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Runners round the first corner in the 400-metre race on the third day of competition at School District 43’s elementary school track and field meets at Coquitlam’s Percy Perry Stadium last Thursday. Hundreds of Tri-City students in Grades 3, 4 and 5, representing dozens of local public schools, competed over the course of four days. For more photographs, please see Sports, page 43. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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A downturn in the residential real estate market could jeopardize some of the purpose-built and below-market rental units awaiting construction in the city of Coquitlam. Coun. Dennis Marsden told The Tri-City News that because many rental units are provided through density incentives, they may be delayed if developers start putting the brakes on some of their projects. “The affordable housing and the purpose-built rental, which we have been really looking to have, are tied to market projects,” he said. “If there is a slowdown on the market project, it puts that rental component that we
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WHALES! And bobcats, too, on page 17 need in jeopardy.” Marsden’s comments come after Townline announced it would be temporarily postponing the sales launch of its Meridian project in Burquitlam. The 39-storey highrise development, which is slated to be built a block from Burquitlam Station, includes 54 purpose-built and nine below-market rental units. Chris Colbeck, vice-president of sales and marketing with Townline, told The TriCity News there has been a lot of interest in the 261-unit project but buyers are reluctant to make a commitment. see
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Wendy Swalwell Port Moody branch of Royal Canadian Legion, on stage at the new facility on Clarke Street
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Just a short walk from Port Moody’s renowned Brewers Row, the city’s branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is trying to rebrand itself as more than just another beer hall. It’s a formidable challenge, said Wendy Swalwell, the chair of the property development
committee for Branch 119, especially as the facility was closed for four years until last Saturday, when it celebrated the grand opening of its new club at 2529 Clarke St. During those years, the city’s craft beer scene exploded, some veterans and longtime members passed away, others left the club. It’s a narrative that has been repeated in communities across Canada, Swalwell said. “As many Legions are having to close or reduce hours, we’re looking for a way to keep connected and viable in our community,” she said.
That has meant looking beyond bingo nights and meat draws — not an easy task when the Legion’s traditional customer base of aging veterans and law enforcement personnel doesn’t always embrace change, Swalwell said. “We have to educate our members to push how we can be successful.” The transformation of Port Moody’s Legion started 16 years ago. With its former branch hall well past its prime, executives began casting about for opportunities to secure a new facility and reinvigorate
the branch’s place in the community. In 2015, it struck a deal with TL Housing Solutions Ltd.., which would build a fivestorey condo complex with 84 residential units as well as a 1,300 sq. ft. space on the ground floor for a new Legion facility along with 14 retail units — five of which would be managed by the Legion to help pay its operating costs. That the developer was partnering with BC Housing and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide a grant to qualified
first-time homebuyers to be applied to their downpayment was the clincher, Swalwell said. “For us, it was a creative solution,” she said of the affordable housing initiative. “It helped people in the community.” Now that the residential units above are occupied and the Legion is open for business again, Swalwell said the challenge is getting those residents to pop in for a pint rather than traversing the nearby Moody Street overpass to Brewers Row. “It’s tough to break the illu-
sion of what a Legion is,” she said. What it isn’t, Swalwell added, is the exclusive domain of veterans. Members no longer require a military affiliation and kids can accompany their parents before 8 p.m. You don’t even have to remove your hat anymore. The changes may rankle some, Swalwell said, but there’s still enough of the old Legion vibe to become a unique draw itself. “We want young people to come to be able to connect with the veterans we have left.”
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It’s national Tourism Week (May 26 - June 1)! Did you know that Hollywood stars came to Coquitlam during the 1930s and 40s for salmon fishing retreats? Well, they did. Find out more about this – and other – fun facts about our city by following @visitcoquitlam on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter or check out visitcoquitlam.ca. Tourism Coquitlam will be giving away a prize package including a $100 gift card for Coquitlam Centre, four rounds of golf at EagleQuest Coquitlam and a copy of Colleen MacDonald’s book about local bike rides, Let’s Go Biking. Watch for details on their Facebook page facebook.com/visitcoquitlam on Sunday, June 2.
Family Night on Burke 6 – 8 p.m. coquitlam.ca/smilingcreek
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Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex Annual Maintenance Closure To meet public safety standards and service expectations, Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex will undergo its annual maintenance closure. The pool will be closed June 4 and re-open July 1. Pool closure includes lap pool, leisure therapy pool, hot tub, sauna and steam room. The fitness centre will be closed June 5 and re-open June 9. coquitlam.ca/pslc
Skills & Drills Athletic Conditioning (13 – 16 yrs) Practice drills to increase your fundamental skills for life-long participation in sports. A certified trainer will guide you through strength, cardio and conditioning drills to enhance your agility, coordination and speed. A great class for teens who want to stay active outside of a structured sport environment. Offered on Tuesdays from 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. at City Centre Aquatic Complex (1210 Pinetree Way). Cost is only $29.40 for four sessions. Register at coquitlam.ca/signmeup using search words, “Skills & Drills.” NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
Find a Gem at the Spring Bazaar on June 2 A great way to reduce, reuse, and recycle! Shop for gently used items at the Neighbourhood Flea Market outdoors in Spirit Square and enjoy the Collectibles, Arts & Crafts, Antiques Showcase indoors at Glen Pine Pavilion. The showcase will feature collections (dolls, comics, coins, stamps, sporting cards, etc.), art, antiques and memorabilia. The Glen Pine Crafts group will also have their handicraft work on display and for sale. Entrance is FREE and open to the public. Learn more at coquitlam.ca/glenpine.
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Large Item Pick-up Did you know that we have a FREE year-round service to help keep waste out of the landfill? Our Large Item Pick-up service is for residents who receive our curbside collection service – you can have up to four large household items collected each year, July 1 to June 30 (appliances, furniture and other large items). Now is a perfect time to use the service as the ‘new’ year starts July 1 so you have one month to take advantage of this year’s service. You can choose one of the following options: Y Put out 4 items at the same time, once per year, or; Y Put out 1, 2 or 3 items at different times of the year (to a maximum of 4 per year). To schedule a Large Item Pick-up, please call Waste Connections of Canada at 604-636-3521. All details are at coquitlam.ca/lipu. DID YOU KNOW?
Pay Taxes in Person After-Hours We’ve made it easier to pay your taxes in person! Beginning Monday, May 27 until Tuesday, July 2, our staff at Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St.) will be available to take property tax payments after-hours Monday to Friday from 4 – 8 p.m. and on two Saturdays, June 22 and 29, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Weekday in-person payments will still be accepted at City Hall during normal business hours from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more ways to pay visit coquitlam.ca/propertytaxes for details.
