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Port Moody council will consider the future of Mayor Rob Vagramov at its next meeting. At Tuesday’s council meeting, Coun. Diana Dilworth filed a notice of motion for council’s next meeting on Oct. 8 that Vagramov continue his leave of absence if his sexual assault case has not yet been resolved — or resign if he hasn’t been fully exonerated of that charge. Earlier Tuesday, another veteran councillor also called for Vagramov to step aside until his court case in concluded. Meghan Lahti, who’s on vacation, said in an email to The Tri-City News that Vagramov
Karin Khuong, a Grade 10 student at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox secondary, returned to school for the first time last week after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer one year earlier. She is the keynote speaker Sunday at the Terry Fox Hometown Run, one of four Runs in the Tri-Cities. More info, see page 3. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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“should not be sitting in the mayor’s chair” until he’s cleared of the charge and he’s able to assume “all the duties and responsibilities he took an oath to perform.” That includes the mayor’s role as chair of the Port Moody Police Board, a position that passed to Lahti when Vagramov went on leave and she became the first acting mayor in his absence. Lahti said she would no longer fulfill that role “as this would be completely inappropriate and not compliant with the Police Act.” Dilworth’s notice capped a contentious meeting that began with a round of applause from several members of the packed gallery as Vagramov took his position at the apex of council’s semicircle of desks on the stage at Inlet Theatre for the first time since March. see
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he spells the word slowly, closing her eyes to visualize the letters: r-h-a-b-d-o-m-y-o-s-a-r-c-om-a. It’s a term Karin Khuong has repeated often enough over the past year following a diagnosis at the start of Grade 9 last September at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox secondary school. Just before then, the avid basketball player noticed swelling in her right leg. Tests at Royal Columbian Hospital came back negative until the last CT scan revealed tumours in her chest and stomach, likely blocking the blood flow to her leg. Had they not been detected in time, Khuong said, she would have become paralyzed. Two days after doctors discovered the tumours, a biopsy at BC Children’s Hospital confirmed Khuong had rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft-tissue childhood cancer that was already in Stage 4. A series of immediate treatments were ordered by a team of specialists: First, high doses of chemotherapy every three weeks at BC Children’s Hospital. That chemo continued for six more months, until
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April, when she was admitted for an autologous stem cell transplant, a treatment that wipes out the cancer cells as well as the blood-producing cells left in the bone marrow. Afterward, the clean stem cells are returned to the body. For two weeks, Khuong laid in the hospital thinking nonstop about what she would do when she was discharged and could smell fresh air again. She was determined her hospital stay would be short — and it was, breaking the record for the quickest turn-around by a BC Children’s Hospital patient following an auto transplant. In her mind, Khuong yearned to see her family and friends and take back the year she’d lost. But it wasn’t all bad, she said. Shortly after her diagnosis, her school and sports community raised enough money
to send her to California to see a Golden State Warriors home game and meet players. That trip was allowed after she cleared her first recovery hurdle. Now in remission and enjoying her second week of Grade 10 at Fox, things are “back to normal,” Khuong said, although she’ll still have many medical check-ups. At school, she is taking three classes — Social Studies, English and Career Prep — and Math 10 via an online course. Still, she can’t quite believe the journey she has been on for the last year. “I kept myself busy. I would go to basketball games to watch them play, or I practised with my team. I also kept the stats for them… I missed out on quite a bit but I tried not to let it keep me down.” Khuong’s message of determination and strength is the
reason Terry Fox Hometown Run organizer Dave Teixeira tapped her to be the keynote speaker at Sunday’s event in PoCo. “We wanted to reinforce that Terry Fox was a young person,” he said. “Someone like Karin can really connect the Terry Fox story of hope and triumph and that resonates with the younger folks… Cancer impacts everyone, no matter what age.” Although Khuong spoke at last week’s school gathering in the lead-up to the 39th annual Terry Fox Run — a launch with Premier John Horgan and Fox’s brother, Fred — she’s nervous about sharing her tale before the hometown crowd. As of Monday, she had yet to formulate her speech. “I’m just very grateful that they picked me. I hope that what I say will help people who are going through cancer.”
• Registration start: 8 a.m. • Run start: 10 a.m. • Location: Hyde Creek rec centre (1379 Laurier Ave.) • Distances: 3, 5, 7 and 10 km (via Coast Meridian Road and overpass, Kingsway to the PoCo community centre) • Participation: Walkers, runners, dogs on leash, all wheels (bikes, walkers, strollers, wheelchairs, inline skates) • MC: Bruce Moore • Entertainment: Giggle Dam Band • To volunteer: Email terryfoxhometownrunvolunteers@ gmail.com
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SEPTEMBER 12 – 18 More Park Upgrades Planned
CALENDAR Friday, Sept. 13 Summit Fall Kickoff 4 – 6 p.m. Summit Community Centre coquitlam.ca/summit
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Summit Games Night 6 – 9 p.m. Summit Community Centre coquitlam.ca/summit
Enhanced festival facilities – including improved lawns and landscaping, a gathering space, washrooms and concession – will greet event-goers next summer at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park. The project will go to tender this month, with construction set to start in October and wrap up by May 2020. Other project elements include additional pathway lighting, a new fire hydrant on Trevor Wingrove Way, and the removal of the old washroom building near the tennis courts once the new washrooms are open. coquitlam.ca/tcpmp NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
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The next phase of Coquitlam’s Oakdale Land Use Designation Update invites residents to provide feedback on three proposed land use plans to guide development in the neighbourhood for the next 25 years. These plans include options for housing, transportation, parkland, environmental and growth funding considerations. We want to hear from you! Answer the survey at coquitlam.ca/oakdale until Sept. 30, or attend the Information Session on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 550 Thompson Ave.
Coquitlam’s Park Blitz has so far renovated 12 of the City’s oldest parks, and more may be on the way. The $2.5-million program completely renovated 12 parks from 2017 to 2019 in the Burquitlam, Lougheed and Central Coquitlam neighbourhoods. This fall, Council will consider adding about $2 million to the 2020 capital budget to upgrade six more southwest Coquitlam parks – in addition to the $1.5-million to be invested in maintaining parks amenities across the City from 2019 to 2024. Coquitlam has also reduced costs and improved efficiency with a new in-house crew that handles parks project management and smaller hands-on tasks. coquitlam.ca/parkblitz FITNESS & FUN
Summit Fall Kickoff Kick off the fall season at Summit Community Centre! Drop in on Friday, Sept. 13, from 4 – 6 p.m. for sports, board games, music, dance and food. All are welcome to this free event. Learn more about our drop-in and registered programs for all ages. coquitlam.ca/summit
Baby & Me Fitness Classes Register now for our Baby & Me Fitness Classes this fall. Take time for you and baby to bond while keeping yourself fit and healthy during these strength and cardio-based classes. Plus, connect with a network of other new moms. Mothers must be at least eight weeks postpartum and babies pre-mobile. Register at coquitlam.ca/signmeup
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Cap on Idling Coming Changes coming to City bylaws – now awaiting approval from the provincial government – will mean that drivers in Coquitlam will have to turn off their vehicles after idling for three minutes. Exceptions will include emergencies, following traffic controls or directions from a peace officer, passenger loading and unloading, and other similar situations. Watch for a community education campaign this fall with information about the new bylaw and the benefits of reduced idling. coquitlam.ca/climateaction DID YOU KNOW?
Work on New Heritage Strategy to Begin This Fall Coquitlam residents and stakeholders will have a chance to share their vision for heritage in Coquitlam in early 2020, when the City kicks off public consultation on a new Heritage Management Strategy. The comprehensive strategy will address heritage of all kinds – from built heritage, like Maillardville’s Mackin House, to natural heritage, like the Riverview Arboretum – and guide how it is protected and celebrated in Coquitlam. coquitlam.ca/heritageplanning
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A competitor sweats it out last Saturday in the Coquitlam Crunch Challenge for Diversity’s Make It or Break It contest — to see who could walk/run up and down the route the most times in four hours. The annual fundraiser on the popular hiking route also included the Stair Master competition as well as other events for all ages. For more photos, go to tricitynews.com. Stefan Labbé/the tri-City newS
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Leaving your engine running could cost you in Coquitlam. City council took the first steps Sept. 3 in approving an anti-idling bylaw that will see motorists fined $150 for leaving their cars running longer
than three minutes. Even drivers waiting at rail crossings or picking up children from school could get a ticket as part of the municipality’s efforts to reduce air pollution.
“Vehicle emissions contribute to the accumulation of greenhouse gas and air contaminants that affect the environment,” said a staff report, adding the regulations would
“provide a tool for reducing GHG emissions in the city.” Coun. Teri Towner first brought up the issue in June when she asked city staff to look into implementing an anti-idling bylaw similar to those passed in Port Moody, Surrey, New Westminster and most of the North Shore communities. Towner said she noticed people leaving their vehicles running while going into the grocery store. “People are leaving their cars running while they do errands,” Towner said earlier
this summer. On Burke Mountain, where many people live in nonsmoking basement suites, she added, more people are sitting in their cars when they need to have a cigarette “and they are idling their car the whole time.” Because the new regulations would impact an area of shared responsibility between the municipal and provincial government, approval must be granted by the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy before the
bylaw can be enacted. After the first three readings were passed Tuesday, staff said they will now go to the province for final consideration before bringing the bylaw back to council. If the new rules are adopted, the city said it will launch a public education campaign informing residents of the regulations and why they have been put in place. As well, no-idling signage would be installed at popular drop-off and pickup zones around schools and SkyTrain stations.
