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Jenn Geneve stands at the base of the Coquitlam Crunch. The Port Moody woman has been walking from her home near Eagle Ridge Hospital to ascend the 4.4-km trail every day since Aug. 21. She hopes to complete a full year of daily climbs. See story, page 5. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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Resume indoor services, says church Westwood Community Church has been holding services in parking lot since late March STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com

A Coquitlam church is calling on the B.C. government to lift its current ban on indoor religious services, arguing that it can guard against the transmission of COVID-19 in the same way as a school or grocery store does. “Lift the ban,” reads a sign outside of Westwood Community Church off Johnson Street north of Coquitlam Centre. “The church & spiritual care workers are essential.” Associate pastor Adam Gabeli is one of three pastors who lead a congregation of about 350. Since late March, they have held their religious gatherings in drive-thru Sunday worship sessions where up to 50 cars parade into their parking lot. “We believe it is very essential. Just as essential as the pharmacy, just as essential as schools, just as essential as the grocery store,” he said. A public health order has banned all indoor religious services since March 29, whether in a “church, syn-

A sign outside Westwood Community Church calls for B.C. government to lift its current ban on indoor religious services. STEFAN LABBÉ/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

agogue, mosque, gudwara, temple or other place of worship,” states the B.C. government website. Exceptions include individual visits to a place of worship to get guidance from a spiritual leader or take part in personal prayer, according to a B.C. government website outlining active restrictions. Religious leaders can also attend people’s homes to provide certain religious services. For group prayer, however, all activities must be held outside under a number of restrictions. This is not the first time a B.C. church has challenged bans on religious gather-

ings to stem the spread of COVID-19. The ban on indoor worshipping has prompted a number of religious organizations to breach public health orders and challenge violation tickets in court, arguing such public health rules trample on people’s rights and freedoms. But in one case that reached the B.C. Supreme Court in March, the judge ruled the ban did not discriminate against religious groups, and that given the range of options open to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, the restrictions were reasonable. The case revealed that

between March 15, 2020 and Jan. 15, 2021, at least 48 places of worship were hit by COVID-19, leading to 180 cases and one death. South of the border, the country’s highest court has come to a different conclusion. California lifted a ban on indoor worshipping in April following a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings in favour of religious gatherings — the ruling left in place capacity restrictions and bans on chanting and singing, both of which significantly up the risk of transmitting the virus. Gabeli says the church is following public health guidelines and is committed

to keeping his congregation, and the wider community, safe. But he also worries that the restrictions on houses of worship have been drawn out too long and have been applied in a heavy-handed and uneven approach. “That’s what the sign is — it’s a protest. We’re standing in solidarity with different church groups that are still choosing to still meet inside, and choosing to do their best to meet the religious and worship needs of their communities and their congregations,” said Gabeli. Gabeli added that he is hearing that “a very large majority of British Columbian worshippers want to get back to things and do so safely.” His Sunday drive-thru sessions already bring in members from several churches across the region who “need that spiritual food” but don’t have the space or resources to host drive-thrus on their own. “We’d rather be inside,” he said. “If children can meet reasonably in schools, if people can meet shopping — you know, hundreds of people — we should be able to do it too,” he said. “I can meet for an AA meeting in a church basement with 20 of us. How come they can’t come and worship on a Sunday morning?” —With files from the Canadian Press

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When they got to the home, officers met the driver and a second male and arrested both, according to Winpenny. A subsequent search of the dwelling after a warrant was obtained revealed several weapons, ammunition and documents. Among the items found at the residence in the 1100-block of Pinetree Way were: • five non-restricted semi-automatic firearms • extended firearm magazines • ammunition • documents relating to ownership of the firearms as well as an assortment of handcuffs, masks and GPS trackers. Winpenny stated that the firearms will now be handed over to the new Provincial Forensics Firearms Lab, managed by CFSEU-BC, for processing.

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Port Moody woman getting her daily Crunch Quest started as a way to relieve pandemic boredom MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Jenn Geneve brings new meaning to doing her daily crunches. But the Port Moody woman isn’t working out her abs: She’s within 100 days of completing her year-long quest to climb the Coquitlam Crunch every day for a year. Geneve’s goal wasn’t quite that ambitious when she started last Aug. 21 because her gym was closed by public health restrictions and she was getting bored. Then, she thought doing the Crunch for 50 days in a row would be an achievement. But once her kids got involved recording each

Jenn Geneve takes a break after recently completing one of her daily climbs up and down the Coquitlam Crunch. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

day on a whiteboard in their kitchen, Geneve said, the stakes increased quite con-

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for 100 crunches once she’d completed 50. When Geneve reached

that milestone, she upped the ante to a full year. Geneve said she was already noticing the physical benefits from her climbs but it was also important she set a good example for her kids, ages eight and 10 years old. “I wanted them to see I could do something hard.” Two-thirds of the way to her goal, Geneve said she’s made the Crunch part of her daily routine. And while she sometimes climbs early in the morning or later in the day if a climbing companion is available, she mostly heads for the hill after dropping her son and daughter at school. She walks from her home near Eagle Ridge Hospital then ascends and descends the entire 4.4-kilometre path up to Westwood Plateau from Lansdowne Drive or she’ll run four laps of the staired section before walking home. The round trip, about 6.9

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km, takes her about an hour. Geneve said she’s hiked in scorching heat, rain, snow, sleet and hail. She’s encountered deer, rabbits and birds swooping around her feet but she’s yet to run into a bear. Still, Geneve said she’s learned not to pack anything metal in her pockets because it will buzz from the electromagnetic energy of the high-tension power lines overhead. She admits she’s also gotten addicted to the daily stats she logs with a fitness app on her phone, and having the streak get this far has become an additional motivator to keep it going. But mostly her quest has helped her get through much of the stress and uncertainty of navigating all the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s a mental health thing,” she said. “I can count on myself.”

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MAY 13 – 19 CALENDAR

Public Works provides essential services many of us don’t think about as we go about our day. From road and sewer maintenance, to water service upgrades and snow removal – and more – these everyday heroes work behind the scenes to improve our quality of life and keep our homes and City functioning.

Council-in-Committee 2 p.m.

Celebrate Public Works Week May 16 to 22

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

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Wednesday, May 19 Multiculturalism Advisory Committee Meeting 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/mac

COUNCIL MEETING DETAILS See page 29 NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION See page 15 and 36 coquitlam.ca/calendar

During National Public Works Week May 16 to 22, take a moment to recognize these important City workers and the critical services they provide. This year’s theme, Stronger Together, highlights the important role Public Works plays in creating great places to live.

Part of Coquitlam’s Engineering and Public Works department, the Public Works division is responsible for operations and maintenance of: • Roads, bridges, sidewalks, boulevards and street fixtures (e.g., fire hydrants and signs) – including street sweeping, snow and ice control, pavement repairs, sign replacement and vegetation control • Drinking water systems – including reservoir cleaning and a yearly watermain flushing program to maintain water quality • Drainage and sanitary sewer systems – including environmental and flood protection activities

Helping You Every Day • Solid waste services – including curbside pick-up of garbage and organics, large item pick-up and litter collection

Your life is touched by Public Works every time you:

• Corporate ﬂeet – including vehicles and equipment

• Take a shower or run the dishwasher

The division also: • Provides 24/7 emergency services for water, sewer, drainage and roads • Handles customer complaints and requests • Provides administrative services for the division such as payroll, accounting and event support

• Get a glass of water • Flush the toilet • Use a street sign to ﬁnd your way • Drive, walk or cycle anywhere in Coquitlam • Enjoy litter-free public spaces • Have your garbage or organics picked up • Travel on a road that has been plowed or swept And more!

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128 km

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1,592 km of pipe maintained

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11,798 km of roads swept

pump stations maintained

377 litres of drinking water provided per

1,130 lane km of asphalt and 574 km of sidewalk. The City drainage system includes over 561 km of storm water

mains/culverts and 4 km of dikes maintained by the City.

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+514 km of water mains 2,734 hydrants 6,400 valves 1,201 industrial, commercial and institutional water meters

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10 reservoirs 11 pump stations 26,616 water service

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The City maintains a growing “ecoﬂeet” of electric, hybrid and compact vehicles. Quarry Road has a large annual toad migration. Each summer, the City works with Metro Vancouver to avoid unnecessary gravel road maintenance.

