TriCity News May 23 2019

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“If things were that easy they would be easy, but they’re not.”

The hike started as all hikes do — with a sense of optimism. Sunday morning was sunny and there was no hint of a change in the weather.

The family had been staying at a local bed and breakfast.

When the father chose a hike to Munro Lake, he had no idea that snow might throw him off the path and the hike would become extremely dangerous, both for himself and his kids.

MacDonald said it’s not uncommon for visitors in the area to start a challenging hike with only information they glean from the internet.

Many have done the hike from the gates near the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club on Harper Road up to a deserted ski lodge and beyond.

But in this case the family lost the path, which had been obliterated by the snow, and instead of returning the way they came, they kept pressing east through the low underbrush, past huge boulders and over fallen logs.

Holding hands to stay together, the six-year-old daughter fell first, reports indicate,

Search team members carry one of the children to a waiting ambulance following a dramatic rescue Monday morning. COQUITLAM SEARCH AND RESCUE PHOTO

followed by the rest of the family, down a steep ravine.

MacDonald noted that late spring can be the worst time for hikers to make the mistake of heading to higher ground in search of attractive views and cool lakes, only to be met by deep snow drifts in higher terrain. The creeks cutting through Burke Mountain also make traversing the terrain more difficult and visitors don’t know what they’re getting into until it’s too late, according to Alan Hurley, a vet-

eran searcher, who helped get the children off the mountain.

After falling, the family ended on a dirt patch, with waterfalls above and below, and a steep ascent to get out of trouble. For the father, it was a choice of staying put or going for help.

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Coquitlam RCMP, whose members were prepared to deploy a search dog, were on hand and Talon Helicopters rounded out the search team, providing air support to ensure that crews and the children could get off the mountain.

Hospitalized briefly, the father was also at the command post, which had been set up in the Minnekhada Regional Park parking lot off Quarry Road. He stayed in a private section of the Coquitlam SAR command vehicle supported by a member of the Coquitlam RCMP Victim Services.

It would be a long night, with teams of searchers, using radios to communicate, searching the rough terrain up and down the mountain.

At one point, it became too dark to see and rescuers were putting themselves at risk.

“You couldn’t see your feet,” said Hurley, who was on a high ridge. “That’s when we decided nobody commits to the upper drainages until daylight.”

When MacDonald took over command of the rescue mission at 6:30 a.m. on Monday, the atmosphere in the command vehicle was tense.

“We were all quite worried for the children,” he said.

“They were six and seven and alone and in frankly dangerous terrain, particularly if they got scared and started moving.

If they had started moving it would have been disastrous.”

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When he was dropped at the rescue site, Hurley and his colleague gathered the youngsters into their harnesses, fitted them with a helmet and goggles and supported them with their arms for the short ride to safety and the waiting arms of their parents.

“We handed them over to the ambulance, then flew back to start the extraction of the rest of the crew. It was nice to see the big grins.”

The woods around the TriCities might seem unthreatening, but a series of small errors can stack up and lead to catastrophic results, the searchers said. They recommend hiking in a group, with enough adults to supervise the children, backpacks with enough extra clothes for the children, mylar safety blankets and whistles for everyone.

It’s also important for children to be told to stay put if they do fall behind or lose the path, something that may have saved the two youngsters.

“It looks like these kids got the message,” said MacDonald.

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Police seek man who may have witnessed fatal crash Mounties say witness may have important info about collision STEFAN LABBE slabbe@tricitynews.com

Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a witness in relation to the fatal crash that took the life of 13-year-old Coquitlam girl Deborah Seol.

The collision occurred on March 25 at the corner of Mariner Way and Riverview Crescent when a black BMW

collided with a another vehicle, spun out of control and ploughed into five children waiting on a pedestrian island.

Now, Coquitlam RCMP are looking for a man who was stopped at the intersection when the accident occurred at around 3 p.m. that day.

“It’s important that we speak to absolutely everyone who was at the scene,” said Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Michael McLaughlin. “This witness may not think he saw anything important, but we will leave no stone unturned to determine what caused the collision that

took the life of a young girl.”

Police describe the witness as a clean-shaven Asian man with a slim build and short, black hair. At the time, he was wearing glasses, a dark top, blue jeans and dark shoes with white socks. The witness was driving a white Toyota RAV 4

SUV produced between 2016 and 2018.

Coquitlam RCMP said the witness is not a suspect of a crime. If you know the driver police are looking for, call the Coquitlam RCMP at 604-9451550 and ask for the traffic section.

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We’re offering a free drop-in cricket session on Friday, May 31 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. at Mackin Park, 1046 Brunette Ave. Coaches from Windies Cricket Club will be onsite to provide instruction and there will be snacks and refreshments to keep you motivated. Open to all ages. For more information, contact parkspark@coquitlam.ca. This free try-it is part of the Coquitlam in Bloom, Spotlight on Sport initiative. Learn more about Coquitlam in Bloom at coquitlam.ca/cib.

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During his 29 years as a plainclothes RCMP drug section investigator, Lyle Litzenberger chased down his share of leads.

It is a skill he still finds useful in retirement as he gets ready to publish the first part of a two-volume history book titled Burke and Widgeon: A History.

“It is similar to doing conspiracy investigations,” Litzenberger said of the research process for his latest book, which will be launched May 30. “Little details are gathered and they become evidentiary later on and they become very important.”

Initially, Litzenberger intended to include a few chapters on the history of the Pinecone-Burke area in his 2013 book Burke and Widgeon: A Hiker’s Guide.

But when he amassed more than 2,000 pages of notes drawn from interviews and archived materials, he decided to spin off the information into a separate project.

“It has become a real passion for me,” he said. “It has been our lives for a decade.”

Litzenberger, who lived at the foot of Burke Mountain for close to 30 years, has become

Lyle Litzenberger (right), a retired Mountie, has penned the first volume of his Burke Mountain history book. It will be launched May 30. GARY MCKENNA/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

more comfortable with the writing process since researching and publishing the hiking guide.

But it is the thrill of the investigation that animates him the most.

He recounts the time he discovered the earliest aerial map of Burke Mountain in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. The image was taken by the Robert Dollar Company, which had logging rights in the area in the early 1900s and was based out of San Francisco.

“I was thrilled to discover that,” Litzenberger told The TriCity News. “I got some phenomenal images and records there.”

With the map and a metal detector, he was able to retrace some of the railway grades that

once climbed the mountain to help transport logs. He even picked up a few railway spikes on walks in the area.

But some of the best pieces of information came from sources that did not seem particularly promising at first, he said. For example, through ancestry.com, he became aware of two brothers, Nels and Bjarne Soros, who were settlers in Widgeon back when the area was called the Silver Valley.

He had a photo of Bjarne and decided to email the village where it originated — Vestness, Norway, population 6,400 — to see if he could find out more.

Weeks went by without hearing anything until, one day, Bjarne’s brother’s granddaughter contacted Litzenberger with information, more photos and, most importantly, more leads

and contacts for potential interview subjects.

“When that happens, to say it makes your day is an understatement,” he said, later adding: “It was a remarkably happy ending to a very long and twisting path.”

But Litzenberger said the greatest joy has come from meeting old settler families and their descendants, many of whom he has befriended while researching the book.

He added that getting to know the people who helped shape the area has weighed on his mind as he works to make sure the information he has compiled is presented accurately. Adding to the pressure is the fact that Burke Mountain is not widely researched and it could be a while before any mistakes are corrected in books by future historians.

“It is a big responsibility,” he said, “because if I get it wrong, it kind of becomes erroneous fact.”

Now that the first book is

The city of Coquitlam is developing a strategic plan staff say will help the municipality adapt to the impacts of global climate change.

More extreme and erratic weather is in the forecast for the region, which will put stress on infrastructure and the city’s ability to deliver services to residents, said a staff report. The plan will assess the city’s risks and vulnerabilities while establishing a timeline and strategies for adapting to the new weather realities.

“It is really about preparing the city for climate change so we can continue to provide the services that are expected,” said Dana Soong, the city’s manager of utility programs, during a presentation to council Monday.

When it is complete, the plan will consider things like drainage and flood mitigation while also looking at ways of protecting buildings and transportation infrastructure from severe weather events.

Staff will also examine the risks to the local economy, particularly the business and agricultural sectors.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has provided $120,000 in funding for the development of the plan, while the city is contributing $30,000. A consultant will be brought on to help draft the plan with input from city staff.

Soong said a report will likely be before council within the year. complete, Litzenberger will begin focusing on the second volume, which starts in 1922 and will likely end with the establishment of PineconeBurke Provincial Park in 1995.

Litzenberger is careful not to commit to a timeline for the completion of the second part.

Once he starts writing, he said, it is likely that new avenues of research will open up and gaps will appear in the narrative that will need to be filled.

“Each community is a patchwork quilt,” he said. “I think the best an author of a history book can do… is add a few more patches. There is no end.”

• The book launch for Burke and Widgeon: A History (Volume 1) will be held May 30, between 7 and 8:15 p.m. in Rooms 136-137 at Coquitlam Public Library’s City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way). For more information, email pebblestonepublishing@yahoo.ca.

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PoCo spends $75k to solve fly-ball issues Netting will go up to protect path after several complaints GRANT GRANGER ggranger@tricitynews.com

Port Coquitlam city staff had already taken a couple of swings at finding a solution to prevent Gates Park patrons from being struck by softballs flying over the fences of two fields when they finally hit a home run, at least in the eyes of council, Tuesday.

The city hopes the threepronged $75,000 plan will solve the problem and came at a cost council was willing to live with.

The city will install netting above a portion of a path that cuts between the outfield fences of the two fields at an

People walking on the path that cuts between two baseball diamonds at Gates Park in Port Coquitlam will no longer be in danger of getting hit by a baseball. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

estimated cost of $40,000. A 30foot high net costing $30,000 will be built to prevent balls from reaching a multi-purpose field just beyond the left field fence of one of the diamonds.

The final $5,000 will go toward planting five or six trees between the other field and an adjacent parking lot.

In March, in response to many complaints — including

an incident in which a girl was struck by a ball — and concerns from the city’s insurers, staff proposed two options.

One would have seen safety netting on poles on the out-

field fences with an estimated cost of $625,000. At that time, Coun. Glenn Pollock called that idea “overkill.�

The other option was to remove the path and add fencing and landscaping, which came with a $200,000 price tag.

That caused sticker shock for council, too.

A couple of weeks later, staff tried again presenting another two options. But council wasn’t willing to buy them either. They were, however, sold on the solution given to them Tuesday. “From where we’re at today, from a couple of hundred grand we’re getting there to improving it,� said Coun.

Darrell Penner. “In retrospect, why didn’t we think of this in the first place.�

Coun. Steve Darling coaches soccer at Gates and had seen balls fly over the

fence. He said he had heard many complaints about it before and after he got elected last November. “This is a great first start for this. The biggest thing initially was the cars getting hit,� said Darling. “Going out and standing there and seeing it with staff made a huge difference because it gave us an idea of what we were dealing with.�

Darling added the trees will be a natural block and the netting was “the perfect scenario for the budget we had.�

Pollock, who chairs the city’s sports and recreation committee, had said in March that as a frequent field lacrosse user of the multi-purpose pitch he had never seen a ball end up there. But since then, he admitted Tuesday, he had heard otherwise. “I was attacked by a number of moms‌ I stand corrected.â€?

