Tri-City News April 6 2023

Proposedchanges would create new provincial riding

DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Changes could be coming for provincial electoral boundaries in the Tri-Cities.

The BC Electoral Boundaries Commission wants to add six seats to the provincial legislature to balance population growth with representation and one of the new seats would be a riding called New Westminster–Coquitlam.

“Our proposal to increase the number of electoral districts reflects our growing province,” said Justice Nitya Iyer, chair of the commission, in a report submitted on Monday, April 3.

Under the new boundary changes there would be five Tri-City ridings, with one merged with New Westminster, to be called New Westminster–Coquitlam

In addition, there would be a riding called Port Moody–Burquitlam, and, at 84 sq. km, would cover one of the largest swaths of the Tri-Cities, bringing together the villages of Anmore and Belcarra, Port Moody and urban neighbourhood of Burquitlam.

Only Coquitlam–Burke Mountain, at 617 sq km would cover a larger area.

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River’s Inlet poised for redevelopment

Tenants at Coquitlam’s River’s Inlet were told last month that they’ll have to look for new homes to make way for a property redevelopment.

On Monday (April 3), Ledingham McAllister revealed its plans to turn the eight-acre site located at 1145 Inlet St. from 113 townhouses and duplexes to 1,113 units in a 25-storey tower plus eight midrise buildings nearby

The sneak peek of its master development plan came before the city’s council-in-committee meeting; councillors Steve Kim and Dennis Marsden did not attend the presentation by LedMac official Dan Giordano

According to a city report, the company wants to change the zoning and Official Community Plan to build nine buildings over eight phases:

• Phase 1: One 25-storey strata tower with 325 units, one six-storey market rental building with 135 units, a childcare centre with 57 spaces and common amenity areas

• Phases 2–8: Seven six- and seven-storey strata buildings with 653 units and a 79,000-sq. ft. clubhouse

The property is owned by Rivers Inlet Enterprises Inc., which has rented its 113 townhouses and duplexes since

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they were built in 1982.

Giordano said Stratford Wynd will be the company’s 12th active development project in the city because “we believe in Coquitlam,” and it will be constructed to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) “silverequivalent” Giordano said the current River’s Inlet tenants will receive financial aid, be accommodated during the construction and will have firstright-of-refusal for rental market suites at Stratford Wynd or in LedMac’s buildings nearby.

Currently, the tenants pay between $1,400 and $1,900 a month, said Coun Matt Djonlic

“This is some of Coquitlam’s desperately needed affordable housing stock and, right now in the proposal, there’s nothing in terms of below-market housing,” he said. “That is a net loss of 133 units this community desperately needs We know that these [Stratford Wynd units] are going to be renting at, frankly, an astronomically higher price than what is currently there.”

Coun. Robert Mazzarolo also pointed out that, under the proposed configuration for Stratford Wynd units, the city will lose many three-bedroom homes for families Like Djonlic, as well as councillors

Teri Towner and Craig Hodge, he pressed LedMac to work with city staff and government agencies to add non- and below-market housing.

Still, Mayor Richard Stewart and Coun. Brent Asmundson said the site is privately owned and the company could have sold the property at any time over the past 40 years rather than provide affordable housing.

If approved, LedMac will also build a childcare centre for 57 kids and extend Kensal Place to Inlet Street. Stratford Wynd will bring in about $25 million to the city in development cost charges and amenity contributions

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A Google view from the northeast, with the proposed building heights, for the Stratford Wynd master development plan. LedMac is planning to redevelop River’s Inlet, which currently has 113 rental homes.

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Coq. adds parts of New West

Still, an earlier proposal by the boundary commission discussed last fall would have seen many more changes, which the commission ended up rejecting after public consultation

“We considered putting Westwood Plateau into a Port Moody electoral district and combining Burquitlam with Coquitlam,” the commision said in its final report

“However, we heard that Port Moody is closely tied to Burquitlam and therefore propose including Burquitlam in a riding to be called Port Moody–Burquitlam,” the report said.

“We recognize that Westwood Plateau fits well

in the Coquitlam–Burke Mountain riding and have left it this way”

BIG CHANGE

The biggest change would be the new riding of New Westminster–Coquitlam, combining parts of New Westminster, including the city’s downtown, south and east of Sixth and Tenth Avenues, Queen’s Park, Sapperton and Brunette Creek, as well as the southwestern part of the Coquitlam neighbourhood of Cariboo

Its boundaries run along Austin Avenue and Blue Mountain Street in the north and east, and they follow the Fraser River to the south and west.

The new riding of Port Moody–Burquitlam, meanwhile, would include the City of Port Moody, the villages of Belcarra and Anmore, and the Coquitlam neighbourhood of Burquitlam.

EAGLE RIDGE

It includes part of Eagle Ridge between Guildford Way and David Avenue. Its southern boundary runs along Austin Avenue, and its northwestern and eastern boundaries follow the municipal borders of Coquitlam, Port Moody, Belcarra and Anmore

But the population of the five ridings would be roughly similar, ranging from 57,000 to 61,000.

It will be up to the B.C. legislature to approve the boundary changes.

CompostGiveawayonEarthDay Coquitlamresidentsareinvitedtoourannual CompostGiveawayeventonEarthDay, Saturday,April22atTownCentrePark(Parking LotC)from11a.m.to3p.m.Thisyearwehave addedfunactivities:

• CompostworkshopsattheInspirationGarden (11:30am and1:30pm)

• EarthDay-themedchildren’sactivities

• Informationboothsonenvironmentaltopics suchasco-existingwithwildlife,water conservation,andtheCity’sTreeSpreeandBad Seedinvasiveplantprograms

• Representativesfromstewardshipgroups: BurkeMountainNaturalists,Hoy-Scott WatershedSociety,MapleCreekStream KeepersandRiverviewHorticulturalCentre Society

EachCoquitlamhouseholdiseligibleforonebag ofcompost(IDisrequired)

• PickupaCompostStampCardattheevent InfoBooth.

• GetyourCompostStampCardvalidatedat oneoftheCityenvironmentalbooths(ID required)

• Bringthestampedcardtothedrivethrough compostpick-uplocationonyourwayout Thegiveawaycompostwasmadepossibleby Coquitlamresidents’GreenCartcollectionsand isagreatexampleofwastediversion–keeping organicmaterialoutofthelandfillby transformingitintoausableproduct

What’sNew?

CoquitlamReceivesFundingforGuildford GreenwayMicromobilityProject

Coquitlamisdeliveringonitscommitmentto improvethesafetyandcomfortformicromobility usersalongGuildfordWay,thanksinparttofunding fromTransLinkandtheBC government

Whencomplete,theGuildfordGreenwayProtected MicromobilityLaneProjectwillprovideabout21new kilometresofprotectedmicromobility(ie cyclingand scooter)lanesalongakeyarterialroute Witha $500,000grantfromtheBC ActiveTransportation InfrastructureGrantsProgram,and$25millionfrom TransLink’sMunicipalCostSharePrograms, approximately60percentoftheprojectwillbe fundedbypartners Learnmoreat coquitlam.ca/GuildfordGreenway

HaveYourSay MasterPlanAdvancingforBlue MountainPark

Followingextensivepublicengagementandtechnical work,theMasterPlanthatwillguidethefutureof BlueMountainParkisstartingtotakeshape Inlate2021,avarietyofaudiencesandkeyparkuser groupsparticipatedinpublicengagement.Feedback highlightedthatBlueMountainParkisanimportant socialspacethatfacilitatesstrongconnectionsinthe communityAdetailedpublicengagement breakdownandinfographicisavailableat letstalkcoquitlam.ca/BlueMountainPark

Publicinputhasbeenusedtocreateadraftvision andguidingprinciplesfortheMasterPlan Nextsteps fortheprojectteaminsummerandfall2023will includecreatingaparkconceptandimplementation plan Therewillbemoreopportunitiesforpublic engagementthatwillbeadvertisedhereaswellason theprojectpage

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LookingOutforOurEnvironment TimetoSetOutExtraYardTrimmings

Coquitlamresidentscleaninguptheiryardsand gardensthisspringmayonceagainsetoutadditional yardwasteforfreecurbsidepickupontheirregular collectiondaybetweenApril3toMay11.

TheCityoffersunlimitedextrayardtrimmingspickup inthespringandfalltohouseholdsthatpaythe GarbageFeeontheirannualutilitybill Collectingan averageof415tonneseachyear,theSeasonal UnlimitedYardTrimmingsprogramhelpsresidents managetheextrayardwastegeneratedseasonally fromspringyardcleanups Moreinformationcanbe foundatcoquitlamca/yardtrimmings

BrushUponYourBearSmartSkillsto StaySafe

Withspringapproachingandbearswakingupand gettingactive,it’sagreattimetomakesureeveryone inyourhouseholdknowshowtoavoidunwelcome attentionfromwildlife

Coquitlamishometoavarietyofurbanwildlife,and theCityencouragesresidentstolearnthesimplebut effectiveBearSmartguidelinesthathelpkeepbears, coyotesandotheranimalsaway–includinglocking upallpotentialfoodsourcesandonlysettingout wastecartsafter5:30am oncollectiondayToreport wildlifeattractants,includingimproperwaste storage,calltheCityat604-927-3660oremail urbanwildlife@coquitlamca

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Burquitlam police station opens

Natalie Thomas remembers the day the Burquitlam Community Police Station opened. A quarter-century later, the longtime Coquitlam resident is still volunteering to help with crime-related issues in the area but from a different office.

On Monday, Thomas was at the new station with coordinator Julie Lanyon for its soft opening

Located half a block away, in the new Bettie Allard YMCA building at 555 Emerson St., the 3,925-sq. ft. space “is just phenomenal,” Thomas said. “It’s so bright and new. It is very exciting to be a part of it.”

Temporarily open on Mondays from 9 a m to 4 p m and Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p m , the street-level community station has a front counter to support Mounties, as well as to liaise with the public on things like paperwork for criminal record checks, safety and crimeprevention programs such as Citizens Crime Watch and Speed Watch and lost and found items The station is part of the City of Coquitlam’s Heart of Burquitlam project with Concert Properties, which is constructing high-rise towers east of the aging strip mall on

Clarke Road, and the Greater Vancouver YMCA. Morguard Investments also has plans to add more towers on its land, to

Online auction goes live

A Coquitlam charity that helps B C children cope with the loss of a parent or sibling is back with its signature fundraiser.

