TriCity News October 10 2019 by Tri-City News

Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam

Port Moody

Fire department asks council for a new training facility

A tale of 2 pot shops — private and public — in PoCo

Ioco lands are frozen & Bert Flinn Park ROW is removed

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Rob vAGRAMov

Council asks Vagramov to step aside But mayor says nothing about taking leave in later email DiAnE STRAnDbERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

A lengthy and emotional public input segment at Tuesday’s Port Moody council meeting led to a dramatic vote in which the majority of councillors called for Mayor Rob Vagramov to step aside until his sexual assault case is resolved.

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But in an email to The Tri-City News Wednesday, Vagramov showed no signs that he’s considering taking a leave of absence. “While I appreciate and take seriously input from the public, I am not as enthusiastic about [Coun.] Diana

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Dilworth’s attempts to cling on to the 3-3 veto power that has stonewalled city council for the past six months,”” he wrote. He continued: “Folks ask me what council has actually accomplished in the past year, and sadly there is not much to point to in the past six months

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due to this partisan stonewalling on issues that the public spoke loudly on. I am pleased that at last night’s meeting we were able to get city hall back on track. “ The previous evening, after the vote, Vagramov said, “I thank council for their input”

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and promised to take what he heard at the nearly two-hour public comment period to heart. He did not give a timeline for any decision and, following the vote, continued to preside over the meeting. see

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Above left: Port Moody councillors Meghan Lahti (left) and Amy Lubik stand, along with councillors Diana Dilworth and Zoe Royer at Tuesday’s council meeting when a member of the public asked all those in council chambers who supported Mayor Rob Vagramov resuming a leave of absence to stand. Council voted 4-3 in favour of the motion. Above right: Dilworth made the motion for Vagramov to step aside until his sexual assault case is resolved. Top right: Lubik looks on as Coun. Hunter Madsen speaks on the issue. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS ROB VAGRAMOV

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Outside council chambers, Coun. Diana Dilworth, who made the motion, told reporters the mayor was in a “conflict of interest” for voting on the matter, a charge she made during the council debate and which Vagramov refuted, saying he “checked with staff.” Prior to the vote, dozens of people spoke, including women who said they had been sexually assaulted, which prompted comments of “Me, too,” from some members of the audience. During one dramatic moment, councillors and members of the audience were asked to stand if they agreed

with the motion. Dozens stood, along with four members of Port Moody council: Dilworth, Meghan Lahti, Amy Lubik and Zoe Royer. The other members of council — Vagramov and his close supporters, councillors Hunter Madsen and Steve Milani — did not. Some speakers said Vagramov should put his political agenda aside for the good of the city and take a leave of absence until his legal issues are settled while others said he should remain in office because people who are charged with a crime are innocent until proven guilty. “I encourage you to listen to the wind chime of your conscience,” said Stirling

Ward while Tyler Brown called Dilworth’s motion a “desperate measure” from the mayor’s opposition and said, “Work like a team like you’ve all committed, too.” One speaker was New Westminster Coun. Mary Trentadue, who said the mayor should step aside while he deals with his legal issues. She also called on the provincial government to establish an ethics committee to establish policy that would require an elected official to take a paid leave if charged with a criminal offence. Trentadue said she “shouldn’t have to sit next to someone” who has been charged with sexual assault. PoMo Coun. Lahti was emo-

tional when she explained why she wanted Vagramov to take a further leave (he took leave over the spring and summer but returned Sept. 9, saying his case was taking up less of his time). Wiping her eyes, Lahti said: “I have never felt so upset about what’s happening in our community.” And while she said she wants council to work together and be respectful, the mayor should step aside. “It’s not about whether you’re guilty or innocent,” she said. “It’s about the ability of our council to do our job.” Coun. Madsen also shared an emotional story about the challenges of living life as a gay man, with the potential of

not being believed if he were assaulted, especially when he was a young man. And while he said he had sympathy for women in the crowd — and he believed Vagramov was wrong to end his leave early — he said he does not support a further leave for the mayor because it would only be for four or five weeks, not enough time for an acting mayor to get up to speed. (The next court date to deal with the charge is Nov. 13 in Port Coquitlam. Both the special prosecutor and Vagramov’s lawyer said they are pursuing alternate measures to resolve the case that could take place outside the courts.) “He has every right to return

[to the mayor’s job] under the law,” Madsen said. In the end, council voted on three motions: one to ask the mayor to step aside until his legal issues are dealt with, which was approved in a 4-3 vote breaking along gender lines; another to ask the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to pass legislation requiring elected officials to go on paid leave if criminally charged, which was also approved, with the mayor supporting the motion; and a third to ask Vagramov to resign if, after his case is settled, he is not totally exonerated, which was defeated, with Vagramov, Madsen, Milani and Lubik voting against it.

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Join the City of Coquitlam and the Hoy-Scott Watershed Society to celebrate the annual fall return of chum and coho salmon to Hoy Creek on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019 from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. rain or shine! The free family event has an expanded site this year with interactive exhibits, musical entertainment, children’s crafts, activities, face painting and food vendors. BC Taco, the Jerk Shack, and Spirit Bear Mobile Café will be at Pinetree Community Centre rear parking lot (1260 Pinetree Way) located immediately adjacent to one of the pedestrian entry paths to Hoy Creek Trail. Hoy Creek Hatchery has streamside live salmon viewing, informative talks, expanded hatchery tours, crafts and the alwayspopular Nylon Zoo kids’ costume parade. Visitors can enjoy a ‘Watershed Walk’ and a children’s scavenger hunt between the hatchery and Pinetree Community Centre along the Hoy Creek Linear Park Trail that will be populated with informative signs about the Hoy Creek watershed. Visit coquitlam.ca/salmoncomehome for a handy map and details.

We want your input to help inform a Child Care Strategy that will support the provision of child care in our community now and into the future. Tell us about your child care arrangements and needs in Coquitlam. Visit one of our information sessions on Oct. 24 from 6 – 8 p.m. at City Centre Aquatic Complex, or Oct. 26 from 1 – 3 p.m. at Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Free child-minding provided at both sessions and parents-to-be welcome to attend. Find out more and answer the online survey at coquitlam.ca/childcare.

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A new training facility could be on the way for Coquitlam Fire/Rescue after city council approved moving forward with a design and budget for the project last week. Chief Jim Ogloff said the current 700-sq. ft., two-storey structure no longer meets the department’s needs. He added that the 32-year-old concrete block building is also “showing signs of fatigue” and requires expensive repairs. “Certainly, the scope of the project is much different than the facility you see there today,” he told councillors. “What we are looking at is definitely incorporating more of the unique conditions that you see in the larger scope of buildings that we have in our community.” According to a staff report, the new facility would be four storeys and made out of shipping containers. It would feature two “burn rooms,” smoke generators, a room with entanglement props to simulate rescues, and a stairwell used for confined-space operations. While a full detailed design has yet to be completed, the

Coquitlam firefighters conduct training exercises at the burn building next to the Port Coquitlam fire hall on Broadway Street. CITY OF COQUITLAM PHOTO

staff report estimates the cost of the project will be $1.8 million, with $500,000 from this year’s budget and the remaining $1.3 million coming from next year’s budget. Another $70,000 in annual operating revenue would also be needed for maintenance and utilities. The money for the facility could come from revenue the city receives through its casino operating agreement, the document stated. Ogloff said some revenue could be generated through an

agreement with neighbouring fire departments that may be interested in using the training centre. Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody already share a training curriculum and the departments benefit from learning together as they are often called upon to provide mutual aid during major emergencies. Currently, Coquitlam uses a training facility in PoCo but Ogloff said the burn building at that city’s main fire hall is limited because it does not permit

water foam suppression. As well, it uses wood combustibles, which the report stated “pose an unnecessary exposure to potentially dangerous byproducts.” Ogloff said the new facility in Coquitlam would use propane or natural gas to simulate flames and heat in training exercises without firefighters having to inhale smoke. “Staff is already exposed through their regular daily work,” he added. “I don’t see the need for that for staff training.”

A Lower Mainland music teacher has been charged with multiple sex crimes in Coquitlam. Lamar Victor Alviar is facing three counts of sexual assault, three counts of touching a minor, one count of communicating with a minor to facilitate a sexual offence and one count of possession of child pornography. His next court appearance is on Oct. 21 in Port Coquitlam. The 22-year-old was first arrested in August, when the Coquitlam RCMP took the unusual step of releasing his name and photograph to the public even though he had not yet been charged with a crime. At the time, investigators said three people had reported Alviar to police and that there were likely more who had not yet spoken to police. Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Michael McLaughlin said since the name was released, police have been in contact with new witnesses, although no new victims have come forward and the

“investigation has essentially been concluded.” “Of course, there is always the possibility that people have not approached police,” he said, later adding: “We always encourage people if they believe they have been a victim or a witness of a crime, you can always talk to us.” It is unusual for police to release a photo and description of a suspect involved in a sex assault investigation, McLaughlin added. “We do not take this step lightly,” McLaughlin said in August. “We only do so when there is an imminent need or an urgent need to forward the investigation or if there is a risk, particularly to underage people. We do not take any chances.” After his arrest, Alviar was released on conditions that prohibit him from being alone with anyone who reasonably appears to be under the age of 16 and he is to have no contact with anyone under the age of 16, including through social media and the internet. While charges have been laid, police said anyone who believes they or someone they know has been a victim of a crime involving Alviar should call Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550 and ask for the sex crimes unit (the file number is 201924019).

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Retailer burb opens its latest cannabis retail store today (Thursday) at PoCo Place mall — both PoCo and the Tri-Cities’ second. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

across the province, he said. Mayor Brad West said he wanted the floor plan for the Nicola store to be tied to the zoning change to prevent a conversion to a larger retail layout. But Coun. Darrell Penner suggested council shouldn’t be placing retail limits on businesses; he and Coun. Laura Dupont opposed West’s motion, which passed with a majority. The public hearing on the Nicola application is due to come before council next month. Meanwhile, West also

voiced his “disappointment” about the length of time the provincial government is taking to develop policy around municipal revenue sharing of cannabis retail sales. West said PoCo council voted to approve two BC Cannabis Stores because of the unionized jobs, public education around marijuana use and a potential kickback to the city for hosting public pot shops — much like the province does with casinos. “It’s been something they have been promising for some time,” West said of the pro-

vincial government’s revenue sharing program for cannabis retail. Meanwhile, burb is also one of four companies whose applications for cannabis shops in Port Moody will move forward. Tuesday, PoMo city council voted to extend the deadline for its first batch of bids from Sept. 30 to Oct. 15. As of Sept. 30, city staff had received three proposals from: • burb (1-101 Morrissey Rd, in Suter Brook); • New Elite Investment Inc. (3034 St. Johns St.);

A strip of Pitt River Road in front of the Kwikwetlem First Nation (KFN) will be updated because of the heavy truck wear on the pavement. Tuesday, Port Coquitlam’s committee of council voted to spend $66,500 to rehabilitate the two westbound lanes near Riverside secondary to bring the 120 metres of road up to standard conditions; the funds will come from the city’s general capital reserve. “I’m supportive of doing this work but I’m concerned about the truck traffic on that road,” Mayor Brad West said while stressing PoCo taxpayers are on the hook for damage. Forrest Smith, PoCo’s director of engineering and public works didn’t say how many trucks heading to and from the KFN business park are travelling on the road but he said other construction is happening in the neighbourhood and other parts of the downtown that also contributed to the wear and tear. SETTING IT STRAIGHT Re. “PoCo addressing PCCC parking issues” (The Tri-City News, Oct. 3). Wilson Centre Seniors Advisory Association does not program Wilson Lounge or any Wilson Seniors activities; that is jurisdiction of Port Coquitlam’s recreation department.

