double last year’s rise but is one of the lowest tax hikes this year among Metro Vancouver municipalities, said Brad West who described this year’s budget as “back to basics.â€? The adopted financial plan focuses on “giving TLC to a number of neighbourhoods in Port Coquitlamâ€? by providing
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POMO WaNTS FaIRER bIz PROP. TaxES Port Moody wants tax relief for small businesses. At its meeting Tuesday, city council endorsed a resolution proposed by Coun. Amy Lubik that calls upon the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to consider modifying tax assessment categories for non-residential properties. It will also put forth a similar resolution at this year’s convention of the Union of BC Municipalities, to be held in September. “Small businesses are integral to the fabric of our community,” Lubik said in her report to council. “Increased property taxes, the potential for rezoning and triple-net leases, which apply to all property tax increases on those renting storefronts, make it difficult for small businesses to stay afloat.” She said the creation of various sub-classes in property taxes could provide relief by implementing a fairer distribution of non-residential property taxes.
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The right-of-way through Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park isn’t going anywhere, although the city’s acting mayor isn’t ruling out the possibility that the issue could be revisited in the future. In a series of 3-3 votes at its meeting Tuesday, Port Moody council decided not to proceed on several motions that were deferred when they first came up for debate last January. (Council currently has six active members since Mayor Rob Vagramov took paid leave after being charged with sexual assault in March.) Those motions would have paved the way for removing the right-of-way (ROW) that has been in place for several decades as a possible extension of David Avenue to connect with Anmore, as well as building additional parking spots at the Heritage Mountain Boulevard entrance along with a wheelchair-accessible trail. Council did, however, elect to proceed with further communication with Metro Vancouver objecting to its planned expansion of parking facilities at Belcarra Regional Park. It also directed staff to continue with its examination
The road right-of-way through Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park will remain in place after a series of split votes at Tuesday’s city council meeting. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO
for amending the city’s official community plan for the Ioco lands to limit the scope of its possible redevelopment in the future. That report is expected to be presented at a future council meeting. Acting mayor Meghan Lahti said there’s too much the city doesn’t yet know about the planned redevelopment of the Ioco lands by their owner, Brilliant Circle Group, and the implications removing the ROW would have on providing access for emergency services as well as an escape route for residents in case of a wildfire. She said the latter is particularly worrisome given the growing threat of such blazes as a consequence of climate change.
“Removal of the right-of-way would be irresponsible,” said Lahti, who was joined by councillors Diana Dilworth and Zoe Royer in defeating the various motions. (Councillors Hunter Madsen, Amy Lubik and Steve Milani voted for the motions, but in the case of a tie, motions are defeated.) “There is no harm in leaving the status quo for the time being,” she said. After the meeting, Lahti told The Tri-City News Port Moody’s fire department is studying the access issue during emergencies in the area and the results could spark “a need to revisit the item in its entirety.” But Madsen, who cofounded a citizen group called
Save Bert Flinn Park and used the issue of the ROW through the 311-acre green space as a springboard to his election to council in a 2017 byelection and subsequent reelection in last year’s civic vote, said a route through the park is the last place that should be considered for access during a fire emergency. “Bert Flinn Park is a tunnel of fuel,” he said. In a letter Madsen sent to Belcarra’s mayor and village council in late April, responding to their concerns about how removing the ROW affect movement of vehicles to and from the village in case of a fire emergency, he said the existing gravel roadbed would remain.
MORE ON POMO TaXES: tricitynews.com “This is a cleared gravel roadway that’s two cars wide, that will remain in place… and that can always be accessed for vehicle exit from the area, at the discretion of the fire department, in case of emergency,” he wrote. Dilworth, who, in January, successfully moved for the deferral of the motions that were initially endorsed by council last November so council could complete its strategic plan, said the reintroduction of the issue to council felt like a “rush to keep an election promise by some members of council.” She said acceding to such a promise would undermine any future council that might have to consider transportation alternatives in the area as the
region continues to grow, like a bridge to Vancouver’s North Shore. But Lubik said that’s exactly the point of removing the ROW, to eliminate the temptation by developers to seek more density on Port Moody’s North Shore. “Instead of urban sprawl, we need to densify around transit,” she said. That could be achievable in this instance by “thinking outside the box,” Lahti said, suggesting the city could look at swapping its vacant property at the old fire hall site next to the civic complex to Brilliant Circle Group for space in the Ioco lands that could then be turned into a park and heritage area. “In a perfect world, I’m hoping there’s a better solution,”
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The Editor, On April 27, I was parked at Home Depot in Port Coquitlam and in the process of going to return the buggy to its stand when I was startled by a truck beside me and my closing passenger door nicked my lower leg. I grabbed my leg, blood gushed out, soaked the asphalt and filled my runner. First to come to my aid were a lovely Asian couple who gave me all their clean paper towels to sop up spraying blood. The language barrier did not stop their assistance, and I heard
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The Editor, Re. “Pay will stay for PM mayor on leave” (The Tri-City News, May 9). A letter to Port Moody’s acting mayor and council: I am less than impressed by your decision of May 7 to continue having the citizens of Port Moody pay the full tab for a man who has no legal need to remove himself from his duties. Adding further insult, an acting mayor is paid the difference between their salary and the mayor’s. You’re double dipping and you’re going to be hearing from the public, so be prepared. I say, regarding Mayor Vagramov: “No work, no pay.” The mayor publicly made
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A big, old, rotting tree almost felled tiny, old Ioco United Church. And, now, another established Port Moody church is helping prop it up. Jennifer Swanson, the pastor at Ioco since 2014, said a series of financial pressures — including the expenses of chopping down the tree as well as dealing with a failing boiler — that were beyond the means of the church’s 35-member congregation brought it to the brink of closure late last year. But it has been saved by
The little white church at the corner of Ioco Road and First Avenue in Port Moody, where Jenn Swanson is the pastor, will remain open after an amalgamation between Ioco and St. Andrews United churches. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
a merger with St. Andrews United Church that took several months to negotiate. The amalgamation, which
was formalized April 1, has also brought with it renewed energy to keep the church, that was originally built in
1924 at the corner of Ioco Road and First Avenue as part of the Ioco townsite to serve employees at the old Imperial oil refinery, a vital part of the community. In fact, the structure predates the inauguration of the United Church in Canada by one year. And its latest brush with closure wasn’t the first time it teetered on the precipice. Swanson said several years ago, the church came within a few days of closing until a daycare was able to rent space, allowing the congregation to cover its bills for operating the building. “It’s not a new problem,� Swanson said of the financial struggles faced by many churches, large and small. “We’re in a secular society.� Swanson said the new ar-
rangement with St. Andrews, which is temporarily occupying borrowed space at Kinsight in Port Coquitlam while it redevelops its property on St. Johns Street into affordable housing, a children’s centre and a new home for its services and community outreach, will allow her to keep the old church open for occasional services as well as a gathering place for the community. She said the small sanctuary is coveted for picture-perfect weddings, and gatherings at the church have been a unifying force in the Ioco community for decades. “There’s so much history here and investment in the legacy of how things have been always done,� she said. That legacy made it difficult for some of the congregation to wrap its heads around join-
ing with St. Andrews, even though the two churches were previously together as recently as 1991, Swanson said. And while the congregation may be small, its welcoming arms have a long reach. “People come in and tell us stories about their connection to the church,� she said. “There’s a lot of people that this is their community church, even if they may not participate.� But with new initiatives being planned jointly by the combined churches, like a labyrinth walk in Rocky Point Park July 7 and a redesigned website to keep members apprised of church activities, Swanson said she’s optimistic participation will be boosted. Said Swanson: “We want to not be contained to just the buildings�
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You are invited to attend an open meeting of the Board of Directors of Fraser Health. The meeting will include a presentation on the health care services offered in Abbotsford as well as an update from our president and CEO, Dr. Victoria Lee. The question and answer period will provide an opportunity for the public to ask questions.
