Tri-City News February 18 2021

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Cougar shot after pug puppy killed Close encounters lead to hunt by conservation officers STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com

Kevin Gong, Yoonha Lee and Masa Wong will be part of a group of 10 students from Gleneagle secondary school in Coquitlam who will be sleeping in their garages, sheds, or back patios on Feb. 25 to raise money for homeless youth programs at Covenant House. For more, see the story on Page 29. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

A cougar has been killed by officers from the BC Conservation Officer Service.

A spokesperson from the BCCOS confirmed on Wednesday the juvenile animal was shot in Port Coquitlam after reports it stalked a 14-year-old boy.

It’s not clear whether the incidents were linked to the same animal that snatched a pug puppy from the backyard of a home on Burke Mountain last Friday, or other close enounters

reported recently in the TriCities.

That deadly incident occurred at about 10:30 p.m., Feb. 12, just after Lindsay McArthur had just put her kids to bed. McArthur was well aware of several encounters with cougars over the past week in the TriCities and decided to take her dogs out one at a time.

When the four-month-old pug puppy, Olive, had finished up, they were headed back inside.

McArthur said she heard a noise on the other side of their property line.

In one swift motion, an adult cougar leapt clear over the fence, snatched the puppy by the neck and bounded back, out of sight.

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“Olive didn’t make a peep,” McArthur said.

The attack came so fast McArthur said she didn’t have time to be scared. But almost immediately, she was filled with anger and disbelief.

“I’m just screaming my head off,” she said.

Neighbours’ lights started flicking on. Her husband and one neighbour ran out with a hockey stick and a rake but it was too late.

After summoning Coquitlam RCMP through their non-emergency line, MacArthur said she spotted police with their rifles and flashlights searching a nearby greenbelt.

But as McArthur put it, the big cat and its small prey “were just gone.”

Inside, McArthur took to Facebook that same night, posting a warning to neighbours on the Burke Mountain Community page.

“You don’t expect it to happen to you. That’s my fear for other people,” she told the Tri-City News.

The Burke Mountain incident was the third time a cougar had attacked a small dog off-leash in the TriCities in less than a week.

Only a few days earlier, on Feb. 9, a Coquitlam resident was outside his home on Nash Drive with three small unleashed dogs, when a cougar grabbed one of them, running off with the canine

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in its mouth before dropping it a short distance away.

On Feb. 7, a cougar reportedly jumped on top of the small dog on a trail on the west side of Buntzen Lake as hundreds of people were out enjoying the afternoon sunshine. The big cat also dropped the dog after the owner was able to scare it away, but not before severely biting its neck.

Up until that point, the BCCOS said the rash of encounters all ended when the cougar showed fear after being challenged by a human, indicating that none of the animals had been habituated.

At the time, acting Sgt. Alicia Stark said “it’s just hunting,” and that “aggres-

sive behaviour for us is going up to someone’s door in broad daylight.”

But in the days since the attack in the McArthur’s backyard, Coquitlam RCMP told the family it was “abnormal” for one of the big cats to leap into a person’s yard so close to its owner.

And in yet another incident revealed to the Tri-City News Tuesday, a BCCOS spokesperson said a cougar had charged another person while with their dog.

The spokesperson said conservation officers have deployed “enhanced resources” to respond to “repeated cougar behaviour that appears to be growing bolder around people.”

“While cougars targeting

small dogs as prey is not unusual, this bold behaviour towards people with dogs is escalating,” wrote the spokesperson in an email.

Residents may see tracking dogs moving through their neighbourhoods as conservation officers use hounds to track down and locate at least one cougar thought to be linked to several dog attacks in Coquitlam, and a live trap has also been set.

Conservation officers have posted signage in the Burke Mountain area and the service is asking the public to monitor and report all cougar sightings in the Coquitlam area immediately to the RAPP line at 1-877952-7277.

Port Moody parents Mary Yamashita and Matthew Crestohl know what’s at stake when a boy can’t speak.

Their oldest son, Oliver, was diagnosed with autism when he was nine years old and remains non-verbal.

And when the words didn’t come for their second son, Tommy, they promptly signed him up to receive speech therapy through a community clinic.

Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The clinic closed so staff could help with contact tracing efforts. Crestohl was laid off from his job at a restaurant.

Desperate to get help before it was too late, the family stretched their financial resources to the limit to get Tommy private therapy at $120 an hour.

“We thought about selling our car,”

Yamashita said.

After six months and nearly $1,500 in extra bills, Tommy was making significant progress. A call from Variety — The Children’s Charity ensured that would continue.

Not only would the organization take care of Tommy’s speech therapy bills, but it also offered a bursary to Oliver, who attends an independent special needs school in Coquitlam at a cost of $16,000 a year.

“When I heard about it, it brought so much tears to my because we’re under so much pressure,” Yamashita said, adding the family had no financial support from the government.

“It just helps us cover all the other expenses of having two boys growing up in the Lower Mainland,” the boys’ father said.

Yamashita added, “We’re very thankful, not just for helping our family, but families all over B.C. in critical times.”

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Most white vans are legitimate, says RCMP People urged to continue to call in suspicions to 911 or non-emergency line DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

The RCMP continues to field calls about suspicious vans in Coquitlam in recent days but investigators say the vehicles had legitimate reasons to be parked in the area.

However, in one case, Mounties were not able to find the van because it had departed before police got there so they were not able to follow up.

Coquitlam RCMP spokesperson Const. Deanna Law said people concerned about their safety should call 911 or the RCMP’s non-emergency number at 604-945-1550.

She told the Tri-City News that someone called the detachment on Feb. 5 about a suspicious van circling the building, but placed the call 40 minutes after the incident.

By the time police arrived, the vehicle was gone.

“Report it immediately.

Don’t delay in waiting because we then have the means to find that vehicle,” said Const. Law. In four other complaints about white vans or utility vehicles near homes — made between Feb. 5 and Feb. 9 — investigators found the vehicles were in the area legitimately: Either the owner lived in the building or was doing work in the area.

All calls were reports about “suspicious” vehicles, Law said. “No one was grabbed at or spoken to.”

There was one report, however, in which police did follow up after a woman feared for her safety because the men in a vehicle were harassing her.

According to News 1130, the woman was driving around Lions Park in Port Coquitlam at about 2 a.m. on Monday when a van pulled up beside her and the passenger appeared to be yelling at her.

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followed her closely but she she evaded them by driving into a side street, and called police.

An RCMP officer saw the suspect vehicle, which had been circulating in the area, but let the men go. The woman said she felt threatened and now fears for her safety.

The Tri-City News has not independently confirmed the report by the woman, but has reached out to Coquitlam RCMP for more details about what happened. Still, most of the recent reports made to Coquitlam RCMP have not turned out to be a threat, but in each case, police followed up, Law said, by tracing the license plate and contacting the owner.

“If people feel uncomfortable, we want them to call us, and we will follow on every single report. We don’t want them to report on social media without them reporting to us because the investigators don’t look online or Facebook or any social media platform for reported incidents,” Law said.