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Port Coquitlam’s second pot shop was to open today (Thursday) but the two PoCo government cannabis stores won’t open until next year. Burb, the private cannabis retailer that launched its flagship store at Mary Hill Bypass and Broadway late last month, is now selling in its “express” outlet at PoCo Place mall. It’s a different story for the PoCo public cannabis stores. Tuesday, PoCo’s committee of council voted to hold a second public hearing for the proposed BC Cannabis Store at 985 Nicola Ave., in the Dominion Triangle. In July, when council approved the BC Cannabis Store for 1971 Lougheed Hwy., in the same strip mall as No Frills, it held back the Nicola application over concerns about the size of the proposed outlet. PoCo planning analyst Graeme Muir told the committee Tuesday that the 6,000sq. ft. store, near Home Depot, will be used for retail (2,664 sq. ft.) as well as for storage (1,910 sq. ft.) and for training/ administration (1,437 sq. ft.). The training is to educate BC Cannabis Store employees

• and City Cannabis Corp. (3030 St. Johns St.). The latter is currently under review by the province as the company had to reapply for “fit and proper” screening due to an ownership change, city staff told council. With the deadline now bumped to Oct. 15, two more proposals are included in the first round, city staff told The Tri-City News. They are: • Stellava Ventures (2506 St. Johns St.); • and Aura Cannabis (2816 St. Johns St.). The “fit and proper” assessments are being conducted as per Port Moody’s corporate policy to determine if they are viable businesses, city staff said; that review is by a separate provincial ministry from the LCRB. A public hearing on the four site-specific rezonings is expected to be held next month. Steve Dowsley said the Port Moody burb store — if approved — would have the same floor plan as its PoCo Place mall “express” outlet and said, “We’ve added some additional merchandising display units to the Port Moody store in anticipation of Cannabis 2.0 for edibles, concentrates, beverages and topicals.” There are no pot shops in Coquitlam and cannabis retail is listed as a low priority on the city’s 2020 draft business plan.

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Notice of Intention to Consider Issuance of two Temporary Use Permits When: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 7pm â&#x20AC;˘ Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C.

Port Moody Council will consider issuing the following two Temporary Use Permits: LOCATION MAP - 3015, 3033, 3093 Murray Street

SUBJECT PROPERTY

LOCATION MAP - 130 Ioco Road

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1. Location: 3015, 3033 and 3093 Murray Street

2. Location: 130 Ioco Road

Temporary Use Permit: #08-3080-20-08

Temporary Use Permit: #08-3080-20-09

Applicant: Mosaic Murray Master Holdings Ltd.

Applicant: Onni Group

Purpose: Mosaic Murray Master Holdings Ltd. has applied for a Temporary Use Permit to allow for a laydown area for construction materials, storage containers, and vehicle and truck parking. As the temporary uses noted above are presently on-site, a Temporary Use Permit is required to allow the existing use to continue operating.

Purpose: Onni Group has applied for a Temporary Use Permit to permit the use of the site as a construction staging area, including concrete pumping and vehicle parking at 130 Ioco Road.

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How do I get more information? Ask questions, review proposed Temporary Use Permits #08-3080-20-08 and #08-3080-20-09, and see related information at the Planning Division counter on the 2nd floor of City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/tup after October 10, 2019. You can also contact us at planning@portmoody.ca or 604.469.4540.

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1. If you believe your property is affected by either one of these permits, comment directly to Council on October 22, 2019. 2. You can also send a submission in writing before 12 noon on October 22, 2019 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550. AndrĂŠ Boel, MCIP, RPP General Manager of Planning and Development

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A gravel path through Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park that’s frequented by hikers, dog walkers, runners and cyclists won’t be turned into a road. At its meeting Tuesday, council voted to remove the right-of-way through the park that has been designated in the official community plan as a possible extension of David Avenue for 20 years. Council is also amending the OCP to limit any future development of the 232-acre Ioco lands at the west end of the city’s north shore to its current single-family zoning, potentially putting on hold a major planned development. Coun. Hunter Madsen, who co-founded a citizens group opposed to a roadway through the 311-acre park before he was elected to council, said removing the “mirage” of the right-of-way eliminates the temptation for developers to densify the area. “Under no circumstance should they be densified,” Madsen said of the Ioco lands, which were acquired by developer Brilliant Circle Group in 2015.

Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park has become a popular destination for dog walkers, hikers, runners and cyclists since it was created by the city in 1999. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

While the company has yet to unveil plans for the property, which currently could accommodate up to 111 single-family homes, it did hold several public open houses in 2015 and 2017. Architect Peter Busby said he envisioned a new waterfront-oriented community with bistros and restaurant patios overlooking Burrard Inlet, and possibly even a ferry connection to Rocky Point Park. But Coun. Zoe Royer said until council sees some kind of solid development proposal for the Ioco lands, there’s no need for a road to be built through Bert Flinn. Coun. Diana Dilworth said amending the OCP to restrict development on the Ioco lands circumvents the usual process that involves considerable con-

sultation with the public. “It’s a little high-handed,” she said, adding the latest effort to remove the right-of-way and amend the OCP that was put forth by Mayor Rob Vagramov walks over a decision made by council in a split vote in May to maintain the status quo. But Vagramov was absent from council at the time, after he had took a leave of absence while he contested a charge of sexual assault. Vagramov wrote in a report prepared for Tuesday’s meeting that the results of last October’s civic vote that elected several councillors opposed to a roadway through Bert Flinn Park, as well as “countless emails to council spanning several years” and public consultation, necessitated another look at the issue.

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Dilworth accused the mayor of “trying to rewrite decisions” he “didn’t agree with.” Madsen, on the other hand, said the decision had actually been made last November, when a motion to remove the right of way was passed by council while Dilworth and Coun. Meghan Lahti were away on vacation. That decision was successfully deferred by Dilworth last January until council could complete work on formulating its strategic plan and then again by Lahti in February. Madsen dismissed those efforts as “procedural,” adding “the direction is settled.” Tuesday, Lahti said council “just needs to make a decision,” adding, “We have to get on with the business of the city.”

A consortium of property owners and developers will get a chance to present its preliminary plan for the 23acre neighbourhood around the Moody Centre SkyTrain station at an upcoming meeting of Port Moody’s committee of the whole. But several councillors said they don’t like what they’ve seen so far from the group, which has been working with the city for almost two years. At its meeting Tuesday, council passed a motion inviting representatives of the consortium — which includes Anthem Properties, PCI Group and Beedie Living as well as TransLink and several smaller property owners — to share its ideas for the Moody Centre transit-oriented development area and answer questions. But it also let the group know it expects to see more emphasis on creating “highvalue” employment opportunities in the high-tech and education fields, more affordable housing units and fewer highrise towers. The consortium revealed its preliminary concepts for

the area at a series of invitation-only workshops in late September. Those include transforming several blocks of light industrial buildings and auto repair shops into a dense urban neighbourhood comprising 3,775 homes, including 300 to 385 market rental apartments and 70 to 90 below-market units, as well as retail, office and light industrial spaces that could employ up to 1,400 people. The plans were the result of more than 18 months of work with city staff. But that process rubbed Mayor Rob Vagramov the wrong way. He said too much has happened “behind closed doors” without council’s involvement and he wants it to be able to provide “unsolicited feedback on council’s temperature.” Tim Grant of PCI Group said while the consortium welcomes further collaboration with the community, mayor and council, he told councillors any motion to curb the process is “premature.” Anthem’s Rob Blackwell accused council of creating “policy on the fly.” Coun. Meghan Lahti said any move by council to stick its nose into the consultation process before the public has had a chance to see the consortium’s vision “is really hijacking a group process.”

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t’s easy to be cynical and apathetic when Canadian politics seem so divided, so full of wedge issues and negativity. But as a newspaper that prides itself on covering elections at all levels of government, it’s a no-brainer that we would prefer people vote than give up their right. We understand that it’s hard work learning about the different policies and candidates, and there are more fun things to do than watch an allcandidates meeting — ask our reporters.

But when it comes to how government services are handled, it’s important to have a say, perhaps more so now than ever before. That’s why we support any effort to get people to the ballot box, whether it be mandatory voting, a statutory holiday to promote voting or free rides to the polls. Other countries feel the same way, according to a recent article by Mario Canseco that documented Canada’s poor showing during recent federal elections and outlined ways to change it. According to Canseco, more than 20 countries have some form of compulsory voting. In Australia, for example, someone can get a $150 fine for not voting if they don’t have a good excuse; in Brazil, adults have to provide a voting receipt to ac-

cess government services. We think it’s not a bad idea to tie voting to services in a way that directly reminds people why we have governments and elections in the first place. We also support lowering the voting age and we disagree with the old trope that young people who don’t pay taxes don’t care about election outcomes. They do care about issues such as climate change and housing affordability, and policies made today on these issues directly affect them for years to come. It’s time Canada got more proactive and made voting an important part of citizenship by requiring people to take the matter seriously. If you don’t want to see six candidates shouting over one another in a TV debate,

we understand. But there are many other ways to get information that is uniquely targeted to you. For example, The Tri-City News has an extensive library of stories, including details on election platforms, candidate biographies and websites, even candidate videos at tricitynews.com. As well, this edition of the newspaper contains information about the candidates running in both the Port Moody-Coquitlam and Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam ridings (see pages 17 to 25). With just a little time and effort, you can inform yourself. And in the meantime, tell any politician or supporter who comes to your door that you appreciate the effort that they are making. Then be sure to get out and vote Oct. 21.

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The Editor, To the driver of a silver Honda SUV with an N on the back, travelling downhill at 6:48 a.m. Sept. 26 on Turner Creek Drive: I was travelling east toward the four-way stop on Ravine Drive at this exact time and witnessed you going at a speed of about 60 km/h right through the stop without slowing down. At this time of dawn, I find it appalling that you would consider the option of making up your own rule to fail to stop. There are people walking at this time of day and may not be highly visible. An older

woman was doing exactly this and if she had have been approximately 20 steps forward, she would have entered the crosswalk and may have been struck. Shame on you for breaking the law. It is drivers like you who cause road rage and anxiety amongst us all. What gives you the right to drive like this? You have an N on your vehicle, maybe you are not the new driver of this vehicle — it does not matter. And whoever you are, you should experience the loss of the privilege to drive. Furthermore, I followed

you down Heritage Mountain Boulevard and you failed to ever signal, passing cars and changing lanes like you were a police officer racing to a call. I was heading the same way as you and witnessed your poor driving all the way to the Moody Street overpass at Rocky Point Park. We citizens need to speak up and rally to try to make change. Too many drivers should not have a licence. If they display such behaviour, there needs to be strict consequences. Cheryl Trampleasure, Port Moody

The Editor, Re. “Playground fight: Coquitlam city hall slide divides council” (tricitynews. com, Oct. 3). A few responses regarding the Buchanan Square mini park at Coquitlam city hall: I hope that in the final plan, there is a tribute to Don Buchanan, who was the city planner during my time on council. He was instrumental in planning the 1980s growth of Coquitlam, which included the City Centre. I recall council arguing about the number of lanes on Johnson Street, with two councillors saying one lane each way would be enough. Mr. Buchanan’s response was, “As your planner, we need to look into the fu-

LIGHT UP THE CRUNCH The Editor, The Coquitlam Crunch is definitely an awesome use of the space to create a fun fitness trail for all to enjoy. Recently, the city has added toilets and a hydration station is coming. These additions are fabulous but what would be amazing would be the addition of some sort of lighting. Being able to use the stairs during fall and winter would benefit so many. Not sure who to propose this to but I do know there are more people on the stairs than in City Centre most nights and it’s lit up like a Christmas tree. Lights could be on timers that maybe turn off by 8 or 9 p.m. Tracey Claydon, Coquitlam ture, not just five or 10 years, but 25 and further.” As for a slide in front of city hall, it certainly would bring kids to try various ways (including on wheels) of creating maximum speed and it would

need a fair distance at the bottom to come to a safe stop. I am pleased council will take a second look at the project. It is good to see city staff bring this item to its attention. Brian Robinson, Coquitlam

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In this edition, you can find articles about candidates from the four major parties in the Tri-Cities’ two ridings:

Here are the candidates outside the major parties who are running locally: COQUITLAm-PORT COQUITLAm

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n Dan iova (Veterans Coalition)

n Ron McKinnon (Liberal): page 20 n Nicholas Insley (Conservative): page 20 n Christina Gower (NDP): page 21 n Brad Nickason (Green): page 21

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n Jayson Chabot (People’s Party) Website: peoplespartyofcanada.ca

n roland Verrier (Marxist-Leninist) Website: cpcml.ca

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At tricitynews.com, you can find all of our coverage of Tri-City ridings and candidates as well as Canadian Press stories about the federal election across the country. Here’s what else is online: n 3-minute videos in which candidates introduce themselves to voters and answer questions from The Tri-City News n Coverage of a number of all-candidates meetings, including Wednesday evening’s debate at Douglas College focused on climate change tricitynews.com/federal-election-2019

Candidates in the federal riding of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam participated in the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce’s all-candidates meeting last Thursday. For coverage of that meeting and the chamber’s Port Moody-Coquitlam candidates forum the previous evening, go to tricitynews.com/federalelection-2019. JANIS CLEUGH/TRI-CITY NEWS

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Laef Kucheran is fighting back against criticism that young people are apathetic about politics and disinclined to vote. Again. “I don’t find that to be to be true at all,” said the 18-yearold graduate of Coquitlam’s Inquiry Hub program. “[Young people] care a lot about the policies but they don’t always

know who stands behind what platform.” To help bridge the knowledge gap, the Burnaby resident has developed votemate.org, which voters can use to find out what

political parties best match their views; rate party stances on everything from the environment to jobs; and learn about candidates in their riding. “The goal is to make that information accessible to everyone, from the very young to the old and wise,” Kucheran told The Tri-City News.