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Disabled parking spots now regulated by cities Council updates city’s requirements for disabled parking JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Changes to the BC Building Code are prompting Port

Coquitlam council to update the city’s requirements for disabled parking spots.

Last December, the province removed its regulations for accessible parking stalls, saying it wanted municipalities to set their own policies.

PoCo council is expected to use the former rules in the BC Building Code — which would

require amending the city’s Parking and Development Management Bylaw — plus ensure any new apartment or mixed-used building with more than 10 residential units has at least one disabled parking spot in the strata visitor parking area.

The issue came up at last week’s committee of council

meeting; it is set to be discussed by council at an upcoming regular meeting.

Mayor Brad West told The Tri-City News council may consider boosting the number as the population ages. “It’s something that we’re going to have to pay attention to in the future‌ but we have a good starting point for now.â€?

“It’s something that we’re going to have to pay attention to in the future... but we have a good starting point.�

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Cannabis shops are coming to PoMo – but buffers will get a second look Fraser Health weighs in on pot shops in Port Moody

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Cannabis stores are coming to Port Moody. But just how far apart they’ll be from one another, and how close they’ll be allowed to sensitive uses like daycares, schools and parks, has yet to be determined.

At its meeting May 14, Port Moody council adopted amendments to the city’s zoning and licensing bylaws to allow pot shops to open but concerns raised by the Fraser Health Authority means there may be fewer of them than originally envisioned.

In a letter sent to council, Fraser Health’s medical director for the Tri-Cities, Dr. Ingrid Tyler, said the city should consider increasing the distance of cannabis retail stores from sensitive uses to 600 metres, and the distance between such shops to at least 300 m.

Tyler said those separations would “reduce the visibility and availability of cannabis to youth” as well as limit the “overall density of cannabis availability in the community.”

(A spokesperson for Fraser Health said many of the health

Port Moody residents are getting a chance to have their say as the city develops its climate action plan.

A community brainstorming session is being held Saturday, May 25 in the galleria at city hall (100 Newport Dr.) from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The event is being held to encourage residents to jot down their ideas for dealing with climate change and reducing greenhouse gases on cards that can be pinned to a wall, share their thoughts at a video station or just draw pictures about wildlife and nature in the city that will be incorporated into a community art project.

There will also be a free screening of the film The Clean Bin Project, which explores ways to reduce the amount of waste we create.

If you can’t make it to the event, ideas can also be submitted online at portmoody.ca/climateaction by June 9.

Cannabis retail shops are coming to Port Moody but a letter from the medical health officer for the Tri-Cities has council rethinking the distances those shops should be separated from each other and from sensitive uses. WESLEY GIBBS/UNSPLASH

authority’s medical health officers have taken the opportunity to consult with municipalities on their cannabis regulations.)

As part of its consideration for allowing cannabis retail shops to set up in Port Moody, council had endorsed a policy that such stores be located at least 75 m from sensitive use sites — that was down from an initial staff recommendation for a 200-m buffer to sensitive uses and a 500-m distance be-

tween outlets. The latter would have meant no more than three shops could be located in the city.

When council gave first three readings to the bylaw amendments and its assent to the smaller buffers, it also said it would consider no more than five rezoning applications for cannabis retail shops in the first year after the bylaw amendments are adopted.

Coun. Diana Dilworth said the Fraser Health letter sends

a powerful message, adding, “I think we deserve to give this professional opinion some consideration.”

“I really think we have to take these recommendations to heart,” said Coun. Zoe Royer, adding that greater separation between outlets would limit their number to “something more reasonable” than the five council had endorsed for the first year.

Coun. Amy Lubik suggested the city’s corporate policy

should also include restrictions on the display, advertisement and promotion of cannabis, tobacco and vapour products outside the stores, including exterior signage, sidewalk sandwich boards, flyers and sign spinners, as recommended in Tyler’s letter.

Acting mayor Meghan Lahti said staff will take another stab at drafting the corporate policy, then return it to council at an upcoming meeting for its consideration.

Tim Savoie, Port Moody’s city manager, said that work shouldn’t delay the city’s

timeline for considering rezoning applications from licensed cannabis retailers.

Staff receive referrals from the province’s Liquor and Cannabis Regulation Branch until Sept. 30, and those potential operators must apply for rezoning by Oct. 1.

Port Moody’s manager of building, bylaw and licensing, Robyn MacLeod, said seven properties in the city have already been secured for possible cannabis retail shops and staff has received more than 20 inquiries from potential operators.

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Now, it’s up to our MLAs to ensure that much-needed oversight is put in place and to change the culture of entitlement in Victoria that was allowed to run amok.

Last year, speaker Darryl Plecas had clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz removed from the legislature precinct and made

Former speaker of the house Linda Reid and the former clerk of the legislative assembly, Craig James, in 2013.

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James retired the day the report was released but he gets to keep the money. While voters might find that settlement offensive, there is nothing we can do about it now.

What we can do is insist that the legislature follow McLachlin’s recommendations to make it crystal clear who has authority over legislature staff and how those staff are expected to behave, particularly when it comes to taxpayers’ money.

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The Editor, Re. “Toddler dies in Burnaby after being left in a hot car” (tricitynews.com).

I’m always outraged and appalled by the tragic consequences of reckless human indifference, especially when that indifference is coordinated with abysmal idiocy.

Last week, after my partner and I had finished shopping in 32 C heat, we noticed a small dog trapped inside another shopper’s car, frantically barking and scratching at the window.

As animal lovers committed to the prevention of

The Editor, Re. “A rainbow lands in Newport Village” (The Tri-City News, May 2).

The city of Port Moody unveiled the city’s new rainbow crosswalk April 30. It is a fantastic addition to our city and one that will put us in line with many of the jurisdictions around Metro Vancouver and around the world.

That said, I am disappointed that while a symbol of inclusion for the LGBTQ community is now part of Port Moody, the very community it is showing as being included was noticeably excluded from any

animal cruelty, we nervously waited several minutes while considering taking action, either by involving the RCMP or breaking the window.

Immediately before our decision to dial the RCMP, the dog’s owner sauntered out of the store and into the parking lot, where my partner confronted him with a polite warning about the dangers of leaving an animal inside a hot car.

This “gentleman” then unleashed a barrage of profanity against my partner, yelling and insisting that she mind her own business (this, of

course, being a thoroughly sanitized transcript of his actual words).

“Animal welfare is everyone’s business,” she responded but, unfortunately, the boor couldn’t salvage any remaining vestige of decency and elected to screech out of the parking lot.

Although, thankfully, tragedy was thwarted on this one occasion, animals and babies alike are being needlessly cooked to death summer after summer due to the negligence of owners/parents.

If any pet owner or parent lacks the mental capacity

to comprehend that temperatures in a car can easily exceed 50 C in hot summer weather, then please expect to be reminded by concerned individuals. Even expect to have your window broken.

Moreover, please refrain from needlessly protesting or conjuring excuses as we are only showing a mutual concern for your animal/child.

There is absolutely no excuse for leaving an animal or child in your car in hot weather. Please act responsibly this summer.

Peter Toth, Port Coquitlam

invitation to the ceremony.

The city no doubt has ways to reach out to those in the community who may have wished to take part without needing to make a major announcement. Naturally, the Tri-Cities Pride Society was in attendance and it, too, failed to invite the very community which it claims to represent.

At least one person who championed the crosswalk is now part of city council.

Surely all of them could have found a way to share this event with those for whom they championed it.

Martin Mayer, Port Moody

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CYCLING

Two wheels to school do-able for kids Next week highlights what’s needed for kids to bike to school

BIKE TO SCHOOL WEEK DETAILS Bike to School Week is being run in conjunction with Bike to Work Week, from May 27 to June 2, and Bike to Shop Days on June 1 and 2. For more information, go to www.bikehub.ca.

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If the bike racks in front of elementary, middle and secondary schools seem a little barren, it’s not your imagination.

Statistics Canada says bicycle use fell by more than 15% among 12- to 14-year-olds from 1994 to 2013, and almost 11% among 15- to 17-yearolds.

Hub Cycling, an advocacy group that promotes cycling in Metro Vancouver, is hoping to change that and is organizing its seventh annual Bike to School Week, from May 27 to 31, to encourage kids to ride their bikes to school and for local districts to make it safer for them to do so.

“Ensuring that families know about the safest routes to school and new infrastructure being built in school areas is just one of the ways that schools and municipal staff

Parents riding to school with kids can give both the assurance they’re up to the task of managing their bike and teach the rules of the road safely. SUBMITTED PHOTO

are working together to make biking to school an attractive choice,” said Jel Kocmaruk, Hub’s coordinator for Bike to School Week.

Five SD43 schools — Maillard and Maple Creek middle as well as Riverview Park, Birchland and Westwood el-

ementary schools — are among about 120 across the Lower Mainland registered to participate, with various student activities like poster contests and bike rodeos, safety lessons and classroom units. There’s also a short video competition for students across the region.

But biking to school often begins with ensuring kids have the skills and confidence to do it, said Mike Chan of Pedalheads. The company was founded in 1995 in Vancouver to teach kids how to ride in a safe and fun environment and now operates in more than

75 locations in four provinces (two in Coquitlam) and five American states.

Chan said increased urbanization has made many parents reluctant to send their kids to school on two wheels.

“It’s a bit more of a danger,” he said. “The distances to school are challenging, there’s busy streets and roads to get there.”

Chan said identifying safe routes along quieter streets or designated bikeways can help but kids also need the skills to navigate traffic and be alert for hazards. Parents need assurance they’re up to the task.

“It’s about confidence,” he said. “Whether or not you feel your child can get safely from point A to point B.” To gain that confidence, Chan said, kids should be able to pedal in a straight line for a minimum of 15 metres, hold a

hand signal for three seconds and shoulder check without weaving. They should also be familiar with how to use the gears and brakes on their bike, and how to ride on various terrain, from pavement to gravel paths, as well as how to cross streets.

Chan said the hazards of the road are the same for every cyclist, whether they’re seven or 70 years old.

“There’s lots of dangers,” he said. “You want to be as confident as you can that they know the rules.”

But the sense of independence and accomplishment kids can get from riding to school is immeasurable, Chan said.

“You feel like you’ve gained a skill you’ll have for the rest of your life,” he said. “It’s getting outdoors and being active. It’s a cool thing to see.”

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TRI-CITY PEOPLE

A lane is named for Bill McCracken McCracken Lane is named for beloved community leader

“Whatever needed doing, he was there... He found a way of building inclusive stuff.”

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David Driscoll Friend of Bill McCracken & a former PoMo mayor

David Driscoll was knee deep in a trench when he first met Bill McCracken.

Actually, he first met McCracken’s son, Scotty. He had come across Dowding Road to pitch in with the effort to prepare Driscoll’s house for a connection to the sewer line that had just been installed along Ioco Road, and invited the new neighbour over to his parents’ house for coffee.

Driscoll accepted, and so began a lifelong friendship that culminated May 14 when Port Moody council agreed to his proposal to rename Miner Lane to McCracken Lane.

It would be a fitting honour for “one of the finest community building families in our civic history,” wrote Driscoll — mayor of Port Moody from 1983 to ’93 — in a letter he sent to council last March.

