Tri-City News October 10 2018

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Youth couch surfing, out in the cold 20 tallied in youth count, actual no. is likely higher GRANT GRANGER THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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First year Douglas Royals centre Mikaela Montagano will be wearing a bright pink T-shirt in honour of people in her life who’ve suffered cancer, like her beloved grandfather, during pre-game warmups this weekend when the team hosts Vancouver Island University Saturday and Capilano University Sunday. All Royals players and coaches will wear in the colours associated with causes they’re supporting at its Show Your Colours initiative to raise awareness. For more information, see story in Sports, page 28.

At least 20 young people were homeless in the Tri-Cities when Metro Vancouver did its first youth homeless count this spring.

But the actual number may be higher.

The results, released last Thursday, showed there were 681 youth between the ages of 13 and 24 who were homeless in the region from April 4 to 12. The 20 in the Tri-Cities accounted for 2.9% of the total, which put it seventh out of 11 sub-regions.

Although it has a total population of approximately

265,000, the Tri-Cities’ youth homeless count was lower than those in: Burnaby (34), which has 233,000 people according to the 2016 census; New Westminster (33), a population of about 70,000; and Ridge Meadows (22), with about 100,000 people. The largest concentration of homeless youth was in Vancouver, with 349, while Surrey accounted for 106 and the North Shore 64.

Unlike previous general homeless counts, which involved hundreds of volunteers fanning out across a region over a 24-hour period, this one was done by detailed surveys distributed to youth centres, high schools and shelters, and a client spreadsheet filled out by youth service workers. see YOUTH COUNT, page 4

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VOTESMART/18 n More election coverage on pages 7-10 and online at tricitynews.com/municipal-election HOMELESSNESS IN THE TRI-CITIES

Still concerns about Coquitlam shelter but steps are being taken: task force Dealing with needles is one key concern in region

Treatment access in the Tri-Cities ‘has to change’

Diane StranDberg The Tri-CiTy News

Solving social problems such as crime, loitering, discarded needles and drug use around the Gordon Avenue homeless shelter and the nearby Coquitlam/Port Coquitlam border will take time, resources and commitment from multiple jurisdictions, a Coquitlam council task force suggests.

But the fact that a number of solutions are already being undertaken suggests a commitment to tackling the issues and making the area safer, says the group’s chair.

“All of these agencies were part of this consultation, they were part of the prioritizing,” Coun. Chris Wilson said in an interview with The Tri-City News last week after council endorsed the report. “We fully expect they’ll be stepping up with more resources to do this work.”

Among the projects underway is the opening of an opioid agonist treatment (OAT) clinic in Port Moody, Wilson said, and a plan to change how needles are distributed, collected and tracked.

“One of the big recommendations is working with Fraser Health to come up with a different model in the Tri-City area so that those impacts in the residential communities are minimized even though it’s not just residents of 3030 Gordon who are discarding them [needles].”

Wilson said the business community has already seen some improvements since the task force was initiated earlier this year and efforts by Coquitlam RCMP to be more proactive are appreciated.

But he cautioned people to not assume that just because police cars are outside the Coquitlam shelter that there is a problem.

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The permanent homeless shelter and transition housing at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam has helped dozens of homeless people but there are problems associated with the area. to see how things are going to keep a positive relationships with the shelter and the residents of the shelter.”

The task force report notes that the shelter opened during the current opioid crisis — which has been declared a provincial health emergency — and that a number of problems require more resources and treatment.

“The current opioid crisis has seen an unprecedented increase in drug overdoses and overdose deaths over the last several years, especially with the rise of highly addictive and lethal synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, which is cheap, readily available on the street and laced into many other substances,” the report states.

Coquitlam Fire/Rescue has been on the front lines, according to the report, handling 598 OD/poison calls since the shelter opened in late 2015 — 14% of which, or 85, were at the shelter.

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ple living in the bushes — and thus harder to reach — had the shelter not been in existence and that police and fire told the task force that the shelter is not overburdening them.

“In their opinion, it’s been a very, very positive thing,” Wilson said.

In fact, he said, the number of homeless people has doubled in recent years, with 157 at the latest count, and another facility, possibly an abstinencebased shelter, is recommended.

“BC Housing is happy to work with the cities to put that kind of housing in,” Wilson said.

Other recommendations are things the cities could do, such as introducing a loitering bylaw, increasing the frequency of litter pickup, establishing a community patrol or neighbourhood watch, making improvements to refresh the Westwood Street business area and possibly forming a business improvement association.

Coquitlam is also looking at whether it should update bylaws to allow clinics for people

seeking addiction treatment.

For example, the city currently prohibits methadone dispensaries except those that were grandfathered before the regulations, and suboxone, an opioid agonist therapy that is a relatively new treatment for drug addiction, may need to be added to the bylaw.

But no changes would happen without community consultation, according to Andrew Merrill, the city’s manager of community planning.

“Refining what is the cities’ role in controlling residents’ access in getting health care is something we need to talk to the community about,” Merrill said.

Wilson said he was pleased with the efforts of the task group to collaborate and discuss the issues rather than using the issues as debating points for a civic election.

• The 3030 Gordon Task Group report is available at www.coquitlam.ca.

Port Coquitlam may be taking a different view of some of the recommendations contained in a report by a Coquitlam council-initiated task group looking at the community impact of the 3030 Gordon Ave. shelter.

PoCo opposes at least three of the 29 recommendations made by the task group, according to the report, but Brad West, a city councillor who attended task force meetings and is running for mayor, said council has yet to see the report and has not yet adopted a formal position on many of the issues.

“What I articulated [in task force meetings] is the concern about the neighbourhood around 3030 Gordon and the concerns of neighbours who live in the Fox Park neighbourhood about the issues they are already dealing with,” he said. “They are very significant and they don’t seem to be addressed in a meaningful way.

“There would have to be a lot of work done with neighbours to address concerns they already have and to be convinced the service would not exacerbate the problem that already exists.”

Among PoCo’s concerns is ongoing needle distribution

by Fraser Health — some 77,000 in a year — and it wants the harm reduction program stopped, said West, who said he’s also concerned about a recommendation to install sharps disposal units around the Tri-Cities.

“Basically, the concern is that it would invite more discarded needles and needle use in our parks and playgrounds, and to me it normalizes this idea that needle use in public parks and playgrounds and trails is OK,” he told The Tri-City News, adding that the focus of drug treatment has been harm reduction but more work should be done on treatment and recovery.

“Those individuals who do want to enter treatment, who do want to enter recovery aren’t able to access it…

They are facing long waits lists or they aren’t in proximity to where they are. Clearly that is one of things that needs to change.

“The goal should be getting people clean and helping them overcome their addiction.”

But he said there are a number of task force recommendations that he does support, particularly those such as Block Watch and more RCMP resources.

“Those are important for keeping the trust of the residents who live in the neighbourhood,” West said.

PoCo council was expected to review the task force’s recommendations this week.