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FEBRUARY 18 – 24 CALENDAR Monday, Feb. 22 Council-in-Committee 2 p.m.

Regular Council 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/agendas

Tuesday, Feb. 23 Sustainability and Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting 7 p.m.

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PUBLIC CONSULTATION DETAILS See pages 20

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New Partnership to Manage Rental Housing

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This new made-in-Coquitlam agreement aims to encourage the creation of more below-market rentals (rented at least 20 per cent below market rates) while addressing operational challenges for developers around ongoing property management, tenant selection and income testing to meet affordability requirements.

Pre-registration is required. To reserve your spot, visit coquitlam.ca/registration and click Register for Programs. In the Drop In area, click Group Fitness and select an available drop-in class, date and time.

The City of Coquitlam has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BC Housing in an innovative partnership to support the creation of more below-market rental housing in the community.

Learn more about initiatives under Coquitlam’s Housing Affordability Strategy at coquitlam.ca/housing.

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Craving something new for dinner tonight? Take advantage of the first-ever Taste of the Tri-Cities from now until March 19 and order a delicious meal from one of Coquitlam’s participating restaurants.

This program is brought to you by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce. Browse the list of businesses and their tasty special offers at tricitieschamber.com/taste-of-the-tri-cities.

Looking for more inspiration for where to eat in Coquitlam? Check out the Foodie 101 series to get the inside-scoop on the diverse cuisines offered in Coquitlam at visitcoquitlam.ca/inside-scoop.

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Early risers can start their day with a low-impact, water-based workout every Monday and Wednesday at City Centre Aquatic Complex. Enhance muscle tone, balance and strength in Aquafit Shallow or take it to the next level in Aquafit Water Running (Deep).

Temporary Move for City Centre Aquatic Complex Fitness Centre

The City Centre Aquatic Complex (CCAC) Fitness Centre will be temporarily moving to the Innovation Centre across the street at 1207 Pinetree Way as of Monday, Feb. 22. This move is due to the expansion and renovation project taking place at CCAC. Operating hours are 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week. You can expect to have access the same equipment in the temporary fitness centre. CCAC aquatics will remain open during construction.

For more information on CCAC programs or the expansion project, visit coquitlam.ca/ccac.

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Archives 2020 Annual Report

Coquitlam Archives were busy in 2020 all while adapting to the realities of the global pandemic. Archives’ staff digitized over 1,000 photographs and documents, making collections more visible to the public and enhancing remote access to support researchers. Staff also added new online exhibits featuring photographs, documents and memorabilia from their holdings.

Visitors can view a current on-site exhibit of photographs depicting scenes from early Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam titled Early Days: Views Compiled by the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1912–1914 from noon until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday or by appointment.

Visit coquitlam.ca/cityarchives to read the Archives 2020 Annual Report and to view online exhibits.

Register for Programs Starting in March Good news – March Program Registration is open and that means spring is on the way!

We have fitness programs of all levels available in-person and virtually, as well as skating lessons, art and musical offerings.

Recreation

New programs launching in March include Early Years Gymnastics and a few outdoor recreation opportunities. We’ll be adding more throughout the season so check back often.

Don’t miss Spring Break Camps, including Cartwheel and Crayons for those six to eight years old at Pinetree Community Centre.

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Online registration is available 24/7 at coquitlam.ca/registration. Phone-in registration is available at 604-927-4386, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (except for statutory holidays) and weekends 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Safety protocols are in place at all City facilities to ensure the safety of program participants and staff. In compliance with the Provincial Mask Mandate Order, masks are required in all indoor facilities with exemptions as outlined in the Provincial Mask Mandate Order.

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City construction projects on time, on budget $90 million worth of projects currently underway, another $56 million to come JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

The pandemic may have changed some capital project construction in Coquitlam this and last year with physical distancing risks and costs.

But, for the most part, the works that wrapped up in 2020 — and the initiatives now underway — have come in on time and on budget.

Scott Groves, Coquitlam’s strategic and capital projects director, credited the city for hiring efficient and cost-effective contractors.

Speaking before council-in-committee last month, Groves gave an overview of the $7 million in city investment last year as well as the $90 million in construction now happening plus the $56-million worth of projects in the design stage.

Among the facilities completed are: • Town Centre Park Plaza: a hub near the festival site

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that includes washrooms and a concession (budget $4.75 million; cost $4.9 million) • Cunnings Field: a replacement of the artificial turf field, at the northwest corner of Town Centre Park (budget $1 million; cost $585,000) • Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery: additional double-depth crypts and a new scattering garden (budget $595,000; cost $592,000) • Coquitlam Crunch: universal washrooms north of Scott Creek middle school, along the the Crunch trail (budget $500,000; cost

$350,000) • City hall: a roof replacement on the southeast half of the building (budget and cost $800,000) Don Luymes, Coquitlam’s general manager of parks, recreation, culture and facilities, said another capital project last year, the Mundy playground update, cost of $875,000 for a custom-built tower and other amenities.

The work was done by the city’s parks capital construction crew — “a really successful project delivered with our own forces,” he told council.

As for this and next year,

the list includes: • Place Maillardville: a replacement of the aging recreation centre with a 22,000 sq. ft. facility (budget $23.5 million) • YMCA: a 55,000 sq. ft. building that will have a pool, gym, childminding and a family centre, with a community police station, public park and park and ride attached to the structure, in partnership with Concert Properties and the YMCA (budget for city portion, $57 million) • Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex: change rooms for Arena 3 (budget $2.65 million) • Burke Mountain Discovery Centre and café: a 4,000 sq. ft. social hub and land sales centre for the city (budget $3.75 million) • Buchanan Square: a replacement of the parkade roof membrane and update of the public space (budget $5 million) • Town Centre Park: universal washrooms at the back of the Evergreen Cultural Centre (budget $636,000) • Cottonwood Park: a ball diamond, sports field, sports court — including for pickleball — and parkour features in Phase 1B (budget $3.58

million) • Mundy Park: universal washrooms in the parking lot off Chilko Way (budget $500,000) • CCAC: interior renovations at the City Centre Aquatic Complex (budget $5 million) • Austin works yard: a new vehicle maintenance building as part of Phase 1 (budget $35 million) • Town Centre fire hall: new training facility ($1.8 million) • Town Centre Park: an update of the loop trail around Lafarge Lake ($3 million) • Centennial secondary: a new artificial turf field at the high school, as part of a shared-use agreement with SD43 ($3 million) • Sheffield Park: a new neighbourhood-level park for all ages, with water play features ($3.65 million) For the Place Maillardville replacement, Groves said the construction manager, Ledcor, plans to finish the work by the fall of 2022.

Neighbours have been told about the upcoming noise and ground disturbances and have been shown pictures of the heavy machines, he said.

As for previous or current

project delays, Groves said Place Maillardville and the Poirier change rooms took a hit under the pandemic rules, setting the construction schedules behind.

Still, he singled out companies such as Turner Construction, Jacob Bros and Graham Construction & Engineering for coming to the plate and being cautious during the pandemic.