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City revises road plan for changing Oakdale Ten more years Meeting held May 19 to discuss the east-west proposal JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

A year after Coquitlam council changed its plans for one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods, staff have returned to the drawing board to redesign a key road. And they say the new eastwest collector route through the southern part of Oakdale would not only shift south but it would save the city up to $7 million. On May 19, city staff will reach out — virtually — to Oakdale property owners, developers, stakeholders and other members of the public to answer questions about the new road network that, if OK’d by council, would eliminate the need for the Kemsley-Jefferson bridge over Harmony Creek, a tributary of Stoney Creek. According to a report that went before council-in-committee in March, the original Kemsley-Jefferson collector road was flagged as problematic, with developers trying to assemble land telling city staff that they were steer-

The intersection of Kemsley Avenue and Clarke Road — across the street from the Oakdale neighbourhood, a largely single-family dwelling area close to the Burquitlam SkyTrain station. JANIS CLEUGH/THE TRI-CITY NEWS ing clear of some parcels that included the new street connections and environmental setbacks. Now, the city is planning to: • remove the proposed road connection linking Jefferson Avenue to Kemsley Avenue • extend the new eastwest road to Elmwood Street • realign Gardena Drive from Westley Avenue to Harrison Avenue, linking to a future Bole Court extension • realign Gardena Drive

at Elmwood Street to link to Como Lake Avenue The moves would allow for larger land assemblies around Harmony Creek, said Andrew Merrill, Coquitlam’s director of development services. As a result, remnant road allowances could be closed and sold during the redevelopment process, for the municipality to pay for the infrastructure. The difference between the two plans is as follows: • proposed new road dedication: 15,279 sq. m. (cur-

rent); 19,313 sq. m. (new) • remnant road allowance (to be closed): 1,678 sq. m. (current); 8,212 sq. m. (new) • net new road area: 13,602 sq. m. (current); 11,100 sq. m. (new) • Kemsley-Jefferson bridge: $7 million (current); nil (new) Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s general manager of planning and development, said the original plans were part of a high-level study and “while we try to provide clear direction through our plans,

we need to come back with refinements over time.” And because of the number of concerns, over the past year, from the building and real estate industries about Oakdale’s redevelopment — a neighbourhood located northwest of the Burquitlam SkyTrain station that borders the cities of Port Moody and Burnaby — “we quickly realized we had a problem on our hands.” Merrill also cited a 70-year-old document from the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Board (now Metro Vancouver) that showed similar challenges back then with subdividing Oakdale lots if a new eastwest road were built in the area. Meanwhile, some councillors called on city staff to design the KemsleyElmwood connector with traffic calming measures to prevent motorists from rat-running. A report on the public consultation is due before council this summer. • The online information session is on May 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. To register, go to coquitlam.ca/oakdale. Alternatively, complete the survey by June 4 via letstalkcoquitlam.ca/oakdale to have your say.

Residents who want to dispute a bylaw ticket they received in Pitt Meadows will still come to Coquitlam to fight the fine. Last month, Coquitlam council extended by 10 years its agreement with Pitt Meadows to continue adjudicating its notice disputes. It’s the second time since 2009 that Pitt Meadows has asked for Coquitlam to keep the joint administration bylaw ticket system. Stephanie James, Coquitlam’s director of legal and bylaw enforcement, said that Pitt Meadows doesn’t have enough bylaw ticket disputes to warrant an in-house adjudication process. In total, Pitt Meadows has had five disputed tickets go through Coquitlam’s system. Coquitlam bills $200 for each ticket reviewed.

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OAKDALE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK UPDATE The City of Coquitlam is proposing a revised transportation network for the Oakdale neighbourhood. The revised network includes improvements to planned streets, lanes, and greenways and will guide transportation considerations over the next 25 years.

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How to get involved: View the proposed revised transportation network and learn more at letstalkcoquitlam.ca/oakdale Answer the survey at letstalkcoquitlam.ca/oakdale by Friday, June 4, 2021 Attend the Online Information Session - Wednesday, May 19, 6 - 8 p.m. This session will take place via Zoom. To register, visit letstalkcoquitlam.ca/oakdale. Contact City staff with questions or feedback at devinfo@coquitlam.ca or 604-927-3430.

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'For an urban stream, it's a beautiful place' Tributary of Coquitlam River is getting improvements to make it more 'fish-friendly' DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Maple Creek is a beautiful, little tributary of the Coquitlam River that doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. Labelled a "ditch" by some, trashed by mountain bikers and made a dumping ground for litter, the creek running from Coquitlam through Port Coquitlam is also home to half a dozen salmon species, a heron rookery with several nests as well as coyotes, bears, otters and beavers. A walk through the creek’s leafy watershed north of Port Coquitlam’s downtown sees fencing knocked down, a jumble of tubes and pumps installed to reduce flooding as well as invasive species, such as Japanese Knotweed and other signs of carelessness and human habitation alongside this urban stream. Now after a 10-year delay, a plan is in the works aimed

Maple Creek streamkeepers Sandy Budd and Jeff Rudd are happy with the planned improvements but wonder why they took so long. DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

to improve water quality, reduce flooding and make the creek more “fish-friendly.” Jointly produced by Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, the $11.5-million plan for pump improvements, culvert upgrades, a rainwater management

plan and creek monitoring, the Maple Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan will finally give the creek the respect and the care it deserves, say Maple Creek streamkeepers. They just wonder why it took so long.

“I’m happy they’re moving forward,” said Sandy Budd, a long-time member of the group. “I’m really really, disappointed that it has taken 12 years, [and] that it’s always the environment that’s put on the back burner when

we’re in an environmental emergency and when it should have been put at the front of the line.” The group, which has kept an eye on the creek for more than 30 years, filling it with salmon, adding spawning gravel and woody debris for fish passage, participated in the early days of consultation in 2011. Then the project was shelved for a decade, due to staffing changes, according to the city of Port Coquitlam. Now it’s back on the table with projects to be conducted over a mostly five to 10-year period, along with some longer-term objectives. Among the top priorities — and one of the largest expenses — is a new higher capacity pump station. Estimated at $3.4 million, the pump would ensure Maple Creek doesn’t back up and flood the area south of Kingsway Avenue during high water while also permitting safe fish passage. “This should be a high priority,” said Jeff Rudd, as he studied the complicated mass of tubes and pumps at the dike south of Bedford Street. During high water, fish are usually running in the creek, and when the pump

is working they are caught in the pump and blasted out back into the creek. Once the powerful pump blasted an adult salmon against a chain-link fence. “The idea is to replace it with a fish-friendly pump,” Rudd said. The city, meanwhile, says improvements, cost-shared with Coquitlam, with PoCo covering about $7 million of the costs, will be incorporated into the capital planning process. “The Maple Creek Watershed is a valued asset to the region and the city is committed to implementing the recommendations in the plan to preserve watershed health while meeting community needs and facilitating growth,” said Melony Burton, manager of infrastructure planning, in an email to the Tri-City News. Plans for further improvement will only make the creek more viable, said Budd, who hopes the work takes place sooner rather than later and that stream keepers, with their knowledge of the creek, are consulted. “We’re looking forward to all of the improvements,” she said, “For an urban stream, it’s a beautiful place.”

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Porte Communities has submitted a development proposal for 1865-1895 Charles Street, Port Moody. The proposal consists of 190 apartment units located in two buildings, 6 and 7 storeys in height, stepping up the slope. The buildings include a mix of unit types, 19 of which will be offered as rent-to-own homes. All parking is provided underground. The proposed Floor Area Ratio is 1.83.

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Tree inventory will help city prepare for threat Fire department counting trees to assess risk MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Port Moody residents love the city’s natural environs. But where they see lush forests cascading down mountainsides to the Burrard Inlet, Port Moody’s fire chief sees fuel. Now Ron Coulson’s department is taking inventory of the trees and soil conditions to determine just how much fuel is out there and identify areas of particular threat from wildfires. It’s the new reality of a changing climate that’s bringing longer, drier summers to a part of the world that used to be rainforest, said Coulson. The process of preparing the department for the growing threat of wildfires actually began in 2007, four years after the Okanagan was razed by large conflagrations. Three years ago, the effort ramped up even more with a $20,000 grant for community outreach to help raise awareness about

Port Moody fire chief Ron Coulson and deputy chief Kirk Heaven check out a forested area near city hall. The department is inventoring trees to help assess areas at risk for wildfires. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

the risk. Not that anyone really needed reminding, with reports about wildfires in Alberta, California and Australia as well as the Interior and north of British Columbia becoming a staple of the nightly news every season. But seeing the dangers

of such fires coming closer to home is a relatively new phenomenon. “We have to understand the risk that is in front of us,” he said. In consideration of that growing risk, Port Moody embarked upon a project to update its wildfire protection plan. Among its 45 recommendations was a plan to

map the areas where the city meets the forest, taking an inventory of their topography as well as the soil conditions and species of trees. That explains the little tags appearing on some tree trunks in those areas. “We can battle a structure fire on the wild land interface,” Coulson said. “But we

need to step up our ability to stop wildfires encroaching the community.” That requires training, the development of strategies with other stakeholders — like the BC Wildfire Service and Metro Vancouver that administers regional parks like Belcarra — as well as specialized equipment such

as sprinkler systems that can be deployed to protect buildings and pump assemblies to get water to remote locations. But the best way to protect the city from wildfires is to take steps to ensure they never happen in the first place, said deputy fire chief Kirk Heaven, who got a first-hand look at the impacts wildfires can have on urban areas when he helped out with such events in Richmond and Fort St. James in 2018. He was also deployed to Fort McMurray, Alta., in 2016 when a massive wildfire destroyed large swaths of that community. This spring Port Moody Fire Rescue will begin blitzing neighbourhoods vulnerable to wildfire with information about preventative “fire smart” initiatives like moving woodpiles to safe locations away from structures, cleaning leaves from eaves, as well as how to space trees and prune them to reduce the amount of flammable material. The campaign will even extend into the high schools so students convening parties in the forest won’t burn it down. “They have to think before they act,” Heaven said.