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Youth count likely lower than reality continued from front page

But despite the new methodology and more detailed info, it’s likely the actual numbers are higher, said Jennifer Hanrahan of the St. Leonard’s Youth and Family Services in a Metro Vancouver press release.

The report said 74% were either couch surfing or in a shelter, transition house, detox centre or recovery house. Half of those surveyed are either in or have been in foster care, with 11% becoming homeless after aging out of care. About 44% had been homeless for at least a year.

Rob Thiessen, managing director of Hope for Freedom Society, which runs recovery, outreach and shelter programs in the Tri-Cities, said the count of 20 in the Tri-Cities “sounds about right” according to the observations of the organization’s outreach team but it’s also likely lower than reality.

“It’s like grabbing oil because they’re not visible,” he told The Tri-City News “They have the ability to couch surf for a very long time before they run out of places to stay.”

Leah Pells, a counsellor for an alternate program in

School District 43, believes the number of homeless youth in the Tri-Cities is considerably higher than the count.

“I’d say there’s more than that. It’s an underestimate just based on the kids that I know,” she said. “There’s lots of kids that don’t have anywhere to go.”

Pells told The Tri-City News this region needs a shelter for youth, especially since the municipalities find money for many other things. She said even though some local governments maintain providing the shelters is the responsibility of senior governments, they should still take ownership of the issue in their community.

The report said more than half of the youth indicated they were homeless because of a family conflict while 41% cited drugs or addiction and 33% mental health as factors.

Thiessen said family conflict is basically in the opinion of the youth. He said his daughter left for several months before returning.

“To her, family conflict is we had rules that were reasonable and she did not want to follow them,” he said. “It breaks my heart to have youth that are

homeless.”

But Pells said she believes kids when they say they’re homeless because of family conflict.

“For kids to live on the street, it’s pretty bad. It’s abuse, substance abuse, poverty, things that make it difficult to stay there,” she said. “Kids don’t feel safe and they’d rather sleep outside than in their homes.”

Pells said it’s entrenched trauma that has set them off on the homeless path, including taking drugs and becoming addicted in addition to having a place to sleep.

“It’s situations where they’ve experienced really bad things and there’s no hope.”

She said a student showed up at a school recently after spending the night in Blue Mountain Park, noting, “Things are pretty bad for them to make that choice.”

Thiessen said homelessness keeps getting worse.

“I used to be optimistic but it’s a growing thing. And with it comes addiction.” He predicted the legalization of marijuana, to come into effect across Canada on Oct. 17, will increase youth drug use and homelessness.

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Human trafficking, prostitution charges Grant GranGer The Tri-CiTy News

A Coquitlam man made his first appearance in court last Wednesday on seven charges of human trafficking and prostitution.

And Delta Police said there may be other victims.

A news release from the department said it received a tip in May 2017 of a home and individuals in North Delta allegedly involved in prostitution, and that some of the women were under-aged. The operation was advertised via social media.

Delta Police said during the investigation, they identified a 15-year-old girl involved in the operation, got her out and put her into the care of the Ministry of Children and Family and a guardian. Department spokesperson Kris Leykauf told The Tri-City News the girl is doing well since being removed. A 16-year-old girl was also identified but has since passed away.

Leykauf said she died due to lifestyle issues and not because of the crime being committed

against them. A third identified victim was over the age of consent.

“We are concerned there may be other victims who were caught up in this prostitution operation. It appears that women or teen girls were being transported between the Metro Vancouver area and Calgary,” said Staff Sgt. Heath Newton of the Delta Police investigations bureau in the release. “We are encouraging any other victims, or people with further information, to contact us.”

Crown counsel approved six prostitution and human trafficking charges and one charge of assault against a former Delta resident, Mohammed Sharif Begg, 35, of Coquitlam in December but he did not make his first court appearance until Oct. 3.

“Another individual was also identified as a perpetrator in the prostitution ring but died due to an unrelated incident prior to charge approval,” said the release.

Leykauf would not say if the deceased perpetrator was a man or a woman because with no charges being laid, it would be inappropriate to provide any information.

She said the investigation concluded in December 2017 but there was a lot of work compiling the evidence before being presented to the Crown for approval of charges.

Anyone with further information, or who may have been a victim, is asked to contact Delta Police at 604-946-4411 or, if they wish to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-8477.

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VOTESMART/18 GETTING OUT THE VOTE

Plenty of chances to cast your votes Advance voting starts today in all three cities

Advance voting is one way to make sure you your voice is heard in the upcoming civic elections for council and school board seats.

If you won’t be in town on voting day — Saturday, Oct. 20 — or have timing conflicts, you can take advantage of earlier polling dates.

Advance voting will be available to all qualified electors and will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the following locations:

COQUITLAM

• TODAY: Wednesday, Oct. 10: Poirier community centre, 630 Poirier St. • Friday, Oct. 12: Victoria community hall, 3435 Victoria Dr. • Saturday, Oct. 13: Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave. and Pinetree community centre, 1260 Pinetree Way.

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Non-resident property owners may also vote in municipal elections but have different requirements than resident voters; check your city website for details.

For more information about your local election, go to: • portcoquitlam.ca/vote • coquitlam.ca/vote • portmoody.ca/vote • Wednesday, Oct. 17: Poirier community centre.

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KFN chief supports incumbent mayors JaNis Cleugh The Tri-CiTy News

For the first time in the band’s history, the chief of the Kwikwetlem First Nation is publicly backing Tri-City municipal candidates.

Last Friday, a spokesperson for Chief Ron Giesbrecht said he’s promoting — but not endorsing — six people vying for mayoral and council seats in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.

They are: in Coquitlam, incumbents Richard Stewart for mayor and Brent Asmundson and Dennis Marsden for council; in PoCo, newcomer Priscilla Omulo for council; and in Port Moody, incumbent Mike Clay for mayor and newbie Tasha Faye Evans for council (Evans also has the support of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation).

Giesbrecht is throwing his weight behind the candidates based on their First Nationsfriendly platforms; no challengers approached him for support, the spokesperson said.

Stewart told The Tri-City News the chief’s approval “I

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You will hear from a Residential Care physician, a Residential Care Facility representative and representatives from the Fraser Health Authority. We will be reviewing the process of applying for and selecting a facility, the available community supports for this process, as well as reviewing the care and services provided once someone has moved into residential care.

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Meet candidates at several forums Meetings tonight in Coquitlam and Port Moody

There are a variety of opportunities to see and hear candidates for mayor, city councillor and school trustee in the leadup to the Oct. 20 civic elections — including tonight and tomorrow.

Here’s a list of the scheduled all-candidates meetings by municipality:

COQUITLAM

• TONIGHT: Oct. 10: Maillardville Residents Association host a forum for mayoral and council candidates at 7 p.m. at the Place Maillardville Community Centre (1200 Cartier Ave.).

