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MISSING WOMAN

Have you seen Trina Hunt?

Port Moody woman has been missing since Jan. 18 DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Searchers looking for Trina Hunt console each other at a command centre that was coordinating a volunteer effort to find the missing 48-year-old woman from Port Moody. The community search was put on hold last Thursday as police continue their investigation. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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Family and friends of a Port Moody woman who has been missing for more than seven days will continue to “explore all avenues” in the hopes of finding Trina Hunt, whose disappearance last week generated a massive search involving police, volunteer search and rescue teams as well as friends and neighbours.

As of Jan. 25, Port Moody police had no new information to report.

But the family and friends of Trina Hunt said they would

continue their search efforts as well as support the family of the 48-year-old woman who was last seen Jan. 18.

“It has been one week since Trina disappeared. We are dedicated and determined to bring Trina home. Our focus is supporting Trina’s husband, parents and brother through this unprecedented time while continuing to explore all avenues that may lead to the whereabouts of Trina,” stated the Help Find Trina Hunt Missing in Port Moody Facebook group.

The group, administered by Stephanie Ibbott, also said that a video message for the public and media to be aired Monday was called off after consultation with the Port Moody Police SEE

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PoCo woman dodges deportation to care for son Husband and wife misrepresented their residency history in Canada STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com

A 45-year-old Port Coquitlam woman linked to B.C.’s biggest immigration fraud investigation — and who was scheduled to be deported — has had her case appealed based on humanitarian grounds.

That’s according to an Immigration and Refugee Board decision handed down in August, but not released until this week.

Jie Yi Huang, a permanent resident of Canada, had a removal order made against her on Sept. 11, 2019 after the board found she had committed misrepresentation by submitting false information related to her and her husband’s travel and employment history and dates of residence in Canada.

The falsified information came to light following a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) investigation into the activities of Xun “Sunny” Wang, as well

Handout image from CBSA shows how Xun “Sunny” Wang, owner of NewCan, used fake stamps in largest immigration fraud investigation in B.C. history. CBSA

as two companies he ran, NewCan Consultants Ltd. and Wellong International Investments Ltd. When CBSA investigators combed through NewCan’s offices, they turned up Huang’s and her husband’s names on several records relating to applications to renew their permanent residency.

LARGE-SCALE FRAUD

Xun Wang’s fraud operation was built on helping permanent residents renew residencies or acquire

Canadian citizenship by falsely representing the clients’ time in Canada, according to the board’s ruling.

About 1,200 clients paid the company roughly $10 million for its fraudulent services, which included affixing fake stamps to clients’ passports; falsely declaring time in Canada on applications; providing fabricated addresses and phone numbers; and providing trumped-up proof of employment by such means as issuing false T4 tax slips.

Or as the immigration

board put it in the ruling: “NewCan conducted a large-scale fraud against the Canadian Immigration system.”

The fraud was first discovered when Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) spotted addresses in Edmonton and Calgary used on multiple permanent resident card renewal applications.

After the agency discovered Huang’s husband, Zheng Hong Yang, had lied about his employment status and residence in Canada, he and their son, now 18, were both ordered deported at an earlier hearing.

All three family members then appealed their deportations together, with the older son — who was a child at the time of the misrepresentation — winning his appeal in an earlier decision based on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.

‘NOT RIGHT’

The court ruling paints a picture of a family struggling to adjust to a new culture at a difficult time in their lives, and a wife who went along with her husband’s plan to hang on to their permanent residency by signing blank documents and providing

false information to authorities even though she knew it “was not right.”

Arriving in June 2005, the couple had a second son within three months.

Born premature, the family struggled to take care of the new child in an unfamiliar world and without family to help out. By November, they decided to move back to China, go back to their old jobs and buy an apartment as they took care of their ailing parents.

VISITED CANADA

While they visited Canada between 2005 and 2013, at no point did they stay for more than a month, according to the ruling.

Recognizing this could affect their permanent residency status, they turned to NewCan for help.

According to the ruling, Wang told Huang’s husband that he could create Canadian income for him so he didn’t have to set up his own company and pay himself a salary.

On paper, the husband would be working for Young Dynasty Enterprises Inc., but in reality, Wang never renewed the husband’s permanent residence card based on overseas employ-

ment.

Instead, altered stamps were added to both husband and wife’s passports, which under-declared their absences from Canada.

‘EGREGIOUS’

Both denied they knew Wang had altered the dates, while Huang said she had been “tricked.”

At the same time, Huang remained in China until 2013, admitting she had falsely represented her time in Canada, including submitting home addresses in Burnaby and Vancouver, neither of which she lived at the specified times.

The board found the misrepresentation to be “egregious” and that it eroded “public confidence in the immigration system and its efficacy.”

Despite finding Huang culpable of misrepresentation, the board noted her husband “was a more active participant in the NewCan scheme.”

But it was Huang’s “active part she plays in her sons’ lives” that swayed the board in granting special relief to the Port Coquitlam mother.

Her husband’s appeal, however, was denied and his deportation stands.

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MISSING WOMAN

‘Everyone is out looking. We’re completely baffled’ CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

Department (PMPD); however, the post thanked those who participated in an online vigil for Trina Hunt on Sunday.

“The community came together yesterday, to share photos of candles lit in Trina’s honour. That brought her family comfort and hope, and we thank all of you for that,” the post further stated.

Meanwhile, Port Moody police are not providing any new information, except to say the investigation is “active and ongoing.”

In a statement to the Tri-City News, Staff Sgt. Brad Sheridan said there are no plans for a press release or press confer-

Trina Hunt has been missing from her Port Moody home since Jan. 18. FACEBOOK

ence at this time and PMPD “will not be discussing future investigational steps.”