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he B.C. government should begin explaining soon how it defines “anchor attractions” when it comes to qualifying for a new $100-million fund to assist the tourism sector in economic recovery. There are likely few people waiting more anxiously for this clarification than those who run the Pacific National Exhibition. To no one’s surprise, for the second straight year the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the cancellation of the PNE fair. With no fair and no other events being held in the various facilities at its location, the PNE has lost almost all revenue streams and piled up $8 million in debt. It fears the debt could rise to $15 million by the end of this year. This situation should put considerable pressure

on the NDP government to provide the financial assistance being requested of it. The PNE is located in east Vancouver, which is ground zero when it comes to NDP support. The PNE directly employs 4,200 people and its managers say it creates a further 9,500 indirect jobs and generates about $200 million in economic activity (in non-pandemic years). The vast majority of its employees are young people and many are members of CUPE. Regular readers of this column will know I used to have one of those indirect jobs, having spent 10 summers as a teenager and young adult running various carnival games on the PNE midway. So, yes, you can call me a fan of the PNE. That sentiment aside,

I am betting the case can be made the PNE should be considered an “anchor attraction” in this province. More than one million people (many of them “tourists” from other B.C. towns) annually attend the fair and other events — concerts, sporting events etc. — held on the grounds. So far, Tourism Minister Melanie Mark has been coy in her response to PNE’s plea, saying she would “have more to say in the coming days.” She has noted the city of Vancouver — which owns the PNE but which does not fund it — has received various forms of financial assistance from the provincial government throughout the pandemic, which may suggest this may not be a slam-dunk case for the PNE qualifying for the

funding. I detected a less-than-sympathetic ear from a number of NDP cabinet ministers when it came to Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s demands for financial help from the provincial government in the early days of the pandemic. It would be a shame to see the PNE denied the financial help it so desperately needs and to watch it perhaps drift towards permanent closure because of escalating debt levels. The NDP government earmarked $6 billion in pandemic-tied economic relief in this year’s budget. Surely, the 111-year-old PNE can make the case it deserves a comparatively tiny portion of that life-saving funding. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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WILDFIRE SEASON CRIME

Danger is down, not up Scary incident brings help Editor: Re: Tree inventory will help Port Moody prepare for wildfire threat (tricitynews. com, May 5, 2021) I am so glad that Port Moody Fire Rescue is doing an inventory on combustable trees in our parks and wild spaces. However the the photo in your article shows the fire fighter experts looking skyward? Most of the fuel in our interface areas are dead-fall. Please look down instead. I reside on the north shore of the inlet, where there is a massive amount of

from nearby neighbours

Port Moody Fire Rescue is assessing areas of the city at high risk of wildfire. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

dead-fall and pioneer species trees in poor health. My hope is that the city will be preemptive, and remove the accumulated dead fall, rather than buying

more fire apparatus, and hiring more fire staff. the former is a much cost effective option. Richard Chick Port Moody

Editor: I want to very heartfelt thank the neighbours near Schoolhouse and Brunette when I had to call for help. A custom red Jeep drove up, asked us to buy drugs. We said “no” and “get out of the neighbourhood.” Then they jumped out

Letter writer is thankful for residents who helped before police arrived. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

and tried to beat up my

boyfriend, and pulled a knife! A young family stopped and called the police and three other men ran out to help. The police came. So thank you so much to everyone who came out to help! It means so much to me. Love you! Nettie Boulanger Coquitlam

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Could vaccinating kids get us to herd immunity? People already feeling safer as vaccines ramp up STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com

A slow trickle of vehicles snaked through the Coquitlam Centre drivethru immunization site last Wednesday. Rowena Cando, 57, hung out a minivan door smiling through her mask as she rolled up her sleeve; Maria Yule grimaced as the needle slid into her arm before dropping her shoulder in relief. “I just feel safer. I’m around my kids, my grandkids,” said the Port Coquitlam woman. “It’s peace of mind.” While the delivery of vaccine to such sites has come in spurts — often a product of sporadic deliveries to British Columbia — it’s not clear why so few have been booked for appointments at this drive-thru clinic. On its busiest days, nurses say they’ve inoculated over 400 people. But while May 5, the day the Tri-City News visited the drive-thru site, was nowhere close to that number, record vaccine shipments are on the way and there are strong signs B.C.’s push toward herd immunity could soon get a major boost. Earlier that day, Health Canada announced it had approved the PfizerBioNTech vaccine for children 12 and over. Within hours, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said she was working on a plan to incorporate B.C. adolescents into the province’s vaccination campaign. B.C. youth aged 12 to 17, she said, could receive a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the school year, possibly through school clinics. By the end of last Thursday, Dr. Henry said the province will have administered its two millionth dose. But most of those are first doses, meaning roughly 37% of the population has received at least one shot. That’s a far cry from the 80 to 90% vaccination rates some experts say is necessary to achieve herd immunity.

Vaccination centres, like Fraser Health’s drive-thru clinic in Coquitlam, aren’t always busy. But with more vaccine shipments on the way, some experts say B.C. will soon be pushing towards herd immunity. STEFAN LABBÉ/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Still, the drive to offer vaccine to younger segments of the population has buoyed the hopes of some experts who have expressed skepticism that B.C., and indeed Canada, could reach such high vaccination rates. “Kids are really important,” said infectious disease expert Caroline Colijn, who leads a multidisciplinary COVID-19 modelling team out of Simon Fraser University. “There’s enough kids out there that vaccinating 90% of adults, plus 90% of youth makes a big difference.” Many experts in the United States and Canada have recently gone on the record saying it’s unlikely the countries will achieve herd immunity. Prof. Paul Tupper of Simon Fraser University’s mathematics department

said herd immunity is unlikely to happen with COVID-19 for a few reasons. Because the virus is transmitted worldwide, its reintroduction between communities and across borders could hit as immunity through vaccination or infection wears out. To complicate matters, the vaccines don’t seem to be completely effective against some of the new variants, he said. “So, I think what is more likely to happen is that we end up in a situation like we have with seasonal flu,” Tupper said. “We have to live with the flu, and I think something similar is going to happen with COVID.” Sarah Otto, a University of British Columbia professor and expert on the mathematical models of pandemic growth and control, said the

disease’s reproductive rate is hard to pinpoint, which makes it difficult to establish a herd immunity target. The reproductive rate is the number of additional people infected by a single person with COVID-19, which has also changed because of the variants, she said. Canada might also fall short of herd immunity because people can still get infected after vaccination, even if they are less likely to develop symptoms, she said. “We don’t yet know how effective vaccines are at reducing transmission from person to person and that matters a lot,” Otto said. Vaccinated people are getting fewer infections but those who do can still suffer severe symptoms, she said. “Before the pandemic, we didn’t have working

vaccines for coronaviruses, so we don’t know exactly what the outcomes are going to be,” said Otto. “It’s very unusual to have a disease with such wildly differing outcomes, with asymptomatic individuals and severely affected long haulers. How are vaccines going to change that mix? We don’t really know why the severe cases are so severe.” SFU’s Caroline Colijn said reaching the threshold of herd immunity really depends on how you define it. “Herd immunity is kind of an unclear concept,” she said. “Can we get the risk down that we never see COVID ever? I don’t think most experts or the Canadian public believe that.” In April, Colijn and Tupper modelled different scenarios probing how

