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A longer Crunch for Coq. pipe project? FortisBC plans to upgrade compressors on Eagle Mountain Gary McKenna gmckenna@tricitynews.com

Leo Sammarelli, 25, and some other adaptive boxers are going to be fighting on a pro card at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam March 21 to demonstrate their sport, raise awareness and funds to get better equipment and coaching. Read Sammarelli’s story in Tri-City Sports, page 48. Dan TOuLGOeT/VancOuVer cOurIer

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Coquitlam wants FortisBC to build a Coquitlam Crunch extension before the company moves ahead with upgrades to its Eagle Mountain compressor station. City manager Peter Steblin said Monday the utility provider has been slow to iron out details on what it intends to provide the host community in terms of an amenity contribution. While he acknowledged the company is under no legal obligation, he reminded FortisBC representatives at a

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committee meeting Monday of its commitment to provide the trail when the compressor station project was first proposed two years ago. “Is it at all possible to reach some kind of an arrangement on the community amenity benefits — the Coquitlam Crunch extension — before the project conditions are all started?” Steblin asked, later adding: “From our perspective, it seems like there is always a delay, delay, kick the can down the road and never deal with it.” A commitment “earlier rather than later” on the community amenity would help avoid the issues that arose over the Como Lake Avenue pipeline project last year, he told councillors. see

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A roundup of tips, info re. COVID-19 More info available at tricitynews.com As the World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a pandemic, a number of local agencies and groups are taking steps to stop the spread of the virus. The Tri-City News has compiled a list of the most recent info and action.

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With proper hygiene, most people need not be concerned about going out in public, including taking public transit, going to a swimming pool or a recreation centre, according to the Fraser Health Authority, which has put out an FAQ (fraserhealth.ca under Health Topics) on COVID-19. People are encouraged to follow the same procedures as recommended during cold and flu season. This includes washing your hands often with soap and water, covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing, avoiding others who are unwell and staying home when you are sick.

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While some kids will just play outside, all Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam spring break recreation camps and programs are going ahead as planned, with extra precautions due to COVID-19. Unsplash photo CoViD-19

Local spring break camps go ahead — but carefully Rec leaders pushing cleanliness and preventative measures Diane sTranDBerg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Spring break camps are going ahead for children at recreation facilities in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody but hand washing and other hygiene efforts will likely be part of the routine. All three cities will be taking measures, similar to those in place during flu season, to make sure kids don’t get sick while participating in programs between March 16 and 27. At Place des Arts in Coquitlam, where students take arts and music classes, officials will be following the guidance of the Fraser Health Authority and the BC Centre for Disease Control. The Coquitlam facility has also increased the cleaning and

spring break school trips stopped With spring break for B.C. students expected to start this weekend, School District 43 has cancelled all planned trips during spring break to Europe, Asia, Africa, Central America and New York due to the risk of harm for students and staff travelling to these regions. As well, staff and families taking trips overseas are encouraged to consider self-quarantine and avoid areas with many people for 14 days upon their return to Canada. “The decision to cancel school trips is regrettable but necessary precaution as we all work together to prevent the spread of this virus,” superintendent Patricia Gartland said in a letter to parents.

disinfecting of high-touch surfaces. Place des Arts told The Tri-City News it will be encouraging students/parents to practise hygiene etiquette as follows: • Wash their hands for at least 20 seconds using soap and water. • Not touch their faces/ eyes/mouths with unwashed hands. • Cover their mouths and noses when sneezing or coughing with a disposable tis-

sue or the crease of the elbow. • Stay at home when they are sick. • And avoid sharing food, utensils, dishes and water bottles. In Port Moody, precautions will be taken but all camps are open while, in Port Coquitlam, camps are going ahead with increased sanitization of public paces. In Coquitlam, spring break camps are going ahead, increased cleaning is underway and the city has set up a page

on its website for information, and is putting up notices at all facility washrooms reminding people of the ongoing importance of washing their hands with soap and water. “We are following the direction of the relevant health authorities as they are the lead when it comes to health situations such as this one,” a Coquitlam city spokesperson said. The public is advised to contact their health-care provider, local public health office or call 811 if they have further concerns or symptoms. The provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is asking people to continue to take precautions and monitor their health to prevent the spread of coronavirus COVID-19. She has said repeatedly at press conferences that people have to work together to stop the spread of the disease which can be devastating to elderly people, and those with underlying conditions, while children appear to be relatively unscathed.

The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce has put together a list of resources to help local businesses prepare for possible disruptions. Chamber CEO Michael Hind said planning for COVID19 is like preparing for any other disaster and should be on every company’s to-do list. “These are things you need to think about,” he said. “While things are likely to be good and work out in the long run, what can be done now to minimize the disruption. More can be found at www.tricitieschamber.com under Advocacy/Press Releases.

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Concerns about the spread of the novel coronavirus amongst older people has prompted the postponement of the Pathways to Better Health Forum planned for March 25 by the Tri-Cities Seniors Planning Network. Organizer Ken Kuhn said he took the advice of provincial health officials, local doctors, managers of seniors’ care facilities and others in deciding to postpone the event. “Considering the target market of seniors for our event, [the recommendation is] that we postpone the event until we can determine when the COVID-19 spread subsides and is safe for large gatherings for seniors,” Kuhn said in an email. The rescheduled event will likely be held in June, during National Seniors Week, instead. As of Wednesday, Glen Pine Pavilion and Dogwood Pavilion in Coquitlam are operating as usual, and hand sanitizer dispensers are available, according to the city. Coquitlam has a web page to keep people up to date on coronavirus developments. It’s available at www.coquitlam.ca/covid19. Programs for seniors at Wilson Centre in Port Coquitlam and Kyle Centre in Port Moody are going ahead, with precautions being taken in both cases.

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Registration for spring programs kicks off this month. View the Program Guide online at coquitlam.ca/programguide. Important Dates

Mark your calendar for our Annual Town Hall on Thursday, April 2 from 7 – 9:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall (3000 Guildford Way). There is no set agenda at these informal meetings. Residents, business owners, students and others interested in our community have this opportunity to share opinions, suggest new ideas, and ask questions of Council as well as senior City staff. You can participate online if you prefer via email, our City Facebook page or Twitter. Visit coquitlam.ca/townhall for all the details.

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Y March 18, 6 a.m.: Online registration for spring (March 28 – June) swimming. March 19, 6 a.m.: Phone and in-person registration Y March 25, 6 a.m.: Online registration for spring (March 28 – June) programs; registration for general programs starting in April also reopens at this time. March 26, 6 a.m.: Phone and in-person registration Y April 8, 6 a.m.: Online registration for all summer (July/August) programs. April 9, 6 a.m.: Phone and in-person registration

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In-person registration at Pinetree Community Centre and Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily. Phone registration, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sign up for online registration with our new system at coquitlam.ca/registration.