However in earlier statements last week, the PMPD

said that members of the Coquitlam Search and Rescue “stand ready to assist us,” and that Trina’s family have been cooperative and “foul play is

not suspected.”

“We thank them for their support of our ongoing investigation,” Sheridan stated.

The community effort for Trina Hunt spanned over four days, beginning Jan. 19 with Coquitlam Search and Rescue combing the area near her Heritage Woods home, and an RCMP helicopter and a canine unit contributing to the search effort.

Christina Gower, who helped some family members manage the flood of information, acknowledged that the search effort was extensive.

“Everyone is out looking.... It’s just happening really fast,” she told the Tri-City News.

Gower said Hunt’s disap-

pearance is “an absolutely total surprise to everybody” and that “we’re completely baffled.”

On Jan. 21, Port Moody police said the community ground search would be put on hold, with the volunteer command centre wrapping up, but police also put out a call for security and dash cam footage captured between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Jan. 18 — the day Trina Hunt went missing.

In a message from family shared by Port Moody police, Hunt is described as “a beautiful wife, daughter, sister, auntie, cousin and friend.”

“We continue to hope through the incredible efforts of the Port Moody Police Department that she will be

brought home soon,” they wrote.

Police describe Hunt as 5’4” inches tall and 120 pounds. She was last believed to be wearing purple shoes and a The North Face black, puffy down jacket, with a green collar.

Trina Hunt was last reported seen Jan. 18 at around 6 a.m. at her Heritage Woods home when her husband left for work.

When he returned, she was nowhere to be found, prompting a call to police, Sgt. Morrison said.

If you have information regarding the whereabouts of Trina, please contact the Port Moody Police Department at 604-461-3456.

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Coquitlam will continue to bustle with construction activity throughout 2021 and beyond. The City’s major investment includes projects now in progress and scheduled for completion in 2021 or 2022. Some of these include: Y A YMCA facility, community policing station and park-and-ride in Burquitlam

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Burke row homes, Burquitlam heritage saves JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Two bids to build more townhouses and apartments in areas of Coquitlam where future growth will be concentrated got city council’s green light this week.

And despite years of neighbourhood opposition to both proposals, neither project had much resistance when they came to public hearing for consideration.

Monday, council voted 8-1 to second and third bylaw readings for 13 row homes at 1350 Coast Meridian Rd., near the David Avenue intersection, on Burke Mountain.

BC Dream House Builders is planning the development on the ecologically sensitive property that calls for two new road extensions: Galloway Avenue (running east-west across the site) and Francis Crescent (northsouth across the site).

Four trees will be pulled while a restrictive covenant will be placed on the remaining trees to protect the roots that extend beyond the riparian boundary for Watkins Creek.

BC Dream House Builders consulted twice with neighbours, the latest ending last November.

The property at 1350 Coast Meridian Rd., near the David Avenue intersection on Burke Mountain, is eyed for 13 row homes while, in Burquitlam, Allaire Headwater is proposing to save three heritage homes — including 604 Rochester Ave., built in 1928 — to make way for 181 homes. LEFT: JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS; RIGHT: DONALD LUXTON

In 2018, the Northeast Coquitlam Ratepayers wrote to council to reject the plans at that time; the group, under president Jim McNeil, reiterated its opposition in a letter two months ago.

“These increased density requests are made in light of, and in addition to, the already targeted 60% overbuild of the original NECAP [Northeast Coquitlam Area Plan] OCP-designed population target of 25,000; multi-year waits for a basic commercial area; and half-decade waits for a high school and recreation centre,” McNeil wrote to council.

Still, if the plans go ahead, the city will receive $338,000 in development cost charges and $62,600 in community amenity contributions.

The property, located in

the Hyde Creek neighbourhood, which is primarily single-family houses, is across the road from a derelict home at Coast Meridian Road and Galloway Avenue.

Jim Bontempo, Coquitlam’s manager of building permits approvals, told the Tri-City News that a conditional demolition permit was issued last October.

Meanwhile, city council unanimously voted for second and third bylaw readings for a mega-development in Burquitlam that will save three heritage homes.

The proposal by Allaire Headwater (Rochester) Residence calls for the consolidation of 10 lots for 181 new homes — spread over two apartment blocks, two townhouse buildings and three heritage houses.

If given final council approval, the three heritage houses to be preserved and relocated to the site’s northeast corner are: • 572 Rochester Ave.: Built in 1940, the Thomas and Edith Clayton Residence will be updated to include three bedrooms.

• 604 Rochester Ave.: The James and Margaret Clayton Residence went up in 1928; the renovation will maintain the four bedrooms and have a three-bedroom secondary suite. The home is listed as a Class B in the city’s Maillardville Heritage Inventory.

• 390 Guilby St.: The Gueho Residence was constructed in 1938; its restoration would see the entry porch removed (as it was not part of the original structure)

and reduce the number of bedrooms in the main house from four to three; the two-bedroom secondary suite will stay.

The application for the entire block facing Rochester Avenue — including addresses 373 and 375 Clayton St.; 572, 602, 604, 606, 608 and 612 Rochester Ave.; and 390 and 394 Guilby St. — has been on the city books for two years and has had revisions after community consultations.

Last September, the proposal went before city council for first reading; however, it was referred to city staff over neighbours’ concerns for size and scale. As a result, Allaire lost a storey in each of its two apartment complexes — cutting out 16 units — and changed the overall

floor area ratio (FAR) from 1.82 to 1.70.