British Columbia would emerge from province-wide restrictions as its vaccination campaign moved into the summer and fall. In a summary of their findings, the two experts warned that by not vaccinating youth and not improving vaccine uptake, “it is likely that 100,000s of British Columbians would become infected or some restrictions would need to be re-introduced and maintained indefinitely.” Opening up vaccination to youth and eventually children significantly changes that calculation, and could lead to a permanent, if stuttered, lifting of restrictions, said Colijn. “We’re near that fence,” she said, referring to the possibilities opened up by vaccinating younger cohorts. For Colijn, getting to herd immunity means an eventual lifting of restrictions, yet public health is still in a constant state of heightened vigilance, stamping out a cluster stemming from a returning traveller or a visiting relative. But even that limited possibility of success must confront two major sources of uncertainty. First, writes Colijn and her team in a summary of their latest modelling, we know mRNA vaccines, like Pfizer and Moderna, have shown evidence of being “phenomenally effective in preventing symptomatic disease.” But that was during trials, and it’s not clear how effective these vaccines — as well as others from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson — are at stemming the spread of the virus in the real world. Second, said Colijn, achieving an imperfect herd immunity is predicated on a virus that doesn’t continue to evolve and find a mechanism to escape the effectiveness of current vaccines. “It’s not going to be, ‘OK, everything is open, let it rip,’” she said, pointing to flare-ups in past widespread vaccination campaigns. “We should look out for those scary things, but we don’t shut the world down because of measles.” —With files from the Canadian Press

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Tri-City songbirds are under threat from human disturbance and advocates are warning people to look for nests before they prune, garden or renovate their property. In recent months, the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C. has seen a dramatic increase in the number of injured and weakened birds being brought to their rehabilitation centre in Burnaby. Most of the tiny creatures are from nests found in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. In many cases, the nests have been dislodged, although occasionally fledgling birds are brought in if they are injured and found on the ground. As many as six hummingbirds from the Tri-Cities area have been brought in, according to hospital manager

A hummingbird tends to its young in its nest. SUMBITTED PHOTO

Janelle Stephenson, but the facility is also taking area of numerous perching birds, including song sparrows, robins and chickadees, as well as baby ducklings. “There are manly juveniles coming in,” said Stephenson, “a few more are coming in every day.” Since April 2020, and possibly because people are more homebound during COVID-19, the wildlife rescue centre has seen admissions jump by 74% — an increase of 500 more animals that need help. According to the associ-

ation, bird nesting season — March 1 to Aug. 31 — is an extremely challenging time for baby birds that are facing natural and human disturbances or lack of food sources. Without proper care and nutrition, nestlings and fledglings face challenges in their environment including predator attacks, starvation and death. Some indications of distress in birds on the ground includes: • weakness/lethargy • soiling (with feces or anything else) • visible injuries such as

blood or a drooping wing Concern was recently raised when Trans Mountain was ordered to delay pipeline construction in Burnaby because of nests being disturbed, including those of Anna’s hummingbirds. But Stephenson said homeowners working in their yards or around the house and contractors doing construction may accidentally knock down a nest while doing work, such as pruning or chimney cleaning. Parents may have abandoned nests of baby birds that has been disturbed, so Stephenson is urging people to call the rescue hotline (604-526-7275) before taking any action. “The majority are accidental nest removals; people are cutting down a tree, or a shrub or doing gardening or construction and they don’t realize they’re near a nest. Sometimes the nest is so small you can’t see it and they find it in a branch afterwards.” Hummingbird nests, for example, are extremely tiny and could be knocked down

without anyone knowing. But different species have different nesting habits, and Stephenson advises looking closely in deep grass, eaves, chimneys, bushes and trees before doing major work, and calling the helpline for solutions. If you have disturbed a nest, Stephenson recommends calling the rescue hotline for advice on what to do next. It may be possible to put the nest back, but then it has to be monitored to ensure parents will come back and feed the fledglings. “It’s better to call us and we’ll walk you through to help you monitor,” said Stephenson, noting that baby birds may be under stress and the nest may have to be brought in so the birds can be rehydrated or helped with their injuries. It’s not unusual for baby bird to land on the ground when learning to fly; they can be grounded for days or weeks while their feathers grow, depending on the species. If the bird appears healthy, and the parents are returning to feed it, no intervention is required.

However, if the bird appears lethargic, is injured and its feathers are patchy, a call to the wildlife rescue is a good idea to figure out next steps, especially if a predator is nearby (cats and dogs should also be kept away). A trained volunteer may recommend retrieval and transport to the Burnaby facility, where the creature will receive almost aroundthe-clock care, with feeding as frequent as every 15 minutes, depending on the species. A donation to the rescue agency would help with the animals’ care, and ensure found fledgling birds get off to a good start, Stephenson noted, while she advised homeowners, contractors and property managers to take extra care to look for bird nests before they start their work. “Call, ask questions, some animals are quite hidden,” suggested Stephenson, “We have people on the helpline to help you assess the situation, figure out what the situation is and depending on the species will give you appropriate advice.”

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Golden Spike Days will be a drive-thru event Event to be moved to the parking lot of PoMo rec centre MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

This year’s Golden Spike Days festival in Port Moody will be unlike any other. But at least it will be. After going virtual last summer because of public health restrictions to limit transmission of COVID-19, you’ll be able to attend this year’s event in person. As long as you stay in your car. Golden Spike Days is going drive-thru on July 1 although the fun will continue online through to July 4. It wasn’t an easy decision to make, said Ken Nielsen, the president of the nonprofit society that organizes Port Moody’s big annual celebration of its railroading heritage that also happens to coincide with Canada Day. “The only thing we felt we could do would be a drivethru,” he said, adding the organizing committee worked through various scenarios in monthly meetings since last year’s virtual event. Navigating the ever-shifting landscape of public health orders has been tricky, explained Nielsen. In the end, though, the organizers felt it imperative to bring back a live component. To make that happen, the event is moving from Rocky Point Park, where it normally attracts about 40,000 people over four days, to the parking lot in front of the city’s recreation centre, which will be enclosed by fencing. It will also be ticketed, at a cost of $10 per car, so organizers can better manage the traffic flow and have certainty of

numbers to attend. Once visitors have been steered by flaggers and traffic marshals into the one-way course, the experience will be not unlike a visit to Disney’s “It’s A Small World.” From the safety of their vehicle, attendees will pass by booths and tables from various sponsors and community organizations, the traditional can-can dancers, clowns twisting balloons, a performer who specializes in blowing giant bubbles, magicians and musical performances by such Golden Spike favourites as The Dueling Pianos. Nielsen estimates it will take a vehicle about 10 to 15 minutes to navigate the show, after which they can pick a lane for one of five food trucks that will be on site where operators will deliver their fare right to the car window. There will also be giveaway booths and a package of treats like coupons or samples from the event sponsors. Some of the entertainment acts will also be part of the virtual event that is ticketed as well, by donation. The online show includes arts and cooking demonstrations, fitness and children’s activities and — perhaps most importantly — the return of the Tri-Cities Got Talent competition. “We didn’t want to see that die,” Nielsen said. “The history of keeping that going is so important.” It’s been a big project putting it all together, he added, with no certainty people will respond. Still, Nielsen is confident his contingent of 12 directors and dozens of adult volunteers as well as helpers from the lacrosse community can pull it off and help create some happy memories.

“It going to feel a lot different,” he said. “It’ll provide some hope to families that better times are coming.” Port Moody isn’t the only city hosting a Canada Day drive-thru: Coquitlam’s will be in the south parking lot of the Douglas College campus on July 1; participants get a Canada Day kit in advance to decorate their vehicle.

The popular can-can dancers will be part of the Golden Spike Days fesitval drive-thru event on July 1. The fun will also continue online for another three days, until July 4. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

Coquitlam in Bloom Volunteer Sessions Coquitlam in Bloom is back! Help foster community pride for green space enhancements through stewardship events and initiatives. Join the Park Spark team to revisit past Coquitlam in Bloom activities as well as help to kick off Coquitlam in Bloom 2021. Have fun while engaging in unique and creative experiences in our outdoor park spaces. Find out when we’ll be visiting a park near you. Learn more at coquitlam.ca/cib

Become a Park Spark Garden Volunteer Green thumbs of all ages and abilities are encouraged to get involved, share knowledge, learn new skills and make a difference while enhancing Coquitlam’s outdoor parks spaces. Throughout the growing season, the Park Spark team will be popping up at various Coquitlam Park Spaces and teaming up with volunteers to keep Coquitlam’s Parks gardens looking their best. Find out when we’ll be visiting a Park near you. For more information on our volunteer activities please visit coquitlam.ca/parkspark or email parkspark@coquitlam.ca.

