TriCity News March 12 2020

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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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