• TOMORROW: Oct. 11: Burquitlam Community Association is hosting Coquitlam mayoral and council candidates at 7 p.m. at Banting middle school (820 Banting St.).

• Oct. 14: Coquitlam Farmers Market hosts meet

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and greet with candidates for city council and School District 43 the board of education from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot at Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave.).

PORT COQUITLAM

• Oct. 15: Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce hosts a forum with candidates for mayor and council at 7 p.m. at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate).

PORT MOODY

• TONIGHT: Oct. 10: The Residents of Pleasantside and Ioco Community Association (TROPICA) will be holding a forum for city council candidates at 7 p.m. at Old Orchard community hall (646 Bentley Rd.).

• Oct. 11: The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce will host of an-all candidates debate at 7 p.m. at Port Moody’s Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.).

• Oct. 17: TROPICA will be holding a forum for mayoral candidates at 7 p.m. at Old Orchard community hall (646 Bentley Rd.).

SCHOOL BOARD

• Oct. 16: A meet-and-greetstyle event to provide opportunities for voters to meet candidates for school trustee at Winslow Centre gym, 1100 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. The event is drop-in, running from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., and hosted by the District Parent Advisory Council. newsroom@tricitynews.com

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Livability, affordability dominate PoMo debate

Local election coverage at tricitynews.com/municipal-election and in a special in-paper feature on October 10

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Livability, affordability, and even a microphone that had a knack for cutting out every time Port Moody council candidate James Robertson spoke, were at the fore of an all-candidates meeting hosted by the Glenayre Community Association last Friday.

Fortunately for Robertson, his big voice doesn’t require amplification.

In a full gym at Glenayre elementary school, the city’s 14 candidates for council and the two vying for the mayor’s job laid out their visions for Port Moody’s future in one-minute sound bites.

All the candidates agreed Port Moody is a wonderful place but they diverged on whether it would remain that way.

Mayoral candidate Rob Vagramov, who currently sits on city council, painted a grim picture of Port Moody’s direction as it moves to fulfill its growth projection of 50,000 residents by 2041. He claimed the pace and scope of proposed and rumoured development projects will far exceed that, creating hardships on the city’s infrastructure and diminishing its livability.

Mayor Mike Clay, who’s seeking a third term in the position, said that’s fear-mongering.

He pointed to the city’s modest growth rate (1.6% between the 2016 census and 2011, according to Statistics Canada) under his leadership is actually managing growth cautiously and responsibly.

“We have to be proud and move forward,” he said.

But several candidates raised the alarm that however much Port Moody grows, living in the city is becoming more difficult every year — particularly for seniors. They pointed to the very neighbourhood where the

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Port Moody council candidate Sharleen Karamanian gets a highfive from a supporter following last Friday’s all-candidates meeting hosted by the Glenayre Community Association. debate was being held as one ripe to help keep the city financially within reach through innovative infill housing solutions such as laneway homes.

Council candidate Sharleen Karamanian said the city could designate an area within the mostly single-family home neighbourhood as a pilot for the construction of small carriage homes that would allow downsizing seniors to stay in the community, or provide a start to young adults or families looking to set roots.

Jimmy Malamas, who’s also vying for a seat on council, said, “If they can do it in Vancouver, we can do it in Port Moody.”

But council candidate Amy Lubik cautioned that the neighbourhood would need better and more frequent transit service as it densified.

And Robertson spoke of his concern about the neighbourhood’s lack of services like stores and coffee shops, something that would have to be corrected with rezoning.

Incumbent Coun. Zoe Royer said any reworking of the established neighbourhood should require extensive consultation with its current residents. “We have to work closely with the community to find something

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that really works,” she said.

Mayor Clay agreed, adding infill housing could take all kinds of forms, such as secondary suites in basements or above garages, as well as carriage homes.

Though none of the half dozen questions challenged the candidates on the future of fire hall and public works yard sites that is the subject of a non-binding referendum question on the Oct. 20 ballot, several weighed in tangentially and pointed to the site as a flashpoint of Port Moody’s growth, affordability and livability issues.

Council candidate Steve Milani said the site should be retained by the city for seniors’ housing and the expansion of the library, something Lubik said could be achieved with partnerships rather than an outright sale of the property.

Tasha Faye Evans, who’s also running for council, said she is angry about the way the referendum question — which asks whether the city should retain the properties or sell, partially sell or lease them — is being asked. It’s more nuanced than that she said, noting, “Council needs to listen and collaborate with residents.”

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2019-2022 Permissive Property Taxation Exemption Bylaw

In accordance with Section 227 of the Community Charter, notice is hereby provided regarding adoption of Taxation Exemption Amendment Bylaw No. 4914, 2018. The intent of this bylaw is to grant a permissive property tax exemption to the following category of land and/or improvement:

Note: The tax figures provided below are estimates only. These figures will be modified based on changes in assessment data and tax rates as determined by Council on an annual basis.

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This notice does not include statutory exemptions provided by the Province or permissive exemptions provided by the City of Coquitlam under Section 224 subsection (2) (f) [buildings for public worship].

A copy of the Taxation Exemption Amendment Bylaw No. 4914, 2018 may be inspected at the City of Coquitlam, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2, in the Financial Services office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding statutory holidays, from Friday, October 5, 2018 to Monday, October 15, 2018. If there are any questions regarding the bylaw, please contact the Financial Services Department at 604-927-3030.

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he rollout of federal marijuana legalization appears to be moving without proper planning for enforcement of drug-impaired driving, a recent story in The Tri-City News suggests.

In the article, it was noted that a roadside screening device for cannabis is being touted while serious questions remain about its reliability.

Some police departments are declining to use it, including Port Moody’s, which prefers for the time being to use its own sobriety test and trained experts. drug screening devices will be deployed to RCMP detachments but in limited numbers, and it’s not known whether Coquitlam RCMP will be among them, but it is likely local Mounties have their own DELIVERY 604-472-3040 NEWSROOM 604-472-3030 DISPLAY ADS 604-472-3020 cLASSIfIED ADS 604-444-3056 n

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The question is whether the equipment is adequate to the task — that task includes identifying impaired drivers but, just as importantly, not taking licences or freedom from those who don’t deserve it.

Police are right to adopt use of devices slowly and to question whether they are reliable because defence lawyers are already preparing cases that could get their clients off because of doubts about these systems. and according to a lawyer well-versed in these issues, these devices appear clunky and could produce false positives. one problem is how invasive they are and how long it takes to get a result. for example, a person has to swab their own mouth for a few min-

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utes — time-consuming and awkward at best, especially if someone is impaired — and then the sample has to sit level for awhile to get results.

There is also inadequate public information about how marijuana metabolizes in the body and how long someone needs to go without ingesting the drug before they are safe to drive — one hour, two hours, overnight?

These questions and more need to be fully addressed before we implement measures that could affect people’s freedom and even jobs. and while legalization of marijuana is scheduled for one week from today, it is truly untested ground for british Colombians who need and want assurances that they will be safe on the road and safe from unfair prosecution.