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Coquitlam girl has campaigned local city councils
Becoming an adult can mean owning a car, paying rent and budgeting for living expenses. But for many young people, knowing how to do finances and taxes is a challenge, and they often don’t understand what goes into owning a car until they are over their head in debt and other costs. That is about to change starting the next school year, if school trustees approve, as they are expected to do, two new practical courses as part of a suite of 17 courses that could be offered to School District 43 high school students. Vehicle Ownership and Maintenance 11 and Money Management 10 are courses that answer the complaints of many that students aren’t taught important life skills in the classroom. Created by Michael De Angelis at Pinetree secondary school, Vehicle Maintenance 11 will help students develop a practical understanding of the skills and knowledge required to purchase, operate and maintain a personal
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Smoking cigarettes is bad for your health and a Coquitlam girl wants you to know the butts are harmful to the environment, too. And that is why she is spearheading a campaign to pick up discarded butts before they end up in B.C. waters. Aniela Guzikowski is launching Butt Free B.C. to ensure that these bits of plastic waste don’t end up in the ocean — and she knows what she’s talking about. Recently, she found a cigarette butt in a mussel and another floating in the water at sea pens used by Mossom Creek Hatchery to acclimatize hatcher-raised salmon to the ocean. “Seventy per cent of seabirds and 30% of sea turtles tested have cigarettes butts in their stomachs,” she added. “It directly affects what we do
While walking her dog, Aniela Guzikowski of Coquitlam collects discarded cigarette butts that might otherwise end up polluting local waterways. DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
with fish,” said Guzikowski, who is a volunteer at Mossom and has the backing of the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society for her campaign. “As I started researching it became bigger and bigger.” Recently, UBC researchers found half the waste on southwestern B.C. beaches is made up of cigarette butts but you can see them closer to home, too. At the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, hundreds of butts litter the ground — Guzikowski collected enough to fill a jar and a small plastic
bag with just a few minutes of effort. “It surprises me that they are here and I’m shocked at how many there are,” she said. Recently, she presented her case for a Butt Free B.C. to Port Moody, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam councils in an effort to get funds for a poster contest for local schools this fall. PoCo has agreed to promote the issue on social media while Port Moody provided a $3,000 community grant. In Coquitlam, council said it is looking into the issue but the city has five cigarette butt
receptacles along Pinetree Way, between Anson Avenue and the Lafarge Lake-Douglas SkyTrain station; two more have recently been installed in the Como Lake Village area and several more may be installed when the FortisBC project on Como Lake Avenue is completed. More are being considered for public gathering spaces around civic buildings and recreation centres, according to Verne Kucy, environmental projects manager with the city, while Austin Heights Business Improvement Association has installed them, too. Guzikowski said she’s pleased with these efforts but would like to see people stop dropping butts onto the ground. She is also encouraging people to take part in a cleanup at PoMo’s Rocky Point Park on June 8, World Oceans Day. Leaving these butts on the ground is a risk to children and pets who pick them up, and are endangering marine wildlife, she says. Those willing to help out next month are invited to register online with the shorelinecleanup.ca and come out for the morning
vehicle. According to a course synopsis, students will learn about safety, tools and automotive service procedures — including preventative maintenance — in a hands-on working environment using tools and equipment normally found in repair shops. They’ll also learn about the legal and ethical components of purchasing a vehicle, including the economic costs and social and environmental impacts of the product, and how the graduating licensing program works. On the money side, Sherina Chandra developed the Money Management and Social Investment 10 course for Coquitlam Open Learning, an alternate education program, much of it online. Among the big ideas students will be learning in this course are how spending habits relate to planning for the future, understanding the Canadian tax system to support effective financial planning and how social and ethical investments benefit individuals and communities.
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2 float planes collided continued from front page
“We extend our most heartfelt sympathies to Ryan’s family and friends. Our thoughts are with them at this difficult time.” Global Affairs Canada says Canadian consular officials in Seattle were working with local authorities to gather more information and provide assistance as needed. According to reports, one of the planes was a single-engine
de Havilland Otter operated by Taquan Air and was returning from a wilderness tour, sold through Princess Cruises, of the Misty Fjords, the company said. It was carrying 10 guests from the Royal Princess and a pilot, who were all Americans, the statement said. The other plane, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, was operating an independent flight tour carrying a pilot and four guests, including the
The survivors were in fair or good condition, said Marty West, a spokeswoman for PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center. Local emergency responders worked with state and federal agencies and private vessels to help rescue and recover victims. The cruise ship had left Vancouver for Anchorage last Saturday and is scheduled to return May 25. – with files from Canadian Press
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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43
SD43 clamps down on catchment requests Parents not happy with school catchment decisions won’t be allowed to circumvent procedures by appealing directly to the superintendent after a change was made to district policy Tuesday. In what was described as a housekeeping change to ensure current procedures are followed, trustees approved the removal of a line that gave the superintendent power to assign a student to a school outside their catchment area. Trustees were told the measure had to be removed because parents
Wilks, one Australian and another American. State troopers said the Australian was 56-year-old Simon Bodie. The other American victims were identified as 46-yearold pilot Randy Sullivan from Ketchikan, 62-year-old Cassandra Webb and 46-yearold Louis Botha. The pilot and nine passengers on the Otter were able to make their way to shore, where they were rescued and taken to hospital, Kahle said.
were using it to contact the superintendent directly to get their child into a specific school. “We don’t want people lobbying her directly. It would undermine the whole process,” assistant superintendent Reno Ciolfi told trustees. Under Policy 19, Student Attendance Areas, the district reviews school boundaries every year and can make adjustments. In spring, parents can apply to have their children attend school outside their catchment and, depending on space, permission may be granted.
When: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 7:00pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C.
