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Dying for space in Coquitlam cemetery Full burial spaces expected to run out in 3-4 years Grant GranGer The Tri-CiTy News
The demand for places to live in Coquitlam is growing. So is the demand for places to die as the city’s municipal cemetery is running out of room. Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery, which has been operating in southwest Coquitlam since 1935 on land donated by the Robinson family, has limited remaining interment inventory. The city is looking at ways to continue providing its services and has begun a survey to get citizens’ opinions. According to report by staff and consultants Urban
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Systems delivered to council Monday, the cemetery has a limited footprint to accommodate the city’s projected population growth and aging demographic. By optimizing the use of the space, however, the report projected the cemetery could provide space for the next 20 to 30 years. Robinson inventory for full burials is expected to evaporate in three to four years, although it provides a mix of options for cremated remains. Between 2007 and 2016, Robinson averaged 48 burials and 118 cremation interments a year. “The city of Coquitlam is expected to have the need for nearly 10,400 interments in the next 25 years and over 31,300 in the next 50 years,” said the report. see r’VIEW CEMETErY, page 8
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More seniors living in poverty locally Diane StranDberG Tri-CiTy News
The number of seniors living in poverty has doubled in B.C., and a high percentage of them live in Coquitlam, a new report shows. The B.C. Seniors’ Poverty Report Card is the first of its kind, produced by the Social Planning and Research
Council of BC and United Way of the Lower Mainland. The report shows Coquitlam senior poverty levels are fourth only to Surrey, Vancouver and Richmond, with 14.1% of the population or 2,630 people living under the Statistics Canada Low Income Measure (LIM).
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PHOTOS BY ELAINE FLEURY & ROBERT MCDONALD
A number members of the West Coast Radio Control Aircraft Flyers (WCRCAF) converged on Upper Coquitlam River Park Sunday with their trainer, sport and aerobatic airplanes as well as helicopters, jets and gliders to show the public what they’re all about at an open house held with support from the city of Coquitlam and the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada. For more information, go to wcrcaf.com.
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