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Menstrual products will soon be available for free in all B.C. schools but that’s not enough for some Dr. Charles Best secondary school students, who say they should also be free in Coquitlam civic facilities, too. Monday, a trio of Best students asked Coquitlam council to consider a new policy to make it mandatory for pads and tampons to be free and available in restrooms at city parks, recreation centres and other facilities. It would cost about $75,000 a year, they said, based on their analysis of a Scottish city that provided feminine hygiene products in civic buildings. More importantly, they said, the initiative would promote gender equality. Menstrual products are just as important as water, soap, towels and toilet paper in public facilities, Ellen Mee told The Tri-City News, and should be included to meet women’s sanitary needs. “If they were readily available in washrooms, women would be more comfortable. It’s a health issue,” Mee said. The idea of campaigning
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for free menstrual products grew out of concerns that they weren’t easily available in schools, although School District 43 has a policy of providing pads and tampons to girls who ask for them. Megan Leslie, who teaches Social Justice 12 at Best, started placing the products in baskets around the school with notes in girls’ washrooms letting them know they were available. At around the same time, the United Way Period Promise campaign to get feminine products in schools was successfully
adopted by the provincial government, which mandated they be placed in girls’ washrooms by the end of the calendar year. The students say the same concern about costly menstrual products being a barrier to women’s full participation in work and community life extends beyond school, so they started a letter-writing campaign to get the city to put them in washrooms. “Men’s needs for hygiene are met with toilet paper and so on but women’s are not being met,” said student
Dajeong Kim. In doing their research, the Best teens found that one third of Canadian women are affected by the cost of feminine hygiene products and curtail their activities, including work, because they don’t have access to them. This is something men never have to face, the students said. Student Jim Liu said men should be aware of the issue and not try to ignore it out of fear and ignorance. “For some, it’s a taboo topic,” he said, “which is unfortunate.”
With months to go in bear season, three bruins have already been destroyed in the Tri-Cities — one in Coquitlam and two in Anmore — raising fears that more problems could arise if people don’t lock up their household waste. In all three cases, the bears were causing property damage and relocation was not an option. “They had hit that threshold and were a safety risk,” said Sgt. Todd Hunter of the BC Conservation Officer Service. As the weather warms, bears are moving down local mountains in search of food and can be lured into neighbourhoods by the smells of food waste and the promise of high-calorie food. Bears are hungry after
hibernation and are looking to fatten up, Hunter told The Tri-City News. So far, bear numbers are on par with those in recent years, with Coquitlam posting the highest numbers of complaints, 125 since April 1, compared to 80 for Port Coquitlam, 61 for Port Moody, 13 for Anmore and nine for Belcarra. But those numbers are small compared to those in Maple Ridge, where four bears have had to be destroyed so far this spring. Some residents there are calling for a “no-kill zone” but Hunter said the idea is neither practical or safe. “We’re not going to an adopt a no-kill policy,” he said. “Bottom line is people’s safety. We can’t reach a threshold where someone is injured and killed.”
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Eviction notices issued to residents of the Bonnie Brae apartments in Port Coquitlam have been cancelled following a Residential Tenancy Branch hearing last week. The M1 Group, which owns the building at 1955 Western Dr., issued fourmonth evictions in February, saying the decision was necessary to allow for upgrades to the 51-year-old complex. But arbitrator R. Lanon disagreed, writing in a decision that while the renovations would create challenges for the property owner, the work could proceed without displacing tenants. “I find that the available statement evidence upon which the landlord relies does not sufficiently support the renovations are so extensive so as to require that a rental unit must be vacant or empty in order for them to take place,� Lanon stated in the ruling. “I further accept the evidence of the tenants that terminating the tenancies is not the only manner in which to achieve any necessary vacancy of the rental unit.� Gary Crane, one of the residents of the 65-unit building,
said in a statement that tenants were breathing a “sigh of relief� following the decision. He said the renovations proposed by the property owner were mostly cosmetic and noted that all of the tenants who appeared at the hearing last week were willing to temporarily live in different comparable suites while work was being done. “While it would have been nice to accommodate the landlord’s construction schedule, it is refreshing to know that doesn’t trump the rights of good tenants in the province of British Columbia,� Crane said. The Tri-City News contacted the M1 Group but the company was unable to immediately comment. In court filings, the company had said it needed the building empty for at least nine months while it conducted renovations, including upgrades to plumbing and electrical systems, and the removal of asbestos. To cover the costs of the loan needed to pay for the improvements, the company stated rent increases are necessary. M1 Group also challenged the regulations in court, stating the new rules prevent improvements from being made to their building and will hurt the market value of the property.
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Construction will start next month along Lougheed Highway to make room for B-Line rapid transit buses. But the new commuter service — from the Coquitlam Central Station, through Port Coquitlam to Haney Place mall in Maple Ridge — is behind schedule. Daniel Freeman, senior manager of bus priority programs at TransLink, told PoCo’s committee of council Tuesday the project will not be ready this fall, as planned; rather, the transportation agency will launch the Lougheed B-Line — as well as the 41st Avenue (Vancouver to UBC) and
Marine-Main (West and North Vancouver) B-lines — sometime in early 2020. Once operating, the Lougheed B-Line, which is seen as a precursor for a future rapid-transit rail line to Maple Ridge, will have seven stops between Coquitlam Central and Haney Place mall: Westwood, Shaughnessy and Ottawa streets in PoCo; Harris Road in Pitt Meadows; and 203, Laity and 222 streets in Maple Ridge. Freeman said TransLink awarded the construction contract this month to improve traffic flow around Coquitlam Central Station; PoCo will also get a new welcome sign at its border and “improvements will be made at major stops,� including new bus shelters with real-time information and audio features. The three-door B-Line buses will have a distinct branding (with a green and blue wrap), be air conditioned, accessible
for people with mobility issues and have the same fare as a regular bus, he said. They will run seven days a week until midnight — every 10 minutes during rush hour, every 15 minutes at other times. Freeman said three quarters of public transit users in PoCo are already travelling along Lougheed Highway and he expects many will move over to the faster B-Line service, which he said “will be the same as if riding in a car� in terms of travel time. “Transit demand is very strong in the region,� Freeman told the committee. “We are struggling to keep up.� The biggest pinch point along the entire corridor is between Ottawa Street in PoCo and Coquitlam Central, Freeman said, and often it can take up to an hour to drive from Haney Place mall to the Coquitlam hub during peak hours.