This is the third time the young programer and podcaster has created an election guide for voters, and with information for Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba as well as B.C., it is the most complicated and detailed to date. Prior to the federal election, Kucheran created VoteMate for

provincial and civic elections. This time, Kucheran had to sift through the party platforms of all major parties and contact 1,331 candidates from across the country to get their information. People who use VoteMate are encouraged to choose issues they are interested in, compare party platforms and then rate them. “You can tailor it,” said Kucheran, who noted people are starting to try out the program and about 300 candidates are signing up to participate. Kucheran has been working on the project since he graduated in June and has been

putting almost full time hours into it lately to include as much detail as possible, including ways that people can contact candidates directly and ask questions. He hopes to further refine the information as voting day approaches, in addition to time spent helping out at Inquiry Hub and working on podcasts with his brother, with the goal of applying for broadcast journalism school next year. But for now, Kucheran is focused on making VoteMate as user-friendly as possible. And when Oct. 21 rolls around, what will he be doing? “I will be voting.”

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McKinnon: Climate & affordability top of mind SNC-Lavalin affair is ‘not really a big issue’ in his riding

RON MCKINNON [incumbent] A computer systems analyst, McKinnon, 68, won his seat in 2015 on the “red wave,” replacing former MP James Moore, with 35% of the vote. n Liberal n Lives in Port Coquitlam n resume: MP, former computer systems analyst n Website: rmckinnon.liberal.ca n Facebook: facebook.com/RonMcKinnonLib

Janis cleuGh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Ron McKinnon admits he was surprised to win the MP’s seat four years go. He rode in on the “red wave” — a crushing defeat of the Conservatives, who had held power in an earlier version of the riding. After his victory party, the work began quickly, with McKinnon transitioning from computer systems analyst to MP. His private member’s bill — C-224, the Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act, designed to grant immunity for drug possession if a person calls 911 while someone is experiencing a drug overdose — came before the House of Commons a few months later. It was adopted on May 4, 2017, with all parties backing the bill. A father of two, he said he’s pleased with the work he and his staff have accomplished this past term, helping groups

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and constituents. Locally, his government delivered on the $12.5 million promised by the Conservatives to rebuild the PoCo recreation complex; there was also the $5 million for the Chance to Choose program to help Tri-City youth find jobs; $3 million for PoCo pumping station upgrades; $1.1 million for the Electrical Joint Training Committee in PoCo to recruit women to the trades;

and $500,000 for Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park performance plaza . As the travel can be a grind, rather than hop on a plane twice a week, he prefers to stay in Ottawa for two weeks at a time to carry out his caucus duties. Those include being a member of the standing committee on justice and human rights, a group under the spotlight this year when former attorney

general Jody Wilson-Raybould and others gave testimony on the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Liberal MPs on the committee used their majority to end their study, a move blasted by Opposition MPs. He said he’s satisfied with the result. And despite reports Trudeau had expelled Wilson-Raybould and fellow MP Jane Philpott from the Liberal caucus, McKinnon stressed Wilson-

Raybould “left cabinet voluntarily... They wanted to be Liberal still but if they can’t support the leader, it’s pretty hard going into an election for them to be candidates.” McKinnon added, “I think there were certainly some personality conflicts there. I am 100% confident that there was no wrongdoing by the prime minister or anybody on his staff. He had one meeting with [Jody]. He asked about jobs. She asked if he was directing her and he said no, and that was his only meeting with her. “I think any self-respecting member of Parliament would inquire about jobs if you have a major employer in your riding or in your region,” McKinnon said. “If there is a legitimate alternative to whatever pros-

ecutorial options are available, they will save jobs. I think that’s a valid question to ask anybody. And that’s what he did.” Asked if the SNC-Lavalin affair — or the ethics commissioner in August declaring Trudeau had contravened the Conflict of Interest Act for improperly pressuring WilsonRaybould — are brought up on the doorstep, McKinnon said he hears it “once in a while. It’s not really a big issue here.” Climate change, affordability, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the future for kids are top of mind for his constituents, he said. As for his future, he’s not thinking about what happens if he loses the Oct. 21 vote. “I’m focused on the election. I’m not in this for the pension.”

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Insley: ‘Pocketbook issues’ key for Conservatives ‘I would love to be able to continue’ work of MP Moore

NIChOLAs INsLEy Born and raised in the Tri-Cities, 33-year-old Nicholas Insley is hoping to put the riding of Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam into the Conservative column. n Conservative n Lives in Coquitlam n resume: Public affairs at Seaspan Shipyards in N. Van n Website: coquitlampocopc.ca n Facebook: facebook.com/insleynicholas

Gary McKenna gmckenna@tricitynews.com

Conservative candidate Nicholas Insley wants to take up where another young TriCity Tory left off. The 33-year-old, who is seeking to unseat Liberal MP Ron McKinnon in CoquitlamPort Coquitlam, called former MP James Moore a mentor from whose experience he has benefited as he navigates the 2019 campaign. “We had a really effective voice in Ottawa,” he said of the 15 years that Moore sat in the House of Commons. “I would love to be able to continue some of that work.” Raised in Coquitlam, Insley studied economics and English literature at UBC and received an MBA from the University of Oxford. He also worked in Ottawa for five years, serving as director of communications to the former minister of state for western economic diversification.

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There are many aspects of working for the previous government of which Insley said he is proud. During his time in Ottawa, he said, he had a front-row seat as the Conservatives slashed the GST from 7% to 5% and initiated the Universal Child Care Benefit, policies he said “saved families hundreds of dollars.” If they are returned to power, Insley said the Conservatives

would continue their focus on “pocketbook issues.” Leader Andrew Scheer has vowed to review the mortgage stress test and increase amortization periods to make it easier for first-time homebuyers to get into the market. The Tories also want to reduce the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 13.75%, a move Insley said could save a two-income family $850 per year.

“It is straightforward, money back in your pockets,” he said. Insley speaks so fondly of the Conservatives’ time in power that it is easy to forget it was only four years ago that voters sent the party to the opposition benches. So what has changed since 2015? Insley, who claims he has knocked on 7,500 doors since receiving the nomination, said residents he has met are dis-

satisfied with the governing Liberals and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in particular. “I see a lot of people who say, ‘I voted for them last time, I am not doing it again this time,’” he said. But while times have changed, some of the same questions continue to dog the Conservatives and their candidates in the 2019 race. Scheer has been less than clear about his position on same-sex marriage and comments he made in 2005 opposing it that recently resurfaced. When the question comes up, Insley, who said he supports same-sex marriage, said people’s views evolve. He once again cited Moore, who in 2006 voted against his party’s efforts to restore the definition

of marriage to being between a man and a woman. Unlike then, Insley said the party has no intention of reopening the same-sex marriage or abortion debates, calling the issues the Liberals’ attempts at “bringing up boogie men.” (As The Tri-City News previously reported, Insley, along with Port Moody-Coquitlam Tory candidate Nelly Shin, attended a February meeting of RightNow, a group that was mounting a campaign to get anti-abortion candidates elected as MPs.) “That is not what we are running on in this next election,” he said. “What we are running on are pocketbook issues and things that matter to Canadians.”

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Gower: Gov’t must spend money to save money ‘Can’t keep voting same way & expect to change anything’

ChRIsTINA GOwER Christina Gower, 48, said government needs to spend money to save money. She is running under the NDP banner if Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam. n NDP n Lives in Port Coquitlam n resume: Psychiatric liaison nurse at Royal Columbian n website: christinagower.ndp.ca n Facebook: facebook.com/christie.gower.1

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When Christina Gower talks about mental health issues facing Canadians, she doesn’t need to rely on party talking points. The NDP candidate for Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam has spent the last eight years working as a psychiatric liaison nurse around the Lower Mainland. She is currently based at Royal Columbian Hospital and said she has seen first hand the damage budget cuts can have on the well-being of vulnerable people “In business, you have to spend money to make money,” she said. “In government, you have to spend money to save money. When you start pulling services like what the Conservatives want to do… it ends up costing society more.” For example, she said that because of the housing affordability crisis, health care workers struggle with discharg-

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ing patients who often have nowhere safe to go. That means they end up staying in a hospital bed longer than may be necessary at a cost of approximately $1,500 per day, money Gower said could be reduced if more affordable housing was provided. “If you let them go and be homeless, you undo all the health care you have just provided them,” she said, later adding: “They end up getting

care the most expensive way possible.” Gower has also seen the health care system from the patient’s point of view. In her 20s, she broke her back in a ski accident and spent five years recovering and rehabilitating. She said she has lived with chronic pain and nerve issues ever since. As part of her recovery, she got into cycling and was riding up to 300 km

a week. But while driving to a cycling trip on the Gulf Islands, she was involved in a head-on collision that set her back again and forced her to restart the rehabilitation process. After spending so much time in doctors’ offices, the last place Gower thought she would like to work is in health care. But a career exploration course she took when she was 36 helped her focus in on what

she wanted to do with her life. Gower said she was drawn to psychiatric nursing because she wanted to help people and thought she could be an effective advocate for vulnerable members of society. “I was determined,” she said. “There was no dilly-dallying. I drove to Douglas College and I actually got in a course that night.” The environment is also an important issue for Gower, who said she has been involved with Greenpeace since 1991 — “before it was cool.” She has advocated for domestic and wild animals ever since and said she is the “proud mother of two dogs.” Gower took part in protesting the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion on Burnaby

Mountain, providing supplies and firewood to Camp Cloud while driving those who had been arrested to their court appearances. When she was approached last year about running for the NDP, she first resisted the idea, she said, because she was worried that party discipline would muzzle her activism. But after familiarizing herself with the party platform, she decided to run, believing that her core beliefs are aligned with the party and that she could be a strong advocate for the TriCities. “Nobody is going to get my message out better than me,” she said, later adding: “We can’t keep voting the same way and expect anything to change. We need to change how we vote.”

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Nickason: Housing affordability is a crisis ‘The environment comes first,’ he says of election campaign

BRAD NICkAsON The owner of a small graphics business, Nickason, 59, wants fossil fuel divestment, a change to proportional representation and First Nations reconciliation. n Green n Lives in Port Coquitlam n resume: Illustrator, graphic designer, business owner n website: greenparty.ca/en/riding/2013-59008 n Facebook: facebook.com/brad.nickason.7

Janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Brad Nickason has already faced Ron McKinnon in a federal election. Four years ago, when the Liberal candidate won the seat in the “red wave” with Justin Trudeau, the Greens’ Nickason placed fourth out of five candidates with 3.67% of the vote. Since then, the Albertaborn Nickason hasn’t liked the way the Liberals have steered Canada. There’s been continued reliance on — and investment in — fossil fuels, including the purchase (with taxpayer dollars) to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline to B.C.; policies haven’t been developed fast enough to handle the climate change crisis; and fish and mammals are suffering and dying at a faster rate than ever before, he said. For this federal race, most of the political parties have a

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few environmental pledges but it’s the Green Party where Nickason feels the promises will be met and kept. A party member for six years, Nickason said he doesn’t really want to be a politician. Still, “I have this burning desire to deal with these things because people have been left out.” In fact, the Green Party has become a home to the

political disenfranchised, he said: Those unhappy with the lip service (especially on the environmental front); the lack of movement on electoral reform; and the need for reconciliation with Canada’s First Nations. Poverty is also a topic about which Nickason speaks passionately. If Green Party leader Elizabeth May is elected, he

said, Canadians can expect a guaranteed livable income program, universal pharmacare, affordable housing and public transit expansion. Nickason said he’s tired of hearing how people are struggling to make ends meet financially in a resource-rich G8 nation. “Affordability is at a crisis,” he said. “People feel ashamed… but it’s not their

fault. Our country should be doing better.” He also doesn’t want young adults to continue living in debt. Under the Greens, he said, post-secondary tuition would be free because “we believe that we need to invest in students and the businesses they create.” But when asked for details of his party’s platform, Nickason was at a loss to explain how his potential constituents would benefit. On a guaranteed livable income, the father-of-three didn’t say how the program would roll out for families and seniors in his riding. He also doesn’t know much about the Kwikwetlem First Nation, which has territory within the Coquitlam and

PoCo municipal boundaries, although he’s aware of its land claims. And despite his expertise in the arts (Nickason is an Evergreen Cultural Centre board member, vice-president of the PoCo Arts Council and an alternate member of Coquitlam’s cultural advisory committee) and his party’s commitments (increase funding to arts organizations, review tax incentives for film, implement tax credit for heritage home restoration and allow tax credits for heritage land donations), Nickason said he doesn’t believe the issue is a high priority. “It’s a different conversation especially for this election,” he said. “The environment comes first.”

