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Spani Pool to get new look, features

Riverside students honour residential school victims

Public will weigh in on plan for Woodland Park

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Property crime goes down, as ‘person crimes’ increase Police respond with more boots on the ground DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Monte Gisborne steps out of the 1929 Hudson Super Six he’s restoring in the backyard of his Coquitlam home. The car, which was beloved by gangsters for its power as a getaway vehicle when they were fleeing bank heists, features “suicide doors” that open from front to back. For more photos and a story, see page 30. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Coquitlam RCMP is responding to an increase in assaults, gun violence and mental health calls with more boots on the ground and targeted community efforts, a new report suggests. On June 21, Insp. Andrew Martin presented his first trimester report to Coquitlam council detailing the latest crime trends in the city. According to the report, property crimes dropped

17% between January and April compared to the three year average while “person crimes” increased 16%, with many files requiring more specialized investigative techniques. Police say about 44% of these “person crimes” are assaults, and in many cases the victim and suspect know each other. As well, sex offences increased slightly by three files — from 35 to 38 — over the period. While property crimes appear to have trended lower, there were still more than 900 files created over the period. Statistics regarding gun violence were not broken SEE

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Millions of dollars to improve road safety Tri-Cities to get almost $6 million of $125 million pie

at 3200-block Bedwell Bay Road Bedwell Bay safety barriers : $37,500 • The installation of guard rails at five locations on MRN roads, over a threeyear period to improve safety Bedwell Bay Cats Eyes: $19,875 • To grind 4” strips in the centre of the road and install recessed Cats Eyes along the full length of Bedwell Bay Road • This is scheduled to be done over a three-year period in order to improve safety and orientation for drivers during limited visibility conditions

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Millions of dollars have been set aside for several transportation options in the Tri-Cities aiming to improve transit, recreation and overall quality of life. June 24, TransLink’s Mayors’ Council approved an investment of $125 million for Metro Vancouver communities for upgrades and maintenance of walking and cycling paths and roads, with potential to build new infrastructure options for residents too. Combined, the Tri-City region is getting a near $5.9-million slice of the pie — known as the Municipal Funding Program circa 2017 — for 19 projects across Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. In a news release, TransLink says this is the first time all 23 local governments within its vicinity are receiving funds for pedestrian, cyclist, driver and transit user upgrades, including 2,600 km of roads in the Major Road Network (MRN). “Our mandate is to think holistically about our transportation network and

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Coquitlam City Centre will soon see improvements to pedestrian infrastructure near transit stations. CITY OF COQUITLAM PHOTO

ensure that the people of Metro Vancouver have many efficient transportation options available to them,” says interim CEO Gigi Chen-Kuo. “Whether it’s helping to improve the sidewalks we walk on, the paths we roll on, or the roads we drive on — TransLink’s role goes far beyond transit.” The Tri-City projects approved in the investment are

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MRN multi-use pathway upgrades: $187,000 • Construction of a threemetre-wide 2.4-kilometre multi-use pathway along the MRN corridor • The facility is set to ultimately connect with Ioco Road to provide a safe pedestrian and bike facility

from Buntzen Lake and Inlet Centre SkyTrain station in Port Moody

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Bedwell Bay Road path: $129,625 • The construction of a multi-use pathway along Bedwell Bay Road, from the Midden Road crosswalk at 4400-block Bedwell Bay Road to the Village entrance

Gatensbury Street multiuse pathway: $1,161,000 • The construction of a three-metre-wide multi-use pathway on the west side of Gatensbury Street from Port Moody border; continuation of constructed multi-use pathway in Port Moody to Regan Avenue (Como Lake Park) Lighting on Mariner Way: $600,000 • Upgrading streetlighting along Mariner Way from Como Lake Avenue to Dewdney Trunk Road such that it meets the city’s current lighting standards and guidelines. Upgrading lighting along this corridor will improve safety at low visibility conditions and at

night. City Centre pedestrian improvements: $305,000 • Pedestrian improvement projects in Coquitlam City Centre area • The application comprises four projects in the city centre, all of which are within 800 metres of a rapid transit station and highly used by a large volume of pedestrians. These projects improve pedestrian realm and safety in the City Centre Mariner Way/Como Lake intersection: $250,000 • The scope entails Como Lake Avenue and Mariner Way intersection improvements to increase safety at this intersection by implementing a number of changes to the intersection. These changes and measures will improve the safety and operation of the intersection United Boulevard multiuse pathway: $200,000 • The construction of approximately 265 metres of multi-use pathway along the north side of United Boulevard from King Edward Overpass to 999 United Blvd. to tie into existing infrastructure Harbourview sidewalks: $183,000 • This project involves the construction of sidewalks in the Harbourview neighborhood • These sidewalks provide SEE

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Projects include improvements to Lougheed Highway More CONTINUED FROM PAGE

pedestrian/wheelchair access to a number of highly used bus stops along Como Lake Avenue. They also provide accessible pedestrian connections within Harbourview Elementary’s catchment area connecting directly to the school and Chineside Park. Currently, there are missing gaps/entire sidewalks along the mentioned roads; the area is frequented by parents and students Left Turn Bays: $150,000 • This project consists of two left turn projects on MRN roads • The first one improves safety for left turning vehicles from eastbound David Avenue onto Pipeline Road. The second one adds a left turn bay and increases capacity on Pinetree Way, reducing delays on Pinetree Way Lougheed pedestrian bridge: $120,000

• Lougheed Hwy pedestrian bridge seismic upgrade Coquitlam bus loop: $100,000 • A study to investigate traffic operations and infrastructure improvements to reduce bus delay along Barnet/Lougheed Hwy/ Pinetree Way corridors and intersecting streets, with a focus on access/egress at Coquitlam Central transit exchange

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Donald multi-use pathway: $600,000 • Two hundred metres of the Donald Street pathway from Wilson Avenue to McAllister Avenue • The Donald Street Path was recently transformed from a vehicular road to a pedestrian-use only facility between Wilson and Central avenues Extension of the path through the city hall grounds to McAllister Avenue is planned to have a similar,

consistent cross section Lougheed Highway: $566,000 • Improvements to a one-kilometre section of Lougheed Highway are proposed in coordination with the Coquitlam River Bridge replacement • This is a critical transportation corridor on the MRN that supports travel through the region. Road design incorporates Lougheed B-Line bus stops, transit priority improvements, road widening, and pedestrian/cycling enhancements from Westwood Street to Shaughnessy Street. Design is planned for 2023 and construction in 2024 Prairie Avenue multi-use pathway: $320,000 • The construction of a multi-use path on Prairie Avenue from Coast Meridian Road to Fremont Street, as part of a corridor road improvement project • The improvements will

introduce new cycling facilities to this key arterial road in addition to traffic calming and pedestrian safety improvements McAllister multi-use pathway: $79,000 • The project includes design and rehabilitation of 250 metres of McAllister Avenue extending from Shaughnessy Street to Mary Hill Road • The proposed scope of work includes a three-metre multi-use path, road paving, widened sidewalks, shared commercial space with restaurants, parking, treed boulevards, utility upgrades, and undergrounding of overhead wiring. The multi-use pathway on McAllister will connect to the Donald Street multiuse pathway which extends through downtown Port Coquitlam from McAllister to Central Avenue

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St. Johns Street mixeduse pathway - Phase One:

$842,000 • Phase one of the twophase project will provide an off-street mixed-use pathway on the south side of St. Johns Street between Moody Street and Barnet Highway/ Albert Street. The mixed-use pathway will be roughly two to three metres south of the existing south curb for blocks between Grant Street and Albert Street The project will include traffic signal crossing treatments at four existing ones for the mixed-use pathway as well as a new traffic signal at St. Johns Street at Elgin Street Clarke Road and Cecile Drive intersection study: $29,200 • The completion of an intersection safety study and review intersection improvement recommendations to assist and improve traffic flow with the left-turn movement from Cecile Drive onto northbound Clarke Road

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out for the report, however, in his summary, Martin noted Coquitlam is not alone in dealing with a recent upsurge in gang-related violence. “Consistent with many municipalities across the Metro Vancouver region, recently, our community has seen an increase in gun violence,” Martin said in the report. “The majority of this activity stems from a larger regional concern related to the Lower Mainland gang conflict.”

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JULY 1 – 7 CALENDAR Monday, July 5 Council-in-Committee 2 p.m. Regular Council 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/council

Tuesday, July 6 Universal Access-Ability Advisory Committee Meeting 7 p.m. coquitlam.ca/uaac

COUNCIL MEETING DETAILS See page 21

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

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Mark July 1 in Coquitlam

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On July 1, Coquitlam residents are encouraged to reﬂect on Canada’s past, present and future, and learn about its complicated history with Indigenous communities. Visit coquitlam.ca/canadaday for related educational resources. KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE

Don’t Let Our Parks Go Up in Smoke

During the drier and warmer summer season, residents need to take steps to reduce and limit the risk of fire. This includes adhering to City bylaws that ban open air burning, littering cigarette butts and smoking in parks. Individuals caught smoking in Coquitlam parks during summer months may face a $500 fine. Littering of cigarette butts on the ground or out of a vehicle window can also result in a $150 fine. Protect yourself, your family and our community this summer. Visit coquitlam.ca/summerfiresafety for details on the specific bylaws, summer fire safety tips and to keep up-to-date on our fire risk rating.