But while TransLink is bearing all the construction costs for the route, municipalities like Coquitlam and PoCo wanting to do extra work to make the highway more efficient will have to shell out. TransLink has set aside $6 million a year to share infrastructure costs with cities with B-Line buses. And that funding will be allocated on a priority basis, Freeman said while noting PoCo’s upcoming widening of the Coquitlam River Bridge and Lougheed lanes to and from Westwood Street. “Six million dollars doesn’t sound like a lot of money to me,� said Coun. Dean Washington, acting committee chair. Coun. Nancy McCurrach also pressed Freeman to extend late-night bus service, saying PoCo residents often can’t get taxis to take them home from Vancouver past midnight.
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They built it. Now the people can come. Last Sunday, about 40 volunteers assembled tables and chairs, painted some of them vibrant shades of blue and pink, and planted a garden in an old canoe decorated with symbols from First Nations culture, all to turn the barren bricks of Port Moody’s Queens Street plaza into a vibrant community gathering space. The place-making project was initiated by the city’s arts and culture committee but has been embraced by anyone who has strolled across the closed-off north end of Queens Street, between Clarke and Spring streets, and wondered why it was always bereft of people and life, said Brenda Millar (right, with Coun. Zoe Royer, chair of Port Moody’s arts and culture committee). As the chair of the committee’s Queens Street plaza beautification group, Millar was given the challenge of transforming the urban design afterthought that hasn’t seen much action since a brief flirtation with a farmers’ market several years ago. Said Royer: “The possibilities are endless.” MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Latest plan for Andrés site proceeds Despite some council concerns, Westport Village moves along MARiO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
Almost two years have passed since Port Moody council last saw a vision for the future of the Andrés Wine site. Tuesday, councillors got another look and said they liked what they’re seeing enough to
direct staff to begin preparing amendments to bylaws and the city’s official community plan that will pave the way to turn the project into reality. Still, several said significant hurdles remain for plans for the 1.5-hectare site, which would be known as Westport Village, at the western entrance to the city. Port Moody’s manager of policy planning, Mary De Paoli, said the property’s owner, Andrew Peller Ltd., has completed several technical
studies to support its proposal to erect 10 buildings that will transform the former industrial site into a mixed-use neighbourhood with 418 residential units — strata condos, rental apartments, independent- and assisted-living units for seniors — as well as artists’ studios. The project also proposes light industrial spaces, retail and commercial units, including a food store, office spaces, a boutique hotel, medical clinic, athletic club, arts centre, daycare and an arts village with galleries,
plus live/work spaces. The buildings would include a 31-storey tower, one 21-storey tower and one 12-storey tower, as well as a six-storey mixeduse building, one three-storey structure and five with two to three storeys. They would be grouped around a central park area and bisected by a diagonal promenade connecting Clarke Street with a restored riparian area flanking Schoolhouse Creek. While De Paoli said city staff have concerns about the devel-
opment’s ambitious diversity, Coun. Hunter Madsen said, “There is an awful lot to like.” Coun. Zoe Royer said the project, which was first presented to the community information meeting in February 2017 and was last before council in June of that year, represents a “wish list” of everything the city could want. “I feel like our community has shaped this project,” she said. But in response to a staff report that said the project would
generate a total of more than 1,000 vehicle trips during morning and afternoon peak hours, Coun. Diana Dilworth said such a large development is too far from transit. Acting Mayor Meghan Lahti said she’s worried about the site’s heavy industrial neighbours but agreed there’s enough to like about the project to allow it to proceed so residents can eventually have a chance to chime in.
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he return of the warm weather is bringing bears into the Tri-Cities and it’s up to residents to make sure the bruins don’t get too comfortable. While there is always room for improvement, Tri-City bear issues seem reasonable compared to those in Maple Ridge, where there are big problems with bears being attracted to food waste and challenges in enforcement. The result is in that city — which is small compared to the Tri-Cities, where the bear zone stretches from the woods of Anmore to the trails of Port
Coquitlam — there have been four bears killed since April 1. In comparison, here in the Tri-Cities, two bears habituated to garbage and causing property damage were destroyed in Anmore and another in Coquitlam since the same day. These are not good numbers but if Tri-City residents heed messages to remove all bear attractants, the bears will pass through and not stay and cause problems. So far, it seems local residents are complying with the messages that have been hammered into them for over a decade, and education — together with enforcement, including tickets and fines — may be paying off. On the other side of the Pitt River, however, residents are still coming to grips with the issue, with some even calling for a no-kill zone to save bears
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from destruction. Although this might seem like a humane effort, the fact is bears, left unmanaged, can be dangerous. In 2016, a 10-year-old girl was attacked by a female bear protecting its cub. The youngster, who was out for a swim in the Coquitlam River with her father and grandmother when the attack occurred, needed surgery for her injuries.
If conservation officers knew there were potential problem bears in the area, they could have closed the trail or used other management tactics to prevent such an attack. Without proper management, bears can become a problem and won’t leave. Some may even have to be killed if they are persistent and pose a danger to others. Instead of calling for a nokill zone, which is impractical, residents are better off working together to keep their neighbourhoods safe and calling in important information to the Report All Poachers and Pollutants line (1-877-952RAPP). It’s up to the experts, using evidence and science, to determine what is safest. Can we do our part? Absolutely, we must because bears’ lives and the lives of our own children, depend on it.