Council to consider Zoning Bylaw Housekeeping Amendments Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 was adopted on July 10, 2018. Through the practical use of the Bylaw, staff have identified a number of areas where minor amendments are necessary to ensure the Bylaw’s effectiveness. The intent of Bylaw Amendment No. 12, 2019, No. 3176 is to encompass a range of minor bylaw changes including:
Floor Area Exemptions: specifying the exclusion of crawl space from the calculation of floor area; Siting Exceptions: clarifying that laneway houses have the same siting exceptions as other accessory buildings; Mechanical Equipment: limiting siting requirements for mechanical equipment (e.g. for heat pumps) to single family homes and duplexes; Community Gardens: including community gardens as a permitted use in all zones in Port Moody; Laneway Homes (Detached Accessory Dwelling Units): clarifying that one laneway home is permitted for each duplex unit; how the height of laneway homes is calculated and siting exceptions for decks, stairs and eaves;
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How can I provide input? 1. If you believe your property is affected by these proposed bylaw amendments, comment directly to Council on May 28, 2019. 2. You can also send a submission in writing before 12 noon on May 28, 2019 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550.
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Deadpool 2 and Bad Times at the El Royale as well as television shows like Arrow, Van Helsing, The Good Doctor and Legends of Tomorrow all shot in Coquitlam in 2018, generating thousands of dollars in revenue for the city. “Our film office has been actively promoting and marketing Coquitlam’s film locations and, as a result, we are experiencing an increase in film inquiries,” said David Munro, the city’s manager
of economic development. “Over the past five years, film revenues have been trending upwards as a result.” Film permit revenue was $178,087 in 2018, up from the $137,291 in 2017. The best year on record was 2016, when $263,000 in permits were issued, although that was an exception because Princeton Park on Burke Mountain was rented for more than a month for the production of the television series Wayward Pines.
Munro said the low Canadian dollar and provincial tax breaks have made B.C. an attractive place for Hollywood to film. He noted that the province is already known as a film-friendly location and has unique labour force expertise. He added that places like the Riverview Hospital grounds are a major asset on the radar of most Hollywood location scouts, making it one of the busiest film hubs in North America.
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See baseball, dance this long weekend Young baseball players at Mackin Park in Coq. for Invitational
Plays with its entry, Chickens The Musical, at 8 p.m. in the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Organized by Claire Pinkett of the Coquitlam-based Stage 43 Theatrical Society, the fest concludes Saturday night with the awards gala, also at Evergreen, when adjudicator Katrina Dunn will announce the zone representative for the TheatreBC Mainstage provincial competition, held in July in Port Alberni. Call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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May 17 PLAY BALL
The Coquitlam Little League hosts the province’s largest little league tournament at Mackin Park (1046 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). The Mackin Yard Invitational runs until Monday and includes eight baseball teams in Major AAA and 12 teams in the Major AA division, from around the Lower Mainland. Visit coquitlamlittleleague.ca.
BACHATA MASTER
Dominican Arts ambassador Edwin Ferreras of the New York-based Areito Arts leads a Dominican bachata dance workshop with the Hot Salsa Dance Zone in the rehearsal hall of the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) with three classes, starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $15 per session or $45 for all three. And, on Saturday night, the Dominican Republic native will be the special guest at the company’s weekly salsa night; a beginners’ lesson is at 8 p.m. with the party on from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission is $10. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.
CINDERELLA, PEACH
The Mini-stars and Allstars with the Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts in Coquitlam showcase their talent in two year-end shows at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody): Cinderella and James and the Giant Peach. The familyfriendly events run this weekend at 7:30 p.m. with matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Call 604-777-2211 or visit lindbjergacademy.com.
ZONE FESTIVAL
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May 18 BIRD WATCH
Be on the look-out for lazuli
bunting, western kingbird, band-tailed pigeon and American bittern — as well as other bird species — during a free walk with volunteers from Nature Vancouver and the Burke Mountain Naturalists, in Colony Farm regional park (Colony Farm Road, Coquitlam). Meet BMN leader Larry Cowan at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot near the community gardens, at the end of the road. Call 604-307-0931 or visit burkemountainnaturalists.ca.
at 1 p.m. from PoCo Heritage (behind PoCo city hall). Call 604-927-8403 or visit pocoheritage.org.
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Check out what students at Terry Fox, Riverside and CABE secondaries — including April Kornitsky and Shawn Wang — are creating in their art classes at an exhibit titled Imaginings II: A collection of Port Coquitlam Student Artwork, on at the Michael Wright Art Gallery and The Outlet in Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall). The displays are up until July 29. Visit portcoquitlam.ca/ leighsquare.
Learn how to grow organic vegetables — in containers or your garden — at a workshop at the Inspiration Garden (corner of Guildford Way and Pipeline Road in Coquitlam Town Centre Park, 1299 Pinetree Way). The three-hour class starts at 9 a.m. Call 604927-4386 to register.
SQUADRON REVIEW
The 808 Coquitlam Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron has its annual review at 1:30 p.m. at Maillard middle school (1300 Rochester Ave., Coquitlam). The parade is open to the public, at no charge. Visit 808cadets.com.
HISTORY LESSON
Heritage houses on the southside of Port Coquitlam will be the focus of a free guided walking tour by local historian Bryan Ness, starting
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Fathers can spend time with their tots and preschoolaged kids at Dad Time, Library Time, from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd., Port Coquitlam). The free event includes story time, songs and crafts. Visit fvrl.ca.
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Small ensembles from the Coquitlam Youth Orchestra will play during the weekly Poirier Street Farmers Market, on from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). Visit makebakegrow.com.
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‘Foodprint’ team takes B.C. title ➊ SD43’s foodprint
team won the provincial finals in the YELL Venture Challenge for young entrepreneurs. The group — left to right, Andy Nguyen (Port Moody); Isabela Moise (Port Moody); Daniel Shmidov (Terry Fox); and Taryn Wou (Charles Best) — took first out of 50 school teams.
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➋ Coquitlam RCMP had seven recipients who made this year’s Alexa Team, aimed at taking impaired drivers off the streets. They are: constables Brad Potter and Reuben Lamb, Cpl. Colin Blake and Const. David Bachtel.
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➎ Wayne Arondus, left,
general manager of the Coquitlam building company Troico Home Solutions Inc., accepted three Ovation awards at this month’s 10th annual HAVAN gala.
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Tuesday marked the 50th anniversary since homosexuality was decriminalized in Canada. And Port Coquitlam city council marked the occasion with a proclamation at its regular meeting on May 14. It reads in part: “While this act of decriminalization was an important step for the progress of furthering protection for LGBTQ2IA+ people, members of this marginalized community continue to face discrimination and violence across the world. “The city of Port Coquitlam believes in the inclusion of all people who visit, work and live in our city and supports the rights of all LGBTQ2IA+ people.”