Coun. Dennis Marsden said the new or replacement projects are being well received by residents.

However, he suggested city managers include a higher level of oversight so taxpayers can get the best value and the local government can adopt best practices. Coun. Craig Hodge also said the community feedback is positive especially with the Mundy Park playground.

He said having capital projects come under budget and on time is reassuring.

“Years ago, this wasn’t always the case,” he told Groves.

Meanwhile, Luymes said the city will continue with its “park blitzes” — quick updates of small parks — but at a slower rate: this year, Dacre and Nestor parks are on the books.

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Notice of Public Hearing

OCP and Zoning Bylaw Amendments for 1��4-1930 Harbour Street, 1��7-1911 Prince Street and 1155 Pitt River Road

Notice of Public Hearing

Zoning Bylaw Amendment for 35�7 O*ford Street

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Written Comments must be received by 4:00 pm on February 23, 2021

Written Comments must be received by 4:00 pm on February 23, 2021

Email: publichearings@portcoquitlam.ca Mail: Public Hearings Attn: Corporate Office 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 41�3 and Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 41�4 The intent of these bylaws is to amend the Official Community Plan Bylaw to include a "Neighbourhood Commercial" designation to the property and in the Zoning Bylaw a "Comprehensive Development" designation to the property. The proposed development would be for a mixed use project including commercial use, apartments and townhouses.

Email: publichearings@portcoquitlam.ca

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4209 The intent of this bylaw is to rezone 3587 Oxford Street to RS4 (Residential Single Dwelling 4) in order to subdivide the property into two lots.

Mail: Public Hearings Attn: Corporate Office 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

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Please check portcoquitlam.ca/ publichearing on the afternoon of the meeting for a link to participate.

Council cannot receive new or additional information on any application after the Public Hearing.

Council cannot receive new or additional information on any application after the Public Hearing.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS

Prior to the public hearing, anyone is welcome to inspect any related documents at: portcoquitlam.ca/publichearing

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS Prior to the public hearing, anyone is welcome to inspect any related documents at: portcoquitlam.ca/publichearing

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Notice of Public Input Opportunity

Notice of Public Input Opportunity

Temporary Use Permit Application for ��0 Lougheed Highway

GIVE YOUR INPUT Written comments must be received by 4:00 pm on February 23, 2021 Email: publichearings@portcoquitlam.ca Mail: Public Hearings Attn: Corporate Office 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

Development Variance Permit Application for 2331-2341 Mary Hill Road

GIVE YOUR INPUT Temporary Use Permit TUP000019 Approval of this temporary use permit will provide for outdoor storage, distribution and manufacturing of rebar and use of a large modular office on a 2.5 acre portion of 880 Lougheed Highway.

Written comments must be received by 4:00 pm on February 23, 2021 Email: publichearings@portcoquitlam.ca

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Approval of this development permit will regulate an apartment development at 2331 and 2341 Mary Hill Road.

Mail: Public Hearings Attn: Corporate Office 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

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Development Variance Permit DP000334

Council cannot receive new or additional information on any application after the Public Input Opportunity.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS

Prior to the public hearing, anyone is welcome to inspect any related documents at: portcoquitlam.ca/publichearing

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Port Coquitlam is asking drivers to be patient as it begins a multi-year upgrade to improve Prairie Avenue for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.

Last week, Port Coquitlam announced it would start construction to improve safety and access along this major north side connector, which is used by more than 13,000 vehicles a day.

The project includes pedestrian safety and streetscape improvements, street lighting, street trees and road reconstruction as well as a multi-use path for pedestrians and cyclists between Fremont Street and Burns Road.

The project’s first phase, which includes sanitary and storm pipe upgrades between Cedar Drive and Fremont Street, is now in progress and will wrap up by

Port Coquitlam is asking drivers to be patient as it begins a multi-year upgrade of Prairie Avenue. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

the spring.

The third future phase will focus on the section between Shaughnessy Street and Coast Meridian.

Current planned work includes improvements to 1.6 km of Prairie Avenue between Coast Meridian and Fremont Street, including: • new three-metre-wide multi-use pathways on the south side of the roadway • parking lanes on both

sides of the roadway • a traffic circle at Newberry Street, • a raised median • LED street lighting and street trees • road reconstruction and new pavement Drivers can expect impacts and inconvenience as the work proceeds and property owners have been contacted about issues such as the removal of vegetation,

fencing and irrigation that has been installed on the city boulevard, and changes to driveways may happen in accordance with the city’s subdivision bylaw.

“We’ll be doing our best to minimize disruptions,” stated Coun. Darrell Penner, council’s designate for public works matters.

For more information about the project, visit portcoquitlam.ca/prairie.

Individuals and families with lower incomes living in Port Coquitlam can now apply for an annual discount of up to $200 per person on city recreation programs.

Recent updates to Port Coquitlam’s recreation financial assistance program will make it easier for eligible residents to receive a 75% discount on city recreation programs, admissions and passes, up to a maximum of $200 per year per person. This means a qualifying family of four could receive annual discounts totaling $800.

The changes were introduced after the city learned that the program meant to help Port Coquitlam’s poorest

residents get access to recreation programs only reached a few hundred people despite estimates that as many as 5,000 people could be in poverty and qualify for help.

On Jan. 26, the city moved to make the low-income access program more flexible and assured it would promote it more in the hopes of getting more people to use it.

“I think it will make a big difference in people’s lives,” Coun. Steve Darling acknowledged as changes were approved.

With $35,000 in annual funding, the program has never been fully utilized.

In fact, residents enrolled in the program have declined in recent years, with $20,000, or 56%, of the fund spent in 2020 to help just 283 people get a break on fees.

In 2020, even fewer people used the program and less than $5,000 (14%) was used, according to city staff.

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Notice of Temporary Use Permits When: Tuesday, February 23, 2021, immediately following the Public Hearing and Special Council meetings at 7:00pm Where: Electronic Meeting, livestreamed at portmoody.ca/watchlive Port Moody Council will consider issuing the following Temporary Use Permits: Location: 3015–3093 Murray Street Temporary Use Permit: #3080-20-13 Applicant: Mosaic Homes Purpose: To allow for a temporary sales centre for a period of up to three years.

Location: 3001 St Johns Street Temporary Use Permit: #3080-20-16 Applicant: Marcon Developments Ltd. Purpose: To allow for a temporary sales centre and coffee shop for a period of up to three years.

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Port Moody needs to take action on reconciliation if it’s to do right by the local Indigenous population, say two city councillors.

Tuesday, the city took a step in that direction when council voted to take recommendations put forth in a report by Zoë Royer and Amy Lubik to joint meetings with councils of the Kwikwetlem, Tsleil-Waututh, Katzie and Musqueum First Nations for their input.

The report recommends the city create a task force comprised of local First Nations people as well as members of Indigenous, First Nations and Métis communities at large to review various initiatives to address reconciliation in a Port Moody context, as well as provide further ideas and feedback.