The Charlene Reaveley Children’s Charity Society (CRCCS) named in memory of a Pinetree Secondary graduate and mother of four who was killed by a drunk driver in 2011 is hosting its online auction until April 16.

Among the prizes are:

• a seven-night stay at a waterfront condo in Kihei, Maui

• a four-night getaway in Parksville

• an overnight stay at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort

Jennifer Reaveley, Charlene’s former sister-inlaw, told the Tri-City News that the last in-person gala was in 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

library for families in grief, bursaries for graduating students who have lost a parent/ guardian and plan to enrol in post-secondary education, camps and toys.

But, for 2023, it’s is boosting its goal to $40,000 to meet demand as it receives no corporate or government support.

the south of Safeway.

“With so much foot traffic, we’d like to see more volunteers at our station,” Thomas said.

Since then, the society has stayed with the online auction: Last year’s fundraiser brought in $30,000 for counselling services, a lending

“We have seen an increase in the number of clients,” said Jennifer Reaveley, a CRCCS director. “There are a lot of families around the province that only have one parent now”

To place a bid, visit 32auctions com/crccs2023

ManyofCoquitlam’sfacilitieshavespecialoperatinghoursormaybeclosedovertheEaster longweekend.Visitcoquitlam.ca/holidayhoursformoreinformation.

Ifyourequireimmediateassistanceregardingwater,sewerorroads,pleasecall604-927-3500.

FacilitiesClosedFriday,April7andMonday,April10

• CentennialActivityCentre

• CoquitlamCityHall

• DogwoodPavilion

• GlenPinePavilion

• RobinsonMemorialCemetery

• SummitCommunityCentre

• SmilingCreekActivityCentre

• TheGetawayYouthCentre

• TheLandingYouthCentre

• TheLoungeatMCC

• TownCentreRecyclingDepot

FacilitiesOpenwithAdjustedHoursonEasterWeekend

• CityCentreAquaticComplex

• CoquitlamAnimalShelter

• MaillardvilleCommunityCentre

• PinetreeCommunityCentre

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• PoirierSport&LeisureComplex

• PoirierCommunityCentre

• PoirierForum

• VictoriaCommunityHall

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Julie Lanyon, left, the Coquitlam RCMP’s community police co-ordinator, and volunteer Natalie Thomas, at the new office Monday

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City Update

SPRING

CALENDAR

Sun, Apr. 9

Garage Sale Registration Deadline

Tue, Apr. 11

Council Meeting

Tue, Apr. 11 - Sat, Apr. 22

Port Coquitlam Community Centre

Annual Maintenance Pool Closure

Sat, Apr. 22

City-Wide Garage Sale

Tue, Apr. 25

Council Meeting

Mon, May 1

Regional Water Restrictions Begin

Centennial Pool and Spray Park Open for the Season

Tue, May 2

Summer Program Registration Opens for PoCo Residents

Fri, May 5 - Sat, May 13

100th May Days Festivities

Fri, May 5

Summer Program

Registration Opens for All May Days Opening Ceremonies

Art Focus Spring Show Opens

Sat, May 6

May Days Writers Festival & Literary Workshops

FREE Emergency Preparedness Training Repair Cafe

Tue, May 9 Council Meeting

Wed, May 10

May Days Film Festival

Tue, May 23

Council Meeting

Sat, May 27

Public Works Open House

For more info about activities & events visit: portcoquitlam.ca/cityevents

Celebrate the 100th May Days from May 5 - 13

The countdown is on - the 100th May Days is under a month away!

May Days officially kicks off with the May Day Opening Ceremony on May 5 at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre, featuring maypole dancing by local children and seniors, dance performances and the presentation of the 2023 May Day Royal Party

Join us for the 100th Rotary May Day Parade on Sat, May 13 in downtown PoCo one of the longest-running, most iconic community parades in the Lower Mainland! Enjoy marching bands, floats, and more

It's going to be a fun Party in the Square at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre - Terry Fox Hometown Square with headliner JoJo Mason. Enjoy live entertainment, food trucks and a beverage garden, carnival games and rides, free family activities, our May Days Market, and more. portcoquitlam.ca/maydays

Join

us for the City-Wide Garage Sale

Our City-Wide Garage is on Apr 22! Find hidden treasures at all of the garage sales that will be happening throughout Port Coquitlam.

To participate, residents can plan a garage sale at their home on Apr 22 from at least 9 am to 1 pm.

Register online by Apr 9 at portcoquitlam.ca/garagesale to get free advertising for your sale in Tri-City News , as well as on the City website

Stay Up to Date with City News & Events

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Public Works Open House on May 27

Join us for an interactive outdoor open house at the Public Works Yard on May 27 to get an insider’s look at Port Coquitlam’s Public Works services – from water to waste, roads to parks – to see how the City is maintained, and serviced

The open house is being held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 27 at the Public Works Yard at 1737 Broadway St More information is available at portcoquitlam.ca/pwweek.

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Regulations in effect from May 1 to October 15

M t O t b

It is time to water it right! Regulations come into effect May 1. New time and days for water restrictions went into effect for Metro Vancouver last year Double-check your watering routine and automatic sprinklers!

In Stage 1, lawn watering is only permitted once per week:

• Even addresses water Saturdays

• Odd addresses water Sundays

• Automatic watering from 5-7 am

• Manual watering from 6-9 am

In Stage 1, other areas of your home can be watered accordingly:

• Trees, shrubs, and flowers can be watered by hand or drip irrigation anytime, and watered by sprinkler any day from 5-9 am.

• Vegetable gardens can be watered any day, any time.

Learn more at portcoquitlam.ca/wateritright.

City plots growth plan for its only cemetery

DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Port Coquitlam will be adding 500 cremation plots in various locations throughout its peaceful cemetery for residents to honour their loved ones.

The cemetery located at 4150 Oxford St where hometown hero Terry Fox is buried has been providing memorial options for residents since the 1960s.

But a 25 per cent increase in internments over the last few years particularly cremations has resulted in a shortage of spots for people to bury or memorialize their loved one’s remains

Because of its popularity, the Port Coquitlam cemetery has run out of niches in its columbarium and has no more boulder memorial plots or pedestal niches for cremations. It also needs to increase the number of in-ground burial plots for cremated remains

To meet the demand, the city is adding two 80-niche columbaria to store urns containing cremated remains.

As well, it will be adding 300 in-ground cremation plots as well as 40 boulder monument

plots and landscaping in a forested area dotted with flowers and ferns.

Costing $185,000, the expansion will be paid out out of cemetery revenues, Frederick said

The project will expand the life of the cemetery for 10 years

Port Coquitlam is also conducting a review of its space and future needs, with the possibility of adding green burial plots in an undeveloped portion of the cemetery.

Green burials mean the deceased can’t be embalmed nor placed in a traditional

wooden or plastic casket. Rather, the loved one goes into a bio-degradable box and the body naturally decomposes.

The city is eager to stay up to date with the needs of families and green burials are becoming more popular, said Mike Por, the city’s public works

superintendent responsible for the cemetery

Supporting families of loved ones interned in the Port Coquitlam cemetery is important to Por, who has been in the role for just two years.

He said the changing demographic of Port Coquitlam means that the cemetery has to adjust to new customs and the review will be looking into how cultural burial needs can be accommodated.

For example, some cultures require internments to be close to soil, without a concrete lining or resin box, said Por, who has been studying cultural preferences, while some Asian cultures seek to burn paper to send the deceased off into the next world

“You feel you are providing a service for people when they are at their lowest. We’ve grown to love providing this,” said Por, who added the review will be complete in three to six months then presented to council Expanding the cemetery is part of a growing trend in the Lower Mainland where scarcity of land is creating challenges for some Metro Vancouver cemeteries.

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Port Coquitlam’s Joshua Frederick and Mike Por are planning for the expansion of the Port Coquitlam cemetery to meet growing demand, especially for niches in its columbarium.

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Port Moody is going to the bats.

Orrather,thebatsarecoming to Port Moody

In a brief ceremony at the beginning of the March 28 council meeting, the city received its official designation as the fifth bat-friendly community in British Columbia.

Port Moody achieved its certification from the CommunityBatsProgramofBC

last December

Danielle Dagenais, the program’s regional coordinator, said the certification helps “ensure our local bat populations are loved for their importance.”

She added bats are one of the most common wildlife inhabiting urban areas, but they’re often overlooked because of their nocturnal lifestyle

Bats perform a valuable service pollinating plants that contribute to the food cycle said Coun. Kyla Knowles, who evensportsabattattoobecause she’s such a fan of the winged mammals

They’realsoavoraciouspestcontroller, according to local

naturalists

John Saremba, the bat team coordinator for Burke Mountain Naturalists,saidasinglebatcan eat600to1,000flyinginsectsin an hour.

But, he added, their benefits are often overshadowed by superstition and poor public

relations based upon years of lore and misunderstanding

“There’s not much known about bats ”

Sarembasaidasmorepeople become aware and educated about bats, their thirst for knowledgeaboutthefascinating creatures only snowballs

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For instance, bats don’t stop to drink, they quench their thirst on the fly; some dip long tongues into the water as they skimlowoverlakesandlagoons, while others have the ability to gather refreshment by dipping their chests in a body of water and scooping it up, much like

a waterbomber aircraft gathers water for fighting forest fires

OnApril 28, Saremba will be conducting a special bat walk and talk at the Rotary loop trail in Westhill Park

Port Moody will also be holding other outreach events and bat habitat enhancement projects, like the installation of bat-friendly gardens, are planned

Aswell,there’saplantomake special bat kits with acoustic detectorsandresourcematerials available at the library by the end of summer

As well, Port Moody is incorporating bat habitat features in a number of its ecological restoration projects along ShorelineTrail and Inlet Park to further build upon bylaw protectionsfortressandstreams that are already in place

To help inform the city’s efforts,ateamofundergraduate students from BCIThas been working for the past eight months on an ecological assessment of bat habitat around the northern section of ShorelineTrail.

Up to 10 species of bats live in the South Coast region, including the endangered Little Brown Myotis species

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BCConservativescastshadowoverBCLiberalhopes

Newly acclaimed BC Conservative party leader and veteran MLA John Rustad is trying to do something that a long line of predecessors have failed to do for decades: breath some life into that moribund organization and make it relevant in this province’s political arena.

Based on a number of factors, it would be appear he may stand a better chance than previous party leaders when it comes to achieving those goals.

And if he does bring the party even a modicum of respect and support, that could be very bad news for the BC Liberal party (even as it is in the process of changing its party name to BC United).