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Why did Mounties need to idle so long? The Editor, I’m sharing a copy of a letter I sent to the city of Port Moody early this morning after being woken up by an RCMP vehicle in front of our house: This morning at 1 a.m., I woke up to police lights outside of our house and noticed a red car had been pulled over. I’m not sure if the officer was new but my main concern is that the RCMP SUV was idling for approximately 20 minutes right outside of our windows where husband, children and I sleep. I have a young family and we’re doing our part to be respectful of our community,
environment, other people and laws so it was surprising to see an officer in a simple ticketing situation parked in front of our house with the SUV left idling for no apparent reason for 20 minutes. This has also been happening with other cars that enter our street and idle for long periods, and I usually ask them to turn their engine off while parked in front of our house. I respectfully asked this officer to do the same but she brushed it off, kept the vehicle running and said they would be on their way soon. They were chatting away, laughing and writing some
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More letters to the editor at tricitynews.com notes here and there from what I saw. So sad and alarming that this is the attitude of one a law enforcement officer. Grateful for the work police do and most times they are kind, respectful and helpful when you need them, but this incident left my family and I fuming. Toni Adams, Port Moody
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Coq. didn’t do enough on its part of Gatensbury The Editor, I was disappointed to see that while the upgraded Gatensbury Road up from Henry Street in Port Moody is great, it abruptly ends at the Coquitlam border: No sidewalk, broken road, as it was before Port Moody did its part. I think we need to have one city council for the whole Tri-Cities — at least there would be one consistent plan for traffic flow and safety. How could Coquitlam city council not want to ensure
that Gatensbury from Como Lake down to the PoMo border is safe? It is a racetrack all along the lake and Harbour Drive. The city should have done the same to Gatensbury from Foster to below Bartlett to align with the safety additions from Port Moody. It’s kind of late now. We who live near there endured more than eight months of closures. At least the citizens of Port Moody should be proud knowing their in-
convenience was for a good reason. I can say as a citizen of Coquitlam I am disappointed. And what will be done to stop people cutting through the neighbourhood along Harbour from Poirier Street to Gatensbury once again? I do not see sidewalks, medians, any safety measures to ensure that racing drivers slow down for kids on bicycles, pedestrians walking their dogs, elderly people in their walkers. Sadly, I just see accidents waiting to happen. D.M. Dunlop, Coquitlam
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‘Port Moody is now on the tourist circuits of killer whales’ Killer whales hunt off PoMo, putting sea lion keepers on alert STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com
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od MacVicar got the call late last Thursday morning: A group of killer whales was hunting up Indian Arm. This was no J-pod foraging for chinook salmon. These were transients, whales after red meat. And in the waters around Port Moody, that means harbour seals. “They’re like sticks of butter to them,” said Andrew Trites, local whale expert and director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit at Reed Point in PoMo. MacVicar — a former Centennial secondary school biology teacher, sea captain and local authority on anything ocean-related — digested the news the way a shepherd would the approach of a pack of wolves towards his flock. The four Steller sea lions at the Reed Point research station had just become a buffet in a bottleneck for the incoming cetaceans, so MacVicar rang the alarm, calling up the trainers to get them out of the water. “It’s like the lifeguard that blows the whistle — ‘There’s a shark in the area. Everybody out of the pool!’” said Trites. “We don’t want to have our trained animals end up being lunch or dinner.” Sea lions safe, MacVicar turned his attention to the spectacle at hand, one that had recently gathered rhythm up the Indian Arm as the transient orcas expand throughout the Salish Sea pursuing a healthy seal population. This was the third spotting of orcas in these waters in as many months, an unheard of set of appearances. Rushing to the wharf at the Ioco Boat Club, I met MacVicar in the parking lot as he pulled up in a pickup truck. We boarded Medusa, an aluminum-hulled research skiff. Humming past the now quiet Burrard Thermal power station, we rounded Raccoon Island and drove deep up Indian Arm, where the cool waters of the inlet butt up against the foothills of the Coast Mountains. Boats had already started to gather, some leaping into spots along the animals’ vector like a frog jumping from leaf to leaf. Canadian law requires boats
A screengrab from video taken by a trail camera of three bobcats in the forest between Mossom and Schoolhouse creeks in Port Moody.
With a strong harbour seal population in Burrard Inlet, a spate of recent transient orca sightings up the Indian Arm off Port Moody could mark an important milestone in the rewilding of Metro Vancouver, according to experts. STEFAN LABBÉ/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
“It is an urbanized wilderness. We’re living on the edge of the Serengeti — you can watch the real-life drama being played out as the predators are stalking the prey.”
Andrew Trites Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit at Reed Point
get no closer than 200 metres when whale watching — a distance that will double to 400 m in June — but several vessels either were ignorant of that rule or ignored it. A high-speed Canadian Coast Guard boat flitted in and out amongst the sailboats, kayaks and motorboats, the officers lacking the authority to keep the crafts at bay. By the time we arrived, the orcas had made their U-turn and were headed back down the arm. With them came a Grady-White powerboat, motoring in their wake. As whales and followers passed Buntzen Power House
No. 1, MacVicar took it upon himself to remind the power boat helmsman of the law. “You’re in violation of the…” MacVicar began before the captain of the other boat went on the offensive, firing back that the whales had just appeared off his bow. The orcas kept hunting, the mother, Sydney, born in 1985 with her 19-year-old son Stanley (named after the park), seven-year-old Lucky, and T-123D, whose existence was first confirmed last fall and is still without a name. Together with at least one other large male, they darted under water for long periods, sometimes
producing 30-foot-wide patches of frothing bubbles from deep below, and never breaching. (Transient whales are known to remain silent when hunting to avoid tipping off their prey, MacVicar said.) T123, as the family is known to researchers, has seen its share of tribulations: In 2011 — not long after her third offspring died — Sydney was stranded on a sand bar off Prince Rupert with Stanley while chasing seals. The fact that this transient family is now plying the waters of the Indian Arm comes as no surprise to Trites, who noted the harbour seal population is strong and growing around Port Moody. “It’s been one of those wellkept secrets where the people of Port Moody know about it. But most of the killer whales don’t,” said Trites. It only takes one animal to explore a fjord or inlet and come upon a large group of harbour seals, and the successive transient visits are a testament to increased natural abundance and hunter’s
Bobcats on cam an unusual sight A rare sight was caught on video at a Port Moody hatchery. And Monday, Mossom Creek Hatchery shared the footage one of its trail cameras captured Jan. 31 of a trio of bobcats feasting on a deer carcass. The video was shot in the forest between Mossom and Schoolhouse creeks, according to a Twitter post. “Bobcats are common in these watersheds but rare to see,” according to the hatchery’s YouTube channel. Despite their elusive nature, bobcats have been spotted on local trails as recently as last month. April 29, a jogger snapped a photo of a bobcat strolling across the Lincoln Avenue pedestrian walkway over the Coquitlam River. The creatures are rarely spotted by casual observers and are not considered dangerous. The current minimum population estimate for bobcats in the southwest region is just 600 animals, according to Ministry of Environment information.