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Learn to work with clay and paint this summer Arts aficionados can learn to paint a portrait of their pet, experiment with papier-mâché and practice basic alcohol ink techniques at PoMoArts this summer. Formerly known as the Port Moody Arts Centre, PoMoArts is offering in-person and online programs to Tri-City residents of all ages in June, July and August. The hub’s COVID-19 safety plan includes the use of two facilities, separate entrances for each classroom, daily health screenings for staff and students, and mandatory mask use. Here are some summer program highlights: • After School Clay Fun with Tracy Xie (Wednesdays, June 2 to 30, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.): This hands-on, fun class will use modelling clay/ air dry clay to create a picture story, a bird or a character. Students will learn how to use different tools adding textures and patterns.

Ratna Gandhi, a former artist-in-residence with the city of Port Coquitlam, teaches a hand-building clay workshop at PoMoArts in June. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

• Pet Portraits for Kids with Sarah Robinson (Saturdays, June 5 to 26, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.): Students will use watercolour paint and outline details with ink pens to create masterpieces. • Sculpture and Mixed Media with Holly Pilot (Tuesdays, June 8 to 29, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.): Students will use a variety of materials such as paint papier-mâché, yarn and cardboard to study various art forms.

• Perfecting Portrait Painting with Sarah Robinson (Saturdays, June 5 to 26, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.): Discover how to paint realistic portraits through understanding colour theory and mixing acrylic paint shades. • Surface Pattern Design with Brianna Klassen (Wednesdays, June 2 to 30, 4 to 6 p.m.): Taking inspiration from William Morris, Gustav Klimt and M.C. Escher, stu-

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dents will simplify surface pattern design into three core processes: mirroring, tiling and repetition. • Hand-building Clay Art with Ratna Gandhi (Mondays, June 7 to 28, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.): Hand building is working with clay using your hands and some simple tools. Students will be introduced to techniques like slab work, coil work and pinch work. Students will create their own pen stands, bowls and candle holders. • Alcohol Ink Explorations with Margarita Hobbes (online, Wednesdays, June 2 to 23, from 7 to 9 p.m.): Students will learn and practice introductory alcohol ink techniques on Yupo or tile and play with metallic mixatives and air manipulations. Students will also expand their knowledge of other effects the inks can create by examining the use of masks, acrylics, and other materials.

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plore ceramic sculpture. Learn to turn a creature, vase, image or concept from your imagination into a 3D piece that exists in the world. To register, go to pomoarts.ca. Meanwhile, PoMoArts seeks applications for its next ceramic artist-in-residence; to apply, visit pomoarts.ca.

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We will be publishing a very Special Graduation 2021 feature on Thursday, June 17 in 50,000 newspapers across the Tri-Cities! Honour the special high school, college or university graduate in your family with a congratulatory message in this feature. This keepsake ad can be clipped out and saved in the family scrapbook and enjoyed for years to come!

Publication date: Thursday, June 17

No previous painting experience is needed. • Intermediate Ceramic Sculpture for Young Adults with Serisa Fitz-James (Fridays, June 18 to July 30, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.): This course provides the opportunity for youth to work closely with an emerging contemporary artist to ex-

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Open letter to the Premier and Minister of Health of British Columbia, the Honourable John Horgan and Adrian Dix, and the Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia, Dr. Bonnie Henry. We need your help! From Concerned British Columbia Cancer Patients and their Patient Group representatives

Urgent changes needed. For COVID-19 vaccines to provide the best protection against the virus for cancer patients, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across Canada MUST CHANGE URGENTLY. As cancer patients, family members and oncology patient group representatives, we call upon the government of British Columbia to rollout the COVID-19 vaccines to cancer patients in the province according to best clinical trial evidence and the advice of their doctors. That means receiving the first and second doses of the available COVID-19 within 21 – 28 days. Findings from recent studies show that the immune response that occurs after the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in seniors1 and cancer patients2 is reduced compared to the response in healthy individuals, leaving these individuals vulnerable without their second dose. Waiting up to four months between first and second doses leaves cancer patients at greater risk of inadequate defence against COVID-19. Cancer Patients Are Asking ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT TO HELP! It is imperative that changes be made. The present rollout recommendations and practices of up to 4 months between the first and second doses have the potential to put the lives of cancer patients in jeopardy.

Up to 4 weeks between vaccine doses for cancer patients, NOT 4 months. #4weeksnot4months British Columbia Government Including Local Administrators: Ensure that the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccines for cancer patients for the ﬁrst and second doses is within 21 – 28 days of each other. Ensure adequate directives and resources are provided to achieve this goal. Follow the lead of other provinces that have taken steps to ensure cancer patients receive their COVID-19 vaccines following appropriate dosing schedules.

AB, MB, ON and QC have made changes. Why not BC? Provincial and Territorial Governments Including Local Administrators: We continue to ask the Federal Government to revise the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) recommendation for cancer patients to receive the 2 doses of the vaccines within 21 -28 days of each other, as approved by Health Canada.

To learn more, visit: VaccineAction.ca Signatories:

1. Brockman, M.A. et al. (2021). Weak humoral immune reactivity among residents of long-term care facilities following one dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. MedRxiv. Available at https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.17.21253773v12 2. Monin-Aldama, L. et al. (2021). Interim results of the safety and immune-efficacy of I versus 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 for cancer patients in the context of the UK vaccine priority guidelines. MedRxiv. Available at: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101 /2021.03.17.21253131v1

COVID-19: Second vaccine dose delays leave many cancer patients unprotected, say advocates By Adina Bresge, The Canadian Press This week, patients and advocates mounted a national campaign to prioritize people with cancer by adhering to the manufacturer’s schedule. In the case of Pfizer, that’s a three-week delay, while Moderna dictates a four-week gap between doses, and Oxford-AstraZeneca recommends waiting between four to 12 weeks for a second shot. Medical experts say emerging research suggests many cancer patients have a reduced immune response to the vaccine, so a single COVID-19 shot may leave them insufficiently protected. “We’re not asking for special treatment. We’re just asking for equality,” said Martinson, 37. “In order for us to get the same efficacy as everyone else with one vaccine, unfortunately, we do need two vaccines.” There are patients like her in many parts of the country, say advocates, who are calling for a national policy to exempt people with cancer from extended dose delays. Earlier this month, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization affirmed its recommendation that a second dose be delayed as long as four months in order to offer more people a first dose faster. NACI left it to provinces and territories to decide if exemptions should be made for highrisk groups. Some provinces, such as Ontario and Alberta, chose to prioritize some people with weakened immune systems, including certain cancer patients. But elsewhere, including British Columbia and Quebec, the four-month interval applies across the board. The president of the Canadian Association of Pharmacy in Oncology says the patchwork of policies leaves many patients in the lurch. Even in jurisdictions that permit earlier doses for cancer patients, confusion reigns, says Tina Crosbie. “If we have something on a national level, then that will help for that trickle-down effect to be able to implement it and roll it out in the various health units,” said Crosbie. Dr. Keith Stewart, director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, says people with cancer often have weakened immune systems, both because of the disease itself and the treatments for it. Blood cancers, in particular, often impair the immune system. Solid tumors, such as those in colon cancer or lung cancer, are often treated with therapies that destroy cancer cells, but can also damage the healthy cells involved in the body’s immune response. COVID-19 vaccines trigger the body’s immune response to produce antibodies that help fight off infection. But in cancer patients, that response will be diminished, says Stewart. “Not enough cancer patients response to the first dose to be comfortable leaving them without the second,” he said. “Even with the second dose, protection will be suboptimal. But any protection is better than none.” Researchers in London published a paper

Elya Martinson of Kelowna, B.C., shown in this handout image, has stage 4 lung cancer. She says her second vaccine shot will be delayed four months. The Canadian Press / Vibrant Okanagan Photography in the Lancet this week suggesting a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine leaves many cancer patients partially or mostly unprotected, based on data collected from 151 cancer patients and 54 healthy controls. Three weeks after receiving one shot of Pfizer, the study found an immune response in 38 per cent of people with solid cancer, and 18 per cent of patients with blood cancer. That’s compared to 94 per cent of those without cancer. However, immunity response improved in patients with solid cancer who received a boost 21 days after their first shot. A Health Canada spokesman says there’s little data on the issue because cancer patients were excluded from clinical trials. And early data suggesting a reduced immune response in some cancer patients does not necessarily indicate the level of real-world protection they’d have against COVID-19, Eric Morrissette said on Wednesday in an email. NACI will continue to monitor the evidence about the effectiveness of vaccines in high-risk groups and adjust its recommendations if needed, he added. On Wednesday, a coalition of cancer advocacy groups published an open letter in the Globe and Mail calling on all levels of government to ensure Canadians with cancer aren’t put at risk because of a delayed dose. The executive director of Myeloma Canada, which was one of more than a dozen signatories of the letter, says anxiety over second doses has prompted some cancer patients to delay treatments that may impact the effectiveness of the vaccine. “Because of COVID, many cancer patients have had their diagnosis or treatment delayed, which is a very stressful experience,” said Martine Elias. “Now, we are creating even more uncertainty for them by delaying their second vaccination dose.”