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Zarrillo: Housing equality is one crucial issue Pipeline expansion ‘seems unreasonable and unrealistic’

BONITA ZARRILLO A Coquitlam city councillor and former data analyst, Zarrillo, 53, says she will advocate for affordable housing and oppose the Trans Mountain expansion project. n NDP n Lives in Coquitlam n resume: Coquitlam councillor (on leave), data analyst n website: www.bonitazarrillo.ndp.ca n facebook: www.facebook.com/BonitaZarrilloNDP

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Back when Bonita Zarrillo first ran for public office in 2014, she saw a city of haves and have-nots: a dilapidated pool and busted playground in one Coquitlam neighbourhood, sparkling new facilities in another. Since then, the two-time Coquitlam city councillor has advocated for a dizzying diversity of causes, from antivaping and anti-cigarette butt campaigns to gender equity. She has a reputation as a voice of dissent on council, often taking adversarial positions on an array of issues. “There’s the overarching vision of the kind of world that you want to live in... and then there’s the tactical things that are happening on the ground,” she said. “My single vision is equality.” As longtime Port MoodyCoquitlam NDP MP Fin Donnelly’s tenure comes to an end, Zarrillo is counting on that

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message to resonate across her riding and carry her to Ottawa. She said too much of the incoming housing inventory is destined for luxury homebuyers and the 500,000 affordable housing units promised by the NDP federally will go a long way to balancing things out. Zarrillo said purpose-built housing — whether set up as a co-op or through GST exemp-

tions to developers and owners looking to build or renovate — would be her first priority in alleviating the housing crisis. Zarrillo says she has a track record fighting for the environment. In her first term on Coquitlam council, she put forward a motion for the city to apply to be an intervenor in the hearings for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion,

a project Zarrillo said she continues to oppose. “I understand that we need to transition [from fossil fuels] and I understand that we do currently have a pipeline in the city of Coquitlam,” she said, “but I’m not interested in another 900,000 barrels of oil coming through. That expansion seems unreasonable and unrealistic based on what the

future needs to look like.” Originally from Saskatoon, Zarrillo moved around the world after she graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in sociology. She bounced around several Canadian cities and took jobs overseas as a computer programmer and, eventually, a data analyst, mapping consumer behaviour for companies like Walmart. In 2010, Zarrillo moved back to the Tri-Cities and started a recruiting agency. Now, as she looks to higher office, her departure could leave a local hole. Zarrillo launched her bid for the NDP candidacy five months after she was re-elected to council. If she wins Oct. 21, the resulting municipal byelection is expected to cost taxpayers

more than $140,000. But when The Tri-City News put this to the candidate, she said she is worth it. “In private business, we would always choose somebody — regardless of whether we had to pay to ship them to a different city or a different country — we would always choose the one with experience,” she said. “[Byelection cost] isn’t on the minds of the taxpayers.” Since the campaign began last month, the NDP has seen little upward momentum in polls. With the party projected to lose a substantial number of its seats in Quebec and Ontario, Zarrillo said she sees the potential for a shift in the NDP centre of power out west. A weakened NDP, she said, can still hold a government accountable.

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Badiei: Numbers add up on growth, environment Canada taking in refugees ‘is what defines us’

sARA BADIEI An energy specialist who has worked in conflict zones, Badiei says Liberal policies will help families and she stands by Trudeau despite recent controversies. n Liberal n Lives in Coquitlam n resume: Energy specialist working to promote solar n website: www.sarabadiei.com n facebook: facebook.com/sarabadiei

diane Strandberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

If optimism is still possible in Canada’s fraught and discordant Parliament, then Sara Badiei, Liberal candidate for Port Moody-Coquitlam, will fit right in. The 37-year-old mother of a two-year-old daughter has optimism aplenty. But she isn’t naive, preferring to do her research and bringing her own charts and graphs to her interview with The Tri-City News. “I love it,” says Badiei of her propensity to crunch numbers, having used her skills as an energy specialist in conflict-zone countries promoting solar power infrastructure. Her family’s story of coming to Canada as refugees from war-torn Afghanistan, via Iran and Pakistan, and her support of the Liberal government’s welcome of 30,000 Syrian refugees, solidified her aim to run for government, she said, “I felt so proud as a refugee,

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that meant a lot,” she said. “This is Canada. This is what we are. This is what defines us.” When The Tri-City News asked about leader Justin Trudeau painting his face brown and black in costume, the fallout from the SNCLavalin affair, which resulted in Jodi Wilson-Raybould being ousted from caucus, and her party’s support for and pur-

chase of, the Trans Mountain pipeline, as well as deficit spending, she didn’t shy from responding. On the face-painting scandal, Badiei said it was a “cheap shot” and doesn’t change her perception of Trudeau because of what he’s done for refugees. “He’s saved people’s lives,” she said. SNC-Lavalin was a “perfect

storm of someone who wore two hats at a time when a particular rule was new and it went out of the trusted group that it needed to be inside.” Trans Mountain needs to proceed to help pay for social programs and is more environmentally sound than transporting oil by rail, especially with the Liberals’ $1.5-billion Oceans Protection Plan in

place. As well, clean tech, supported by more than $1 billion in federal funding, and other programs, such as electric vehicle incentives, will eventually reduce Canada’s reliance on oil, she said. “The country is on target to meeting its Paris accord targets,” Badiei said, “and potentially go beyond.” On the doorstep, Badiei said she hears support for the Canada Child Benefit, which she said pumps $5 million into the riding annually to support families with children and said the Liberals’ National Housing Strategy will deal with affordability issues, including mortgage help on a new home. These programs are boosting the economy, she said, and make deficit spending possible

because the country’s debt to GDP (gross domestic product) ratio is among the lowest among G7 nations. “That’s why we’ve got such good numbers on unemployment and on economic growth, as opposed to providing credits to people who can already pay for it and that money likely gets parked in a bank account,” she said. As for whether the Liberals can win her riding after coming in second to NDP MP Fin Donnelly in 2015, Badiei is once again optimistic, saying she believes people will be voting strategically this time around. “People are telling me, ‘I want an MP who brings my voice to the decision-making table.’”

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Shin: Tax cut for lower incomes the right approach ‘I wanted to help rebuild the party from the local perspective’

NELLY shIN The 47-year-old former teacher and musician is campaigning as a person who listens, and says her anti-abortion views won’t be tested in parliament. n Conservative n Former Ontario resident now lives in Coquitlam n resume: Former teacher, musician, missionary n Website: conservative.ca/team-member/nelly-shin/ n facebook: www.facebook.com/nellyshin.ca/

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Musician, composer, singer are not among the usual professions for would-be Canadian MPs but could be if Conservative candidate Nelly Shin wins her bid for the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding. Shin, 47, has been described by some as a parachute candidate — she was previously tapped to run in an Ontario riding but moved here when her party chose another candidate there — and has taken heat for appearing at a meeting organized by the anti-abortion group RightNow. But Shin said she has worked hard to be a candidate in the Tri-Cities, and while describing herself as “prolife” she said her views on women’s reproductive rights won’t be tested in parliament because Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has said he won’t open up the abortion debate or allow any-

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one else to do so in a private member’s bill. As for gay marriage, she said, “That’s a law that’s passed, the world has moved on and we all need to move on. “We’re a big-tent party,” she told The Tri-City News. “Not everybody will have the same views, and that’s the view of democracy. What it comes right down to is honouring

and respecting all people.” With varied life experience as a high school music and English teacher with the Toronto school board, helping people struggling with self-esteem and depression through church-based missionary work in the U.S. and as a freelance musician, singer and composer (her pieces are produced under the name Eden’s

Rose and she has a gospel song on YouTube), Shin says her life history is a mix that enables her to relate to people in the riding. She also comes from an immigrant family that moved to Canada from South Korea in 1977 and started a successful floral business. It was in 2015, when the election swept the Liberals to power, ousting then

Conservative MP Costas Menegakis from his job, that Shin decided to take on a greater role in politics. She moved back to Richmond Hill, Ont. from Vancouver Island, which was her home base for three years, to be with family and began signing up Conservative members. “I wanted to help rebuild the party from the local perspective,” Shin said. She had planned to run in Ontario but when a Liberal defection scrapped that, she gave up her riding to Menegakis and looked for somewhere else to run. “I knew [running outside her home province] would be a perceived handicap,” she said. “I had to do some soul searching.”

The proximity of mountains and the ocean drew her back to B.C., and motivated by her desire help make “Canadians prosper and find more personal freedom through good law making,” she threw her hat in the ring. Shin said she believes the Conservative plan to cut the lowest income tax bracket from 15% to 13.75% is the right approach along with tax credits for children’s sports, fitness and arts programs, a review of the mortgage stress test, cuts to GST on home heating bills, more tax relief for seniors and a plan to provide tax breaks for transit to promote more eco-friendly transportation are good strategies for helping people. “I really want to champion families,” she said.

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Watts: Seek solutions for climate change dangers ‘We can see the signs so let’s get started finding solutions’

BRYCE WATTs Owner of a green marketing firm, Watts, 29, says his experience working overseas gives him a unique perspective in overcoming divisive politics. n Green Party n Lives in Port Moody n resume: Small business owner, founder of non-profit n Website: www.brycemwatts.com n facebook: www.facebook.com/brycemwatts/

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For Bryce Watts, it all started over a beer on Brewers Row. He’d just returned from a stint overseas during which he’d catalogued ancient Egyptian botanical specimens at Kew Gardens in London and launched his own green marketing company in Cypress. As a cultural anthropologist steeped in non-profits and small business, politics had never appealed to him. But when the 29-year-old met the Green Party organizer for Metro Vancouver at Moody Ales in January, they got talking. Watts had been a Green all along without knowing it, he recently told The Tri-City News. That night, party organizers asked Watts to put his name on the ballot and, two weeks later, he was all in. Watts says his time abroad opened his eyes to the pitfalls of right-wing populism — he says he saw non-British friends

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get attacked in the streets of London following the Brexit referendum — and to fallout from climate change. “I wanted to actually do something meaningful because of the things I saw when I was away,” he said. “I was in Europe for the driest summer they’ve ever had. I was in the Middle East for the wettest winter they’ve ever had.”