The City’s main public elevator is getting replaced with work scheduled to begin March 11 and an estimated completion date of mid-May. Additionally, our Roof Replacement project is underway until September 2020 (weather dependent). If you are coming to City Hall, please follow all construction and directional signage. You can also contact us via email or phone call – visit coquitlam.ca/contact for contact information.

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Learn to Cycle this Spring Perfect for the beginner spinner, the Learn to Cycle classes teach the basics of indoor cycling. You will learn how to set up and properly use an indoor Keiser bike and will leave the program feeling confident and ready to participate in our many drop-in cycle classes. Registration for spring programs begins March 25. Learn more at coquitlam.ca/registration.

2020 Environmental Achievement Awards We want to hear about our community’s environmental champions! Nominees can be teachers and educators, schools, organizations and service clubs, as well as adults, youth and children. Nominees do not need to be residents of Coquitlam, but their activities or projects should occur in Coquitlam or directly benefit our community. Visit coquitlam.ca/enviroawards for eligibility criteria and categories. Nominate someone today! Deadline: Friday, May 1.

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Austin Avenue Lane closures and turn restrictions will be in place on Austin Avenue from Brookmere Park to west of Walker Street starting March 16 for water main installation and water service connections. Westbound traffic will be limited to single-lane traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Eastbound traffic will be limited to single-lane traffic from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays. Work is expected to last for two months.

Como Lake Avenue Expect lane closures from Mariner Way to west of Baker Drive starting March 16, with single-lane westbound traffic 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or single-lane eastbound traffic between the hours of 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Work is expected to be ongoing for three months. KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE

Be Bear Aware! Some bears are still active even in the winter months. Avoid attracting these bears to your property by securing all attractants including garbage and food waste, fruit, bird seed and pet food. Allowing wildlife to access garbage could result in a $500 fine. Secure your attractants year-round! coquitlam.ca/bearsmart DID YOU KNOW?

Adventure is Calling with the 2020 Coquitlam Guide With Spring Break on the horizon, make sure you get a free copy of the Travel & Experience Guide for great staycation ideas. Whether you’re looking for a great coffee shop or the best playgrounds, the guide is packed with ideas, including: Y Where to find live music Y Outstanding shopping Y Great places to eat Y Parks, trails and hiking destination visitcoquitlam.ca

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Does Lafarge Lake need more paved paths and a bridge to remote island? Changes proposed to loop around lake in Town Centre Park

FIELD STRATEGY GETS A LONG LOOK

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Is Lafarge Lake a natural oasis or the centrepiece of a bustling urban park? That is a question Coquitlam council is grappling with as the city launches its lake loop improvement process, which will widen and pave paths, and add bridge connections over an island at the north end of the lake in Town Centre Park. But some at the council table were apprehensive about the changes being proposed. “I think it is popular to different people for different reasons,” Coun. Craig Hodge said of the trail around the lake. “Yes, there are a lot of people using the trails, but do we want to turn it into a lot of paved bike paths and lose that experience? Are we going to make it look too urban?” He acknowledged that there are some accessibility issues, particularly at the southern portion of the lake, where the path is more forested and there are gravel trails. But he added that people like the experience of stepping off the asphalt pathways and

An illustration of some of the changes in the works for the Lafarge Lake loop in Coquitlam’s Town Centre Park. CITY OF COQUITLAM

walking through the woods. Hodge also had issues with the island walk portion of the proposed enhanced loop. In a report to council, staff called the treed portion at the north end of the lake a “unique and under-utilized landform.” The plans calls for creating a bridge connection to access the island, which would have a plaza taking advantage of views oriented toward Coquitlam’s City Centre neighbourhood. Mayor Richard Stewart said that the north end of the lake around the island is already off limits to the public to protect

the natural environment. “I didn’t realize that was where we are heading,” he said of the bridge connection plans. “It would seem that the island has some value as an area that public can’t get to.” Others supported the direction the lake loop enhancement process is taking. Coun. Brent Asmundson said Town Centre Park is becoming a destination not just for the city residents but for people throughout Metro Vancouver. Expansion of the trail network is necessary to accommodate the influx of people who are moving to and

visiting the area, he added. “This is an urban park,” Asmundson said, adding: “Most people go there and they walk around the park. You go by anytime of the day and there is always people around the lake and at peak times it is very busy.” The island walk is not the only enhancement included in the lake loop plans. Parks staff envision a garden walk section through the southeast portion of the lake, heading north through the Inspiration Garden. The section would include floral display beds and new pedestrian-

The city of Coquitlam is hoping an update to its sports field strategy will help reverse a trend that has seen youth participation rates drop in organized sports. As part of the consultation process, parks staff will be gathering information from user groups and sports organizations to help enhance services offered by the city. According to a staff report, the city currently offers a basic level of service when it comes to field amenities but an “enhanced level of service may be warranted.” The staff report noted that organized sport participation has not kept pace with population growth in Coquitlam, particularly for youths 12 to 18 years old. The document noted that less serious recreational leagues are not as prevalent in the city and learn-to-play programs are only offered to young children. Last year, a survey included in the city’s youth strategy found that the majority of young people preferred more flexible, low-commitment recreation opportunities.

oriented nodes for seating elements. The urban walk would parallel Pinetree Way and include a new wharf deck, which will become the main pedestrian node on the west side of the lake. At the south end of Lafarge would be the forest walk, which would have an upgraded asphalt path widened to four metres, with sections of boardwalk. Plans also include extensive tree replacement, woodland plantings and new trails through the forested zones, according to a report. While a final budget has yet

to be approved, the project is not expected to be cheap. Currently, $4.2 million has been allocated for the implementation of the lake loop enhancements but the staff report noted that construction costs have escalated and could “drive the costs beyond these estimates.” Staff said they will be back before council with a detailed design and budget for the project in the summer. The report to council said once a plan receives final approvals, construction on the lake loop enhancement would likely be done in phases over a two-year

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A year has passed since the city of Port Coquitlam designated Skyline and Chelsea parks as places where dogs can run free. Now, the municipality wants to hear from residents about how its pilot program for off-leash pooches worked out. City council picked the parks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; located on Eastern Drive and Chelsea Avenue, respectively â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as â&#x20AC;&#x153;leash optionalâ&#x20AC;? areas for dogs in late 2018 following a public consultation that garnered more than 1,600 responses. Currently, Port Coquitlam has about 8,000 registered dogs and two fenced-in off-leash dog parks (at Shaughnessy Park, on the north side, and a smaller downtown area, for the south side). Dog owners and residents have until April 1 to share their feedback about the pilot program via an online survey at portcoquitlam.ca/dogs. The city will use the information to consider more off-leash dog parks.