The report was authored after informal consultation with Ed Hall, chief of the Kwikwetlem Nation. It was

A First Nations dancer performs at National Indigenous Peoples Day at Rocky Point Park in 2019. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

scheduled to be debated at the Feb. 9 regular council meeting but it was postponed when proceedings were adjourned at 10 p.m.

Royer and Lubik also want staff to organize a blanket exercise — or interactive educational program — for councillors and senior staff to get a better understanding of Indigenous history and the First Nations experience.

The exercise would recur for subsequent incoming councils.

In their report, Royer and

Lubik noted while the city is actively working with local First Nations like the TsleilWaututh, “there is still much more that is needed to be done to address the ongoing damages of colonialism.”

Some of their recommendations to achieve that include: • adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation • incorporate that declaration into Port Moody’s

official community plan • develop a protocol for First Nations’ input on proposed developments or operations that could impact their lands, resources and/ or culture, as well as areas of high archaeological potential • invite input from TsleilWaututh and Kwikwetlem First Nations on translations for street and park names and explore opportunities for a bilingual naming program • include Indigenous

housing needs in the development of an affordable housing needs assessment • direct staff to incorporate Indigenous businesses in the city’s procurement contracts • provide cultural sensitivity and humility training, as well as anti-bias training to all new councils and staff as well as to Port Moody police Royer and Lubik said the blanket exercise, that invites participants to explore a series of connected blankets laid out on the floor while a narrator explains the history of Indigenous people, would be a key first step in bridging the cultural divide with the community’s Indigenous population.

“This is a popular exercise for local government and other government employees who deal with systems that may perpetuate systemic oppression,” they said, adding it puts participants in the shoes of Indigenous peoples from the time before Europeans arrived in North American to the present day.

Royer told the Tri-City News the idea to formulate a plan for reconciliation began as several councillors discussed ways to formally acknowledge Port Moody’s

presence on traditional territorial lands.

And while their report includes a call to implement such an acknowledgement, Royer said it has to be more than just a collection of words. She said it needs to explore “how we as a city can be more inclusive, how we as a city meaningfully engage and collaborate with local First Nations in our civic processes.”

Recently, Delta council passed a motion to make similar acknowledgements, while Surrey and Richmond rejected formal recognitions.

Last December, three commissioners who were part of the federal Truth and Reconciliation Commission expressed concern about the pace of reconciliation efforts in the five years since it released a report that recommended 94 calls to action for various levels of government to address and repair the harm caused by residential schools.

Royer said local municipalities have an opportunity to become leaders in reconciliation efforts.

“It is important we meet people where they are," she said. “Members of our local Indigenous communities are people of this land.”

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ven though this country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been anything but impressive, do not rule out a pandemic federal election this spring or early summer.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has had numerous opportunities to rule an early vote out but has yet to do that.

Publicly, he may insist he does not want one.

Internally, however, there appears to be no question the federal Liberals would love to strike when the pandemic poker is hot.

The experiences of the pandemic elections in B.C., Saskatchewan and New Brunswick makes it tempting for Trudeau to find some way to trigger another vote.

In each province, incumbent governments were returned with strong majorities, which is exactly the

outcome Trudeau is hoping for whenever he next tests the electorate.

Many voters seem to be wary of “change” in this pandemic and are looking at incumbent governments as lifelines, not as political animals.

It is obvious opposition parties are struggling to be heard in a pandemic that has turned politics on its ear and, in some cases, has vanquished them (the one exception may be in Alberta, where Premier Jason Kenney’s struggles have given unexpected life to the provincial NDP and its leader, former premier Rachel Notley).

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sense. Gone were the rallies of supporters and a series of events that can develop a “buzz” amongst the electorate.

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Trudeau knows this. He knows that once the writ is dropped, it will be difficult for Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh to generate a lot of news coverage that penetrates through to the voters.

Of course, it is still unclear how Trudeau can trigger an election. O’Toole has said

he will not vote them out and the NDP may have the most to lose from any early election (the Liberals have invaded enough NDP policy territory to potentially crowd that party off the stage in a number of ridings).

Then there is the vaccine rollout, or non-rollout.

Until we see a vaccine dose administered to literally millions of Canadians, Trudeau would be foolish to force an election. A backdrop of impatient Canadians waiting for a vaccine would make it seem like the federal Liberals favour electioneering over making people safe, and that spells political disaster.

However, once those vaccines begin arriving in massive amounts, Trudeauís election trigger finger will bound to become itchier.

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Women are tired of having to look over our shoulder and then not being taken seriously when something happens.

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followed up by the RCMP. I urge the RCMP to release a media statement acknowledging a renewed commitment to hearing reports and taking each of them seriously. Not only about incidents sparking fear on the streets of recent but also sexual harassment, domestic violence and so on.

Their words have led to multiple conversation threads in different community groups with members using words like “overreact” and “looking for attention.”

The precedent needs to be set by the authorities so that community members

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The disappearance of Trina Hunt from her Port Moody hone in January has sparked fear throughout the TriCities. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

the community as I’ve heard many different stories from people who say the police have done nothing initially and they’ve had to turn to recounting on social media in attempts to be heard before any action to protect and serve.

The RCMP released a statement recently and then followed that up with a clarification of their words soon after.

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As someone who grew up in Coquitlam I can say personally my dealings in feeling validated while speaking to officers in the past about different matters of concern left me feeling downplayed and not taken seriously.

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Public Hearing Notice When: Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 7pm Where: Electronic Meeting (see portmoody.ca/ph for details and instructions) Port Moody Council is holding a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed bylaws: LOCATION MAP - 1790 Ioco Road and Lot 1, Plan NW15859

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Heritage Woods grad sees third season of ‘Second Jen’ Samantha Wan created T.V. show with Amanda Joy JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Samantha Wan remembers her first year at Heritage Woods secondary.

She was one of hundreds of students in the inaugural Grade 9 cohort at the Port Moody high school, a new building that also included a 325-seat professional theatre.

Having performed in Jane Ono’s musical productions at Moody middle, Wan felt right at home on the new stage and savoured being under Shanda Walter’s wing.

“I lived in that theatre,” the former Anmore resident said. “I even had keys to get in sometimes. I would lie on the stage and listen to the rain. It was inspired.”

Wan took on many roles — including during the annual MetFEST run for SD43 acting students — and got chances to direct plays before graduating in 2007 and later pursuing a degree in classical theatre at the National Theatre School of Canada, in Montreal.

But it wasn’t until she moved to Toronto to audition for gigs that she realized she was being typecast as the Asian character in shows.

At home, “I was completely unaware that I was a minority,” she said, “because, at Heritage, I played every role.

Race didn’t matter.”

At the time, another actor of Asian descent, Amanda Joy, was on the Toronto audition circuit, also complaining with Wan about the scripts they were getting.

That’s when the pair decided to create their own content.

In 2014, Joy wrote the pilot for Second Jen, which Wan directed and produced, and they sold the T.V. series at a Banff festival to Don Ferguson Productions.

On Sunday, to time with Valentine’s Day and the Chinese Lunar New Year, their third season of Second Jen premiered on OMNI Television.