Rustad has some advantages previous party leaders lacked.

First of all, he’s been elected five times and has been a cabinet minister, so his public profile is considerably higher than the previous leader, Travis Bolin.

Also, the fact he is physically present in the legislature chamber and the legislature corridors means he has immediate access to the news media, something no leader has had in years As a result, his profile and his party’s profile will likely continue to build.

Rustad knows he doesn’t have to aim too high to take his party to the next level.

The fact he has won his riding of Nechako Lakes five consecutive elec-

tions suggests he would be favoured to win it again come the next campaign.

If just one other Conservative candidate were to win a seat, the party would have official status in the B.C legislature for the first time in decades

The party’s best chance of adding seats would likely come in either of the two Peace River ridings, especially if either of the incumbent BC Liberal MLAs opt not to run.

But even if they do run, the Conservatives will likely be competitive in the most conservative region of the province

There are at least a half dozen other ridings where the Conservatives could play a decisive role in determining the next election outcome, should they run

candidates in them.

Under Rustad’s leadership, they likely will.

Rustad will spend the next 18 months boosting his party’s profile and organization.

Of course, the Conservatives have tripped up before notably Cummins in the 2013 election, when his party was not a factor in the outcome so Rustad’s task is a big one.

But if he achieves even a little bit of success it could split the vote once again on the centre–right side of the electorate, which would be music to the NDP’s ears, and a potential disaster for the BC Liberals.

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How living in a neighbourhood you love improves your wellbeing

Studies have shown that the neighbourhood in which you live affects both your mental and physical health in many ways. People living in an area with access to the natural environment have higher levels of life satisfaction than individuals in locations with less access.

Just think back to when you chose your current home – whether it was the home in which you raised your family or the sanctuary you enjoyed in your later years – you probably considered the neighbourhood as a key factor in your decision.

For young families, proximity to schools, parks, recreational facilities and grocery stores is evidently important. For older adults, many of the same considerations apply, along with other important features such as easy accessibility to medical services, proximity to walking paths, shopping and restaurants.

Many reasons to live in a ‘Hood’ you love

Living in a community you love as you age is important for many reasons. It could be that you have friends and family close by – or neighbours you’ve literally grown older with. Your relationships with doctors, pharmacists and even your favourite local haunts are important factors in establishing a healthy lifestyle that includes social activity and wellness.

If you’ve decided to move to an invigorating new location perhaps closer to your adult children ensure your new location enhances

your lifestyle. Your neighbourhood and its proximity to all the things that make your life better should be a front-running factor in your decision. And, if you’re exploring a move to a senior-oriented residence, your choices today couldn’t be better

The good news is you shouldn’t have to sacrifice your ideal location, whether it’s in your current area or close to your heart’s desires, Including things like nature trails, ocean seawall walks, urban shopping or simply a calm neighbourhood setting

Your local independent living residences

If you love your neighbourhood, consider the opportunity to live somewhere you’d love just as much, close to all that you hold dear.

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PARC’s plentiful active living program also makes it easy to socialize and create friendships, and its many driving services get you around if you need to go further. If you prefer quiet time in nature, all the communities have that covered too, with natural gardens and roof decks, and walking paths always close at hand.

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Unexpected compliment brightens day

The Editor:

One early March morning, as I began my walk around Lafarge Lake, I noticed a small group of preschool or daycare children lined up in their snowsuits

As I approached them, I noticed each one was holding up a placard with words on it.

The words read, “Would you like a compliment today?”

One of the more bolder children asked me the same question in an expressive and excited voice, to which I answered, “Yes, please.”

One of the staff members chose a child to pick out a card to give me

On one side was a simple watercolour painting and, on the other

side, were the words, “Thank you for all that you do!”

I thanked them for lifting my spirits that day and gave them a compliment.

As a person who is trying to juggle caring for an elderly parent, work responsibilities and a busy home life, those words were exactly what I needed to hear that day.

Thank you to the staff who are modelling for these children how important it is to lift up others around them and that one is never too small to make a difference in the world

Lina Lezama Coquitlam

The Editor:

To the lady who found and turned in my lost wallet to Medray Imaging on Wednesday, March 22, thank you so, so much I was so worried about what would happen if the wallet got into the wrong hands.

It’s people like you that make the world a better place

Joanne Kostyra Port Moody

PoMo to look at raising its boat launch fees

MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Boaters who use the launch at Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park could be paying significantly higher fees.

But it won’t happen until at least next year.

Council’s finance committee recently passed a resolution directing staff to look into a payment model that would have users cover

100 per cent of the costs to maintain and operate the launch.

Currently, boaters can purchase a day pass for $25 to launch their boat from the ramp at Rocky Point and park their vehicle and trailer

An annual pass costs $177 75 plus tax for residents of Port Moody and Burnaby, while non-residents must pay $311 80

According to Julie

Pavey-Tomlinson, Port Moody’s director of environment and parks, those fees brought the city about $109,000 in 2021 But dredging of the channel in February to ensure boats can navigate their way into Burrard Inlet and to prevent damage to the adjacent dock and pier cost the city $750,000 triple the amount originally budgeted for the project that must be done every

five or six years That’s because testing of the sediment to be removed discovered pollutants like dioxin and furan that need to be transported to a regulated disposal site rather than just dumped into deeper ocean waters

Coun Callan Morrison, who proposed the resolution, said current fees aren’t enough to cover the cost of the launch’s maintenance,

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especially if the polluted sediment persists, which is likely given the proximity of nearby industry like the Pacific Coast Terminals.

Morrison said Port Moody residents shouldn’t be subsidizing with their tax money the recreation activities of out-of-town boaters who use the only public launch on the southern shore of Burrard inlet.

Coun. Kyla Knowles said, “It’s time we look more closely at what we’re subsidizing.”

But a staff report cautioned Port Moody

may have to run any proposed fee increases past Burnaby as well because of a 1984 agreement with that city to continue the provision of a boat launch service However, the report added, it’s unclear how long that agreement was to remain in effect Paul Rockwood, the city’s general manager of finance and technology, said any review of the boat launch fees would take staff until at least the summer, so any changes wouldn’t be able to be implemented until the 2024 budget.

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When: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Where: This meeting will be held electronically and live streamed at portmoody.ca/watchlive, with in-person attendance available in Council Chambers at City Hall (100 Newport Drive).

Time: Regular Council Meeting 7pm

Find an agenda package at portmoody.ca/councilcalendar.

View a video recording (available by 3pm on April 12, 2023) at portmoody.ca/councilcalendar.

Learn how you can provide input during an electronic meeting at portmoody.ca/councilmeetings.

Council procedures are subject to change due to COVID-19. For the latest information, please check portmoody.ca/COVID19.

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EVENTS

CALENDAR

Thursday, April 6

NEW ART

Tour the galleries at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) to see the three exhibits that opened last month: Corner Stores(various media curated by the Coquitlam Heritage Society); Iwanttothink aboutfeminism,butIhavetothinkabout climatechange(oil paintings by Alex Sandvoss); Trash(oil paintings by Jeongmin Ahn) and Meltdown:TheSecondWave(ceramics by Vin Arora). There is no cost for admission. The displays can also be viewed online.

MORE: placedesarts.ca

DJ AYEDA

Dance the night away with DJ Ayeda, who will be at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover charge The show is for 19+ only

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

FRIDAY, APRIL 7

LEGION TUNES

Enjoy the songs from Flash Back and hit the dance floor at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263 (1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam) from 7 to 11 p.m. The band also plays April 8. No legion membership is required for the Saturday night performance.

MORE: rclegion263.ca

PLAYLIST

Enjoy the hits from the 60s to today with the band Playlist and DJ Fady Main, who will be at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover charge. The show is for 19+ only.

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 8

DIEZ VISTA 50

Test your endurance in the 2023 Diez Vista 50 km, the ultimate race for runners. This year ’ s event marks 25 years and, over the years, it has drawn top names in the ultra-running world to compete for the title. The event starts at 8 a.m. with a mandatory briefing at 7:45 a.m. The start and finish line are at the White Pine Beach in Belcarra Regional Park; park at Sasamat Lake at White Pine Beach. Meanwhile, the kids’ race at 11:30 a.m. is about one kilometre long and is suitable for ages three to 10.

MORE: diezvista.com

SALSA NIGHT

Get your dance shoes on for the Hot Salsa Dance Zone party at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133 (2675 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam). The beginner’s dance class starts at 8 p.m. with the dance floor open until midnight. Admission is $15; the event hosted by Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler is suitable for 19+.

MORE: hotsalsadancezone.com

WHAT’S NEXT

Cut the rug with the six-piece band What’s Next and DJ Euno, who will be at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover charge The show is for 19+ only.

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 9

FARMERS MARKET

It’s the last month for the Port Moody Winter Farmers Market, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot next to the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Rd., Port Moody). Bring your grocery bags and fill up on fresh fare from Metro Vancouver farmers and vendors.

MORE: makebakegrow.com

STEM PUZZLES

Use your creative, lateral and analytical thinking to solve puzzles with Blair Yochim, a retired engineer and math/physics high school teacher The event for kids and adults takes place in Room 127 at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (1169 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) from 10:30 a.m. to noon. There is no charge to attend; it is open on a first-come first-served basis; however; students in Grade 4 and below must be accompanied by a caregiver. EverySundayinApril.

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A painting from Alex Sandvoss’ new collection that can be seen at Place des Arts in Coquiltam.

PHOTO BY ALEX SANDVOSS.

TUESDAY, APRIL 11

PLAY AT EVERGREEN

Bronwen Smith and Annie Arbuckle star in TheHow&TheWhy, a play about evolution, feminism and destiny, penned by Sarah Treem. The Jessie-nominated production is directed and produced by Tanya Mathivanan and runs April 11 to 15 at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam).

MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12

NEW TO CANADA?

Join Winnie Hsu, president and founder of Vision2Reality Foundation, as she talks about how newcomers can adapt to Canadian ways The online event is from 7 to 8 p.m. Registration is required

MORE: coqlibrary.ca

GIVE HER WINGS

Honour women who have changed their lives and achieved their dreams at the Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities’ annual Give Her Wings gala. The event at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave., Port Coquitlam) starts at 6:30 p.m. There is an online 50–50 draw, as well as a silent auction for the fundraiser

MORE: trellis.org/give-her-wings-awardsevening2023

BEST PICTURES

Meet amateur and professional photographers with the Pacific Digital Photography Club for its bimonthly meeting, which takes place from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Port Moody Secondary (300 Albert St., Port Moody). Presentations are made by club members and guest artists. The bimonthly club meetings are in person and virtual.