happenstance. “They will remember that forever and come back, and perhaps bring other family members with them,” Trites said. “Port Moody is now on the tourist circuits of killer whales.” Over the last 20 years, the harbour seal population has remained stable. What’s changed, according to Trites, is how they’re distributed. Where once they gathered in large groups, Trites is now finding evidence that they are scattered across the region, from Nanaimo all the way down to Puget Sound. That’s natural behaviour for any potential prey species, he said. They’re trying to reduce the chance they’ll be found by the killer whales and, as a result, the transients are having an evening effect on the seals, causing them to pop up in places where humans, and in particular fishers, haven’t seen them for years. That has led some groups of sport and commercial fishers to call for a return of the cull banned on the west coast
since the 1970s. “That would mean half of the transients will likely starve,” Trites said bluntly, confounded that people haven’t learned from their mistakes and that nature can balance itself. It took over a century for whales to come back from the industrial slaughter that nearly extinguished several species. Today’s numbers reflect a commitment to end the hunting of whales but it’s also a product of a wider effort to protect the species upon which they feed — something that’s not as easily celebrated for the transients’ southern resident cousins, which feed strictly on threatened salmon stocks. To see Sydney and her entourage hunt in the vicinity of Canada’s third largest urban area is a sign things are going in the right direction. “It is an urbanized wilderness,” said Trites. “We’re living on the edge of the Serengeti — you can watch the real-life drama being played out as the predators are stalking the prey. “That’s all new. And that is the re-wilding of our coastline.”
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real estate sales numbers to those from two years ago, when transactions hit record-breaking heights. While he said the company believes the market is “adequately strong,” Beedie is monitoring sales activity. “When you have slower absorption, you have to be more mindful about the size of your projects and, of course, the phasing,” he said. As for how Beedie intends to move forward with its Safeway site project, Raffi said “time will tell.” Construction on the retail portion of the project is well underway and the company said it expects to begin building its east tower this summer. Marketing for the west tower will commence in the fall or winter, he said. The depth of the slowdown in residential development is still unclear. Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s general manager of planning and development, said statistics the city tracks are, so far, on pace with numbers from last year. For example, there have
been 14 rezonings in 2019 compared to 15 during the same time period in 2018 while the number of building permits has fallen slightly, from 212 to 195. But one figure McIntyre said he is keeping an eye on is preapplications, which have fallen sharply, from 15 at this point in 2018 to five so far this year. “To my mind, that is the canary in the coal mine,” he said. “That indicates to me that there is a bit of easing up. There is uncertainty in the market.” How long the real estate downturn will last is still an open question. According to a forecast published by Central 1 Credit Union this week, home sales in B.C. will remain “marshmallow soft” for the rest of the year, with an 11% decline over 2018. But when things begin to turn around, McIntyre said developers want to be “launch ready.” He added that the last time the real estate industry experienced a downturn, developers may have been too quick to pull the plug on their projects.
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Port Coquitlam Farmer’s Market Thursdays 3-7 I Starting June 6th I Leigh Square
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LAX GAME
Catch the Coquitlam Sr. Adanacs as they battle the Maple Ridge Burrards in a home game at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam), starting at 7 p.m. Visit adanaclacrosse.com.
May 31
SPRING SONG
Seniors centres around the Lower Mainland bring their choirs to the Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam) for an annual showcase, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. If the weather is nice, the concerts will move to Spirit Square. Visit coquitlam.ca.
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Try your hand at cricket at a free drop-in offered by the Windies Cricket Club and the city of Coquitlam. The all-ages event runs from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Mackin Park (1046 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Visit coquitlam.ca/cib.
June 1
SUMMER BOOKS
The Coquitlam Public Library opens registration for its annual summer reading club, which has the theme Imagine the Possibilities. Visit the City Centre (1169 Pinetree Way) or Poirier (575 Poirier St.) branches or sign up online: coqlibrary.ca.
LAZULI BUNTING
Bird watchers can tour Colony Farm regional park in
Lace up your runners for the annual Tri-City/Ridge Meadows Walk to End ALS at Riverside secondary school (2215 Reeve St., Port Coquitlam), at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 2. The ALS Society of Canada has set a $4 million fundraising goal for this year from its events to support people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Visit walktoendals.ca. photo submitted
Coquitlam to search for migratory birds including Lazuli Buntings. The free two-hour hike, by the Colony Farm Park Association, starts at 9 a.m. in front of the community gardens, at the end of Colony Farm Road. Visit burkemountainnaturalists.ca.
TENNIS ANYONE?
Bring your racket and balls to Gates Park (2575 Wilson Ave., Port Coquitlam) between noon and 5 p.m. when the Port Coquitlam Tennis Club hosts an open house. No cost for admission; a barbecue meal will be served for a
charge and raffle tickets will be sold in a fundraiser. Visit portcoquitlamtennisclub.ca.
CADET PARADE
The 150 air cadets with the 777 Neptune Squadron have their 15th annual ceremonial review at 1 p.m. at Pitt River middle school (2070 Tyner St., Port Coquitlam). Visit 777aircadets.ca.
YOUTH THEATRE
Support the 31 young performers in the Coquitlam Youth Theatre Company — part of Place des Arts — as they end their year with two
“girl power” showings of the musical Dear Edwina Jr., in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) at 1:30 and 4 p.m. Tickets are $20/$15. Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.
POETRY BOOTCAMP
African-Canadian author and artist Storma Sire gives a poetry bootcamp at the Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd., Port Coquitlam). The event is free; however, registration is required by calling 604-927-7999. Visit tri-
Boogie over to the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) for the weekly Hot Salsa Dance Zone lesson at 8 p.m. followed by the Latin dance party from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Admission is $10; parking is free. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.
June 2
YOGA MARKET
Bring a mat for the first hatha yoga class of the season at the Poirier Street Farmers Market. The hour-long session starts at 10 a.m. and costs $5. The market runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). Visit makebakegrow.com.
SPRING BAZAAR
Check out the neighbourhood flea market in Spirit Square (south of Coquitlam city hall) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and tour the showcase inside the Glen Pine Pavilion (1200
Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam) to see the collectibles, arts and crafts from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Great Room. Admission is free. Visit coquitlam.ca.
FOOD TRUCK FEAST
About two dozen food trucks — including Tacofino, Sea Island Diner and Guerrilla Q — will gather at Coquitlam Town Centre Park (1299 Pinetree Way) from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the touring Greater Vancouver Food Truck Festival. Admission is free and entertainment runs all day. Call 604-339-8367 or visit greatervanfoodtruckfest.com/ coquitlam.
FIRST NATIONS
Tsleil Waututh’s Carleen Thomas shares stories and photos about her Nation’s history, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) as part of the Welcome Post Project, which is supported by the Port Moody Ecological Society. Admission is free. Visit portmoody.ca.
PET LOVERS
The John B Neighbourhood Pub (1000 Austin Ave., Coquitlam) hosts the annual fundraiser, Pints and Paws, for the BC SPCA Tri-Cities Education and Adoption Centre. Tickets at $25 include a burger and a beverage. Call 604-468-4044 or visit spca. bc.ca/tricities.