Spani Pool Upgrade

A new leisure pool with beach entry, water spray features and new hot pool are among the proposed plans for Coquitlam’s Spani Pool. The City launched the renewal study in spring 2020 to deﬁne the upgrades and cost of renewing the pool, which features a 25-metre lap pool, dive tank, changerooms and washrooms.

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Construction at the Crunch

The Lansdowne Drive parking lot at the Crunch will be closed as it undergoes construction over the summer. The gravel access road and parking lot will be paved and expanded to 60 parking stalls, reducing on-street parking demand. Additionally, a digital sign will provide real-time available stall counts to help reduce idling and in-and-out trafﬁc.

• Start your warm-up by walking to the trail • Take transit—several bus stops are located at various Crunch entry points • Carpool with friends

Proposed features will include:

With the Lansdowne Drive parking lot closed, those who require a vehicle to travel to the Crunch should avoid parking along Lansdowne and seek alternative parking locations at the Runnel Drive parking lot and the Bramble Park courts parking lot on Panorama Drive. Visit coquitlam.ca/crunch for more information about the trail and amenities.

• A shallow beach entry, splash area, lazy river and separate hot pool

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Having collected the community’s feedback, staff are preparing a detailed design to present to Council in early 2022 based on a vision of Spani as a summer retreat with swimming and leisure opportunities for all residents.

• A warm-up area for swim meets and a back-up lap swimming area • Accessible universal changerooms and year-round accessible public washrooms

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While improvements are underway, parking will be impacted and trail users are encouraged to use other forms of transit:

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• A 1.2-metre deep end for fun activities for children and youth

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• A food counter • An indoor multi-purpose room for year-round programming For updates on this project, visit letstalkcoquitlam.ca/spani and subscribe to the email list.

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City budgets $18 million for Spani Pool renewal Forested setting is the No. 1 reason why Spani is a draw JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

Plans to update Coquitlam’s oldest outdoor tank are shaping up, with construction on Spani Pool set to start after next summer’s swimming season. Last Monday (June 21), the city’s council-in-committee heard about the proposal to modernize the 50-year-old pool in Mundy Park that, when finished in 2023, will have a: • renovated 25-metre lap pool with a 1.2-metre deep end • new leisure tank (on the north side) with a shallow beach entry, a splash area and lazy river • new hot pool between the two tanks As well, new buildings will go up north of the leisure pool for universally accessible change rooms; a multi-purpose room and washrooms that will be open year-round for Mundy Park users; a staff room and First Aid station; storage; a mechanical room; a cov-

Spani Pool is about to get a major renovation by the city of Coquitlam to include a leisure pool and new amenities in its forested setting. CITY OF COQUITLAM

ered area; spectator seating; and a “Shark Shack” for the Coquitlam Sharks Swim Club, which has been at Spani Pool since it opened. The mature forested setting, to the east of the pool, will stay; however, a small number of trees in poor health and that have a safety risk will be cut down. Ted Uhrich, Coquitlam’s project manager for strategic and capital projects, told TriCity News that the amount of trees to be removed will be decided later during the detailed design stage. However, based on the current concept, the fol-

lowing trees will likely be impacted: • seven small trees on the south side of the facility • six small trees to the northwest of the facility • medium-sized birch trees to the northwest of the facility • a hedge along the eastern side of the facility He also told council the city vision aligns with the feedback received last year from stakeholders and the public — the latter via a survey that generated more than 600 responses last summer. Most of the respondents

said the forested environment is the biggest draw to Spani Pool, which currently has an $18-million price tag to renovate and expand. And the survey participants called for better change rooms, a shallow beach entry, a covered/ shaded area and more play features as well as seating. But parking wasn’t a big concern for respondents (although the online poll was taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, when swimming was limited). Still, several councillors said parking can be challenging when Mundy Park is

full with families and sports groups, and they asked city staff to make better use of the overflow lot on the east side of Spani Pool. Coun. Chris Wilson, who lives in the neighbourhood, said there’s been a traffic uptick since the Mundy Park playground was rebuilt. And he asked for digital boards to go up at park entrances — like at Town Centre Park — to indicate how many parking stalls are open. Coun. Teri Towner also said she cycled through the area recently and found a packed park, with few vehicles in the overflow lot. She asked for bike racks to be added with the new Spani Pool design. As for the hefty bill, a consultant has recommended that the city budget $18 million, if it plans to expand Spani Pool in phases; otherwise, the municipality could shave 10% off its estimate if the pool is rebuilt in one phase. Last November, city staff applied for $4.4 million in federal funds to offset the infrastructure costs. According to a report, the operating expenses for the renewed pool will be around $325,000 a year — for five months of use — while the asset replacement costs will

be $350,000 a year. “That’s a big number,” said Coun. Dennis Marsden, who noted both expenses will come out of taxpayers’ pockets. Meanwhile, besides the tanks and new buildings, the city is also planning several energy-efficient measures at Spani Pool. Among them: • solar thermal pre-heat for showers, sinks and other hot water (not the pool water) • sanitary heat recovery • air-source heat pump to cool the staff area, First Aid room, multi-purpose room and washrooms As well, city staff are working with FortisBC to look at high-efficiency gas boilers to heat the pool water. Coun. Bonita Zarrillo said she’d like to see salt-water chlorination at Spani Pool; however, Scott Groves, director of strategic and capital projects, told the committee that the pool would need a different system and would be too much money. “The chlorine level still has to be the same,” he said. Another round of public consultations is set for this fall. If the detailed design is OK’d by council, the Spani Pool renewal is set to be finished by 2023.

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DON’T LET OUR PARKS GO UP IN SMOKE! | coquitlam.ca/summerﬁresafety

No smoking or vaping in parks – individuals caught smoking in Coquitlam parks may face a $500 ﬁne.

Do not litter cigarette butts – doing so can result in a $150 ﬁne.

Outdoor burning and campﬁres are not permitted.

Watch for bans on using barbeques.

Report any signs of smoke or ﬁre by calling 9-1-1 immediately.

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Notice of Intention - City Land Sale/Road Closure and Intention to Provide Assistance In accordance with Sections 24 (providing assistance) and 2� (land disposition) of the Community Charter, the City of Port Coquitlam hereby gives notice of its intention to sell a 1132.7 m2 portion of 2428 Kingsway Avenue for $1,009,840 to the Affordable Housing Societies. In addition, the closure and disposition of lanes within the 2400 Block of Gately and Kingsway Avenues will take place in exchange for land dedications along these roads. The City of Port Coquitlam gives notice of the intention to provide assistance to the Affordable Housing Societies by disposing of land for less than market value with consideration given to the community benefit of the affordable housing and daycare development and acquisition of land for road improvements provision of riparian area. Legal Description: Subdivision Plan of Lot 1, Plan LMP 152�1; Lot 1, Plan 8�02; Lot 2, Plan 8�02; Lot 14, Except: Parts on Plan with Bylaw filed 2922�: Part of Lot A, Plan LMP 2211, Lot 1, Plan EPP 52�82, all of District Lot 379, Group 1, New Westminster District.

Notice of Public Input Opportunity Temporary Use Permit Application for 211� Salisbury Avenue

GIVE YOUR INPUT Written comments must be received by 2:00 pm on July 13, 2021 Email: publichearings@portcoquitlam.ca Mail: Public Hearings Attn: Corporate Office 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8

Temporary Use Permit TUP000020 Approval of this temporary use permit will provide for use of a vacant portion of an uninhabited residential property at 211� Salisbury Avenue for a construction office and storage uses to support the construction of the affordable housing complex at 2117 Prairie Avenue.

Participate Live (Zoom Link): Please check portcoquitlam.ca/ publichearing on the afternoon of the meeting for a link to participate.

Road Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 4229

Council cannot receive new or additional information on any application after the Public Input Opportunity.

The property will be subdivided, consolidation, rezoned and re-designated upon the completion of all amending bylaws. All conditions will be completed to the satisfaction of the Approving Officer.

INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS

Prior to the public hearing, anyone is welcome to inspect any related documents at: portcoquitlam.ca/publichearing

The Road Closure and Removal of Highway Dedication Bylaw No. 4229 will be considered for adoption on July 13, 2021.