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What should Oakdale look like in 25 years? The next phase of Coquitlam’s Oakdale Land Use Designation Update (OLUDU) invites residents to look to the next 25 years, and provide feedback on proposed land use plans, including options for housing, transportation, parkland, environmental and growth funding considerations.
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Coquitlam RCMP’s officerin-charge may have stepped into her new role this summer but Port Coquitlam city council is already taking aim at Supt. Annette Fellner for her absence at its civic meetings. Tuesday afternoon, at the end of the first committeeof-council meeting following the summer break, Mayor Brad West and finance and budget liaison Coun. Dean Washington criticized Supt. Fellner for not attending and for failing to send a senior officer from the detachment to appear in her place. Chief administration officer Kristen Dixon told the committee she had spoken with Fellner, who had asked Dixon if her presence was required given the agenda items: applications for a rezoning and two development permits as well as proposed policy changes to allow the production of cannabis extract. But several other issues relating to policing also cropped up in councillors’ reports, including homelessness, challenges around the shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. and methadone delivery at a clinic nearby. As well, community safety liaison Coun. Steve Darling voiced concern about the city’s community police manager, Candice Critchlow, not being invited to be part of the RCMP’s
back-to-school preparations. “I don’t think it’s Ms. Dixon’s job to chase them around and get them to do their job,� West said of Fellner’s meeting absence, noting he had met with Fellner to talk about the level of service PoCo expects and “I made it very clear the communication with Port Coquitlam council has been deficient.� The mayor added, “It’s a serious concern to everyone on city council.� West also suggested Coquitlam receives better service than PoCo although both cities pay the same amount based on population: PoCo’s policing budget is $15.7 million this year, with $12.7 million for the RCMP contract, $2.8 million for the public safety building and $126,200 for community policing. Dixon said she would ask Fellner or her designate to attend future committee and council meetings. In an emailed statement to The Tri-City News Wednesday, Fellner said public safety concerns in PoCo are a “top priority for me and the Coquitlam RCMP senior management.� “I am always available to discuss police service delivery, public and community safety or other policing issues that need our attention. As soon as I’m notified, I make it a priority to make sure we attend all council and committee meetings where those topics are discussed.�
Roundabouts, multiuse paths among possible options JaNIs CLeuGh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
If you live on the north side of Port Coquitlam or travel Prairie Avenue often, the city wants you to imagine what it will be like to walk, cycle or drive the road in five years. The year 2024 is when the municipality hopes to finish updating the stretch between Shaughnessy and Fremont streets, adding trees, parking pockets and other features. Next Wednesday, residents and business owners can pick one of three options, and give feedback on the proposals, at an open house, to be held Sept. 18 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in the Hyde Creek recreation centre; an online survey (portcoquitlam.ca/prairie) will also be up until Sept. 30. Here’s what’s on the table for the three-kilometre corridor, which currently sees about 13,000 vehicles a day: • Option 1: the “least invasiveâ€? plan — keeping the existing sidewalks but creating parking pockets and boulevards on both sides of the street (the south side without trees), at an estimated cost of $3.5 million;
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• Option 2: building parking pockets, a new sidewalk on the north side of the road, an un-treed boulevard on the north and a multi-use path on the south side, at a cost of $5.1 million; • and Option 3: constructing parking pockets, raised vegetated medians plus a new sidewalk on the north side of the road and multi-use path on the south side, at a cost of $6.7 million. As well, six Prairie intersections are under review for roundabouts, a traffic calming measure that avoids the use of traffic signals: Shaughnessy ($316,000); Oxford ($68,500); Wellington ($66,500); Newberry ($21,000); Cedar ($72,000); and Fremont ($52,000). “As a primary entry point
for the north side, Prairie Avenue definitely deserves some care and attention, particularly east of Coast Meridian,� said council’s finance and budget liaison, Coun. Dean Washington, in a release. “We want to consider all the options and information, including public feedback, before deciding on the best approach.� Meanwhile, Prairie Avenue property owners — some of whom have installed permanent structures or landscaping on city road allowances and boulevards — were notified by mail this week about the upcoming changes and open house; should the road project proceed, their amenities will have to be removed, the city said. The Prairie Avenue con-
struction is expected to start early next year and will also include utility updates and a new multi-use path from Fremont Street to Burns Road; work on the stretch from Coast Meridian Road to Fremont would take place in 2021/’22 while the Shaughnessy to Coast Meridian rehab is scheduled from 2022 to ’24, depending on funding. Other Prairie Avenue news: PoCo’s committee of council approved bids for three new duplexes at its Tuesday meeting. It forwarded a report to council recommending a rezoning at 1021 Prairie Ave., which would see the current home razed and part of a rear lane built (from Finley Street) for the two-storey duplex. Should the application proceed, a restrictive covenant would be placed on title to prevent a secondary suite from being added, planning manager Jennifer Little told council in response to its concerns about illegal residential units around the city. As well, the committee approved two development permits for side-by-side duplexes at 1831 and 1833 Prairie Ave., replacing an older, singlestorey duplex straddling the lot line. Both of the new duplexes will have a similar — and unique — design, with the entrance to the back unit at the side.
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Kerri Palmer Isaak School trustee for Anmore and Belcarra
School District 43 trustees are losing patience with Port Moody council over plans for new schools and will be reaching out to Mayor Rob Vagramov and the Ministry of Education to resolve the impasse. At least $750,000 or more has been lost in funds to pay for school land costs while PoMo has opposed the district’s Eligible School Site Acquisition Charge, according to SD43, and trustees say they are mystified as to why PoMo councillors are so opposed to supporting new schools. “This is an incredible loss for the district in terms of actual funds,” said Port Coquitlam Trustee Michael Thomas, who said PoMo councillors’ reasons for opposing school site acquisition charge rates are as “full of holes as Swiss cheese.” Among the reasons cited by Moody councillors opposing hikes to fees developers pay to buy land for new schools in developing areas is SD43 already has a school in the city’s downtown area, concern about school closures — roundly
rebutted by SD43 officials, who noted the district is on a building spree — lack of consultation, although the topic has been raised at two meetings with councillors, and predictions families won’t be moving to the waterfront development at Flavelle. “What if we said we don’t want any future schools in Port Moody?” board chair Barb Hobson, a Coquitlam trustee, suggested. But trustees were told that PoMo could still oppose the Eligible School Site Proposal, which includes six new schools for Coquitlam, as well as one new elementary school for PoMo. This is the second year Port Moody has opposed a plan that would allow SD43 to increase fees developers pay from $654 to $1,000 for lowdensity units and from $392 to $600 for high-density units
— the highest charges allowed under provincial rules. The city of Coquitlam has approved the fee hike while PoCo, Anmore and Belcarra have stayed silent — which amounts to approval. But with Port Moody opposed to the increase, the new charges can’t go ahead. Already the district anticipates a $750,000 loss for this past year and double that for two years, making it tougher to save money for land for future schools, and raising the possibility that SD43 will have to cover the costs from its own operating budget, trustees were told. If the province doesn’t cover the shortfall, the money “comes out of the classroom,’ said secretary treasurer Chris Nicolls. PoMo’s opposition comes as the province is reviewing the school site acquisition land charge and the BC School Trustees Association has come out with a report calling for developers to pay a greater share
of the proportion of land costs and servicing. But for trustees, Port Moody’s opposition to a new school for their city, given plans to densify, is troubling. It was noted that the city anticipates a 50% increase in population, according to a statement made last week by thenacting mayor Hunter Madsen at the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Mayors’ Barbecue. “Where are all those kids going to go to school?” PoCo’s Thomas asked. Kerri Palmer Isaak, the trustee for Anmore and Belcarra, said PoMo’s reluctance is putting other schools at risk, and she’s not happy with the apparent veto the city has over the district’s ability to plan for future schools. “I am concerned they are negatively impacting the rest of the district,” she said. Trustees voted to send a letter to the Ministry of Education expressing their concerns about the delay to fee hikes
and board chair Hobson will reach out to PoMo’s mayor for a meeting to discuss the issue. A provincial mediator is also looking into the matter, according to the district. If agreeable to the new school charges, PoMo would need to rescind its current vote and vote anew on the proposal, trustees were told. Nicolls also stated the district has no plans to close schools, and is in fact in a growth phase, saying, “We have to purchase portables because we don’t have enough classrooms.” As for plans to purchase land for new schools, Nicolls said the district has to predict decades out what its need will be and uses city data to ascertain the need for new facilities. Thomas said he’s surprised Port Moody doesn’t want to make plans for new schools, given the problems on Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain when families started arriving before schools were built. “Here we seem to have the opposite situation, where we have the municipality actively against building new schools in the city,” he said. Nicolls said it’s important that districts work with municipalities on ways to incorporate land for new schools in long-range planning, such as through the official community plan process.
Amidst the storm that greeted Rob Vagramov’s abrupt return to the mayor’s seat at Tuesday’s meeting of Port Moody council, one councillor wants to let the light in. Coun. Hunter Madsen’s motion to open the heavy black drapes at the rear flanks of the Inlet Theatre, where council holds its meetings, was carried. He said the dark curtains created a “star chamber” effect that was “kind of claustrophobic.” In a report, Madsen prepared pitching the parting of the curtains, he said the theatre’s translucent privacy blinds could be kept in place “to moderate the amount of incoming light and provide some privacy.” He said opening the curtains would allow some natural light into the theatre and enable members of the gallery to enjoy a backdrop of “the green forest scene outside.” Madsen said the curtains could be opened during council meetings on a “trial basis,” but if it doesn’t work out because of too much reflection or a change in the room’s temperature, it would be easy enough to draw the drapes, as they’re operated electronically.