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About a week after a man riding a bike was struck and killed in Port Coquitlam, a report on Lower Mainland cycling infrastructure found inadequacies in PoCo and its Tri-Cities neighbours. An average of only 0.7% of all commutes in the Tri-Cities are by bicycle despite the fact 424 kilometres of bikeways roll through Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam and Port Moody, according to a report on the state of cycling in Metro Vancouver put together by TransLink and HUB, a cycling advocacy organization. The study assessed the quantity and quality of cycling infrastructure in 23 communities, measured how many people regularly use the cycling network and gauged their feeling of comfort and safety. It also looked at local policies towards supporting and promoting safe cycling in those communities. The report will make it easier for local and regional governments to expand and connect routes, said HUBâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, Derik Wenman.

A study by TransLink and HUB, a cycling advocacy organization, found gaps in cycling infrastructure across the Tri-Cities. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

â&#x20AC;&#x153;A regional approach to cycling offers the potential to create modern cycling connections within and between municipalities,â&#x20AC;? he said. While the regional cycling network has almost tripled in length â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to 4,600 km â&#x20AC;&#x201D; since 2009, bikeways in the Tri-Cities still represent less than 10% of the total. Regionally, 2.3% of all commutes in 2016 were by bike, compared to 0.6% in Port Moody, 0.7% in Coquitlam and 0.8% in Port Coquitlam. PoCoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s percentage is actually down

from 2006 while Coquitlamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s increased slightly and Port Moodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stayed steady. Dragana Mitic, Coquitlamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager of transportation, engineering and public works, said the city continues to work on several gaps in its cycling infrastructure that were identified in a strategic transportation plan that was adopted almost 10 years ago and is due for an update next year. She said the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts concentrate on building bicycle routes that â&#x20AC;&#x153;minimize the potential for cyclistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; interac-

tions with motor vehicles.â&#x20AC;? Those include the recently completed King Albert greenway between Gatensbury and Hillcrest streets and the new multi-use path connecting Coquitlam Central transit station to the Riverview Hospital lands. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By creating facilities that are for all ages and abilities, we will be providing options for residents to adopt cycling as a sustainable transportation option,â&#x20AC;? Mitic said, adding the city has also installed bike repair stations at the City

Centre Aquatic Complex and the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, and provides free bike maps. In Port Moody, a new multi-use path on the western flank of Gatensbury Street that opened last year recently received a HUB bike award for infrastructure improvement projects, and work continues on completing a new bike path along Murray Street from Electronic Avenue to Rocky Point Park. Cyclists in the Tri-Cities are also celebrating the completion of the rebuilt Sheep Paddocks Trail through Colony Farm Regional Park. The gravel path provides a

safe connection parallel to Lougheed Highway from Pitt River Road into the park, where cyclists can continue to circumnavigate most of the city along the Traboulay PoCo Trail. Providing that feeling of safety will be key in getting even more people onto their bikes, said the HUB report, which also stated: â&#x20AC;&#x153;As the regional bikeway network continues to grow, ongoing collaboration and integration will be needed to ensure bikeways are well connected, and that travelling by bicycle within and across municipal boundaries is comfortable, seamless and intuitive.â&#x20AC;?

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A proposed redevelopment of the 23-acre Woodland Park townhouse complex in Port Moody could become a showcase for mass timber construction. Mark Ostry, a principal at Vancouver-based Acton Ostry Architects, said the use of timber materials in the construction of multi-storey and highrise buildings meshes nicely with the project’s goals for sustainability and respect for environmental sensitivity. “We know first-hand mass timber has many benefits,” he said. “It’s clean and it’s green.” Ostry’s firm designed the Brock Commons Tallwood House at the University of British Columbia. At the time the 18-storey student residence was completed in 2017, it was the tallest mass timber tower in the world. That record has since been eclipsed by a building in Norway that’s more than 32 metres taller. Ostry said mass timber construction, which utilizes large solid wood panels for walls, floors and roofs, is fast (the tower at UBC took only 66 days to erect), creates less waste, is more efficient for recycling and requires less transporting of

The Brock Commons Tallwood House at UBC was the tallest mass timber building in the world when it was completed in 2017. The architectural firm that designed it is proposing a similar construction technique could be used in the redevelopment of Woodland Park. MICHAEL ELKAN/UBC

materials through neighbourhoods. He added it also creates an “incredibly quiet” living environment for residents. Acton Ostry is working with Vancouver developer Edgar Developments on the plan to transform Woodland Park’s 200 rental townhomes in 19 low-rise buildings into a community of approximately 2,000 homes in a mix of buildings ranging from four to 26 storeys in Port Moody’s Seaview neighbourhood along Cecile Drive. Peter Edgar, the company’s president, said he would “love to explore” the mass timber

option as a way to set a “new standard for responsible development.” He said his company’s proposal to build 325 non-market rental homes in the first of the project’s seven phases is “unprecedented,” and would comprise a significant component of more than $52 million in community amenities for Port Moody. Those include the dedication of new parkland and active trails, improvements to pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in the neighbourhood, and a 5,000-sq. ft. daycare to accommodate 37 children. Edgar said the non-market

Port Moody joined Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam in approving Tuesday an inter-municipal business licence for ride-hailing services. The regional licence, which was endorsed by the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation in January, allows ridehailing companies such as Uber and Lyft to get one licence to operate in 32 municipalities in Metro Vancouver, from Whistler to Chilliwack, as well as Bowen Island. The licence is issued by the city of Vancouver and comes into effect April 1. It costs each company $155 annually, plus $150 for each vehicle. A licence for zero-emission vehicles will be only $30 and there’s no fee for wheelchairaccessible vehicles. Revenue from the licensing fees cover the cost of administering the program, with any surplus shared between the participating municipalities according to the number of pick-ups and drop-offs in each community. In a report to council, Port Moody’s manager of building, bylaw and licensing, Robyn MacLeod, said Uber is the only company — of five authorized for Metro Vancouver by the province — currently operating in the city but it’s doing so without a municipal business licence. Coun. Amy Lubik cautioned participating communities should still be vigilant that ride-hailing companies treat their drivers fairly according to provincial labour laws. Port Coquitlam council gave first three readings of its bylaw to join the regional licensing agreement Feb. 25 and Coquitlam did the same a week later.

housing would be built in partnership with BC Housing and current residents in the complex, which was built in the 1960s, would have first dibs on units. The other phases, one of which includes retail spaces, would follow, with full completion scheduled for 2034. Ostry said the plan for the development protects wetlands and urban forest in the

neighbourhood as well as its sloping topography, with the tallest buildings to be built at the lowest point to minimize their visual impact on residents higher up the hill. “The landscape is an outdoor living room for the entire community,” Ostry said, adding new buildings will be situated on the footprint of existing structures as much as possible,

all parking will be located in underground parkades, a community garden will be located on the roof of the central amenity building and significant trees will be retained. He said the project will also include a 1.5-km multi-use trail around its perimeter, active and passive green spaces between buildings and even a natural amphitheatre area to support outdoor concerts and community activities. But Port Moody’s senior planner, Doug Allan, cautions the project still faces major challenges, not the least of which is significant increases in density and building heights than is allowed for the neighbourhood in the city’s current official community plan. Allan said the project’s distance from transit is also problematic. “Access is a key issue,” he said, adding the city’s strategy is to encourage densification around transit stations. Ostry said residents in the project will be “fairly well-served,” with transit connections a 10-minute walk away. As well, it will introduce electric bicycle and car share programs to ease congestion and build a new traffic signal at Clarke Street and Barnet Highway. The proposal has yet to be presented to council. It received its first assessment by the city’s community planning advisory committee on March 3.