Bill McCracken in front of his home on Ioco Road where his garden became a gathering place for neighbourhood kids to play. DAVID DRISCOLL PHOTO

Driscoll said his first exposure to McCracken’s love for creating community was the line of pumpkins along the edge of his garden, where Dowding Road meets Ioco Road. Each was affixed with a paper tag with a name on it.

The pumpkins were destined for the kids in the neigh-

bourhood, McCracken told his neighbour. But they also had a more clever purpose: The garden was the flattest expanse in the Pleasantside community that slopes down toward Burrard Inlet, so kids often used it for playing games, until the pumpkins popped up and they had to

take care not to trample them.

The McCracken garden became legendary throughout Port Moody as Bill and his wife June packed the produce they didn’t need into bags they then delivered them to the doorknobs of families around the city who didn’t have as much.

“He’d look after every-

one,” Driscoll said, adding McCracken’s caring ways may have been rooted in his Depression-era upbringing on a Manitoba farm where his parents loaded their surplus crop into a rail car for distribution to needy families in Winnipeg.

Driscoll said McCracken’s community-building also employed hammer, nails and even a saw. He was one of the original builders of Old Orchard Hall and, when pews acquired

by Ioco United Church from another church proved too long for its little sanctuary, he cut them down to fit.

“Whatever needed doing, he was there,” Driscoll said, adding McCracken also served as a volunteer firefighter as well as a Cub and Scouts leader.

McCracken rarely worked

alone. He was always careful to involve others, like his co-workers at the nearby Imperial Oil refinery, who he got to agree to tithe part of their paycheques to help pay for a soccer field in the neighbourhood or the young people he enlisted to help clear the waterfront property that became Old Orchard Park.

“He found a way of building inclusive stuff,” Driscoll said.

“He always found a way to make these things into community events.”

But mostly, he added, he remembers McCracken’s giggle that gladdened the hearts of everyone who heard it.

“Most everything made him giggle,” Driscoll said of his friend, who died last year at 96. “He had one of the world’s most wonderful dispositions.”

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Reggie Tanzola, real estate advisor at Rennie and Associates Realty, says, “We’re just a couple of minutes’ walk from the West Coast Express and Port Moody SkyTrain station, so that’s a huge convenience.”

The three- and four-bedroom townhomes, from just below 1,300 square feet to 1,650 square feet, are perfectly designed for functional family living. Each of the homes also has outdoor space in the form of a spacious patio, plus a balcony off the main floor great room, as well as a two-car garage.

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T H E G R E AT O U T D O O R S

Eagle eyes chalk up wildlife sightings DeBoville Slough has a low-tech network for animal lovers DiAnE STRAnDbERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

The beauty of nature is stunning to behold along the dikes at DeBoville Slough. For walkers, many with dogs in tow, the forests of tall trees noisy with birdsong, and the quiet waters of the slough provide the kind of peace that only nature can provide.

But what if your pleasant stroll is interrupted by the noisy flight of a great blue heron or you spot an otter, or even an ambling bear in the distance? What then?

For many people, witnessing the natural life around them is a momentary distraction.

But thanks to a creative project by members of the Friends of DeBoville slough, people can now write down the names of birds and animals they see on a chalkboard so that others can look for the creatures and the Friends can keep track of what

Jeff Ruddand David Mountenay of the group Friends of DeBoville Slough show off the chalkboard on which people can write the names of animals they see during their walks along the dikes of the slough. DiAnE STRAnDbERG/THE TRi-CiTy nEwS

species are found in the area.

“It’s proven pretty popular,” said Friends past president

David Mountenay, whose wife, Myrna Mountenay, came up with the idea.

For the past few weeks since the chalkboard was installed at the kiosk on the Coquitlam-

maintained north dike, people have been writing down what they see.

The results make for an enjoyable, although perhaps not always accurate, read.

Walkers may not know exactly what they see when they spot a bird or other creature; sometimes the eye sees one thing and the brain another.

It’s enough to start an argument or two among avid bird watchers.

But it’s also educational.

For example, someone has written that they’ve seen a coastal painted turtle, a rare species that many are trying to protect. In fact, the only turtles in the slough are red-eared sliders, an introduced species that are purchased in pet stores but can become very large when released into the wild, according to Mountenay.

“It’s more the spirit of the thing and to get everyone involved,” he said of the chalkboard initiative.

There are a number of species that live in and around the slough, and walkers have been recording several of them. Mountenay visits the

area, and collects the information.

Besides bears, herons, wood ducks, eagles and dragonflies, people have also spotted otters, which make their home in the wetland.

Friends of DeBoville Slough president Jeff Rudd said he’s pleased to see people taking an interest in the wildlife around them.

“The purpose of the group is to get people interested in nature and this is part of that,” Rudd said.

As the group continues to monitor the area, it would also like to remind dog walkers to keep their pets leashed so as not to disturb nesting ducks in the grasses, and to let smokers know that smoking is not permitted and throwing cigarette butts on the ground is dangerous to wildlife — and people as a burning butt but could start a grass fire when the region heats up this summer.

Said Rudd: “This is a natural area, we like to look after it.”

And keep track of it.

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TRICITYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019

SUMMER FIRE SAFETY

Learn wildfire safety at May 29 session Interface fires are the focus of info meeting at Heritage Woods

city’s north shore — and fears about fires that start in homes and spread to the woods and woodland fires that spread to homes and neighbourhoods — they want residents to be prepared, too.

An information session about fire safety will be held 6:30 p.m. May 29 at Heritage Woods secondary school (1300 David Ave., PoMo).

“This is something we want people to be aware of as fire season approaches,” said Kirk

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With two years of dry forest conditions behind them, Port Moody Fire Rescue crews are ready for the 2019 fire season.

And with miles of forested terrain abutting homes on the

Heaven, Port Moody’s deputy fire chief. “These are the fires we want to prevent.”

Members of the public are invited to learn about community forest ecology and health, wildfire behaviour, community risk and FireSmart principles for the home. As well, residents will learn about emergency planning and response, and how a large-scale event such as a forest fire would be handled.

Heaven told The Tri-City News the intention is not to

scare but to educate. Because while local forests don’t tend to be as dry as those in the Interior, it’s important to be prepared because summers are becoming hotter, drier and longer.

PoMo fire has already beefed up its equipment to handle what’s called a woodland interface fire, with trucks that can carry pumps, bladders that can hold water, sprinklers and hoses. These can be deployed in a matter of moments,

said training officer John Allen.

Firefighters are also trained in the latest forest firefighting techniques and have used their skills in other communities, including the Richmond bog fire and the Mt. Hicks fire.

These kinds of mutual aid opportunities arise occasionally and are dependent on available staff, Heaven noted.

In addition to the public meeting, firefighters will conduct a blitz of neighbourhoods on Heritage Mountain to an-

swer questions and to ensure homeowners are adhering to FireSmart principles, such as removing combustible materials.

“The season is getting longer and the risks are getting greater, there is a hypersensitivity to it,” Heaven said.

The information meeting is free to attend and those living next to forests are particularly encouraged to participate.

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Library patrons can take part in a nat’l. read If you read one book next month, the three Tri-City public libraries have a title for you.

Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library are participating in the inaugural One eRead Canada campaign along with libraries across the country.

From June 3 to 30, many Canadian libraries will offer access to the campaign’s inaugural book, Glass Beads,

by Saskatchewan-born Indigenous author, actor and comedian Dawn Dumont.

This book will be available to all library cardholders in eBook and eAudiobook format across digital content platforms with no holds or waiting lists.

In addition to making Glass Beads available in digital formats, Coquitlam Public Library is inviting readers to join the conversation about the book with a series of events and discussions.

June 4, 10 to 11 a.m., library staff will be available at the Poirier branch (575 Poirier St.) to provide help with down-

loading the eBook or eAudiobook to a device. You can visit the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way) June 5 between 4 and 5 p.m. for assistance.

(Port Moody and Fraser Valley libraries will also be offering assistance in downloading the eBook or eAudiobook at their help desks throughout June.)

As well, on June 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Coquitlam Public Library will host a Glass Beads listening party at the City Centre branch at which listeners can share their thoughts with others.

Canadian Federation of University Women Coquitlam members, including Jan Jasienczyk, Sharon Kamitakahara, Allison Casey and Irene Turnbull, are celebrating the local group’s 50th anniversary. Diane StranDberg/the tri-City newS

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Now, as Coquitlam has not one but two library branches, few remember that it was a group of mothers with university degrees and college diplomas who fought to have access to books for themselves and their families.

“We felt we should have a library because we were a civilized community,” said Irene Turnbull, one of Coquitlam CFUW’s original members, who chaired a townhall meeting in the early 1970s to get a library started.

At the time, the only books available to the community were in the library at Centennial secondary school.

Today, the group meets at Coquitlam Public Library and they have many more issues and concerns on their agenda, including their mandate to support local high school, college and university students to achieve higher education.

In the last 50 years, for example, more than $400,000 has been contributed to support education and literacy in the Tri-Cities. Among the awards given out each year are $1,000 bursaries to a student at each School District 43 high

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school as well as art scholarships in partnership with the SD43 art teachers association, Coquitlam Adult Basic Education, and a new bursary for a student graduating from the Suwa’lkh program.

Money has also been donated to Douglas College career prep students and to help establish the college, and to young women attending SFU who wish to continue their education.

Money raised for the bursaries used to come from gaming funds, with members having to work at Lower Mainland casinos. Now, they apply for Direct Access gaming funds, but must also raise a portion themselves.

Members today say they enjoy the camaraderie of the group, which has several clubs based on the interests of the group, including the Eclectics, who go on interesting field trips, and there are monthly speakers on topics as wide ranging as the Innocence Project and local heritage.

Turnbull, who was a reporter who freelanced for an early local newspaper, the Coquitlam Enterprise, said the group has grown and changed over the years, and the hope is more younger women as well as retired women will join.

There is no longer a requirement to have a university degree or college diploma — an interest in the club’s mission is what’s important.

Adds co-president Jan Jasienczyk: “We need people to carry on our legacy.”

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The graduating Riverside secondary school student wants to be a doctor so badly she has spent months qualifying for a special program that will allow her to apply to medical school after only two years of undergraduate study.

Recently, MastalerzSanchez was accepted into the Queen’s University Accelerated Route to Medical School (QuARMS), in Kingston, Ont. Is the Port Coquitlam grad the next Doogie Howser?

Like the fictional surgeon from the 1990s comedy sitcom, Mastalerz-Sanchez is on her way to being a doctor at a very young age.

“It’s cutting down two years of my undergraduate degree and that means I’m saving two years of money as well but also getting two years extra closer to a medical career. I would be in medical school at 19 years of age,” she told The Tri-City News last week.

Karolina Mastalerz-Sanchez, a Riverside secondary school grad, has been accepted into the Queens University Accelerated Route to Medical School. SUBMITTED PHOTO

But it wasn’t easy getting accepted into the program.

To qualify, Mastalerz-Sanchez had to have good grades — an average of 90% or more — and be nominated by her school.

The Coquitlam teen also works in a related field, working with special needs students with Kidsfirst Physio’s and Tidal Wave Aquatics, which offers pool physiotherapy at Hyde Creek rec centre in Port Coquitlam.

“It’s a very important job,” Mastalerz-Sanchez said. “Not a lot of people can say they feel they are making a difference at such young age.”