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he recent report from the B.C. Utilities Commission about pain at the gas pump appears to confirm what Lower Mainland drivers have known all along: They are getting hosed. The report found gas prices in Greater Vancouver idling at 13 cents a litre more than could be expected under a normally competitive market. That difference — estimated to cost us about $490 million annually — “cannot be explained by economic theory or justified by known factors in the market,” according to the report. The report says that they ap-
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pear to have everything to do with the fact that the market is tightly controlled by a handful of companies. While the report states there is no evidence of “collusion,” it also suggests prices might be “tacitly choreographed” — the difference between those likely being lost on people unhappily surprised when prices at gas stations across the region all jump 10 cents a litre. So why are prices higher in Vancouver than they are in
many other places? Essentially, because they can be. It’s hard to see what’s happening at the pump as the result of a truly free market. That being the case, one option for the government is to intervene with regulation. Price caps and requirements for greater transparency are possibilities — measures that are already in place in other parts of both Canada and the U.S. We will be hearing a lot in
the coming months about the consequences of fiddling with the market, just like we hear regularly from private insurers that want to see an end to ICBC. But now that we know we’ve been suckered for nearly $500 million on gas prices — with no explanation — we might be more inclined to reel in the gas companies with some sort of regulation. Whether the provincial government can step in to do such a thing — and face the wrath of big oil and gas companies — is hard to know. It’s usually easier for right-wing governments to curtail the worst excesses of the market without creating a big business backlash. But why wait? Why should the province motor along and get blamed for that 13-cent price gouge when it appears to benefit no one but the bottom line of big oil companies?
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‘Business’ of SD43 is educating kids The Editor, Re. “Officials defend China trip as just biz” (front page, The Tri-City News, Sept. 5). I was horrified to read the referenced article. All this time, I thought the purpose of a board of education was education. Instead, I read about sales junkets to China, secrecy and “competitive advantage.” School District 43 sounds less like a school board than a corporation — and a privately held one at that, given that I don’t see it listed on the stock exchange. No wonder successive federal governments have pushed for ever-increasing numbers of skilled immigrants — our school boards
are too obsessed with the almighty dollar to worry about educating our own people. Charlie Gibbs, Port Coquitlam
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The Editor, School District 43 officials, who we entrust to educate our young in ways that enhance our values and our nation’s future prosperity, need to get “woke.” Their role is much more vital than merely doing business. It is crucial for our public education leaders to stop reducing their role to mere fiscal accountabilities. Using Chinese state money is not just business. That money is not simply a gift to support a
chronically underfunded education system. Business does not exist in a vacuum devoid of ethical and moral realities. SD43’s “primary goal” is far from being independent of serious implications. Our values as a free, democratic nation stand in direct opposition to those of authoritarian states such as China. Much has been written, proven and documented to expose the many questionable political actions of China. It has morphed into a communist dictatorship that has weaponized capitalism. It seeks dominance and control over other nations in its “silk road” expansion. Importantly, it needs to create ways to in-
fluence Western democracies and covertly aid unknowing leaders favourable to themselves. Globally, authoritarian expansionism is at an all-time high. Chinese socio-political history shows that it has organized from the ground up. Social change that started from the common people has now been hijacked by a centrally controlled politburo and its self-declared presidentfor-life. At least one or more of these elite “commissioners” controls the Confucius Institute, which provides funds to SD43. Do School District 43 leaders believe, in exchange for money from the Chinese
government, that we are the ones benefiting? The stated goal of language and culture is a phrase taken directly from Confucius Institute propaganda. So, we get our young not to develop critical thinking skills; rather, they only learn about polite traveler phrases and Ming-era vases. How dangerously benign. Bernie Archer, Coquitlam
‘CONFUSED’ TRUSTEE The Editor, Barb Hobson, chair of the School District 43 board of education and a Coquitlam trustee, is quoted in the referenced article saying: “When you run a business, you make the business the primary goal.”
SD43 trustees are the highest paid in the province — in B.C.’s third largest district — and, for that, they are responsible for the education of its students. It appears that the Confucius Institute has confused Trustee Hobson as she seems more concerned with the wants and needs of China’s education arm, Hanban, than she does for SD43 students. The only business Ms. Hobson, her fellow trustees and the senior administration should be concerned with is the education of Tri-City public school students. Bruce Richardson, Port Coquitlam
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▼ Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam
The federal election campaign got underway Wednesday. Voters will go to the polls to elect their new MPs Monday, Oct. 21, with Tri-City voters choosing from several candidates in the ridings of Port MoodyCoquitlam and Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam. Here’s a list of all-candidates meetings where you can see and listen to your candidates up close and personal, and ask them questions important to you:
NDP: CHRISTINA GOWER
The NDP challenger works as a psychiatric liaison nurse at Royal Columbian Hospital and has spent years as a community advocate. Her political platform includes health care — specifically, mental health and the opioid crisis — housing affordability, environmental stewardship, reconciliation, social inclusion and income inequality. christinagower.ndp.ca
CONSERVATIVE: NICHOLAS INSLEY
Insley studied economics and English literature at the University of British Columbia and received an MBA from Oxford. In between degrees, he worked in strategic communications for the Stephen Harper government. He currently leads the public affairs team at Seaspan Shipyards in North Vancouver and lives in Coquitlam with his wife and child. coquitlampococpc.ca
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LIBERAL: RON MCKINNON [INCUMBENT]
The Liberal incumbent, McKinnon has spent the last four years on federal committees looking at such issues as justice, human rights and health. He had a hand in legislation laws around medically assisted dying and, in 2017 introduced a private members bill that gives immunity to people with drugs when they call 911 in response to an overdose. Before McKinnon became an MP in 2015, he had worked as a computer systems analyst and, in the 1970s, as a meteorological technician for Environment Canada. ronmckinnon.liberal.ca
GREEN: BRAD NICKASON
An illustrator, graphic designer and publisher of children’s books, Nickason is taking his second federal run after placing fourth out of five candidates in 2015. He is the chair of the city of Coquitlam’s Visual Arts Committee and sits on several other boards, including Coquitlam’s Culture Services Advisory Committee, the Evergreen Cultural Centre and the Port Coquitlam Arts Council. Originally from Alberta, Nickason has lived in PoCo for the last 30 years. greenparty.ca/en/riding/2013-59008
▼ Port Moody-Coquitlam LIBERAL: SARA BADIEI
GREEN: BRYCE WATTS
An energy specialist with a masters in engineering, Badiei has worked for projects in Jerusalem and Gaza, and previously worked for the Red Cross analyzing wastewater treatment, according to her website. She moved back to the riding since returning to Canada and launched her campaign. sarabadiei.com
Bryce Watts is a Port Moody resident who founded the Forager Foundation and, according to his website, is the managing director and writer with the Forager Media Group, a marketing agency that represents brands that promote cultural diversity and sustainability. greenparty.ca
CONSERVATIVE: NELLY SHIN
NDP: BONITA ZARRILLO
A former teacher, Nelly Shin is originally from Ontario, where she was to have run in the Toronto riding of Richmond Hill before she was bumped from the nomination when another candidate changed ridings due to the defection of a federal Liberal candidate to the Conservatives. According to her website, Shin is a musician, composer and conductor, and has been involved in various humanitarian causes. nellyshin.com/vote-for-nelly
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A former business analyst, Zarrillo is a three-term Coquitlam councillor last re-elected in October 2018. Her website states that she has been working on issues such as affordable housing, the environment and support for local business. She has also been an advocate for equitable representation of women on public bodies. bonitazarrillo.ndp.ca
■ Veterans Coalition Party of Canada: Dan Iova veteranscoalitionpartyofcanada.ca
■ Oct. 1: TROPICA (The Residents of Pleasantside Ioco Communities Association) is hosting a Brew-Debate at Moody Ales from 7 to 8 p.m. and The Parkside Brewery from 8 to 9 p.m. featuring candidates from the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding, who will first speak in a moderated segment and then connect with voters in a meetand-greet-style event. ■ Oct. 2: Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce hosts an all-candidates meeting for the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding at Port Moody’s Inlet Theatre, 100 Inlet Dr., starting at 7 p.m. This event will also be streamed live through the chamber’s Facebook page, with viewers able to join those in attendance in asking questions of the candidates via slido.com. ■ Oct. 3: Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce hosts its allcandidates meeting for the Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam riding at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre, 1205 Pinetree Way; starting at 7 p.m. This will also be livestreamed via the chamber’s Facebook page, with viewers able to join those in attendance in asking questions of the candidates via slido.com. ■ Oct. 8: TROPICA is hosting its second Brew-Debate at Twin Sails Brewing from 7 to 8 p.m. and Yellow Dog Brewing Co. from 8 to 9 p.m. featuring candidates from the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding, who will first speak in a moderated segment and then connect with voters in a meet-and-greet-style event. ■ Oct. 9: The Tri-Cities Environment Debate is bringing candidates together from both Port Moody-Coquitlam and Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam to talk about their best ideas and proposals for the environment. It’s part of a national 100 Debates on the Environment Program and will take place at Douglas College’s David Lam Campus (1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) from 7 to 9 p.m. Do you know of another all-candidates meeting? Email details to newsroom@tricitynews.com and your meeting will be added to the list.