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“Statistics show that cars are killers. Other road users and pedestrians need to be protected from them.”

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ome say that adversity brings out the best in people. Well, not always. When it comes to dealing with a widespread crisis, it often brings out the worst in people. Pandemics like the one currently associated with the novel coronavirus are terrifying. They are the raw material of science-fiction horror movies that we don’t want to ever become science fact. In Canada, health officials understand the human pro-

pensity for panic and have been careful in their comments on the global outbreak so far. But, predictably, where there isn’t a lot of solid information to go on is where fear and misinformation flourishes. One thing that spreads faster than viruses are rumours — and COVID-19 is an excellent example of that. While health officials lectured sternly about the proper sources of information, social media threads were exploding with all manner of fear-provoking hysteria and conspiracy theory. A proactive approach to dealing with the rumour mill on the part of health authorities is a good idea. We’re encouraged to hear their commitment to share

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information. So far, health officials say there’s a need to be prudent but not to be fearful. Of course, this is a rapidly changing situation. It’s likely even more cases will be confirmed

here before long. For now, however, the best advice against the spread of the virus is to use common sense: Wash your hands with soap, stay home when sick, cough into your sleeve, don’t touch your face. Also, stay calm and don’t believe everything being spread about the virus online. The other collateral damage from a pandemic like this one is how many trolls crawl out from under their rocks to spew racist garbage about immigrants. Social media has been filled with people making racist comments about seeing someone who is Asian cough on a SkyTrain. You might think you are being clever making a joke but you’re really spreading ugly racial stereotypes. Stop it.

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The Editor, Re. “Port Coquitlam cyclist killed in collision” (tricitynews. com, Feb. 29) and “Plenty of bike routes in Tri-Cities but plenty of gaps, too” (tricitynews.com, March 5). The recent death of a cyclist and the release of HUB Cycling and TransLink’s 2019 State of Cycling Report Card vividly illustrate why the death in Port Coquitlam was inevitable. As an avid cyclist who commutes to work on the most dangerous routes one can imagine — Mary Hill Bypass, where there’s less than a twofoot shoulder in places — I daily see the lack of political will required to make cycling

The Editor, Re. “Torrential rains trigger Tri-City flooding, landslide” (tricitynews.com, Feb. 1). The city of Port Coquitlam claims that the Hyde Creek overflow Jan. 31 was a “natural disaster” that could not have been prevented or foreseen, despite weather reports predicting record rainfall. The fact is, the culvert running under Coast Meridian Road is not natural. It was engineered, designed and installed by the city of Port Coquitlam, and it was plugged by logs and debris. Nature did not make a metal culvert too small. R. Hetzel, Port Coquitlam

a safe and efficient means of transportation. The previous HUB report highlighted the poor or absent policies within our communities to support cycling. Our mayors and councillors capitulate to the automobile at the cost of injury and death to both pedestrians and cyclists. Port Coquitlam has a master transportation plan that does not address segregated routes to protect cyclists. The Sheep Paddocks and Traboulay PoCo trails offer a picture perfect, safe, daytime family trail but they are gravel, poorly marked, have no lighting and provide no access to major recreational

and business centres. A triple-AA cycling system requires protection for all ages and simply does not exist in Port Coquitlam in a meaningful way. Port Coquitlam also dismantled the cycling advisory committee and voted against a protected cycling lane along Kingsway. Cycling infrastructure fell short with the construction of the Coast Meridian Overpass, too, and now we see the results of lack of political will. How many more deaths need to occur before the mayor and council acts? Time will tell. Geoff Taylor, Port Coquitlam

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HELPING THE HOMELESS

‘Our goal is to get people off the street and we are simply not doing it’ Homelessness Task Group head says not enough being done

“What is the point of gathering together this amazing group of people who have the ability to make the changes when we are not making the changes?”

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Polly Krier is frustrated. Two years ago, she took over as the coordinator of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group. And in that time, she said, despite encouraging dialogue, little progress has been made to alleviate the housing crisis in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. “We simply are not getting anything done,” she said during a Coquitlam council-incommittee meeting March 2. “Our goal is to get people off the street and we are simply

Polly Krier Co-ordinator of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group

not doing it.” In an interview after the meeting, Krier told The TriCity News the issues have been discussed for years and policy makers are well aware of the problem and the solutions. But unless they are willing to make some difficult decisions about bringing measures

like a warming shelter and modular housing into the TriCities, it is unlikely those problems will be resolved anytime soon, she said. “I have been hearing a lot of the same things for many, many years,” she said. “I realized this is a very old, tired dialogue.”

She said the Homelessness Task Group consists of capable people willing to facilitate whatever is necessary to get homeless people into housing. But without significant changes, she questioned whether the group even has a future. “To be quite honest, if we

don’t see a change, there doesn’t seem to be a role for us in the community,” she said. “What is the point of gathering together this amazing group of people who have the ability to make the changes when we are not making the changes?” Krier’s dissatisfaction with the rate of progress on the homeless issue in the TriCities was not just reserved for the city of Coquitlam. She told The Tri-City News she would be making similar presentations in Port Coquitlam and Port Moody at upcoming council meetings. Despite her bleak assessment, there are a few positives she said she has seen over the last couple of years. She commended Coquitlam for supplying the land for the shelter and tran-

sitional housing units at 3030 Gordon Ave. And housing initiatives from the provincial government are a step in the right direction, although the benefits will likely not be seen for several years. Krier noted there has not been any additional supportive housing in the Tri-Cities since 2014, adding she is “deeply concerned” about what the numbers from this week’s homeless count will look like once they are released. “I think it is a turning point,” she said, later adding: “I would hate to see the task group go away. But it has to be something different. We are not a society. We are not a not-forprofit. We are simply a table of like-minded people that want our community to get better.”

cOUNTING THE HOMELESS

Annual homeless count didn’t catch everyone but its organizers know the numbers are up ‘People assume all homeless people are junkies,’ says one man Gary McKENNa gmckenna@tricitynews.com

It is a beautiful day for a stroll along the Coquitlam River but Cristina Pereira and Patricia Sonier are not here for the sunshine. They are two of more than 1,200 volunteers across the Lower Mainland taking part in the Metro Vancouver homeless count, collecting data that will be used by governments and community agencies trying to grasp how many people are sleeping outside. And today, the bright skies are hindering the pair’s efforts. “They tend to wander more when it is not raining,” Sonier said, noting homeless people are easier to find in bad weather because they are more likely to stay in their tents or congregate in covered areas. “It doesn’t look like we are going to see as many here, yet we know there are definitely people in the area who are homeless,” added Pereira. “It doesn’t give the full picture.” Pereira and Sonier are co-chairs of the Tri-Cities