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Medicine wheel honours res. school victims Shoes a visual representation of 215 lives lost DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Students in Mike Gosselin’s Grade 10 social studies class visit a medicine wheel display out front of Riverside secondary in Port Coquitlam. DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

of the discovery of the children’s remains outside the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Students Kenya Anand, Ahmed Amara, Julia

Einarson and Tavish Salmon helped arrange it, and were part of the presentation last Wednesday (June 23). “It gives you a visualization of how many kids were

lost,” explained Anand, who is in Grade 10. “You can see the individual pairs of shoes and imagine someone standing in them.” Indeed, the installation

before where Canadians stood up and took notice.” (The memorial was held the day before it was revealed that 751 unmarked graves were found at a former residential school in Saskatchewan). His students, meanwhile, say they have learned some tough lessons by studying the issue of Canadian residential schools. Amara said he wasn’t surprised to hear of the Kamloops discovery. “I knew there were bodies that haven’t been found,” he said, “There were complaints in the past [by people wanting records and details of burials] but it didn’t work.” Added Salmon, “I think it’s horrific that it happened here in Canada.” During the day, classes of Riverside students were invited to visit the memorial, learn about the medicine wheel and stand for two minutes listening to the song Razzle Dazzle by Northern Cree. “Let’s just picture the children dancing,” Gosselin told the students as they stood in a solemn circle around the colourful collection of shoes that will now be donated to two Vancouver agencies that serve Indigenous families.

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The lunch break at Riverside Secondary took a solemn turn recently as students filed past a medicine wheel tribute to the 215 children whose remains were found outside a former Kamloops residential school. Some students at the Port Coquitlam school took photos, some made a few comments but the effect of the wheel made up of 215 shoes in colours arranged in a pattern was one of honour, dignity and respect. And for Mike Gosselin, whose Grade 10 students collected the shoes and arranged the wheel in a traditional Indigenous pattern, the installation gave him a sense of hope for the future. “Big changes are coming,” Gosselin told the students, “and it’s you [who] are making the changes happen.” The tribute was arranged in the few weeks since the public was made aware

puts a human scale to the tragedy while also imparting the symbolism of the medicine wheel: the four sections represent east, south, west and north and signify the spiritual, emotional, physical and mental aspects of human existence. Gosselin, who is Métis, said his family has history with the Canadian residential school system: his dad went to Catholic boarding school and his grandmother was a day student at the Labret Indian Industrial Residential School in Saskatchewan. With his background, he is sensitive to the issue of residential schools and has been teaching his social studies students about the residential school system — long before the discovery at the Kamloops school came to light. His way of dealing with the story is to think of the children whose remains were found as “dancing” because they have been “found” and now their story can be told. “What if their spirits are dancing right now because of all the education… suddenly, millions of people are taking notice,” Gosselin said. “This has never happened

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A massive redevelopment of Port Moody’s 23.4-hectare Woodland Park neighbourhood will go to a public hearing. But several councillors indicated there could be storm clouds on the horizon for the project. One of those was a request by the proponent, Vancouver-based Edgar Developments, for the city to waive and offset about $20 million in charges for community amenities and development costs that are used to help pay for infrastructure like road improvements and civic facilities. That request was rejected by a majority of councillors. Company president Peter Edgar said instead of the cash contributions, the city would realize about $200 million in other benefits like 325 affordable rental units to be constructed in the first of the project’s seven phases and will be offered

A rendering of some of the open public space and parkland that will account for 13 acres of a redeveloped Woodland Park neighbourhood. EDGAR DEVELOPMENTS

to existing residents being displaced. As well, the city stands to gain about 13 acres of dedicated parks and restored environmentally sensitive areas along with a newly realigned access route along Highview

Place that will connect to a new signalized intersection at the Barnet Highway and Clarke Street. As part of that realignment, Port Moody would also be gifted a parcel of property that could be used

for construction of a new fire hall. But Coun. Hunter Madsen said the proposed project’s 2,053 new homes (up from 1,861 because of a transfer of density from properties acquired to build the new road) in buildings from six to 19 storeys would put an enormous strain on Port Moody’s infrastructure like nearby parks. Coun. Steve Milani said more indoor recreation space would also likely be needed to accommodate the new residents. Mayor Rob Vagramov characterized the developer’s proposed transportation solution as a “road to nowhere” that might address current congestion but will buckle under the weight of thousands of new residents moving into the city’s west end. “The transportation issue is a showstopper for me,” he said. Instead, Vagramov successfully pitched an amendment tasking staff to work with Edgar and other area developers to explore the feasibility of constructing a third SkyTrain station for the city. Still, he added, the project has “a lot going for it.”

Not the least of which is a partnership with BC Housing worth about $160 million to build the 325 affordable rental units on five acres of land; those homes would first be made available to residents now living in the neighbourhood’s aging collection of 200 townhomes that were built in the 1960s. Coun. Amy Lubik said such a commitment to provide affordable housing is “unprecedented” that would “set a new standard for all future development proposals in the city.” Coun. Diana Dilworth added the proposal “helps us realize our goal of affordable housing for everyone.” Other enhancements to the project since it was first pitched more than a year ago include: • 19,000 sq. ft. of commercial space that could include a grocery store and café or several smaller food outlets • a daycare with 93 spaces • 1.9 km of active trails that will connect the project’s five neighbourhoods and will be turned over to the city • expansive, semi-public green space between all the buildings • environmental res-

toration and protection around one creek and two unnamed watercourses that run through the site Mark Ostry, of the project’s architectural firm, Acton Ostry Architects, said the master-planned community, which likely wouldn’t be completed until sometime in the mid2030s, offers Port Moody “a once-in-a-generation opportunity” that’s also a “precedent-setting example of inclusivity.” BC Housing’s Brad Foster called the project “world class,” while Edgar said its realization would be “a huge win for the city.” Dilworth said with so much at stake, “the public have a right to weigh in at this point.” While a date for the public hearing has yet to be set, city planner André Boel told council the project’s massive scale means notices of the meeting will be sent to residents further afield than the standard 400 m radius from the affected property. • The developer is holding two online webinars about the project on July 5, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. or 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, go to www.woodlandparkliving. ca.

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s the daily COVID-19 cases continue to decline in number, more attention is being paid to our vaccination efforts. The good news is the province has exceeded the 75% mark for first-dose vaccinations and it reached that number fairly quickly. Outside of the Maritimes and the territories, only Quebec can boast of a higher vaccination rate in Canada. We appear, however, to have hit a bit of a wall when it comes to those first dose vaccinations as the vast majority of daily vaccine doses are used for second shots. Our first dose vaccination rate — which for weeks was rising about one percentage point a day — is now inching upwards by about 0.2 percentage points a day. As a result we should

pass the 80% mark in early July and perhaps the 85% level by the end of next month. Our second dose rate is rising much quicker — about 1.2 to 1.5 percentage points a day. We could conceivably hit 80% by the end of July. Boosting first doses is proving to be a grind for public health officials. There seems to some levels of vaccination “hesitancy” in some areas and age groups. Take the Peace River region, for example. The two largest cities there, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John, have been hovering around the 50% vaccination level for weeks now and residents there do not seem to be in a rush to be vaccinated. While we are administering about 50-60,000

doses a day province-wide (the record is more than 81,000) very few are occurring in those two towns. A number of other communities have vaccination rates that are noticeably lower (i.e., below 70%) than the provincial average of more than 77%. Most of them are small towns or rural areas. Most Metro Vancouver towns and municipalities have vaccination rates that greatly exceed the provincial average but there are some notable exceptions, including parts of Surrey and Richmond (although both municipalities have greatly boosted their rates in recent weeks), Langley, Aldergrove, north Mission and north Chilliwack. When it comes to age groups, it is notable that the B.C. Centre for Disease Control last week singled

out one age cohort in particular for unwanted attention. “Vaccination rates among 30 year olds have slowed down and early signs of slowing among 20 year olds,” it stated in its weekly data report. People in their late 20s also have a low booking rate at just 1,090 a day. Interestingly, the age group of young people with the highest booking average is the 18-24 group, with 1,302 a day (only people in their 40s and 50s have higher booking rates, and most people older than that have had their two doses). Our vaccination efforts have been stellar, for the most part. We are heading toward herd immunity but more work needs to be done in order to get there. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.

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School District 43 needs to show leadership by using more climate-change sensitive design for new Port Moody school Editor: Re: New Port Moody school to feature solar panels (Tri-City News, June 17) While BC Hydro is busy building Site C to provide electricity that is low in greenhouse gas emissions, I am left scratching my head over the installation of solar photovoltaic panels proposed for the renovation of Moody elementary school. The new school may continue to emit a large quantity of greenhouse gases from natural gas-fuelled space

heating furnaces and water heaters. A more climate change-sensitive design would eliminate the school’s greenhouse gas emissions with solar hydronic panels supplemented by a groundsource heat pump for space and water heating. A more sustainable school would utilize passive design features with more wall and ceiling insulation; better natural lighting; and energy-conserving ventilation equipment.