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That’s when he went on a voluntary paid leave of absence to deal with the charge, which was announced March 28, following an investigation by a special prosecutor into an allegation by a woman about an incident alleged to have occurred in Coquitlam in 2015. Two months later, as council was set to review his pay, Vagramov announced he would no longer accept his $111,833 annual salary while he remained on leave. But Monday morning Vagramov abruptly informed city staff he would be returning from that leave immediately. City manager Tim Savoie confirmed no advance notice for ending a leave is required. In a statement Vagramov made later that day to media gathered in city hall’s Galleria, he said, “The heavy lifting had been done” in his court case and he “wanted to get back to the priorities” at city hall. The applause that greeted Vagramov’s return prompted one member of the gallery to remark, “I never thought I’d be in a room where an unresolved matter of sexual assault is cheered.” That statement, too, was met with applause. And that’s the way it went for more than an hour during the meeting’s public input portion as speakers expressing support for Vagramov’s return to the
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Port Moody Mayor Rob Vagramov speaks to reporters Monday afternoon after abruptly returning to city hall duties that morning. DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
mayor’s office and those renouncing it were almost equally numbered. One speaker praised Vagramov for his “guts to come back.” Others called his return a “charade” that made Port Moody “a laughingstock.” In her remarks at the end of Tuesday’s meeting, Dilworth noted the divisiveness in the community and, she said, it will not be healed until Vagramov’s legal issue is resolved. “It is clear to me our com-
munity shares feelings of anger,” she said, adding Vagramov’s return to the mayor’s office might also contravene council’s own code of conduct bylaw. Coun. Hunter Madsen, who was the city’s acting mayor immediately prior to Vagramov’s return and is his closest political ally, said, “The controversy is a distraction, a lightning rod for partisan division” but, he added, everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty. For his part, Vagramov lis-
tened stoically, although he did interject when two members of the gallery got into a heated exchange. “There’s one target here tonight,” he said. Later, Vagramov added, “I take everything that was said very seriously.” Vagramov’s case was scheduled for another appearance at Port Coquitlam provincial court today (Thursday). Watch tricitynews.com for coverage. – with reporting from Diane Strandberg and Stefan Labbé
Port Moody police have arrested a former coach with Burnaby Winter Club on child pornography charges. Robert Ward, president of the club, told The Tri-City News a Port Moody police officer called him late last Wednesday night and notified him officers had arrested a former coach. While both Ward and police wouldn’t confirm the details of the charges, according to an internal letter addressed to players’ families and leaked to Global News, the former coach has been charged with possession of child pornography, telecommunication to lure a child under 16, and importing and distributing child pornography. At no point have any of the club’s coaches failed a background check, Ward said, adding the club will review its screening procedures. Both the police spokesperson and Ward would not release the name of the coach, citing a court-imposed publication ban, a common practice with sex crimes cases
involving underage victims. The news comes at a busy time for the club — one that has many players from the Tri-Cities — as it holds try-outs for the new hockey season. Ward said the club and Port Moody Police Department held an information session for parents last weekend “to take questions and make sure that all of their concerns are met.” Approximately, 75 families turned out to the meeting, which was attended by several police officers. “We understand that this is a very hot topic for parents — [for] any parent with kids in sports. This is the situation we all hope we never have to run up against. So that’s why we’re just trying to be as accessible as possible, both to the general public and to our membership.” Ward, who is a Coquitlam resident, said parents asked questions and police did a good job explaining the situation. “They were incredibly helpful, providing the best answers they could. [But] the case is under investigation. There is a lot they can’t disclose.” None of the allegations against the accused coach have been proven in court. – with files from Diane Strandberg
COPS fOR CAnCER tOUR DE COASt
‘You’re riding with a purpose’: Birtch Experienced cyclist among PM cops in cancer fundraiser MARIO BARtEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
On Sept. 18, Port Moody police Const. Chris Birtch will be trading his bullet-proof vest for a thin layer of Lycra. Birtch will be among 40 cops, sheriffs and first responders from around the Lower Mainland, including Coquitlam Mounties, who will be climbing aboard road bikes to pedal 800 km over nine days to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society. This will be Birtch’s sixth Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast,
Const. Chris Birtch of Port Moody Police Department, will saddle up for the Cops for Cancer Tour de Coast starting next Wednesday in Vancouver. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
fulfilling a commitment he made when he first signed on to the annual charity event in 2004. Back then, the avid cyclist
who commutes daily from his home in Port Coquitlam, then spends his weekends on long road rides out to the Fraser
Valley with his buddies, bounding along the dikes on his cyclocross bike or bombing down single-track trails on his mountain bike, just wanted to keep riding. But, he said, he also saw an opportunity to motivate other officers to get involved and engage the whole department with the community. This year, Birtch will be joined by two other officers from the Port Moody PD, Rob deGoey and Jenn Ohashi, who will ride one leg as alumni of previous Tours de Coast; another officer, Brian Wong, will be astride one of the escort motorcycles that helps keep the peloton safe along its route up the Sunshine Coast, to Whistler and around Metro Vancouver. All of the participants have to attain prescribed fundrais-
ing goals to join the ride and it’s that effort that involves the whole department as well as the community, Birtch said. This year, PoMo police and civilian staff held bake sales and hosted a barbecue to raise money. Officers also chipped in to help other fundraising efforts, like providing traffic control at events put on by students and staff at Scott Creek middle school in Coquitlam, which has been able to contribute $150,000 to Cops for Cancer over the last 10 years and is again amongst the top fundraisers this year. “It can be daunting,” Birtch said. “It’s easier to do it as a team.” Putting up to 10,000 km of training on his own every year means the ride itself won’t be particularly arduous, Birtch
said, noting, “It’s always enjoyable to be on a bike.” More challenging will be the frequent stops and restarts as the Tour visits schools, community events and sponsors along the route. But then again, it’s those that make the effort special, Birtch said. “You feel like a rock star going into some of the smaller towns.” But mostly the tour allows participants to contribute to a cause much bigger than themselves that can change lives. “It was a logical connection to get involved,” Birtch said, adding he lost his mom to cancer and his dad is a survivor. “You’re riding with a purpose.” • To learn more about this year’s Tour de Coast, and donate to a rider or team, go to https://bit.ly/2mbnIOH.
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FrENCH ImmErSION ’18/’19 ENrOLmENt
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ent advocacy group released figures last week that showed Coquitlam experienced a decline in French Immersion enrolment of 77 students in 2018/’19 (the most recent figures available), which
Fewer School District 43 students are learning en français and that’s a worry, says Canadian Parents for French BC and Yukon. The French language par-
amounts to a bit of a dip after years of growth. “Do you have wait lists and, if you do, what can you do to open up new classrooms in the right areas to make programs more accessible? And
that’s the bottom line,” said Glyn Lewis, CPF’s executive director. His organization issued a press release this week showing French Immersion has grown in most districts, indicating heavy demand for the program, but Coquitlam numbers have dropped slightly, along with those in Vancouver and Surrey. Lewis said CPF fears more parents will be facing wait lists for programs they want
unless school administrators make more of an effort to find space for French Immersion classes. And he told The Tri-City News that not being able to find room is no excuse because students require the same space, whether it’s in a French Immersion class or a regular program. “They’re going to have to place these kids somewhere, it’s just a matter of managing your enrolment,” Lewis said.
In SD43, dealing with limited classroom capacity and finding teachers are just some of the reasons the district is seeing a decline, according to superintendent Patricia Gartland. As well, in 2018, SD43 moved some French Immersion programs and enrolment growth in the new schools hasn’t made up for the drop after the move. see
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At the time, SD43 said programs had to move from Glen elementary, Pitt River middle and Banting middle to Westwood elementary, Citadel middle and Montgomery middle because of space issues as a result of the restored class size and composition language as well as projected regular enrolment growth. Some children subsequently dropped out when the program moved although some of the changes are still being phased in. “Sometimes, if a child is residing in that catchment area, they may go into French Immersion, but then you move it to a different catchment area, they don’t want to go to the other catchment areas, and they’re more likely to drop out of French Immersion at that point. But usually those numbers normalize,” Gartland told The Tri-City News last week. It can take up to a few years for the new programs to transition and make up the numbers, according to the district, so while there are wait lists for kindergarten spots for early French Immersion and for
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New fire chief comes from within Longtime Port Coquitlam firefighter Robert Kipps is getting a promotion — to the top of the department. The current deputy fire chief of operations has been chosen to take over after Fire Chief Nick Delmonico announced his retirement earlier this year. “I am truly honoured to
serve as the fire chief for the city of Port Coquitlam and excited for the opportunity to lead our great team,” Kipps said in city a press release Thursday. “Our fire department has a long history of dedicated and professional service to the community and I look forward to building on this foundation of excellence
and commitment to the community I am a part of in the years to come.” Kipps has 28 years of fire service and moved into a management position with the PoCo department in 2014. In his previous role, he oversaw the operations of the suppression division and took a lead role with the organi-
zation’s strategic planning, finances and labour relations, according to the city. He has a masters in leadership from Royal Roads University and is a graduate of the Fire Executive Management Program. The walkout ceremony for Delmonico will take place Friday, Sept. 13.
“I would like to thank Chief Delmonico for his dedication and the outstanding service he has provided our community over the past eight years,” said PoCo Mayor Brad West. “He has played a leadership role not just in our community but the region. I wish him the best as he begins this exciting new chapter.”