Cristina Pereira (left) and Patricia Sonier are co-chairs of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group who took part in the 2020 Metro Vancouver homeless count this week in the TriCities. GARY McKENNA/THE TRI-cITY NEWS

Homelessness Task Group and are well aware of the problems many people face finding shelter and services in the area. Taking part in the homeless count, they said, gives them an opportunity to help collect badly needed data and con-

nect directly with the people they want to help. The count took place over a 24-hour period March 3 and 4, with volunteers working in three-hour shifts. Armed with a clipboard and a few snacks to hand out, they canvassed

neighbourhoods looking for anyone experiencing homelessness who may be interested in answering a few questions about their situation. But determining who is living on the streets is not always easy. The pair are wary of offending anyone they approach and are apprehensive when they notice a man sitting on a bench with three others near the pedestrian bridge at the end of McAllister Avenue in downtown Port Coquitlam. Next to the man is a bicycle connected to a trailer full of camping equipment. “Should we talk to him?,” Pereira asks her partner. The pair’s suspicions are quickly confirmed. The man, who goes by the name ZZ, said he has been living on the streets for the last 18 months after being renovicted. “I just stay anywhere I can,” he tells The Tri-City News. “I just deal with what I got to deal with.” He added that he prefers sleeping outside to staying at the shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam because he does not like to be around people who use drugs. ZZ said even the cold snap in January was not enough to get him to take advantage of the emergency

shelter or cold/wet weather mat program, another service offered in the Tri-Cities during the winter months. “Just give me a home,” he said. “That’s all I care about. That’s all I want, really.” ZZ’s story is fairly typical, according Pereira. She said outreach workers often hear from homeless people who end up on the streets after a landlord decides to make changes to their property. His reticence to be around people using drugs is also common, she added. “People assume that all homeless people are junkies, druggies, or what not. That is just not the case,” Pereira said. She added that people like ZZ are why a range of services, including abstinence-based shelters, are needed in the area. Pereira and Sonier cross back over the pedestrian bridge and walk towards Kingsway Avenue, making their way across the train tracks and north on Westwood Street. They check Fox Park before crossing Westwood Street and looping through the Westwood Mall parking lots. But the only other people they see on their shift is a group loitering in front of the Gordon

Avenue shelter who do not want to take part in the survey. There are many reasons for that, Pereira said. Some do not want to talk to a person they may see as an authority figure while others may have concerns over how the data is being used. Many are just frustrated. “They just don’t want to engage with it,” she said. “They don’t feel anything is going to come from it.” The last time a homeless count was conducted in 2017, 3,605 people were found to be experiencing homelessness in Metro Vancouver, up 30% from the previous count three years prior. According to a report summarizing the data, the majority of the homeless people counted were between 25 and 64 years of age while 8% were under 19 and another 8% were between 19 and 24. Accompanied children made up 117 of the total. In the Tri-Cities, 117 were counted as homeless in the 2017 survey, up 113% from the 55 tallied in 2014. Both Periera and Sonier say they believe the problem has become worse in the last three years and they’re anxious to see the most recent figures, which are expected to be released next month.

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FESTIVAL DU BOIS 2020 IN COQUITLAM

Clockwise from top left: Roland Therrien, 83, has been tamping down snow and rolling maple taffy at Festival du Bois, Coquitlam’s annual celebration of its francophone roots, for 31 years. “We don’t see each other all bloody year. And then we meet here 31 years straight,” he said. The key to rolling maple taffy is to reduce the sap so that it sits on top of the snow, said Daniel Roy, who was born and raised in Maillardville as a second-generation member of the francophone community. “When it’s floating, it’s ready to role,” he said. And Frenchie the Clown told the crowd he”landed this morning in a private plane from France.” Festival du Bois ran last weekend. More photos at tricitynews.com. Stefan Labbé/tHe tRI-CItY neWS

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Students at Centennial’s eco academy will spend most of their time outside New program begins at Coquitlam school in January 2021 DIANE STRANDBERg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

If you’re a student who prefers walking in the forest to sitting in a classroom, a new course at Centennial secondary might be for you. Starting next January, 28 students will be the first in the new Experiential and Environmental Studies Academy at the Coquitlam school. The academy combines six credit courses along with leadership, first aid and canoe training, according to sponsor teacher Hayley Melvin. “We’re seeing quite a few applications,” said Melvin, who will be teaching the course with another teacher. “We’re seeing who is the right fit for the program.”

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The inquiry-based course will be taught 25% in a classroom and 75% outdoors, and will include camping trips, field study at locations such as Mundy Park, and work with local hatcheries, such

as Mossom Creek Hatchery in Port Moody, which hosts Centennial’s salmon club. Melvin imagines a day spent in a park learning about native plants and invasive species, and doing a weed pull, then a

camping trip where ecological issues are discussed over roasting marshmallows. When she was a girl, Melvin said, her most memorable school experiences took place on trips, team events and out-

door activities. “I kind of wondered, ‘Why can’t every day be like that? What’s the limiting factor there?’”. And she thought the classroom walls might be the problem. Thus, Experiential and Environmental Studies (EES) Academy students will spend very little time in the classroom. Instead, they’ll go on trips, meet with Indigenous groups, such as the local Kwikwetlem First Nation, and learn how to canoe. “The program is really geared to the student that is looking for an opportunity to learn in an alternative location and in an alternative way,” said Melvin, who developed the program after taking a naturebased and place-conscious practices program at SFU. Recently, SD43 trustees approved the course, for which students will pay $570 to cover costs. This isn’t the first inquiry- or nature-based program offered

in Tri-City schools. Suwa’lkh School, an alternative program in Coquitlam, has outdoor elements, as does the longrunning COAST program at Gleneagle secondary, while the Inquiry Hub has self-paced learning, where students work on a project of their choosing. As well, elementary, middle and secondary schools incorporate field studies and outdoor lessons. Melvin said the new Centennial course is also based on a popular experiential course that was at the school for many years. She said she hopes students who take the program come away with a better understanding of the local ecology, environmental issues and ways to tackle climate change, among other topics. “How can we expect students to fight for the land they call home,” she asked, “if they’re not thinking about it on a regular basis?”

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In that instance, FortisBC refused to remove a 20-inch pipe after installing a new 30inch line, instead filling the old pipe with concrete and leaving it in place. The city also said the company should repave the road from curb to curb, not just the area that was dug up. In that dispute, the city is appealing a decision by the

B.C. Utilities Commission in FortisBC’s favour. Steblin told The Tri-City News Monday that if the outcome of that appeal isn’t favourable to the city, it will pursue the matter in court. During Monday’s committee meeting, Gord Schoberg, FortisBC’s manager of municipal and community relations, said a resolution could be worked out over the community amenity contribution. He said the scope of the city’s

request had changed and the company is trying to determine whether the project is feasible given the restraints of working under a BC Hydro right-of-way. “Can it actually be constructed?” he asked. “The first step is to determine that… We would like to reach an agreement and finalize that as that becomes clearer. I would like to think that can happen fairly quickly.”

