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Allix Duncan Grant, 23, Brad Smith, 24, and Nik Stimpson, 24, are Port Coquitlam pals who are trying to get in shape for a 2,500-km adventure race across India in a seven-horsepower motorized rickshaw next April to raise money for an organization that preserves rainforests as well as the Terry Fox Foundation. See story, page 19.
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Unions representing workers at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital are lauding new security measures, training and a staffing boost expected to improve safety at the Coquitlam facility. The improvements are part of an action plan that was completed after an external review in February, said Lynn Pelletier, the vice-president of the BC Mental Health and Substance Use Facilities, and will result in the hiring of 20 additional staff in a variety of clinical positions. And while some of the initiatives will take longer to establish, putting more trained security in the high-risk units will happen immediately, Pelletier said. “We’ve placed security — one for each of the two high security units, they’re on the stations at all times. We also need to post these jobs and do training for staff — we’re fast tracking as fast as possible,” she said. see INCREASED, page 14
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