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he back-to-the-land movement is strong at a Coquitlam school, where students are learning to revitalize a stream, repair a forest and grow native plants they can eat. And this summer, School District 43 Grade 10 and 11 students can join in the fun to earn course credit — and a bit of pocket money. Soyl is a six-week summer leadership program that encourages secondary students to cultivate and look after school a yard farm. From July 3 to Aug. 8, Fresh Roots will be collaborating with SD43 to offer Soyl at Suwa’lkh School in Coquitlam, a former elementary school on Brunette Avenue that now houses an indigenous education program with a focus on hands-on learning. This is the first year Fresh Roots is offering placement for summer students after a successful pilot program last year. Up to 20 students will be accepted into this year’s program, where they will learn
March Schutzbank Director of Fresh Roots
Soyl is a six-week summer leadership program that will be held at Suwa’lkh School in Coquitlam. Up to 20 students will learn to grow, cook and sell food at local farmers’ markets. submiTTed PHOTO
to grow, cook and sell food at local farmers’ markets while also learning about how the food system works. Participants will also receive a $600 stipend for the summer, community service hours and credit for Environmental Science 11. Benson Chang will teach the program while Fresh Roots will provide the support based on expertise developed through
six years of running education programs on school grounds in Vancouver, Delta and in Coquitlam, where First Nations students learn about growing native plants and then harvest them for medicine or for food. “Students have talents and capacity,” said Fresh Roots director Marc Schutzbank. “Our job is to create an environment to allow them to survive and thrive, and encourage them to
scaffold up to leadership to the next place where they can take their learning further.” There is a strong environmental science component in the program because students will be learning about the important roles plants play in the carbon cycle and how native plants are more beneficial to the soil than typical vegetable crops, said Schutzbank. “It’s important thinking
about how do we build better ecosystems,” he said. Students thrive when they have something they are passionate about and a teachers’ role is to encourage it among students and “help remind them every moment that they are skilled and have that power,” Schutzbank said. In recent years, Fresh Roots has developed a partnership with SD43 through the
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Earlier this spring, the provincial government announced a number of changes to the Employment Standards Act. It had been many years and too long since a review and update of this important Act had taken place. Members of the Tri-Cities Chamber met with Minister of Labour Harry Bains last November for a roundtable discussion about the proposed changes and other items of interest to the business community. It was very good of Minister Bains to come out and listen to the members’ concerns.
Michael Hind Time and time again, we have heard that it is getting harder for businesses to make ends meet with all the cost increases CEO they are being forced to absorb. Between the new Employer Health Tax, increases in the minimum wage, and other rising costs to business, our members, especially smaller businesses, have been feeling the pinch on their bottom lines. Costlier employment regulations would add to that burden at precisely the worst time. The two major items of concern to our members were proposed changes to the amount of sick leave and statutory holiday pay eligibility. The businesses around the table were very concerned about the effects these changes would have given with everything else that had been put on them. The compounding costs were becoming too much for them to handle. Last December we sent a letter to Minister Bains reminding him of our members’ concerns and followed that up in February by sharing a template letter that local businesses could use to express their own apprehensions to the Minister, especially on these two issues. Many local businesses did just that, and through the network of our local members, this campaign of feedback to the Minister spread throughout the province. It was very gratifying to see the Chamber network activated and the provincial business community speak as one. The government put forward a number of changes to the Act which needed updating. For the most part, the business community had no issues with them. We were very pleased to see that there were no changes proposed to sick leave and statutory holiday pay eligibility. We need businesses of all sizes to be healthy and successful to have a truly vibrant community. Fair and thoughtful decisions like the one not to make those changes will help make that goal possible. Most of the employers I know will go above and beyond to keep their workforce happy because they know it is good for their business. Thank you Minister Bains for recognizing the importance of balancing strong labour standards while supporting our business community. One of our Chamber’s primary mandates is working with governments of all levels to create a positive environment for our local businesses. We look forward to continuing that important work so that our community and province can grow and prosper.
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BOOK OF THE WEEK n The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton n Reviewed by Silvana Harwood, Coquitlam Public Library
Elodie Winslow is an archivist in London who discovers a leather satchel containing a photograph and a sketchbook. She is intrigued by what she has found and soon discovers interesting facts about a group of artists from the 19th century who spent time together at a manor house in the English countryside. She’s senses there is something to this sketchbook and there are connections that she can’t quite put her finger on. The novel opens up further to tell the story of the artists, their friends and, specifically, a very special artist’s model. The story goes back and forth in time, peeling away discoveries, loves, secrets and death. The title character is the model and is almost a Cinderella figure. She is discovered by a man from a wealthy family who has broken ranks with them because of his lifestyle. Their relationship develops despite their different backgrounds — but things are not right. And there are casts of characters in both time periods that bring the story to life. Kate Morton, author of the Lake House and the House in Riverton, is adept at moving between time periods and keeping the stories separate but leaves just enough of a thread to tie them together — and you need to follow the thread. Her writing is elegant, especially her descriptions of the countryside and manor. This historical mystery has great depth and brings the reader great satisfaction.
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OUT & ABOUT CALENDAR 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.
JUNE 2: WALK TO END ALS • 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.
TUESDAY, JUNE 4 • Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group monthly meeting, 7 p.m, Wilson Centre, PoCo. Speaker: Dr. Michelle Strovski, urologist, who will talk about new drugs to treat prostate cancer. All those affected by prostate problems are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a confidential atmosphere. Refreshments will be provided. No admission charge but donations are welcome.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 9 • Strides for Strokes to raise funds for Stroke Recovery Survivors, 11 a.m., Centennial Room, Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam; raffle, silent auction, refreshments, fun and music by Greg Hampson. Arrive early and be prepared to park in adjacent lots. Pledge forms available by email from kbortolin@coquitlam.ca or Dogwood Pavilion.
PARENTS, KIDS • Family resource centre at Minnekhada middle school, PoCo, offers multi-sensory and math tutoring; rate is $25 per session. Tutors are Orton Gillingham-trained and centre works in cooperation with SD43. Registration is ongoing. Info: frcdistrict43@gmail.com. • Ignite Choir at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship is for kids 6-14 who love to sing, dance and act; the goal is to give children and youth an introduction to music and. The choir meets Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 13. Info: www. erbf.com. • Share Family and Community Services hosts free parent and tot drop–in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays
at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900. • Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs, stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full participants; free; open 9-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elementary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-9376971. • Tri-City Family Place, a drop in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672. • Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents, grandparents and/or caregivers. Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available. Info: 604-937-6970.