Upgrades to the compressor station are part of the Eagle Mountain-Woodfibre Gas Pipeline Project, a 47-km pipeline that would provide natural gas to the Woodfibre LNG site in Squamish. An earlier iteration of the project has already been approved but recent changes to the routing and the number of compressors will require an amendment to the company’s existing Environmental

Assessment Certificate. According to Trevor Wales, a FortisBC corporate communications advisor, the company intends to increase the size of the two electricpowered compressors at the Eagle Mountain station from the current 20,500 horsepower units to 26,000 horsepower. FortisBC will also be building an additional 3-km pipeline near the compressor station, which the company

says is necessary to improve reliability of natural gas supply to Woodfibre LNG. A public information session is expected to be scheduled in Coquitlam later this year. “We are in the early stages of engaging on these potential project changes and there will be further opportunities for the public to participate within this process,” Wales said in an email.

AVOIDING SCAMS

CRA won’t ask for gift cards as payment When in doubt, ask yourself some key questions re. CRA GARy MCKENNA gmckenna@tricitynews.com

Just because someone says they work for the Canada Revenue Agency doesn’t mean they do. An uptick in the number of scammers posing as fake CRA agents to defraud unsuspecting people has the tax agency working to make sure residents are aware and know how to protect themselves. “To protect yourself from scams, it’s important to know when and how the CRA might contact you,” said the CRA in a press release. According to the press release, the CRA will never threaten a person with deportation or use aggressive language. As well, the organization does not contact people by text message and payments in gift cards or Bitcoin are never requested. Coquitlam RCMP told The Tri-City News last week the CRA fraud is one of the most common scams. However, there are legitimate reasons the CRA may contact you. If you owe tax or money to a government program, a collections officer may be in touch to

discuss the file and payment. People who have not filed their income taxes, benefit return or GST/HST return can also expect a phone call. A CRA representative will always be willing to provide their name, phone number and office location. Those who have been contacted by the agency can then make their own calls to make sure the issue is legitimate. When in doubt, the CRA provides a list of questions you should ask yourself, including: • Why is the caller pressuring me to act immediately? Am I sure the caller works for the CRA? • Did I file my tax return on time? Have I received a notice saying I owe taxes? • Have I received an email or letter from the CRA about the subject of the call? • Is the caller asking for information I would not include on my tax return or that is not related to money I owe the CRA? • Did I recently send a request to change information about my business number? • Do I have an instalment payment due? • Have I received a statement of account for funds owing to a government program? For more information, go to www.canada.ca/taxes-fraudprevention. To report a scam, visit antifraudcentre.ca or call 1-888-495-8501.

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RIDE-HAILING

Reg. ride-hail licence ‘cash grab’: Belenkie Belcarra mayor says driver can operate without a licence DIANE StRANDbERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Belcarra’s mayor says a regional ride-hailing licence is a cash grab and he won’t sign on to it. Neil Belenkie told The Tri-City News he desperately wants the service for his 700 residents but doesn’t support the inter-municipal business licence that is rolling out across Metro Vancouver, including Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, saying the requirement could deter people from being drivers. Belenkie said he’s afraid the $150-per-car charge could hinder people in his community or others from joining Uber or Lyft to pick up people when they leave the villages because it could take a while to make up the cost. Instead, Belcarra will allow ride-hailing drivers to pick up and drop off customers within its borders without requiring

any kind of business licence. “I just want to make it as easy as possible for people in Belcarra to have improved service and improved safety that comes from not being stranded late at night,” Belenkie said. According to Belenkie, his community is poorly served by transit because buses don’t run there late at night and the route through the villages is long. Taxis aren’t a great alternative either, he said, because drivers often won’t travel to the semirural community for fear they won’t find a paying passenger on the return trip. “We’re desperate for ride hailing as another way to help people to get out of their cars, not just for the environment, but as an efficient option,” Belenkie said. Other cities see the intermunicipal licence as a way to streamline regulation for ridehailing companies. The inter-municipal licence will allow ride-hailing companies to get one licence to operate in 32 municipalities from Whistler to Chilliwack as well as Bowen Island. That approach was endorsed at the end of January by the

Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation, with Belenkie the lone opponent. Both Port Coquitlam and Coquitlam councils have given tentative approval to the licence, with Port Moody to consider it at its next council meeting. The licence, which will be issued by the city of Vancouver and comes into effect April 1, costs each company $155 annually plus $150 for each vehicle. A licence for zero-emission vehicles will be $30 and there’s no fee for wheelchair-accessible vehicles. But Belenkie says the province already has rules and fees in place to cover ride-hailing so the inter-municipal licence isn’t necessary. Many are clamouring for ride hailing in his community, Belenkie said, and he hopes some residents will sign on to be drivers to defray some of their transportation costs while providing a useful last-mile service to others seeking to use transit more.

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Guitar masters Inaugural theatre show for the new TriCity Guitar Players janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

About 15 years ago, Michael (Chico) Cham started playing gigs with another veteran guitar player, Tim Porter. The pair met through a fellow friend, Darryl Havers — the keyboardist for the blues-funk group Brickhouse — and performed a number of acoustic sets around Metro Vancouver. But when Porter wasn’t free for a job, Cham would ring up two other professional fretboard masters to fill his place: Chris Rolin and Simon Jarrett. “They’re all phenomenal guitar players and are wellknown in the music industry in Vancouver,” Cham said. Because of their strong ties to the Tri-Cities — Cham lives in Coquitlam and teaches at PoMoArts while Porter and Rolin teach at Long & McQuade in Port Coquitlam — Cham thought it was time to check an item off his bucket list and form a quartet so the community could hear their talent as a band.

Saturday, they’ll be at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam to play their first theatre date as the Tri-City Guitar Players. The four musicians will entertain with a variety of instrumental jazz and pop standards such as Autumn Leaves, Nuages, Friday Night at the Cadillac Club, Sunny, People Get Ready and Satin Doll plus three original tunes by Jarrett. As well, they’ll pay tribute to two musicians who have died of cancer: Winnipeg composer Greg Lowe, a friend of Cham’s; and Chris Meister, the drummer in Jarrett’s band, Rocket Science, who passed away last month. The Players will be backed by three more prolific musicians: tenor saxophone player Steve Hilliam, who works with R&B Allstars and Colin James; drummer Chris (The Wrist) Norquist; and bassist Rene Worst, whose credits include David Bowie and Aerosmith. Cham said he hopes the Evergreen show will be the first of many concerts to come for his newly formed ensemble. “Being able to play collectively with these fabulous musicians has been a wish of mine for a long time,” he said. “The calibre of talent on the stage will be a 10 out of 10.”