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Coquitlam native Lindsay Wong won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize from the West Coast Book Prize Society, it was announced this week. Wong snapped the 2019 BC Book Prize for her work The Woo-Woo, published by Arsenal Pulp Press; the award also carries $2,000 and a certificate. Her memoir tells the tale of a young woman coming to age in a dysfunctional Asian family who blame their troubles on ghosts and demons. Wong, who now lives in Vancouver, grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and mother who were afraid of the “woo-woo.”
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Students at Terry Fox secondary hosted their 3rd annual Power of Ideas open house last month at the Port Coquitlam high school. Top science organizations such as BC Hydro, Engineers and Geoscientists BC, Triumf and Science World presented their interactive displays of science and technology. Organized by Fox teacher Edward Csuka, the annual event started during the Canada 150 anniversary celebrations when the Power of Ideas tour visited the school; that exhibition from the Perimeter Institute enabled students take a hands-on approach to learning the process of science. For more photos follow us on Instagram #tricitynews
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“You have to treat it as if it’s a real fight with sharp swords.”
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inter has come to Port Coquitlam. On May 4, as a matter of fact. But it didn’t actually snow. That’s when Daniel Werner opened his swordfighting academy, Prima La Spada (primalaspada.com) — it means “first, the sword” in Italian — in rented space at the PoCo Legion. And while he won’t be teaching people how to slay dragons or hordes of the undead, the warehouse supervisor-turned-swashbuckler admits TV shows and movies like Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings are driving a renewed interest in learning how to combat with long and side swords as well as rapiers and poleaxes. Movies and stories got Werner hooked on medieval lore and war when he was a kid who was enchanted by the idea of being a knight in a more gallant age. But when he finally decided to act upon his fascination by joining a swordplay school in Vancouver five years ago, he discovered a martial art that is as much cerebral as it is physical.
Daniel Werner Owner of Prima La Spada in PoCo
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“It’s like a chess match,” Werner said. For three hours, he could be immersed in a world where a mistake or lapse in concentration would cost him his life — or at least a limb — if the weapons he brandished were real and not blunted training implements. “You’ve got to treat it as if it’s a real fight with sharp
swords,” Werner said. It’s also a combat sport with very defined rules as well as established treatises that date as far back as the 15th century, when Johannes Liechtenauer developed the German school of swordsmanship and Italian swordsman Fiore dei Liberi wrote Flos Duellatorum, a kind of manual for various forms of combat, from wres-
tling to staff and dagger. Werner said he brings prospective students up to speed on some of that lore as well as the safety aspects of swordplay so nobody gets punctured before they’re ever issued a green cord for their sleeve and allowed to wield a weapon as an “apprentice.” A year of instruction and practice will earn a duellist a
blue cord and the progressions continue all the way to a gold cord, when a fighter is considered a master capable of passing on their knowledge. Werner said while the rules of sword combat are old and entrenched, actual battle in competition or training is often fluid and without limitation. “You can do anything you want to do, as long as you can
keep yourself safe,” Werner said, adding the long and side swords he typically uses weigh less then two pounds and have no sharp edges while the poleaxe is made of rubber. Werner said there are plenty of opportunities for modern knights in training to test their mettle at local, regional and even international competitions. But he’s careful to separate swordfighting practitioners from historical re-enactors like the Society of Creative Anachronism who will often stage duelling and jousting tournaments as part of their immersive experience. Swordfighting martial artists have their feet planted in the medieval and modern worlds, Werner said. “We do hold ourselves to a high sense of decorum,” he said. “But we’re not here to mimic all the knightly virtues.”
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Dangerous milkshakes, a quiz & more This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.
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• Innovation Hub open house: Try out the HTC Vive virtual reality headset and motion-tracked hand controllers. Users can explore outer space, conquer a fear of heights, paint in a 3D space, and more. See 3D printers in action and learn how to create your own designs using highpowered creative software. Open house happens Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. at the City Centre branch. Next session for 3D printing: May 3. Next session for VR: May 10. • Remember floppy drives?: The Digitization Station at Poirier branch has added a floppy disk drive to its list of equipment. Members of the public can now transfer data on 3.5-inch floppy disks to USB flash drive. Book an appointment by visiting the Poirier branch or by calling 604-937-4141. • Burke Mountain pyjama storytime and playtime: Join librarians on Burke Mountain every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. for a fun, free evening of crafts, games, and active play for all ages. Pyjama storytime happens from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and the Library Link book bus visits from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiling Creek Activity Centre, 3456 Princeton Ave. • Coming soon: B.C. Summer Reading Club: This year’s theme is Imagine the Possibilities! Registration begins June 1. • Teen quiz night: Compete for prizes in the library’s annual quiz by teens for teens. Categories include: science, history, geography, literature, current events and entertainment and quiz night is set for June 27, 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. at the City Centre branch. Register in teams of up to six people by calling or emailing librarian Chris Miller: 604-554-7339 and cmiller@coqlibrary.ca. Info: www.coqlibrary.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.
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• Child and preteen sleep clinic: Join sleep consultant Jolan Holmes May 22 from 7 to 8 p.m. for a presentation
on child and preteen sleep; it will focus on how technology and busy schedules may affect sleep, and how to support children in getting the sleep they need. Call 604-469-4577 to register. • One-on-one drop-in service from SUCCESS: May 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the library’s ParkLane Room, you can get drop-in help from BCSIS at SUCCESS with applications for immigration, Express Entry, BCPNP, LMIA, employment, Canada Child Benefit, BC Housing, rental assistance, renewing citizenship, Old Age Security, Canada Pension Plan, etc. This session is for all non-permanent residents but excluding visitors and citizens born in Canada. • An evening with Eve Lazarus: Join true crime author Eve Lazarus in the Inlet Theatre May 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., when she will share stories from the seedier side of Vancouver and talk about her latest book, Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic and a Charismatic Killer. Call 604-469-4577 to register. Info: library.portmoody.ca or 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr.
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• TONIGHT: Philosophers’ Café: A series of informal public discussions in the heart of our communities, this award-winning program has engaged the interests of scholars, seniors, students, philosophers and non-philosophers through stimulating dialogue and the passionate exchange of ideas. Next session: May 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m. — drop in. • Dad Time: A fun, drop-in program for dads and all caregivers with little ones from birth to five years old. Join librarians for songs, stories, games and crafts, with time after the program to meet and socialize. Next session: May 18, 2 to 2:45 p.m. — drop in. • Family fort night: Come after hours one last time to the current Terry Fox Library Friday, May 24 for fort building and reading by flashlight. Fort materials will be provided — you bring flashlights and snacks. This final session runs 5:30 to 7 p.m. Space is limited so call or visit the library to register. Info: fvrl.bc.ca, the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page or 604-927-7999. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo.