Like most Green candidates, climate change ranks high on his list of priorities, although affordability and transportation, he said, are a close second. He said people need to come to terms with the fact that as the population grows, the riding needs more housing and that means a balanced densification strategy that

pushes developers to build more reasonably priced rental units through federal GST incentives as well as drastically expanded co-op housing stock. On transportation, Watts said he wants to see service improved for people outside SkyTrain hubs. He would prioritize a $375-million federal transfer payment plan

proposed by Metro mayors to help TransLink expand and switch to hydrogen-powered and electric buses. Watts shuns an alarmist approach to climate change and would rather work methodically through practical, ambitious measures to tackle the problem. First up if elected: establishing a cross-party cabinet to address the climate crisis through evidence. “You can be sensationalist and stoke fear, whether you’re super progressive or super conservative,” he said. “We can see the signs, so let’s get started finding solutions instead of trying to scare the crap out of people into joining our side.” Watts said he opposes the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline and sup-

ports a Green plan to cut $3.3 billion in government subsidies to oil companies and re-direct the money to re-train and transition oil sector workers into renewable energy jobs. In addition, Watts said he would seek to lead efforts to fund green research, as well as legislation and education programs to reduce food waste. On many issues, Watts said he has a similar outlook to his NDP rival. He is pro-choice and said, as a proud gay man and feminist, that he’s always been a strong advocate for women’s and LGBTQ rights. Where the two parties differ, Watts said, is on the environment, where the Greens have set more aggressive targets to slash emissions than any other party.

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Cheer on the Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association players in the peewee A hockey tournament, on until Monday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam). Visit coquitlamminorhockey.org.

The city of Port Coquitlam hosts its Friday night Youth Late Night Skate at the new Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave.) from 10:15 to 11:15 p.m. The supervised drop-in for 11- to 18-year-olds at Arena 3 is $3 and includes rentals. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

ART OPENINGS

Meet the artists behind the three exhibits opening at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam): Mat Holmstrom (Pacific Splendour); koralee (Capacity); and Rose Kapp (Character Building). Admission to the opening reception is free. It runs from 7 to 9 p.m. Visit placedesarts.ca.

CINDERELLAS SHOW

The Evergreen Cultural Centre’s youth engagement project retells the fairytale Cinderella at the Coquitlam venue (1205 Pinetree Way) at 7 p.m. with repeat performances Saturday at 3 and 7 p.m. Call 604-927-6566 or visit evergreenculuralcentre.ca.

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The New Shackletons whip up the party at Moody Ales in Port Moody Saturday night for the microbrewery’s fifth birtday bash. photo submitted

Boyfriend — aka Tom Rawson and Ellen van der Hoeven — headlines the Crossroads Hospice Society’s coffeehouse concert, held at the Gathering Place in Leigh Square (next to Port Coquitlam city hall). The stage opens at 7:30 p.m. while the duo performs at 9 p.m. Admission is $5, with proceeds for the Crossroads Hospice Society. Visit cross-

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HAWKE FILM The thriller First Reformed — starring Ethan Hawke as Rev. Ernst Toller in a small church in upstate New York, and directed by Paul Schrader — rolls at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody) at 7:30 p.m. Entry is $5 at the door plus a $5 Port

Two Tri-City libraries host storytime for little ones this morning: the Terry Fox Library, in the new Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave.), is at 10:15 a.m. while the Coquitlam Public Library hosts its session at 10:30 a.m. in the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way). Visit fvrl. bibliocommons.com/locations/PC and coqlibrary.ca.

FALL SHOPPING

Check out what the 50 vendors at Port Moody city hall (100 Newport Dr.) have to offer with their handmade creations as North Vancouver

Markets and Events Inc. returns with its Fall Harvest Marketplace from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $2; no charge for kids ages 12 and under. Visit nvmarketsandevents.com.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Sip some suds at Moody Ales (2601 Murray St.) along Port Moody’s Brewers Row as it marks five years since it opened. The party runs from noon to 10 p.m. and includes a special release, food and music from Brad Pedwell (12:30 to 2:30 p.m.) and The New Shackletons (4 to 7 p.m.). Visit moodyales.com.

ICE TIME

Take a spin on the new Arena 3 at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave.) during the public skate from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. Regular admission rates apply. Visit portcoquitlam.ca.

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It’s Salsa night in the rehearsal hall at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) as Latin beats play for the dance class at 8 p.m. and the party that follows, from 9 p.m. to 12:30

a.m. Admission is $10 at the door. Parking is free or take the Evergreen Extension to Lafarge-Lake Douglas. Visit hotsalsadancezone.com.

Oct. 13

GOBBLE GOBBLE Load up on freshly picked veggies, baked goods and meat for a Thanksgiving meal this long weekend at the weekly Poirier Street Farmers Market, happening from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). And be sure to meet the federal candidates in the Port Moody-Coquitlam riding, who will be stumping for votes during the gathering. The market season ends Oct. 27. Visit makebakegrow.com.

Oct. 14 STORYTIME

Toddlers and preschoolers can listen to stories at a Thanksgiving reading at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (1169 Pinetree Way) from 11 to 11:30 a.m. No cost. Visit coqlibrary.ca.

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t’s one thing to read about Canada’s horrific residential school system that robbed First Nations children of their families, culture and childhood and another to hear about those experiences for hand. That’s what a group of Dr. Charles Best students did on a sombre and rainy Thursday morning in Coquitlam as part of School District 43’s participation in Orange Shirt Day activities this week. And from the moment two residential school survivors gripped the microphone to tell their story, the students were transfixed. They heard the stories of Gertie Pierre, a residential school survivor from the Sechelt school, and Donna Dickeson, who was placed at St. Mary’s residential school in Mission. The kids were asked to imagine how they would have felt had they been removed from their homes and community, and forced to live far away, with strangers — adults, who often abused their position of power. “It’s taken me years to talk about it,” Dickeson told the

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Gertie Pierre (left) and Donna Dickeson recount their experiences at residential school to high school students at Dr. Charles Best secondary school in Coquitlam. The discussion last Thursday was part of Orange Shirt Day, which was held last week across School District 43 to recognize the harm of the residential school system and promote a commitment that every child matters. DIane StranDberg/the trI-CIty newS

students, dabbing her eyes with tissue. She told the students it took years to come to grips with the terrible experience and to overcome the shame of being an aboriginal women. Both women described how they were taken from their families at the age of five and made to live at the school, rarely being allowed to return home. They were taught by teachers who called them “dumb Indians” who wouldn’t amount to anything. “I was scared, I didn’t know anyone,” Dickeson recalled of

that first day as a bewildered five-year-old. She was also sexually assaulted by a nun who found her alone on her first night Pierre said she was strapped for the slightest infraction, such as asking a fellow student about the homework assignment, and saw other girls taken from their beds at night and sexually abused. Her younger sister was sexually assaulted, and blamed her for not stopping the abuse. “Why didn’t you protect me?” Pierre recalls her sister saying.

Both women struggled as parents until they went into treatment, and many of their siblings died from the effects of drug and alcohol addiction. Dickeson’s father committed suicide, an example of the generational trauma experienced by children who went to the schools that were spread across Canada, run by various church organizations and the federal government. The last residential school didn’t close until the 1990s. The women’s stories are shared by thousands of residential school survivors, some

of whom have gone to court to receive compensation for sexual abuse. Orange Shirt Day was started to recognize the harm of the residential school system and remind people that every child matters. Orange Shirt Day, Sept. 30, refers to the experience of a B.C. aboriginal woman Phyllis (Jack) Webstad, whose special orange shirt was stripped form her on her first day of residential school. Pierre and Dickeson, who turned to alcohol for many years to dull the pain caused by their experiences, have since dealt with their trauma. Pierre earned a social work degree at UBC and works with various programs, including providing counselling to people living in the Downtown Eastside, while Dickeson works with police services at the Justice Institute of BC to educate law enforcement about the First Nations residential school experience. “I was so proud when I achieved that,” Pierre said of

receiving her degree at the age of 65. Pierre was also a founder of a group that lobbied for a national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in response to outrage about the lack of official efforts into investigating missing women, including her niece, Cheryl Ann Joe, who was sexually assaulted and brutally murdered. Thursday’s survivor speaking event was introduced as “living history” by teacher Mario Bruneau, who said it’s important for students to hear from survivors and learn about the residential school system as part of efforts towards reconciliation with First Nations people. Although quietened by the stories, the Best students showed interest in the women’s experiences by asking a number of questions, including one query about what kept the women going while they were in school. Dickeson said she talks now so others understand but wishes more people of her generation would share their stories. “We need to get people talking, there’s so much denial,” she said. Other schools across the district held similar Orange Shirt Day awareness events. • For more about Orange Shirt Day, visit www.orangeshirtday.org.

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Halloween is a three 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 (CPL) and Port Moody (PMPL) public libraries, and is sponsored by The Tri-City News. To participate in the con-

Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore or Belcarra. • Writers who submit entries must be no younger than 11 and no older than 18 on the entry deadline date of Sunday, Oct. 20. • Writers must include the following three words in their stories: craven, tremulous and lurid. Stories that do not include all three words will be disqualified.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING on ANMORE ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW No. 600-2019 Anmore Municipal Council has scheduled a Public Hearing to be held in Council Chambers at Village Hall, 2697 Sunnyside Road, Anmore, BC, on Tuesday, October 15, 2019 starting at 7:00 p.m. The purpose of the bylaw is to amend the existing Village of Anmore Zoning Bylaw 568-2017 to make the following changes that would clarify the intent of the bylaw and address implementation challenges related to: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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In a nutshell, diversification means you don’t have all your eggs in one investing basket, which may help protect you should any part of your portfolio faulter. For example, if you invest in just one company and the stock goes bust, then your portfolio will go bust. This is ‘individual business risk’ which is added to the ‘market risk’ represented by the daily ups and downs of the market. If you instead own 100 individual businesses and one goes bankrupt your portfolio won’t go bust. I would rather see my clients own a small part of many businesses than 100% of one company. Being diversified also applies to the industries and asset classes you invest in. It’s important to consider not only being invested in different sectors of the economy, but also investing in a mix of stocks and bonds. Index funds/ETFs are one way you might further diversify your portfolio because they can track both stock and bond indexes. Bottom line: The broader your portfolio, the likelier you are to weather a market storm. This information has been prepared by Sherry Blamey who is an Investment Advisor for HollisWealth®. Opinions expressed in this article are those of the Investment Advisor only and do not necessarily reﬂect those of HollisWealth. HollisWealth® is a division of Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.

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Halloween fun, colouring for adults and family trivia 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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• English practice groups: Practise your English in a small group setting. Weekly drop-in conversation groups are open to people 19 years and older and are led by volunteers from Share Family and Community Services. There are groups for beginner, intermediate and advanced English speakers at the City Centre and Poirier library branches. See coqlibrary. ca for the current schedule. There’s a maximum of 25 people at each meeting, so come early to make sure you get in. • Library Link: Get a free library card, then borrow books and movies in our CPL’s little library on wheels. Library Link serves the communities of Maillardville and Mundy Park on Wednesdays, Riverview and Burke Mountain on Thursdays and Fridays, and Cottonwood on Saturdays. See the full schedule at coqlibrary.ca. • Halloween escape room: Test your wits — and your nerves — while puzzling your way out of a devilishly devised escape room. Students in Grade 5 and up can work in groups of up to six people (small groups may be merged to form larger ones). Drop in to Room 127 at the City Centre branch Oct. 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. to try it out.

BOOK OF THE WEEK n The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates n Reviewed by Eunice Joseph, Terry Fox Library

Pulling ourselves away of our daily routines to travel can impact us deeply, to the point where our lives shift direction. For Melinda and Bill Gates, their trip in 1993 did just that. They tore themselves away from Microsoft to travel to Africa. When they returned, conversations with dinner guests about their trip developed into a discussion that millions of children were dying from diarrhea. Fuelled by a passion to prevent further child mortality led to the creation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Melinda Gates shares stories of remarkable people who stand up against inequalities and injustices faced by women and children around the world. Some stories may be difficult to read but they should not be ignored. The victories in fighting discrimination make you want to throw your fists in the air and cheer “Yes!”

• Halloween activities: Kids from pre-school to middle grades can join librarians for fun, carnival-style activities and you could win prizes. Drop in to Room 136 at the City Centre branch Oct. 26 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. 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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• IELTS vs. CELPIP: Know the difference and succeed on both: In this Oct. 29 workshop put on by SUCCESS (2 to 4 p.m. in the library’s ParkLane Room), you will learn key study tips, find study materials and learn how to practice for the CELPIP and IELTS tests (the only approved English tests for immigration pur-

poses). Register by emailing bcsis@success.bc.ca or by calling 604-468-6022. • Family trivia night: Test your book knowledge at Port Moody library’s family trivia night. Oct. 24 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., teams of up to six people can enter a fun competition to be named Trivia Champions. This event is recommended for families with children seven and older. Register your team by visiting portmoodylibrary. ca or calling 604-469-4577. • Good night sleep clinic for babies and toddlers: Oct. 21 from 7 to 8 p.m., join sleep consultant Jolan Holmes in the ParkLane Room for a presentation on baby and toddler sleep. Register for this program at portmoodylibrary.ca or call 604-469-4577. Info: library.portmoody.ca or 604-469-4577. Port Moody

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Help the University of Guelph improve hearing g healthcare across Canada. 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.