After the city of Port Moody has declared a “climate emergency,” School District 43 should be showing leadership by making the renovated school an example of voluntary compliance with the new Energy Step Code. The students who attend this school will have to live with the climate that is bequeathed to them by the infrastructure building decisions that are made today. D.B. Wilson Port Moody

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Another stay-cation? Hike, cycle and shop locally Our reporters’ top picks for summer fun in the Tri-Cities JANIS CLEUGH jcleugh@tricitynews.com

With the summer now in session and the health orders easing, the Tri-City News reporters are offering their top picks for outdoor fun during the warmer months.

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Traboulay PoCo Trail: “The mountain views of Baker and Golden Ears are incredible and great for photo ops with family.” Town Centre Park: “I’ve written about the park as a new reporter to the News, but haven’t had the chance to take in its activities and scenery as an everyday citizen — not to mention ice cream is coming soon!” Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club: “I played this course with my high school senior golf team and haven’t been back since, so it’ll provide a good test to my own game.” Diez Vistas Trail: “As I’ve been told, nothing beats Buntzen Lake’s view, especially from one of the peaks along the 12.7-kilometre hiking route — sorry in advance to my legs for its difficult rating.” Colony Farm Regional Park: “As I understand, parking here can be tricky, but that it’s worth the wait for what the site has to offer for walkers, bikers and runners.”

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Sunnyside Road: “This isn’t a new destination, but the pavement is, and as a road cyclist, it beckons me for a revisit. Be forewarned, though, the climb from 1st Avenue is deceptively difficult and may sap your will to live.” Gatensbury Road: “Again, not a new destination, but with a good cycling season already in my legs, it may be time to see if I can set myself a Strava personal best on one of the most challenging ascents in the Tri-Cities.” Traboulay PoCo Trail and the dikes around Minnekhada Regional Park: “A great destination for a family cycling outing, as the only climbing you’ll have to do is in and out of your ve-

hicle if you’re driving to get there. Plus, there’s craft beer and pizza just off the trail.” The Great Trail: “If you have a gravel or all-road bike, this flowing, single-track trail from the entrance of Reed Point Marina to Short Street is a blast from the past, like old-school cross-country mountain biking when Y-foil frames were still a thing.” Coquitlam Farmers Market: “Pandemic safety plans took some of the steam out of our ardour for farmers markets. But it’s strawberry season and the market’s new, larger location and traffic plan makes long lines less likely.”

JANIS CLEUGH

Coquitlam River: “Both

the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam sides of the trail provide a respite from the sun with their large tree canopies. It’s the best escape to cool the mind, too, and soothe the senses with the natural hum of the environment.” Port Moody Inlet: “For date night, we grab the kayaks and set off for a couple of hours, watching for seals, purple martins and other critters. It’s also a great workout for the arms.” səmiq̓ʷəʔelə/Riverview: “It may be going through a master planning process but the century-old site is open to the public — and photography for personal use is allowed. Check out the historical buildings, worldclass arboretum and Finnie’s

Garden on the 244 acres.” Lions Park: “As part of the city of Port Coquitlam’s artist-in-residency program at the popular park, Dolores Altin and Elvira Monteforte are dressing up the trees this summer for their Social Connection installation, inspired by the work of UBC forestry researcher Suzanne Simard.” Pinecone Burke Provincial Park: “In memory of the late Port Coquitlam resident Don Gillespie, we’ll be heading deep into the woods via the Woodland Walk and the Coquitlam Lake View Trail, which the environmental champion helped to carve years ago.”

DIANE STRANDBERG

Mundy Park: “I have a dog so any place I can go with her off-leash safely is a great destination in my books. In Coquitlam, I love to go to Mundy Park offleash dog park and the offleash circuit.” Castle Park: “I love the open-air feeling of this park,

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‘Nuisance’ house in PoCo to be demolished Dilapidated house on Mary Hill Road has been vacant since 2010 DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

A run-down house in

downtown Port Coquitlam that’s frequented by squatters will be razed. The property, located at 2224 Mary Hill Rd., is “both unsafe and a nuisance,” city staff say and, last Tuesday (June 22), city council ordered that the home be torn down. Vacant since 2010, the

small dilapidated house has had problems with garbage, debris, rodents, needles and campers, sparking 22 calls for city service since 2008.

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According to a city report, the owner was asked to clean up the property by March 21 but has yet to

comply. “Although some work has been completed by the owner, the property remains vacant, unsightly and in a state of disrepair. The owner advises that cost of remediation or demolition is delaying action on the property,” the report states. “The unsightly dwelling at

2224 Mary Hill Rd. is considered to be both unsafe and a nuisance to the neighbourhood,” the report further states. The property was recently listed on MLS for $1.5 million but it is no longer listed. The owner has been told that the municipality intends to proceed with a remedial

order for demolition, with council’s approval. And if the property owner doesn’t comply within 30 days, the city will tear down the building and charge the owner. If the demolition invoice isn’t paid, the cost of demolition will be added to the annual tax bill.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION

The City has received an application for a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) renewal for the property located at 3000 Christmas Way. The applicant, BC Christian Academy Society, is requesting to renew the TUP to permit the continued operation of a private high school. This TUP would expire on July 16, 2024. You are invited to provide input to Council relative to this application. Additional information related to this application, including a copy of the permit, may be inspected from Friday, June 18, 2021 to Monday, July 5, 2021 at the City’s Planning and Development Department, 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 more information on this application by contacting Edison Ting, Planning and Development Department, at ETing@coquitlam.ca or the Planning and Development Department at 604-927-3400. This application will be considered by Council at their Regular Council Meeting to be held on date of meeting Monday, July 5, 2021. The Council Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. and is held in the Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2. As the City of Coquitlam transitions through the BC Restart Plan, those wishing to listen and/or participate during the verbal input portion of the Temporary Use Permit are encouraged to do so remotely via Zoom. Instructions regarding remote participation can be found on at www.coquitlam.ca/publicnotices. If you wish to provide input in writing, please submit your comments to the City Clerk’s Office in one of the following ways: • Email: clerks@coquitlam.ca with “TUP – PROJ 21-032” in the subject line; • Regular mail: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015; • In person: Attn: City Clerk’s Office – please place in one of two City Hall drop boxes (3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam), located at the underground parking entrance or by the main entrance facing Burlington Drive. To provide Council an opportunity to review your comments prior to the meeting, please ensure that you send your submission to the City Clerk’s Office as soon as possible. The deadline for submitting written comments in advance is noon on Monday, July 5, 2021. Please note that the drop boxes will be emptied shortly after 12:00 p.m. and are not checked again prior to the Meeting. Written submissions provided in response to this consultation, including your name and address, will become part of the public record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam/agendas. If you wish to speak at the Council Meeting please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010. If you call the City Clerk’s Office to register, your name will be placed on the Speakers List. Everyone who wishes to speak at the meeting will be given an opportunity, but those who have registered in advance will be allowed to speak prior to the floor being opened to all other speakers. Please note that interested parties may only speak to the issues covered by the TUP.

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It’s a lovefest for the new Doughnut Love Kat and Clint Hiles opened Doughnut Love on June 16

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HOMETOWN PRIDE

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For Father’s Day last year, Clint Hiles’ family asked him what he wanted to do and where he wanted to go. “Lucky’s Doughnuts,” the Coquitlam man quickly responded. But on their way back from the Mount Pleasant shop in Vancouver, a light bulb went off: What if they could also make gourmet doughnuts — just like Lucky’s, Honey and Cartems — and sell premium coffee in their hometown? A year later, Hiles and his wife, Kat, have seen their dream come true. On June 16, after months of research — and poring over books to learn how to bake the treats — the pair opened Doughnut Love, a brand they hope to expand into Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. Right from Day 1, the response to their new business has been “phenomenal,” Clint Hiles told Tri-City News on June 22, noting that customers are waiting outside their Como Lake Avenue shop at 6 a.m. and even lin-

Clint and Kat Hiles show off some of the sweet confections they’re creating at their new Doughnut Love shop in Coquitlam. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

ing up down the street, until the goods are sold out. Typically, that’s mid-morning, said Kat Hiles, a Port Moody secondary graduate. And there’s a good reason for that: their menu is divine. Their six signature doughnuts are: • apple fritter (caramelized apples and cinnamon brioche dough fitters) • Homer (classic yeast ring dipped in a strawberry glaze and covered in sprinkles) • vanilla glazed (soft yeast