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Harry Potter, Romeo & Juliet Suites from the Harry Potter movie soundtrack and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet ballet will be featured in yearend concerts next week by the Coquitlam Youth Orchestra. And the recitals by the intermediate and senior musicians will also highlight the skills of three soloists. Linus Fong will play Goltermann’s Cello Concerto No.4 in G major (1st movement) with the senior ensemble on June 8 at 1:15 p.m. while Rannie Xiong and Esther Van Rooi will each perform a Saint-Saens work with the intermediates, for their show at 2:45 p.m. The juniors take the stage at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at noon to showcase the Haydn Surprise Symphony, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by J. S. Bach and a Harry Potter suite — the latter based on the fantasy flick, with music composed by John Williams. Conductor Reg Quiring said the intermediate group will focus on Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro Overture as well as von Suppé’s Poet and Peasant Overture while the seniors will play movements from Romeo and Juliet and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Call 604-9276555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca for tickets.
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Ten-year-old Linus Fong will play Goltermann’s Cello Concerto No.4 in G major (1st movement) as a soloist with the Coquitlam Youth Orchestra senior ensemble on Saturday, June 8. Their recital at the Evergreen Cultural Centre starts at 1:15 p.m. phOTO submiTTed
Thirteen musicians and performers — including four Tri-City residents — are in Chilliwack this week to represent the CDMF Performing Arts Festival Society. The representatives won a spot at the provincials during the regional festival, held at the Trinity United Church in Port Coquitlam in February and March. Those competing at Performing Arts BC for CDMF are: • piano: Aisha Hsu (junior A) of Burnaby; Rachel Wei (junior B) of Vancouver; Angela Hu (intermediate) of Coquitlam; Hamilton Lau (senior) of Coquitlam; and Mina McKenzie (national class) of Coquitlam; • classical vocal: Omer Murad (junior) of Richmond and Claire Bidulka of Tsawwassen; • musical theatre - vocal: Makena Thomas (junior) of New Westminster; Lyrie Murad (intermedi-
ate) of Richmond; and Brooklyn White (senior) of Coquitlam; • and speech and drama: Ezekial Centeno (junior) of Burnaby; Allison Keogh (intermediate) of Vancouver; and Tiffany Chen (senior) of Burnaby. McKenzie, Lyrie Murad, White and Lau are no strangers to the Performing Arts BC contest: Last year, McKenzie was named runner-up in the national piano division while Murad was tied for second place in the intermediate musical theatre category; White also got the runner-up title for senior musical theatre and Lau clinched first place in intermediate piano. The provincials see musicians and performers — between the ages of 10 and 28 — from around B.C. compete against the winners from 34 regional festivals. They include the Vancouver Kiwanis Festival, the Prince George Music Festival and the Cowichan Festival. Started in 1964, Performing Arts BC — formerly the BC Association of Performing Arts Festivals — is a non-profit group that hosts competitions and workshops in a different city each year.
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Paint a Pride tile in PoCo Artist Steve Baylis needs 50 residents for ‘historic’ artwork janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
Port Coquitlam residents can make a valuable mark on the community by taking part in the city’s first Pride public art project. Registration is now open for residents to join artist Steve Baylis as he leads three painting workshops at Leigh Square Community Arts Village, where the LGBTQ2IA+ installation will be placed this summer. The Riverside secondary graduate was picked in January to create the artwork that, when unveiled on Aug. 2, will see 65 concrete tiles — painted in rainbow colours — laid in a pattern around the fountain pool. As well, Baylis will set a mural — using the colours of the Pride and transgender flags — on the ledge under the
A rendering by artist Steve Baylis for the Pride installation that will be unveiled in August by the city of Port Coquitlam at Leigh Square Community Arts Village. steve baylis
seating area around the pool. Workshops participants must be at least 12 years old to paint the tiles on: • Friday, July 26 • Sunday, July 28 • or Tuesday, July 30
To sign up, visit the city’s website at experienceit.ca; space is limited. No painting experience is needed and participants should expect to have their clothes stained from the in-
dustrial spray paint. Baylis has also made stencils to guide painters with their abstract images on the 1’ x 2’ tiles. Meanwhile, Baylis is also reaching out to LGBTQ2IA+ groups, schools and resource
centres “so that they get the opportunity to access the workshops and be a part of something historic.” Monday, city crews power washed the tiles to prepare for the Pride Public Art Project; a primer and sealer will be applied before Baylis coats each with a base paint. After the workshops, each tile will have a UV varnish. PoCo’s Pride Public Art will be one of the first installations in B.C. to celebrate the LGBTQ2IA+ community. Last year, council budgeted $17,500 for the project, steering away from the usual Pride symbol of a rainbow crosswalk. Coquitlam’s rainbow crosswalk was painted last March, south of city hall, while Port Moody’s landed at NewPort Village last month. Meanwhile, also on Monday, Burnaby city council unanimously passed a motion by Coun. Dan Johnston, who called for four more Pride crosswalks at prominent intersections — painted in time for Burnaby’s second annual Pride festival in August.
Twisted Robin Hood An all-female musical that will soon tour at School District 43 schools will have a free public show in Coquitlam next Saturday. The Twisted Tale of Robin Hood — an original production directed by Lauren Hillman for Theatrix Youtheatre Society — can be seen on June 8 at 11 a.m. in the Mike Butler Room of the Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). The Monty Pythonstyle production tells the tale of the legendary English hero and his love Lady Marion; it also features thieves who double as musicians. Visit theatrixyoutheatre.com.