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Participants will be significantly adding to growing knowledge surrounding hearing loss. You can register to be part of this groundbreaking new hearing study by calling 1.888.242.4892 or visiting connecthearing.ca/hearing-study *Wingfield, A., Tun, P. A., & McCoy, S. L. (2005). Hearing Loss in Older Adulthood: What It Is and How It Interacts With Cognitive Performance. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14(3), 144–148. † Study participants must be over 50 years of age and have never worn hearing aids. No fees and no purchase necessary. Registered under the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of BC. VAC, WCB accepted. 1. Cruickshanks, K. L., Wiley, T. L., Tweed, T. S., Klein, B. E. K., Klein, R, Mares-Perlman, J. A., & Nondahl, D. M. (1998). Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Older Adults in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin: The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study. Am. J. Epidemiol. 148 (9), 879-886. 2. National Institutes of Health. (2010).

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photos, tuxedo rentals for their Grade 12 celebration, and music therapy scholarships with the Douglas College Foundation. Todd said the legacy fund is also supporting Emotions BC, which provides families facing mental illness with help, knowledge and support, with a local support group to get underway in the Tri-Cities this month. “It’s all about how we need to care for others,” Todd said of the legacy fund in memory of her daughter Amanda. In addition, the Coquitlam restaurant Wings is taking part by donating partial proceeds from the sale of specialty wings and drinks to the Amanda Todd Legacy Fund. Todd said the Say it with Wings Fundraiser was the brainchild of Jeff Perham, the restaurant’s director of marketing and business development, who said he wanted to support the aims of the society. “He was passionate about the cause and he knew about Amanda’s story,” Todd told The Tri-City News. Say it with Wings runs through Oct. 14 at Wings restaurants (the Coquitlam location is at 345 North Rd.), which will donate $1 from every order of their fall featured Pumpkin Spice wings to the Amanda Todd Legacy.

At CVS, we are proud of the work we do in support of adults and children with developmental disabilities. This October, we’re inviting everyone across the Tri-Cities to join us in celebrating Community Inclusion month. Over the next year, we ask that you think about how you can help people with disabilities be more included in our schools, places of play, in the arts and in our workplaces.

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Building inclusive communities is a win-win for individuals with developmental disabilities but also for our community as a whole. Some of the best examples of inclusion is in our workplaces. Working is of great benefit to us all but to someone with a developmental disability, it can open up doors they may not have realized existed. To an individual, working can help them have a sense of purpose, help them earn money to build independence and it can allow them to expand their community beyond their immediate circle of friends and family. For businesses, we have also seen how hiring an individual with a developmental disability can boost morale across the organization, attract a larger customer base, increase innovation and add a team member that is loyal and reliable. Building inclusion through employment also

As a member of the Employment Roundtable of the Tri-Cities, CVS is fortunate to learn about incredible examples of inclusion on an ongoing basis. Notable to our community is the work Lisa and Patrick Beecroft from Gabi & Jules (www.gabiandjules.com) is doing in terms of fostering an inclusive workplace. In recognition of being an inclusive employer, Gabi & Jules was awarded the 2019 Inclusive Employer Award from the Employment Roundtable of the Tri-Cities at the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce’s Mayor’s BBQ in September. We applaud their efforts.

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World Mental Health Day is soon approaching and there are numerous ways to participate. Whether you like to shop, knit or crochet, travel or dine out, there is some way you can show your caring for others, says Carol Todd, the mother of Amanda Todd and the founder of the Amanda Todd Legacy Society. For the third year, local merchants are supporting the legacy fund in support of youth and mental wellness by donating gifts for the online auction, taking place through Oct. 14. The legacy has created a global campaign of awareness called Light Up Purple for World Mental Health Day. This year’s online auction offers more than $20,000 worth of gift certificates for restaurants, shopping and hotels, jewellery, pet supplies and more and Todd said the money will go towards a number of local projects. When Amanda died by suicide after posting a video of her experience of bullying and harassment in 2012, there was no legacy and the “conversations that weren’t had back then are in the forefront right now,” Todd said. Among the projects on the go is the Legacy Scarf Project, in which local knitters and crafters are donating scarves, hats and blankets that will be emblazoned with the Legacy logo and hashtag #Caring4Others and donated to people who can benefit from them, Todd said. Gently used scarves, hats and blankets will also be accepted and given out as the weather turns cold. As well, the online auction will support the Starfish Pack program, which provides food in backpacks for Port Coquitlam children, the Get Out! Unplug to Connect program to encourage youngsters to connect with nature, the Enchantment Project that supports School District 43 graduates with gowns, grad

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A Coquitlam woman is warning people of an aggressive owl on Burnaby Mountain she says struck her — several times — hard enough to send her to the emergency room. Kristina Harvey was hiking from her home in the Oakdale

neighbourhood to her office at Simon Fraser University the morning of Sept. 26 when she says the attack occurred. The incident took place at around 7:45 a.m. at the end of a trail called Function Junction at the point where it connects with Uppercut on the way up Burnaby Mountain. “The first time it felt like someone hit me with a log,” she said. “I looked around to see what the hell just happened. When I turned to look back down the trail, I saw it come at me a second time.” After that, the owl perched

in a tree ahead of her on the path and she was able to snap a picture. Despite being hurt, Harvey decided to press on and began shouting at the owl to stay away. “I yelled at the owl,” she said. “I said, ‘I have a meeting today. Leave me alone, please.’” But the bird was undeterred, swooping in a third time and knocking her again from behind, she said. “It was such a hard impact,”

she said, noting doctors have told her she may have a mild concussion. “I do really have a bad headache. The wounds are not deep. Apparently there’s no chance of rabies or anything from an owl.” Harvey does not believe she did anything to antagonize the bird, noting that their nesting season is in the spring. She said she reached out to The Tri-City News to warn other people who hike the trail to be aware of the aggressive owl.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 17 • Burke Mountain’s community association, the North East Coquitlam Ratepayers, host Lyle Litzenberger, author of “Burke Mountain: A History,” 7 p.m., Victoria Hall, 3435 Victoria Dr. Anyone interested is welcome. Regular business meeting will start at 8:15 p.m. to discuss any concerns on Burke Mountain.

SATURDAY, OCT. 19 • Friends of DeBoville Slough shoreline cleanup, 9 a.m.-noon; meet at entrance on the north side of the slough. Info: info@ fodbs.org.

SUNDAY, OCT. 20 • Sahaja Yoga Meditation Tri-Cities free Introductory program begins, running every Sunday, 4-5:30 p.m., Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam), Studio B. Info: tricitiesmeditation.com or 604729-6990.

TUESDAY, OCT. 22 • 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.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 • Pacific Digital Photography Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the drama room at Port Moody secondary school; guests always welcome. Check out the club website (pdpc.ca) for additional information about PDPC and for a complete listing of meetings and keynote speakers.

TUESDAY, NOV. 5 • Have you considered becoming a foster parent? There are children and youth in the

Burquitlam. The support circle is an anonymous, confidential self-help group for parents with children 12 years old and under. Info: 604-669-1616 or www.parentsupportbc.ca. • Ignite Choir at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship is for kids 6-14 who love to sing, dance and act; the goal is to give children and youth an introduction to music and. The choir meets Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m., beginning Feb. 13. Info: www. erbf.com. • Breastfeeding or pregnant and wanting to learn more? Looking for information or help? La Leche League Coquitlam groups offer informal, guided discussions and a chance to connect with other nursing mothers. New meeting location: Share Family and Community Services, 2615 Clarke St., PoMo. Meetings held second Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. Women interested in breastfeeding and their children are invited to free monthly LLL meetings. Info: 604-520-4623 or www.lllc.ca. • Share Family and Community Services hosts free parent and tot drop–in, 9-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at Seaview community school, 1215 Cecile Dr., PoMo. This is a free play–based program for children up to five years old and their parents/caregivers. Info: Azar, 604–936-3900. • Parent and Tot Drop-in: open to parents with children from birth to 5 years old; offers safe and nurturing environment; children learn songs, stories and eat healthy snacks together; parents are full participants; free; open 9-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Mountain View elementary school, Coquitlam, and 9-11

OCT. 16: SINGLES TRAVEL CLUB • Singles Travel Club meets at 6 p.m. for dinner at ABC Restaurant, 300-100 Schoolhouse St., Coquitlam. Club offers group tours for solo travellers – meet new friends, enjoy the security of group travel and avoid the costly single supplement. RSVP 604-529-1552. Info: www. singlestravelclub.ca.

OCT. 18: SINGLES SOCIAL CLUB • 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 at 7 p.m. in Canada Safeway community room, 3rd floor, 580 Clarke Rd., Coquitlam. Info: Darline, 604-466-0017. Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906 Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

TUESDAY, NOV. 12 • 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.

SATURDAY, NOV. 16 • Pacific Digital Photography Club presents is 16th annual Photomotion at the Inlet Theatre, Port Moody; Photomotion is a collection of digital slide shows created by club members that include

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PARENTS, KIDS • Family resource centre at Minnekhada middle school, PoCo, offers multi-sensory and math tutoring; rate is $25 per session. Tutors are Orton Gillingham-trained and centre works in cooperation with SD43. Registration is ongoing. Info: frcdistrict43@gmail.com. • Parents, grandparents, and caregivers who want to connect with others who are raising children, gain and offer support and understanding, gain information about parenting and other concerns, and have their children cared for while doing so, free of charge, can join a parent support circle. Parent Support Services of BC runs a Wednesday evening circle in

a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Seaview elementary school, PoMo. Info: Arshia, 604-9376971. • Tri-City Family Place, a drop in centre for children up to five with their caregivers, is open Tuesday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (September to June), 2062 Manning Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-942-4672. • Share Family and Community Services parent support circle runs Fridays from 6 to 8 p.m., Mountain View elementary school, 740 Smith Ave., Coquitlam. Open to all parents, grandparents and/or caregivers. Participation is free and childminding and snacks are available. Info: 604-937-6970. • Pleasantside Play Pals, a non-profit parent-participation play group for newborns to pre-schoolers at Old Orchard Hall, PoMo; parents/caregivers invited every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30-11:30 p.m. • Parents and tots gather to play and learn in a Jewishthemed environment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam. Info: 604-552-7221 or info@ burquest.org. • Step By Step Child Development Society Family Resource Rooms open for dropin at the following locations: Old Orchard Hall in Ioco Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m., Harbour View elementary school Monday and Wednesday from 9:30-11 a.m. and at the Blue Mountain Park Scouts’ Hall on Wed from 10-11:30. Call 604931-1977 for more information or visit the website at www.stepby-step.ca • Millside Family Resource Centre is open Fridays, 9-11 a.m. for parents and caregivers

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• City of the Arts Toastmasters, dedicated to improving leadership and public speaking skills, meets 5:30-7 p.m., Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr. Info: Mike, cityofthearts@icloud.com or cityofthearts.toastmastersclubs.org. • Rotary Club of PoCo Centennial meets Thursdays, 4:15 p.m., Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave., PoCo; new members welcome. Info: Barrie, barrie@barrieseaton.com or 604-945-6627. • Fraser Pacific Rose Society meets last Tuesday of each month except August and December, 7 p.m. Dogwood

• Parents Together is a mutual help group for parents experiencing conflict with their teen(s), meets in PoCo. Info: 604-3250556. • Learning Disabilities Association meets the third Thursday of each month at the family resource centre at Westwood elementary school, PoCo, 7-9 p.m. • Tough Love support group meets Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m., Stoney Creek community centre (in Burnaby) For parents with children in trouble or experiencing difficulties. Info: Cathy, 604464-2437. • The Ark Child Services, a non-profit counselling agency specializing in supporting families going through separation and divorce, has an office in the Tri-Cities. Info: Lee Cassels, 604461-2124. • Children with Diabetes parent support group meets monthly. Speakers present information for living with Type 1 Diabetes. Social activities are also planned for the children and their families. Info: Carol, 604-931-2027.