MORE: pdpc.ca

THURSDAY, APRIL 13

POMOARTS

Three new shows open tonight at PoMoArts (formerly the Port Moody Arts Centre, 2425 St. Johns St.): CommonThreads(Terminal City Glass Co-op Artists); LifeInLegends (James Groening); and ShadesofSelf(Crystal Noir). There is no cost for admission. The reception with the artists is from 6 to 8 p.m.

MORE: pomoarts.ca

FIRST NATIONS FARE

Kwikwetlem First Nation chef Kristina Joe will lead the Feasts of Coquitlam: First Nation Cuisine session at Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m The Coquitlam Heritage Society presentation includes a lesson on how to make bison meatballs, smoked salmon and fried bannock. Registration is required The cost is $35 per person.

MORE: coquitlamheritage.ca

FRIDAY, APRIL 14

BREWY DECIMALS

The Coquitlam Public Library and Coquitlam’s only microbrewery, Mariner, are teaming up for a tasty collaboration. Pick up a tasting passport at the Coquitlam library branches (City Centre and Poirier) and get a stamp for every library book you borrow; each stamp earns you 50 per cent for a paired beer in the Mariner tap room. The final two book–beer pairs will be revealed at Mariner (1100 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam) tonight from 5 to 8 p.m.

MORE: coqlibrary.ca

LEGION TUNES

Enjoy the songs from Replay and hit the dance floor at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263 (1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam) from 7 to 11 p.m The band also plays April 15. No legion membership is required for the Saturday night performance

MORE: rclegion263.ca

OPENING RECEPTION

Coquitlam Heritage Society officially opens the exhibit TheShapeofOurMemorieswith a reception from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Join artists Carl Baird, Faria Firoz, James Groening and Karl Hipol as well as musician Kelsi James for the special event at Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Refreshments and a cash bar will be provided. No registration is required; however, attendees must by 19+. Registration is encouraged.

EMAIL: events@coquitlamheritage.ca

FILM NIGHT

The Port Moody Film Society screens Lunana:AYakintheClassroom, a 2019 movie from Bhutan, in the Inlet Theatre (inside Port Moody City Hall, 100 Newport Dr.) at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $5 plus a $5 society membership for the year. Cash or cheque only. Ticket sales begin at 6:45 p.m.

MORE: pmfilm.ca

CROSSROADS COFFEE

Support the Crossroads Hospice Society by taking part in the coffeehouse concerts, opening tonight at 7:30 p.m., with John Bowman headlining at 8:40 p.m. in the Mabbett Hall North room of the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave., Port Coquitlam).

MORE: facebook.com/CrossroadsHospiceCoffeehouse

CRUSH IT

Enjoy the hits from the dance rock band Crush and DJ Fady Main, who will be at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m There is no cover charge. The show is for 19+ only.

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 15

CANOE SAFETY

Sign up for a free one-hour padding session and learn about canoe safety at a clinic organized by the Recreational Canoeing Association of BC. The clinic takes place at the South Beach at Buntzen Lake in Anmore from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Equipment is available; however, you can bring your own canoe

REGISTER: https://forms.gle/NTtBSbeZ7xJxUtUh6

SHRED-A-THON

Take your unwanted confidential documents in for shredding at the Community Shred Day from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. at the Canadian Tire in Fremont Village (2125 Hawkins St., Port Coquitlam). Proceeds benefit the Port Coquitlam Community Foundation. Donations of $20 or more are eligible for a tax receipt.

EMAIL: pocofoundation.com

FOR THE MOON

Oasis Wellness Centre (1111 Austin Ave., Coquitlam) hosts its third Witch’s Flea Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Find deals on second-hand metaphysical goods and some new witchy artisan items.

MORE: facebook.com/events

MUSIC TRIVIA NIGHT

Help the parents of Terry Fox Secondary raise money for the school’s dry graduation by taking part in the music trivia fundraiser. The event at the Riverside Community Church (2923 Fremont St., Port Coquitlam) is from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $25 each or $200 for a table of eight. There will be a cash bar, food and snacks available, as well as a 50–50 draw.

MORE: eventbrite.ca

SALSA NIGHT

Get your dance shoes on for the Hot Salsa Dance Zone party at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133 (2675 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam). The beginner’s dance class starts at 8 p.m. with the dance floor open until midnight. Admission is $15; the event hosted by Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler is suitable for 19+.

MORE: hotsalsadancezone.com

RAIN CITY 6

Party with the band Rain City 6 and DJ Fady Main, who will be at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover charge The show is for 19+ only

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouvercom

SUNDAY, APRIL 16

FARMERS MARKET

It’s the last month for the Port Moody Winter Farmers Market, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot next to the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Rd., Port Moody). Bring your grocery bags and fill up on fresh fare from Metro Vancouver farmers and vendors.

MORE: makebakegrowcom

ZODIAC TRIO

The Vancouver Chamber Music Society presents The Zodiac Trio, a group of musicians who met at the Manhattan School of Music and launched their clarinet–violin–piano ensemble with a show at Merkin Concert Hall Today, the trio performs classical music around the world. The recital at 3 p.m. is part of the Evergreen Cultural Centre’s Power Classic Sundays series. Tickets are $35/$32/$16.

MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca

MONDAY, APRIL 17

POCO ART WORK

There ’ s only a week left to see the art shows organized by the City of Port Coquitlam: Dreamland:TheInfiniteSpaceby Vladimir Kolosov in the Michael Wright Art Gallery in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square (200-2253 Leigh Sq.); TheBeautyofBeing by Mikaela Kane at city hall (2580 Shaughnessy St.); and UpontheLand:AReflection ThroughTheirEyesby Charlotte Schneider at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave.).

MORE: portcoquitlam.ca/leighsquare

WEDNESDAY,

SPRING WALK

APRIL 19

Join Gay Mitchell, Mark Johnston and Jeff Rudd of the Burke Mountain Naturalists for a spring nature walk along the southern path of Deboville Slough in Port Coquitlam. Park at the end of Prairie The walk starts at 10 a.m. Dress for the weather and bring binoculars, water and snacks.

MORE: burkemountainnaturalists.ca/236996-0727

JOB INTERVIEW

Take an online class with WorkBC Centre to prepare for a job interview. Get strategies on how to answer interview questions with the help of a career advisor. Registration is required for the 2 p m session

MORE: coqlibrayca

MUSICAL MORNINGS

Join pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann with with guests James Hill (ukulele) and Anne Janelle (cello) for the Musical Mornings recital titled Bowed, Plucked, Strummed andHammered. The show at 2:30 p.m. is at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Tickets are $30/$26/$16.

MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca

THURSDAY, APRIL 20

POCO ARTS, CULTURE

Have your say about the City of Port Coquitlam’s arts and culture scene at the monthly cultural roundtable meeting, taking place from 5 to 7 p m in the Michael Wright Art Gallery in the Gathering Place (200-2253 Leigh Sq , Port Coquitlam) Registration is required.

EMAIL: arts@portcoquitlam.ca

FRIDAY, APRIL 21

LEGION TUNES

Enjoy the songs from Long Run and hit the dance floor at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263 (1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam) from 7 to 11 p m The band also plays April 22. No legion membership is required for the Saturday night performance

MORE: rclegion263 ca

TRIBUTE BAND

Sing U2 songs with the tribute band U4 made up of singer Scott Jackson of Stone Poets/Abandon Paris; Steve Crane, guitarist and vocalist of Sonic Overdrive; bassist Nick Haggar; and drummer Clayton Hill of Trooper who will be at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd , Coquitlam) at 9:30 p m There is no cover charge. The show is for 19+ only

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouvercom

SATURDAY, APRIL 22

POCO GARAGE SALE

The City of Port Coquitlam hosts its annual city-wide garage sale for residents wanting to spring clean and recycle their unwanted wares. Held on Earth Day and during Earth Week, the 14th annual community garage sale helps the municipality cut what’s dumped at the landfill It takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Participating addresses will be published in the April 20 edition of the Tri-CityNews. And the city will open up the parking lot at Gates Park on Reeve Street for PoCo residents living in multi-family buildings

MORE: portcoquitlam ca/garagesale

POMO GARAGE SALE

You can also hunt for treasures in the City of Port Moody, which is also hosting its citywide garage sale starting at 9 a.m. Participating addresses will be published in the Tri-CityNews.

MORE: portmoody.ca

SKIN CARE WORKSHOP

Learn how to make earth-friendly skin care using natural ingredients on Earth Day The products include a cell renewal serum, orange blossom night cream and a rose water spritz. The workshop runs from 1:30 to 3:30 p m at Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam). Registration is required The cost is $40 per person

MORE: coquitlamheritage ca

YOUR MOVE

Find a new chess partner to play against at the Poirier branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (575 Poirier St., Coquitlam). From 2 to 3:30 p m , in the Nancy Bennett Room, the library will host the club for all ages and skills

MORE: coqlibraryca

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Join Amy Hills (violin) and Meagan Milatz (piano) for a recital at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) at 7:30 p m as they explore Canadian compositions. Tickets are $35/$32/$16.

MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca

SALSA NIGHT

Get your dance shoes on for the Hot Salsa Dance Zone party at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 133 (2675 Shaughnessy St , Port Coquitlam). The beginner’s dance class starts at 8 p m with the dance floor open until midnight. Admission is $15; the event hosted by Alberto Gonzalez and Teresa Szefler is suitable for 19+.

MORE: hotsalsadancezone.com

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

DJ Fady Main and the energetic ensemble Playlist get the dance floor hopping at Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover charge The show is for 19+ only.

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 23

FARMERS MARKET

It’s the last month for the Port Moody Winter Farmers Market, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot next to the Port Moody Recreation Complex (300 Ioco Rd., Port Moody). Bring your grocery bags and fill up on fresh fare from Metro Vancouver farmers and vendors.

MORE: makebakegrow.com

DIA DEL LIBRO

Celebrate the Spanish language and reading during Dia Internacional del Libro, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (1169 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). The party with Michelle Uvence from Creative Cha Cha Cha will include children’s activities plus information about the library’s Spanish-language collection.

MORE: coqlibrary.ca

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26

ART DEMO

Port Coquitlam’s Art Focus Artists Association hosts an art demonstration from 7 to 9 p.m. in The Outlet in Leigh Square (22482250 McAllister Ave., Port Coquitlam). The demo is free and open to the public.