She was chosen one of only 10 high school students from across the country to participate, and the only student

from B.C. While at QuARMS, Mastalerz-Sanchez will take five university courses as well as extra courses to help her hone her skills in advocacy, communication, collaboration and professionalism.

Successful students then receive a medical degree from Queen’s University in a reduced timeframe.

If Mastalerz-Sanchez succeeds in her goal of becoming a doctor, she will one day qualify to volunteer for Doctors Without Borders — maybe with her mom, who is a nurse — and continue her dream of helping others.

“She inspired me to do that,” Mastalerz-Sanchez said.

“It’s to give back to the world, that’s essentially I want to do.”

Port Coquitlam doctor is celebrating her retirement after 40 years in the Tri-Cities with an award honouring her for her dedication to family practice.

Dr. Elizabeth Payne is being recognized by the BC College of Family Physicians with a My Family Doctor Award for her 40 years of work with Tri-City residents, both through her practice at Burke Mountain Medical Centre and as a hospitalist at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody.

“It’s humbling, it’s absolutely lovely,” said Payne, who lives in Anmore after many years in Coquitlam.

The veteran doctor recently retired from the practice where she has been seeing patients since 1979 but continues to occasionally fill in for the doctors there.

For Payne, who started out as a nurse but realized she wanted more and applied for medical school, becoming an MD was a dream come true. Payne said she enjoyed working as a family doc-

Elizabeth Payne, a longtime Port Coquitlam doctor, is being recognized by the BC College of Family Physicians with a My Family Doctor Award for her 40 years of work with Tri-City residents, both through her practice at Burke Mountain Medical Centre and as a hospitalist at Port Moody’s Eagle Ridge Hospital. SUBMITTED PHOTO

tor because she was able to delve into her patients’ concerns over the spectrum of life, from birth to death.

It was her attention to her patients that resulted in Payne being nominated for the My Family Doctor Award for the Fraser Health region. She will be feted at an upcoming dinner during the college’s AGM, along with other award-winning doctors.

Over the years, Payne has seen medicine change and watched the Tri-Cities grow from a small town to a large, urban community.

“When I started in PoCo, it truly was a small town, and the growth has been absolutely unbelievable,” Payne said.

When Eagle Ridge Hospital needed more doctors in the early 2000s, Payne said she agreed to be a hospitalist there.

Now that she’s retired, Payne gets to spend more time skiing and kayaking but still sees patients at Burke Mountain Medical Centre when other doctors are away.

• More information about the awards is available at bccfp.bc.ca/bccfp-awards.

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➋ Port Moody Police constables Ryan Buhrig, Curtis Knoblauch, Ricardo Kuipers, Danny Sorg and Vinny Traietti were honoured for their work on Alexa’s Team; the five took 119 impaired drivers off the road last year. Const. Al Bewcyk was also recognized for his impaired driving enforcement.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) and City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 relating to portions of the properties located at 602, 612 and 618 Clarke Road, 605 and 625 Como Lake Avenue, and 620 Lea Avenue. The application proposes a redesignation of a portion of the subject site from High Density Apartment Residential to Transit Village Commercial to facilitate the development of two mixed-use residential highrises and a standalone non-market rental apartment building, followed by a residential highrise and a market rental highrise in future phases. The application includes a proposed rezoning from C-2, RT-1, and RM-2 to Comprehensive Development Zone. The application will also facilitate an amendment to the road network to remove a future street and lane within the subject site and extend Lea Avenue to Clarke Road.

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The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up to Monday, June 10, 2019. Written correspondence can be provided in one of the following ways: • By email to clerks@coquitlam.ca • Fax: 604-927-3015 • Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2 • In person at City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way at the City Clerk’s Office during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Friday, May 17, 2019 to Monday, June 10, 2019, excluding statutory holidays To obtain more information on this application you may: • Visit the Planning and Development Department at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

• Call Jeff Denney, Major Project Planner, Planning and Development Department, at 604-927-3996.

• Email Jeff Denney, Major Project Planner, Planning and Development Department, at jdenney@coquitlam.ca.

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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.

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Hammond said olive oil is a social food, often associated when large families are literally breaking bread around a large communal table. That’s why she has just such a table at the back of her shop, where she conducts tasting workshops.

Hammond said exposure to fine olive oil can change the way a person experiences their food, bringing with it a new sense of connection to the Earth from which the olives grew, and the regions in which their groves are located.

And once you get your olive oil home, it’s important to treat it with care and respect, Hammond said. That means keeping it in a dark, cool place so it doesn’t turn rancid, and using it up within a year.

“It’s about freshness,” Hammond said, adding premium extra virgin olive oils are often labelled with the date the olives were harvested. “It’s about the processes and the flavours.”

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Hammond offers about 60 varieties of olive oils and balsamic vinegars in her shop.

They’re all sourced from a supplier in California but the olives pressed to create the extra virgin, infused and fused oils come from all over the world: Spain, Italy and Portugal in the fall; and southern hemisphere countries like Chile and Australia in the spring and summer. And like fine wines, they come with a culture and procedures all their own.

Foremost, Hammond said, is the tasting ritual.

Depending on where they’re from, even the soils in which the groves are rooted, olive oils have distinct flavours and characteristics, from the robust Portuguese Cobrancosa, to the delicate creaminess of Spain’s Chiquitita extra virgin. To appreciate the subtle differences, Hammond instructs customers to warm the tiny paper sampling cups in the palms of their hands, then, when the oil has reached body temperature, cup their nose over the vessel to take in its aroma. Then, they

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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Daniela Hammond has waded into an oil crisis — but this one doesn’t involve pipelines or the price of gas.

Hammond recently opened her own olive oil shop in Port Moody’s Newport Village, Olive the Best (olivethebest. ca), even as countries like Italy and Greece, which produce and consume bounties of the golden liquid, worry about the future of their olive groves that are being ravaged by disease and the effects of climate change.

Hammond said international angst about withering groves that have cut the production of olive oil by more than half in Italy, 35% in Greece and almost 20% in Portugal is fuelled by the deep historical and cultural connection people have with the product, which been a part of the human diet in some parts of the world since 6000 BC. “The olive tree is the tree of life,” the Coquitlam resident told The Tri-City News.

A former interior designer who specialized in kitchens and bathrooms, she decided more than a year ago she needed a change. After several conversations with friends who run a series of olive oil shops on Vancouver Island, she decided to move her focus from creating kitchens to something that’s used

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

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Park at 10 a.m. for the YMCA fundraiser Walk for Life. Meet at Hillcrest middle school (2161 Regan Ave., Coquitlam) for the one-, three- or fivekilometre treks in support of cardiac health and rehabilitation. Entry is $25/$10 (no cost for kids under 12) includes a light lunch and T-shirt.

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May 24 DIGGERS, PLOWS

Check out the big machines used for big construction projects by the city of Port Moody, which hosts its Public Works Week community open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the works yard (3250 Murray St., Port Moody). The free event (with donations for the Share food bank) will also include demonstrations and activities.

Visit portmoody.ca.

LIBRARY FORTS

Bring a flashlight for the last family fort night in the current Terry Fox Library building before it moves next door to the new Port Coquitlam community centre. The free event — for all ages — is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the library (2470 Mary Hill Rd., PoCo). Fort materials will be supplied. Register by calling 604-927-7999 or visit fvrl.ca.

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The Polonez Tri-City Polish Association will liven up downtown Port Coquitlam Sunday afternoon and evening for its annual B.C. Polish Festival. bryan ness file photo

Humperdinck and Gary Puckkett and the Union Gap — and other musicians — at a dinner-show at the Dogwood Pavilion (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam). The meal is served at 7 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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MAD FOR JOY

The roots-blues-folk-jazz band Mad for Joy — aka Jocelyn Hallett and Adam Kerby of Gabriola Island — is the headliner at the Crossroads Coffeehouse, which starts at 7:30 p.m.

in the Gathering Place at Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside Port Coquitlam city hall). The duo takes the stage at 9 p.m.

Admission is $5 at the door.

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May 25 MAPLE SYRUP

Players with the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs lacrosse team will fill your tummies for the morning at their annual pancake breakfast, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Centennial

Pavilion (578 Poirier St., Coquitlam). The cost is $5 per plate. Visit adanacs.bcjall. com.

GARAGE SALES

Hundreds of Coquitlam residents have finished their spring cleaning and are now selling their gently used items in the annual city-wide garage sale, running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Visit coquitlam.ca/garagesale to see the list of participating addresses.

HEART HEALTH

Take a walk around Mundy

Pick up a sewing needle or try out a sewing machine at a quilting bee at Mackin House (1116 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam) from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or at Place Maillardville community centre (1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The community quilt is to commemorate the Coquitlam Heritage Society’s current Heirlooms and Treasures exhibit at Mackin House. Drop is by donation; no registration is required.

Visit coquitlamheritage.ca.

WATER, WASTE

See how the city of Port Coquitlam’s public works department runs, at its annual open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the public works yard (1737 Broadway St.). The family-fun festivities include children’s games, tractor-pulled hay rides and entertainment.

Call 604-927-5411 or visit portcoquitlam.ca/pwweek.

TAKE ACTION

The city of Port Moody is creating a new Climate Action Plan and, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at city hall (100 Newport Dr.), it’s asking for public feedback on how to adapt to climate change and cut greenhouses gases at the municipal level. Participants have the chance to win one of two $100 Compass cards to ride public transit. Visit portmoody.ca.

SPRING FLING

Shop for crafts, food and fashion at the Tri-Cities Collective Handmade Markets’ spring market in the Kyle Centre (125 Kyle St., Port Moody) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Entry is $3 (no cost for kids) with partial proceeds donated to CAARE Rescue. Visit tricitiescollective.com.

CIVIC PRIDE

Help volunteers with PoCo Heritage spruce up Gates Park (2300 Reeve St., Port Coquitlam) from 1 to 3 p.m.

The clean-up is part of the museum’s upcoming exhibit, Naturally PoCo, and has an associated geocaching event.

Visit pocoheritage.org.

STORY STONES

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Cease Wyss will talk about First Nations traditions and culture and show how to make tea from plants at a workshop hosted by the Port Moody Ecological Society and the Welcome Post Project, at 1 p.m. at the Noons Creek hatchery (300 Ioco Rd., behind the PoMo rec complex).

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Cheer on the Coquitlam Sr. Adanacs as they take on the Burnaby Lakers for their first home game of the season, at 7 p.m. at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam). Visit adanacslacrosse.com.

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Help to raise funds and build awareness for the MS Society of Canada and the thousands of British Columbians affected by multiple sclerosis, at the MS Walk at Rocky Point Park (2800block of Murray Street, Port Moody) at 10:30 a.m. The 1.5and 3-km treks are wheelchair accessible. Call 604-689-3144 or visit mswalks.ca to register.

The Victoria Shamrocks are in town for a lacrosse game against the Coquitlam Jr. Adanacs, at 2 p.m. in the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St., Coquitlam). Visit adanacs. bcjall.com.

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Coquitlam city councillors at the Poirier Street Farmers Market, on in the Dogwood Pavilion parking lot (1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. And don’t forget your grocery bags to pick up from fresh produce, baked goods and meat. Visit makebakegrow.com.

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Downtown Port Coquitlam will be filled with traditional Polish dancing, music and food for the Polonez Tri-City Polish Association’s annual B.C. Polish Festival, from 1 to 9:30 p.m. in Leigh Square Community Arts Village (beside PoCo city hall). DJ Drummer will close the festivities with a dance party starting at 8 p.m. Visit poloneztricity.org.