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PdA alumni exhibit aims to inspire students at arts hub June Cocking’s Just Being Koi (left) is among the 20 artworks being exhibited at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.) next month in the Mezzanine Gallery as part of the Coquitlam facility’s alumni show, which opens with a reception on June 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. The call for the annual exhibit was open to past PdA students — including visual artists, musicians, dancers, writers, filmmakers and animators — with the aim to inspire the current cohort and PdA visitors. Their display is complimented by a student exhibit in the Atrium Gallery — with 55 pieces from 33 artists — as well as “Images and Ideas”by Don Portelance’s Art Enhancement students, in the Leonore Peyton Salon. place des arts
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Kaia Neal, a Performing Arts BC festival delegate in ballet, will perform a solo in her Port Moody dance school’s 30th anniversary show next weekend. About 200 students from the Caulfield School of Dance are cast in the year-end production, called All the World’s a Stage, at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate, Port Coquitlam) on June 7, 8 and 9. Chiara Go, who is also at this week’s provincial competition in the voice category, will also deliver a solo. For tickets at $20, call 604-469-9366 or email admin@caufield.bc.ca for a code to purchase online. LAURA ZEKE a r t s b e at
New PMAC board, crime writing award Cathy Cena to lead arts centre society over the next year janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
The Port Moody Arts Centre Society has a new board of directors. Cathy Cena, who last served as vice-president, rose this month to the title of president to replace Valerie Simons. Former director Laura Dick is now the society vice-president while Jennifer Johnson and Kelsey Dagger will remain in their positions as treasurer and secretary, respectively. Jamie Gray and Anna LeGresley will also stay on as directors; they will be joined by James Robertson, Robert Simons and Tetyana Golota. Last year, the St. Johns Street facility drew more than 1,850 people to 419 arts programs. The next season will also include an early years music program, Cena stated in a press release.
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The Langley Players Drama Club will advance to the provincials after winning this month’s Fraser Valley Zone Festival of Plays, in Coquitlam. The group took the Theatre BC regional title following the week-long presentation at the Evergreen Cultural Centre hosted by Stage 43 Theatrical Society.
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Adjudicator Katrina Dunn gave the Outstanding Production award to Langley for its show, Dancing at Lughnasa. Stage 43 also earned two kudos for its interpretation of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Outstanding Supporting Actor - Male for Richard Hersley (tied with Tyler Felbel of Langley); and Outstanding Lighting Design for Aaron Davis. Meanwhile, the Coquitlam society this week announced its line-up for next season, A Walk on the Wild Side: The Creature Creeps (Oct. 18 to 26); The Lion in Winter (Jan. 16 to 25); and The Elephant Man (April 23 to May 2). Early bird season subscriptions are now on sale until July 31. Call the Evergreen box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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took a prize last week for his debut novel. Cobra Clutch won the Arthur Ellis “Best First Crime Novel” title by the Crime Writers of Canada, an organization aimed at raising the profile of Canadian crime authors. “It was also the first time ever my publisher has had one of their books win the award so it was an honour to be able to bring it home for NeWest Press,” Devlin said in an email. Recently accepted into the Port Moody Public Library’s White Pines Collection, which highlights books by local authors, Cobra Clutch has also been nominated for a Lefty Award for “Best Debut Mystery.” Its sequel, Rolling Thunder, is expected to be published next spring.
Paint a PianO
The deadline to apply to paint a public piano in Port Coquitlam is now June 8. The city extended its deadline for the Pianos on the Street, a project by Pacey’s Pianos and the Piano Teachers Federation that aims to bring music to outdoor public spaces during July and August. Artists and community groups wanting to decorate a piano can call 604-927-8441 or visit portcoquitlam.ca/pianos to apply. The painting is from June 17 to 28, with a July 4 launch.
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School District 43 wrapped up four days of track and field competition for hundreds of Grade 3, 4 and 5 students at Coquitlam’s Percy Perry Stadium on Friday. In Thursday’s events, clockwise from above: Jack Cerney, of Munday Park elementary, clears the bar in the Grade 4 boys high jump; Chantay Geddes puts the shot; Taryn Peresin competes in discus; parents keep a close watch; a boys’ 100 m race. MARIO BARTEL THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Ravens and Rapids ready for rugby rumble Crosstown rivals are a contrast in how to build a team MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
In rugby, it can be hard to tell the players without a program. Usually because there isn’t a program, let alone numbers or names on jerseys. And those are often swapped when a player has to leave the match because of injury. But the Terry Fox Ravens rugby team doesn’t really need a program. Most of the players are familiar names from the school’s football squad that won the Subway Bowl provincial championship two seasons ago and reached last year’s semifinal. That’s by design, said Craig Geddes, who coaches Fox’s rugby team along with Mike Collins. “We are strong proponents of athletes playing more than one sport.” And while there’s soccer
Terry Fox Ravens inside centre Ethan Shuen tries to break away from a Fleetwood defender in their AAA/Tier2 boys rugby semi-final last Thursday at Fox. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
and basketball players, as well as wrestlers, on the team, the core come from football.
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when on offence and driving opponents back on defence, Geddes said.
This year’s team has also been able to leverage some of the football side’s speedier players, like running back Jaden Severy, who scampered for four tries in Fox’s 66-7 win over Fleetwood in last Thursday’s AAA/Tier 2 semifinal. The win sets up a championship showdown this afternoon (Thursday), 4 p.m., at Terry Fox secondary against crosstown rivals, the Riverside Rapids. The Rapids defeated Southridge 23-15 in their semifinal. Geddes said his side will have to be full measure to be able to reprise the 43-10 win they had over the Rapids earlier this season. “The team has been highly motivated all year,” he said. “They take pride in working hard with each other and for each other.” Rapids’ coach Darren Mackenzie concedes the Ravens present a formidable challenge to his side’s quest for a second championship in three years.
“We see their results and they also seem to be growing in momentum,” he said. But, Mackenzie added, pride can go a long way in rugby, and the Rapids are fuelled by the successes they’ve had since he and co-coach Abraham Kang picked the team up off the grass three years ago following a run of 17 straight losses. Without a football program to provide a ready supply of strapping tacklers and speedy ball carriers, Mackenzie said Riverside has had to “literally beg and plead” to recruit players, many of whom have never scrummed down or hoisted for a line out. He said bringing together such a disparate crew and moulding them into top rugby players has given the Rapids a mental resolve that should serve them well against the Ravens. “It shows they can achieve anything they seriously put their minds to,” he said. “We hope to catch the mighty Fox off-guard, but it’s going to be a huge challenge.”
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Burnaby Lakers forward Dane Stevens threads the needle between Coquitlam Adanacs defenders Connar Abrams and Austin Robinson in their Western Lacrosse Association game, Saturday at the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex. The visitors beat Coquitlam, 11-5. The Adanacs also lost to the Maple Ridge Burrards, 15-8, on Sunday. In BC Junior A Lacrosse League action, the Coqutlam Jr. Adanacs extended their season-opening winning streak to eight games with a victory over the Delta Islanders, 15-4, on Saturday, followed by a 13-5 win over the visiting Victoria Shamrocks on Sunday afternoon. The PoCo Saints lost 9-8 to the Islanders last Friday. ELAINE FLEURY PHOTO Join the conversation at twitter.com/tricitynews
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