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NDP, Liberals tussle over school funding STeFAN LAbbÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com
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Premier John Horgan paid a second visit to the Tri-Cities in as many weeks Tuesday, as his campaign continued to spin the party as the best option to see the region and the province out of the COVID-19 crisis. On Tuesday, the premier paid a visit to Nestor elementary near Town Centre Park to recommit to building a $117 million school on Burke Mountain, one of 13 school projects. In what appeared to be another ‘re-announcement’ of previous promises, Horgan along with NDP candidate for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Fin Donnelly, said the slated joint middle and secondary school was
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in its final phase of the concept plan. But that plan and Tuesday’s announcement appear to have been set in motion by the NDP after they changed the approval process for school funding across the province. School District 43 had finished its proposal plan for the school in June 2019. “Up until last year, that was the final stage before you receive funding approval,” said Ivano Cecchini, executive director of facilities and planning services. But then, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was ramping up in B.C., the district received a letter from the Ministry of Education saying a new step known as a “concept plan” would be required to move forward on funding the school.
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The March 6 letter, seen by The Tri-City News, provided no rationale as to why the new step was added before the province would decide on whether to fund a new school, but in later conversations, Cecchini said he was told it was part of a new Ministry of Education approval process to ensure alternative arrangements couldn’t be made before releasing funds. “We were completely prepared and ready to go with this project a long time ago,” said SD43 school trustee Kerri Palmer Isaak. “Then
BC NDP leader John Horgan greets a supporter during a campaign appearance with Coquitlam-Burke Mountain candidate Fin Donnelly at Nestor elementary school on Tuesday. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
the ministry came back and asked for this new concept plan.”
It’s a delay BC Liberal MLA Joan Isaacs looks to be capitalizing on as she seeks
to defend her CoquitlamBurke Mountain seat — a riding she narrowly took in 2017 by a mere 87 votes. In a BC Liberal statement released immediately following Horgan and Donnelly’s comments, Isaacs said she has repeatedly pushed Education Rob Fleming to commit to a timeline on the construction of the Burke Mountain school “and he’s repeatedly made excuses.” “After 3 years, the NDP continue to put up hurdles and roadblocks to delay this much-needed school,” she added, before repeating the BC Liberal’s own promise to
get the school built. Meanwhile, Cecchini said SD43 immediately moved to work through the new concept plan, a document he said mostly involved reorganizing information already provided in June. Other details required by the new document include additional investigation into why the district needs a new school, how the construction of the school will be executed and what are the projected costs and financial risks of the project. The timing of Horgan’s visit appears to coincide with SD43’s plan to submit the concept plan over the
next day or two, the later of which Cecchini confirmed to the Tri-City News. Both Horgan and Donnelly also used the opportunity to attack the BC Liberals’ sale of over a dozen tracts of land to a developer who had allegedly paid below market-value for the land and given close to $1 million in donations to the party when it was in power. Despite the political posturing on both sides and the roadblocks put up by the COVID-19 pandemic, both Isaak and Cecchini said getting the Burke Mountain middle and secondary school built remains a top priority.
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Fraser Health rushes to open Tri-Cities COVID-19 testing clinic STEFAN LABBÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com
Fraser Health has announced the Tri-Cities will be getting a new COVID-19 testing centre only 24 hours after doctors at a testing clinic meant to be a stopgap solution said they were burned out and forced to close after multiple delays on the part of the health
authority. “We have accelerated our timeline to ensure our centre would open earlier,” wrote a spokesperson for Fraser Health in a press release announcing the opening of the new testing centre. The new site, which is set to open Oct. 5 and has the capacity to carry out up to 800 tests daily, will be located in Coquitlam at 2796 Aberdeen Avenue in TransLink’s Coquitlam Central Park
and Ride lot, according to Fraser Health. Described as a hybrid, seven-days-a-week clinic, Tri-City residents looking to get tested for the virus that causes COVID19 will have access to both drive-thru lanes and a walk-in style clinic. Once the site is open, anyone looking for a test should use Fraser Health’s online booking tool to make an appointment. On Thursday, the only
COVID-19 testing clinic operating in the Tri-Cities said it was shutting its doors this week, citing a lack of staff and resources. The Influenza Like Illness Assessment Clinic in Port Coquitlam is set to close Friday, Oct. 2, at a time when active cases of the virus have reached levels not seen since the pandemic first started in British Columbia. “With our limited staff and resources, we are no longer
able to continue running our testing site because our doctors are burnt out and our staff are overworked,” said lead medical director Jordon Sugie and Dr. Carllin Man in a written statement Thursday. “We simply cannot continue to work for our own health.” The two physicians said the clinic was opened as a temporary stop-gap to make up for a lack of testing op-
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The mother of Amanda Todd is worried her daughter’s alleged blackmailer will be let out of his Dutch prison before he comes to Canada to face charges here. Carol Todd has been closely watching the case of Aydin Coban, who could be out on early release as early as February 2021, even though he was originally sentenced in March 2017 to nearly 11 years in jail for online abuse and for blackmailing 34 young girls and men. “I just want this to happen, and as time goes on, I get worried because [if it doesn’t happen soon] everyone who has knowledge and interest will be retired,”
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19 pandemic is delaying extradition proceedings to bring Coban to Canada to faces charges of extortion,
importing or distributing child pornography, possessing child pornography and child luring laid by the RCMP in 2014. However, the Canadian justice department has stated in an email to The Tri-City News it is working with the government of the Netherlands on the matter, but it’s up to the Dutch government to issue Coban a passport. “Canada did seek Mr. Coban’s temporary surrender so that he could be tried in British Columbia while he continues to serve a Dutch prison sentence. The provincial prosecution service has also applied for an order that would allow for Mr. Coban’s detention when he arrives in Canada. That order has been granted by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, in which Mr. Coban will be tried. For safety and security reasons, we cannot provide further detail on his potential transfer,” stated Ian McLeod of public affairs and issues
management. McLeod further stated that COVID-19 hasn’t prevented the extradition of “any person to or from Canada.” Still, the apparent delay has Todd anxious that Coban’s case in Canada won’t proceed. While it’s been eight years since her daughter died by suicide after posting a poignant video about how she was exploited and bullied online, Todd says she remains active in promoting mental wellness and programs to support youth. An online auction running Oct. 1-14 in support of the Amanda Todd Legacy in conjunction with World Mental Health Day on Oct 10 is helping to raise money for local programs. Todd said she wasn’t expecting many donations for this fourth annual fundraiser because of COVID-19, but numerous business owners have stepped up and she now has $10,000 worth of items up for bid.