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dough ring) • lemon poppyseed old fashioned (dipped in a tart lemon glaze) • chocolate chip cookie dough old fashioned (with edible malted milk chocolate chip cookie dough) • chocolate dip (yeast ring dipped in a Callebaut chocolate ganache) And there’s another six in a rotating batch each month plus gluten- and vegan-friendly options. As well, they plan to have seasonal offerings, e.g., cherry-topped doughnuts in July, peaches

in August and apples in September. Their customers? “We get a lot of kids,” Clint Hiles said. “A lot of families. But we also get running and cycling clubs that stop by for a sugar boost and caffeine. It’s really everybody who loves a good doughnut.” As well, as part of their Community Love Doughnut Initiative, the couple is giving $1 from a chosen doughnut to their charity-of-themonth; for June and July, proceeds from the lemon poppyseed old fashioned

Clint Hiles said their focus is local, local, local. Their fresh ingredients are from Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley producers and suppliers, including berries from Krause Farms, while their dairy is from Meadowfresh in Port Coquitlam, their coffee is from the Fort Langley-based roasters Republica and their tea is from Loosely Tea, a TriCity business. And, for readers who remember the Stardust roller rink, the hardwood floors in Doughnut Love are sourced from the structural beams in the Surrey venue, via Western Reclaimed Timber in Maple Ridge. Clint Hiles, a former investment advisor who hails from Kelowna, said he and Kat wanted to base their business in the Tri-Cities, where their 10-year-old daughter also goes to school. “We didn’t consider any place else,” he said. “We wanted to invest in our community,” added Kat Hiles, a former sales rep whose parents, Ted and Trina Botsis, owned Dino’s Restaurant in Port Moody for more than 20 years as well as the Dino’s in Maple Ridge

and Stasias in Mission.

FIRST WEEK

Still, it’s been a lot of work to get Doughnut Love up. As of last Tuesday, their storefront sign had yet to be posted (their business is located west of the Chevron gas station, at Como Lake Avenue and Poirier Street) and the patio tables and chairs were still at home waiting to be unpacked, Kat Hiles said. They’ve also had to adjust their regular routines. On opening day, Clint Hiles started baking at 4 a.m. “and it wasn’t early enough,” he said. “Now, I’m in the kitchen at 1 a.m., and we’re still selling out. We are doing everything we can to meet demand.” So far, they have five other staff members to help in the back and front, working Monday to Friday from 6 a.m., and on the weekends starting at 7 a.m., until 3 p.m. (or sell out). Clint Hiles said they’ll likely close on Mondays to catch up with administration, prep the food and get the pre-orders ready. “It’s a labour of love,” he said. “We had a vision and we wanted to show our daughter that, if you have a dream, you chase it. We want to be good role models for her.”

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Coq. tickets split lotto wins Local winners will split $1 million Maxmillion prizes

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split in half. Each matched its respective winning numbers with other tickets. One is set to be shared with another bought in Victoria; the winning numbers are 1, 4, 10, 17, 20, 30 and 48. The other was paired with a ticket marked “WC,” which stands for western Canada and means it was purchased in either Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba; its winning numbers are 9, 13, 27, 34, 37, 48 and 50. Meanwhile, after going

unclaimed for several weeks, a Kamloops ticket is going halfsies on the $70-million grand prize with another in Ontario. Each ticket — winning numbers 7, 11, 22, 28, 33, 44, 49 and 10 as the bonus — will receive $35 million resulting from Canada’s record-breaking draw. In total, there are 46 Maxmillion prize winners, including 11 sold in B.C., 21 in Ontario, 10 in Quebec and four in the Prairies. — with a file from Canadian Press

City of Coquitlam

NOTICE OF PROPOSED BYLAW AMENDMENT City of Coquitlam Business Licence Amendment Bylaw (Street Vending and Special Event Administration) No. 5122, 2021

Please join us for an Online Open House www.woodlandparkliving.ca EDGAR and BC Housing have submitted a development application to the City of Port Moody for an Official Community Plan Amendment and a rezoning for Woodland Park (located at Angela and Cecile Drive). The proposal is for a master planned community with an innovative mix of housing (including affordable rental, market rental and strata), 2 new neighbourhood parks, significant open space, child care and neighbourhood retail. If approved by the City, it would be built out over the next 15 - 20 years. We previously held an Online Public Open House in September 2020. In March 2021, the proposal recieved first reading of the bylaw and policy changes. We invite you to join us online on July 5 to learn more about the latest development proposal, ask questions, and provide your feedback. Site Location

How to Participate in the Online Open House at www.woodlandparkliving.ca 1. Visit www.woodlandparkliving.ca: Visit the project website to review the proposal. Updated project information will be available on the website beginning June 28, 2021. 2. Join us on July 5, 2021 for the live webinar: Visit www.woodlandparkliving.ca at the start of one of the following times: 12:00 - 1:30 pm; 6:30 - 8:00 pm On the project website, you will ﬁnd a “Join the Presentation” button on July 5. We encourage you to join a few minutes early. The project team will provide a presentation on the proposal, followed by a Q&A where you will be able to ask questions of the project team and City staff.

If you have any questions, require additional accommodations, or are unable to participate virtually, please contact: Maureen Solmundson, Pooni Group email: maureen@poonigroup.com phone: 604-731-9053 ext.116

3. Provide your Feedback from July 5 to July 13,2021: • Fill out a comment form on the project website, or • Send us an email to maureen@poonigroup.com

The City of Coquitlam Council is considering the adoption of a business regulation bylaw relating to Street Vending and Special Event Administration. The proposed bylaw, Business Licence Amendment Bylaw (Street Vending and Special Event Administration) No. 5122, 2021, would facilitate minor housekeeping updates to the City’s existing street vending program and would incorporate Street Vending and Special Event Vending Bylaw No. 4308, 2012 into Business Licence Bylaw No. 4344, 2013. Should you have any comments you wish to convey to Council before it considers enacting Bylaw No. 5122, 2021, please submit them in writing no later than noon, Tuesday, July 6, 2021 to the Business Licence Office in one of the following ways: • By email to businesslicences@coquitlam.ca; • In person at the Business Licence Office, which is located on the main floor of City Hall at 3000 Guildford Way; • By mail: 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2, Attn: Business Licensing; • By fax at 604-927-3445. A copy of proposed Business Licence Amendment Bylaw (Street Vending and Special Event Administration) No. 5122, 2021 may be viewed at City Hall (Business Licence Office) or will be provided electronically upon request made to businesslicences@coquitlam.ca. Any inquiries relating to the proposal should be made to the Business Licence Office at 604927-3085, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except statutory holidays. Written submissions provided in response to this notice, 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 potentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca

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GOING TO THE DOG

Raiin set to begin reign as PoCo pet ambassador Pet ambassador contest attracted 33 candidates

and curating the museum’s collection, which includes a “surprising number” of pet photos. Like most dogs, “Raiin” is special and is set to take the reins of pet ambassador with a fighting spirit. While her favourite toy is classified as “anything she can destroy,” her backstory is as heart-melting as they

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She’s a fighter, but more importantly, she’s a winner. “Raiin” the five-year-old Boxer has earned the title of Port Coquitlam’s firstever pet ambassador after winning the inaugural pet election on June 22 as voted by local residents, which also acted as a fundraiser. Run by PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, participants were asked to make a $1 donation to vote for one of 33 candidates — 29 dogs, three cats and one rabbit — in the campaign and all proceeds are going toward the non-profit organization. “As I imagine is the case for many, COVID-19 really hampered our ability to run our normal fundraising

RAIIN

events last year,” explained museum manager Alex Code in an interview with the Tri-City News. “We were excited to put together such a fun event that also helps us keep serving the community as best we can.” Altogether, the pet election raised $2,546. Code said the money will be earmarked for future community events

City of Coquitlam

COUNCIL MEETINGS

Coquitlam City Hall – 3000 Guildford Way

Monday, July 5, 2021 TIMES 1 p.m.

Closed Council*

2 p.m.

Council-in-Committee**

7 p.m.

Regular Council**

*The first item to be considered in the public portion of this meeting is a resolution requiring adoption prior to the Council Meeting being closed to the public.

**Council-in-Committee and Regular Council meetings are open for members of the public to attend in-person. While limited public attendance is now permitted, we ask that interested people continue to enjoy the meeting online as set out below.

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come. Her owner recently lost her husband of 16 years to cancer and “Raiin” herself was also sick with pancreatitis and irritable bowel syndrome. “Raiin and her mom fought really hard to make Raiin better as her Mom wouldn’t have handled losing them both,” reads the

Boxer’s campaign description. “Thankfully with the help of friends and her vet, Raiin is now a healthy five-yearold boxer! She is Mom’s pride and joy and Raiin is living her best life! Raiin is spoiled with a dog walker, Melissa, and she goes to doggy day care! Also, Raiin has a new human stepdad as

Raiin’s Mom Canice got remarried to a wonderful man named David, a wonderful teacher in Port Coquitlam!” As well, “Voodoo” the tabby/domestic medium hair cat won the PoCo Spirit Award. To view the other candidates, you can visit the PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives’ website.