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Moore is heading BCLC Former PoCo mayor named temporary CEO of Lottery Corp. Former Port Coquitlam mayor Greg Moore has taken over as acting president and CEO of the British Columbia Lottery Corp. (BCLC) after current president Jim Lightbody was diagnosed with cancer. “Jim Lightbody’s number one priority must be his treat-
ment and recovery,” board chair Peter Kappel said in a recent press release. “BCLC’s board of directors, executive team and staff express their gratitude and support to Jim for his contributions and leadership of the organization and we extend our concern during this challenging time.” Moore was appointed to BCLC’s board in November 2018 and is stepping down from that role to take on the
temporary position. Moore could remain in the position until early 2020 if Lightbody’s leave is extended, said the BCLC in press release. Moore served as mayor of Port Coquitlam from 2008 to 2018 and as chair of the Metro Vancouver board of directors from 2011 to ’18. BCLC conducts and manages lottery, casino, bingo and online gambling on behalf of the province. In 2017/’18,
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Given the bumpiness in stock markets this summer and the expectation of more of the same in the near term due to unresolved trade and tariff issues, it is very important to ensure that your investments are aligned with the level of risk (volatility) that you are willing to take. One of the worst outcomes of investing is to sell a good quality investment at the wrong time due to an emotion such as fear. If your investments are too risky and drop too much for your comfort during a time of market uncertainty, then you really need to revisit this topic with your advisor. This ‘investor suitability’ is an integral part of the value an advisor can add to your relationship. Beyond determining the appropriate level of risk, it is vital to ensure that time frames match. Investments in stocks or stock markets are more suitable for longer term financial goals… such as retirement. Placing a home down payment that you need in the next six months into the market doesn’t make sense as what it can provide as far as growth during that short period of time is nothing compared to what markets could take away. At the end of the day it is important to keep this investing rule in mind: Aim to sell high and buy low – which can be hard as our emotions drive us to do the exact opposite!
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Run, donate for cancer research Mid-autumn fests and a run for hometown hero Terry Fox JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com
It’s the 39th year for the Terry Fox Run and, if you can’t make it out for one of the four Tri-City events, donate to the foundation via terryfox.org. ‘MOTOWn’ MiKe henrY
Sept. 13 LAST SWIM
p.m. Visit coquitlam.ca to register (barcode #653150). Call 604-939-4039 for more details.
Slip on your swimsuit or trunks for the last swim of the season at the Centennial outdoor pool (3050 Chester St., Port Coquitlam). The updated heated tank at Aggie Park is open for a public dip between 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Visit portcoquitlam.ca/swimming.
GYM GAMES
It’s the start of the new school year and the city of Coquitlam hosts a celebration for students at Summit community centre (1450 Parkway Blvd.) featuring activities for all ages from 4 to 6 p.m. Popcorn will be served. Call 604-927-4386 or visit coquitlam.ca.
PINOCCHIO
Kids can watch the original Disney version of Pinocchio at Friday Family Films, a series at Trinity United Church (2211 Prairie Ave., Port Coquitlam) that rolls at 7 p.m. Drink boxes and popcorn are available and children are encouraged to bring their stuffies. No cost. Call 604-942-0022.
SING A SONG
Burnaby musician Enrico Renz — the frontman for the art rock band Red Herring — headlines the first Crossroads Hospice Coffeehouse for its fall line-up. The open stage component starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square (next to Port Coquitlam city hall) while Renz plays at 9 p.m. Admission at $5 supports the hospice. Visit crossroadshospicesociety.com or email info@crossroadshospice.org.
TERRY FOX RUNS
The cowbells will be clanging all day Sunday at the B.C./Yukon branch of the Terry Fox Foundation when the money from the 110 run sites is called into the Port Coquitlam office. From left to right: Kirsten Fox, schools co-ordinator; Terry Fox secondary graduate Tobi Owobowale, schools assistant; provincial director Donna White; and administrator Anne Storgeoff. janis cleugh/The TRi-ciTY neWs
MOVIE NIGHT
The rated-R comedy/fantasy flick Sorry to Bother You rolls at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) at 7:30 p.m. courtesy of the Port Moody Film Society. Entry is $5 plus a $5 membership for the year. Visit pmfilm.ca.
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Learn about the area birds with Larry Cowan and members of Nature Vancouver as they guide a walk along the Pitt River dike from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Meet at DeBoville Slough (4090 Cedar Dr., Port Coquitlam) for the free hike; there will be a carpool to the Nicola Place starting point. Call 604-307-0931.
EMPTIES NEEDED
The 1st Port Coquitlam Scouts will collect bottles and cans from south PoCo homes between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. for a fundraiser. Empties can also be dripped off at Kilmer elementary school (1575 Knappen St.). Call 604704-5972 for assured pick-up.
AUTUMN MOON
The Canada Vietnam Society hosts its free autumn moon festival party — for young children and their families — at Leigh Square (next to Port Coquitlam city hall) from 10 to 11:30 a.m. featuring lanterns, moon cakes, traditional dancing and story telling. Visit moonfestival-2019.ca.
NEW PARENTS
year but BC Housing will host a beautification event at Finnie’s Garden (Kerria Drive) on the Coquitlam hospital grounds from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Garden tools, plants and lunch will be provided to participants and families can take part in games after the cleanup. Bring a hat and sunscreen. Visit eventbrite.ca to register.
CAkES, LION DANCE
Parents of newborns — or with babies on the way — can visit the birth fair Baby Talks! at Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Educational seminars are $5 each (or $15 for all) and include information about baby/toddler sleeping, infant/ toddler first aid, financial planning for new families and breastfeeding. Entry to the marketplace in the Galleria is free; however, reservations for a free car seat inspection require a $20 deposit. Call 778927-4313 or visit facebook. com/birthfair.
Learn how to make Chinese-style ice and baked moon cakes at Coquitlam Heritage’s demonstration with instructor Jessica Yue at All Saints Parish Hall (821 Fairfax St., Coquitlam) from 11 a.m. to noon. The cost is $15 via coquitlamheritage.ca. Then, from 1 to 4 p.m., check out the Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean traditions at the Mid-Autumn Family Day festival; a lion dance by the Shao Lin Hung Gar Kung Fu Association is at 1:30 p.m. Entry is by donation. Call 604516-6151 or visit coquitlamheritage.ca.
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HERITAGE TOUR
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Bryan Ness leads a 90-minute tour of northside heritage buildings from the Aggie Park Kinsmen Hall (2175 Coquitlam Ave., PoCo) at 1:30 p.m. Visit pocheritage.org.
MOTOWN BOOGIE
Hear about what’s on for the new season at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) then enjoy a night of Motown sounds — courtesy of Mike Henry and his Hitsville USA Band; Emma Currie and Paul Kinman will perform before the set. The reception and show starts at 7 p.m. at the facility. And don’t forget to tour the Art Gallery at Evergreen to view the new solo exhibit by Angela Teng, Up a Lemon Tree. For tickets at $20, call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
Sept. 15 TAkE A HIkE
Take a nature bath in Port Moody as the city of Coquitlam hosts an 8-km hike of Bert Flinn Park, from 2 to 5
The Tri-Cities will see four Terry Fox Runs including the Port Coquitlam event in the national hero’s hometown. The PoCo, Coquitlam and Port Moody gatherings start at 10 a.m. while, in Anmore, it’s at 1 p.m. In Port Coquitlam, MC Bruce Moore kicks off the annual run with organizer Dave Teixeira, keynote speaker (and cancer survivor) Karin Khuong, a Terry Fox secondary student, and the Giggle Dam Band at the Hyde Creek community centre (1379 Laurier Ave.); in Coquitlam, organizers Chris Wilson and Erin Davidson — and MC Greg Harper of Breakfast Television — say goodbye to runners and walkers heading through the Mundy Park trails, from the clubhouse (641 Hillcrest St.); the launch for the Port Moody run is at Rocky Point Park (2800-block of Murray Street) with organizer Mike Clay; and Anmore’s push-off is at the firehall (2690 East Rd.) with organizer Dave McCloskey. Visit terryfox.org.
TREE TOUR
Admire the world-class arboretum at Riverview Hospital as volunteers with the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society lead their penultimate monthly tree tour of the year of the Coquitlam grounds (2601 Lougheed Hwy.). Meet at 1 p.m. at the Henry Esson Young building, near the front. Visit rhcs.org.
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he dogs days of summer may be over but it’s cats and kittens who are urgently needing homes, according to a BC SPCA. “This is always a busy time for our shelters but this summer we are especially overwhelmed with incoming cats and kittens,” said Lorie Chortyk, spokesperson for the BC SPCA, in a press release. “In addition to the usual ‘kitten season,’ where hundreds of abandoned and unwanted kittens are brought into our care, we have responded to a record number of cruelty investigations involving large intakes of cats and kittens.” Chortyk noted that when cats come in from neglectful situations, they often require extensive behaviour modification and care before they are ready for adoption.
“This means these animals are in our care much longer and we are challenged to find space in our facilities and foster homes for other cats coming in.” BC SPCA is currently caring for some 1,200 homeless felines across B.C. Last year the BC SPCA adopted 9,649 cats and kittens into new loving homes. “Many of our shelters are at capacity throughout the province and face overwhelming pressure to take in more animals in need,” Chortyk said. “If anyone is considering bringing a cat or kitten into their home, we urge them to please visit their local BC SPCA branch or view our adoptable animals online at spca.bc.ca/adopt. (The BC SPCA Tri-Cities Education and Adoption Centre is located in #1-2565 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam.) The BC SPCA also reminds pet owners to spay and neuter their pets to help stop the tragedy of pet overpopulation.
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Mark Lindsay took over the helm of the Access Youth Outreach Services Society in January and says youth hanging out at parks, the Coquitlam Centre mall and community centres this summer are well supported when members of his outreach crew meet up with them in the society’s outreach bus. Diane STranDberg/The Tri-CiTy newS
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Lindsay said, including calls to prevent fights and to provide aid following an assault. For many who grew up in the Tri-Cities, the bus is a visible reminder of how the community has come together to support kids. Although there is no permanent government funding, the 27-year-old organization runs on the support and goodwill of charitable foundations, government contracts, service group donations, city hall and business help, and an annual fundraiser, this year planned for Sept. 21. Lindsay said the Under the Sea Gala at Sky Helicopters (18799 Airport Way, Pitt Meadows) will provide funds to support the bus, similar outreach work at Coquitlam Centre mall and a youth empowerment worker who mentors teens one-on-one.