The development will also include 14 adaptable suites while a part of Guilby Street will be rebuilt.

In addition, the development will generate a significant amount of cash for the city if built: • $2.2 million in development cost charges (DCC) • $410,000 in voluntary Community Amenity Contributions (CAC) • $200,00 to expand Guilby Park • $100,000 for the city’s Affordable Housing Reserve Fund • $25,000 for local greenway improvements At Monday’s public hearing, applicant Marc Allaire spoke about the housing plans with his team that included the architect, landscaper and heritage expert Donald Luxton.

Many registered speakers talked about the need for more affordable homes in Coquitlam and to preserve heritage houses while opponents said the Burquitlam neighbourhood is getting too crowded, and they rejected more condos for the area that is along the Evergreen Extension corridor and poised for massive growth.

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Teen paints rocks for project close to her heart Insiyah Dharsee spent her first three months in NICU MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

A Port Coquitlam student who has been painting rocks to help her cope with the anxiety of the COVID19 pandemic is pushing to bring comfort to others much younger and more fragile.

Insiyah Dharsee is using the funds she’s raised from selling the colourful nuggets to purchase several pairs of surrogate hands parents can use at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Royal Columbian Hospital while separated from their premature babies.

Known as Zaky HUGs, the soft, artificial hands cradle premature babies to reassure them of their parents’ touch, weight, scent and warmth — even when they’re in an incubator. They were developed by a Texas mom and engineer who learned about the importance of human touch to NICU babies when a tropical storm knocked out power at her Houston

Insiyah Dharsee's rock painting project that she started last summer is now raising money for a cause that's very near to her heart. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

hospital and her preemie son, Zachary, had to be kept alive by touch and artificial respiration until he could be transferred to another hospital with power.

It’s a story not unlike Insiyah’s own — minus the

hurricane and power blackout, of course.

She was born four months premature, and weighed only one pound, six ounces.

She spent the first three months of her life at Royal Columbian’s NICU under

24-hour care by doctors and nurses as well as her worried parents.

Insiyah’s mom, Rubina, said it was “a very tough” time.

“For the three months that we were there, you can’t

process it,” she said. “You go see her, you take a break for lunch and then go back.”

It was while scrubbing down for a visit to her daughter in the NICU that Rubina saw another mom carrying the soft hands to an incubator to place with her baby.

“It was so nice, it was comforting her baby,” Rubina said.

But when she inquired she discovered there was only two sets at RCH. Now 13-years-old and studying her Grade 7 subjects at Summit middle school from home, Insiyah decided it’s time to address that shortage.

A frequent visitor to RCH for follow-ups with her doctor, who would inevitably parade her around the NICU to show anxious parents a success story, Insiyah had been painting rocks and accepting donations for various little causes since last summer.

But when her visit to the hospital couldn’t happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, talking over the implications with her mom and then an online chat with the woman who developed the Zaky HUG gave her art a

renewed focus.

Insiyah said she’s painted about 1,000 rocks so far, setting aside time at lunch, after she’s finished her schoolwork or in the evening.

“It helps me feel that I’m doing something for the community,” she said. “I feel really passionate about it.”

So far, Insiyah’s collected more than $2,000 (her goal also got a boost from Rogers Wireless, where her father works). Because of public health restrictions on getting together with other people, she sets aside painted rocks for many of the donations to be collected at a later time.

Others just give a few dollars with no expectation of a rock in return. She also dropped off a box of painted rocks at the NICU, to be distributed to parents of preemies.

Insiyah said her goal is to raise $3,125 by Valentine’s day, so she can purchase enough of the Zaky HUGs at $125 a pair for each baby at the NICU. “I feel like it is my home at the NICU, and I can give back to it,” she said.

• To learn more about Insiyah’s fundraising effort, as well as the Zaky HUG, go to https://insiyah-thezaky. ca.

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Notice of Intention Road Closure and Land Disposition

When: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at 7pm • Where: Electronic Meeting, livestreamed at portmoody.ca/watchlive

The City of Port Moody intends to adopt Bylaw 3244 pursuant to Section 40 of the Community Charter, which will close the St. Andrews Street road allowance shown dedicated on Plan 55, Block 4, District Lot 202, Group 1, New Westminster District, having an area of 766.8 square meters as highlighted by heavy blue line on Map 1.

Once the road is closed, the City of Port Moody intends to sell that portion of the closed road by transfer to Bold Properties (New Barnet) LP, owner of the adjacent lands known as 2002–2014 St. George Street and 2003–2009 St. Johns Street, for consolidation with their development site for the appraised amount of $2,063,172.50. Map 2 illustrates the proposed road closure if approved, the consolidated site boundary, and a portion of the existing development site that will be dedicated as road.

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PoMo Soccer Club feeling field frustration City trying again for grants to build new field, field house MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

The president of Port Moody Soccer Club (PMSC) feels his association is being left in the dust.

Quite literally.

Dustin Crockett said while neighbouring soccer organizations in cities like Coquitlam and Burnaby have been able to expand their programs over the years as facilities have improved and the numbers of pitches available to them have increased, the only thing PMSC has been able to grow is its waiting lists.

Plans for an adult team in the Pacific Coast Soccer League, elite teams in the BC Premier League, futsal programs and more adaptive programming are on hold because all fields in the city are already booked solid.

And that doesn’t help his 1,400 members.

“We just don’t have the infrastructure,” Crockett said, adding the solution is right beneath his feet.

The president of Port Moody Soccer Club, Dustin Crockett, said he can't remember the last time a match was played at Inlet Field. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Crockett is standing on the dusty, all-weather gravel pitch at Inlet Park. Aside from the stones that tear up knees and elbows, the unforgiving surface is pocked with holes dug by dogs that could easily turn an ankle.