The Tri-City Guitar Players (clockwise from top left): Michael “Chico” Cham, Tim Porter, Simon Jarrett and Chris Rolin. The quartet performs jazz and pop standards Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

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After spring break, baseball season begins in Tri-Cities A 1930s photo of the Fraser Mills baseball team is one of thousands of historic images held by Coquitlam Archives, a city department led by Emily Lonie. Last year, she received 21 acquisitions for municipal preservation, including pictures and documents from the Riverview Hospital Historical Society and Coun. Craig Hodge, a photographer who worked for The Tri-City News and The Columbian newspapers. As part of its ongoing digitization efforts, the department also added 412 items last year to its online search portal Quest. As for this year, the archives will continue to build up collections and call for historical photos and paperwork from the public. To donate, phone 604-9273900 or email archives@ coquitlam.ca. coquitlam archives

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Rolling out her book PoMo city councillor writes about baking, kindness in book diane strandberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Port Moody councillor and Silk Art Gallery owner Zoe Royer is starting Sweetheart Bakery Press, with the help of her daughters Charlotte Knowlton and Carola Thompson. PHOTO SUBMITTED

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A little chamber music Three Romantic-era compositions will be played in Coquitlam as part of the inaugural Power Classics Sundays series at the Evergreen Cultural Centre. The piano quartet of the Manhattan Chamber Players will showcase two pieces by Dvorak — Romance in F-minor and Piano Quartet No. 2, Opus 87 — plus Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3, Opus 60. Kevin Park, the artistic

director of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society, which is bringing concerts to Coquitlam, New Westminster, Delta and West Vancouver this season, said its first show at Evergreen last October drew more than 100 people to hear the sounds of the Vancouver Cello Quartet. For its second event in Coquitlam, the society is introducing the New York City-based collective made

up of Adam Golka (piano), Francesca de Pasquale (violin), Luke Fleming (viola) and Andrea Casarrubios (cello); the quartet is currently touring the Pacific Northwest and is looking for more exposure, Park said. For tickets to the March 15 recital at 3 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way), call the box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre. ca.

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Donors to the project on the website can get “perks,” depending on the size of the contribution, from sticker collections to monthly subscriptions, toys and paintings. And while this isn’t Royer’s first children’s story — in 2017 she wrote A Cup of Sugar — it’s an exciting new venture, she said, aided in part by the efforts of her team, including an artist from Iran who goes by the name Baran. Royer said she hopes Sweetheart Bakery Press will do well on Indiegogo so the company will help promote the book. “I’d love for this to be something that our whole community gets behind because it’s homegrown and assisted by local artists and folks along the way.” For more information, visit the crowd-funding site at: https://www.indiegogo.com/ projects/sweetheart-bakerysubscription-box-share-thelove#/

City of Coquitlam NOTICE OF PROPOSED BYLAW City of Coquitlam Transportation Network Services (RideHailing) Intermunicipal Business Licence Bylaw No. 5036, 2020 The City of Coquitlam Council intends to consider adoption of the “Transportation Network Services (Ride-Hailing) Intermunicipal Business Licence Bylaw No. 5036, 2020”, to participate in a regional business licensing scheme. Coquitlam City Council is considering the adoption of a business licensing bylaw relating to ride-hailing. The proposed bylaw would permit businesses providing ride-hailing services to pick up riders within any of the participating municipal jurisdictions without obtaining separate business licences in each city. Should you have any comments you wish to convey to Council before it considers enacting Bylaw No. 5036, 2020, please submit them in writing no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020 to the Business Licence Office in one of the following ways:

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Many people dream of writing a children’s book but one Tri-City woman is taking her dream to the next step — and would like the help of the community. Sweetheart Bakery Press, the latest venture of Zoe Royer, owner of Silk Art Gallery and a Port Moody city councillor, is a collection of stories, recipes and toys for children six to eight that will teach them about baking — and kindness. “I think there is something very celebratory about baking, and baking is something that is beautiful, and it’s something to be shared,” Royer said. Royer started working on the idea 23 years ago when

her daughter Charlotte was born, and the characters are based on a beloved stuffed toy piglet and the family cat, as well as the family’s love of baking. “It’s a distillation of our family life,” said Royer. But there is another message as Royer’s comic book stories promote kindness and resourcefulness. The girls have adventures, solve problems and then, to celebrate, they bake a cake. The setting is Blossomdale, an “idyllic place where the characters interact and they are really modelling kindness and resourcefulness,” Royer said. She hopes children are inspired by the stories while also learning to make their own food, a skill they will benefit from for the rest of their life. Monday, Royer launched the Sweetheart Bakery Press on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website for start-up companies.

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Film by Terry Fox alumnus up for award Richard Bell’s feature film is nominated for a Cnd. Screen Award

with choreography by Shelley Hunt, the show runs March 19 to 28 at the BlueShore at CapU (2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver). For tickets at $24/$15/$11, call 604-990-7810 or visit tickets.capilanou.ca.

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A Terry Fox secondary school grad is up for a Canadian Screen Award this month for his film Brotherhood. And on Saturday night, director and screenwriter Richard Bell will be at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver to discuss his flick along with conductor Bramwell Tovey; the pair is nominated for achievement in music and best original song. The movie, which is also shortlisted for achievement in visual effects (for SPIN VFX), tells the true story of a group of teenage boys who cross Balsam Lake in a 30-foot war canoe and are capsized during a summer storm. A graduate of Studio 58 at Langara College, Bell received critical acclaim for his first work, Eighteen, which also starred actor Brendan Fletcher. For that film, Bell and Tovey were nominated for a Genie Award for co-writing

The arts, culture and dining fest sees participants go to as many destinations as possible in March for a chance to win one of three stay-and-play packages. Sponsored by the cities of Coquitlam, Port Moody, New Westminster and Burnaby as well as TransLink, the fest includes the following Tri-City locations: Mackin House Museum, Evergreen Cultural Centre, Place des Arts, PoMoArts, Port Moody

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Seven Tri-City triple threats are cast in Capilano University’s upcoming musical, A Chorus Line. Jocelyn Tsui, who plays Diana Morales, will be on stage with Emma Wiebe, Simon Abraham, Claire Lundin, Tiana Pazdirek, Ryan Horton and Brianna Kim, and the assistant stage manager, Gillian Lee, is also from Coquitlam. Directed by Gillian Barber

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Pick up a passport and visit the Tri-City arts venues and eateries taking part in the inaugural Between the Bridges festival this month.

Station Museum, the Société francophone de Maillardville, C Market Coffee, Fairways Grill and Patio at Westwood Plateau, Moody Ales, Olivier’s Breads, Pasta Polo, St. James’s Well, Taphouse Coquitlam and The Wild Fig. Visit betweenthebridgefest. com to learn more.