MORE: artfocusartistsassociation.com

BEST PICTURES

Meet amateur and professional photographers with the Pacific Digital Photography Club for its bimonthly meeting, which takes place from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Port Moody Secondary (300 Albert St., Port Moody). Presentations are made by club members and guest artists. The bimonthly club meetings are in person and virtual.

MORE: pdpc.ca

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

ARTIST TALK

Hear from artist James Groening, who creates art from Indigenous legends, at PoMoArts (2425 St. Johns St., Port Moody). His talk and exhibit tour starts in the Appleyard Parlour at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and in person.

MORE: pomoarts.ca

THEATRE NIGHT

The Coquitlam-based theatre troupe Stage 43 opens its run of GodofCarnageat the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) tonight at 7:30 p.m. The play, which runs until May 6, centres on a playground fight between 11-year-old boys in Brooklyn and their parents, who try to resolve the dispute Written by Yasmina Reza, the show is a 2009 Tony winner.

MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca/stage43. org

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

SHORT SHORTS

Support filmmakers at the Close Up International Short Film Festival, starting at 5 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., inside Port Moody City Hall).

MORE: filmfreeway.com/CloseUpFilmFestival

LEGION TUNES

Enjoy the songs from Sweet Max and hit the dance floor at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 263 (1025 Ridgeway Ave., Coquitlam) from 7 to 11 p.m. The band also plays April 29. No legion membership is required for the Saturday night performance

MORE: rclegion263.ca

CROSSROADS COFFEE

Support the Crossroads Hospice Society by taking part in the coffeehouse concerts, opening tonight at 7:30 p.m., with the Cat Murphy Band headlining at 8:40 p.m. in the Mabbett Hall North room of the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (2150 Wilson Ave., Port Coquitlam).

MORE: facebook.com/CrossroadsHospiceCoffeehouse

APRIL

SLAM

POETRY

Hear three of Vancouver’s best young poets as they take the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) for a show at 8:30 p.m. Anjalica Solomon, Francis Arevalo and Laura Fukumoto will perform in the rehearsal hall

MORE: evergreenculturalcentre.ca

SOUND

MACHINE

TRILOJAY

The foursome Trilojay Jay Leonard Juatco, Jay Esplana, Jason Nickel and Jonny Holisko covers modern hits at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m. There is no cover charge The show is for 19+ only

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

SPRING REGATTA

Dragon boat racers will be in the Port Moody Inlet for the annual Inlet Spring Regatta, taking place at Rocky Point Park (2800-block of Murray Street, Port Moody) from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It features 200 m races in BUK boats and attracts teams across B.C. Sponsored in part by the Tri-CityNews, it is the first dragon boat event of the season and includes music, yoga, food trucks, vendors and a beer garden sponsored by Yellow Dog Brewing Proceeds from the 50–50 draw go to SHARE.

MORE: inletspringregatta.com

BOARD GAMES

Bring your friends or make new ones at the Board Game Day at the City Centre branch of the Coquitlam Public Library (1169 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). From 1 to 4 p.m., you can play your own board game or learn to play a new game. The event is open to families with kids ages eight and up No experience or registration are required

MORE: coqlibrary.ca

The B.C.-based dance band Sound Machine plays new waves sounds from the 1980s, alternative rock form the 90s and top tracks from the 90s at the Asylum Sound Stage of the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam) at 9:30 p.m There is no cover charge. The show is for 19+ only.

MORE: hardrockcasinovancouver.com

Stirring, Soulful, Inspiring

Festival season is here! Check out all the great events we have coming up in the city at visitcoquitlam.ca

See the dragon boat races from Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park on April 29. The event is sponsored in part by the Tri-City News

PHOTO BY JEOP OLTHIUS.

How bread helped feed Coquitlam’s growth

MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

When James Russell opened the first bakery in Coquitlam’s Maillardville neighbourhood in the early 1920s, it was a bit of a coming-of-age milestone for the city

Traditionally a solo endeavour done in the home kitchen, being able to walk down the street to purchase a ready-baked loaf or even have it delivered to your doorstep was a sign life in the eastern reaches of the Vancouver area that was becoming busier, more urban Coquitlam’s relationship with bread is the focus of an exhibit at Mackin House Museum that runs until June 30.

Exhibit manager Markus Fahrner said bread is often the dough that binds.

“So many cultures have bread,” he said “It brings all of us together”

Conversely, a lack of bread can be a harbinger of bad times.

“If you don’t have bread anymore, you are down in the dumps,” Fahrner said.

Through information panels,

interactive displays, recipes and even a chance to knead dough, Breaking Bread examines the food staple’s role in Coquitlam’s growth and its contribution to the city’s diversity.

Bread is such a constant, Fahrner said, it’s easy to take it for granted.

“Bread ties generations together,” he said. “It’s one of the strongest family traditions

we have.”

The industrialization of bread production, with mills to grind grain into flour and bakeries to turn out loaves by the hundreds, also freed up time for other

pursuits that could contribute to a community’s economic and cultural evolution.

Fahrner said as Coquitlam grew, attracting more diverse populations to work at its lumber mills, bread helped bridge the cultural divide as families brought the breads they knew and grew up with to share at social and community occasions.

Bread helps us realize we’re not as separate as we think, Fahrner said. “It’s a beautiful unifier That’s the strength and power of bread”

But bread’s good times may not last, Fahrner cautioned The impacts of climate change and even conflicts like the war in Ukraine are ravaging grain production and supply chains, threatening our food security.

“It’s not guaranteed we’ll have bread forever,” Fahrner said

• Mackin House is hosting a workshop and lunch about Matzo ball soup and Matzo kugel on Saturday, April 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information and to register, go to coquitlamheritage.ca.

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Markus Fahrner, exhibit manager at Coqutlam’s Mackin House Museum, assembles the ingredients for dough as part of the museum’s “Breaking Bread” exhibit that runs until June 30.

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New pavilion for PoCo square

DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Port Coquitlam’s iconic but small bandshell in downtown Leigh Square will be removed and replaced with a new pavilion made of wood, steel and glass

The project is part of a nearly $6-million revitalization of the city hall precinct, including an upgrade to Veterans Park already underway, as well an expansion of the Donald Pathway Leigh Square, which was completed in 2007 to provide a cultural gathering space, is getting a major revamp with a new performance stage, lighting and water feature. A design team has firmed up plans to provide more gathering space

in Leigh Square to accommodate larger events.

The city hopes to put the project out to tender this

spring, but first it needs to approve a setback variance to allow the new pavilion to be built next to city hall.

that will include a perfor-

Council recently reviewed a plan to eliminate

A rendering of a new pavilion for Port Coquitlam’s Leigh Square

mance stage close to City Hall.

Create ‘vibrancy’

property setbacks so the performance pavilion can be situated close to city hall, instead of in the middle of Leigh Square where the bandshell currently sits

If approved, the sixmetre setback would be removed and the pavilion would straddle both the city hall property and Leigh Square, with about one-third of the 8.5-metre deep structure on city hall land and twothirds on Leigh Square property

“The siting of the pavilion between city hall and Leigh Square provides for function and vibrancy and ties the adjacent uses together in a harmonious manner,” a staff report states.

The pavilion is a central component in the civic centre revitalization

project, according to the report, and by locating it closer to city hall would improve the square’s function

“The proposed location has been selected by the project team with the goal of creating a vibrant community plaza that helps to tie all the elements of the civic centre together.”

The pavilion will be constructed of steel, glass and wood elements while the stage would replace the current band shell

The structure also includes an underground mechanical room for the proposed plaza fountain and required electrical equipment for the lighting and audio systems

The design character is intended to be “simple, open and complement the existing city hall heritage aesthetic,” the report states.

CHAMBER TO HOST BC PREMIER, BC OPPOSITION LEADER, AND CELEBRATE BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AT GLAMOROUS GALA

The Tri-Cities Chamber works to foster economic development, provide connections and benefits, and influence public policy to ensure strong business and strong communities. Join us to support local prosperity and help your business thrive.

LUNCH WITH LEADERS

On April 12, the Chamber will host Kevin Falcon, BC’s Leader of the Official Opposition and MLA, VancouverQuilchena, at the Vancouver Golf Club, Coquitlam. Tickets on sale now.

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE AWARDS GALA

The Chamber’s most anticipated night of the year! Presented by Douglas College, our ‘Midnight in Paris’ gala on April 29 will honour the finalists and recipients of the 2023 Business Excellence Awards, with emcee Paul Haysom, Global BC Morning News Anchor. Tickets and sponsorships available.

ECONOMIC SUMMIT

On May 16 our Economic Summit will feature keynote speakers BC Premier David Eby and Scotiabank’s Senior VP &

Chief Economist Jean-François Perrault. Business in Vancouver Editor-in-Chief Hayley Woodin will moderate award-winning speaker panellists Moment Energy Co-Founder & CEO Edward Chiang, Yoggu! Founder & CEO Jade Herrmann, Foresight CEO Jeanette Jackson, and City of Coquitlam’s Economic Development Manager Andre Isakov. This is a signature event you won’t want to miss. Tickets and sponsorships available.

ADVOCACY IN ACTION

In March, Chamber Board Director Adel

Gamar and CEO Leslie Courchesne attended the BC Chamber’s Premier and Cabinet Lunch in Victoria. The Chamber hosted discussions with Port Coquitlam Mayor Brad West and Port Moody Mayor Meghan Lahti. The Chamber issued a statement on the newly released Federal Budget, and co-signed a letter of support for the Cascadia Ultra High-Speed Ground Transportation project.

BC Chamber of Commerce Premier and Cabinet Lunch, Victoria, March 28. Left: Tri-Cities Chamber Board Director Adel Gamar, BC Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Selina Robinson, and Tri-Cities Chamber CEO Leslie Courchesne Right: BC Chamber President and CEO Fiona Famulak and Premier David Eby.

Tri-City urologist murdered

KYLE BALZER kbalzer@tricitynews.com

Homicide police are asking the public to help identify two men believed to be involved in a targeted West Vancouver murder.

On March 31, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) confirmed the victim as Dr Francis Este, a retired urologist who practised in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam for several years.

Este was attacked on March 21 in the underground parking lot of an apartment building on the 2100-block of Argyle Avenue

At 4:48 p m that afternoon, West Van police responded to reports of a man suffering from serious injuries at the address.