He can’t remember the last time a soccer match was played there, and other than the occasional slow-pitch tournament, it’s mostly used for overflow parking when events like Ribfest or Canada

Day take over nearby Rocky Point Park.

“It’s not being used for its intended purpose,” Crockett said.

Inlet Field is hardly a showcase facility for what could be Ground Zero for soccer in Port Moody as PMSC’s field house is located right next to the moonscape playing surface.

But that’s another story in itself.

Built in the 1970s,

Crockett said the cinderblock and wood field house is used for little more than storing balls and nets these days. The building has mould problems and is plagued with mice. The canteen hasn’t operated for years. “We can’t store legal documents or hold meetings,” he said. “We’re kind of working out of our homes.”

In 2018, a solution seemed within reach.

PMSC, along with other

user groups, had developed a plan with the city to construct a FIFA-regulation turf field that could be divided into three smaller Super-8 pitches for younger players, and softball diamonds were located at two opposing corners.

As well, the club would get a new 320-square metre field house that could also be used as a community space. A new parking lot would accommodate 88 cars.

Building the new $8.4-million facility hinged on the city securing $6 million in federal and provincial grant money.

But that didn’t come through.

The city’s latest plan is to try again for the grants, by dividing the proposal into smaller components.

Mayor Rob Vagramov said the city is waiting to hear whether its latest application to the joint Provincial and Federal Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program for $4.5 million of total eligible costs of $6.2 million is successful. But that likely won’t happen until late summer.

In the meantime, he added, staff continues to work on additional funding options.

Setting it straight Re: Budget boost exposes 'unsustainable situation' (Jan. 21) Coun. Meghan Lahti said one of the solutions for its budget woes could be to realize the potential of city lands.

Vagramov said detailed design work for the field is completed, and the design for a new field house is in the conceptual phase. He said tenders for actual construction could go out as soon as the grant is approved.

But, Crockett said, PMSC has heard it all before.

In 2011 a $3.17-million plan to build a soccer field, softball diamond, a new field house and 41 parking stalls was deemed too pricey.

In 2016, Port Moody council committed to finding a way to fund the project, even allocated $375,000 to a new Inlet Park Field Redevelopment capital reserve fund.

Again, it wasn’t realized.

The close calls only add to the soccer club’s frustration, Crockett said. “We could have had this done already multiple times."

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t comes as no surprise that some folks are upset at the decision by B.C. public health officials to change a key aspect of the COVID-19 immunization program by using a person’s age to determine when they get the vaccine.

Up until last week’s announcement by Dr. Bonnie Henry, the plan was to put people in certain professions nearer the front of the vaccine queue.

Instead, it was determined that since people over a certain age get hit the hardest

by COVID-19, it made more scientific sense to protect them first.

Several front-line professions – teachers, firefighters and dentists, to name three – were hoping their vaccinations would come earlier since their field of work may place them at greater risk of contracting the virus.

However, simply having a greater chance of being exposed to the virus is not the chief determinant in setting priorities.

Rather, if the goal is to protect people from the worst outcomes of getting COVID19 – becoming sick enough to require hospitalization or to possibly even die – then using age as a determining factor makes sense.

B.C.’s COVID-19 case statistics tell the story.

As of Jan. 16, about 34,700 people between the ages of 20 and 50 had tested positive for COVID-19. Of them, just 779 were sick enough to require hospitalization (about 2.2% of them).

Thirteen people in that age cohort died from the virus, an astonishingly low mortality rate of 0.04%.

However, the numbers are far bleaker for people over the age of 60 who con-

tract COVID-19 and they get worse as ages go up.

About 11,000 people over the age of 60 have tested positive and about 2,000 required hospitalization (18%) and more than 1,000 in this group died (9%).

Looking at statistics like that makes it a no-brainer to put people who face much tougher odds of beating the worst outcomes of contracting COVID-19 near the front of the line.

“Our immunization plan is based on evidence and data, and focused on immunizing people are the most vulnerable to the virus first,” Henry said when announcing the policy shift last week.

She did leave the door open for certain front-line professions – teachers, childcare workers, agriculture workers, transportation workers and such – who are not getting the shot in Phase

One of the plan to still get the shot early.

That will largely depend on whether B.C. gets more vaccine doses than it currently is expecting under the plan outlined last week.

Like other provinces, B.C. is getting millions of doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

But there is a strong possibility that a third vaccine – AstraZeneca – could be approved for use relatively soon. There is also the possibility that a fourth vaccine – Janssen/Johnson and Johnson – could arrive earlier as well.

Until the other vaccines arrive, though, it makes scientific sense to put those who seem to paying the highest price for getting COVID-19 near the head of the line.

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In Port Moody we are starting that work.

The city has launched a platform for civic engagement engage.portmoody. ca and engagement for the OCP amendment conversation /portmoody-2050.

I really welcomed this step. With 34,000+ residents anything that can be done

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The OCP becomes a guiding tool in the growth and development of all aspects of life in a city/community.

It is best served if disparate views, wants and needs are heard and addressed.

To that end encouragement – clear and completely unbiased encouragement – should be seen from all members of council and staff.

Some people have expressed concern primarily over towers and tower heights.

This is an exact copy of Coun. Steve Milani’s response to those comments: “Please consider filling out the survey. The majority of the residents I have spoken with are not in favour of adding towers all over Port

Moody, 13 in Moody Centre alone for example, but people need to complete the survey to make that clear to Council and city staff.