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While travelling recently with my father, I was not only envious of his medical colleague who put on his morning running shoes at every port of call (we were cruising the Croatian coast for a few days) but I happened to come across two interesting articles: one about the benefits of birdsong, the other about enjoying fitness outdoors.

When I used to run and cycle regularly, I would look forward to inhaling the sweet fragrance of spring — cherry blossoms — and to being enchanted by the chorus of birdsong. I also would notice how many were running with headphones and would feel a little sad that they were missing out on nature’s orchestra.

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“restorative benefits of birdsong.” They report that of all the natural sounds, birdsongs and calls were those most often cited as helping people recover from stress, enabling them to restore and refocus their attention.

Interestingly, however, these melodious songs and chirps are actually sounds of survival.

Spring is the time to mate and, for most songbirds, which live only one to two years, this is the crucial season to reproduce and ensure one’s genes are passed on.

The American robin, for example, varies widely in its migration patterns but those that migrate from Vancouver Island

to as far south as Guatemala travel the farthest for its species — more than 3,000 miles.

Males return a week or so ahead of females to claim their breeding territory. They not only need to refuel and recover but must also sing their heart out for hours on end, by dawn and dusk, to keep hold of their newly claimed territory.

Life is one of challenge for survival after another for all migratory birds. Distance alone and weather are one thing but shrinking habitats and climate change are another, along with light pollution and urban glass (as I wrote about last summer).

Spending time outdoors —

unplugged and connecting to nature — whether actively or passively, recreating or commuting, is not just good for our bodies, minds, hearts and souls, but it reminds us that our inherent interconnectedness with all living things and the natural world is paramount to all our survival. The wellbeing of birds, of all creatures, is connected to our own.

Here are some more great reasons to get your blood and oxygen flowing in the great outdoors, thanks to tips shared in this year’s edition of the Romantiker (hotel) magazine, and from taking a course in chi-running many years ago: • It’s free. There are no gym

fees. All you need are properfitting running shoes and comfortable workout clothes.

• The lighting is 100% natural and the air is fresh. Many gyms use recycled rubber flooring that has toxic offgassing.

• Every feature can become a fitness tool: park benches (triceps), railings (pull-ups), trees (stretches), rugged trails (core and balance) and sandy beaches (technique to address toe-grabbing or heel-striking).

• Whether solo or in a group, connecting with nature and/ or each other feeds the soul and can be more motivating than the often monotonous and lonely battle with fitness

machines. In 2011, England’s Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry conducted the first wide-scale study on the positive effects of outdoor exercise. Training outdoors was found to have a positive effect on the psyche, with the survey group reporting a higher level of vitality after training outdoors, less stress, less aggravation in everyday life and more self-confidence and a greater feeling of freedom.

• Training with others can also help you stay motivated by fostering accountability with one another — rain or shine.

Friendships often develop and deepen. If you don’t have peeps keen to join you, try your local running store, community centre and, of course, the internet, with options like Meetup and Facebook. You’re bound to find folks eager to experience nature’s natural high with you.

See you out there.

Melissa Chaun of Port Moody is an ecologist with a passion for all things sustainable. She is events co-ordinator with the Rivershed Society of BC and volunteers on various city committees. Her column runs monthly.

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City of Coquitlam

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

Monday, May 27, 2019 7:00 p.m.

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

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

Item 1

Address: 1486 Coast Meridian Road

The intent of Bylaw No. 4961, 2019 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 4961, 2019 from RS-2 One-Family Suburban Residential to RS-9 Large Single Family Residential and P-5 Special Park.

If approved, the application would facilitate the subdivision of the subject property into four residential lots, the construction of a single-family dwelling, with a secondary suite, on each resulting lot, and a dedicated park for streamside protection and an urban nature trail.

Item 3

Addresses: 1134, 1136 and 1200 Cartier Avenue

The intent of Bylaw No. 4945, 2019 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to revise the land use designation of the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4945, 2019 from Low Density Apartment Residential to Civic and Major Institutional.

The intent of Bylaw No. 4946, 2019 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 4946, 2019 from RS-1 OneFamily Residential to P-1 Civic Institutional.

In conjunction with the above application, the City has received a related application for a Development Variance Permit for the properties located at 1134, 1136 and 1200 Cartier Avenue. The application requests the following variance to the City’s Zoning Bylaw: • Relaxation of the minimum front yard setback from 7.6 metres to setbacks ranging from 2.2 to 6.4 metres.

If approved, the application would facilitate the development of a new community centre to replace the existing Place Maillardville.

Item 2

Addresses: 605, 607 and 611 Sydney Avenue

The intent of Bylaw No. 4943, 2019 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 4943, 2019 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to RT-2 Townhouse Residential.

If approved, the application would facilitate the consolidation of the subject properties and the development of three, two and three storey, townhouse buildings containing a total of twenty townhouse units.

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How do I find out more information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevant background documentation may be inspected from Tuesday, May 14, 2019 to Monday, May 27, 2019 in person at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

You may also obtain further information with regard to the bylaws mentioned above on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at 604-927-3430.

How do I provide input?

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List please call 604-927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity.

You’re invited to a free educational seminar about the benefits of making your final arrangements in advance.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019, 6 P.M. - 8 P.M.

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

Noel Armea

Family Service Advisor

Prior to the Public Hearing written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca; • Regular mail: 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; • In person: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015.

Refreshments will be provided. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Brett.Ray@Sci-us.com or 604-944-4128.

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Written submissions provided in response to this consultation, including names and addresses, will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require more information regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604927-3010.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public or interested parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion of the Public Hearing.

Jay Gilbert City Clerk

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Notice of Public Hearing

Zoning Bylaw Amendment for 3346 Finley Street

PUBLIC HEARING 6 pm on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 Council Chambers Port Coquitlam City Hall

Info: 604.927.5212 portcoquitlam.ca

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Public Notice of Watermain Flushing

Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 4125

The City will be flushing watermains in the area shown on the map below beginning the week of May 6, 2019. One third of the City’s watermains are flushed each year to minimize sediment deposits in the water system that can deteriorate our water quality.

Location: 3346 Finley Street

Flushing may cause pressure fluctuations, some discolouration and sediment in the water reaching your home or business. All of these conditions should be of short duration. If your water appears discoloured, run a cold water tap until the water clears. Please direct inquiries to Public Works at 604.927.5496 or email publicworks@portcoquitlam.ca.

To rezone from the Residential Single Dwelling Zone 1 to the Residential Single Dwelling Zone 2 to facilitate a proposed subdivision that would create two lots.

GIVE YOUR INPUT Members of the public will have an opportunity to express their views at the meeting or can submit written opinions to: corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

Council cannot receive new or additional information on this application after the public hearing.

Inspection of Documents Prior to the public hearing, the public is welcome to inspect the bylaw and any related reports and plans at: Development Services, Port Coquitlam City Hall Annex 8:30 am-4:30 pm (except weekends/stat. holidays) until 4:00 pm on May 28, 2019.

Carolyn Deakin, Assistant Corporate Officer 604.927.5212 • corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca

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Visit the website for details or a larger map.

More info: Development Services, 604.927.5442.

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C O Q U I T L A M R E C R E AT I O N

A survey & a bazaar The city of Coquitlam wants to hear from residents who have participated in events and programs at the new Smiling Creek Activity Centre.

Until the end of May, an online survey will be available at coquitlam.ca/smilingcreek, where people can weigh in on areas of interest or improvements for future programming.

Those who take part in the survey will receive a chance to win a $100 gift card for Coquitlam Centre.

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Centre opened in 2018, offering a variety of drop-in programs. The facility is shared with School District 43 and features a gymnasium, multi-purpose room, sports courts, playgrounds and other amenities.

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Anyone with a gently used household items left over from spring cleaning can sell their stuff at Coquitlam’s spring bazaar.

Books, housewares, clothes and toys are just some of the

items on sale at the annual neighbourhood flea market, which will be held Sunday, June 2 in Spirit Square between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. An indoor antiques and collectibles showcase will be held concurrently at Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Crt.).

Admission is free.

Tables for the market are $13.75 and are assigned at the time of registration. To book a table, call 604-927-4386.

For more information go to coquitlam.ca/glenpine or call 604-927-6940.

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PJs for kids, colouring for bigger kids This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.

PORT MOODY

• Pyjama storytime: All ages are welcome to put on their PJs and cuddle up for this cozy storytime May 28 from 6 to 6:30 p.m. in the PMPL children’s area. Librarians will have fun songs and stories ready, with some soothing lullabies to get you ready for bed.

Drop in, bring your stuffie — no registration required.

• Journaling for wellness and goal-setting: Self-care journals can help educate, inspire and encourage you to live a balanced lifestyle. This information-sharing workshop — May 29, 7 to 8:30 p.m. with Sherina Chandra — will give participants the chance to write their own self-care journals while learning about the factors that can affect mental, physical and emotional health.

Call 604-469-4577 to register.

• Intro to Mac laptops: New to Macintosh computers?

Switching from a Windows machine? Learn how to navigate a Mac laptop and some helpful shortcuts May 30 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the library’s ParkLane Room. Call 604-4694577 to register.

Info: library.portmoody.ca or 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr., in the city hall complex.

TERRY FOX

• Adult colouring club: Colouring is not just for kids anymore. Come chill out and colour at the Terry Fox Library.

Librarians will provide the colouring pages, pencil crayons and refreshments on Mondays through May 27, 2 to 3 p.m. — drop in.

• Storytime: Introduce kids to the love of books and language with storytime. Children and caregivers will enjoy interactive stories, songs, rhymes and more. Mondays through June 24 and Wednesdays through June 26, 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. — just drop in.

• Babytime: Make language fun and help your baby develop speech and language skills — enjoy bouncing, singing and rhyming with stories.

Babytime is a fun, social bonding activity for babies and caregivers. And participants can

spend time after the program to meet and socialize. Sessions run Fridays through June 28, 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. — no registration required.

Info: fvrl.bc.ca, the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page or 604-927-7999.

Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo.

COQUITLAM

• Innovation Hub open house: Try out the HTC Vive virtual reality headset and motion-tracked hand controllers.

Users can explore outer space, conquer a fear of heights, paint in a 3D space, and more.

See 3D printers in action and learn how to create your own designs using high-powered creative software. Open house happens Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. at the City Centre branch.

Next session for VR: May 10.

• Burke Mountain pyjama storytime and play: Join librarians on Burke Mountain every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. for a fun, free evening of crafts, games, and active play for all ages. Pyjama storytime happens from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and the Library Link book bus visits from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Smiling Creek Activity Centre, 3456 Princeton Ave. • Family Fun Day at Place Maillardville: The Library Link book bus will be on site at this year’s Family Fun Day at Place Maillardville, May 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Go on board the library on wheels to explore the mobile collection and to create your own button. Place Maillardville community centre is located at 1200 Cartier Ave. • Coming soon: B.C. Summer Reading Club: This year’s theme is Imagine the Possibilities! Registration begins June 1.

• Also coming soon: Adult Summer Reading Club: The Adult Summer Reading Club runs from June 1 to Aug. 16.