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could do nothing for the paralysis in his legs. Sammarelli’s journey to recovery started small. He did bicep curls in his bed with a 3-lb. weight. Then he moved on to the next challenge, and then the next. “It had a snowball effect,” he said. Though Sammarelli had slimmed to 90 lb. while at G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre in Vancouver, friends and family encouraged him to keep working to strengthen his body. The regimen also bolstered his spirit as every workout rewarded him with a sense of accomplishment. “Getting these victories brought me back to the fire I’d had before,” he said.

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Leo Sammarelli was well on his way to making boxing his livelihood when a bullet pierced the eighth vertebra in his back and left him paralyzed. Now, an adaptive form of the sport is giving him purpose. On March 21, the North Vancouver native and former national lightweight champion, will lead a small contingent of wheelchair boxers into the ring at Coquitlam’s Hard Rock Casino to demonstrate the adaptive version of their sport as part of the Hard Knocks at the Hard Rock professional card. It’s a twist in Sammarelli’s life path he never would have envisioned three years ago as he dragged his shattered body, bleeding from four bullet wounds to his torso, back and leg across a North Vancouver road to the safety of his car. Sammarelli, 25, admits his life had taken a dark turn after his father passed away suddenly in 2015 while on vacation in Italy. He started partying a lot and hanging out with the “wrong crowd” as he struggled to come to terms

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with his loss. And though he continued to train to compete at the 2017 nationals, he said his heart wasn’t in it. Sammarelli, who was then working in home renovations and landscaping, said he was a victim of mistaken identity. Police said he was one of

two shooting victims within an hour of each other, both believed to be targeted — the other, 29-year-old known gangster Brinderjeet Justin Bhangu, died in Surrey. While a suspect was arrested in Bhangu’s shooting and eventually convicted of

manslaughter, Sammarelli said his case remains unsolved. Sgt. Peter DeVries of the North Vancouver RCMP confirmed there’s been no update to the incident. Sammarelli said as he recovered from his wounds, his athlete’s instinct to get up,

brush himself off and get back into the ring convinced him he would be able to walk out of the hospital in a month. “The hard truth was accepting that I wouldn’t,” said Sammarelli, who endured several surgeries to repair damage to his abdomen but

Sammarelli’s love for boxing was ignited when he was 15 and living with an uncle in Italy’s Puglia region. He played soccer and other team sports but it was a visit to a tiny boxing gym that really set ablaze his athletic passion. Sammarelli said he thrived on testing himself in training, hitting the heavy bag, taking instruction from the coach — an old friend of his father — then translating that to sparring sessions. “There was nothing better than the sense of individual accomplishment,” he said. Sammarelli had immediate see

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success in the ring. He won an inter-regional competition in Italy. He stopped all five of his opponents from around the southern part of the country and cemented his commitment to the sport. “It really pushed me in a way that encouraged me to do more,” he said. Upon his return to Canada to finish high school, Sammarelli started training at the North Burnaby Boxing Club. He won provincial Golden Gloves titles and, in 2014, he became Canada’s WBC national amateur lightweight champion. He set his sights on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and, possibly, a pro career after that. To take his training to another level, Sammarelli packed his gym bag and headed to California so he could learn at the famed Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood that had produced champions like Julio Cesar Chavez and Manny Pacquiao. A chance to spar with two-

Wheelchair boxer Leo Sammarelli says he had to find “a different way to train.” DAN TOULGOET/VANCOUVER COURIER

time Olympic gold medalist and double world champion Vasyl Lomachenko told him he was on the right path. “It was like going against Muhammad Ali or Michael Jordan, or shooting golf against Tiger Woods,” Sammarelli said. “It taught me the lessons of being determined and staying hungry.”

SEEKING SOLACE

Sammarelli’s gunshot wounds healed into scars but the hurt in his soul persisted. Seeking solace, he travelled with a friend to Cambodia

to help distribute medical supplies, a task close to his heart as his late father had worked in the medical field. Sammarelli said it was an eyeopening experience. “It transformed the mentality I was having,” he said. “It showed me a lot was possible.” When he returned to North Vancouver, Sammarelli found peace in nature. He strapped himself into a fibreglass seat and took up paranordic skiing along nearby mountain trails. He eventually got so good at it, he won a silver medal at

the Canada Winter Games and bronze medals at the U.S. paranordic national championships. “It was super important to feel competitive again, to get a victory for myself,” Sammarelli said, adding he also took up hand cycling so he could ride in the 122-km Whistler Gran Fondo. Last September, he completed the ride in just over eight hours. It was some of Sammarelli’s old boxing friends who encouraged him to return to the gym. He said he had no idea how that would work with his wheelchair but as he started hitting the bags, his old instincts came back. “I found a different way to train,” he said. “It was a way to keep pushing myself and boundaries.”

A NEW CHALLENGE

Sammarelli said he didn’t know adaptive boxing was a possibility until he connected through social media with the Adaptive Boxing Organization, which is advocating for the sport to be recognized in the Paralympics.

Sammarelli said he has met — online — wheelchair boxers from Africa, India and across North America and Europe. He said while the sport is still working to codify a common set of rules to take into account the various levels of disability, bouts are structured just like amateur able-bodied matches, with combatants donning 12-oz. gloves for three three-minute rounds. Other than being strapped into a lightweight sports chair with cambered wheels and an anti-tip mechanism at the back, fighters duck, weave, jab and defend just like their fully-mobile counterparts. Sammarelli said the biggest adjustment was learning to generate power entirely from his upper body rather than using the rotation of his hips to transfer energy from his legs. “It totally transformed my perception of boxing,” he said. “You have to develop the chair skills because, without them, you’re a sitting duck. You have to keep your head moving.” Last year, Sammarelli

launched the non-profit West Coast Wheelchair Adaptive Boxing Society to promote the sport and provide opportunities to adaptive athletes, some of whom will be at the Hard Rock event to showcase their skills and raise awareness. Partial proceeds will go towards attaining proper equipment and coaching. Sammarelli said while the gunman may have cut down his aspirations to become a professional boxer, his journey back to the sport he loves is helping him deal with that loss while providing him a new path forward. “When I leave the gym, I leave refreshed,” he said. “The boxing community is what helped me get to where I am, and this is the way I can help them. We don’t want to turn anyone away who wants to box.” • Hard Knocks at the Hard Rock will feature several local boxers, including Canadian amateur light heavyweight champion Sabri Faruk of Maple Ridge making his pro debut. Tickets are available via ticketmaster.ca.

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Coquitlam Centaurs forward David Charney knocks Royal Bay goalie Noah Beckett to the ground in the first half of their senior Tier 1 seminfinal game at the BC High School lacrosse provincial championships, Thursday at Coquitlam’s Town Centre park. Centennial went on to win the championship, defeating Dr. Charles Best Blue Devil, 6-5, in overtime in the final. The Terry Fox Ravens finished second in Tier 2, behind Nanaimo District secondary, and Best’s junior team finished third in its division. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS Join the conversation at twitter.com/tricitynews

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