I would greatly appreciate your assistance in completing the survey because I can’t convey this message alone.

Thank you in advance.

Steve Milani – Councillor, City of Port Moody.”

This is not the job of a councillor.

This councillor is clearly (and not for the first time) circumventing all norms of good governance.

His job is to listen to all and make the best decisions

he can for all of the city.

This councillor has advised me when I object to this tactic on social media that he has no “personal agenda.”

I will let readers decide themselves if the comment I quoted here represents fair and unbiased work with no personal agenda.

I encourage all Port Moody residents, regardless of how they feel or what they see as their vision for our city, to engage and complete the survey.

Let’s do this right for everyone.

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Another exciting milestone we're reaching in 2021 is our 50th anniversary! Stay tuned as we announce a number of initiatives to highlight business growth in the Tri-Cities over the last 50 years. I look forward to connecting with all of you again in the Fall, pending the continued progress of the COVID-19 vaccination.

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ART EXHIBIT

Symbols of our past are present Coquitlam Heritage Society displays meaningful objects

of her colourful creations — with Dr. Bonnie Henry’s advice to “Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe — are also on display at Place des Arts.

There is commissioned artistry by Coquitlam artists Rose Kapp and Kathleen Tennant; a log about staying at home after the provincial health officer declared the outbreak; a COVID-19 dictionary (with new terms); a graphite drawing depicting the Black Lives Matter rally in Vancouver last June; a mixed media project about the impact of North and South Korea’s strained relations; an autograph book; and “old master” paintings

by Nino Dobrosavljevic.

Tannis Koskela, the society’s heritage manager for exhibits, told the Tri-City News that the idea for the new show started after her group invited the public to take part in The Journal Project, last spring. And, over the summer, the society had an event at Mackin House Museum with the Coquitlam Public Library to ask the public to contribute to a larger journal. That journal is also in the Capturing Moments exhibit for viewers to add notes about their experiences during the pandemic (comments can also be emailed via museum@ coquitlamheritage.ca).

• To view Capturing Moments: Chronicling Our Lives, book an appointment time with Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) by calling 604664-1636 (ext. 0).

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Do you have one object that highlights a special moment in time — on a personal or societal level?

For the Coquitlam Heritage Society, it has commissioned and collected about three dozen items from the community that present specific periods, told through artwork, news clippings or journals.

Last Friday, the society opened its first show of the year, titled Capturing Moments: Chronicling Our Lives, at Place des Arts to exhibit pieces and artifacts that bring substantial meaning.

Among the objects on show, until March 18, is a scrapbook belonging to Sydney Wade, whose son Ken, a 50-year Coquitlam resident, donated to the society.

An English native who spent much of his life in the Kootenays, Wade compiled the scrapbook and pasted in news articles, photos and other memorabilia over the decades.

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tive, optimist manner.”

Sunday, Ross said he spent most of the day responding to calls, texts and emails from Belcarra residents wishing him well on his new venture. “And we had an incredible amount of young voters who came out to register to say this by-election not only matters now but we are also building for the future.”

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The Tri-Cities has a new mayor.

Last Saturday, Jamie Ross won the top job in Belcarra in a by-election prompted by the resignation of Neil Belenkie in October.

Ross took the win with 239 votes over his challenger, Dr. Colm Cole, who garnered 184 votes.

It wasn’t the first time the pair had faced each other at the polls: In 2018, both candidates ran against Belenkie to replace former mayor Ralph Drew.

Ross, a former village councillor and retired School District 43 administrator, ran on a platform of experience and transparency.

As well, he vowed to fix the village’s finances, support the Sasamat Volunteer Fire Department, open wa-

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In a phone interview with the Tri-City News Monday, Ross thanked Dr. Cole for running in the by-election and “the number of Belcarra residents who came out to vote for a mayor to lead our village. I am proud that they chose me.”

Ross said his campaign was about “turning down the volume and taking care of people to lead in a posi-

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Of the 1,031 COVID-19 deaths recorded to date across B.C., at least 602 have occurred in seniors homes.

Mackenzie said the review will likely hone in on homes across the Lower Mainland, such as Little Mountain Place in Vancouver where 41 residents have died, Tabor Place Abbotsford where 26 residents passed away and Capilano Care Centre in North Vancouver where at least 24 lives have been taken by the virus.

In the case of the Lakeshore Care Centre outbreak in Coquitlam, 38% of all residents were killed and nearly 77% were infected by the virus. That’s despite having a

case mix index — a measure of the average care requirements of residents — exactly equivalent to the provincial average.

“At the end of the day, I can’t responsibly say why that outbreak was so prolific,” said Mackenzie. “It’s the same virus and it’s effectively the same population.”

Completing such a sweeping review has had and will have some speed bumps: provincial staff responsible for handing over data to the seniors advocate are busy inoculating patients; and until wave two of the virus, Mackenzie said there hadn’t been enough outbreaks to build statistical confidence to conclude what factors contributed to so many deaths among the province’s elderly.

“Unfortunately, there are now enough outbreaks where we’ll be able to look and see what are the patterns,” she said.

Even without the data, one thing is for certain, said Mackenzie: we could have done more.

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FINANCE

Scant detail on local politicians’ disclosures JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Documents showing how much elected officials in the Tri-Cities earn and owe were released last week for public scrutiny.

But what what the papers reveal — and how they are distributed to the community — offer little insight to how local politicians handle money in their private lives.

A requirement under the provincial Financial Disclosure Act, the annual statements are designed to show assets, liabilities and sources of income for elected local government and school district representatives.

The signed statements are also designed to provide transparency and prevent potential conflicts of interest as the elected officials allocate millions of dollars of taxpayers’ funds.