CLUBS • The Circle of Friends, a social group for 50+ singles looking to meet new friends and participate in social events such as walking, dancing, dining out, travel, theatre, etc., meets on the third Sunday of each month, 12:30 p.m., at Roo’s Pub, 2962 Christmas Way, Coquitlam, plan events. Info: Nina, 604-9419032. • Hoy/Scott Streamkeepers meet the third Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Public Library Poirier branch. Info: hoyscottcreeks.org or hoyscottwatershed@gmail.com. • Coquitlam Gogos meet the third Wednesday of each month at Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam, 1-3 p.m. Gogos raises awareness and money for African grandmothers caring for children orphaned by AIDS by supporting the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. New members are welcome. Info: coquitlamgogos@gmail.com or Pam, 604469-0265. • The Cutie Circle meets on the second Sunday of each month (except December) from 2 to 4 p.m. in the rehearsal hall of the Evergreen Cultural Centre for some lively and joyful strumming, singalong and open mic. All welcome. Light refreshments are provided. Cuties volunteers perform and teach in the community and also offer a free annual seven-week ukulele workshop series for absolute beginners at Leigh Square in the spring. Info: cutiecircle.com or 604-552-8537 (UKES). • Tri-City Strummers meet every Wednesday, 1:30-3:30 p.m. to sing and play ukuleles at The Club (meeting place for adults 50+), 101 Noons Creek Dr., Port Moody. All levels are welcome to join this fun and friendly group. A small kitchen offers lunch. Info: Ellen, 39lndanz@gmail.com or Maggie, maggiebrinton@gmail.com. • Tri-Cities Women’s Friendship Club is an active social group for mature women.

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Place des Arts has a 18,000-sq. ft. wing for classes and sessions that was added in 1996. Both organizations are located on the same Brunette Avenue site, with Place des Arts in Ryan House and Coquitlam Heritage in Mackin House. “We want to make sure we’re providing the right level of services,” Rosa said. “We’re growing as a city and those facilities are aging. We need to do our due diligence… and we need to move faster.” Rosa pointed out 75% of Place des Arts’ users are under the age of 20; they take dance, visual arts, theatre and music lessons and attend camps. In addition, Rosa said the architects designing the new arts/heritage venue will also see if the Riverview Hospital medical collection can also be included. Currently, those historical items — which have undergone a professional inventory — are tucked away in climatecontrolled storage facilities, out of the public eye. Should the preliminary work proceed, Rosa said she anticipates construction to be phased to displace classes “as little as possible. We don’t want to lose momentum and

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A combined hub for Coquitlam’s Place des Arts, archives and heritage society is on the drawing board. Last week, the city’s council-in-committee voted to move the capital project up to the Priority A list in the 2020 business plan, which, if approved by council in December, will see the arts and heritage facility planning bump to the top. Other Priority A action items for next year include the City Centre Four Corners master plan, the northeast recreation centre plan and a water conservation strategy. The draft business plan is set to come before council in conjunction with the 2020 budget. Donnie Rosa, Coquitlam’s general manager of parks, recreation and culture services, told The Tri-City News last week a consultant studied the city’s arts, culture and heritage assets two years ago and those

Place des Arts went through a rebranding last year; now, the city is considering rebuilding the arts hub to include Coquitlam Archives. mario bartel/the tri-CitY NeWS

results are laid out in the Arts, Culture and Heritage Strategic Plan. And while the assessment found the Evergreen Cultural Centre is keeping pace, Place des Arts and the Coquitlam Heritage Society aren’t meeting their current demands — largely because of the extensive programming they

provide in inadequate spaces (earlier this year, Coquitlam Archives moved from a room at city hall to a larger space in the same building as the City Centre branch of Coquitlam Public Library). Both Place des Arts and Coquitlam Heritage are located in homes built more than 100 years ago, although

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we don’t want to interrupt services.” Coun. Steve Kim, chair of the city’s cultural services advisory committee and a former Place des Arts board member, said having arts and heritage programs stay in Maillardville is important for the neighbourhood, especially as it marks its 110th anniversary this year as a French-Canadian enclave. As well, “It’ll be great to have all the services in one building,” he said, noting he expects the planned facility to be up within five years “if not sooner.” Place des Arts board president Barb Hobson said her group looks forward to seeing the architects’ renderings. “Place des Arts began and has flourished on the current site, and we are encouraged to see that the report recommends remaining here,” she said. And Candrina Bailey, Coquitlam Heritage’s executive director, added the society appreciates council and city staff’s “recognition of the limitations of the current facility. The new heritage space will allow the stories of all Coquitlam residents to be celebrated and preserved.”

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Comic music Clarinet to be disassembled during humorous piece janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

You can enjoy the lighter side of classical music at a recital next week to launch Place des Arts’ year of humour. German pianist TrangTina Nguyen will be joined by Francois Houle on clarinet for the first classic see

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concert of the season at the Coquitlam facility. Nguyen, who moved to Vancouver with her fiancé in January 2018 and started teaching at Place des Arts last September, said she met Houle in Vancouver as he was preparing to relocate to Switzerland. Houle, a faculty member at the Vancouver Community College School of Music, returns to Canada regularly to play shows in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island. Among the pieces the pair will perform Oct. 19 is a standard for Houle: Immer Kleiner — Always Smaller, described as a humorous clarinet fantasy that “should only be played during a waning moon,” the composer Adolf Schreiner instructs. About five minutes long, the composition sees the clarinetist disassemble the instrument, beginning with the bell and ending with the mouthpiece. It will be Nguyen’s first attempt at Immer Kleiner. For Houle, though, “he always has such a blast performing it. People always laugh,” she said. It’ll complete the program that starts with Saint-Säens’ The Cook in the Depths of the Woods (from The Carnival of the Animals) and continues with D’Rivera’s Two Pieces for Clarinet and Piano; Scaramouche for Clarinet and Piano by Milhaud; Saint-Säens’ The Swan; Duo Brillant for clarinet and piano in B-flat major, Opus 130 by Reissiger; and Gershwin’s Preludes for Piano. Nguyen said the concert is open to anyone wanting a good laugh. For tickets at $21/$16, call Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) or visit brownpapertickets.com.

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Call It What It Is — koralee’s response to the École Polytechnique massacre — is in her first solo show. “I have paintings in collections all over North America but I’m most proud of the painting that is part of the private resident’s gallery in the Union Gospel Mission in the DTES of Vancouver,” she writes. place des arts

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koralee used to paint as a child. But she didn’t take up the medium seriously until four years ago, when an electronic music project she was working on in Los Angeles fell through. She was having “creative artistic differences” with the producer, so, to pass the time, she walked into the nearby Blick Art Materials store and told the clerk, “I would like to start painting.” From the get-go, koralee eschewed traditional tools; rather, the self-taught artist primarily used parts of her body — her face, torso and back — to connect with her canvas, be it wood panel or paper. Tomorrow (Friday), she’ll unveil two years worth of work in her first solo show, titled Capacity, an acrylic exhibit that runs until Nov. 7 at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam); the opening reception is from 7 to 9 p.m. Capacity — a term used in trauma recovery, referring to “the amount of stress that the body is able to tolerate before it goes into a flight or fight mode,” she said — is a collec-

tion created while koralee was in therapy. She delved into somatic experiencing, a body-oriented approach developed by the American doctor Peter Levine for healing trauma and other stress disorders. koralee, who doesn’t reveal her surname or age, said her childhood was filled with sadness following the death of her 11-year-old sister in a tragic accident. “It’s been something that’s been in my life that has affected me in an fairly momental way,” she said, noting addiction issues in her family also had an impact. Through painting, she also explored transgenerational trauma and other deeply disturbing experiences that have shaken Canadians: the École Polytechnique massacre, First Nations residential schools, the opioid crisis. By conveying her negative feelings with art, koralee said painting has become an outlet that allows her to feel free; the permanent mark is a way to acknowledge the past, and find change. Healing, she said, is a journey. Also opening Friday night at Place des Arts is Pacific Splendor (paintings and sculptures by Mat Holstrom) in the Atrium Gallery and Character Building (watercolour and ink paintings by Rose Kapp) in the Mezzanine Gallery. Call 604664-1636 or visit placedesarts. ca.

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IMMER KLEINER ALWAYS SMALLER The Creature Creeps by Jack Sharkey and directed by Miles Lavkulich opens in Coquitlam Oct. 17 with Tri-City actors Dan Jabour, Gary Brown, Katrina Ovans, Trevor Monaghan, Christina Xu and Sue Davey. stage 43 theatrical society arts briefs

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Get into the Halloween spirit this month with Stage 43, a Coquitlam theatre company that opens its season next Thursday with The Creature Creeps. Written by Jack Sharkey and directed by Miles Lavkulich, the comedy is the first of three shows in Stage 43’s A Walk On The Wild Side round, which also includes the Lion in Winter, in January, and The Elephant Man in April/May. The Creature Creeps has all the usual spooky elements: an ancient castle in Transylvania, a mad scientist and even a grim housekeeper. And it includes Tri-City

actors Dan Jabour, Gary Brown, Katrina Ovans, Trevor Monaghan, Christina Xu and Sue Davey. It runs at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) from Oct. 17 to 20, and Oct. 23 to 26. The Oct. 23 performance has two-for-one pricing for single, adult tickets (use the discount code CREATURE). Partial proceeds from ticket sales in the second-week run will be donated to the New View Society in Port Coquitlam. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Coquitlam actor Madison Green stars in Tony & Tina’s Wedding, an immersive theatrical experience that runs this weekend in New Westminster. A graduate of Pinetree secondary and Douglas College, Green plays Tina in the Fullmoon Theatre dinner

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The deadline is Nov. 1 for artists and art collectives to apply for a city of Port Coquitlam residency next year. The artist-in-residence program is open to artists and performers in Metro Vancouver who are looking for studio space to research, develop and produce new or ongoing work. Next year, the municipality also plans to expand the program to Lions Park for an eco-arts residency. Currently, residencies are open for the following terms: Feb. 3 to June 26, 2020; July 22 to Nov. 19, 2020; and Feb. 1 to June 25, 2021. The eco-arts residency is available from April 6 to Oct. 5, 2020. Visit portcoquitlam.ca/ leighsquare.

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Former Port Coquitlam artist Gerry Thompson will donate the proceeds from a silent auction for her original painting to the Silk Art Gallery. Thompson told The Tri-City News the donation to the Port Moody gallery is her way of saying thanks to gallery owner and curator Zoe Royer and her husband, Gaetan Royer, for saving her artwork during the fire on PoMo’s Gallery Row in July. The silent auction closes Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. To place a bid on the acrylic work, which measures 36 by 36 inches, visit the gallery at 2419 Clarke St.

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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: rose kaPP

‘Wonky’ watercolour and ink drawings of local homes, shops The words “whimsical” and “wonky” come to mind when describing Coquitlam artist Rose Kapp’s illustrations, cartoons and designs. Her signature style can be seen in a new solo show that opens Friday at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Titled Character Building, her exhibit in the Mezzanine Gallery features 21 watercolour and ink images of distinct structures in the Tri-Cities (at left, 359 Avalon Dr. in Port Moody). Kapp’s fun artwork also extends to the seventh floor of the Teck Acute Care Centre, in a mural created for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation’s Children’s Healing Experience Project. Locally, Kapp is also known for her Creative People Talking group and with the Port Moody Rock and Gem Club; the latter will host its annual show on Oct. 26. Place des arts

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TRI-CITY SPORTS SFU SOCCER

Kiara Buono’s got the goods for SFU Clan Centennial grad is a freshman starter for university team MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Coquitlam’s Kiara Buono is the youngest player on the Simon Fraser University Clan women’s soccer team. But the 17-year-old isn’t letting that hold her back. The freshman out of Centennial secondary school in Coquitlam is a starting midfielder on Burnaby mountain, racking up shots, if not goals — yet. In fact, Buono’s 12 shots are second best on the team, behind only Giuliana Zaurrini, whose 15 shots include all three of the team’s goals so far this season. One of those was even set up by Buono, in a 2–1 loss to Central Washington in the team’s home opener on Sept. 26. Buono said coming from a high school program that is the two-time defending provincial girls’ champion, she was eager to make an impact at the next level. So she spent the summer following a vigorous training regime that included sprinting and running high-intensity intervals at the track five days a week. Once the season started, Buono added lifting weights

SFU Clan midfielder Kiara Buono, left, makes a play against Western Washington University in a recent game at Terry Fox Field in Burnaby. JENNIFER GAUTHIER/BURNABY NOW

in the gym every Tuesday under the guidance of a personal trainer.