Officers found Este suffering from multiple stab wounds, but died of his injuries at the scene despite first responders’ attempts to save his life

Witnesses reported a suspect fleeing the area on foot eastbound on Argyle Avenue, said IHIT spokesperson Sgt. Timothy Pierotti.

“IHIT has advanced the investigation and through CCTV review, two suspects have been established,” he added

“We believe this was a targeted incident that may be related to other events involving Dr. Este throughout the past few months.”

The homicide team said it’s continuing to work with West Vancouver police, and is pursuing all potential avenues of investigation, canvassing several areas, collecting

murdered a stranger... The person who committed this crime, we believe, intended to commit this crime”

Pierotti added that no weapon has been found, and there are no further details at this time about what happened during the attack.

Anyone with more information on Este’s murder, including statements or video footage, is encouraged to call IHIT’s information line at 1-877-551-4448 or send an email to ihitinfo@ rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

with files from Nick Laba, North Shore News

evidence and identifying witnesses.

IHIT said that Este, 55, was not known to police.

Patient reviews described Este as “wonderful” and “knowledgeable” Some said he was understanding of their health issues

“From the beginning he took the time to understand my prostrate problem,” said one statement.

“Dr. Este is the best urologist I have ever been to Using humour and wisdom, he put my mind at ease,” a patient said Este also practiced urology at Fraser Health’s Tri-Cities Community Dialysis Unit in Coquitlam.

Este’s LinkedIn profile said he received a doctorate in medicine from the University of Alberta, and did his residency in urology and general surgery through UBC.

NOT RANDOM

“Based on the evidence collected I don’t think it’s a random attack,” said Pierotti in an interview with Glacier Media.

“I don’t think that Mr. Este had gone into that underground and randomly bumped into somebody who

DR. FRANCIS ESTE

SPOTLIGHT

Send your information & photos to: jcleugh@tricitynews.com

PCAHA’s U11 A1 Panthers under coach Sean Postle beat the odds to take home the league playoff banner last month in glorious fashion. The nine- and 10-year-old players with the Port Moody team played at Planet Ice and Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex in

Patrons at Coquitlam’s MyPub raised nearly $14,000 for Crossroads Hospice Society over six months, a campaign with Urban Gate grocery store.

Eight Tri-City teens with Youth Bowl Canada will represent B.C. at the nationals after a competition at PoCo Bowl. The nationals are in Regina in May

Twelve members of the Vancouver AllStars Cheerleading squad based in Port Coquitlam will represent Canada at the Cheer Union World Championships.

Last month’s signature gala for SHARE Family and Community Services brought in more than $219,000 for social services in the Tri-Cities

Seventeen members with the Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-do in Port Coquitlam brought home hardware from the ITF of BC provincial championships.

Coquitlam.

Coquitlam Legion 263 recently partnered with the Immigrant Link Centre Society to set up a food bank at the legion hall on Ridgeway Avenue every second Friday

Community Information Meeting Public Comment Opportunity

Anthem has submitted a development application to the City of Port Moody to permit the redevelopment of 3121-3127 St Johns Street and 110-118 James Road.The proposed development has been designed in accordance with the Official Community Plan and consists of:

• Asix-storey, mixed-use building;

• 191 market rental homes to be secured under a Housing Agreement including 12 studios, 119 1-beds, 40 2-beds, and 20 3-bed units;

• 50% of the units are designed as adaptable and 31% are family-sized (homes with 2 or more bedrooms);

• 5,900 sq. ft. of retail at grade fronting St Johns Street;

• Alarge internal courtyard and multiple interior amenity offerings; and

• TwolevelsofundergroundparkingaccessedfromMorayPlacewith246vehicle parking spaces and 292 bicycle parking spaces.

Interested members of the public are invited to attend the Community Information Meeting (CIM) with the applicant team for an opportunity to review the proposal, ask questions, and submit a comment form

How to Participate

Date & Time:

Thursday,April 20, 2023, 5:00PM - 7:00PM (Drop-In Open House)

Location:

Old Mill Boathouse, 2715 EsplanadeAvenue, Port Moody

For more information, please contact: Emily Howard

Anthem Properties Group Ltd. ehoward@anthemproperties.com • 604-235-3182

CABINET REFINISHING

Text cabinet pictures to 1-604-218-7470 or call. www.gleamguardcabinetrefinishing.ca

Notice of Public Hearing

The City of Port Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing to receive input from all persons and interested parties who wish to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws

Date & Time: Tue, Apr 18 at 4 pm

Location: Council Chambers, City Hall - 2580 Shaughnessy St , Port Coquitlam

Immediately following adjournment of the Public Hearing the Regular Council Meeting will reconvene and Council may give consideration to bylaws on the Public Hearing portion of the Agenda

Item 1: Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4308, 2023 1760 Kingsway Avenue

The Intent of Bylaw No 4308, 2023, is to amend City of Port Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No 3630, 2008 to rezone the subject property as outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw 4308, 2023.

If approved, this will amend Comprehensive Development Zone 28 to allow for a cannabis retail outlet at 1760 Kingsway Avenue

Item 2: Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4309, 2023 2342 Elgin Avenue

The Intent of Bylaw No 4309, 2023, is to amend City of Port Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No 3630, 2008 to rezone the subject property as outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw 4309, 2023.

If approved, this will amend Comprehensive Development Zone 26 to allow for a cannabis retail outlet at 2342 Elgin Avenue.

Inspection of Documents

To view copies of the supporting documents (staff reports and bylaw) visit portcoquitlam.ca/publichearings

Orders open for Reynolds’ Dear Terry T-shirt

You can now pre-order a T-shirt designed by Vancouver actor Ryan Reynolds in honour of Port Coquitlam’s hometown hero Reynolds’ “Dear Terry” T-shirt in tribute of Terry Fox is available for purchase online and will be shipped on April 12 to coincide with

the 43rd anniversary of the start of his historic Marathon of Hope in 1980.

Proceeds from the T-shirt will benefit the Terry Fox Foundation, which to date has raised nearly $1 billion for cancer research around the world.

The front of the garment has an image of Fox on his fundraising journey

across Canada, as well as the words “Dear Terry” in handwriting in English and French. And on the back is an example of “the countless messages Terry received from the millions of people he continues to inspire,” the foundation wrote on its website.

The long-sleeved version that Reynolds

models is $35; there is a short-sleeved T-shirt also available in sizes XS to XXXL for $25 plus a run performance tee for $40 in sizes S to XL Online orders can be made via shop terryfox org

The 43rd annual Terry Fox Run is on Sunday, Sept. 17 and takes place in Fox’s hometown at 10 a.m.

in front of the Hyde Creek Recreation Centre.

In the Tri-Cities, runs are also held in Fox’s

name at Mundy Park in Coquitlam, Rocky Point Park in Port Moody and Spirit Park in Anmore.

TERRY FOX FOUNDATION

Vancouver-raised actor Ryan Reynolds sports a Dear Terry T-shirt that he helped to design to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation, named after the Port Coquitlam hero.

Giesbrechtre-elected aschiefofKwikwetlem

A former chief with Kwikwetlem First Nation is back in the top seat.

Last Friday (March 31), the 133 members of the Nation in Canada and the U.S. returned Ron Giesbrecht as their leader.

This is Giesbrecht’s third term, having first been elected as chief in 2012.

Giesbrecht gained national attention in 2013 when he received $914,000 as chief and as economic development officer, the latter role in which he took in a $800,000 bonus as part of a 10 per cent cut from an $8-million land deal on Burke Mountain

For the 2023 vote, Giesbrecht challenged Ed Hall, who has held the position since 2019, as well as John Peters and Ron

RON GIESBRECHT

Jackman

With Peters now off council, his seat is to be filled by Coun. Stephanie Patterson while George Chaffee was re-elected councillor

Patterson and Chaffee were contested by Lyle Cunningham and Fred Hulbert, Sr for the two council positions.

Help create a parkland strategy for Port Moody

Our parkland strategy will provide a framework for decision-making and prioritization of investment in existing and new parkland over the next 30 years. It will help us plan for parkland that’s distributed across the city, with equal access for all to diverse spaces and amenities.

We want to hear your voice! What types of parks and open spaces do you want to see in Port Moody? How should we allocate municipal funding for parkland?

Vintage typewriter honours hero Terry Fox

JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Dave Benning credits Gene Simmons for opening the doors to his artistic career.

The KISS frontman helped to get Benning and his portraits noticed when celebrities came to Vancouver to perform at the River Rock Casino Resort.

Over the years, his acrylic paintings were signed by many stars at the Richmond theatre: Robin Williams, Russell Brand and Alice Cooper, to name a few. In 2012, Simmons even invited Benning to Los Angeles to paint rock star portraits on the walls of his new restaurant, called Rock and Brews

But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, the bartender at the Vancouver International Airport decided he’d had enough of serving drinks after 25 years and, while laid off, he picked up the paintbrush full-time.

That’s when Port Moody resident Brendan Raftery stepped into the picture

The lead singer of BC/DC, a commercial printing technician, a typewriter enthusiast and a friend, Raftery suggested the pair combine their crafts.

Using Raftery’s old school typewriters, Benning took off

the shells of his dusty Olympias, Smith-Coronas and Olivettis to use as a canvas for themed imagery.

He painted scenes from the movies Harry Potter, Star Wars, The Godfather and The Adam Project and T.V. programs such as Star Trek and Stranger Things

He created a tribute to Tom Hanks another typewriter aficionado with his film characters like Forrest Gump, Castaway, Toy Story and Saving Private Ryan

And, about a year ago, Port Coquitlam resident Derrick Hill called Benning and Raftery to

pitch a project: Why not paint Terry Fox on his Marathon of Hope? With a bit of digging, Hill came up with the perfect typewriter a medium-sized Smith-Corona series Five Silent Super model that was made in Canada and rebranded for the Eaton’s department store in 1958, the year that Fox was born.

The machine had been on a floor of a collector’s car in a Vancouver back alley.

Although the typewriter had never been used, Raftery got to work dusting off 60 years by disassembling it, cleaning it, adding new ribbon and priming

it. The make, Raftery told the Tri-City News, “is in my Top 3 for favourite machines I just love working on those ones, and this one stood out because it was almost brand new. Rarely do I come across an older machine that’s immaculate.”

