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Langley Farm Market
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Grand Opening
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Sept 6th! 2168 Austin Ave, Coquitlam See page 14
SD43 CHina triP
Officials defend China trip as just biz SD43 says it kept trip quiet to avoid alerting competitors
chair and Coquitlam Trustee Barb Hobson, superintendent Patricia Gartland, secretary treasurer Chris Nicolls and community relations manager Diane StranDberg Ken Hoff, The Tri-City News dstrandberg@tricitynews.com was told the trip was taken to promote the district’s international education program. A trip to China by School They said while the trip District 43 officials, including was taken amidst ongoing the board of education chair, tensions between China Barb Hobson, was made for and Canada since the arrest business reasons and the of Huawei executive Meng decision to go was kept quiet Wanzhou, international relafor fear of divulging details to tions were not a factor in the competitors. decision to go. Those were the explanaHobson and Gartland, who tions given this week — seven SD43 said were not available weeks after The Tri-City News for an interview in July because Did you know you can take yourfirst firstrequested two years of courses at Douglas an interview they were on vacation, said College and then transfer your credits to a — university to complete your on the topic for the nearly the trip to China in May was $20,000 trip in late May during a business trip only, paid for bachelor’s degree? which those officials visited by SD43, and not a slimmededucation down version of the cultural With University Transfer at Douglas, you’llbureaus get: and agencies in Nanjing and Beijing. trip trustees have been taking Six-year-old Sebastian Fernandez and his mom, Yvonne Gomez, read a book next to the Little Free Library they During an interview annually for several years. built and painted for their community in response to the torching of one outside Irvine elementary school earlier • Morewere return on investment: save up toat$4,500 onoffices tuition fees Tuesday SD43 board this spring. The teen vandals responsible for that fire have been arrested and many of the libraries rebuilt, over two years.* including this one, where people can take a book and leave a book. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS see ‘YOU MAKE’, page 20 in Coquitlam involving board
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