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BOOK OF THE WEEK n Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor n Reviewed by Alicia Butschler, Terry Fox Library
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor is a beautifully written young adult fantasy novel about love, family, outcasts and finding out who you are meant to be. It reads like honey and consumes you from the very first sentence. Each character is well rounded and the visuals depicted weave their way so intoxicatingly through your mind that it will be all you think about for weeks. The story follows a young man named Lazlo Strange, an orphan and junior librarian on his search for meaning and understanding. In Lazlo’s world, “the dream chooses the dreamer,” and through his own dreams, he hopes to find the answers to the lost city of Weep and the gods that once ruled it. His one chance comes along in the form of a champion fighter named the Godslayer. Will he find what he has been searching for or will his travels only bring more questions, including the mysterious girl with the blue skin who continues to haunt his dreams? Find this title and other books by Taylor at your local library.
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OUT & ABOUT CALENDAR FRIDAY, MAY 17 • The Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers opportunities for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy a variety of activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets at 7 p.m., third floor community room at Safeway, 580 Clarke Rd. (corner of Clarke and Como Lake). New members welcome. Info: Darline, 604-466-0017.
SATURDAY, MAY 18 • Heritage Walking Tour, 1-2:30 p.m., leaving from PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives; join local historian Bryan Ness in a weekly exploration of different aspects of PoCo’s heritage and history.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 • Centennial Stamp Club hosts letter “Y” night; stamp swap and shop at 6:30 p.m., presentations related to the letter after 7:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, McGee Room, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub. ca or 604-941-9306.
THURSDAY, MAY 23 • An Evening at the Museum, 7-8:30 p.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, in connection with PoCo Heritage’s upcoming exhibit, Naturally PoCo! Hear from one of the featured community photographers as they share what inspires them about PoCo and where they love to take their cameras.
SATURDAY, MAY 25 • 1st Port Coquitlam Scouts bottle drive in area around Kilmer elementary school; scouting youth and supporting adults will be canvassing the neighbourhood but the public is welcome to drop bottles off 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For assured pickup, call 604-704-5972. • PoCo cleanup event, 1-3 p.m., meet at Gates Park; volunteers will head out into PoCo’s parks and streets to help clean up the community. This event is hosted in connection with PoCo Heritage’s upcoming exhibit, Naturally PoCo, and has an associated geocaching CITO event.
SUNDAY, MAY 26 • Friends of DeBoville Slough nature walk, 9 a.m.-noon, on the north side of the slough. Walkers will meet at the kiosk on the north side at 9 a.m. and walk out to the Pitt River. Along the way, they will look for birds, identify plants, etc., and discuss the ecology of DeBoville Slough. Info: info@fodbs.
MONDAY, MAY 27 • Heritage Writers’ Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Start capturing your life story for family and posterity. No preparation required; just bring a pen and paper, or your laptop.
TUESDAY, MAY 28 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood
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• Friends of DeBoville Slough AGM, 7-8:30 p.m., Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch, 1169 Pinetree Way, Room 127; free parking available above the library. If you’re interested in DeBoville Slough, feel free to attend – everyone welcome.
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students (over 16) and membership is as low as $5 (students). Hatchery is open every day except Sunday, 9 -11 a.m. There is a range of activities each day but no experience is required — club members will train and guide you. Info: 604-469-9106 or portmoodyecologicalsociety@hotmail.com. • 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. • Canadian Red Cross Society is seeking volunteers for the Health Equipment Loan Program in PoCo. Info: VRS@
redcross.ca or 1-855-995-3529. • Share Family and Community services is looking for volunteers to work with seniors for its shop by phone and Friendly Visiting programs, and transportation to community resources. Info: kathie.rodway@ sharesociety.ca or 604-937-6975. see next page
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Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-319-5313. • Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. Guests always welcome. Info on scheduled activities: www. tricityphotoclub.ca/20182019-meetings.
SATURDAY, JUNE 1 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Featured: Storma Sire, an award-winning AfricanCanadian author, poet, screenwriter, illustrator and artist will present a workshop entitled Poetry Bootcamp. She offers a chance for writers of all abilities to immerse themselves in the art of poetry, in a sensitive and non-judgmental environment. Meeting is free to attend but library registration is required: call 604-927-7999. Info: tricitywordsmiths.ca.
SUNDAY, JUNE 2 • Tri-City/Ridge Meadows Walk to End ALS at Riverside secondary school, 2215 Reeve St., PoCo; registration online is open at events.alsbc.ca and starts at 10:30 a.m. June 2. There is also a pre walk fundraiser with $110 out of every photo shoot going to the ALS Society. Info: Facebook (@ Tcrmals) or email tricitiesridgemeadowswalk@alsbc.ca.
Come to our Community Brainstorming Session! May 25, 2019 • 11am–3pm • 100 Newport Drive
TUESDAY, JUNE 4 • Have you considered becoming a foster parent? 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, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.
VOLUNTEERS • Port Moody Ecological Society, a volunteer-operated educational and training facility, is seeking keen volunteers. Volunteers can be adults or
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• Share Family and Community Services is running a walking club for people 65+ as part of its new Active Aging program; the group meets every Thursday at 11 a.m. at the steps down to the lakeside path from Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam. People of all abilities and languages are welcome and can walk at whatever pace is suitable. If you are interested in joining the walking group or would like to start a walking group in another location, contact Share: 604-937-6992 • Tri-City Transitions Society has launched Parallel Parenting: Co-Parenting Stronger, a program focused on reducing conflict between divorced parents by dramatically altering the way parents communicate between themselves in front of their children. The program includes a series of four two-hour workshops led by professional mediation/facilitators, trained in family dynamics. The target for the workshops is parents in continuing conflict. Info: Carol, 604-941-7111 or info@tricitytransitions.com. • Used books, CDs and DVDs wanted by Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary for fundraising sales. These items may be dropped off by the back wall beside the bookcase located outside of the gift shop (main lobby area) at ERH. • Parent Support Services Society of BC is looking for volunteer facilitators for its support groups. PSSSBC runs self-help circles located throughout the
Lower Mainland and is searching for professional and supportive individuals to assist grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Info: samrah.mian@ parentsupportbc.ca. • Are you a new immigrant? Do you have questions, concerns and/or need help? Call RCCG Trinity Chapel at 604-4743131 on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., or leave a message and someone will get back to you. The church can help or direct you to places where you could receive help. • RCCG Trinity Chapel is opening a food bank for individuals and families in need and appreciates gifts and support. If you are able to donate non-perishable food items, call 604-474-3131 or email rccgtrinitychapeloffice@gmail.com. • A group of elders who focus on working with youth within School District 43 welcomes anyone who has knowledge they want to share or who just wants to be involved. Group meets Fridays, 11 a.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Info: Carole, 604-376-6205 or Claudia, 604-525-8163, or email: thestorytellingelders@ gmail.com. • Tri-City Transitions’ free Children Who Witness Abuse Program provides individual and group counselling for children ages 3 through 18 who have lived in a family where they have been witness to physical, emotional, mental or verbal abuse. Through support, education and counselling children will have the opportunity to heal the emotional wounds of relationship violence, build self-esteem and to stop the intergenerational cycle of abuse. Info: 604941-7111. • Registration is ongoing for boys and girls for the 5th Coquitlam Scouting group for the Beaver Colony (K–Grade 2), Cub Pack (Grades 3–5) and Scout Troop (Grades 6–8). This Scouting group meets at Baker Drive elementary school, 885 Baker Dr., Coquitlam. Info: casanna@shaw.ca. • Girl Guides takes registrations on an ongoing basis for Sparks, Brownies, Guides, Pathfinders, Rangers and adult women volunteers. Training and mentoring available for new volunteers. Info: www.girlguides.ca or call 1-800-565-8111. • Kiddies Korner Pre-school still has spaces available. Info: 604-941-4919 or info@kkp.ca. • Tri-City Transitions is offering groups for both parents and children who are going through separation and divorce. Groups will help children cope with this confusing time and understand their feelings. Info: Kathy, 604941-7111, Ext. 106.