Read what you want — chick lit, YA, historical fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, sci-fi, whatever — and read one book or 50. Every book you read and review gives you an entry into a weekly draw for Coquitlam library merchandise and will also go into a grand prize draw, to be held Sept. 3. The more you read, the more entries you get. Register starting June 1; go to either branch and sign up at the Help Desk. Forms will also be available online.

Info: www.coqlibrary.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.

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BOOK OF THE WEEK n The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov n Reviewed by Michael DeKoven, Port Moody Public Library

Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is one of the classics of 20th-century Russian literature. The book opens in Moscow in the 1930s when the Devil appears and insinuates himself into the elite Soviet literary circles of the era. Going by the name of Professor Woland, he claims to be an artiste whose speciality is “black magic.” Woland accurately predicts the unexpected demise of a prominent editor, and he and his gang take over the editor’s apartment as their base of operations. The gang pitilessly ridicule the corrupt time-servers, petty bureaucrats and cowardly yes-men of Stalin’s Soviet Union via the most entertaining magic ever seen in Moscow. Only a young poet and friend of the deceased editor seems to see how dangerous and evil Woland’s gang actually is, but his attempts to warn the authorities get him sent to a lunatic asylum. In the lunatic asylum, the young poet is introduced to a broken and impoverished writer known only as The Master. The Master has abandoned his lover, Margarita, and his art and was driven to the asylum when he is unable to find a publisher for his life’s work. Margarita still loves the Master and makes a deal with Professor Woland to rescue him from the madhouse. The two lovers perish but while The Master “does not deserve the light, he deserves peace,” and he and Margarita continue in a gentle version of limbo where they stroll together “in the daytime under the cherry trees.”

Public Hearing Notice When: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 7:00pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C.

Council to consider Zoning Bylaw Housekeeping Amendments Zoning Bylaw, 2018, No. 2937 was adopted on July 10, 2018. Through the practical use of the Bylaw, staff have identified a number of areas where minor amendments are necessary to ensure the Bylaw’s effectiveness. The intent of Bylaw Amendment No. 12, 2019, No. 3176 is to encompass a range of minor bylaw changes including: Floor Area Exemptions: specifying the exclusion of crawl space from the calculation of floor area; Siting Exceptions: clarifying that laneway houses have the same siting exceptions as other accessory buildings; Mechanical Equipment: limiting siting requirements for mechanical equipment (e.g. for heat pumps) to single family homes and duplexes; Community Gardens: including community gardens as a permitted use in all zones in Port Moody; Laneway Homes (Detached Accessory Dwelling Units): clarifying that one laneway home is permitted for each duplex unit; how the height of laneway homes is calculated and siting exceptions for decks, stairs and eaves; Parking Dimensions: updating parking dimensions to ensure that all potential parking layouts are addressed; Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Requirements: clarifying applicability and type of charging infrastructure required; Temporary Shelter Use: including temporary shelter as a permitted use in the Private Institutional (P2) Zone; and Comprehensive Development Zones: ensuring the Zoning Bylaw includes recently adopted CD zones.

Get in touch!

How do I get more information?

Ask questions and review the application at the Planning Division counter on the 2nd floor of City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, B.C. between 8:30am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/publichearing after May 20, 2019. You can also contact us at planning@portmoody.ca or 604.469.4540.

604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca

How can I provide input?

1. If you believe your property is affected by these proposed bylaw amendments, comment directly to Council on May 28, 2019.

2. You can also send a submission in writing before 12 noon on May 28, 2019 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550.

André Boel, MCIP, RPP General Manager of Planning and Development

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SATURDAY, MAY 25 • Coquitlam Junior Adanacs Lacrosse pancake breakfast, 9 a.m.-noon, Centennial Pavilion, 578 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Cost: $5/plate. Info: adanacs.bcjall. com.

• 1st Port Coquitlam Scouts bottle drive in area around Kilmer elementary school; scouting youth and supporting adults will be canvassing the neighbourhood but the public is welcome to drop bottles off 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For assured pickup, call 604-704-5972.

MONDAY, MAY 27 • Heritage Writers’ Group, 10:30 a.m.-noon, PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives. Start capturing your life story for family and posterity. No preparation required; just bring a pen and paper, or your laptop.

TUESDAY, MAY 28 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-319-5313.

• Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. Guests always welcome. Info on scheduled activities: www. tricityphotoclub.ca/20182019-meetings.

THURSDAY, MAY 30 • Moody Centre Community Association AGM, 7-9 p.m., Kyle Centre, 125 Kyle St., Port Moody. All Moody Centre residents welcome. Info: ortmoodycommunity.wordpress.com or

Roderick Ave., Coquitlam. Info: call North Fraser Recruitment Team, 604-764-8098.

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MAY 25: GET OUTSIDE & CLEAN UP

• PoCo cleanup event, 1-3 p.m., meet at Gates Park; volunteers will head out into PoCo’s parks and streets to help clean up the community. This event is being hosted in connection with PoCo Heritage’s upcoming exhibit, Naturally PoCo, and has an associated geocaching CITO event.

MAY 26: GET OUTSIDE & TAKE A WALK

• Friends of DeBoville Slough nature walk, 9 a.m.noon, on the north side of the slough. Walkers will meet at the kiosk on the north side at 9 a.m. and walk out to the Pitt River. Along the way, they will look for birds, identify plants, etc., and discuss the ecology of DeBoville Slough.

Info: info@fodbs. email mcca.pm@gmail.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 1 • Tri-City Wordsmiths meeting, 2-4:30 p.m., Terry Fox Library, PoCo. Featured: Storma Sire, an award-winning AfricanCanadian author, poet, screenwriter, illustrator and artist will present a workshop entitled Poetry Bootcamp. She offers a chance for writers of all abilities to immerse themselves in the art of poetry, in a sensitive and non-judgmental environment.

Meeting is free to attend but library registration is required: call 604-927-7999. Info: tricitywordsmiths.ca.

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 • Tri-City/Ridge Meadows

Walk to End ALS at Riverside secondary school, 2215 Reeve St., PoCo; registration online is open at events.alsbc.ca and starts at 10:30 a.m. June 2.

There is also a pre walk fundraiser with $110 out of every photo shoot going to the ALS Society. Info: Facebook (@ Tcrmals) or email tricitiesridgemeadowswalk@alsbc.ca.

TUESDAY, JUNE 4 • Have you considered becoming a foster parent? There are children and youth in the Tri-Cities who require skilled, caring foster parents. To learn more, the Ministry of Children and Family Development invites you to attend an information session, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 200-906

• Share Family and Community Services hosts YOLO: Youth Offering Listening Opportunities, an informative and engaging evening for parents and caregivers, who can listen to youth share their life experiences in order to help parents understand their own teens better 6:30-8:45 p.m., Share, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody.

Registration: Sabrina, 604-3650636 or sabrina.hayward@sharesociety.ca.

THURSDAY, JUNE 6 • Riverview Horticultural Centre Society AGM, 6:30 p.m., Nancy Bennett Room, Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier branch. Following brief AGM will be a presentation by Anna Tremere (past Riverview Hospital Historical Society) former nurse at Riverview from 1965 to 2001, who will share some stories about Riverview/ Essondale. Everyone welcome; tea, coffee and cookies will be served.

TUESDAY, JUNE 11 • Coquitlam Needlearts Guild meets, noon-4 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-3195313. This will be the group’s last meeting before summer break; meetings will resume in September.

• Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room

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TUESDAY, JUNE 25 • Tri-City Photo Club meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Drama Room at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. Guests always welcome. Info on scheduled activities: www. tricityphotoclub.ca/20182019-meetings.

SUPPORT GROUPS • Hominum Fraser Valley is an informal discussion and support group to help gay, bisexual and questioning men with the challenges of being married, separated or single. Group meets the last Monday of every month.

Info & meeting location: Art, 604-462-9813 or aapearson@ shaw.ca.

• HEAR Branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association meets third Monday of each month (September– June), 1-3 p.m., at Dogwood Pavilion, 1655 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam. HEAR is a support group dedicated to improving the communication skills and quality of life for the hearing impaired. Sessions include guest speakers and group discussions.

All are welcome to attend the free sessions. Come to a meeting before purchasing a hearing aid for insight and consumer information. Info: Anna, 604939-0327.

• Have you experienced the

death of a loved one and found yourself struggling? Gathering with others who have also experienced a loss is known to be one of the most helpful ways of coping with grief. Sharing your story is important to healthy healing. Crossroads Hospice Society is running closed grief support groups. Registration: call the bereavement services coordinator, 604-949-2274.

• Crossroads Hospice Society hosts a free walking group for the bereaved, Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Group meets at Crossroads Labyrinth Healing Garden in Pioneer Memorial Park at Ioco Rd. and Heritage Mountain Blvd. Hospice volunteers will be present on the free walk through Rocky Point Park or Orchard Park. Newcomers can register by calling call the bereavement services coordinator, 604-949-2274.

• Circle of Hope Al-Anon Family group meetings are Mondays, 1 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1504 Sprice Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-688-1716.

• Coquitlam prostate cancer support and awareness group meets at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month (except December) at Wilson Centre, PoCo. All those affected by prostate problems and their partners are urged to come and share their concerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmosphere. There is no charge but donations are welcome.

Info: Craig, 604-928-9220 or Ken, 604-936-2998. see page

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• Dogwood White Cane Club meets every Thursday from September to June, 12:30-2:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion. Those who are legally blind are welcome.

• LifeRing weekly recovery meetings, Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m., Vancity Credit Union, Shaughnessy Station (Shaughnessy at Lougheed), PoCo. All welcome. Info: 604377-1364.

• B.C. Schizophrenia Society meets the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604720-3935.

• Joy’s Place Transition House is an emergency shelter for physically and/or emotionally abused women and their children. Info: 604-492-1700.

• Al-Anon, a fellowship of friends and family of alcoholics who come together to share their experience, strength and hope, meets on Mondays, 7:308:30 p.m., Women’s Resource Centre, 2420 Mary Hill Rd., PoCo. Info: Elaine with Al-Anon Central Services Society, 604688-1716.

• TOPS chapters meet weekly at numerous Tri-City locations.

For information on group near you: Gail, 604-941-2907.

• Port Moody Alanon Family Group open meeting, Wednesdays, 8 p.m., St. Andrews Church, 2318 St. Johns St., Port Moody. Info: 604-4616991.

• Al-Anon Adult Children meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1504 Sprice Ave. (at Schoolhouse), Coquitlam.

• Fibromyalgia support group meets, 1-3 p.m., on the fourth Thursday of each month (except December) at Coquitlam Public Library, Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. Education and support for adults who are living with this chronic illness. Info: Julie, 604936-6027.

• Irritable bowel syndrome support group meets monthly in PoMo to exchange information, to offer one another support, and to share experiences and coping strategies. Info: 604-8754875 or www.badgut.org.

• Recovery International is a self-help, peer-to-peer support meeting for people who struggle with stress, fear, anger, depression, anxiety, panic and nervous symptoms. The goal is to help reduce symptoms by practising cognitive behaviour techniques.

There is a group in PoCo. Info: Kathy, 778-554-1026 or www. recoverycanada.ca.

• Christian 12-step group for people with alcohol, drug, and gambling addictions meets at 7:15 p.m. every Monday Coquitlam Presbyterian Church, 948 Como Lake Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: 604-939-6136 or www. hiscpc.org.