For the six new episodes, viewers of the 2019 Canadian Screen Awards-nominated series see Wan’s character of Jen Wu and Joy’s character of “Mo” Monteloyola return as best friends, exploring themes of female empowerment, corporate diversity and relationships.

Wan wrote and directed three episodes of the comedy for its third season while Joy also penned three episodes and served as a story editor.

They brought back the roles of Alister (Nile Séguin); Bunny (Janet Lo); Eric (Timothy Lai); and Harold

(Richard Tse).

However, they also introduce a new set of characters such as Vicky, Jen’s influencer cousin (Tina Jung); and suitors Scout (Isabel Kanaan); and Riley (Andrew Bushell).

As well, there are a few cameos including from Andrew Phung of Kim’s Convenience, Ken Hall of The Umbrella Academy and Ann Pornel of The Great Canadian Baking Show.

Wan said viewers may also spot some discrepancies in the set and makeup as the first episodes were filmed in Toronto before the pandemic lockdown last March; the cast and crew returned to filming in late spring but under strict social distancing protocols.

Besides Second Jen, Wan also stars as Zoe Chow in the T.V. series Private Eyes and in Sudden Master, a web series about Chinese martial arts, produced by OMNI. For Walters, she said she knew Wan’s future was bright.

“It was clear that Sam would be successful: She was a very intelligent student with exceptional discipline, balanced with a sense of playfulness. She pushed herself to try the things that scared her, to be open to new challenges and trust herself.

I’m so proud of all she’s done, and it’s really just the beginning.”

Location: 1790 Ioco Road and Lot 1 First Avenue Bylaws: 3286 and 3287 Application: #6700-20-207 (OCP amendment and rezoning) and #3090 20 143 (DVP) Applicant: Colliers International on behalf of Inlet United Church Purpose: The property line between 1790 Ioco Road and the vacant lot to the south (Lot 1 First Avenue) currently crosses a portion of the existing heritage church building. To rectify this, a lot line adjustment is required through a subdivision. Moving this line requires administrative updates to the OCP and Zoning Bylaws.

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GIRL GUIDES

Cookies help make Guiding happen JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Girl Guides in B.C. are selling their famous chocolatey mint cookies as part of their annual fundraiser.

But the social-distancing restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic is stopping the members from going door-to-door to sell the treats.

Provincial commissioner Diamond Isinger said the girls are only allowed to sell to family, friends and neighbours, or via contactless pickup.

And if that’s not possible, shoppers are asked to go online to purchase their boxes of 22 cookies for $5 each through cookies.girlguides. ca.

As well, some Sobeys and Loblaws stores — e.g., IGA, Safeway, Thrifty Foods, T&T

Supermarket, Real Canadian Superstore, No Frills, Extra Foods and Shoppers Drug Mart — are also carrying the sugary snacks, which can be ordered online.

The money collected from the cookies pays for guiding activities for girls ages five to 18 in B.C. “Now more than ever, girls need the support, connection and normalcy that Girl Guides provides during an unusual year for most youth, and cookies make that happen,” Isinger said.

“We’ve sustained our programming through outdoor and virtual activities that explore essential topics like mental health, wellness and friendship while also providing learning experiences with science, the arts and more.”

Membership for the rest of the guiding year, to Aug. 31, is half price. Visit www. girlguides.ca/WEB/BC/.

City of Coquitlam

City of Coquitlam

NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the property located at 3640 Sheffield Avenue. The application proposes an amendment to the Partington Creek Neighbourhood Plan to change the designation of a portion of the property from Compact Low Density Residential to Townhousing Residential and Environmentally Sensitive Area.

If approved, the amendment would facilitate the subdivision of a portion of the subject property into one townhouse lot, an environmentally sensitive area (creeks and wetland), and would leave a large remainder of the subject property for a future separate development application.

You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application.

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Friday, February 26, 2021.

Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; • Regular mail: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; • In person: Attn: City Clerk’s Office – please place in one of two City Hall drop boxes (3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam), located at the underground parking entrance or by the main entrance facing Burlington Drive; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

Additional information about this application can be accessed by contacting Stephanie Holland, Planning and Development Department, at SHolland@coquitlam.ca.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation, including names and addresses, will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

Should Council grant first reading to the proposed CWOCP amendment, a Public Hearing will be held with notification to be provided in accordance with the Local Government Act.

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E V E R G R E E N C U LT U R A L C E N T R E

Mourning a mother who’s not yet dead Erika DeFreitas is already grieving the loss of her mother. Even though she’s not dead yet.

Her pre-mourning exhibit, which opened Feb. 13 at Coquitlam’s Art Gallery at Evergreen (AGE), pays tribute to her relationship with her mom and their Guyanese lineage, and expands on connections

to other female trailblazers throughout time.

Part of the larger 2021 Capture Photography Festival Selected Exhibition Program, the images curated for Erika DeFreitas: close magic are an attempt to re-frame history through a women’s lens using her mother as a reference point, she said.

DeFreitas also brings in others who have impacted her work such as artists Grace Jones, Billy Holliday, Georgia O’Keefe, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Belmore and Agnes Martin as well as women who’ve been on the margins of art history, or history in general.

“I’m honouring my mom but I’m also really thinking

about all the women who have sacrificed so much over the years,” DeFreitas said from the Scarborough, Ont., home she shares with her mother.

“They have all paved the way, often in quiet ways.”

DeFreitas, who holds a master’s degree in visual studies from the University of Toronto, bases her images

on her immigrant mother who settled in Canada at 18.

DeFreitas includes religious and cultural symbols such as the Catholic rosary in her photos, videos and paper collages, and often employs the hands and body to show love, care, labour, strength, vulnerability, trauma and joy, among other things.

As for her mother, who has been DeFreitas’ artistic subject for the past decade, “she feels proud that her story can help illuminate the stories of other people.”

• Erika DeFreitas: close magic, her first solo show in British Columbia, runs from Feb. 13 to April 25 at the Art Gallery at Evergreen (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

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P I N K S H I RT D AY

Raising awareness of bullying, one pink shirt at a time Making schools feel safer for study and interaction is an ongoing goal DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

For 14 years, the Tri-Cities community has supported the goals of Pink Shirt Day to eradicate bullying.

In recognition of two Nova Scotia students who organized a high school protest in 2007 to wear pink in sympathy with a Grade 9 boy who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt, Pink Shirt Day has been supported through numerous efforts.

Each year at this time Port Coquitlam lights up city hall in pink lights, people wear pink shirts and there are many school and community activities in support of anti-bullying efforts.

This year, Pink Shirt Day is Feb. 24, and the community is asked to acknowledge the importance of kindness even as COVID-19 stretches people, and asks them to do more to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

While in-person events will be cancelled or curtailed, like every year we can expect teachers and students to wear pink, students to work on posters and do acts of kindness, including during Real Acts of Caring Week, Feb. 14-20, and businesses and politicians to make proclamations against bullying.