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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, May 27, 2019 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
Address: 1486 Coast Meridian Road
The intent of Bylaw No. 4961, 2019 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 No. 4961, 2019 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RS-9 Large Single Family Residential and P-5 Special Park. If approved, the application would facilitate the subdivision of the subject property into four residential lots, the construction of a single-family dwelling, with a secondary suite, on each resulting lot, and a dedicated park for streamside protection and an urban nature trail.
Item 3
Addresses: 1134, 1136 and 1200 Cartier Avenue
The intent of Bylaw No. 4945, 2019 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation of the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4945, 2019 from Low Density Apartment Residential to Civic and Major Institutional. The intent of Bylaw No. 4946, 2019 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 No. 4946, 2019 from RS-1 OneFamily Residential to P-1 Civic Institutional. In conjunction with the above application, the City has received a related application for a Development Variance Permit for the properties located at 1134, 1136 and 1200 Cartier Avenue. The application requests the following variance to the City’s Zoning Bylaw: • Relaxation of the minimum front yard setback from 7.6 metres to setbacks ranging from 2.2 to 6.4 metres. If approved, the application would facilitate the development of a new community centre to replace the existing Place Maillardville.
Item 2
Addresses: 605, 607 and 611 Sydney Avenue
The intent of Bylaw No. 4943, 2019 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 No. 4943, 2019 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RT-2 Townhouse Residential. If approved, the application would facilitate the consolidation of the subject properties and the development of three, two and three storey, townhouse buildings containing a total of twenty townhouse units.
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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 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 to Monday, May 27, 2019 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.
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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.
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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, including names and addresses, 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/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604927-3010.
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All beans are legumes, like peas and fix nitrogen in the soil as they grow, making them an important nutrient crop. Now that beans have earned the recognition they deserve, we need to be a little more creative in how we grow them. They make wonderful container plants in limited space gardens but be innovative. You need a pot the size of a traditional half barrel. Make an eight-foot teepee with three to five bamboo canes, plant the seeds at the base of the canes and watch the pole beans grow. For a much more beautiful effect, alternate your favourite flavourful varieties with some beautiful red flowered ‘Scarlet Runner’ beans. You might also plant some bush types around the base, blending your favourite green bush, yellow wax and the purple ‘Royal Burgundy’. You can have it all – flavour, variety, a longer harvest period and lots of colour. Beans are one of the easiest vegetables to grow but the weather needs to be good and warm before they are planted. Consistent night temperatures of 55 to 60˚F (13-16˚C) are the minimum for beans to grow instead of rotting. Gently push the seed about 1½ inches (2-3 cm) into the soil and space bush beans about 3 to 4 inches (8-10 cm) apart. You don’t need a lot of plants to get a great
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Donor call for first uke fest in Coq. CUTIE seeks funds from groups, biz for its inaugural festival janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
The CUTIEs want free entry. The members of the Coquitlam Ukulele Tiny Instrument Enthusiasts circle will host their first ukulele festival next month at the Evergreen Cultural Centre — an event that’s expected to sell-out as soon as registration opens. But before its sign up is launched later this month, the group wants to ensure the admission fee is zero. “We have a lot of seniors in our group on fixed incomes,” CUTIE spokesperson Jen Chang told The Tri-City News last Friday. “They can’t afford to be here if there’s a cost and especially if they have to travel. It’s too much.” CUTIE is asking for about $2,000 more to help cover the $6,500 price tag for the fest. And Chang said the group would be most grateful to its patrons and sponsors, given the amount of community outreach it does throughout the year and the number of people CUTIE has served since it started five years ago, in July 2014.
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Currently, CUTIE has 320 people on its mailing list, with participants ranging in age from 5 to 90 playing at monthly jams, helping to teach beginners at free workshops and entertaining at the Port Moody Station Museum Easter party and at Canada Day in Coquitlam. Anne Scott joined CUTIE three years ago and attends most jams. Previously, she had never picked up a musical instrument. “It’s social and a lot of fun,” she said. “It changed my life,” added Wendy Cormack. “It’s a happy instrument and you can make a lot of new friends.” The CUTIEs hope to keep the interest rolling with their inaugural festival, which will see four ukulele educators deliver master classes: • Manitoba Hal will present a blues workshop; • Jim D’Ville will be up from New Mexico to talk about emotional connnections to music; • Mexican native Eduardo Garcia, a Burnaby resident, will discuss chord shapes; • and Guido Heistek will give a lecture about chord melodies. The presenters will end the day-long festival with a concert, at around 4:30 p.m. To sponsor the CUTIE minifestival on June 9 or to volunteer, call 604-552-8537 or visit cutiecircle.com.
CUTIE players (clockwise from left): Harvey Soon, Peggy Lee, Sue Roy, Steven Murray, Brian Pinkerton, Marlene Wong, Jen Chang, Anne Scott and (centre) Wendy Cormack. The Coquitlam ukulele club will host its first-ever mini festival on June 9 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, a month before it marks its fifth anniversary. Janis cleugh/the tRi-citY neWs
The roots-rock-reggae band behind such hits as Diggin’ a Hole and If I Had My Way will play Port Moody’s Canada Day celebrations. The Toronto-based group will be on the PCT Performance Stage at Rocky Point Park on June 30 as part of Golden Spike Days, which runs from June 28 to July 1 (the annual festival will also include performances by Prism and Harlequin on June 29, and Tiller’s Folly on July 1). The city is moving its Canada Day party to Sunday, June 30 as Canada Day falls on a Monday this year; Big Sugar headlines at 9:15 p.m. Founded by guitarist, singer and producer Gordie Johnson, Big Sugar is also made up of Alex Johnson (percussion), Ben Richardson (bass guitar), Rey Arteaga (percussion) and Chris Colepaugh (drummer). The Juno awardwinning band is playing a number of concert dates this year to promote its new CD, Eternity Now. Visit goldenspike.ca for the full line-up.