But it is for work with the outreach bus that Access Youth is most recognized, efforts Lindsay says are critical, especially these days, as more youth seem to be dealing with mental health issues, often from 24/7 connectedness to social media. And while not all youth will turn to drugs to ease the pain, many do, and that brings about another set of problems. Now, just before summer turns to fall and youth deal with the pressures of school and other concerns, the Access Youth bus will continue to do its rounds Friday and Saturday nights, ensuring that there are always some Purple People available to help Tri-City teens when they need it. • For more information about Access Youth Outreach Services Society, visit it online at accessyouth.org.
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ARE YOU READY FOR THE BIG ONE? The city of Coquitlam is hosting a free emergency preparedness session Friday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. to noon at Coquitlam Public Library’s Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. HEROS sessions cover typical earthquake damage and hazards and how to protect yourself inside and outside your home. Details regarding emergency supplies, family communication, and community preparedness will be discussed. Search signmeup.coquitlam.ca/signmeup for courses or phone 604-927-4386 to register. • Wednesdays, Oct. 23 to Nov. 6, 8 to 9 p.m. (barcode #651788).
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Coquitlam’s fitness centres and drop-in fitness classes are open to people 16 years and older. View the drop-in fitness schedule at www.coquitlam.ca/fitness.
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If you’re new to indoor cycling, consider taking a class. Begin to Cycle prepares the novice participant to learn the basics of indoor cycling. Learn how to set up and properly use an indoor Keiser bike so you’re ready and feel confident to participate in one of many drop-in cycle offerings. Register for Begin to Cycle at www.coquitlam.ca/signmeup, call 604-927- 4FUN (4386) or visit one of Coquitlam’s recreation facilities to sign up in person. Classes at PSLC are: • Wednesdays, Sept. 11 to 25, 8 to 9 p.m. (barcode #651787);
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Coquitlam’s One Pass provides access to all city recreation facilities and drop-in fitness programs, such as drop-in sports, swimming and ice skating. It is available in one-month, fourmonth and one-year memberships, or in 10- or 50-visit passes. The monthly or yearly term memberships provide unlimited access to all drop-in programs in our facilities. For more information, visit www.coquitlam.ca/onepass.
• HEAR Branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association meets third Monday of each month (September–June), 1-3 p.m., at Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. HEAR is a support group dedicated to improving the communication skills and quality of life for the hearing impaired. Sessions include guest speakers and group discussions. All are welcome to attend the free sessions. Come to a meeting before purchasing a hearing aid for insight and consumer information. Info: Anna, 604-939-0327. • Have you experienced the death of a loved one and found yourself struggling? Gathering with others who have also experienced a loss is known to be one of the most helpful ways of coping with grief. Sharing your story is important to healthy healing. Crossroads Hospice Society is running closed grief support groups. Registration: call the bereavement services coordinator, 604-949-2274. • Crossroads Hospice Society hosts a free walking group for the bereaved, Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Group meets at Crossroads Labyrinth Healing Garden in Pioneer Memorial Park at Ioco Rd. and Heritage Mountain Blvd. Hospice volunteers will be present on the free walk through Rocky Point Park or Orchard Park. Newcomers can register by calling call the bereavement services coordinator, 604-949-2274. see
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• Hominum Fraser Valley is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. Group meets the last Monday of every month. Info & meeting location: Art, 604-462-9813 or aapearson@shaw.ca. • Circle of Hope Al-Anon Family group meetings are Mondays, 1 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1504 Sprice Ave., Coquitlam. Info: 604-688-1716. • Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month (except December) at Wilson Centre, PoCo. All those affected by prostate problems and their partners are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge but donations are welcome. Info: Craig, 604-928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998. • Dogwood White Cane Club meets every Thursday from September to June, 12:302:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion. Those who are legally blind are welcome. • LifeRing weekly recovery meetings, Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m., Vancity Credit Union, Shaughnessy Station (Shaughnessy at
Lougheed), PoCo. All welcome. Info: 604377-1364. • B.C. Schizophrenia Society meets the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-720-3935. • Joy’s Place Transition House is an emergency shelter for physically and/or emotionally abused women and their children. Info: 604-492-1700. • TOPS chapters meet weekly at numerous Tri-City locations. For information on group near you: Gail, 604-941-2907. • Port Moody Alanon Family Group open meeting, Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Ioco United Church, 1790 Ioco Rd., Port Moody. Info: 604-552-1057. • Fibromyalgia support group meets, 1-3 p.m., on the fourth Thursday of each month (except December) at Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. Education and support for adults who are living with this chronic illness. Info: Julie, 604-936-6027. • Irritable bowel syndrome support group meets monthly in PoMo to exchange information, to offer one another support, and to share experiences and coping strategies. Info: 604-875-4875 or www.badgut. org.
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Science & pro-D day 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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• Fall storytimes: Drop in and enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and rhymes for babies (under two years old), toddlers (two to three years) and preschoolers (four to five years). These fun, active programs help children gain pre-reading skills and develop a love of reading. See the schedule on the Children’s Programs and Events page at coqlibrary.ca. • Discover Lego Robotics: Children in Grades 1 to 3 can have fun building and operating Lego robots with the help of a Robokids instructor. Classes are Tuesdays, Sept. 17 to Oct. 8 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the City Centre branch. Register at coqlibrary.ca, through the Children’s Programs and Events page. • Reading Buddies: In this paired reading program, teens in Grades 9 to 12 earn community service hours by helping kids in Grades 1 to 4 become better readers. Application forms for teen volunteers and young readers are available at either branch or online at coqlibrary.ca under Programs and Events > School Success. 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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one-on-one appointment by calling 604-468-6022 or emailing bcsis@success.bc.ca. • Wills and estates: Sept. 24 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in PMPL’s ParkLane Room, learn about essential documents, how to structure your affairs, what can go wrong and the role of the lawyer. This session is presented in partnership with the People’s Law School. Register at portmoodylibrary.ca or by calling 604-469-4577. Info: library.portmoody.ca or 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.
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OUT & ABOUT CALENDAR SATURDAY, SEPT. 14 • 1st PoCo Scouts bottle drive, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Kilmer elementary school, 1575 Knappen St., PoCo. Youth and adult leaders will canvass the neighbourhood. For assured pick-up, call 604-704-5972. • Heritage Walking Tour, starting at PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 1:30-3 p.m. Join volunteers on one a heritage walking tour to learn about city around you.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 • Tree tour at Riverview, 1-3 p.m., Riverview Hospital, Kalmia Place. Riverview Horticultural Centre Society hosts guided tree tour on the Riverview Hospital grounds, 1-3 p.m., starting at the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. Map: visit www.rhcs.org or email info@rhcs. org. Parking is free; watch for event parking signs and flags. • The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ fun singles and couples who are looking to meet new friends and participate in social events such as walking, dancing, dining out, travel, theatre, etc., meets at Roos Pub, 2962 Christmas Way, Coquitlam, 12:30 p.m., to plan events. Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.
MONDAY, SEPT. 16 • Singles Travel Club at 6 p.m. for dinner at Sammy J’s Bar & Grill, 1075 Lougheed Hwy., Coquitlam (new time and location this month only). Club offers group tours for solo travellers – meet new friends, enjoy the security of group travel and avoid the costly single supplement. Guest speaker: Nicole Harvey from Just You. RSVP: 604-529-1552. Info: www.singlestravelclub.ca. • HEAR Branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association meets, 1–3 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. HEAR is a support group dedicated to improving the communication skills and quality of life for the hearing impaired. Bring questions about the new Accessible Canada Act. Sessions are free and all are welcome. If possible, come to a meeting
before purchasing a hearing aid for insight and consumer information. Info: Anna 604-939-0327. • 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, SEPT. 17 • Crystal Clear Speakers Toastmasters Club 30th anniversary open house, 7-8:45 p.m., Coquitlam Public Library, 575 Poirier St., Nancy Bennett Room; event features a guest speaker, impromptu table topics speeches and speech evaluations. CCSTC is part of Toastmasters International, a worldwide nonprofit educational organization that empowers individuals to become effective communicators and leaders. Info: www.crystalclear.toastmastersclubs.org. • Heritage Detectives, 10 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Join local historian Bryan Ness in a weekly exploration (every Tuesday) of different aspects of Port Coquitlam’s heritage and history.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 • Tri-Cities Green Drinks: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Pasta Polo, 2754 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam. Speakers: Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge and Gaetan Royer explore some of the newest solutions for the climate crisis right in your own backyard. Co-hosted by Force of Nature Alliance and Tri-Cities Green Drinks. Info: www.greendrinks.org.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 19 • Burke Mountain’s community association, the North East Coquitlam Ratepayers, meets at Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr. All Burke Mountain residents welcome to attend to discuss any concerns of the neighbourhood. Meet and greet before business meeting shortly after 7:45 p.m. Info: 604-970-2579. see next page
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• Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-9 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263, 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam. Info: 604-939-1810.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 • Tri-City Singles Social Club, which offers opportunities for 50+ singles to meet new friends and enjoy a variety of fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more, meets, 7 p.m., Canada Safeway community room, 3rd floor, 580 Clarke Rd., Coquitlam. Directions & info: Darline, 604-466-0017. • Creating Art with Nature, 1-3 p.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Cost: $5 per person. Join PoCo Heritage in creating beautiful works of art with bits from nature. Using paint and some feathers, wood, pinecones, nuts, and leaves, you and your family can create some amazing nature-based artwork.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 22 • PoCo Blues: The Brunch Series, presented by Rotary Club of Port Coquitlam Centennial, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (brunch until 3 p.m.), The Bennett Craft & Kitchen, 2099 Lougheed Hwy., PoCo; featuring the music of Peter Tam, a pop-jazz singer and pianist; also: prizes, raffle draws and other
activities. Money raised will support the Starfish Pack program, which provides backpacks of food every Friday during the school year to a number of children from low-income PoCo families. Tickets: $35 for adults, $15 for students, kids under 6 free. Tickets, info: pocorotary.ca.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 24 • Tri-City Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., Port Moody. Guest welcome. Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca. • Heritage Detectives, 10 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Join local historian Bryan Ness in a weekly exploration (every Tuesday) of different aspects of Port Coquitlam’s heritage and history. • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood Manor 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-939-1810.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 25 • Talitha Koum Society AGM, 7 p.m., St. Laurence Anglican Church, 825 St. Laurence St., Coquitlam (use north entrance). Learn about the great work being done at TK’s two Coquitlam recovery homes for women, and meet the women and men who are helping make this happen. Info: 604-492-3393 or admin@ talithakoumsociety.org.