But what is bullying exactly, and where do we find

Port Coquitlam city hall will be lit up pink to take a stand against bullying during the week of Feb. 22.

The awareness event culminates Feb. 24, Pink Shirt Day, with the city declaring the day Pink Shirt Stop bullying Day at its Feb. 23 council meeting. Local youth will also be involved with the Port Coquitlam Youth Crew taking to social media to share information on anti-bullying resources and acts of kindness.

The city will also share anti-bullying information and resources at portcoquitlam.ca/kindness. Local youth, adults and children are encouraged to wear pink on Feb. 24 to raise awareness about bullying, which occurs in schools, workplaces, homes and online. For more information about the Stop Bullying Day events, visit www.pocoyouth.com or portcoquitlam.ca/kindness or contact Youth Services at 604927-7919. SUBMITTED PHOTO it?

According to Rob Zambrano, assistant superintendent with School District 43, who has worked in schools for more than 30 years, bullying is a very specific type of aggression.

“For a situation to be considered bullying, the act must be intentionally hostile, enacted by a person or group of people with a real or perceived imbalance of physical or social power, and repeated behaviour [or have the strong likelihood to be repeated],” said Zambrano.

Similarly, Public Safety

Canada defines bullying in its most basic form as social bullying in school. It involves making up nicknames, name calling, excluding, and spreading fake rumours.

When bullying moves online, it has the potential of causing great harm, as the victims have no relief, even when they are away from school.

Some of the social media apps used for bullying, according to Public Safety Canada are Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. The Tri-Cities is particularly aware of the problems

of cyber bullying, a problem that was revealed after an alleged cyberstalker threatened Port Coquitlam teen Amanda Todd, who died by suicide in 2012 after posting a heart-rending video of her experience.

Here are some statistics according to Public Safety Canada: • 47% of Canadian parents have at least one child that has been a victim of bullying • around one-third of the population has experienced bullying as a child.

• around one-third of teenagers have been bullied

recently • 40% or nearly half of Canadians are bullied in the workplace every week.

So we know it’s a problem, what’s the solution?

There are numerous resources for parents to address the issue and while the province implemented a reporting process though ERASE Bullying, now called ERASE Strategy, most students, their friends or family contact school administrators directly, according to Zambrano.

When faced with a possible bullying situation, an

investigation is carried out, at which point schools must look at the entire context of the situation, he said because they “are often more complex than they seem.”

The outcome, he said, is “to teach, learn and then restore,” and, while firm and fair intervention can be useful and often necessary, schools try to deal with the issue through a compassionate lens, Zambrano said.

“There are always developmental, sociological, and sometimes even physiological factors to consider in each circumstance. What we require is more compassion, understanding and perspective to help students,” Zambrano further stated in an email to the Tri-City News.

As for making schools a kinder place for study and interaction, Zambrano said that is a daily goal, both explicitly though the B.C. curriculum and through efforts to create caring learning environments.

Still for times when students and parents need to look outside of school for support, a number of resources are available: • erase = expect respect & a safe education (B.C. government resources) • Youth Against Violence Online (anonymous reporting and resources) • Safe Canada Bullying in Canada (federal government resources) • PinkShirtDay.ca/resources • BC211 (connect to community providers for support)

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Students spread kindness to seniors Restrictions challenge kids to conjur new ideas DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam seniors are getting a much-needed break from COVID-19 cares this week thanks to the kindness of local students.

They’re sending Valentine’s Day cards and flowers to local senior care homes to mark the 15th Real Acts of Caring Week.

The annual event got its start at Central school in Port Coquitlam, and now has grown to dozens of schools across B.C., thanks to the efforts of students and counsellor Harriette Chang, who now works at elementary schools in Coquitlam and Port Moody.

“This is something the kids get really excited about, they came up with the ideas for what they wanted to do and followed through on them,” said Chang.

The B.C. government, School District 43 board of education, and local councils have also got on board, declaring Feb. 14-20 Real Acts of Caring Week.

This year has proved to be especially challenging because students can’t visit

seniors homes or hand out coffee or treats to people due to the coronavirus.

So they had to come up with different creative ideas that would be safe and also show kindness to people.

Students at Mundy Road and Heritage Mountain made Valentine’s Day cards for the Hawthorne Care Centre in Port Coquitlam and Dufferin Care Centre in Port Coquitlam, and Chang delivered carnations to seniors with money raised by students.

The cards and flowers drew smiles from the faces of everyone who was handed a Valentine’s Day treat by care home attendants.

Other local efforts include the hanging of a banner in Port Moody near Rocky Point Park, handing out candy grams with kind notes at Montgomery middle school, a fundraiser for Special Olympics at Dr. Charles Best, and RAC students from Gleneagle, Port Moody, Charles Best secondary schools and Eagle Mountain middle school have distributed posters offering to shovel snow for free, if the need should arise.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Heritage exhibit honours Black history in B.C. Society reaches out for more info about local Black settlers JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

A new exhibit for Black History Month by the Coquitlam Heritage Society drew so much local interest before it launched that organizers split the show in two parts.

The first section of the online display We’ve Been Here All Along went live this month to highlight the first Black settlers in British Columbia, and why and where they went.

The second edition, focusing on Black settlers in Coquitlam, is scheduled to go up this fall, said heritage manager Tannis Koskela, who curated the exhibit.

And, she said, if residents want to contribute artifacts or offer information pertaining to Black history in Coquitlam for the next showing, they’re welcome to add.

Supported by the African Descent Society of B.C., We’ve Been Here All Along gives a general overview of the first large influx of Black people to the province.

They came in 1858 as part of a settlement drive by Sir James Douglas, the governor of the colony of B.C., who was eager to populate Vancouver Island.

In B.C., the Black immigrants could buy land and, after seven months, become British citizens.

After nine months, property owners could vote and sit on juries.

Racism also forced them to flee the United States and, once in Canada, many Blacks continued their travels north to pan for gold in the Cariboo.

Still, the discrimination continued.

Black men in Canada had restrictions to serve the country in both world wars, and many European pioneers believed the Blacks couldn’t handle the colder climes of B.C. As well, the Black settlers were banned from holding certain positions or union memberships such as with the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees.

In her online exhibit, Koskela singles out some successful Black leaders who made a difference in B.C. — among them: • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs: A member of the Victoria city council in 1866 who founded the first Black newspaper in San Francisco called The Mirror of the Times • Peter Lester: A business partner of Gibbs, Peter Lester was a boot maker who became the first Black juror in Victoria, in 1860, and owned 10 properties • John Craven Jones: A pioneer on Salt Spring Island, where many Blacks settled in the mid-19th century, Jones was a teacher at schools and homes Koskela, who researched through the Salt Spring Island Archives, Barkerville Archives and the Royal BC Museum, said there’s not

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Outdoor fitness coming soon MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Yoga classes, kettle ball workouts and even Zumba sessions could soon be coming to Port Moody parks and public spaces.

But they won’t necessarily be conducted by city recreation staff.