Still, politicians aren’t obliged to offer much on their forms: They don’t have to list their own residence, their property outside of the jurisdiction they serve or any residential property debt. They also don’t have to include cash borrowed for household or personal living expenses, or assets held in trust for someone else.

In Coquitlam, the statements show Mayor Richard Stewart has an inactive holding company, no liabilities and properties on Lebleu and Johnson streets, the latter of which he has a 1% ownership interest.

Stewart also draws salaries as mayor, as a mem-

ber of Metro Vancouver, TransLink and the Municipal Finance Authority (MFA) and as owner of Stewart Communications.

Coun. Brent Asmundson, a Burke Mountain resident, also owns another area property while Coun. Chris Wilson owns the parcel next to his home; councillors Steve Kim and Teri Towner also listed secondary properties but outside of the TriCities.

When they’re not working on behalf of the city, some Coquitlam politicians also hold outside jobs: Kim is the sole proprietor of Boilingpoint Communications while Coun. Trish Mandewo draws an income as the CEO of Synergy On Boards Consulting Group and as mentor in residence at SFU. Coun. Dennis Marsden is the principal of True North Business — a business consulting and government relations company — and the president of Clean Air Organics while Towner is an Uber and Lyft driver, and Wilson is the executive director of the non-profit KidSport Tri-Cities.

In Port Coquitlam, Mayor Brad West lists no assets or liabilities, and he works as mayor and on the city’s behalf at Metro Vancouver, TransLink and MFA. West told the Tri-City News he has taken a leave from his longtime communications position with the United Steelworkers and receives “no compensation from them hence it’s not on the disclosure.”

Outside of council’s civic

duties, Coun. Steve Darling is an employee of Proactive Investors and a consultant for the Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association while Coun. Darrell Penner is an employee of Meridian Meats and a musical contractor for the Meridian Arms Pub (Penner also has property in Maple Ridge).

And Coun. Glenn Pollock is the constituency assistant to PoCo MLA Mike Farnworth, Coun.

Nancy McCurrach works for Telus and Coun. Dean Washington is the president of RPM Media Inc. and Grip Tire Stores Inc. In Port Moody, Mayor Robert Vagramov, who has assets in Tesla, Apple and Air Canada, lists his income as mayor, as a Metro Vancouver and a TransLink director, and contractor for Macinhome Inc. Coun. Diana Dilworth is the director for government relations for the Homebuilders’ Association of Vancouver while Coun.

Meghan Lahti is the owner of Sweet and Savoury Pie Company and Coun. Amy Lubik is a policy analyst with the Fraser Health Authority.

Coun. Steve Milani is the proprietor of Milani Design and a partner with Music Maestro DJ Service, and Coun. Zoe Royer has two holding companies and Sweetheart Bakery World Inc., of which she’s the president and CEO. Royer also is the owner and gallery director for Silk Gallery, and lists five properties — other than her primary residence — in Port Moody, Peachland, Sechelt and Halfmoon Bay.

Royer also has six corporate assets, according to her disclosure form.

As for distributing the statements, Coquitlam city

staff provided email copies while PoCo sent them electronically to the Tri-City News — for the first time due to COVID-19. Port Moody

posts its statements on its website; however, despite the pandemic, School District 43 declined to email copies for its trustees.

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The proposed hours of service are from 9:00 a.m. – midnight, Monday – Sunday.

In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act, and associated regulations, the City of Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCRB. The City invites the public to provide input to Council with respect to how this new license, if approved, may affect them and their property.

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Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca Fax: 604-927-3015 Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 7N2 In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays (Telephone:604-927-3010).

Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a Regular Council Meeting. Council will consider the input provided and submit a formal recommendation on the application to the LCRB. Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at coquitlam.ca/agendas.

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A N M O R E G R E E N E S TAT E S

Strata gets warning letter after missed deadline Sewer connection for 51 homes must be completed by April 5 MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

The strata at Anmore Green Estates has been issued a warning letter by the Ministry of Environment after it failed to submit a schedule to connect its 51 homes to the regional sewer system in nearby Port Moody.

But residents say they’re working hard to put a plan in place that would fulfill the ministry’s requirement to have the connection completed by April 5.

Brandie Roberts, a spokesperson for the strata, said an engineering firm has been engaged, funding options to pay for the connection have been determined, and the strata is in the pro-

Water contaminated with E Coli and fecal coliform from a failed septic system was detected near Eagle Mountain middle school in 2017. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

cess of scheduling a meeting of homeowners to approve the plan.

But she admitted the timing could be tight as agreements with School District

43, the city of Port Moody and the village of Anmore have yet to be finalized.

Roberts said Anmore Green residents are looking forward to a resolution to the problem of its failing septic system that was confirmed more than three years ago when water contaminated with E Coli and fecal coliform was detected during routine testing at the base of a hillside below the housing complex and right next to Eagle Mountain middle school.

Since then, the hillside has been fenced off to restrict access to the area that was often used by students as a shortcut to and from home.

“Our homeowners are frustrated and exhausted from this long, drawn-out process,” Roberts said, adding many of them have children attending the school.

Roberts said the strata is still awaiting draft agreements from the province so it can get a final estimate on the total cost.

In October, the strata

agreed to pay SD43 $164,000 for access to the school’s property for construction of the underground connection, as well as administrative fees. She said the total cost of realizing the hook up will likely come in at about $750,000.

A spokesperson for the ministry said it recognizes the frustrations of the homeowners as well as the community.

“The health and safety students and people in the community is our first priority,” the spokesperson said in a statement emailed to the Tri-City News.