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DEVELOPMENT

Waterfall feature worthy of gateway Revisions to initial proposal catch eye of PoMo councillors MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

A waterfall cascading down the facade of a six-storey condo building could be just the kind of landmark entrance Port Moody needs at its western gateway at the Barnet Highway and St. Johns Street. That was the sentiment of several councillors last Tuesday as they gave first reading to zoning amendments for a 45-unit condo development being proposed on an overgrown lot along the Barnet between Clarke and St. Johns streets. It was second time’s a charm for the project’s proponent, Langley-based Springcreek Development Ltd., which had failed to win council’s approval to move

A rendering of a proposed condo project with a waterfall on its facade. LO STUDIO

on to the next step when it first presented its plan for the prominent site that was once a gas station, then a couple of single family homes, but has been vacant for several years. In January councillors said it was too dense, too close to the busy roads surrounding it and didn’t have enough architectural pizzazz as one of the first structures people would see when entering Port Moody from the west. But they urged the company to make refinements

and invited it try again before the usual six-month waiting period for resubmitted proposals lapsed. The rendering presented by Richmond architect Marco Ciriello that showed a waterfall cascading five storeys down the building’s facade at the corner of Barnet and St. Johns and into a reflecting pool on a 2,000 sq. ft. plaza caught the attention of several councillors. Ciriello explained while part of the waterfall is real, some of it is “like a hologram” behind glass that

would animate a “historically ugly site” and provide “a different sense of entry to Port Moody.” Coun. Amy Lubik said the feature “is a nice landmark,” while Coun. Hunter Madsen called the project “exciting.” Other revisions also won praise. They include: • reducing the height of the building from eight storeys to six • reducing the number of units from 83 to 45, including 10 two-storey townhouses • setting the building further back from the street while increasing the greenspace slightly to better protect South Schoolhouse Creek that runs through the site as well as create two private outdoor play areas for a 79-space childcare that’s included in the project • a rent-to-own program for six units. “Today, it ticks all the boxes,” developer Kalbag Srih told council.

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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:

Monday, July 12, 2021

Time:

7:00 p.m.

Location:

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

As the City of Coquitlam transitions through the BC Restart Plan, those wishing to listen and/or participate at the Public Hearing are encouraged to do so remotely. To attend remotely: visit www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing or call 604-927-3010 for details and instructions. If you do not wish to provide input, but would like to view the proceedings, watch online: www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

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.

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The intent of Bylaw No. 5125, 2021 is to amend the City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 to rezone the portion of the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 5125, 2021 from A-3 Agricultural and Resource to RT-2 Townhouse Residential and P-5 Special Park.

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The intent of Bylaw No. 5124, 2021, is to amend Citywide Ofﬁcial Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 to rezone the portion of the subject property outlined in black on the map marked Schedule ‘A’ to Bylaw No. 5124, 2021 from Compact Low Density Residential to Townhousing Residential and Environmentally Sensitive Area.

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Please note: This item received first reading at the June 8, 2021 Regular Council meeting. Subsequent to that meeting, an error was identified in Bylaw No. 5124, 2021 and in the published first reading report. Updated versions of these documents are included in the Public Hearing agenda and available online at www. coquitlam.ca/agendas.

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The intent of Bylaw No. 5138, 2021 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. 5138, 2021 from RS-11 Estate Single Family Residential to RS-9 Large Single Family Residential.

Addresses: A Portion of 3640 Shefﬁeld Avenue

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As the City of Coquitlam transitions through the BC Restart Plan, those wishing to listen and/or participate at the Public Hearing are encouraged to do so remotely. To attend remotely: visit www. coquitlam.ca/publichearing or call 604-927-3010 for details and instructions. If you do not wish to provide input, but would like to view the proceedings, watch online: www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

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Item 3

Text Amendment: City-Wide Parking Review Phase 2 – Commercial and Ofﬁce Parking Requirements, Off-Street Bicycle Parking, Transportation Demand Management, Payment-in-Lieu, and Shared Parking Requirements in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station Areas.

The intent of Bylaw No. 5113, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 in order to update the Development Permit guidelines to specify the off-street bicycle space locations and design to ensure its functionality, as well as create Bicycle Parking Design Guidelines as a reference in the Development Permit guidelines. The intent of Bylaw No. 5111, 2021 is to amend ‘Schedule O’ City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to amend the commercial and office off-street parking requirements. The proposed bylaw will update the minimum number of off-street parking spaces required for commercial and office uses in the C-7 zone or a CD zone located within Schedule O amended bylaw. The intent of Bylaw No. 5112, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to amend the off-street bicycle parking requirements. The proposed bylaw includes a number of text amendments that are intended to: • • • • •

Update the minimum number of off-street long-term bicycle spaces required for commercial and ofﬁce uses; Require off-street short-term bicycle spaces at all building entrances; Update off-street bicycle parking minimum design standards to address accessibility, security, safety, and location; Require all non-residential buildings to provide End-of- Trip facilities; and Require all buildings to provide Bicycle Maintenance facilities.

The intent of Bylaw No. 5115, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to adopt shared parking requirements in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder areas. The proposed bylaw includes a number of text amendments that are intended to: • • • • • •

Introduce shared parking options for two or more land uses, which may reduce peak parking supply requirements; Permit shared parking between the following land uses: residential visitor, commercial, ofﬁce, assembly, and civic; Restrict designated or reserved parking spaces as part of the shared parking pool for all users; Require a shared parking strategy to demonstrate the operation and management on-site; Allow a maximum of 25% of its individually required parking spaces to be shared; and Require a restrictive covenant registered on title specifying the shared parking arrangement on-site.

If approved, the above bylaws will implement changes to the City’s commercial and ofﬁce parking requirements, off-street bicycle parking, transportation demand management, payment- in-lieu, and shared parking requirements in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Station areas in order to manage increased parking demands in areas undergoing development. Any person wishing further information or clariﬁcation with regard to the proposed amendments should contact Kathy Ho, Engineering and Public Works Department, at kho@coquitlam.ca.

The intent of Bylaw No. 5114, 2021 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to amend the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Payment in Lieu (PIL) requirements in the Evergreen Line Core and Shoulder Areas. The proposed bylaw includes a number of text amendments that are intended to: •

Require mandatory TDM measures for all required residential, commercial and ofﬁce uses to encourage the use of alternative transportation modes. Details regarding the type of measures for a site will be provided in the TDM guidelines;

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Provision of TDM travel information packages for all residential, commercial, and office use to support the community use of other modes of transportation. Further details will be provided in the TDM Guidelines; Require directional signage to on-site parking for residential, commercial and office visitors; Update PIL program including parking reduction requirements and the payment of each off-street parking space not provided in the development; and Update Schedule ‘O’ Map 2 to illustrate both the core and shoulder boundary in the Burquitlam-Lougheed Neighbourhood. This reflects the updated PIL program where parking reduction and payment varies between the core and shoulder.

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Catch the virtual Canada Day entertainment Friday, July 2 GOLDEN, CANADA

Tune in to the online entertainment for the annual Golden Spike Days in Port Moody. Check out family fun, can can dancing and the highly anticipated TriCities Got Talent competition. For tickets by donation, visit eventbrite.ca (search

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“Golden Spike Days Virtual Event”). Also, Coquitlam and PoCowill have their Canada Day videos online. Go to coquitlam.ca/canadaday and portcoquitlam.ca/ canadaday.

visit coquitlam.ca/propertytaxes; in PoCo, go to portcoquitlam.ca/city-services/ property-taxes; and in Port Moody, log in at portmoody. ca/en/home-and-property/ property-taxes.

(2734 Murray St.) today or Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to tour the new exhibition, Nice to Meet you, by Luana Magno, a native of Rio de Janeiro. Visit portmoodymuseum.org.

food, meat and crafts at the Coquitlam Farmers Market, which runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot next to the Poirier library branch (575 Poirier St., Coquitlam). Visit makebakegrow.com.

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What do you think about the city of Coquitlam’s plans to densify three pockets in southwest Coquitlam?

The deadline is tomorrow (July 5) to fill out the city survey on the proposed land-use changes in the neighbourhoods of GuilbyGrayson, Miller-Grant and Whiting-Appian. To take the online survey or to learn more about the projects, go to letstalkcoquitlam.ca/ swhrpockets, email swhr@ coquitlam.ca or call 604-9273400.

As the City of Coquitlam transitions through the BC Restart Plan, those wishing to listen and/or participate at the Public Hearing are encouraged to do so remotely. To attend remotely: visit www. coquitlam.ca/publichearing or call 604-927-3010 for details and instructions. If you do not wish to provide input, but would like to view the proceedings, watch online: www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

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How do I ﬁnd out more information? For copies of supporting staff reports and the bylaws, please visit www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing. For additional information and any relevant background documentation, contact the Planning and Development Department by email at planninganddevelopment@coquitlam.ca or by phone at 604-927-3430. You may also visit the Planning and Development Department in person 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. Please note: while City Hall is open to the public, and physical distancing measures are in place, the City continues to strongly encourage the use of remote means to obtain more information on these applications.