“So much more is at stake,” she said of her ascent to university soccer.

Buono’s transition on the pitch has been aided by the proliferation of fellow fresh-

man — nine in all — in the Clan’s lineup and the familiar faces of several former team-

mates from Centennial as well as her Mountain United club team in the BC Premier League. “It’s like a big friend group,” she said. But when the referee’s whistle blows, the smiles and banter of training are replaced by competitive intensity. Buono, who’s studying psychology and criminology, said she has made a point of listening to and learning from the team’s veteran players, such as Carli Grosso. But she said getting up to speed in the college game has been an adjustment. “It’s so much faster,” she said. “Everyone is so much more skilled. They’re bigger and stronger.” What the 5’6” Buono lacks in stature, she makes up for with confidence. She said she accepts there will be setbacks and frustrations but she has to put those behind her quickly to move forward. “It really is a mental game,” Buono said. “You can’t mope. You have to get right up again and keep playing.” • The Clan scoring woes continued as they were shut out 1-0 by Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, last Saturday. The team plays three more matches on the road before returning to SFU for their next home game on Oct. 26, 1 p.m., against Concordia University.

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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS

Anmore tennis player whets his appetite for 2020 Lessons at Parapan Games will serve Thomas Venos well MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

The Paralympic dream of a wheelchair tennis player from Anmore is getting more real. Thomas Venos, 20, recently competed at his first major multi-sport event, the Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. He reached the second round in the men’s singles competition but he and his doubles partner, Jonathan Tremblay, were eliminated after the first round of their event. More important than the results, Venos said, was what he learned about what it takes to reach the top level of international competition. The biggest lesson came from his doubles match, in which he and Tremblay faced a team from Argentina led by the top-ranked men’s singles player in the world, Gustavo Fernandez.

Thomas Venos got his first chance to compete at a major multi-sport event in August when he was part of Canada’s team at the Parapan Games in Lima, Peru. GERRY KRIPPS PHOTO

Venos, who’s currently ranked 73rd in singles, said the Argentinian played at “another level,” adding, “He’s

super fast and hits at a consistent pace.” The 32 minutes it took for Fernandez and his partner

to eliminate the Canadian duo in straight sets will mean more work in the gym and more time on the court now

that he’s back in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where Venos is studying elementary education at the University of Alabama and plays for the school’s sixmember wheelchair tennis team. Amidst his studies, Venos said he spends an hour in the gym three days a week and another two hours on the court every afternoon. He works on his power and consistency, aiming to achieve a more natural union with athletic skills the former dirt biker and soccer player has been developing since he suffered a spinal cord injury in a motorbiking accident at his family’s cabin in the Cariboo that left him paralyzed from the hips down. Venos said maneuvering a wheelchair and swinging a tennis racket don’t come naturally, so his newfound passion for the sport has been a constant learning curve since he first tried it out while rehabbing at GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver. “I would say the hardest thing is moving the chair with

the racket in your hand,” he said. Venos’ first tennis breakthrough was at a major tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. in 2016, where he won his division without losing a single match. This year, Venos said, he feels his game has taken another leap forward since he started the summer ranked 115th in the world. To attain a ranking in the top 60 that he said could get him to the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan next summer, he’ll have to keep progressing over the next several months as his school’s team competes at tournaments in Hilton Head, S.C., Chicago, Ill., and Mazatlan, Mexico. And if he gets to Tokyo, Venos said his experience in Lima will serve him well, as he’ll already have some familiarity with the pressure and hoopla that comes with big, international multi-sport competitions. “It’s basically a mini Paralympics,” he said of the Parapan Games. “I think it will be good moving forward.”

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Runners in the Junior race set off at the Triple C Invitational cross country meet, last Wednesday at Mundy Park in Coquitlam. The meet brought together athletes from across the Fraser Valley North zone, including the Tri-Cities, Burnaby, New Westminster, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Runners from the Tri-Cities and Maple Ridge will return to Mundy Park on Oct. 16 for the district finals, while the zone championship will be contested at Central Park in Burnaby the following week. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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Sr. Adanacs’ new boss Former star player elevates from behind Jr. A bench Pat Coyle, the former bench boss of the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs, is the new coach of the senior team. Coyle stepped down as the Jr. Adanacs coach Sept. 18, citing a desire “to focus on his other commitments.” Those include being the coach and general manager of the National Lacrosse League’s Colorado Mammoth. He was also an assistant coach for Team Canada, which won the recent World Indoor Lacrosse Championship in Langley.

Since Coyle joined the Jr. Adanacs in 2015, his team lost only eight times in 84 games. He guided the team to five appearances in the Minto Cup, two of which ended with national championships. Coyle’s coaching duties followed an illustrious playing career during which he captained the Adanacs to their only Mann Cup senior national championship, in 2001. He also played for five championship teams in the NLL. In 2014 Coyle was inducted into that league’s hall of fame and, in 2017, his name was added to the Adanacs’ Ring of Honour. Coyle’s history of success

as a player and coach fuelled his hiring to his latest position, said a statement posted by the Adanacs to their Instagram page: “We really feel Pat will help the club turn the corner and return to the days of a winning franchise.” Coyle takes over from Steve McKinlay, who took on the job last June after Bob Bell abruptly stepped down along with his assistants, Shaun Springett and Al Truant. Shortly after Bell’s departure, the Adanacs added Scott Wortley as the team’s GM, a position he also holds with the junior team. The Sr. Adanacs won just three games last season.

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Bottomed out? Metro Vancouver home sales up 46.3 per cent Predictions that the Metro Vancouver residential real estate market is in recovery mode may be realized, as home sales in September were up a whopping 46.3 per cent from one year earlier. There were 2,333 home sales in the region last month, which is also 4.6 per cent higher than August’s count, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reported October 2. That total was just 40 units, or 1.7 per cent, shy of the 10-year sales average for the month. The board described September’s activity as a “return to more historically normal levels” compared with the highs of 2015-17 and the low of early 2018 to spring this year.

buyer’s market), 18.9 per cent for townhomes, and 21.9 per cent for condos (rising back into a seller’s market). “This is a more comfortable market for people on both sides of a real estate transaction,” added Smith. “Home sale and listing activity were both at typical levels for our region in September.” As price trends lag sales trends, the benchmark price of a typical Metro Vancouver home continued to correct, now pegged at $990,600. This is a 7.3 per cent decrease over September 2018 but just a 0.3 per cent slip compared with August 2019. SALES AND PRICES BY PROPERTY TYPE

“We’re seeing more balanced housing market conditions over the last three months compared to what we saw at this time last year,” said Ashley Smith, REBGV president. “Home buyers are more willing to make offers today, particularly in the townhome and apartment markets.”

There were 745 sales of single-family homes in Metro Vancouver in September, which is up 46.7 per cent from September last year, and 5.5 per cent higher than August. The price of a typical detached home in the region is now benchmarked at $1,406,200, which is 8.6 per cent lower than one year ago but only $500 less than August’s price.

For all home types combined, the sales-toactive listings ratio for September is 17.4 per cent, which is a solidly balanced market (12-20 per cent). When broken out by property type, the ratio is 12.7 per cent for detached homes (rising back into balanced territory from a

Sales of attached homes such as townhomes, row houses and duplexes leaped an impressive 53.5 per cent year over year to 422 units, which is also 4.4 per cent up from August. The benchmark price of an attached Metro Vancouver home now stands at $767,500, which

a 7.2 per cent decrease from September 2018 and a 0.6 per cent slip from August 2019. A total of 1,166 Metro Vancouver condos exchanged hands in September 2019, which is a 43.6 per cent jump over September 2018, and

also 4.4 per cent higher than August. The price of a typical condo in the region is $651,500. This is a 6.5 per cent decrease from September 2018 and a 0.4 per cent decrease compared with August 2019, said the board.

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EVANS, Lenora June 26, 1929 - September 27, 2019 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lenora (Lee) Evans, on September 27, 2019. Loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great grandmother. Predeceased by her husband John and son Ross. Left to celebrate her life are her family, daughter and son in law Shelley and Brian, daughter Susan, sister Sandy, grandchildren Dennis (Nikki), Shane, Ryan (Mililani) and Amanda, great grandchildren Elliana and Oliver, and many nieces, nephews and friends. She will be sadly missed by all. As per her wishes, there will be no service. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Children’s Hospital Vancouver. Burkeview Chapel 604-944-4128 firstmemorialportcoquitlam.com

JOHANSEN, Kent November 6, 1961 − September 20, 2019 Kent Johansen was an extremely dedicated husband, father, and son. He was an extremely talented engineer and scientist, with inventions including the math making digital photography possible and the "Tetra" Early Earthquake sensors warning of impending Earthquakes. Kent loved freedom and nature. This was best expressed in his love of the outdoors by sailing, hiking, kayaking, camping, piloting fixed−wing, helicopter, and gliding. Kent was very proud to be Danish. This coming spring, he will be interred in his hometown of Langå, Denmark, including a Viking Ship burning to honour him as one of Denmark’s great sons. Kent is predeceased by his niece, Louise Bach. He is survived by his parents, Henning and Mona Johansen; sister, Tine Johansen; and her spouse, Kim Jacob Christiansen; their daughter, Karoline Johansen; her betrothed, Heinrich Søby Jensen; Kent’s nephew, Lasse Johansen; and Kent’s great −niece, Vanja, all of Denmark. In Canada his ex, Cheryl Ann Henning; their son, Ben Johansen; his wife, Elaine Thompson; and their daughter, Freya Thompson Johansen. May he be remembered well.

GOUDAL, Vernon Cyril It is with sad hearts that the family of Vernon share of his passing on September 27th, just two days after his 90th birthday. Vernon was born in Rosetown, Saskatchewan to Gladys and Cyril Goudal. He spent much of his childhood in Parkside, years that he described as wonderful. He then lived in Spiritwood for several years before moving to Victoria, B.C. After finishing high school in 1945 he joined the Government Service in the Survey Department and spent ten years surveying all over B.C. He received his commission as a British Columbia Land Surveyor in 1958; in 1959 he opened his office on Shaughnessy Street in Port Coquitlam, retiring forty two years later. In that time he surveyed many projects including the Victoria Airport, Lion’s Gate Bridge, Citadel Heights, Westwood Plateau and a multitude of other subdivisions around the Lower Mainland. Vernon married the love of his life, Donna, in 1959. Their marriage was blessed with three children: Sandra (Ken), Wayne (Maria) and Peter (Sarah). He had seven grandchildren that he loved dearly: Tyler, Aaron (Georgia), Connor, Christine (Matt), Isaac, Josephine and Dominic. To Vernon, family was everything; he and Donna did not hesitate to take in Vernon’s three cousins when they lost their own parents. He was generous in every sense of the word and gave his children the best start in life that he could and we are all forever grateful. He gave his time to help establish the Port Moody Minor Hockey Association where he coached for many years. He was also active in the church, teaching adult Bible study. He and Donna saw the world on cruise ships and when at home you could find him working on the family history or in his favourite chair catching up on local and Parkside news or watching sports. His was a full life, well lived. We will miss him. Our family is grateful to the staff of The Madison Care Centre for the wonderful care that he received in his final years.

MEEGAN, Peter F. February 29, 1960 − September 29, 2019 The family of Peter Meegan of Coquitlam, BC, is sad to announce his passing on September 29, 2019, at the age of 59. He is survived by his wife, Linda Meegan; and his daughters by former wife Debbie Meegan, Courtney Meegan, Caitlin Bursey (Mat), and Colleen McDavid (Thomas); granddaughters, Grace and Meredith; and step− sons, Ellis Rennie and Hudson Rennie. He is pre− deceased by his parents, Mary Ann and James Meegan; and siblings, James Meegan and Brigid Grant. A funeral mass for Peter will be held on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 11:30 am at All Saints Parish, Coquitlam. The family welcomes you to donate to the Canadian Cancer Society or to the BC SPCA via support.spca.bc.ca/goto/ PeterMeegan

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