The federal and provincial governments need to step up their communication of this impending issue while ensuring that test cases don’t end up making drug-impaired driving enforcement a useless task.

The goal should be to protect drivers and to give the police the tools they need to do their job properly and fairly.

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ELECTORAL REFORM REFERENDUM

Variety of voices speak in favour of PR The Editor, Most of our everyday world runs on one person, one vote, which is proportional representation (PR). How so?

When union members vote on a new contract, the person with high seniority and the person fresh out of school each gets one equally weighted vote.

When teachers vote on a new contract, the ballot from the teacher nearing retirement carries the same weight as the on-call teacher looking for their first full-time contract.

The same goes for every professional association and trade union.

There is no skewing the votes. No sub-group receives 39% of the votes and magically gets 54% of the decisionmaking, giving it 100% of the power — which is the exact skewing we regularly see in our first-past-the-post elections.

This skewing is currently found in seven provinces and the federal government.

Why do we accept this voodoo magic in our most important forum, our elected governments?

We don’t have to and I’m

Over the last couple of months, The Tri-City News has received a number of letters from around B.C. about the electoral reform referendum. A selection of those is on this page.

tired of it. Vote for PR this fall.

Tom Rankin, Kamloops

IT’S QUITE SIMPLE

The Editor, I support proportional representation (PR) because it reflects the popular vote: 40% of the votes equals 40% of the seats; 20% of the votes equals 20% of the seats; 30% of votes equals 30% of the seats.

How straightforward, modern and effective. With PR, my vote would finally count.

With PR, the number of MLAs in any area would be at least the same as the current number, or slightly more.

The ballots would also be straightforward — they would look similar to the current ballots, except voters have more choices.

Let’s join the more than 80 countries around the world that use PR successfully, including Sweden, Denmark,

Germany and New Zealand, all with stable, flexible and efficient government.

I will vote Yes to proportional representation in the referendum.

H. Helvoigt, Kamloops

LOOK TO ONTARIO

The Editor, The dust seems to have settled, finally, on the Ontario government’s heavy handed intrusion into the democratic process of Toronto’s civic elections. Now, it should be very clear to all Canadians that under Canada’s constitution, civic government does not exist except at the whim of the provinces.

All it would take for something similar, or even worse, to be imposed on municipalities here in B.C. is for us to persist with our current archaic firstpast-the-post electoral system.

This system creates false major-

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ity governments that enable a minority of the voters caught up in the passions of the moment to give an extremist party leader with only 40% of the vote the keys to 100% of the power in our provincial legislature, as just happened in Ontario.

Proportional representation (PR) is our best protection against extremists taking control of our government. If the recent Ontario election had happened under PR, Doug Ford‘s PC party would only have won 40% of the seats, not sufficient to form a government. So, to become premier, he would have had to persuade another party with at least 10% of the seats to support him.

Winning the support of another party would have required serious negotiation about his government’s proposed legislative agenda and priorities. During such negotiations, premier-designate Ford

would have to have told his negotiating partner(s) of his plan and his reasons for halving the size of the Toronto city council.

I’m confident no responsible leader of any other Ontario political party would have agreed to associate themselves and their party with Ford’s personal vendetta against his former Toronto council colleagues.

I’m enthusiastically voting for PR for B.C. in the upcoming referendum so that everyone’s vote will count equally in all future elections and so that British Columbians will have an effective shield against extremists ever taking control of our government.

Marty Horswill, Nelson

FINDING SOLUTIONS

The Editor, I didn’t grow up in a house that prioritized one person over others. I have three brothers, we’re all one year apart and our parents always took the time to listen to us. Maybe that’s why it is so natural for me to do when listening to my own kids and wife.

This isn’t a unique set of circumstances; most of the

people I surround myself with appear to be the same general kind of adaptive listener. I’ll bet many of us can say this.

And this is what has me so confused over the opposition to proportional representation (PR). If we can all demonstrate that having differing viewpoints is an opportunity to find solutions for everyone, why is it so hard to accept that politics would be better off this way?

Politicians who win the most votes shouldn’t have a blank cheque to do whatever they want. This got us fast ferries, money laundering, out-ofcontrol real estate, hard-hit forestry and many other avoidable policies. I don’t see why a third of the province is so rabidly supporting more of that.

It’s confusing.

In PR, which we can reverse in two elections’ time if we don’t like it, we would be accepting a system that works in the same solid way our lives do and one that generally leads to happier populations. I’ll be voting Yes to modernizing our electoral system and I hope all of you see the sense in doing so, too.

T. Wharton, New Westminster

NOTICE OF CONSTRUCTION

Work where you love to shop!

Friday October 12 3:00PM – 7:00PM Saturday October 13 11:00AM – 7:00PM

Gatensbury Road Improvement Project

in the Coquitlam Centre Meeting Room (Down the corridor between McDonald’s and Sport Chek – follow the signs)

Are you looking for a position in retail? Many of the Tri-Cities’ favourite retailers will be looking to fill positions for the upcoming holiday season. Candidates are encouraged to bring copies of their résumes. As some retailers will hold interviews on the spot, candidates should dress accordingly and arrive prepared to meet with hiring managers.

For more information contact Guest Services at 604.464.1414 or visit coquitlamcentre.com for a complete list of participating retailers and hours that they will be available.

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Port Moody’s general manager of engineering and operations says the city is aware of drivers disregarding road closure signs on Gatensbury Street. And it is working with the contractor to ensure the traffic management plan in place while parts of the busy roadway are under construction is properly executed.

Jeff Moi said the city is monitoring the situation and may take additional steps to ensure the safety of residents and workers.

The steep, curvy section of the street that descends from Coquitlam into Port Moody was closed to all but local traffic last week for a seven-month project that includes the replacement of the existing water main as well as reconstructing the roadway to level out some of the grade changes and modify lane width.

A new multi-use pathway for pedestrians and cyclists will also be constructed on the west side of the road. Many of the changes, including new signage and lane markings, are supposed to improve safety for users of the busy collector route that a 2015 traffic study said was used by an average

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A driver bypasses the road closure signs at the top of Gatensbury Street in Port Moody, where a seven-month project to improve the road’s safety began last week.

5,500 vehicles a day.

But residents who live on the street said last week motorists defying both the closure signs and the flaggers stationed at the top and bottom of the hill are creating new safety issues as they try to negotiate the single lane being left open during construction.

Moi said drivers were given plenty of notice about the closure, including signs advising of the construction project that have been in place in several locations since Sept.

20 as well as four electronic reader boards stationed along St. Johns Street in Port Moody

and Como Lake Avenue in Coquitlam.

He said residents who live near the closure area were mailed letters about the closure and notices have been posted on the city’s website as well as its social media channels, along with ads in The TriCity News and a press release sent to other outlets.

“We ask drivers to please respect the road restrictions that are in place,” Moi said.