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Comeback for Coquitlam Queens Jakyllyn Hyde, Flannery Pajamas bust out Sept. 21 janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
It has taken some time for the Coquitlam Queens to get back to the stage. Last fall, after their sophomore performance at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam drag artists Jakyllyn Hyde and Flannery Pajamas took a break to focus on Pajamas’ health. Last November, she was diagnosed with a rare blood condition that, in March, resulted in a stem cell transplant. Now, she visits Vancouver General Hospital once a month for tests and takes 17 pills a day. “I’m feeling much better and confident,” Pajamas said. Disappointed they missed their spring show at the Coquitlam arts venue, the pair sprung back into action after Pajamas’ medical procedure and called in the troops to start rehearsing for their fall gig. And they promise next Saturday’s variety show to be full of music, dance and wit, an end-of-summer party as well as a celebration for Pajamas’ recovery. Titled Dragging Out The Summer: An Autumn
coquitlam residents Jakyllyn Hyde and Flannery Pajamas return to the evergreen cultural centre after a spring hiatus, with their new variety drag show Dragging out the Summer - an autumn Delusion. PHOTO submiTTed
Delusion — a “tongue-incheek” reference to their show being on the first day of fall, Hyde said — it will see actress-comedian Yumi Nagashima headline. They’ve recruited fellow queens Anida Tythole, Justice Du Jour, Candy Boxx and Kittin Kaboodle as well as kings Jo King and Junk Male to round out the cast.
Pajamas (aka Stephen Johnson) will perform to Kelly Rowland’s hit Commander (the first song she did in drag) plus In the Dark by Vancouver-based Gabriela Geneva. “I’m a big fan of doing local artists,” Pajamas said. “If you do songs that aren’t wellknown, people remember the drag queen not the song.”
Pajamas describes her performances as “very fierce and engaging with the audience.” Her red curly hair, defined eye makeup, thigh-high leather boots with five-inch heels and form-fitting leather gear are also crowd pleasers, she said. By comparison, Hyde (aka Daniel Mason) “is the complete opposite,” she said.
“Flannery is definitely about sex whereas Jakyllyn is more of a comedy queen.” While their styles and genres are quite different, the two insist there’s no competition. An 18-year veteran, Hyde said she enjoys watching her partner grow as a drag artist. She acknowledges times have changed from when she started in the performance art, with RuPaul taking the form to a commercial level with the TV series Drag Race. Back then, drag queens weren’t as accessible as they are today, with social media making some performers global stars “even though they have never left the bedroom. It’s an industry now,” Hyde said. However, gaining recognition locally — and changing people’s perception of gender — remain uphill battles, she said. “When you’re not on the TV and not touring the world, people kind of forget about you. That’s why we’ve built this business. We want to change the way people view us.” Dragging Out The Summer: An Autumn Delusion is set for Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). For tickets at $45, call the box office at 604-9276555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.
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Jessica Anne Nelson grew up on a farm in Langley, on a property her folks shared with her maternal grandparents. During that idyllic time, Nelson cherished the moments she spent with her grandmother and mother as she heard their stories and absorbed the habits of the two older women. As a UBC graduate student last year, Nelson wanted to continue to explore that intergenerational relationship and dynamic as part of her theatre see
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Former pro bike racer switches gears to crochet paint Victoria-born Angela Teng studied art at Camosun College before graduating in 2011 from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Now a Vancouver resident, she has exhibited her paintings around North America, including at Mixed Greens in New York and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Saturday night, as part of the Evergreen Cultural Centre’s season opener, Teng will launch a solo show titled Up a Lemon Tree, highlighting her unique “crocheting paint” technique. A finalist for the RBC Canadian Painting Competition in 2016 and ’17, Teng is also a former pro mountain bike racer. Her display is up until Nov. 3 in the Art Gallery at Evergreen. evergreen cultural centre
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Motown music launches Evergreen’s new season Dancing floor open at the Coq. arts venue Saturday night janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com
On a rainy summer night last year, David Mann caught a city-hosted concert at the TD Community Plaza in Coquitlam — the outdoor venue close to the Evergreen Cultural Centre, where he works as its program manager. Despite the downpour, the Motown show by the Hitsville USA Band was remarkable: “Energetic, danceable, and the musicians and vocalists top notch,” Mann said. Afterward, band founder Mike Henry asked Mann what he thought of their performance. “I was wet and happy,” Henry recalled Mann telling him. The lively gig led to an invite by Mann — for the following year — for Hitsville USA to open the Evergreen season. And on Saturday, Henry’s eight-piece band will headline
the reception, getting down to Motown tunes made famous by The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, the Four Tops and Marvin Gaye, among others, at a dance in the studio theatre. Henry, who also fronts the reggae tribute band Mostly Marley as well as Funkdalicious, Jay Ray and the Odd Trio, said Hitsville USA has a different vibe from other Motown cover groups as they take a deeper dive into the historic music scene from Detroit. While they play the standards, Hitsville USA also touches on songs not heard in regular rotation. Along the way, Henry offers a bit of music education to the crowd “so that people have an understanding of what was happening during that time in the band’s career.” A Louisiana native who had no formal music training, Henry moved to Vancouver in 1989 after a friend asked him to audition for a band; at the time, he was living in the Bay Area and singing for a group called Power Play.
Five years ago, lamenting the Motown acts he was listening to in local clubs, Henry put together Hitsville USA to “represent the pure sound of Motown music. There are people doing Motown tributes but I grew up in the USA and what I heard in Vancouver is not Motown. It doesn’t cover the full spectrum of it.” Now, Hitsville USA plays about eight shows a year — most recently, in the TriCities, closing the Summer Sundays series at Rocky Point Park, a music fundraiser for the Crossroads Hospice Society. Their show is always well received, he said. “People love Motown. It lives on forever. It’s easy to dance to and it’s happy and positive. People gravitate to it.” The season launch party for the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) begins at 7 p.m. Saturday; the gallery reception for Angela Teng’s solo exhibit, Up A Lemon Tree, is at 6 p.m. Call the box office at 604-9276555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca for tickets.
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program. There, she delved into performance-based projects that had no script — that is, where the narratives are spoken by impulse — and created free works of ideas and messages by, and about, women. Now, Nelson is expanding her practice as the city of Port Coquitlam’s new artist-in-residence, with the aim to collect as many oral histories as she can to string together a script. The thrust of her residency will centre on “womxn,” a
term coined in 2015 that includes cisgender women as well as transgender women and women of colour; it also throws out the word origin of women as being “of man.” A former city of PoCo recreation leader, Nelson said she was eager to apply for the municipal residency after watching other artists, actors and musicians use the Leigh Square space to hone their craft. She hopes to use the next four months to turn her time in The Outlet studio into a kind of laboratory where she
can experiment and develop the meaning of womxn and find out how they make their way through society. Nelson will be available to hear and record the public’s tales on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. As well, she’ll host free workshops during her residency, including during the annual Culture Days Sept. 28. She’ll also have a site-specific theatre creation activity Oct. 5 and 6. To register for Nelson’s sessions, call 604-927-7529 or visit experienceit.ca.
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A lion dance and lantern parade will be among traditional performances at the Coquitlam Heritage Society’s expanded Mid-Autumn Moon Family Day. The harvest ritual, which falls this year on Sept. 13, will be held Saturday at the All Saints Parish Hall (821 Fairfax St., Coquitlam) from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is by donation. Also known as the Moon Festival, the Mid-Autumn celebration typically sees families and friends in China, Vietnam, Korea and other east Asian countries reunite and feast on mooncakes, a sweet pastry that’s baked or steamed. An important part of the holiday activities is a moon worship, with offerings made to deities for successful rice and wheat harvests. The society’s operations co-ordinator Abby Lizee (left) will be participating in the Sept. 14 event. janis cleugh/the tri-city news
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Saving built history in Coq. Coquitlam signed its first Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA) a dozen years ago, paving the way for the restoration of the 1913 Bédard home in Laval Square. Since then, city council has green-lighted 14 more HRAs and the applications are now coming in at a faster pace, with eight bids in the hopper, said Andrew Merrill, Coquitlam’s manager of community planning. But with the city’s heritage development guidelines out of date — or, in some cases, non-existent — the municipality wants to create a new heritage management strategy in a bid to save public and private structures and places of historical significance. “We want to establish a community vision around built heritage in Coquitlam,” Merrill told The Tri-City News last week. “That means offering the tools and criteria to manage the retention and revitalization of our older buildings.” This fall, the city will form a staff team to research local heritage assets, review best practices and build strategy concepts around bonus density, customized zoning and appropriate forms, among other things. And at the start of next year, the public will have a chance to weigh in on future heritage planning, through open houses and surveys.