He added, “I gave it a deep clean, but it barely needed anything for fixing”

Benning, meanwhile, scoured for suitable images of Fox and painted them, as well as quotes from his Marathon of Hope in 1980, on the shell. During the process, he was reminded how Fox also used a typewriter to seek sponsorships. In all, the tribute typewriter took about two months to complete

Recently, they presented the finished project to the Fox family, a gift that is now part of the Fox Family Historical Collection; the pair also showed it to Bill Vigars, the Canadian Cancer Society’s representative on the Marathon of Hope.

“It was a real, real honour and it’s something I’m super proud of,” Benning said

As far as he knows, Benning and Raftery are the only ones turning typewriters into works of art (their next project is a John Candy-themed machine).

And they’re gaining plenty

of rave reviews for their creations At the Fan Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre in February, the duo displayed a “restored” Olympia typewriter with a Twitter theme; their motif of rust and decay was a commentary on society’s prolific use of social media, especially since 2020. Participants were invited to type a 140-character message on the vintage piece “A lot of the kids had never seen a typewriter before,” Benning said. “It was kind of cool to get their reaction and see how they operated something so retro.”

Benning said he likes polishing up heirlooms, and harkening to a simpler time for communication “when you didn’t need power and wifi to run your devices”

On April 30, the pair will be at Brave Brewing (2617 Murray St., Port Moody) to show off their customized typewriters, including the Terry Fox machine. Visitors can write a letter to their moms, and pop their notes in a stamped envelope for Mother’s Day Donations are accepted for the Terry Fox Foundation.

To learn more about Dave Benning’s artwork, visit davebenningcustoms.com.

PHOTO: DAVE BENNING

The Terry Fox typewriter painted by Dave Benning and cleaned up by Port Moody’s Brendan Raftery It’ll be on show at Brave Brewing April 30.

Which side are you on? Female scientists spar in play

JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

What happens when you put two female scientists in the same room, each with strong but opposing views about biology and evolution?

That’s the basis of The How and The Why, a play being staged at the Evergreen Cultural Centre this month by Coquitlam’s Tanya Mathivanan of Aenigma Theatre

Mathivanan, who also directs and produces the show, said the production at the Coquitlam venue was cancelled twice during the COVID-19 pandemic due to physical distancing restrictions; however, it’s finally being mounted locally and with the same actors as in the 2018 run in Vancouver

Bronwen Smith, who earned a Jessie Richardson Award nomination for Best Actress (small theatre) for portraying Zelda, is back along with Annie Arbuckle as Rachel.

Mathivanan told the Tri-City News that it’s been four-and-a-half years since the play premiered on the West Coast and she wanted her hometown crowd to see it “because this is a pretty special and powerful play that I feel speaks to everybody.

“I really enjoyed the complexity of the script, and especially how you have two very intelligent characters, who are women, talking about science They both come from different lived experiences”

Written

between veteran biologist Zelda and Rachel, who is just starting her career.

Zelda is lauded for her grandmother hypothesis that aims to explain why menopause exists in women, while Rachel challenges the elder’s views on menstruation. The play refers to the work of Margie Profet, a scientist who believed that menstruation clears the body of toxins.

Mathivanan said she researched the science cited in the show before she tackled the play; however, she warned, “it’s a play from 2011 Twelve years have passed, and there have been a lot of changes in our society since then.”

She added, “It’s not just women who menstruate: We have non-binary and trans-gender men dealing with these same issues now. It’s important to remember how far we’ve come in our evolution.”

To reinforce to the audience that the play is a “historical” piece from a dozen years ago, Mathivanan uses props like flip phones and a Discman

She said the 2018 reaction to the conversation-heavy drama “was fantastic And that was part of my reasoning for remounting in Coquitlam because it had such stron critical and audience acclaim. People were really immersed in both sides; they wanted the show to be longer”

professional women.”

“In the end,” Mathivanan added, “it’s about our connection to each other and the sacrifices that women and under-represented communities make. It’s a beautiful play about humanity.”

Tickets for The How and The Why by Aenigma Theatre are $45/$38/$16.

by

Sarah Treem,

The How and the Why centres on a first meeting

“I think they fell in love with both characters,” she said. “They have sparring views, but there is a deep connection because personal and emotional stakes unfold between tw

AENIGMA THEATRE Annie Arbuckle (left) plays Rachel and Bronwen Smith is Zelda in the play “The How and the Why” that will be staged at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre from April 11 to 15. Tickets are now on sale.

Zombie love blossoms in April at Terry Fox

JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

There’s a lot of prom action happening at Terry Fox Secondary these days.

The Port Coquitlam high school is not only gearing up for graduation in June and is featured in the recently released Disney movie Prom Pact, but it’s also coming out with its first stage production since 2019: Zombie Prom.

A total of 27 students are cast in the extracurricular musical theatre program under the direction of drama teacher Zelda Coertze; it runs at the Terry Fox Theatre from April 12 to 14 and April 19 to 21 at 7:30 p m Coertze, who is also the show’s producer and choreographer, said she picked Zombie Prom “because it’s fun and lively, and it jumps off the stage,” she told the Tri-City News on March 30 during a rehearsal.

“It’s got eye-popping colours It has a comic-book aesthetic. And it’s got really cheesy and catchy 1950s songs. It’s something that we needed after so many cancellations because of the pan-

demic”

Based on a story by John Dempsey and Hugh Murphy, with original music from Dana P Rowe, Zombie Prom centres around two characters at Enrico

Fermi High in the 1950s: Toffee, the good girl, and Jonny, the rebel. Toffee, portrayed by Grade 11 student Rowan O’Callaghan, falls for Jonny, played by Jacob Bricker, Grade 10; however, when her parents find out that he’s a bad boy, they forbid her to see him.

Desperate, Jonny drives to the town’s nuclear waste dump and emerges as a zombie

He continues his pursuit of Toffee, hoping to escort her to the high school prom despite his freakish looks and behaviour “It’s very fun,” said O’Callaghan, 16, who previously performed in Theatre Under the Stars, Arts Club Theatre and Pulse productions.

“It’s an uplifting story and a journey of true love.”

Bricker, 15, said he auditioned for the show last October after seeing his older brother, Jaden, play Mr. Mushnik in Fox’s Little Shop of Horrors in 2017.

“He said it was the most fun he ever had in high school,” Bricker said.

Still, the pair are no strangers to the stage: O’Callaghan is the lead singer of the band Baron, of which Bricker is the bassist. Coertze said Zombie Prom is a popular show at American high schools, but not so much in Canada

In School District 43, drama teacher Nicole Roberge mounted a version at Riverside Secondary in 2012 and at Pinetree Secondary in 2007, when Coertze was also part of the musical.

Tickets for “Zombie Prom” at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate) are $15/$10 at the door or the school office.

TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 26 and 94 of the Community Charter the City of Coquitlam (the “City”) hereby gives notice of the intention to lease the following City lands for a Temporary Sales Centre as follows:

Lessee: QL Como Lake Limited Partnership

Nature of Disposition: Lease

Municipal Address: 622 Kemsley Avenue, Coquitlam, British Columbia

Legal Description: Lot A District Lot 106 Group 1 NWD Plan EPP124643 PID: 031-881-807

Lease Term: 3 years, with one 2-year option to renew Total Net Rent if option is exercised: $285,000 plus payment of related operating expenses

Leased Area: 1,346 m2 (14,490 square feet)

For further information, please contact Mr Greg Hamilton, Manager Real Estate 604-927-6958

THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE ONLY, NOT SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER

JANIS CLEUGH/TRI-CITY NEWS Rowan O’Callaghan plays Toffee and Jacob Bricker is Jonny in “Zombie Prom.”

Acclaimed chamber music trio to play Evergreen

Kliment Krylovskiy admits there’s isn’t a deep meaning behind his group’s name.

When the Zodiac Trio was playing its inaugural concert in New York City, the clarinetist said it had to come up with a name quickly for the chamber music ensemble that also includes Vanessa Mollard on violin and Riko Higuma on piano.

Krylovskiy said they wanted a strong letter to start their moniker, like Z. “We were on the phone discussing it and I looked up at the sky and said, ‘Zodiac,’” he said “That was really it It’s been such a good name because people remember it very easily And it’s easy to find on a program always at the bottom of the list. It sticks out.”

Since its celestial formation in 2006 at the Manhattan School of Music, the trio has won countless awards and played violin–clarinet–piano repertoire around the world.

On April 16, the Zodiac Trio will be at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre for a performance organized by the Vancouver Chamber Music Society as part of the venue’s Power Classic Sundays. The show in the Studio Theatre starts at 3 p.m.

Speaking from France, where the trio is based, Krylovskiy said the group has five dates in the Vancouver and San Francisco areas for its upcoming tour before it starts its 10th season of the Zodiac Music Academy and Festival in Nice, France, in July Its North American tour program features arrangements from 20th century American composers with a special emphasis on where jazz, Latin and

City of Coquitlam NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION

The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (OCP) relating to the properties located at 1296 and 1298 Johnson Street. The application proposes to change the designation from One Family Residential to Townhousing. The City has also received associated applications for Rezoning, Subdivision (lot consolidation) and a Development Permit

If approved, the amendment would facilitate the development of approximately 24 townhouse units with 53 parking stalls on-site.

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

The City of Coquitlam will be receiving input up to April 12, 2023 Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways:

• Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca with “Section 475 – PROJ 22-051” in the subject line;

• 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.

Submissions provided in response to this consultation, including names and addresses, will become part of the public record which includes the submissions

classical music meet:

• An American in Paris by George Gershwin

• Homage to Benny Goodman

Set - Benny Rides Again

• Serenade for Three by Peter Shickele

• Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez

• Trio by Paul Schoenfield

Krylovskiy said the trio is glad to get back on the road to perform to full audiences after three years of pandemic restrictions.

“Last year, we had a few concerts and it felt like every one was a gift People were so grateful to be back and so were we, but I find now that we’ve moved on and we’re taking things for granted a little bit again”

As for violin–clarinet–piano

pieces, Krylovskiy said the catalogue is mostly limited to modern tunes as Zodiac’s ensemble formation is unusual with a wind instrument.

It’s main go-to is Béla Bartók’s Contrasts that was commissioned by clarinetist Benny Goodman, as well as some compositions from Stravinsky and Khachaturian. “We play a lot of contemporary music today. You’re not going to find any violin–clarinet–piano pieces from Mozart or Brahms. It’s not the way that things were done back then”

Tickets to see Zodiac Trio’s Tales from the Americas show on April 16 are $35/$32/$16. Call at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on the City’s website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.

Additional information about this application can be accessed by contacting Edison Ting, Planner 2, Planning and Development Department, at ETing@coquitlam.ca.