The construction project is scheduled to last until next May.

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AWFUL WAY TO HIKE SCHOOL TRUSTEE PAY Last election the biggest issue regarding school board was trustee wages.

It was reported and determined to be true, that School District 43 wages were the highest in the province.

District 43 trustees make more than Surrey and Vancouver school trustees.

Both these districts are larger, more students and employees and a much larger budget.

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Other PoCo news:

Business owners in Port Coquitlam can sign up for the city’s annual business recovery planning session, to be held next month.

Hosted by the PoCo emergency preparedness program, the workshop helps business owners get ready before a disaster strikes to ensure a continuous flow of goods and services afterward.

Therese Mickelson of Mickelson Consulting — a former communications manager with the city of Coquitlam — will lead a talk about crisis communications.

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PoCo’s finance manager will take over the top job at city hall while the new chief administrative officer is on maternity leave.

Karen Grommada will temporarily replace Kristen Dixon, the city’s former director of engineering and operations who in June took over the CAO position from John Leeburn.

Dixon’s maternity leave is scheduled to start Oct. 19.

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Gas stations part of a nat’l tree initiative Five Tri-City 7-Eleven stores with gas stations are part of a Lower Mainland pilot project to plant trees across Canada.

The emissions offset program, called Renew, has a goal of planting 20,000 trees across the country by next October. For every litre of fuel bought at 7-Eleven gas stations around Metro Vancouver, said a press release, “an investment will be made in reforestation, green-scape projects, wildlife protection and/or renewable energy projects designed to help offset tailpipe emissions. Depending on the amount contributed, tailpipe emissions may be offset by up to 30%.”

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Teen pleads guilty after Golden Ears MDMA kills Movie Series PoCo girl, 13 Girl died in 2017 after purchasing drugs from dealer CAyley Dobie

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A Vancouver teen who sold a 13-year-old Port Coquitlam girl a fatal dose of MDMA has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges.

The charge stems from an incident July 15, 2017. At around 7 p.m. that day, two girls, ages 13 and 16 years old, bought drugs from a dealer at the 22nd Street SkyTrain station. The pair consumed the drugs, which turned out to be MDMA in a powdered form, before boarding a bus home to Port Coquitlam.

After getting off the bus, the 13-year-old went into medical distress. A passerby called 911 and the girl was rushed to Royal Columbian Hospital, where she died.

According to police, a toxicology report confirmed the girl died from a lethal dose of

MDMA. No traces of fentanyl were found.

The 16-year-old, who had also ingested the drugs, did not suffer the same adverse effect, according to police.

Following an investigation by the New Westminster Police Department’s street crime unit with assistance from Coquitlam RCMP, Transit Police and the Vancouver Police, police arrested a 15-year-old in August 2017.

Last week, the teen, whose identity cannot be revealed under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to one count of trafficking in a controlled substance.

“This was a tragic and heartbreaking case. We hope that the family of the 13-year-old girl is able to get some sense of closure and peace after this very challenging time,” said Sgt. Jeff Scott, in a press release.

“We encourage all parents to have an open dialogue with their teenagers about the risk of drug use.”

The accused is schedule to return to court Jan. 15, 2019 to be sentenced.

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Halloween is just a few weeks away and Tri-City youths aged 11 to 18 can join the annual Scary Story Contest for a chance to win prizes and see their names in print.

The contest, as in past years, is put on

by Coquitlam and Port Moody public libraries, and is sponsored by The Tri-City News.

To participate in the contest, local kids must write a terrifying tale and submit it; then, a panel of judges will award first-, second- and third-place prizes to the three best entries in each of two age categories: 11 to 14 and 15 to 18 years.

Rules for the contest are as follows: • Each entry must be no longer than 500 words.

• Writers must live or go to school in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore or Belcarra.

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• Writers must email their entries — as a Word attachment, a PDF or in the body of the message — to scarystorycontest2018@gmail.com no later than Sunday, Oct. 21.

Winners in each age category will receive prizes worth $50 (first), $30 (second) and $20 (third). Some entries will also be published in The Tri-City News around Halloween. Full contest details are on the Coquitlam Public Library and Port Moody Public Library web sites.

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ort Moody’s Dan Gallant spends most of his weekdays battling Metro Vancouver traffic in a used cube van. When he’s not navigating vehicular congestion, he’s busy loading and unloading the truck and making travel arrangements.

But the retired TD Bank executive doesn’t get paid for his patience, heavy lifting or organizational skills. Not a penny.

He gets paid in other ways.

Gallant is the volunteer transportation master and warehouse manager for Rotary World Help (RWH), an organization that ships donated medical, dental and educational supplies to developing countries. He has been working out of an overflowing warehouse on the Riverview Hospital lands in Coquitlam for 15 years.

“They offered me early retirement and I jumped at it,” Gallant tells The Tri-City News as he sits amidst stacks of hospital beds, boxes of medical supplies, IV stands, examination beds and much more, most of which he has picked up. “I needed something to do and this fills that need.”

Rotary World Helps began

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Left: Dan Gallant stands in the middle of the Rotary World Help warehouse in the Riverview lands beside one of the cribs donated to RWH by BC Children’s Hospital. Right: Tri-City Rotarians send off a shipping container full of donated goods to Kenya earlier this year. in 1992 after three Vancouver Rotarians went to the Ukraine to help get some Rotary clubs started there following the fall of communist rule. The trio realized there was a desperate need for medical supplies, so when they returned, they scrounged up enough to fill a shipping container and sent it to Kiev.

That inspired the founding of RWH and the organization has been scrounging and shipping ever since.

Gallant said last week that when Rotarians seal the doors on a container bound for Siquijor Island in

the Philippines (it was to go Saturday), it would be the 390th container they’ve shipped to 60 countries. Just a few weeks ago, another container full of computers, books and medicals supplies made its way to Kenya.

Gallant, a native of Prince Edward Island, worked across Canada for TD for 35 years starting when he was 18 years old; his final stop was the Lower Mainland. He’s been a Rotarian since 1980 and, after he retired at the age of 53, he learned about RWH through some friends in the club. He thought he could make a difference. He

certainly has done that.

“The more I got involved, the more I got hooked and wanting to do more and give more of my time,” says Gallant. “While I still volunteer my time for local [Port Moody] Rotary projects, this consumes a lot of my Rotary time because this has become a passion for me and how it benefits other people.”

In the beginning, much of his time was spent making contacts with hospitals, health care facilities and seniors’ homes searching for medical equipment and supplies. But as it evolved, opportunities

to broaden into dental and school equipment and supplies emerged, although medical gear still makes up about 75 to 80% of the donations. There are also some interesting odds and ends, like the boxes of slightly used tennis balls donated by the Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver, hosts of a pro tournament every summer, and soccer gear from Tri-Cities clubs that is eagerly gobbled up in futbol-mad countries.