Among the stakeholders to be consulted will be the Coquitlam Heritage Society, Riverview Horticultural Centre Society and the Minnekhada Park Association. Merrill said the city is also eager to speak with Kwikwetlem First Nation as well as ethnic groups to include cultural heritage elements “and tell their stories.” The final report is due before city council next fall for consideration. Merrill said the push to manage built heritage also stems from the Maillardville Neighbourhood Plan, which council adopted in 2014. During that consultation, there were calls to preserve and commemorate older buildings in the historic French-Canadian enclave. Merrill said the city will look at municipalities like New Westminster, Fort Langley, Victoria and Burnaby, where, for example, a developer was permitted to build a highrise in Metrotown as long as a heritage home on the neighbouring lot wasn’t razed. “Is our community comfortable with something like that here? That’s what we’d like to find out.” He added: “Coquitlam just can’t be just all about new development. We need to recognize the older built heritage and where we got to today. We can take a look back and see what we can celebrate.”
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Presented by Join us for some fun events before the Pop-up Youth Park closes for the season! Friday, Sept. 27 | Movie Under the Stars Bring your PJs and your pillows to watch Thor on the big screen. Saturday, Sept. 28 | Last Day at the Pop-up Youth Park It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later! Music, treats, prizes and more. Details at coquitlam.ca/parkspark
Spotlight ON SPORT | LOCAL CLUBS METRO WOMEN’S SOCCER LEAGUE This league was affiliated under the BC Soccer Association banner in 1982–83 and currently operates with over 200 teams. The Metro Women’s Soccer League (MWSL) welcomes players at all levels of play from 17 years of age and up. Games are played across the Lower Mainland in a regular fall/winter season. New programs are Intro to Soccer and Soccer for the New Player. Visit mwsl.com for more information
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‘Radar’ homes in on BC Football Hall of Fame Port Moody resident will be amongst first women honoured MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com
Fame was never on Deb Moore’s radar when she led her Century Plaza Mardi Gras touch football team to six national championships in a row from 1986 to 1991. But that’s exactly what she and her teammates will achieve Oct. 5 when they become the first women to be inducted into the BC Football Hall of Fame. The announcement about the honour was made today (Thursday) at BC Place stadium. Moore, a Port Moody resident, began her touch football career as a receiver after several years playing other competitive sports, including soccer, softball and volleyball. Many of her teammates were also accomplished athletes who were new to the gridiron — one, Debbie Huband, played for Canada’s women’s Olympic basketball team,
Port Moody’s Deb Moore still loves tossing the football more than 30 years after she quarterbacked her Century Plaza Mardi Gras touch football team. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
another was on the national rugby side. All had been recruited by Colin Farrell and Larry Doan to play in a new Vancouver league that started in 1984. “We were a superteam,” Moore said. The women spent two years learning the intricacies of football, studying the playbook, getting comfortable with the game’s strategy.
By 1986, Moore said they were ready to compete in the Touch Bowl national championship, which was being held that year at Burnaby’s Swangard Stadium. It was on the eve of the tournament that Moore’s football career took a decided turn. The Mardi Gras quarterback, Laura Stewart, was injured and with Moore’s throw-
ing experience from softball, the football was handed to her. “I had a good arm,” Moore said. “I could read the defences.” In fact, Moore’s arm was so good, she earned the nickname “Radar,” as she quarterbacked her team through the tournament undefeated, including a 23-14 win over the Ottawa Voyageurs in the final.
When Stewart returned the next season, the two women platooned the position, with the veteran handling the longbomb plays and her protégé coming in when precise, short-yardage gains were required. The combination proved unbeatable for the next five years. But, Moore said, the women didn’t rest on their athletic laurels to retain their status. They practised two or three times a week and studied strategies. “We were used to competing,” Moore said. “We knew what it took to work hard, persevere and become good.” Moore said she loved the game so much, she even brought it to her students at Seaforth elementary school in Burnaby, where she taught Grade 7. One of the them was future singing superstar Michael Bublé. By the early 1990s, the team was starting to break up as players veered into careers and raising families. But the bond formed by learning and mastering football together, traveling across the country to compete — even playing in an October
snowstorm in Ottawa — remains strong, Moore said. “We made lifelong friendships.” There have been occasional reunions, including competing at a tournament in the Okanagan several years ago, and in 2011 the team was named to the BC Touch Football Hall of Fame. But being honoured by BC Football Hall of Fame will give all the women a chance to reflect on the significance of their accomplishments, Moore said. “There’s a lot of talented women out there,” she said. “Women can be in the forefront and be recognized on an equal level as men.” • Members of the Mardi Gras who will be inducted into the hall, in addition to Moore, include: Berni Batchelor, Andrea Brauner, Marla Britton, Tiffany Chester, Miekel Aichele, Trudy Lyons, Debbie Huband, Calli O’Brien, Laura Stewart, Cathy Bultitude, Robyn McDonald, Sharon Staples, Dawn StoreyGray, Debbie Osborne, Lynne Leclair, Diane Materi and Cindy Whieldon.
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Connect Hearing and Professor Mark Fenske at the University of Guelph are seeking participants who are over 50 years of age, have never worn hearing aids and have not had a hearing test in the last 24 months, for a hearing study that investigates factors that can influence better hearing. Study Parameters The researchers will examine listening in a range of situations, from one-on-one, to group conversations, watching TV and wider social contexts like supermarkets and other noisy environments, and how it effects connection and socialization.
Why Participate? It is estimated that 46% of people aged 45 to 87 have some degree of hearing loss, but most do not seek a solution right away. In this study you’ll be playing an important part in determining the key factors around identifying hearing loss and what influences the decision to seek treatment.
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Hands-on for rugby nats Taylor Paris is used to tearing apart opponents on the rugby pitch. Last Wednesday, Paris and some of his teammates on Canada’s national men’s side got a chance to tear apart cars during a hands-on tour of Port Coquitlam’s firehall #1. The players were on a break from training at St. Georges school in Vancouver in advance of a test match against the United States Saturday at BC Place (Canada lost 20-15). Both sides are on their way to Japan for the World Cup,
which begins Sept. 20. At the PoCo firehall, instead of scrumming down or running lineouts, the players pried open car doors using the Jaws of Life. They also learned first-hand that navigating a maul is no match for manhandling a fully charged fire hose. The visit was also a reunion with one of their own. Until two years ago, Port Coquitlam firefighter Jason Marshall was a prop on the national side for eight years. He also played professionally in France for
Clockwise from top left: Taylor Paris and DTH van der Merwe, players with Canada’s national men’s rugby team, get a chance to operate a hose during a tour of Port Coquitlam firehall #1; Port Coquitlam firefighter Jason Marshall, a former player on Canada’s national rugby team, right, shows van der Merwe and Paris how to pack away hose; Kyle Baillie and Paris tear off the door from a car; Baillie rolls up hose. Canada’s first match at the World Cup will be Sept. 20, against Italy.
several years. The environs of the firehall weren’t totally unfamiliar to Paris, a 6’1� wing. While playing in France, he achieved part of the certification required to become a firefighter there. He said the transition between the two worlds can be relatively seamless, although, he admitted, ripping apart a car is a lot harder work than racing through a line of defenders on the rugby pitch. “We’re just playing a game,� he said. “These guys are saving lives.�
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The Centennial Centaurs football team lost its 15th regular season game in a row Friday but head coach Dino Geremia says it will be how his side responds this week that will determine if this is to be a third straight lost season. Geremia said there was much to be encouraged about in the Centaurs’ 33-21 home field loss to the Ballenas Whalers that his charges can build upon for their game against Sullivan Heights, 5 p.m. Friday at Cloverdale Athletic Park. “The team showed fight and a willingness to dig in and get back out there to make plays,” Geremia said. “It is encouraging to see some of the young players step in and do well.” Those players included
Centennial Centaurs Andrew Lirag pursues Ballenas Whalers ball carrier Demar Hohnstein in the first half of their BC Secondary Schools Football Association AAA senior game, Friday at the Centennial Oval. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
quarterback Kayle Cowley, who threw for 146 yards and made a couple of gutsy runs to gain first downs. Juniors Kayshawn Beswick and Ziad
Sabry also stood out on a hot, sunny afternoon. Geremia said aside from occasional letdowns, he was pleased with his team’s de-
fence, particularly the performance of Hussein Sabry, who managed to penetrate the Whalers’ backfield and forced two fumbles.
Meanwhile, the Terry Fox Ravens lost 37-0 to South Delta on Saturday. They host Langley on Friday, 5 p.m., at Percy Perry Stadium.
Coquitlam Express scored four goals on the power play to defeat the Langley Rivermen 5-2 in the opening game of their BC Hockey League season last Saturday at Langley’s George Preston Arena. Drew Cooper scored two of those goals for the Express while Tyler Schleppe, Danny Pearson and Bradley Ong chipped in singles. After a scoreless first period, Cooper opened the scoring for the Express 5:45 into the middle frame. Langley tied it less than three minutes later before the Express scored four straight goals to take a 5-1 lead by 8:43 of the third period. Tristan Fraser got one of those back for the Rivermen, who outshot the visitors, 43-29. The Express play their next game Friday against the Surrey Eagles at the South Surrey Arena.
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