• Coquitlam Support Group: Change, Crisis to Creativity meets Thursday evenings. Group meets twice a month to support one another through major changes, including unemployment, family crisis, death, illness, separation/divorce, empty nest, retirement, etc., and working towards positive, creative lifestyle.

Info: Mara, 604-931-7070.

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• Port Moody Ecological Society, a volunteer-operated educational and training facility, is seeking keen volunteers. Volunteers can be adults or students (over 16) and membership is as low as $5 (students). Hatchery is open every day except Sunday, 9 -11 a.m. There is a range of activities each day but no experience is required — club members will train and guide you. Info: 604-469-9106 or portmoodyecologicalsociety@hotmail.com.

• A place where relationships matter • A place where we can help patients smile with renewed dental health and increased self-confidence • A place where complete patient satisfaction is our goal Whether your vision is achieving life-long dental health, regular maintenance, or a beautiful smile, Dr. Melody Sun and Dr. Tracie Tanaka are here as your partners, to listen to your questions and collaborate with you to provide solutions to your oral health needs. From pregnancy through to adulthood and beyond, we welcome you to our sundentalcentre family!

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meets every fourth Thursday of each month at Dogwood Pavilion, 1 to 3 p.m., except December. Info: Joan, 604-9442506.

• CancerConnection peer volunteers offer one-to-one information and emotional support to people living with cancer. Info: 1-888-939-3333.

• Tri-Cities Caregiver Network gives caregivers a safe place to express and deal with their emotions and concerns. Group discussions, speakers and films are part of the program. Meet every 2nd and 4th Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon.

• DivorceCare is a special weekly seminar and support group for people who are separated or divorced, Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Alliance church, corner of Mariner and Spuraway, Coquitlam. Seminar sessions include “Facing my Anger,” “Facing my Loneliness,” “Depression,” “Forgiveness” and “New Relationships.” Info: 604-464-6744.

• PoCo Stroke Recovery Branch would like to welcome new members; meetings are held Mondays, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Wilson Centre, PoCo. There is opportunity for speech maintenance, meeting others that have gone through the similar situation and light exercises or bocce. Info: Deanna, 604-9422334.

• 12-Step meetings for individuals struggling with relationships, dysfunctional behaviours or substance abuse. 12 Steps are used in a Christian context, Wednesday or Thursday nights at 7:30 p.m. Info: 604-942-7711.

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Support Group meets first Tuesday of each month at Eagle Ridge Hospital at 7:30 p.m. Info: 604-875-4875.

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VOLUNTEERS • Canadian Red Cross Society is seeking volunteers for the Health Equipment Loan Program in PoCo. Info: VRS@ redcross.ca or 1-855-995-3529.

• Share Family and Community services is looking for volunteers to work with seniors for its shop by phone and Friendly Visiting programs, and transportation to community resources. Info: kathie.rodway@ sharesociety.ca or 604-937-6975.

• Volunteers wanted for all positions at Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary thrift shop, located at 2811B Shaughnessy St., PoCo; applications available at the store during open hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays; noon-3 p.m. Sundays.

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Piano teacher retires with picnic I loved kids and I loved classical music, Dricos says of career janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Eleanor Toebaert was five when she first touched a piano. She didn’t know how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star but she got a compliment on her performance.

Buoyed by her success, she signed up for group lessons at Burnaby’s Sperling elementary under June Perry — a decision that would launch a lifetime love for music education.

By 14, she was teaching piano and, after graduation, would make the long commute to UBC to study for her associate degree (ARCT) under the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto while still teaching privately. “It was the kids and the classical music. I had to put them together,” she said plainly.

It was around this time Toebaert learned about a job in the Coquitlam school district to teach group lessons, between 3 and 6 p.m., at the now-defunct Austin Heights, Mary Hill and Central elementary schools. Her first class at Mary Hill had five students — two of them the children of the BC NDP leader Dave Barrett, who had yet to

Port Coquitlam resident Eleanor Dricos taught piano and theory to nearly 1,000 students over 57 years. She’s retiring on June 15 with a picnic at Settlers Park in PoCo. To RSVP by June 1, email dricosj@hotmail.ca. janis cleugh/the tri-city news

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Within five years, Toebaert (who by then had married a fellow musician and changed her surname to Dricos) boasted nearly 100 students in her extracurricular lessons at schools. In her spare time, she taught piano and theory at her Port Coquitlam home six days a week, passing on her love for

Romantic and Impressionism compositions.

Next month, the 71 year old will retire after 57 years of teaching by hosting a farewell picnic at Settlers Park, in Citadel Heights.

And though she’s instructed close to 1,000 people, she’s not sure how many of her “kids” will turn out to give

her a hug and share stories at the catered event organized by her daughters.

Jennifer Brown and Lisa Suhopoljac want the send-off to be a recognition of her halfcentury in music education.

“Our mom is a natural with children and has a special kind of magic that makes kids want to work hard and strive

to do their very best,” they wrote to The Tri-City News. “In our home, it was comforting to hear piano music coming up from the vents and to know that mom was just downstairs at work.”

Dricos, who also taught piano to her daughters, said she’s loved her lengthy career as well as the evolution of her students.

Often, the little ones would be shy about the keyboard in the beginning but she would sit them on the bench and “in front of the most important key: the ‘C.’” Soon, they could identify every “C” and name the keys for each octave. “By the third lesson, they would know all the keys and I would say, ‘Great, now let’s learn music!’”

At recitals — Christmas at her home or at year-end shows in bigger venues — they’d take their bow and look in Dricos’ way first; the gesture warmed her heart.

Her piano lessons were sometimes a release for kids struggling at home or school, or with other challenges. A couple of years ago, a former student — who became a brain surgeon — stopped her at Safeway in PoCo to confide he never forgot her words of encouragement.

Dricos said, unlike some piano teachers, she kept her lessons light. “I was a fun teacher. I was a nice teacher. I

never yelled. I recognized that music is to be enjoyed.”

She got a kick out of her older students, too. The late Nel Forrest (mother to Mike Forrest, who recently received the Freedom of the City designation) took up the piano for the first time in her 80s, after she was diagnosed with dementia; the doctor recommended she stimulate her brain.

It wasn’t uncommon for Dricos to teach two generations from the same family on her Young Chang Bergmann grand piano (which is now up for sale) or her Heintzman upright, the same piano on which she got her ARCT. But, five years ago, Dricos said she was ready to start winding down. An overused tendon in her hand and arthritis were bothering her, and she stopped accepting new students.

Now, she has only two left.

Two years ago, she also gave up her long-time membership with the Coquitlam/ Maple Ridge BC Registered Music Teachers Association.

As for her retirement plans?

“Travel, grandkids and, of course, lots of music.”

• To save a spot at Eleanor Dricos’ retirement party, call 604-202-2556 or email dricosj@ hotmail.ca before June 1. The party is on June 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Settlers Park in Port Coquitlam.

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National praise for The Woo-Woo Memoir by Pinetree grad tells of her family’s mental illnesses janis cleugh jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Lindsay Wong feels very lucky.

And, the Pinetree secondary graduate admits, the experience of seeing her debut book gain such national attention has been “totally unexpected and quite surreal.”

Since Arsenal Pulp Press published Wong’s memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family last year, the author has had little time to catch her breath.

This month, it took a prestigious BC Book Prize from the West Coast Book Prize Society; the book was also a finalist for CBC’s Canada Reads competition and shortlisted for the $60,000 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust of Canada Prize for Non-fiction.

Lindsay Wong’s memoir was named one of the best books of 2018, by the Globe and Mail newspaper.

It made the top 100 books for the Globe and Mail list in 2018 and, last month, it was placed on the long list for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal of Humour.

Critics have heaped praise on The Woo-Woo, calling it a “heart-breaking,” “tragic” and “touching” comedic portrait of her family as she grew up on Westwood Plateau in Coquitlam.

Wong, who dedicated the

book to herself “as a kind of tongue in cheek,” started writing it as a creative writing undergrad at the University of British Columbia.

She had her rough draft ready while studying for a literary non-fiction master’s degree at Columbia University in New York City.

“It spent more time being rejected [by publishers] than being written,” joked Wong, who now lives in East Vancouver and works as a freelance education consultant.

But while the story itself has struck a nerve in the literary world, the Vancouver-born Wong confesses she doesn’t know what impact the deeply personal narrative has had on her relatives.

She assumes they’ve read it and are aware of her sudden rise to fame but “Chinese families don’t talk about things. They just brush it under the rug.”

The woo-woos refer to her paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and mother’s ghosts who come to haunt

them in times of personal trouble and mental illness.

Wong and her mom would avoid the demons by hiding out in the mall food court; her mother tried to light Wong’s foot on fire during a camping trip in a kind of exorcism.

Her aunt also suffered from the woo-woos and tried to jump off a bridge.

Before the book was printed, Wong said she would wake up at 5 a.m. to write “but this year has been quite busy with tours and talks. I have to write when I can: at the airport or at night” on her laptop computer and making notes on her smart phone.

Next year, she hopes to debut her first young adult novel, titled The Summer I Learned Chinese, about a teenage girl of Chinese descent who fails her senior year of school. Wong submitted the second draft to her American publisher last week.

Lindsay Wong will be at the Burnaby Public Library (McGill branch, 4595 Albert St.) on May 30 at 7 p.m. Call 604-299-8955 to save a spot.

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As children, Geoff and Susan Rowley loved to sing.

Geoff sang bass in the Methodist church choir while growing up in Yorkshire, England, while Susan picked up vocal instruction from her parents and grandmother in her native Ontario; the soprano was also in the United church ensemble.

Older, when they moved separately to the west coast, they longed to sing and be a part of a choral group. After all, they said, it was a good way to give back to their new community and meet people.

At the time, Susan worked in health care at Hawthorne Lodge. Her friend, knowing Susan sought to join a choir, tapped Marie Gillis — who founded the Maple Leaf Singers with her husband, George — when she brought their group to entertain at the Port Coquitlam seniors complex.

Geoff was performing but Susan had the day off so the pair didn’t meet until she signed up with the Singers, in the spring of 1981. Love blossomed and, four years later, the couple tied the knot.

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Called Don’t Stop Believin’ (a nod to the Journey tune), the Singers’ 51st annual concert — directed by Rob Gillis, the founders’ son who took over last year from Coquitlam resident Wilson Fowlie — is on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Massey Theatre. Susan is co-producing the New Westminster event and is in the Singers quartet, The Four Tunes.

Still, the show title has special meaning to the Rowleys who, over the past 38 years with the Maple Leaf Singers, have lost a number of their peers. “It’s tough to go back and sing when they’re missing from our group,” Geoff said.

“It’s a hope that things are going to be better,” Susan

noted of the phrase. “You’ve got to turn the negative into the positive.”

Susan said they enjoy being part of the Singers’ dozen performances at special events, fundraisers and seniors homes (Geoff also transports the risers for the Singers) but their spring show “is very special for us,” she said. “It’s our major fundraiser and we work really, really hard. It’s an opportunity for us to sing to a new audience.”

Susan added, “I don’t think there are as many couples who can say they’ve shared their love of choir for so long.”

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Walz’s ‘accidental’ success lands her in HOF Former national team player says softball found her MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Softball gave Mary-Anne Walz an education. It also took her around the world, to play on diamonds in Taipei, Australia, New Zealand as well as dusty infields across North America. The sport put her into Softball BC’s Hall of Fame, and on Friday she’ll be recognized in her hometown when she’s inducted into the Port Coquitlam Sports Hall of Fame.