“All equipment that we accept is on the condition it is in good working order and reusable at the receiving end,”

says Gallant shortly before hopping in the van for pickups at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver and St. Paul’s in downtown Vancouver.

One of the rarest donations the organization received was about 60 specialty cribs of varying sizes from B.C. Children’s Hospital after it recently moved into a new building with new equipment. It took two weeks and 20 truckloads to get the cribs to the Riverview warehouse and a secondary one in Richmond. see DONORS, next page

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“We rarely ever get any [cribs]. This was an enormous windfall for us. We’ve put a few on each [shipment] since depending where they’re going.

We spread them around,” he says.

The donors like RWH because it saves them from forking out pick-up and disposal fees. “Nowadays, there’s very rarely a need for us to be proactive contacting potential donors,” Gallant says.

The organization shipped 19 containers in 2017 — the average is 15 — and RWH expects to ship up to 20 in 2018, including to Guatemala and Sierra Leone later this year.

Gallant says operational costs are low because the 40 Rotary clubs in RWH sponsor each shipment and the receiving clubs are responsible for clearing customs and distributing the shipment at the other end. The biggest costs are the warehouse lease, the truck and packing supplies.

“It’s big bang for your buck — big time,” says Gallant, who estimates the average shipment costs about $8,000 U.S., although it’s a lot less if it’s going to the Philippines.

His own big payoff comes

on trips he has made to South Africa, the Philippines and Belize to see the results of his and his clubmates’ work.

“I saw people using beds that we had sent, walkers, wheelchairs, medical supplies, eye examining equipment; libraries stocked with books where otherwise they wouldn’t have had a library; computers to be used in the schools to help teach them to become more literate.

“I saw what we were filling them with — perfectly good stuff that was being disposed of in our system, yet it was given a second life for people in these developing countries.”

His most recent sojourn was to Belize in April, shortly after RWH, under the sponsorship of the Port Moody Rotary Club, had sent a container there.

“We went to the warehouse and helped other local Rotarians sort the beds and the mattresses and the stretchers, and on and on and on, for the local organizations, who had been invited to come to the warehouse later that day to help themselves,” recalls Gallant, 73. “It was like Christmas to them. It was unbelievable. They were hauling beds and mattresses out of there on little trucks. There was a nurse who came and was

observing the boxed medical supplies and she said to one of our people, ‘We never get any of this stuff.’ She was delivering it to 11 clinics in her area.”

Then the Belize Rotarians took him to see a young man who could only crawl and lived with his mother in a shack with no means to get around easily.

“We took one of the wheelchairs that we had sent, went around to his house and put him in his own wheelchair to give him some dignity and mobility. That’s pretty powerful stuff,” he says before grinning when asked how the young man reacted to his new wheelchair: “A big, big smile. He was a pretty happy young man.”

There’s also plenty of smiles to go around on loading day.

They put out the word for volunteers and more than enough show up every time to pack the container in no time. That’s when all of them, particularly Gallant, get paid. And last Saturday was pay day.

“It’s pretty satisfying to shut that door and put the customs seal on it and get it on its way,” he says Gallant with, of course, a smile.

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n the literary world, fall is also known as award season. The Giller and Governor General’s (GG) lists of nominees are out, and they include some powerful nominated stories written by Canadian women. Although some of these stories are extremely dark and all of them deal with the reality of violence and its aftermath, they also explore aspects of forgiveness and optimism that strengthen us in difficult times.

Multiple award winner Miriam Toews’ recent book, Women Talking, is a fictionalized account of an isolated Mennonite sect in Bolivia whose male leaders were accused of sedating and raping women and girls in their community in the 1990s. The perpetrators attempted to explain away these assaults — known as the “ghost rapes” — as a result of the women’s overactive imaginations. In Toews’ story, the men of the community are away at the court case while the women meet secretly in a hayloft to discuss what to do: stay and fight or leave and be free. Narrated

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A more uneasy read, both in topic and style, is Sarah Henstra’s The Red Word.

Nominated for the GG, this story also takes place in the 1990s as Karen returns to the town where she attended college as a foreign student years earlier. As a Canadian, Karen seems an outsider among her privileged American classmates but soon finds herself at the centre of a modern tragedy as the truth about her popular boyfriend’s fraternity comes to light. Not for the squeamish, Henstra’s multi-layered story about the rape culture on college campuses examines pervasive male privilege as well as the complicity of women in sexual assault, and is a timely read in the current #metoo climate.

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While beautifully written, the core truths described in this book will be an eye-opener for many who have never experienced life in northern Canada — a place where little girls like the one in this novel are often forgotten.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 13 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Topic: “Dread, Horror and Gore: How to Write Effective Dark Fiction” will be presented by David Tocher, horror writer and editor who is currently editor of the Canadian Dreadful Anthology, to be released by Dark Dragon Publishing in 2019. In this twohour workshop, the speaker will discuss the subject of dread and the various techniques that can evoke it in stories; using examples from literature and movies, Tocher will explain how to establish a horrifying mood, and will provide miscellaneous tips for writing gore. The meeting is free, but library registration is required; call 604-927-7999.

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MONDAY, OCT. 15 • Heritage Writers’ Group, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, 10:30 a.m.-noon.

Start capturing your life story for family and posterity, No preparation required; just bring a pen and paper, or a laptop computer.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17 • Share Youth Substance Use Services offers Parent/Caregiver Circle for parents/caregivers who are concerned about their

OCT. 13: CLIPPING KNOTWEED • Invasive plant control work party, 9 a.m.-noon, with the Friends of DeBoville Slough; last Japanese knotweed cutting of 2018. Meet at the kiosk on the north side of the slough at 9 a.m.; wear sturdy footwear and dress for the weather as work goes rain or shine. Tools will be supplied but if you have a favourite pair of hand clippers or loppers, bring them along.

As there is a waiver to sign, any volunteer under the age of 19 will need a parent or guardian to sign. youth’s substance use. This group will run on Wednesdays through Dec. 5, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Share’s office on Clarke Street in Port Moody. Info, registration: 604-936-3900.

THURSDAY, OCT. 18 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-9 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263, 1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam.

• PoCo Heritage Society meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives.

Learn more about what PoCo’s heritage society is up to. Light refreshments will be served.

SATURDAY, OCT. 20 • The Secret Life of Trees Walking Tour, 2:30-4 p.m. Join PoCo Heritage Trees for a walking tour around downtown parks and gardens as part of the collaborative The Secret Life of Trees exhibit.

TUESDAY, OCT. 23 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood Manor 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam.

• Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school,

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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a small stamp auction; viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m. in the McGee Room, Poirier community centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

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Time for ladies to cut loose Janis Cleugh The Tri-CiTy News

The year before the Girls Night Out fundraiser started for the Port Moody Arts Centre (PMAC), Erica Sigurdson was at the St. Johns Street venue with a couple of other comedians.

The organizers remembered her act and invited her the next year to entertain at their inaugural soirée — for ladies only — at Port Moody city hall.