Recently, council’s committee of the whole asked the city’s parks and recreation commission to weigh in on the idea of opening Port Moody’s parks to private fitness providers to help offset some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the city’s temporary assistance program for businesses that allows them to expand their commercial operations into public spaces.

In a report, Port Moody’s manager of recreation services, Jim LaCroix, said currently only the grass field at Heritage Mountain ele-

mentary school is used by outdoor boot camps, which are charged a rental rate of $28.90 per class.

But the new initiative could allow fitness providers to book space in other parks, as well as the Queen Street plaza.

Ron Higo, the city’s general manager of community services, told councillors a rental fee similar to that charged to the boot camps could be applied to paid classes, while it would be waived for free sessions.

Dawn Slykhuis, who runs RVN Wellness, a yoga studio on St. Johns Street, said getting access to public outdoor spaces is good news for providers and their clients as everyone struggles with the health risks and mental health toll of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“Movement is one of the number one recommendations I give clients to improve their mental health, and outdoor fitness is a more acces-

sible option for many,” said Slykhuis, who made a pitch to council for access to parks last December, along with colleagues, Leanne Evans, of F45 Fitness, and Shannon Day, of Lift.

Slykhuis said while the recent acknowledgement by provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, that gyms and yoga studios haven’t been a contributor to the spread of COVID-19 has provided some reassurance to clients, the ever-changing landscape of public health restrictions has been a challenge for the entire industry.

She added that being able to holder larger classes in outdoor space will help keep some small fitness businesses afloat.

In addition to possible fees, the staff report also recommended a booking system to prevent overcrowding and providers would have to carry a minimum of $5-million liability insurance that includes the city as a party.

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City of Coquitlam

Public participation in this Public Hearing will be conducted by electronic means.

To attend remotely: visit www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing or call 604-927-3010 for details and instructions.

If you do not wish to provide input, but would like to view the proceedings, watch online: www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City of Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws.

This meeting will be held on: Date: Time: Location:

Monday, February 22, 2021 7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

For copies of supporting staff reports and the bylaws, please visit www. coquitlam.ca/publichearing.

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

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The intent of Bylaw No. 5044, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 5044, 2021 from RT-1 Infill Residential to RT-3 Multiplex Residential.

If approved, the application would facilitate the construction of a new duplex and the retention of the existing single-family house resulting in a three-unit detached multiplex development.

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How do I provide input?

Prior to the Public Hearing written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015; or • In person: Attn: City Clerk’s Office – please place in one of two City Hall (3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam) drop boxes, located at the underground parking entrance or by the main entrance facing Burlington Drive.

To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Office prior to noon on the day of the hearing. Please note that the drop boxes will be emptied shortly after 12:00 p.m. and not checked again prior to the hearing. Written submissions provided in response to this consultation, including names and addresses, will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Those who wish to provide verbal submissions must participate remotely via Zoom. Remote participants can use their computers, smart phones, tablets or telephones to speak to Council. Instructions for how to participate remotely are available at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing.

If you want to provide a verbal submission, please register as far in advance of the meeting as possible. Registration for remote participants can be found at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing. If you wish to participate via telephone, please call 604-927-3010 to register. Please note, you may also register to attend the meeting remotely without signing up to speak to an item. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a speakers list for each item.

Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archived on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts.

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Gleneagle students prepare for cold night out

Kevin Gong, Yoonha Lee and Masa Wong admit their lives are pretty privileged.

They each have their own rooms in large, comfortable homes; a Mercedes coupe is parked in front of one.

But for one night, each will roll up their privilege in a sleeping bag and hunker down for a cold night in a garage, shed or garden.

Gong, Lee and Wong are part of a group of 10 students participating in Gleneagle secondary school’s eighth annual sleep out on Feb. 25 to raise awareness about homeless youth and raise money for Covenant House to run programs that support them.

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“I’ll be waking up a lot,” he said, adding it’s a good thing the following day is a professional development day and schools are closed.

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each other’s company, each participant will make their own individual arrangement to “sleep rough.”

To keep everyone safe, and ease the trepidation of parents, the students will be staying close to home, but without any of its attendant comforts, like a warm, soft bed or a filling dinner.

Gong, a grade 12 student, and Wong, who’s in grade 11, will unroll their sleeping bags in their families’ garages.

Lee, also a senior, will bunk in a garden shed.

“We want to put ourselves in their shoes,” he said of their effort to replicate some of the challenges faced every day by homeless youth. “We want to take a peek into their lives.”

As part of their preparation, the students have been walking their neighbourhoods to find places that might function as overnight shelter. They’ve also been watching videos provided

by Covenant House that share the stories of homeless young people.

Wong said it’s been an eye-opening process.

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“Everybody is struggling,” he said.

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Council Meeting When: Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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Hjørdis Lee has spent much of her life on skates.

Even the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t kept her from carving her creativity into the ice.

Born and raised in New Westminster, Lee started with the Totem Figure Skating Club before transferring to the Coquitlam Skating Club at the age of eight, where she trained under Bruno Delmaestro for competitive singles.

For her Grade 12 year, she left New Westminster secondary — and her dad in Coquitlam — to move to Barrie, Ont., to practise at the Mariposa School of Skating for pairs, to ready for international events; its alumni include a number of world champions and Olympians such as Brian Orser and Elvis Stojko.

At the age of 22, Lee retired from the competitive circuit and, for seven years, she performed on skating shows with the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines while also seeing the world.

In January 2019, Lee landed a dream gig with Cirque du Soleil for its touring production of Crystal, the Canadian circus act’s first ice show. She started in the ensemble before rising to take on the lead role.

Last March, though, when the pandemic lockdown hit worldwide, the Cirque team was told to finish its remaining two shows in Glasgow, Scotland, and to head home.

The hope, at time, was that they would reunite in five months. “I just thought, ‘OK, it’s temporary. I’ll give my body a break and rest.’”

A year later, “we’re still in the same situation — if not worse — for the world.”

In an effort to spread hope and happiness, Lee and six fellow artists (including her partner Julien Dulière and Silja Dos Reis, both of whom appeared in Crystal) produced a video under the collective name of Art Believers.

Along with Yuliia Volobueva, Clément Pinel, Antoine Gershwin and Amine Pardan, they showcased their talents of skating, painting, break dancing, piano playing and video editing for the production that was filmed in Nice, France, where Dulière lives (and Lee can visit as a spouse on a travel exemption).

The video doesn’t just highlight their art: It’s also meant to honour the health workers and first responders around the world who saving lives from the novel coronavirus.

As well, the video sheds light on the entertainment industry, which Lee predicts will be the last business sector to return when the pandemic is over.

“We want to give hope to the artists out there,” she said last week from her home in Ontario.

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Notice of Intention Road Closure and Land Disposition

When: Tuesday, February 23, 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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Decisions Tali Campbell makes for the Coquitlam Express are often guided by his 10-year-old self.

That’s when the team’s new vice president and general manager was so impressed by players from his hometown team, the Nanaimo Clippers, visiting his Grade 4 classroom at Park Avenue elementary school, he decided he would make hockey his life’s ambition.