Should Council decide to approve this application going to a Public Hearing, notification for the hearing will be completed in accordance with the Local Government Act.

PHOTO SUBMITTED

The Zodiac Trio performs at the Evergreen in Coquitlam April 16.

Hope (finally) springs for girls HS soccer

MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Spring’s slow start hasn’t diminished the enthusiasm of girls’ high school soccer teams in the Tri-Cities

But the persistent cold, damp weather and even some snow in late February did chase most of them indoors as they prepared for the season that officially opened Tuesday (April 4).

Julie French said her Heritage Woods Kodiaks squad used team meetings to get acquainted as the inclement weather kept them off the pitch before spring break, and Kenny Jamieson had to conduct tryouts for the Riverside Rapids in the school’s gym.

That put greater weight on pre-season tournament play to afford teams the opportunity to work on elements of their game like positioning and communication

Centennial Centaurs’ coach Larry Moro said his team’s 8-0 record through two pre-season tournaments, including its own Kickoff Classic, is a portent of good things to come after finishing third in last year’s provincials

“We have high aspirations

to build on last year’s success,” Moro said.

The Centaurs will be led by a strong corps of seniors already

committed to post-secondary programs next fall, including defender Kate Smith along with forwards Kiera Scott and

Sarah Caravatta, all of whom will be headed to Simon Fraser University (SFU).

Ava Ferreira, who will be joining her older sister, Sophia, at UBC, helps anchor Centennial’s back end, while UFV-bound Dani Cross is the team’s “rock” in centre midfield, Moro said.

“So much of our play funnels through her.”

Just down Como Lake Avenue, Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils coach Fahim Karmali is hoping to build on the success of last year’s team that qualified for provincials

“We have a great group of girls willing to play for each other,” Karmali said.

Seniors Maia Broughton and Rylan Gray will anchor the Blue Devils’ defence, while Grade 12 midfielder Makayla Peluso will be the team’s offensive catalyst

Jamieson is feeling optimistic about his Rapids, despite losing several players to graduation, including all three of its starting midfielders and two starting defenders.

The Rapids have some skillful Grade 11 players ready to take their game to the next level, Jamieson said

They include centre backs Amra Becirovic and Hila Tata, as well as centre midfielders Maggie Thurbide and Rita Sirsiris.

Seniors Alyssa Clark and Kaitlyn Connelly will be looked to for leadership, while Kyla Kerr (Grade 10) should bring energy, Jamieson said.

“

The keys for our success will be how quickly we can come together as a team.”

Port Moody’s Heritage Woods Kodiaks are young and hungry, said French

But with more Grade 11 players than seniors, there will be pressure on juniors like Olivia Zeitler and Ava Taylor to show poise and leadership.

They’ll have a core group of Grade 12 teammates to show the way, including strikers Chloe Hadges and Cameilla Empson as well as Makenna Easton Holding down the fort will be senior goalkeeper Georgia Hinrchs

“We have good strikers, but having a strong defence will be key,” French said.

The Terry Fox Ravens did not respond by deadline. Gleneagle and Port Moody are not fielding senior teams this season

MARIO BARTEL/TRI-CITY NEWS

Centennial Centaurs forward Catie Cameron sprints past Dr Charles Best defender Ainsley Allen in the championship final of Centennial’s Kickoff Classic preseason tournament, last Wednesday at Centennial field The Centaurs won, 4-1.

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The Coquitlam Express are back in their BC Hockey League playoff series against the Chilliwack Chiefs after a 5-1 win in Game 3 Tuesday in Chilliwack. The Express now trails the Chiefs in the best-of-seven opening round series, two games to one, with Game 4 scheduled for Wednesday (after the “Tri-City News” print deadline). Coquitlam Express forward Gavin Giesbrecht is ridden hard into the boards by Chilliwack Chiefs defenceman Lukas Sorace in the second period of their BC Hockey League playoff game, last Saturday at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. The Express lost 3-2 in overtime. That followed a 4-1 loss in last Friday’s opener Game 5 will be played tomorrow (April 7), 7 p.m., at Poirier

No NEW-S-S-244500

New Westminster Registry

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

RE: In the Matter of Restrictive Covenant No 27304C ADVERTISEMENT

Notice of Public Hearing & Public Input Opportunity

The City of Port Coquitlam will be holding a Public Hearing and Public Input Opportunity to receive input from all persons and interested parties who wish to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws and Development Variance Permit

Date & Time: Tue, Apr. 11 at 6 pm

Location: Council Chambers, City Hall - 2580 Shaughnessy St , Port Coquitlam

Immediately following adjournment of the Public Hearing the Regular Council Meeting will reconvene and Council may give consideration to the below bylaws and the development variance permit during the regular Council Meeting

Item 1 - Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4303, 2023 1777

Jensen Avenue

The Intent of Bylaw No. 4303, 2023, is to amend City of Port Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No 3630, 2008, to rezone the subject property as outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw 4303. 2023, from RS1 (Residential Single Dwelling 1) to RS4 (Residential Single Dwelling 4).

If approved, this application will facilitate a two-lot subdivision.

Item 2 - Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4304, 2023 1791 Langan Avenue

The Intent of Bylaw No. 4304, 2023, is to amend City of Port Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No 3630, 2008, to rezone the subject properties as outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw 4304, 2023, from RS1 (Residential Single Dwelling 1) to RS4 (Residential Single Dwelling 4).

Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4303

If approved, this application will facilitate a two-lot subdivision.

Item 3 - Development Variance Permit

3315 Osbourne Street

To:

AARON C Y LIU of 854 Thermal Drive, Coquitlam, V3J 6R6

CARLO FRANCESCO TEMPESTA and LAURA TEMPESTA of 901 Thermal Drive, Coquitlam, V3J 6R4 and SUK HANG YEUNG of 12220 Jensen Drive, Richmond, B C., V6V 2R8

TAKE NOTICE THAT on March 9, 2023, an order was made for service on you of a petition issued from the New Westminster Registry of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in proceeding number NEW-S-S-244500 by way of this advertisement.

In the proceeding, the petitioner claim(s) the following relief against you: cancellation of the Restrictive Covenant under registration No 27304C and it be deemed as obsolete, or in the alternative, that paragraphs (g) and (j) of the Restrictive Covenant be removed from the Restrictive Covenant, as they apply to the residential properties within the subdivision.

You must file a responding pleading/response to petition within the period required under the Supreme Court Civil Rules, failing which further proceedings, including judgment, may be taken against you without notice to you

You may obtain, from the New Westminster Registry, at 651 Carnarvon St, New Westminster, BC V3M 1C9, a copy of the Petition, the corresponding Affidavit and the order providing for service by this advertisement.

This advertisement is placed by 1128485 BC Ltd whose address for service is: Garton & Harris, Barristers & Solicitors 1542 Prairie Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 1T4 sross@gartonandharris.com – Tel: 604-468-8900 Fax: 604-468-8007

The Intent of the Development Variance Permit (DVP00090) application is to vary the minimum lot frontage requirements of the subject property as outlined in black on the map.

If approved, this application would enable the subdivision of an irregularly shaped property into two single residential lots

Inspection of Documents

Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4304

Subject Property

To view copies of the supporting documents (staff reports, bylaws and DVP’s) visit portcoquitlam.ca/publichearings

Submit Your Comments

In order to afford Council the opportunity to review your comments in advance of the Public Hearing and Public Input Opportunity please forward your submission prior to noon on the day of the Public Hearing and Public Input Opportunity by: Email: publichearings@portcoquitlam.ca or Mail: Corporate Office, City of Port Coquitlam 2580 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

*Written submissions, including names and addresses (Street and City only) will become part of the public record and will be published on the City’s website and available at the Corporate Office for public inspection.

For further information please visit: portcoquitlam.ca/publichearings or email: corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca.

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SHAW, Lavina Grace (McPhedrain)

Lavina Shaw passed away peacefuly n Eagle Ridge Hosp tal, Port Moody, BC, on March 30, 2023 It was the day after her 94th birthday

Lav na was born March 29, 1929 in Ethelbert, Man toba to O ive and W llard McPhedra n who founded the Canadian company, Mary Maxim

Lav na married Earl Shaw September 24, 1949

They were marr ed a month short of 60 years when Earl passed on Lav na and Earl had 2 daughters Daughter Lenora Crane (Mi es) has two daughters Nancy Sommerfeld (Er c), ch ldren Ir s and Ruby and Kim Roger (Brad), ch ldren Maeve Daughter Brenda Shaw has a daughter Raque Boucher, and son Mason Boucher

Lav na worked for CP and CN as a telegraph operator and then supportng the famly businesses of Mary Maxim and Parkspn Later she completed 25 years as a medical secretary at St Thomas Psych atric Hospita Lavina was an active member of the St Mark’s United Church in St Thomas, ON and Trinity United in Port Coqu tlam, BC

Lav na was constant y doing works to help others ocal y n the food bank and through wor d organ zations She had a love for learn ng and read extens vely

Her passion was a ways ra lway and te egraphy Lav na was the first Canadian and woman to be pres dent of the Internat onal Morse Telegraph Associat on She was active in the organization travel ing the world to meetings and promoting the history of telegraph through many displays and demonstrations across Canada and the USA

She l ved n Mayfair P ace, sen or’s res dence in Port Coqu tlam her last 5 years, where she is fond y remembered by many staff and res dents

A celebration of Life wil be had at First Memor al Funera Services, Burkev ew Chapel, 1340 Dom n on Ave , Port Coquitlam, BC , at 11:00 April 14, 2023 Lunch to fol ow

P ease visit website for a ink to part cipate onl ne www firstmemoria portcoquit am com

Lav na would have wanted donations to go to your ocal food bank, n ieu of flowers

BROWN, Shirley B. April 1, 1934 − March 14, 2023

The family of Shirley Brown is saddened to announce her passing at the age of 88. Shirley grew up in Neepawa, Manitoba, and later moved to Winnipeg to start her career as a nurse. In 1963 she married her husband, Donald. Three years later, they had their daughter Lyndsey, and in 1972 the family moved to BC. Shirley loved playing bridge, gambl ng in Reno and spending time with family. She was predeceased by her parents, Herbert and Florence, and her older sister Joyce. She will be greatly missed by her loving husband, Donald; daughter Lyndsey (Greg); two grandsons, Ryan and Jesse; and her brother in law Bill. She will be remembered for her selfless, kind spirit and devotion to her family. Although she is no longer beside us, she will always be in our hearts.

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