How do I provide input? 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; • Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015; or • In person: Attn: City Clerk’s Office – please place in one of two City Hall (3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam) drop boxes, located at the underground parking entrance or by the main entrance facing Burlington Drive. To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward it to the City Clerk’s Office prior to noon on the day of the hearing. Please note that the drop boxes will be emptied shortly after 12:00 p.m. and not checked again prior to the hearing. 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 604-927-3010.

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Those who wish to provide verbal submissions are strongly encouraged to participate remotely via Zoom. Remote participants can use their computers, smart phones, tablets or telephones to speak to Council. Instructions for how to participate remotely are available at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing. If you want to provide a verbal submission, please register as far in advance of the meeting as possible. Registration for remote participants can be found at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing. If you wish to participate via telephone, please call 604- 927-3010 to register. Please note, you may also register to attend the meeting remotely without signing up to speak to an item. The City Clerk’s Ofﬁce will compile a speakers list for each item. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given ﬁrst opportunity. 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.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 Director Intergovernmental Relations and Legislative Services

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ENVIRONMENT

Young citizen scientists helping butterflies Local project part of wider national initiative DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com

Butterflies may be making a comeback. If they do, it’s thanks to Coquitlam elementary students. The schools recently took part in a Butterflyway Citizen Science School BioBlitz from May 30 to June 4, counting dozens of butterflies, bees and other important pollinators. “We also found some ants,” said Terran Dosen, a teacher at Ranch Park elementary school whose Grade 2/3 class participated in the project. “It was a great opportu-

nity for the students to see how important pollinators are to plants and humans, and why we should protect them. My students have already been inspired to start creating new pollinator habitats in their own backyards to attract and protect these important species,” said Dosen in news release. The Ranch Park students joined students from across Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island and the Tri-Cities to record and photograph key information about local wild pollinator populations.

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Baker Drive elementary students in Coquitlam also participated in the blitz. With guidance from their teachers, the students organized the data, made butterfly- and bee-themed artwork, dressed up as polli-

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nators and joined a BioBlitz wrap-up party on June 4. The BioBlitz is part of the the David Suzuki Foundation’s National Butterflyway Project. It aims to educate Canadians about the importance of butterflies and bees and create “butterfly pathways,” in school grounds and garden patches across the

province. The David Suzuki Foundation’s B.C. Butterflyway Citizen Science work is guided by a small group of dedicated Butterflyway Rangers, UBC students and scientists. Tara Moreau, associate director of UBC’s Botanical Garden and a member of the committee, believes that

engaging young students in biodiversity will help them become responsible climate citizens when they grow up. “The climate is changing faster than we are,” Moreau said. “Citizen science is an increasingly important tool to support climate action and biodiversity protection.” According to the foundation, insects like wild bees

and butterflies are in trouble. It is estimated that insect populations have declined worldwide by 45% in the past 40 years. The Canadian Wildlife Federation, meanwhile, states that Monarch butterflies are in steep decline due to habitat loss, pesticides and herbicides and climate change.

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The executive of Coquitlam’s Talitha Koum Society last month marked 20 years of the non-profit group, which was founded by Starr Peardon. It runs two homes for women who are recovering addicts.

DECADES C E L E B R AT E D O F TA L I T H A KOUM

FIN THE The Vancouver Canucks’ mascot, Fin the Whale, dropped by Coquitlam to wish Agnes Carlson a happy 100th birthday. The party for the hockey fan was held on June 11.

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MUSIC Four of Rebekah Ng’s students won awards at the virtual Music for Young Children’s International Composition Fest, which was held in the spring. Ng is a music teacher in Port Coquitlam.

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Three Tri-City youth received their silver awards last month as part of the Duke of Edinburgh program. Coquitlam’s Yinuo Zhao, Aliyah Jessa of Port Coquitlam and Ella Kim, a Port Moody resident, were bestowed with lapel pins and certificates on June 10 — on what would have been Prince Philip’s 100th birthday. The presentations were made virtually by B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin. To earn the silver award, the Achievers must work in the four sections of the award program: community service, development of a skill, physical recreation, and an adventurous journey in nature, working consistently over a minimum of 26 weeks. Achievers also earn two grade 11 high school credits for completing their silver award.

As part of the Seniors Week celebrations last month, members of Port Coquitlam’s Wilson Seniors Association got a free BBQ lunch courtesy of the Astoria and Mayfair Terrace retirement residences.

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Port Moody’s Shirarose Wilensky won an accolade from the Editors’ Association of Canada, it was announced Monday. Wilensky earned the 2021 Tom Fairley Award for Editorial Excellence — plus $2,000 — for her work on Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi, which was published by Arsenal Pulp Press; it was Ekwuyasi’s first novel. In a release, the association stated that “Wilensky helped balance the stories of the three main characters within a consistent timeline and developed a strategy for retaining Nigerian languages and colloquialisms in the text, which allowed the novel to stay true to the author’s Nigerian origins while also being accessible to non-Nigerian audiences,” it wrote. “The judges commended Wilensky for her exceptional editorial skill, including her correspondence with the author, which was thorough, respectful, encouraging and friendly.” Butter Honey Pig Bread came in second place for Canada Reads 2021 and was shortlisted for the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. “My deepest gratitude goes to Francesca for the gift of her trust in allowing me to collaborate with her on a magnificent and bold debut novel,” Wilensky said in the release.

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Port Coquitlam’s Michelle Oucharek-Deo took the Women’s Adventure Fiction prize in the 2021 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards, for her novel “The Girl in the Peach Tree.”

WRITER WINS PRIZE FOR FIRST BOOK

COLLEGE Douglas College, which has a campus in Coquitlam, awarded Lance Ryan — a classic operatic heldentenor — with the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of his international success.

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Scott Creek middle in Coquitlam will receive $1,000 and the title of “Canada’s Most Informed School” after participating in the recent national championship in the AAA division of the Let’s Talk Careers competition. The event hosted by Skills Compétences Canada, Let’s Talk Science and ChatterHigh saw a total of 933 students from the Tri-Cities participate in the competition, in which schools compete by exploring career, post-secondary and labour market information resources in a 10-question daily quiz. Tri-City secondary schools ranked high on the national AAAA leaderboard, too: Centennial, Dr. Charles Best and Pinetree placed third ($700), sixth ($200) and seventh ($100) respectively. As well, 33 students from the Tri-Cities won individual bursaries in the “Canada’s Most Informed Student” competition.

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Clockwise from left: Monte Gisborne tests the crank starter on his 1929 Hudson Super Six. An original sales brochure. Repairing the car meant using some unique tools, like a rim spreader. The Hudson was built by manufacturer Essex. The car’s last road permit remains affixed to the windshielf. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

DRIVE INTO HISTORY

‘Gangster’s car’ comes full circle 1929 Hudson Super Six was last driven in 1960 parade MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

Back in its day, the Hudson Super Six was known as “the gangster’s car.” So when Monte Gisborne stumbled upon one for sale locally, he knew he was getting a steal. What he didn’t know,

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though, was he already had a connection to the 1929 car. Gisborne, who’s brought renewed life to about 25 vintage vehicles and even a boat, was hunting the internet for parts for a restoration project of an old bus when the dark green sedan popped up on his computer screen instead. Gisborne said he knew this was a special find. The Hudson Super Six was renowned for its engineering. Its flathead six-cylinder engine could get the car up to 70 mph and cruise

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there all day long. That’s what made it so desirable to gangsters who could use that sustained power to out-distance pursuing police cars after a heist or a hit. In fact, lore has it that at one time sheriffs and police captains were warned by the FBI if a Hudson Super Six was reported stolen in their community, they could expect a bank robbery within the week. But, Gisborne said, what made this Hudson especially appealing was its original condition and extremely low

mileage — it was last driven in 1960, in a parade, and had been squirrelled away in a museum and warehouse ever since. That museum was owned by the late Cap Hobbis, who loved collecting cars as much as he loved selling bicycles from his shop in New Westminster’s Sapperton neighbourhood. While much of his 35-car collection was sold off at auction in the 1990s, the Hudson was bequeathed to one of his sons, SEE