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Port Moody’s Anya Wyers debuted her memoir, Letters to the Mountain, yesterday. The self-published book about her childhood in Prince George — and living with an alcoholic in the family — is told through a series of letters to her best friend. It’s via her website: anyawyersauthor.ca.
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Julia Nygra will give a talk next week about her Indian-inspired pottery. The ceramic artistin-residence at the Port Moody Arts Centre will discuss her collection on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the St. Johns Street facility to coincide with her current exhibit at PMAC.
Blues, vintage variety and celtic tunes will be served at Music on the Grill, a summertime BBQ and concert series at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Tickets are now on sale to hear the New Orleans blues sound of Harpdog Brown & The Uptown Blues Band with Blue Moon Marquee on July 13. Birch Pereira & the Gin Joints of Seattle with the husband-and-wife team Sundae & Mr. Goessl will showcase their talents on July 27 while, on Aug. 17, it’s Kiérah — one of Canada’s top fiddle players. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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Ghazal Azarbad is trying hard not to think about or watch Shakespeare in Love, the Oscar-winning film of which the Bard on the Beach play she’s starring in is based on. The Heritage Woods secondary graduate clinched the role of Viola — Gwyneth Paltrow’s character in the movie version and the love interest of a young playwright named Will Shakespeare — after she auditioned for the company last summer. “It the biggest show I’ve ever done,” Azarbad gushed last Friday during rehearsal. “I feel great and that all the training I’ve had through my life has prepared me for this.” Azarbad caught the acting bug when she moved from North Vancouver to the TriCities at the age of 12, enrolling at Summit middle school in Coquitlam. At Heritage, she studied theatre under Robert Wisden and Shanda Walters, who cast her as Mr. Mushnik in the Little Shop of Horrors in her final year at the Port Moody high school. After graduation, Azarbad gained her BFA from UBC before moving east, to Toronto. She’ll be making her Bard debut playing ensemble roles — a servant, barmaid, dancer
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Tri-City students wanting to hone their theatrical chops in the next academic year can join a Place des Arts company. On June 8, the venue hosts an open call for students ages 10 to 17 to be part of the Coquitlam Youth Theatre. Successful candidates will learn about dance and movement, voice and vocal techniques, and acting and character development as well as perform The Jungle Book at School District 43 elementary and middle schools in January and Oh What a Lovely War, in June at the Inlet Theatre. Actor and director Seamus Fera will lead the group, between September and June. To book an audition time, call senior fine and performing arts programmer Jessie Au at 604-6641636 (ext. 33) or email jau@ placedesarts.ca.
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and widow — in The Taming of the Shrew, which opens the company’s 30th season June 5, and the other BMO Mainstage show, Shakespeare in Love, opening June 11. Juggling two concurrent productions is a new concept for Azarbad. “I’m figuring this out as I go,” she laughed, noting she only has handful of lines in Taming of the Shrew. Still, both plays are likely to be sell-outs as the company is loosely remounting its 2007 spaghetti-western version of Shrew while Shakespeare in Love is directed by Daryl Cloran, the mastermind behind last year’s Beatlesinspired smash As You Like It. Meanwhile, Port Moody native Jennifer Stewart is the assistant stage manager for All’s Well That Ends Well, which opens on June 26 on Bard’s Howard Family Stage. Taming of the Shrew runs June 5 to Sept. 21 while Shakespeare in Love is from June 11 to Sept. 19. For tickets, call 604-739-0559 or visit bardonthebeach.org.
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Eclectic art in Imaginings II First time for CABE students, two scholarships awarded janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
Ceramic stacking bowls, paper cutouts and comic drawings are among the Port Coquitlam high school artwork on show as part of the second edition of Imaginings. The annual exhibit in The Outlet and the Gathering Place, in Leigh Square Community Arts Village, continues the inaugural theme but offers two new twists for this year’s exhibit: the inclusion of pieces from CABE — Coquitlam Alternative Basic Education — and the addition of two scholarships from the Port Coquitlam Community Foundation. Co-organizer Jacquelyn Collins said the philanthropic group awarded the accolades to Maia Karwowska of Riverside and Emma McKay of Terry Fox — both of whom
Grade 12 Riverside secondary students April Kornitsky and Shawn Wang have two artworks each in Imaginings II, which opened last Thursday at Leigh Square Community Arts Village in Port Coquitlam; the show is up until July 29. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
have been accepted to attend the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, in September. The scholarships will be used for their tuition, said Collins, an art teacher at Riverside.
Opened last Thursday, Imaginings II displays the work of about 200 art students at CABE, Fox and Riverside, including April Kornitsky and Shawn Wang from the latter school.
Kornitsky, who will study fine art at SFU, has two acrylic paintings in the exhibit: Detrimental Growth and Reaching Abyss, which were in the Emerging Talent showcase of Grade 12 art at the
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Evergreen Cultural Centre, in January. When Kornitsky looks around the Michael Wright Art Gallery, where her pieces are hung, to see what’s been produced in PoCo classrooms over the past year, she shakes her head. “I never want this to stop. I always want to come into a gallery and see our art in this way. It’s an amazing experience…. and it’s a great opportunity for our careers.” Grade 12 student Shawn Wang, an international student from Taiwan, also has two works up at the Gathering Place: Blossoming (watercolour) and Excalibur (drawing). When he views what his peers have created, “It makes me want to try harder and be better,” Wang said. “In Taiwan, we don’t get a lot of time to do art because it’s all tests in business and math. “For me, the only way to learn art is to keep practising. I feel like art is very reflective of the artist and emotions. It’s a form of beauty.” Imaginings II runs until July 29.
PMSS Paint Night Artist Adrian Walker will lead a Paint Night class at Port Moody secondary next week to raise money for people fleeing Venezuela. Walker, who teaches at Moody middle school, will run the two-hour workshop on May 24 at 6:30 p.m.; the event is organized by PMSS students. The cost at $15/$5 includes canvases and materials. A concession will be run by PMSS and Moody students. Proceeds will support Censurados, a social services agency, to purchase medicine and provide accommodation and counselling. For tickets, call the school at 604-9396656 or email innarawalker@gmail.com.