Not bad for an accidental player.

Walz, 57, said softball found her, rather than the other way around, when she was 7 or 8 years-old. “It was the thing for girls to do at the time,� she said of her new sport that quickly found a place alongside her other passions, soccer, volleyball, basketball as well as track and field.

Walz said growing up in Port Coquitlam, the softball diamond was where community rivalries could be played out. It was a moment of civic pride when her hardscrabble PoCo Blues could beat the posh, big-city team from Coquitlam. “You always felt like the underdog,� Walz said. “We sure

Mary-Anne Walz still has the PoCo Blues jacket she wore playing minor softball in Port Coquitlam before she headed off to Oklahoma State University as well as Canada’s national team. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

had a lot of heart.�

Walz, a shortstop with a quick arm and assured feet, quickly progressed to rep teams and eventually landed a spot on Canada’s junior national team.

Still, Walz thought basketball would be her ticket to sporting success. But after she returned from a six-month trek around Europe following her graduation from PoCo secondary, she was recruited

by the coach of the women’s softball team at Oklahoma State University to play summer ball in Stillwater. “It just came out of the blue,� Walz said of the opportunity. “I guess softball chose me.�

The competition in Oklahoma was intense. Many of the summer players came from the university’s varsity program, which was ranked third in the country at the

time.

But Walz said she was too naive to be intimidated. “I just waltzed in there and thought, ‘I’m as good as these people,’� she said.

Walz ended up staying for more than four years, playing for the school team on a scholarship, then returning home from Oklahoma during summer break to play for the renowned Alpha Sports team out of New Westminster, with

whom she won five Canadian senior women national championships from 1982 to ’87.

When Walz’s collegiate career ended in 1986, she graduated to Canada’s national team and helped it win a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan-Am Games in Indianapolis, Ind. Walz said while there was talk of softball being included in the 1988 Summer Olympics, glory in the sport

was modest. “We played because we love the game,� she said.

By the time softball did become a demonstration sport at the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain, Walz was 31 and her best playing days were behind her. She’d moved on, she said.

Walz, who also did some coaching after her playing career ended, said her time in the sport was a catalyst for a lot of the successes she’s had in other aspects of her life. “It opened up a lot of doors,� she said. “It teaches you a lot about yourself and how to play nice in the sandbox.�

Walz said her latest honour has given her a chance to reflect on her softball career and appreciate what it brought her. And, she hopes, other young girls currently playing the sport might take some inspiration to seize its opportunities. • The 2019 Port Coquitlam Sports Awards and Hall of Fame evening will be held at the theatre at Terry Fox secondary. Other inductees include: former Olympic wrestler Steve Marshall; football coach Mike Ross, who helped found the football program at Terry Rox secondary; and the late Ted Fridge, who will be inducted as a builder. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the ceremonies kicking off an hour later. For more information, go to www.pocosport.com.

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Riverside Rapids rugby team is ready to rise again Two Port Coquitlam teams still alive for AAA Tier 2 title MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

An intense, physical 42-15 win over the Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils could be just the preparation the Riverside Rapids need for their AAA Tier 2 high school rugby semifinal today (Thursday) against Southridge secondary in White Rock.

But Rapids couch Darren Mackenzie said that intensity and ability to match any opponent tackle for tackle was forged even before the season began.

“It isn’t for the fainthearted,” Mackenzie said of his pre-season workout regime that included laps, sprints, bear crawls, and push-ups that pushed the team’s 23 players to their physical limits.

He said the mental resolve the players develop to get

Zaine Osekrie, of the Riverside Rapids, tries to escape the pursuit of a Dr.Charles Best Blue Devils tackler in their BC High School AAA Tier 2 rugby playoff match last Thursday at Gates Park in Port Coquitlam. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

through the physical test has also paid dividends, propelling the team to five wins and just one loss this season and a third seeding heading into the playoffs.

“I set the bar very high,” Mackenzie said, adding some players who struggled to complete 10 push-ups in those initial workouts are now able to do 100 or more. “I try to

explain it is the unseen work they do that pays off, and we can see who is doing this work.”

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has led the Rapids to one championship — in 2017 — and a fourth place last season, when the team was hobbled in its final games by injuries to several key players. More

importantly, the attitude and work ethic has passed from the veterans to the young players like Grade 9 prop, Nick Cubillos.

“He has been a standout,” Mackenzie said of the first-year player who’d never before played rugby prior to joining the Rapids.

He said newcomers like Cubillos are also attracted to the Rapids’ program by its high standards and matching expectations.

“Young men want to learn a new sport, be challenged and learn to win,” Mackenzie said.

“Learning to win is tough, it requires effort, sacrifice and even pain.”

Much like some of the challenges they’ll face in life away from the pitch.

“To achieve great things, we have to work at it,” Mackenzie said.

• The Terry Fox Ravens will play Fleetwood secondary in Thursday’s other semifinal.

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Sr. Adanacs optimistic Team eyes playoff spot for first time since 2013 MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Centennial Centaurs midfielder Raegan Mackenzie celebrates with teammates her first half goal on a free kick that proved to be the winner in their 2-0 victory over Panorama Ridge at last Thursday’s Fraser Valley senior girls AAA soccer championship in Cloverdale. The Centaurs will lead a trio of Fraser Valley North teams into the provincial championships that will be played May 29 to 31, at the Cloverdale Athletic Park. Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils and the Riverside Rapids also qualified, the latter after a heart-stopping 2-1 victory in overtime over Sullivan Heights to finish seventh at the Fraser Valleys. Go to tricitynews.com for the full story and more photos. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

The biggest problem facing the Coquitlam Adanacs as they head into their Western Lacrosse Association season that begins Saturday at 7 p.m. when the Burnaby Lakers visit the Poirier Sports and Leisure Complex isn’t new.

But the light at the end of the tunnel is.

Its name is Christian Del Bianco.

And Adanacs general manager Mike Petrie is confident the WLA’s first overall draft pick, who led the junior incarnation of the team to a Minto Cup national championship last year, will be the key component in a rebuilding effort to get the senior team back into the

league’s playoff picture for the first time since 2013.

That is, when Del Bianco gets to town.

Because, like several other highly-regarded Adanacs’ players, Del Bianco will be unavailable for the beginning of the season. Some are still playing professional field lacrosse in the United States, while the 21-year-old goaltender is playing for the championship of the indoor National Lacrosse League. Del Bianco’s Calgary Roughnecks lead the Buffalo Bandits 1-0 in the best-of-three series with the second game scheduled for Saturday and the third — if necessary — set for the following week.

No worries, said Petrie.

With 12 new players set to hit the floor at Poirier there’s plenty of reason to be optimistic.

“We will be better,” Petrie said.

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words won’t just fall on the expansive, padded shoulders of Del Bianco. Joining him on the Adanacs’ roster sheet will be Del Bianco’s teammate in Calgary, Wes Berg. The 26-yearold forward, who’s from Coquitlam, is coming home after amassing 139 points in 44 games over four seasons with the Oakville Rock in Ontario’s Major Series Lacrosse league. And while Petrie expects him to play only part time, he’ll be “a tremendous upgrade for our offence.”

Other new faces include the Dickson brothers — Carter and Adam — as well as Luke Gillespie.

Petrie said there could be some pleasant surprises from other players headed west to the Adanacs from leagues back east.

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Looking for a new home? Start here.

Nearly $90B wiped off Lower Mainland home values in past year: report While falling home prices may be good news for those trying to get into the real estate market, they’re certainly not welcomed by the 63.7 per cent of Metro Vancouver adults who own their home. A study released May 21 found that in the past year, from April 2018 to April 2019, $89.2 billion has been wiped off the total value of residential real estate across the Lower Mainland.

The study also analyzed individual municipalities to look at the average dollar amount of equity lost per household in each area, and the median percentage of equity lost.

Vancouver, which has the highest number of dwellings, saw a nearly 13 per cent decrease, for a total of $43.6 billion. West Vancouver saw the highest percentage decrease, at 14.68 per cent, and the highest average dollar amount lost per household, at $451,385.

However, almost half of the nearly $90 billion in losses are outside Vancouver and West Vancouver.

The analysis was carried out by Paul Sullivan, senior partner at Burgess, Cawley, Sullivan & Associates Ltd., a commercial real estate and property tax appraisal firm. It was carried out on behalf of STEPUP, a group that advocates for the end of what it considers to be unfair and politically motivated taxation policy.

“While the government’s goal may indeed be to bottom out the housing market in an attempt to somehow address the complex issue of affordability, they are simply removing billions of dollars from the B.C. economy, to everyone’s detriment,” said Sullivan.

BLAMING GOVERNMENT TAXES STEPUP is laying the blame for the lost equity at the provincial government’s door, saying that real estate taxes such as the school tax on $3m-plus homes and the speculation tax have caused the reduction in home values. It argued that this could have a devastating impact on those homeowners who relied on that equity for future retirement income.

The group said in a news release, “Homeowners rely on the equity in their homes, usually their biggest investment, to fund things like home renovations, post-secondary education, senior care costs, and retirement. While MLAs, academics, and public sector workers rely on secure, taxpayer-funded pension plans, many British Columbians rely on the equity in their home to get them through retirement, and to leave something for their children. This equity loss leaves many seniors, who have tried to plan carefully, in jeopardy.”

Many homeowners, especially those affected by the school tax on $3 million-plus homes, have protested against the recent slew of real estate taxation.

“We have been taxed out of our home,” said Point Grey resident Ric Pow. “My wife and I are lifelong residents of Vancouver, and have owned and lived in Point Grey for 33 years. We have been careful with our retirement funds, and own our home mortgage-free, which has been a cornerstone of our retirement plan. Our home, along with most others in David Eby’s riding, has lost 25 per cent of its value since the NDP took power.”

However, not everybody agrees that homeowners are necessarily entitled to the equity they have gained from the real estate prices rises over

the past few years – not even some realtors.

Vancouver agent Barry Magee said, “For someone who thinks they are entitled to 20 per cent year over year equity increases, reality will soon set in that they are not real estate geniuses, they were accidental millionaires. If you didn’t cash in your lottery ticket at the right time, or bought your ticket at the wrong time, you’ve got no one to blame but yourself.”

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MARKIN, Ron It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our son, Ron. He died of heart failure in Collingwood, Ontario on April 9th, 2019 at the age of 62.

A Celebration of Life will be held on June 8, 2019 at 11:00am at Trinity United Church 2211 Prairie Avenue, Port Coquitlam, BC.

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GREENTREE VILLAGE 23rd Annual Sale!

Saturday • May 25 10am until 3pm 4295 GARDEN GROVE BURNABY

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Please come out to support the Nothin Dragon Boat Team

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1g pot at $12.99 Reg g tin Star Popular in herbal medicine and drought tolerant gardening, the Coneflower or Echinacea is easily one of the best perennial bloomers! Valued for its immune boosting properties, it is equally as valuable in the garden. A North American native of the prairies, this bee favourite loves full sun locations, average soil and will reward you with a bloom season from mid-summer to mid-fall.

Originally available in the traditional purple bloom, it has been hybridized by plant breeders to bloom also in oranges, yellows and brilliant reds.

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