“Ministry staff are monitoring the situation closely to ensure appropriate actions are being taken.”

If they’re not, the strata could face various sanctions up to fines or prosecution in court.

Roberts said she’s hopeful it won’t come to that.

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PCCC on track for fall completion Final phase includes 425-stall parking garage DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Operating a busy community recreation centre during construction is hard enough but then COVID-19 hit and sports and fitness programs in Port Coquitlam were among the first to be curtailed.

Now as the new Port Coquitlam Community Centre (PCCC) barrels towards the finish line, and fitness, skating and swimming activities are re-opened in the brand new facility— albeit with COVID-19 protocols and pre-registration — the multi-million dollar project is getting through its ugly duckling phase.

And that, says the city’s mayor, is a little bit of a relief.

“The big news here is that despite COVID-19 we have made tremendous progress on the construction of the (PCCC) facility. It is on track for completion this fall, it is on budget, and the work that’s happening now is really exciting work,” said Brad West after taking a tour of the $132-million project last week.

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acknowledged, especially now with some curb and utility work being done. But West said people’s patience will pay off when a 425 stall lot opens this fall.

And while the site is still heavily fenced and not particularly attractive, much of that will fall away in the coming months as Ventana Construction completes outside work and some of the critical infrastructure.

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Since then many programs have are-opened.

West admits its been challenging to stay open during construction, while also dealing with COVID-19, but he hopes the fall finish can be a bigger, grander affair than what happened this past spring.

By then, he said, a vaccine may have produced enough community immunity that COVID-19 restrictions can be

relaxed and people can gather again. “I pray for that every day,” West said.

Some of the things people can look forward to opening this summer include a third arena with seating for 780, a gymnasium, children’s area, a large multipurpose room, and the north-side plaza and entrance at Wilson Avenue and Mary Hill Road.

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Buglioni finds scoring touch at Ohio State Freshman out of Gleneagle secondary leads Buckeyes in scoring MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Jenna Buglioni isn’t letting things like daily COVID19 tests and online classes at Ohio State University distract from her drive to push the Buckeyes women’s hockey team to defend its Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship.

Buglioni, a Gleneagle secondary grad, leads the thirdranked Buckeyes in scoring with 10 points in 12 games.

Six of those points came in a pair of wins over the Bemijdi State Beavers at the beginning of January.

Saturday, she scored her team-leading sixth goal and added an assist in Ohio State’s 7-2 win over Minnesota State, completing a weekend sweep over the visiting Mavericks.

The Buckeyes have eight wins and four losses in a season that was delayed

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by almost two months and already had several games postponed because of COVID outbreaks. In fact, the campaign has been so tenuous, the schedule for its nine-week second half was only announced just before Christmas, and a plan for the post-season is still up in

the air.

Buglioni said she tries not to think of those complications to her freshman experience. She’s been making good of unexpected downtime to get stronger in the gym and concentrate on her studies in Sports Industry.

“Our coaches did a very

good job of keeping us engaged, positive and determined by finding new drills and team activities,” she said, adding the group’s tight-knit culture maintains everyone’s excitement about going to the rink even when there’s no games.

Buglioni, whose first

NCAA goal was a game-winner in a 3-2 victory over the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers last Nov. 27, said even with the limited competition, the step up from playing Midget AAA with the Greater Vancouver Comets and Canada’s national U18 team has been apparent.

“The level of skill was definitely better than I was used to playing, and the pace of the game is fast,” she said. “The time and space with the puck is less that I have had in my previous years of playing.”

So far, Buglioni’s been making that adjustment from the wing on the Buckeyes’ second line. She’s also killing penalties and getting some time on the power play.

Buglioni said her goal against Wisconsin was a breakthrough moment that affirmed her ability to compete at the highest levels.

“It was very exciting and it felt nice to get the monkey off my back,” she said. “I felt like I had worked really hard in the off-season and as we prepared for the season, so it felt nice to have that puck go in especially against the top-

seed team in the country.”

Buglioni said without the rigorous demands of playing games every weekend, she’s been able to settle into a familiar routine that’s made it easier to navigate other challenges like online learning and her course workload.

Her day usually starts with a COVID test before breakfast, then one or two classes as well as homework before she heads to the gym and rink for workouts and practices from 2 to 5:30 in the afternoon. Then it’s back to the dorm nearby, where she shares a room with another freshman teammate.

Buglioni said while health and safety protocols as well as online classes have kept campus life fairly quiet, she’s still been able to absorb the atmosphere of America’s fifth-largest university that is normally populated by almost 60,000 students.

“The campus is beautiful and everyone has a lot of pride in our university and our athletics,” she said.

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Brother, you meant so very much to us in every single way, You are remembered with much love today and every day.

Love you always, your sister Darlene, Tom and Chris, sister Diana and brother Brad.

“Our Beautiful Angel”

Brianna Helen Kinnear

June 30, 1986 - February 3, 2009 My daughter - My sister - My friend It has been twelve years since that night that you were taken from us and our hearts are still heavy with disbelief that you aren’t just a phone call away.

We think of you every day, and most times our hearts smile because of all the beautiful memories you’ve left for us, then other times they are filled with sadness that new ones will never be made with you. Time has passed and time has stood still, things have changed and nothing has changed.

Honey it’s hard to turn the page when we know you won’t be in the next chapter.