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Gerald, who remembers being assigned to take the wheel of the tall car when he was 11 years old as his dad towed it home attached by a rope to the bumper of his car after he’d acquired it from its original owner. There, Cap Hobbis tinkered with his latest prize so it could join some of his other cars in a special parade to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BC Automobile Association. The temporary driving permit for that day is still affixed to the Hudson’s front windshield. Gisborne, who returned to Coquitlam last year after many years away to help run a family business in Prince Edward Island, said he was gobsmacked when a Hobbis replied to his enquiry about the Hudson for sale on the internet. In his younger days back in the 1970s, he was quite an accomplished unicyclist and often joined

the eclectic troupe of penny farthings and other two- and three-wheeled contraptions employees and friends of Cap’s bike shops pedalled in parades around the Lower Mainland. On his phone, he even has a digital copy of an old photo of him on his unicycle in the foreground with a bearded Gerald and his brother, Gord, high atop their penny farthings in the background. The circle of destiny was just too good, Gisborne said. “It was a natural for me to buy the car.” Hobbis said after keeping the car up on blocks in a warehouse for 18 years it was time to let it go. “I don’t have a place for it anymore,” he said. “To have a classic car, you need a three-car garage and it’s not something you can easily do.” In the month since Gisborne completed the purchase, he’s worked to get it running again and con-

nected with other collectors as far away as New Zealand and Florida to acquire original parts. He said he doesn’t believe in restoring his projects as much as servicing them back to working condition and the Hudson likely hadn’t seen a wrench since the 1940s. Considering the Hudson’s vintage, Gisborne said the repairs he’s had to do have been pretty minimal — cleaning out the gunk from the oil pan, rewiring the electrical system, fixing the rim for the spare tire. “I’ve been extraordinarily lucky,” he said. Just how lucky will be determined after just a few more deliveries of parts by courier, a little more grease on his fingers and then he gets to fire the old car up again for the first time in more than years. “This is like a vacation for me,” Gisborne said. “I get to travel to a different time and place.”

Above, Gerald Hobbis takes a last look at the car he inherited from his dad, Cap, who ran a museum of vintage cars beneath his New Westminster bike shop. The car’s flat-six engine was only offered for one year before it was switched to eight cylinders because of competition from Packard. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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SOCCER

Polisi brothers turn pro — on opposite coasts Coquitlam brothers move on after 3 years at SFU MARIO BARTEL mbartel@tricitynews.com

On July 13, Coquitlam’s Polisi brothers will be together, but apart — just like the rest of us have been for the better part of a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s when the former Simon Fraser University soccer stars line up at opposite

sides of the pitch for the first time as professionals. Months after Matteo Polisi signed a contract with Victoria-based Pacific Football Club in the Canadian Premier League (CPL), his older brother, Marcello, has turned pro with the CPL’s Halifax Wanderers. “This is something I’ve been working towards for a very long time,” Marcello Polisi said in an interview published on the Wanderers’ web site. Polisi started all 49 games during his three-season

career at SFU. He scored six goals and added seven assists from his position as a defensive midfielder. In his freshman season, he was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference’s player of the year. He was also chosen to to the GNAC’s all-conference first all-star team for all three seasons, and in 2019, he was named to the West Region’s second team. Wanderers’ head coach and general manager, Stephen Hart, said Polisi is a “different type of player, he’s SEE

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SOCCER PJHL

Panthers ready to roar again in fall Identification camp coming up in Delta KYLE BALZER kbalzer@tricitynews.com

The Port Moody Panthers have not played a competitive contest now since Nov. 7, 2020. At that time, the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) had created cohorts for its 13 franchises as B.C. allowed for sports to host games with no fans and under strict COVID-19 health and safety protocols. But just like most other organizations, sports went back to hosting non-contact practices and no travel outside their home communities given the pandemic’s state in the province heading into winter. Now, with COVID-19 transmission slightly fading day-by-day and vaccinations ramping up, the prospect of a season starting in the fall is becoming a possibility. Panthers’ general manager Brian Wiebe is eager to see his off-season agenda come to fruition ahead of the 2021-22 campaign. “We just can’t wait to see fans from the TriCities back in the Port Moody Arena to cheer on our players and enjoy a Saturday night of fantastic junior hockey,” he said.

ROOKIE CROP

The Panthers are hoping a new crop of rookies can bolster their performance and look to end a 10-year playoff absence, should a regularand postseason actually take place. Four Lower Mainland athletes have signed thus

far with the hockey club going into the summer schedule, all from different hockey avenues: • D Marcus Olsen: Burnaby, Okanagan Hockey Academy • F Dong Eun Lee: Surrey, Delta Hockey Academy • D Ryan Tong: Burnaby, Vancouver North West Hawks • F Joshua Noh: West Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Canadians The Panthers graduated three athletes last season, while three others made the jump to the Western Hockey League (WHL) when its respective hubs dropped the puck earlier this year. Wiebe is confident his new recruiting class will bring their ‘A’ game to the ‘B’ level. “All four players were sought after by a number of junior ‘B’ teams, so we’re thrilled they chose our program to develop in and we hope to help each of them move up to a higher level,” he explained. “We expect all of our players to battle for a spot in the line-up each night.” The Panthers have a COVID-safe identification camp scheduled for early July in Delta, which marks a return to normalcy of sorts for Wiebe and his hockey operations staff. ““The toughest part in recruiting for the upcoming season is that most levels of hockey below the PJHL weren’t able to get many games in, if any, during the 202021 season because of COVID-19 restrictions.,” Wiebe said. “We are trying to recruit players without seeing them play much in a game situation unless it was during the 2019-20 season.”.

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more of a traditional sort of holding midfielder.” Polisi said he had been checking in with Hart annually for the past couple of years to discuss his soccer ambitions, and the deal to join the Wanderers came together in just a few days. He got the offer while making

breakfast. “I’m extremely grateful for [Hart] trusting in me and believing in me and giving me this opportunity to showcase myself at the professional level,” said Polisi, who joined his new club in Winnipeg in time for a match against the Valour on June 30. The CPL is starting its season with a five-week

“Kickoff” in which all eight teams will play 32 games at IG Field in Winnipeg to overcome pandemic-related travel restrictions between provinces. If those restrictions continue to ease, the league will endeavour to complete a full 28-game season for each of its clubs in front of home fans. Matteo Polisi, 22, signed

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with Pacific FC last February after scoring 36 goals and 18 assists in 52 matches at SFU. Both brothers were eligible for selection in the Major Soccer League’s annual Super Draft of top graduating players from the American college sport system, but neither was picked. SFU’s Paris Gee also plays in the CPL.

Leadership and Sport Camps for Girls Are you a female between the age of 14 to 18 years? Do you want to try volleyball, softball and soccer while gaining leadership skills? Registration is underway and at the end of the week you’ll receive a certiﬁcate to enhance your resume! Camps run at Town Centre Park, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. There are ﬁve weeks to choose from: July 5 – 9, July 12 – 16, July 19 – 23, July 26 – 30; and August 9 – 13. To learn more and register go to coquitlam.ca/spotlightonsport

Sports Club Highlight Coquitlam Little League was founded in 1955. Since then, CLL has offered competitive and community baseball for children and youth ages 4 – 18 years in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Burnaby, and Maple Ridge. Coquitlam Little League has a long tradition of success and player development while staying true to Little League roots. Learn more at coquitlamlittleleague.ca

Volunteer with Spotlight on Sport Do you love sports? We need you! Make a difference in your community and register to volunteer today. As a Spotlight on Sport volunteer you will have the opportunity to celebrate, inspire and appreciate sport in our community. To ﬁnd out more, go to coquitlam.ca/spotlightonsport

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RENTAL

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APARTMENTS/ CONDOS FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR SALE

GARDEN VILLA 1010 6th Ave. New Westminster. Suites Available.

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TRUCKS & VANS

SATURDAY ONLY July 3 • 10am - 2pm

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(Corner of Riverside)

PORT COQUITLAM Large & small Household items, Garden Accessories, Cabinets & MANY Misc Items.

Social Distancing in effect. Masks highly recommended.

BUSINESS SERVICES HEALTH & BEAUTY GRAND OPENING near Lougheed Mall Coquitlam Relaxation massage and facial treatment. 604-376-6633 bm-wellness-spa.business.site

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/LB

Lotus Root

/LB

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1.49

88¢

/LB

雞中翼

新鮮牛肋條

/EA

Maeil Yogurt Drink

-Original/Strawberry 25x63mL

美義原味/草莓養樂多

/EA

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/EA

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/EA

/LB

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/EA

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/EA

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/LB

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4.39

/EA

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4.99

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4.99

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/EA

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/LB

5.49

/EA

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4.99

Searay Yellow Croaker Fish-Large 海威中國大黃花魚

2.99

/EA

7.99

/LB

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S&B Tasty Curry Sauce-Varieties 200g S&B日式咖哩-多款

2.49

2.69

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Chen Chen Garlic/Salted Roasted Peanuts 400g 珍珍蒜香/咸幹花生

2.89

Swan Dried Rice Stick 500g 超力天鵝米粉

/LB

Linc

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1.99

/LB

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6.99

/LB

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/LB

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