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Hike for Hospice & Rush for the Rotary JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Friday, May 14 TAKE A DIP

Coquitlam’s two outdoor pools are now open for a pre-booked swim. Participants can register for a 40-minute individual lap swim (a double lane will be shared by four people) or for a 40-minute family dip (for two to four people from the same household). The admission to Eagle Ridge (2689 Guildford Way) and Spani (655 Hillcrest St.) outdoor pools is $1 for a child/senior; $2 for an adult; and $5 for a family. To sign up, go to coquitlam.ca/outdoorpools.

Saturday, May 15 SCAVENGER HUNT

Find the five “I Love PoCo” signs — on the back of children’s art in Port Coquitlam parks and public spaces — for a chance to win one of five $50 gift cards to a PoCo business of your choice. To enter, take photos with all five signs and add them as a single post on social media using #ilovepoco and #portcoquitlam. And don’t forget to tag or name the Port Coquitlam business you would like to support with a gift card. The monthlong scavenger hunt is part of the city’s 98th annual May Day celebrations. Visit portcoquitlam.ca/maydays.

RUSH/HIKE

Lace up your runners for two Tri-City fundraisers this month. The Rotary Rush is a self-directed charity walk/

run, hosted by the Rotary Club of Coquitlam and sponsored in part by the Tri-City News, to collect cash for youth programs. There are four challenges to chose from, with varying distances to complete over the month. Visit rotaryrush.com. And you can honour a late loved one and raise money for the Crossroads Hospice Society by taking part in its annual Hike for Hospice — virtually. The society, which has its hospice in Port Moody, hopes to bring in $40,000 through its self-directed walk/run (use the hashtag #chshikingforhospice2021) and through a 50/50 draw. Go to crossroadshospice.org.

SNAP AND SHARE

Starting today, you can head to a Metro Vancouver regional park (in the TriCities: Belcarra, Colony Farm and Minnekhada), take a photo of your environmental discoveries and share them on the app iNaturalist for a chance to win prizes. The family-friendly science program runs until June 13. Go to pacificparklands.com for more details.

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Port Coquitlam is quickly becoming the next brewery district in the Tri-Cities, thanks to a spate of new craft breweries opening up in the city. Whether you’re looking for a cold one after a bike ride on the Traboulay PoCo Trail or a place to gather with your safe bubble, you can enjoy the freshly made suds at one of Port Coquitlam’s new breweries, which are making the most of their outdoor space in recent days with tents, plants, picnic tables, snack foods and, occasionally, an array of food trucks. But, soon, brewery owners will be able to expand their outdoor patios even more because of a city proposal to remove the current patio size limit of 10 square meters (about 108 square feet). “The patio is absolutely our lifeline right now,” said Phil Smith, a partner in Tinhouse Brewery, who has had to shut his indoor lounge due to COVID-19 restrictions. Currently, his patio offers enough seating for 34 people, depending on the groups, and although Tinhouse has limited space to expand, Smith said he’s working with the city on creative options like placing Adirondack chairs on a

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nearby green space. “This is a work in progress with the city and they are being very cooperative and amenable.” The move to permit larger patios is the city’s latest effort to boost the craft liquor industry that started in 2016 when the city first permitted liquor manufacturers to set up tasting lounges in industrial areas. In 2018 council doubled the lounge seating capacity to 50 and relaxed parking limits (providing they didn’t impact neighbours), and last year extended the lounge closing times. Smith said the popularity of his patio at Tinhouse is weather dependent. But, he added he’s made efforts to spruce up the area with plants and he’s also added a tent for rain protection. “On Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday, we’ll have a line up and a waiting list for people to get space,”

Smith said, and having the option to expand, if space can be found, will be great for business. Smith also said he would like to see Port Coquitlam added to the BC Ale Trail because there are enough craft breweries to make the city a destination for craft beer aficionados. “We get people of all sorts,” he said. “We’ve got the locals who live in the immediate areas, they are becoming our regulars; there are the new people who are moving into the neighbourhood; and, on the weekends, we get the beer pilgrims or the beer travellers. They venture in from the city or venture in from the valley.” It’s not a stretch for the beer aficionados to hit Tinhouse, Taylight, North Paw and Provincial Spirits by bus, designated driver or by foot as they make their way out to Port Coquitlam, said Smith.

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City to study potential for Upper Pipeline A heavy industrial area that borders the Coquitlam River will undergo a city study to look at its future potential. Last month, council OK’d the scope and process of the Upper Pipeline Road Corridor Planning Overview, a year-long planning exercise that will prepare the municipality for the eventual closure of the mining operations north of Galette Avenue. The high-level review comes as the Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) is seeking a Crown Land Tenure Application from the provincial government to undertake investigative testing of the now-defunct Lafarge aggregate mine site as well as the adjoining Crown land at the top end of the Pipeline corridor. Totalling 403 acres, the two Crown properties are being eyed by the GVWD for a $2.5-billion water supply project: a new upper Coquitlam Lake intake and a new water treatment plant that would link into the GVWD’s Coquitlam Main No. 4 tunnel, now under construction. Coquitlam has asked the province for the GVWD bid be put on hold until its “holistic community planning process” is complete; the provincial government,

The city of Coquitlam will study the area around the Upper Pipeline Road corridor, where Metro Vancouver is currently working, to look at its future needs.

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in response, has asked Coquitlam to continue discussions with the regional agency while its application is under review. “What we’re proposing is a planning overview of this area, which is largely outside of the Metro Vancouver regional growth strategy’s urban containment boundary,” said Jim McIntyre, Coquitlam’s general manager of planning and development services. “In time, there may be some other opportunities and interest up in that area.” Currently, the area around Upper Pipeline Road is owned by Allard Contractors and about a dozen homeowners; Lehigh Hanson has privately held leases plus a large Crown land lease. And the city owns the Upper Coquitlam River Park — a popular spot for re-

mote-control car and plane enthusiasts. Now, with the recent closure of the Lafarge mine that’s now in the middle of site reclamation, the city wants to delve deeper into land ownership and the future plans of the existing sand and gravel operators, McIntyre wrote in his report to council. As well, the city wants to explore if there’s potential for business and jobs, and expand outdoor recreation amenities such as access to Crystal Falls, which is located on the east side of the river and currently has no official trail to reach the waterfalls. McIntyre also pointed to City Centre, where the municipality — decades ago — struck a deal with Lafarge to turn its former sand and gravel pit into a lake and

park destination. Asked by Coun. Bonita Zarrillo if Metro Vancouver, which oversees the GVWD, should be consulted for the Upper Pipeline Road visioning study, city manager Peter Steblin was blunt. “This work should be conducted by the city of Coquitlam independently of anything that Metro Vancouver might want to do in that area because our interests are not necessarily aligned,” he told council. “Their interests are predominantly to see if they can put in a filtration plant there — it’s a very large industrial operation — and their previous work has been done without adequate consultation with the host community.” “This piece of work is to be done to determine the host community’s aspirations for that area,” Steblin said, adding, “It would be our intent, through this process, to evaluate other possibilities of getting some land ceded to the city of Coquitlam” as with Lafarge Lake, when the city allowed the company more gravel extraction in exchange for the decommissioned pit at Town Centre Park, he said. A letter explaining the Upper Pipeline Road study will be sent to area landowners, lessees and other stakeholders.

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NATIONAL AWARD

Anmore residents Garnet and Lorraine Berg’s donation to the Eagle Ridge Hospital resulted in a new cardiac echo machine for the Port Moody hub, which opens its expanded emergency department this year.

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POCO, Port Coquitlam’s Jackie Diy (above) and Susan Greig of Coquitlam are featured in a new book called Pursuit: 365. Diy si the co-founder of everRIAthing TV while Greig owns Braid Street Studios.

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A Tri-City resident was given a national award by her company last month. Danielle Germaine, who works in Port Coquitlam, was named the Canadian CAREGiver of the Year by Home Instead, which provides in-home care services to seniors. An employee since 2013, Germaine said she likes making a difference in people’s lives. “The satisfaction of knowing that you are actually, in your own small way, bringing joy, comfort and friendship to someone you’re looking after, can’t be beat,” she stated in a press release. “To be able to make a difference in a person’s life for an hour, or even just a minute… that’s huge.”