Fifteen years later, Campbell is the BC Hockey League’s youngest senior executive after moving over from the Clippers last October. In fact, he’s only six or seven years than the Express players.

But what some may see as a meteoric rise since Campbell was a volunteer game day coordinator for the Clippers while he was still

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in high school has actually been a measured extension of his belief in junior hockey as a community builder.

It’s also been somewhat unlikely.

Campbell never played hockey.

His mom, who moved the family from Scotland when she divorced his dad, couldn’t afford it, even with support from the local branch of KidSport.

Instead, Campbell played some soccer and then lacrosse.

But when those four Clippers players walked into his classroom to play a little floor hockey and read aloud to the students, Campbell’s passion for hockey came to the fore.

“These guys were like gods,” he said. “That’s where my love for the game started.”

Campbell pestered a teacher in his school who also billeted one of the players for daily updates on the team. He listened to games broadcast on radio.

He attended games at Frank Crane arena whenever his mom could afford tickets or some became available through a promotion.

When Campbell went off to university in Victoria, he landed a gig as a community

relations manager with the BCHL’s Grizzlies, worked his way into sales that eventually led to a 17-month stint as business manager for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs prior to his return to the Clippers.

Campbell said learning about hockey from the ground up has given him an appreciation for every aspect of an organization.

“A lot of times people don’t understand the fullscale approach to putting on a game,” he said. “Whatever needs to be done to make a club successful, I’ll do it.”

Express owner, Fayaz Manji said having a youthful general manager is a unique asset.

“He has a lot of passion and energy,” he said. “He’s able to connect with the players easily and they don’t feel overwhelmed or intimidated when they meet the GM of the team.”

Campbell said he has no preconceived notions of how things have always been done. That’s liberated him to forge his own path.

Time and again he finds himself dipping back to that first interaction in his Grade

4 classroom.

“Every decision I make is from the heart,” he said.

To help deal with the extraordinary challenges of this most unique season, the Express brought in a mental health coach and each day players are encouraged to check in with each other about their feelings and anxieties.

“It’s gotten rid of that mental health stigma,” said Campbell, who also implemented personal finance seminars for the players and hired an academic advisor to help them navigate post-secondary opportunities..

The end result, Campbell hopes, will be 25 young men who will be better-equipped to handle the future challenges of their lives.

With an eye towards the Express’ 20th anniversary next season, Campbell is also working to rebuild the team’s place in the community, connect with corporate sponsors and keep the volunteers energized.

“We need to make sure we’re an active partner in everything in the community,” he said.

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KOUFALIS, Dick November 14, 1936 − February 9, 2021 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dick Koufalis, on February 9, 2021, at the age of 84. Dick will be dearly missed by his loving wife, Pauline of 59 years; his daughter, Lisa (George); his son, Randy (Nicole); and his beloved grandchildren, Marissa and Reece. His single greatest joy was his family. Dick was born in Ethiopia where he spent the first 11 years of his life, then moved to Denmark and eventually traveled by ship to Canada in 1951, settling with his family in Vancouver in 1953. His first job, and his most memorable, was that of a surveyor for BC Forestry from the years of 1953−1957. Dick’s passion for gymnastics is how he met Pauline at the YMCA in New West in 1960. He then worked as a Draftsman for H.A. Simons, operated his own truck for Adams Delivery in Vancouver, and eventually worked for the City of Port Coquitlam in the water, sign, and bylaw departments for over 26 years. After his retirement, he could often be seen walking around Poco, with Polly on his arm. He loved working with his hands and especially working in his yard, taking particularly great pride in his ’Jurassic’ Gunnera plant in front of his house. He was a gentle soul who had only kind words for everyone in his life.

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Employment starts early APRIL 2021.

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

PERSONALS Tri-Cities Gentleman

in his early 80’s is looking for a Lady interested going for drives, dining, TV, travel when able to. I’m 5’11”, slim, & good shape. Financially secure. If you are interested in nice friendship and good company please call or email Barry;

778-791-1458

B_Chamber@hotmail.com

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HOME SERVICES

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

BUILDING CONTRACTORS

EXCAVATING

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PATIOS .

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102-120 Agnes St, New Westminster

1010 6th Ave. New Westminster.

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References required.

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FLOORING

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__________________________

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.

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www.nrgelectric.ca

604-520-9922

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604-942-4383

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Call 604-444-3000 to book your ad

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GUTTERS

Electrical Installations

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Call Ali or Mike at 604-937-3790 to book your tour.

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.

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CLEMENTINE MANDARINS

Product of U.S.A. 2lb bag

3

SMALL GRAPEFRUITS Product of U.S.A.

Product of B.C. $1.74/kg

$ 99

79¢

ea.

69¢

lb.

CELERY

ea.

ASPARAGUS/ ASPARAGUS TIPS

Product of U.S.A. $1.74/kg

ZUCCHINI SQUASH

Product of Mexico $1.52/kg

Product of Mexico $4.14/kg

1

79¢

69¢

$ 88

lb.

GROCERY

AROY-D

lb.

lb.

EAT WHOLESOME ORGANIC

ELIAS

MANG PEDRO’S

400ml

400g

375g

Party size / 170g

$ 79

$ 59

$ 99

$ 29

$ 79

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NEWMAN’S OWN

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473ml

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2lb

UHT COCONUT MILK

1

RYE TAGLIATELLE

1

ea.

CREAM CRACKER

6

ea.

909ml

2 for $ 00

1

7

$ 29

ea.

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PORK CHOP $8.80/kg

3

FREE RUN / BC LOCAL / FAMILY PACK SAVINGS

BONELESS & SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST

5

lb.

6

BAKERY 675g

2

lb.

Frozen / 226g

WHOLE WHEAT THICK SLICED BREAD 675g

$ 99 OVEN ROASTED CHICKEN

2

$ 69

/100g

1

604.937.2168

VALID THUR., FEB.18 – SUN., FEB. 21, 2021 • WHILE QUANTITIES LAST.

Specials are only for Austin Store location

HOURS: MON-SUN 8:30AM-7:00PM • HOLIDAYS 9:00AM- 6:00PM

ea.

1

$ 89

/100g

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5

$ 89

ea.

DELI SWISS CHEESE

$ 39

2168 AUSTIN AVE., COQUITLAM

2

$ 99

ea.

PAPRIKA LYONER SAUSAGE

ea.

D’ITALIANO

OYSTER MEAT

4

ORIGINAL WHITE THICK SLICED BREAD

$ 99

Frozen / 250g

ea.

5

$15.41/kg

OCEAN MAMA

2

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$ 99

ea.

THAI JASMINE RICE

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6

WHITE FISH BALLS

2

2 for $ 00

$ 99

lb.

10oz

ea.

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$ 99

KALAMATA FIGS

SALSA

ea.

$13.21/kg

$ 99

3

ea.

$ 69

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SAN REMO

REGULAR PORK RINDS

MANGO TEA

SAUERKRAUT

200g

1

BLUEBERRY HONEY

/100g

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$ 39

/100g

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