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A R T I S T O F T H E W E E K : J e n n i f e r pa r k
Riverside painter, illustrator to attend Emily Carr in Sept. Jennifer Park has always loved to draw and paint. When she was younger, she studied visual art by watching YouTube videos. Last year, she gained a parttime job to make money for private art lessons. In January, three of her pieces won spots in Emerging Talent, an annual show at the Evergreen Cultural Centre displaying the work of graduating art students in School District 43. This month, her piece Water of Life (left) is featured in another student exhibit — Imaginings II, a collection of art work from PoCo secondary schools: Terry Fox, CABE and Riverside, where Park attends. This spring, Park was invited to enroll at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, in September. city of port coquitlam
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Gleneagle Talons prop Riley McCartney juggles the rugby ball on the set of the school’s spring musical production of West Side Story. She performed the role of Glad Hand, while also helping her team to today’s Fraser Valley championship and a berth in the girls’ AAA provincial finals May 23 to 25. MARIO BARTEL THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Gleneagle prop parlays her theatrical talents Talons play today for Fraser Valley title MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
All the pitch is a stage, and Riley McCartney is merely a player. While the Grade 11 prop has been helping her Gleneagle Talons girls rugby team to a berth in the AAA provincial championships,
she also performed several parts in the school’s spring musical, West Side Story, that just finished its run last Friday. McCartney’s disparate roles required a careful balancing act of time and preparation, as well as support from her coach and director. “A game trumps rehearsal, but a show trumps a game,” said McCartney, 16. The scrum and stage may seem worlds apart, but they also have much in common, she said.
“The team aspect is in both places.” McCartney started playing rugby last year, another sport in her activity quiver that also includes soccer, volleyball and basketball — although a knee injury has forced her to curtail the latter. She said being the player the Talons call upon to crash the ball through packs of defenders “helps me let out my inner beast a little bit.” And, McCartney discovered, the sport’s spring schedule benefitted her theatrical
aspirations. “When I’m feeling fit, I feel better on stage,” she said. In Gleneagle’s production of West Side Story, McCartney played Glad Hand, a cheerful and bombastic social worker and one of only four adult roles in the play. She also had some smaller bit parts as a Jet girl and dancer. McCartney said the confidence she’s gained performing on stage has helped her tackle the challenge of a new sport, and when the curtain
opens, she’s able to draw on the strength and fortitude she’s gained playing rugby. Both bring their own unique rushes, she said. “In theatre, it’s a magical adrenaline, but in rugby it’s more ‘you need to get there.’” With the curtain now down on West Side Story, McCartney will be able to devote her full attention to helping the Talons win a Fraser Valley championship, for which they’ll battle Yale secondary today (Thursday)
in Abbotsford after they defeated W.J. Mouat 14-0 in last week’s semi-final. Then it’s on to provincials in Shawnigan Lake from May 23 to 25, where Gleneagle will defend the AAA title it won last year. But, McCartney said, the lessons learned from both endeavours will carry her well beyond the green grass of the pitch and the hardwood of the stage. “Every person has a role,” she said. “Everyone is trying their best.”
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Burnaby Lakers goalie Matteo Teck stops Coquitlam Adanacs forward Spencer Ma on a first period breakaway in their BC Junior A Lacrosse League game Monday at Copeland Arena in Burnaby. The Adanacs won their third game in as many starts, 7-2, after spotting the home team an early 2-0 lead. Dennon Armstrong scored three goals for Coquitlam, while Thomas Semple had a pair of goals along with an assist. Philip Buque and Anthony Buono also scored, while Adanacs’ keeper Cam MacLeod stopped 32 shots. Coquitlam played the New Westminster Salmonbellies on Tuesday in New Westminster (for a report on that game to to www.tricitynews.com). The PoCo Saints also enjoyed comeback success, when they stormed back from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Delta Islanders 7-6 last Saturday in Delta. Daytin Vidovich scored a hat trick for Port Coquitlam, who won for just the second time in six games. Jacob Dunbar had two goals and an assist. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Marina Verones, of the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils, crashes the Enver Creek goalkeeper in the first half of their match in the Fraser Valleys, Monday at Best. Verones scored two goals to lead the Blue Devils to a 4-0 victory and stay alive in their hunt for a berth in the provincial AAA senior girls soccer championships to be played later this month in Cloverdale. The Centennial Centaurs, who’ve already qualified for provincials, will meet Panorama Ridge in the Fraser Valley championship today (Thursday) after they defeated South Delta, 4-1, in their semi-final match on Monday. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS Sign up for our newsletter at tricitynews.com
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Ultimate brings hippie vibe to high school sports Newly-recognized sport has five teams in the Tri-Cities MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
Ultimate’s gone legit in British Columbia’s high schools. But it hasn’t lost its hippie vibe. The non-contact co-ed sport that looks a little like touch football played with a frisbee was adopted last year as an official activity by BC School Sports, the governing body for high school sports in the province. That means associations receive financial support, athletes are registered and games and tournaments are sanctioned. Alaina Brandsma, the coach of Riverside secondary school’s newly-minted Ultimate team said the 20 athletes on her squad just want to run around and have fun. That ethos was behind the birth of the sport on U.S. high school and college campuses in the late 1960s,
Riverside Rapids’ Brooke Kendall and Sarah Wade battle for the disc with a Burnaby Mountain defender during a high school Ultimate match. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
according to the World Flying Disc Federation’s website. Goal lines were marked by telephone poles or piles of players’ coats, games were
self-officiated, sportsmanship and a spirit of fair play were as important as the final score. Conflicts, when they occurred, had to be resolved
with negotiation. Brandsma said not much has changed. The Rapids compete in a league that includes two sides
from Heritage Woods secondary school and others from Archbishop Carney and BC Christian Academy, as well as squads from Burnaby and Langley. At the end of every game, players from both sides mingle to recognize the efforts of their opponents and one team introduces a “spirit game,” a fun little activity like “duck, duck goose,” that’s meant to invoke smiles and mirth. “The weirder and funnier it is, the better,” Brandsma said. While many of the players on the Rapids team come from other sports like basketball and volleyball, they’re all learning Ultimate together, which adds to the fun and camaraderie. “They know they’re not up against players who’ve been competing for 10 years,” said Brandsma, who teaches physed and science at Riverside and introduced the sport to prospective players in her classes and with after-school drop-in sessions last year. Sarah Wade, a Grade 12 basketball and soccer player, said joining Riverside’s
Ultimate team was a good way to stay active, and she likes the sport’s simplicity. Adrienne Willems, who also plays for Riverside’s basketball and volleyball teams, said she was attracted by Ultimate’s inclusiveness. The Rapids’ side is comprised of players from every grade, and there’s more girls than boys. Still, Willems said, the level of competition is high. “It’s a lot more athletic than I thought it would be,” she said. “It helps me stay in shape.” Brandsma said Ultimate is growing in popularity. Some middle schools are putting together teams, and she expects more SD43 high schools to sign on for next season. Last year 30 AAA and AA teams competed at the provincial championships in Newton, where this year’s finale will also be held May 23 to 24. Brandsma hopes her charges will be among them. But if not, that’s just fine as well. “It’s just a cool opportunity to be outside,” she said.
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