COQUITLAM WOMEN LEADERS IN NEW BOOK

A total of 28 residents at Port Coquitlam’s Astoria Retirement Residence brought in $1,759 through the annual Walk for Memories fundraiser. The money will be used for Alzheimer’s disease research.

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Coquitlam city council last month heard about the Day of Mourning 2021 from April Duffield, a delegate with the New Westminster And District Labour Council. Each year, the organization speaks to local councils and school boards about April 28, the official day to recognize workers injured or killed on the job.

Tru Earth officially opened its flagship store in Port Moody on Earth Day, April 22, and launched its fundraising partnership with the Salish Sea Research and Education Society.

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COMEDY Port Moody magician Chris Yuill won the Carl Hemeon Award for Excellence from the Society of American Magicians last month. He also took the Fraser Valley magic circle’s Steve Dickson Close-up award.

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Four Tri-City companies took awards last month at the Homebuilders Association Vancouver Awards gala, which was held online during the pandemic. Bubbles and Beyond (Coquitlam) and Jedan Brothers Contracting (Coquitlam) with Laura Grist Interior Design (Port Moody) took the accolade for the creating the best bathroom renovation under $35,000. And Reid Developments Ltd. (Coquitlam) shared the Best Interior Design New Custom Residence (whole home) prize for its work with Monarch (Vancouver) and Peter Rose Architecture + Interiors Inc. (Vancouver).

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Students at Banting middle in Coquitlam collected 2,001 boxes of cereal in their first Cereal-sly fundraiser. The cereal will go to families using Share Family and Community Services food banks.

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Two SkyTrain stations in Coquitlam and Port Moody were among the 13 sites where rallies were held Monday to bring attention to the rise in anti-Asian racism. The Stand With Asians Coalition held socially distance rallies at the Lincoln and Inlet stations. The Burnaby-based group has received many endorsements since it started last month including proclamations from the cities of Port Coquitlam and Port Moody and the village of Belcarra, declaring May 10 as the Day of Action Against Anti-Asian Racism. The coalition states that since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown last spring, “there has been an alarming increase of anti-Asian racism and hate crimes in Canada and across North America.” Vancouver Police Department also saw a 700% uptick in reports last year.

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Congratulations to Stacey Kennedy for winning the Grand Prize Package! Liezl Panganiban and Edgar Ebreo recently won their second lottery winfall in less than a year when the couple scratched a Set for Life ticket to reveal a $675,000 prize. Last September, they won $500,000 in the Lotto 6/49 Extra draw. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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A Coquitlam couple has been left in shock after they won $1 million in two major lotteries in less than a year. Liezl Panganiban and Edgar Ebreo had already raked in $500,000 on an Extra Lotto 6/49 draw back on Sept. 26, 2020. But that didn’t stop Ebreo from swinging by the

7-Eleven on Coast Meridian Road in Port Coquitlam to pick up a Set for Life ticket. Taking the ticket home, the couple scratched together, revealing another improbable win of $675,000. “When I saw the three cash symbols, I couldn’t believe it so I showed Edgar,” Panganiban said in a written statement. “I started dancing,” added Ebreo. Panganiban said she feels “blessed and very thankful.”

For her husband, Ebreo, the run of luck is still sinking in. “It’s a special feeling,” he said, in a press release from the BC Lottery Corporation. “I can’t quite describe it.” The couple is now planning a family trip close to home once travel restrictions are lifted. The money, they say, will be put toward paying off their mortgage, and down the line, a trip to Hawaii — their daughter’s favourite place to travel.

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Port Moody pub transforms to pop-up nursery New pub open only a week before latest shutdown MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

“Pivot” has become one of the buzzwords of 14 months of pandemic shutdowns and public health orders. Restaurants have pivoted to take-out. Hair salons pivoted to take-home colouring kits. Distillers pivoted to pump out hand sanitizer. Now, a Port Moody pub is putting a whole new twist in its pandemic search to maintain a viable business. It’s selling plants. Actually, the parking lot nursery in front of the Livelyhood pub on St. Johns Street isn’t a completely new idea. The pub’s owner, Joseph Richard Group, opened

Ryan Moreno, CEO of the Joseph Richard Group, checks out the plant selection at the company’s Livelyhood pub in Port Moody. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

pop-up garden centres at several of its establishments across the Lower Mainland

last year when pubs and restaurants were first shut down to limit transmission

of COVID-19. It was a serendipitous solution to a difficult

problem, said CEO and co-founder, Ryan Moreno, as the hospitality company tried to generate revenue and keep staff employed by joining forces with a nursery also struggling with the impact of the initial lockdowns. “It seemed like a good fit,” he said. The partnership went better than anticipated, Moreno added. And while neither side got rich on the unique venture, staff were able to pick up extra shifts and the pubs remained engaged with their communities. So when the latest public health orders again shut down indoor service at pubs and restaurants just a week after Livelyhood opened, the company reconnected with the nursery and got its latest pop-up garden centre operating within days. Moreno said the venture is giving shifts to some of the pub’s 60 full-time and parttime employees at a juncture

when the team was just starting to come together. He said the “pivot” servers, cooks and busboys have made from slinging ales and fries to handing over hanging baskets has been relatively seamless. “A lot of the people are really adaptable,” Moreno said. He said the camaraderie and community being built out of the steel storage container in Livelyhood’s parking lot and amidst the rollaway carts of colourful planters will serve the pub well going forward. “Our business is as much about creating an environment that builds relationships,” he said. And if some of those gardeners come back for a post-planting beer and burger when the pub is fully open again, so much the better. “It’s more about the community we create,” Moreno said.

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Jade Wong’s father always encouraged her to read and write. As a child, she loved telling stories and her dad loved to hear them. And when Wong was a teenager, he would tell her to submit her entries to publishing companies “but I never did that.” At SFU, the Riverside secondary graduate chose to major in business administration over English literature — “something I always wanted to do” — and later turned to a career in real estate. Last year, when the world ground to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Port Coquitlam resident found herself with a lot of time on her hands. Last May, seeing a call for submissions for the city and Terry Fox Library’s Flash Fiction Contest, Wong fired up her computer and created a short story to meet the guidelines. It had to be, or contain, an adventure; be set in Port Coquitlam; include the word SEE

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Hold your iPhone above Lafarge Lake Seedling (cedar) focuses on loss of trees, lake history JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Her art wasn’t meant to go digital. When Hyung-min Yoon worked with the Evergreen Cultural Centre (ECC) curators following her show at the Coquitlam arts hub last year, the Vancouver-based artist initially set out to create a physical sculpture. But by the time Trace closed last April, the pandemic lockdown was in full swing with no end in sight, forcing Yoon to revise her plans. Still, as the health restrictions wavered during the year and the bureaucracy to show her art slowed, Yoon opted for a new format. “Augmented reality made sense because technology has been evermore present during these times,” she told the Tri-City News. Her digital work Seedling (cedar), which can be seen until October, is an interactive display that requires the viewer to download the free app Seedling, scan a QR code and hold the mobile device above Lafarge Lake. On the screen, participants can see Yoon’s digital image of a western red cedar — with roots and all — hovering over the water. Yoon, who has her master’s degree in fine arts from the Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, England, depicted a young cedar because “seedlings are so small but perfect,” she said in an phone interview on Monday. “They’re also odd-looking because we’re used to them being bigger in size. Seedlings are almost alien-shaped but they’re full of potential. You can find

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A screen capture of “Seedling (cedar)” by Hyung-min Yoon over Coquitlam’s Lafarge Lake. The augmented reality exhibit is on until October. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

them everywhere.” Yoon also chose the species as it’s common to the Pacific Northwest and in Indigenous traditions: from ceremonies to medicine. However, the western red cedar is also on the decline because of climate change,

logging and development “and other ongoing effects of settler colonialism,” Yoon writes in her artist statement to ECC. As well, placing it above Lafarge Lake, an area once used as a quarry, ties in the “impact of the settler colo-

nialism on the land.” As for the AR image, Yoon said she blew up a high-resolution scan of a cedar at UBC and placed the “sculpture” over the lake for viewers to reflect on the lake’s history and the gradual decline of the species.