THOMPSON, Robert (Bob) J. November 14, 1934 − January 4, 2021 No more is the Master−of Dad−Jokes, the Giver−of −Bear−Hugs and the quiet presence of a heart that truly wished to serve. Rest Now in Peace, Reverend Robert (Bob) John Thompson who passed away on January 4, 2021. Lovingly remembered by his wife, Kathleen (Kay) Thompson; daughter and family, Coleen, Grant, Kurtis, and Krista Bohlen; and daughter, Morgan Willowgate. He is remembered also by his favourite and only sister, Betty−Lou Munro and her family, along with extended family across the globe. May he be met on the other side by his parents, Jack and Beth Thompson; daughters, Cathy Gerrard and Linda Emslee; and many friends who have walked the good road before him. In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests donations be given to Alzheimer’s Society (www.alzheimer.ca/en) and Kamloops Habitat for Humanity (habitatkamloops.com). Friends and family are invited to complete memory pages and/or send messages to their immediate family online; please email bobsmemorybook@shaw.ca for the link. A Celebration of Life for Bob will be held on Saturday, February 13, at 2:30 pm online using Zoom. To access the service, please email for the Zoom link: adminsupport@beaconunitarian.org

If roses grow in Heaven Lord please pick a bunch for me Place them in my daughters arms And tell her they are from me Loving and Missing you Forever, Mommy, Daddy, Scott and your puppy Ferdinand

COMMUNITY FOUND FOUND SET OF KEYS at corner of 2821 Nash Drive, Coquitlam by the mail box.

Call to ID • 604-464-2431

Due to space restrictions, there is no puzzle this issue.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

Celebrate the lives of loved ones with your stories, photographs and tributes

EDUCATION TAKE YOUR CONFIDENCE & communication up a level.

Get the career and family life of your dreams! Join a Toastmasters International group near you. www.toastmasters.org/find-a-club

REAL ESTATE Please recycle this newspaper.

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Guitar, Banjo, Bass & Ukulele Lessons. All Ages Welcome. www.devonwellsbanjo.com • 778-870-6347

INDUSTRIAL/ COMMERCIAL INTEGRITY POST FRAME BUILDINGS since 2008.

Built with concrete posts.

Barns, shops, riding arenas, machine sheds and more. adam.s@integritybuilt.com 1-250-351-5374. www.integritybuilt.com

To advertise call

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Required 5 or 6 days per week, 40 or 50 hours per week. $14.60 per hour.

Horticultural work such as; planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early APRIL 2021.

Submit your application: Email: aujlafarms@shaw.ca Fax: 604-465-9340 Or by Mail: 12554 Wooldridge Road, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 1Z1

is looking for DRIVER to deliver bundles to carriers in the Tri-Cities area on THURSDAY. Must have reliable van or the like.

CALL: 604-472-3040 EMAIL: circulation@ tricitynews.com

GARDEN VILLA 1010 6th Ave. New Westminster.

Suites Available.

Beautiful Atrium with Fountain. By College, Shops & Transit/Skytrain.

Pets negotiable. Ref req’d.

CALL 604-715-7764 baysideproperty.com

GENERAL EMPLOYMENT INDIANLIFE FOOD, A FOOD MANUFACTURER LOCATED IN BURNABY HAS FOLLOWING POSITION AVAILABLE:

Part-time delivery person:

Must be energetic, hardworking, enthusiastic and a team player. Must have a class 5 driver’s licence and a clean driving record. Must be able to communicate in English. Please bring a copy of your driver’s abstract from the motor vehicle branch when coming to apply.

Lady Sharon Apts

Austin Heights, Coquitlam 1 BR suites Includes heat/hot water, No pets.

604-936-5755

If interested, please call 604-298-5000 .

CARRIERS NEEDED The following routes are now available to deliver the News in the Tri-City area.

6037

341 - 351 College Park Way 313 - 355 Kings Crt 421 - 498 McGill Dr 300 - 350 McMaster Crt 301 - 391 Oxford Dr 301 - 301 Princeton Ave

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Rent includes heat & hot water. Remodeled Building and Common area.

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References required.

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VILLA MARGARETA 320-9th St, New Westminster

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SUITES FOR RENT BBY S, 2 BR lower duplex, sh’d W/D. Newly reno’d, $1600 + 40% utls. NS/NP. 604-539-1959, 604-612-1960

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New Pacific Supermarket

$

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Live Dungeness Crab

Golden Summit Fish Ball

Gai-Lan Miu

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Tomatoes - Large 大蕃茄

芥蘭苗

上海白菜苗

利泉魚丸

生猛游水單拑蟹

1.69

Sugar Mandarins 砂糖桔

1.88

$

/LB

Blue Jay Oranges 藍鳥甜橙

1.49

$

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Kurobuta Pork-Back Ribs

Chicken Leg with Back 雞脾連背

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黑皮豬-排骨-兩包或以上

$

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5.99

Tiantian Meiniang

/LB

Chartwell Procedure Face Masks 衛生口罩

1899

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4.69 /LB

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2.88

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newpacificsupermarket

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$

鳳家尚品撈飯-多款 $

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$

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/EA

- Varieties 330g

/EA

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$

2.99

IFeng Premium Rice

4.39

245g

4.29 /EA

Beef Shank Silver Meat 金錢腱

2.69

$

/LB

7.49

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/LB

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/EA

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1.99

$

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6.49

Asian Choice Soybean Roll 168g 亞洲之選3秒鈴鈴卷 (響鈴) $

5.99

/LB

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$

/LB

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Offers valid from January 29 - February 1, 2021. Quantities and /or selection of items may be limited and may not be available in store, no rain check or substitution. Advertised prices and product selection may vary by store, New Pacific Supermarket reserves the right to limit quantities, descriptions take precedence over photos. We reserve the right to correct any unintentional errors that may occur in the copy or illustrations.

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