Fourteen years in, Sigurdson is still a fixture at the annual bash.

And, for this year, she’ll be the emcee at the event that not only gives women a “night off” but also marks the 20th year for the city’s arts centre.

“It’s always just a fun night, especially seeing some of the same faces who have been attending since I was a wideeyed 28 year old,” Sigurdson told The Tri-City News last week.

For the Oct. 19 show, which is expected to sell out this week, Sigurdson has lined up three female comedians to kick up the giggles: Molly Wilson, Colleen Brow and Yumi Nagashima.

Wilson, who is best known for her show Molly’s Comedy Cabaret, is an Ovation award winner who has toured Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Brow, meanwhile, will perform a condensed version of her Vancouver Fringe Festival production, Ten Tips for a Collapsed Uterus; she is the host of Vancouver Co-op Radio’s The Storytelling Show.

And Nagashima, an actor whose credits include HBO’s The Man in the High Castle and CBC’s The Debaters, is soaring high with her standup routines; recently, she was featured on Andy Kindler’s

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Clockwise from top left: comics Molly Wilson, Eric Sigurdson, Colleen Brown and Yumi Nagashima.

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Fatima Amarshi (at front) is the new managing director of the Port Moody Arts Centre, which is marking its 20th year and, next Friday, hosts its 14th annual Girls Night Out at Port Moody city hall.

Alternative show as part of the Just For Laughs northwest edition.

Wilson, who has previously

worked with The Sparkle Project and other campaigns, said she’s always happy to support the arts.

“Theatre and music really gave me a second home and allowed me to explore my creativity and vision,” she said.

“I love being a part of a fundraiser that’s enabling others to experience the arts.”

Still, comedy won’t be the only offering on the menu.

Prior to the performances, there’ll be beauty demonstrations and about $4,000 worth of raffle prizes to bid on in the Galleria. Appies will be served, a cash bar will be available and tunes will be spun by DJ Mike Felstein of Top Dawg.

And for guests wanting to take a dive into creativity, PMAC faculty instructors will be hand at three artist stations.

Fatima Amarshi, PMAC’s newly hired managing director,

said the centre hopes to raise at least $10,000 for its operations through ticket sales and draws.

However, donations will also be accepted for PMAC’s 20 for 20 campaign to boost its endowment fund in its anniversary year; that $20,000 drive is more than half complete. she said (go to pomoarts.ca/getinvolved/20-for-20).

• Sponsored by Scotiabank, PCT, Odlum Brown, Flavelle Oceanfront and Maryn & Associates LLP, Girls Night Out is Friday, Oct. 19 at Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.). For tickets, call 604-931-2008 or visit pomoarts.ca/girlsnightout.

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Fright Night scares & kids musical fun for Halloween Two young actors from the Tri-Cities are part of a cast of about 100 in this year’s Fright Nights at Playland.

Coquitlam’s Alexa Ishikawa and Kyara Nelson of Port Coquitlam are performing in the annual scare fest, which runs on select nights at the Vancouver facility until Halloween.

For Ishikawa, a Centennial secondary grad (class of 2016), it’s her second year dressing up to play a ghoulish creature.

“I love it because it’s just such a great community and it’s also a good place for me to express myself to the maximum,” Ishikawa said. “It’s hard to find a place to do that.”

Fright Nights at Playland features 20 rides, live shows and eight haunted houses — among them, Bloodshed, a cabin full of murderers that was introduced to guests last year. There’s also the Haunted Mansion, the Keepers Doll Factory and a 3D experience called Car-n-Evil. “It’s a great place to get spooked,” Ishikawa said. “The entertainment is there and we really are committed to our work.”

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Halloween show in Coquitlam for kids ages two and up.

Place des Arts faculty member Yurgen Ilaender — who’s best know for his Musical Rainbow music program — will play tunes to his young audience on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. in the Leonore Peyton Salon (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Guests are also encouraged to dress up in their Halloween costumes. For tickets at $10, call 604-664-1636 or visit brownpapertickets.com.

Halloween. Suitable for ages two to 12, the show runs in 32 cities in B.C., Alberta and Ontario this fall.

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Concert to conclude First WW centenary Misty Morning Bridge by Susan Kim of KOVAN, a Korean photography club that meets monthly in Coquitlam.

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KOVAN snaps on show for 25th year A photo club for Korean natives that meets monthly in Coquitlam will show its images this and next month at Place des Arts.

The exhibit, titled Beautiful Moments, is a celebration of KOVAN’s 25 years in Canada.

“We have a lot of landscapes and florals,” the group’s spokesperson Ae Ran Park, a Coquitlam resident, told The Tri-City News last Friday.

Seven KOVAN members are displaying about 30 pieces in the Leonore Peyton Salon, she said.

But it’s not the only art show opening Friday in the Brunette Avenue venue.

In the Atrium Gallery is Botanical Reflections by the

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KOVAN member Ho Jong Kwon’s Beautiful Spring Day photo.

Fibre Art Network (FAN), who will present art techniques from more than 60 members.

A co-operative of Western Canadian fibre artists, FAN has been prolific since 2000

by displaying around Canada, the United States and in New Zealand.

As well, Enda Bardell — a native of Estonia who now calls Vancouver home — has

her watercolour series Up There! opening Friday in the Mezzanine Gallery.

A collection that focuses on the shifting colours of the sky, Up There! also highlights how those colours can affect our moods.

“When it is raining, we tend to stay indoors and not venture out,” she stated in a news release. “When the clouds lift and warm sun appears, we are outside and happy.”

The opening receptions for the three shows starts at 7 p.m.

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history and how A new piano it inspired artist teacher at to write sincere, Coquitlam’s Place beautiful music des Arts will comand poetry. I want memorate the to share some of centenary of the these haunting First World World melodies inspired with music. by war with the And Maria Jung audience so they will be joined by MARIA JUNG can embrace the soprano Eve-Lyn painful history and how it de la Haye and her father, affected everyone.” clarinetist Lawrence de A former music faculty la Haye, for the tribute on member of the University Saturday. of Toronto, Jung has her Titled Music of War, the master’s degree in piano performance launches this performance and pedaseason’s classic concert gogy. She recently graduseries for the Maillardville ated from the New England venue and features reperConservatory of Music. toire in three languages: Eve-Lyn de la Haye’s works in English by credits include the Butterworth, Guerney, Vancouver Opera, Pacific Britten and McCabe; Opera Victoria and Calgary French pieces by Poulence Opera while Lawrence de and Debussy; and Spanish la Haye is a former memtunes by Granados. ber of the Banff Festival The composers were selected because of their in- Orchestra, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Orchestra volvement in — or inspiraand the Okanagan tion of — Great War events.

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“Even though this con• For tickets to Music of cert commemorates the War at $21/$16 on Oct. 13, 100th anniversary of WWI, call Place des Arts (1120 war is still a constant,” Jung Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) at noted in a news release.