Still, having her installations around bodies of water isn’t anything new for Yoon: Her ongoing Um…. series centres on sculptures on water so that the text can be read on the surface and mirrored via the reflection. For Seedling (cedar), viewers can scan the QR code on the sign near the Evergreen Cultural Centre or at the dock to get the 2D image on their screen; Yoon likes both locations because the mountains serve as a backdrop. But as the format is new to her, Yoon said she’s making tweaks along the way: Last week, she toned down its contrast to make it softer. The Korean-born artist, who typically splits her time between her homes in Vancouver and Seoul, said her experimental piece comes as AR exhibits are creating a buzz on the international arts scene. “This is a platform for contemporary art. It’s meaningful and it makes use of the situation we are in.” She added, “We can’t be separated from our [mobile] phones or iPads so I wanted to use this portal for something different — not just for checking or reading. Because we can use water as a screen or for reflection, I think that’s the best meditation: To create a moment to enjoy nature through culture.”

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Wen Wen “Cherry” Lu, the city’s Lions Park artist-in-residence last year. The Burnaby resident told the Tri-City News that she focused on one strong image for each panel to create her ink drawings. “I was really interested in the pattern of the cycle that [Jade] wrote about,” Lu said. Lu was also impressed that the city added an audio component for passersby to listen through a QR code or via portcoquitlam.ca/ storywalk. Having her art along an outdoor space “is a beautiful idea especially during the pandemic,” Lu said. Wong, a former Tri-City News carrier who now works

for the RE/MAX Sabre Realty Group, said she, too, is excited to share her story. “There’s a lot of pride in writing this story because it’s about my hometown,” she said, adding, “It’s kind of a surreal experience [having the story in a public place] because I love to read and write, and I never thought it would become anything.” Now, she thinks back to the early encouragement of her father, who is in the late stages of Parkinson’s disease. “I cannot wait for my dad to see this,” Wong said. “It’ll be really special to be with him and take a look. I hope other people will feel the same way: It’s a little bit of joy.”

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the properties located at 1525 and 1541 Dayton Street. The application proposes an amendment to the land use designation of the subject properties from Development Reserve to Large Single Family, Large Village Single Family, Neighbourhood Park & Natural Open Spaces and Environmentally Sensitive Area, as well as to include the above subject properties to the Smiling Creek Neighbourhood Plan. If approved, the amendment would facilitate the development of 26 single-family lots and protect the portion of the Hyde Creek tributary that traverses through the subject site. In addition to the above noted CWOCP amendment, the City of Coquitlam is proposing a housekeeping amendment relative to the properties at 1509, 1511, 1513, 1515 and 1517 Dayton Street, 3426, 3428 and 3430 Hamber Court, and 1508, 1510, 1519 and 1521 Shore View Place. These properties currently have a split land use designation of Development Reserve and Large Village Single Family. The proposed amendment is to remove the Development Reserve land use designation, thus removing the split designation and aligning the subject properties with the current zoning and existing land use. The City is also proposing to change the land use designation for the trail that runs alongside the Streamside Protection and Enhancement Area for the Hyde Creek tributary that connects to Coast Meridian Road from Environmentally Sensitive Area to Neighbourhood Parks & Natural Open Spaces. The proposed changes are outlined on the attached map. These City-led housekeeping amendments will not affect the zoning or use of these properties. You are now being invited to provide input to Council with respect to the above-noted application. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Thursday, May 13, 2021. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; with “Section 475” 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.

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Additional information about this application can be accessed by contacting Natasha Lock, Planning and Development Department, at NLock@Coquitlam.ca Written submissions provided in response to this consultation, including names and addresses, will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall (at the Planning and Development counter) and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. Should Council grant ﬁrst reading to the proposed CWOCP amendment, a Public Hearing will be held with notiﬁcation to be provided in accordance with the Local Government Act.

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If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s exactly what Brandon Shaw is doing as the former assistant coach and player development co-ordinator of the BC Hockey League’s Alberni Valley Bulldogs takes the reins as the new bench boss of the Coquitlam Express. He succeeds Adam Nugent-Hopkins, who was named interim coach of the team following the departure of freshman coach Dan Cioffi just prior to the start of the BCHL’s five-week pod season in March. Shaw, 26, said, as one of the league’s youngest coaches, he always felt a bit of competitive rivalry whenever the Bulldogs played against the Nanaimo Clippers where Express general manager Tali Campbell, who’s also 26, was the general manger of that team before moving to Coquitlam last September. “When you see another young guy in an executive position with a team, I always kind of had a chip on my shoulder to beat him,” Shaw said. Campbell said he also had his eye on Shaw as junior hockey’s old-school culture begins shifting from winning games as the primary objective to a greater emphasis on creating upstanding citizens with the tools and fortitude to take on greater challenges in their lives, like post-secondary education and future careers. “Relating to players is a

The Coquitlam Express finished its 2021 pod season with a record of six wins, 11 losses and three overtime losses. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

lot different now,” Campbell said. “We’re more connected to our feelings. Mental health has to be a priority and the new-style coaches understand that.” Shaw, whose family was in Prince Edward Island before they moved to Barrie, Ont., got to the Junior A level as a player himself before concussion issues benched his own on-ice aspirations. He thought he was done with the game for good. It was when he was studying social psychology at McMaster University in Hamilton that he took on a intern position doing video and advanced analytics for the Hamilton Bulldogs — at the time, the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Montreal

Canadiens. Shaw said working with the Bulldogs’ coaches and seeing some of the team’s players like goalie Mike Condon and defenceman Jarred Tinordi move up to the NHL reignited his passion for hockey. “When you’re a young player, you don’t really think about everything that goes into a game and what it takes to be successful,” he said. “Seeing the work that gets put in behind the scenes, it’s the closest thing I’d had to playing the game.” After the Bulldogs, Shaw landed a gig as an assistant coach with the Cambridge Winter Hawks of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League for two seasons before heading west to do

some scouting and helping out behind the bench for the BCHL’s Merritt Centennials under head coach Joe Martin. And when Martin went to Port Alberni, Shaw followed in 2019. He said Martin’s tutelage has been invaluable. “[He] leaves a mark on you. He’s a methodical guy, he thinks things through.” Shaw said Martin’s work at the Junior A World Hockey Challenge created opportunities for him to step behind the bench solo on occasion. That’s how he knew he was ready to take the next step. “When it’s just you out there, you’re taking the pressure and the heat,” he said. “It helps you feel prepared.” Campbell is confident the

Express’ managerial youth movement will serve the team’s players well, giving them the room and understanding to grow as individuals while preparing for the next rung of their playing and educational careers. “It’s good to see younger people in the business,” he said. “We’ve got the time and energy to dedicate all the resources possible so all of our players leave this organization as better people.”

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Meanwhile, the Express is already looking forward to next season when the team hopes to be playing in front of fans again. The Express is hoping to encourage people to get vaccinated by offering a voucher

for a ticket to a future game in exchange for proof of a COVID-19 vaccine. “The importance of getting vaccinated is so that we can get back to normalcy,” said Campbell in a press release. “For us, that means reopening our arena to get fans back in the building.” The Express just concluded the pod season in which teams were grouped with regional rivals at a five central locations around the province. Coquitlam hosted the Surrey Eagles and Powell River Kings at the Scotia Barn in Burnaby after Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex wasn’t made available as the ice had to be removed for lacrosse and parking had to be set aside to accommodate the Fraser Health vaccine centre across the street at the Poirier Forum. The team finished with six wins, 11 losses and three overtime losses in 20 games. But fans weren’t able to see any of those, as the building was closed to spectators. That was also the case during last fall’s exhibition season where teams were able to play in their home arenas and travel to other buildings in a modified schedule of regional games. That was suspended by public health orders in early November for teams playing in the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions, then extended to the rest of the league a week later. The Express amassed eight wins and three losses in the 11 exhibition games it played from Oct. 2 to Nov. 7. Campbell said fans can claim their voucher by sending a photo of their vaccination card to tali@coquitlamexpress.ca, or delivered in person when the team reopens its office on Poirier Street in August.

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KEHLER, Henry Leonard (LEN) It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Henry Leonard (LEN) Kehler. Len was born January 27,1941 in Manitoba and raised in Swift Current Saskatchewan. He met and married the love of his life Joan in Regina, Saskatchewan, they then settled in the Tri-Cities, where he resided until his death on April 30,2021. Len is survived by Wife Joan, Son Scot, Daughter Leanne as well as his grandsons; Colton and Tyler. Sisters Doreen Dyck (Ron), Lorna Jesney (Rick), and brother Bob (Gladys) and Sister in Law Phyllis Gowetor, 2 Uncles and 1 Aunt, many nieces, nephews and cousins. Also predeceased by his Mom, Dad and Sister Helen (Irv) and many uncles and aunts. A celebration of life will be held, when we can all gather again safely.

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