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Members of the Douglas Royals women’s soccer team will wear brightly coloured T-shirts during warmups prior to their home games this weekend to support various causes.

First year centre Mikaela Montagano is supporting family members and friends who’ve had cancer.

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Mikaela Montagano’s grandfather has always been close to her heart. But when the first year centre for the Douglas College Royals women’s soccer team takes to the pitch at Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park to warm up for the team’s games Saturday and Sunday against Vancouver Island University and Capilano University, he’ll be right over her heart.

Montagano, as well as her teammates and coaches, will all be wearing brightly coloured T-shirts during pregame warmups to show their support for various causes, with the names of the people they’re playing for who may be affiliated with that cause writ-

ten on the shirts in Sharpie.

Montagano’s grandfather, Giuseppe Zuccaro, died two years ago of cancer. Her T-shirt will be bright pink.

And while pink is specifically linked to breast cancer and Zuccaro was afflicted with prostrate and bone cancer, Montagano said her choice is meant as a general shoutout to anyone with the disease, no matter where it’s landed.

Montagano said her grandfather’s home, just four doors down from her own on Sprice Avenue, was like a second home to her and her two younger siblings. An Italian immigrant, he took great pride in his expansive garden where he grew everything from tomatoes to grapes and beans to figs and even lemons from a special lemon tree he’d brought over from his homeland.

Whenever a crop was ready to harvest, the grandchildren were called to help. Except for the figs, Montagano said. Her grandfather insisted he climb

the ladder to pick those because the task was too dangerous for kids.

Zuccaro built his own sprinkler system to ensure the health of his garden. And when he’d host Montagano and her family for dinner, most of the bounty on the table was homegrown.

Montagano said she learned a lot from her grandfather like humility, the value of hard work and pride in doing a job well. She carried those lessons with her onto the pitch as she rose through soccer’s ranks with her club team, Mountain United, and her high school side at St. Thomas More in Burnaby. And, more often than not, when she had success in a game, Zuccarro was there on the sidelines or in the bleachers, cheering her on.

Montagano said she sometimes feels her grandfather’s presence when she’s on the pitch for the Royals, who are ranked ninth in the country and will get a chance to play

for a national championship as the tournament’s host in November. “He said he could do anything,� she said. “Now he’s looking down on me and I can do this for him.�

Montagano, who’s also honouring other family members and friends who’ve had cancer with their names on her T-shirt as well, said athletes are in a unique position to promote awareness. And if one person at the Royals’ games this weekend is motivated to reach out and help because they saw players wearing pink for cancer, orange for MS or red for HIV/AIDS, then the team’s Show Your Colours initiative will have been a success. • The Royals’ will host VIU at Town Centre Park on Saturday at 1 p.m. Their game against Capilano on Sunday at Town Centre Park will also be at 1 p.m. The men’s games will follow on both days at 3:30 p.m. mbartel@tricitynews.com @mbartelTC

Port Coquitlam’s Curtis Dickson is practically synonymous with success in lacrosse.

The 30 year-old forward who’s known on the floor as “Superman� has hoisted the Mann Cup national senior lacrosse championship trophy, led his college team at the University of Delaware to its only appearance in the NCAA Final Four in 2010 and the following year he was named the National Lacrosse League’s rookie of the year.

But some of his best accolades are the gold and silver medals he won playing for Canada’s national team at the 2014 and 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse world field lacrosse championships, and the gold he earned at the 2015 world indoor lacrosse championship that was held in New York State.

Next September 19 to 28, Dickson is hoping to reprise those accomplishments when the 2019 world indoor championships are held at the Langley Events Centre. The event was announced at a press conference on Tuesday.

The tournament will attract teams from 20 countries, seven more than the last world championship four years ago.

Dickson, who was introduced as the tournament’s ambassador but who hopes he’ll be playing for Canada when the ball is placed on the floor, said the game’s international growth is significant. “It’s definitely getting better, programs are starting to get bigger,� he said. “It’s great to see how much this game is growing worldwide.�

The indoor worlds are just the latest bigtime lacrosse development in the Lower Mainland. The 2022 world field lacrosse championships are being held in Coquitlam, and with the recent move of the NLL’s Vancouver team into Rogers Arena where they’ll now be known as the Warriors, Dickson said the growing excitement for the sport in the region is palpable. “Holding tournaments at the world stage will bring a lot of eyes,� said Dickson, who plays for the Maple Ridge Burrards of the Western Lacrosse Association and the NLL’s Calgary Roughnecks.

In fact, he’s already seeing an uptick in the numbers of kids registering for the lacrosse camps he coaches locally. “It’s fun to play and it’s fun to watch,� Dickson said.

And that excitement will amp even higher if he gets to pull on a Maple Leaf jersey to play in nearby Langley next September. • For more information about the tournament, including ticket sales, go to www.wilc2019.ca

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Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils’ Isaiah Power Smith keeps his eyes on the ball as he tries to out-battle a Port Moody Blues defender in their Fraser Valley Secondary Schools Soccer Commission senior boys match last Thursday at Trasolini Field in Port Moody. Power Smith scored one of the Blue Devils five goals in their 5-0 victory. Other scorers were Sabastiano Mazzuca, Matthew Ferreira, Michael Cho and Hamish Ogden.

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HOME SALES* Province Andy launches probe Peter into ‘dirty money’ in B.C. real estate Connecting agents Attached 48 Detached 11 seafair realty Adams The B.C. government is launching its moneyAdams laundering in real estate and other exploit loopholes, they drive up housing to the community MEDIAN SALE PRICE** promised phase-two investigation into sectors.” money laundering in the province, this The province said that part one would be time focusing primarily on real estate, as led by the Ministry of Finance, and would well as luxury cars and horse racing. “identify systemic risks that leave the The move follows the sweeping real estate and financial services sectors 933 TUXEDO PORT regulatory changes made in B.C.’s DRIVE, open to moneyMOODY laundering.” casinos in June, following a probe into The second part of the probe 3 Bedroom familywill led by money laundering in casinos by Dr. Peter the Attorney General, and home close towill all“investigate German. At the time, Attorney General specifictransit case examples of problematic to Vancouver!

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In a media statement, the province said that Dr. German’s report into money laundering in casinos also raised concerns that “dirty money was infiltrating the real estate sector.”

Eby said, “The multi-faceted approach announced today is an attempt to move quickly to anticipate and shut down new avenues for money laundering, and to follow up on specific cases that Dr. German and the media have drawn to the public and government’s attention.”

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Marcon Johnston (GP) Ltd. invites you to a Community Information Meeting to discuss the future of 2801, 2807, 2813, 2819, 2825, 2829 and 2831 St. George Street.

Marcon is pleased to present a proposal for a Heritage Revitalization Agreement (Application File No. 6700-20-167). The proposal is to restore and retain on-site the historic Johnston House as well as provide 45 three-storey townhomes and publicly accessible open space.

Please join us, your comments and feedback are welcome.

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