“And now that we’re eight years past, the parents still are aware of the story, but those young people who were Armada’s age are now in their mid-20s, some of them with businesses of their own, they are taking an interest and helping out,” Todd said. Funds raised last year went to Douglas College bursaries for students in music therapy, health sciences, and child, youth and family studies. The Enchantment Project supporting young people to attend their graduation. Other funds include EmotionsBC, which supports families with mental health challenges and the Starfish Pack food for families program. Dozens of items are up for auction, including paintings, jewelry, Dr. Bonnie Henry-inspired signage and a year’s worth of bread from Cobb’s Bread. To bid, visit amandatoddlegacy.org and click on Legacy Auction.
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Consider Neighbours When Hiking the Crunch
With over 240 meters of elevation gain, the Crunch Trail in Northwest Coquitlam is a popular fitness destination that sees as many as 52,000 users per month during peak season. Increased use during the pandemic has intensified traffic, parking and safety concerns for residents of the area. Visitors are asked to respect the neighbourhood, obey all traffic laws, cross streets safely and use the parking lots off Lansdowne Drive or in Bramble or Eagle Ridge Parks. Visit coquitlam.ca/crunch for more information about the trail and amenities. FITNESS & FUN
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Pinetree Fitness Programs start Oct. 5
Good news—indoor fitness programs are back Oct. 5 at Pinetree Community Centre, with all necessary safety protocols in place. Get back to it! Programs offered include HIIT Bootcamp, Hatha Yoga and POUND, and run every Monday or Wednesday in the evening. To reserve your spot, visit coquitlam.ca/ registration. In the online registration system, look for Fitness in the Adult section and expand the dropdowns to see available programs, dates and times. LOOKING OUT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
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As fall yard cleanup gets underway, the City is offering additional curbside collection for fallen leaves and other yard trimmings. From Monday, Oct. 5 – Thursday, Nov. 13, Coquitlam residents receiving solid waste collection from the City can put out unlimited yard trimmings for curbside pickup along with their Green Cart. Learn more at coquitlam.ca/yardtrimmings
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Residents and businesses are urged to make sure their property isn’t a source of food for bears as they fatten up for winter.
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Programs for children under five can now be found in the Adult Participation area of the Early Years section.
Circle Time & Play (3 – 5 years) Your child will enjoy play-based preschool program with interactive lessons, crafts and physical activity. Registered program available at Pinetree and Poirier community centres.
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Centennial construction delays anger parents School board says legal issues have held up the project DIane STRanDbeRg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Some Centennial secondary parents are calling for School District 43 to do a public accounting of delays to the construction of offices, changerooms, a gym and a turf field that were supposed to be built by now on land cleared of the former school building. “I think a lot of parents are frustrated about where this project is,” said Giulio Caravatta, whose two children go to the Coquitlam school. It’s been three years since the new Centennial secondary opened, but the neighbourhood learning centre (NLC) that was to be developed in the school’s second phase remains unfinished, while construction has yet to begin on the turf field even though a 2018 city report said it would be finished by June, 2020. According to SD43, the project has been tied up in legal issues since a new contractor was hired to finish the
Centennial parents, including Tony Oljaca and Giulio Caravatta, are upset that it's taken so long to build a neighbourhood learning centre and artificial turf field, both of which should have been built by now. diane strandberg/the tri-CitY news
work. Each subcontractor had to submit documentation on its portion of the job to ensure a paper trail for accountability in case of any deficiencies and to bring the new contractor up to speed on the job. “The building should be completed by now and we are working extremely hard to get this project moving so the building is completed as quickly as possible to the highest standard,” said communications manager Ken Hoff in an email to The TriCity News. But parents say they are not satisfied by explanations provided by the school district to date and they are worried
the hold-up with the NLC building will stall construction of the artificial turf field. “We need some answers,” said Caravatta. “The lack of oversight is just shocking,” said Tony Oljacca Both say their children are missing out on high school sports events that could have happened on the school field and don’t have any place to change for PE or to play school sports. The football team, said Oljacca, has to change on a grassy field next to the practice field while games have had to be played at Town Centre Park, a long way from
where most students live. “It would be nice for the kids to be able to play in front of their classmates,” Caravatta said. But mostly the parents are upset about how long it has taken to construct the building and turn over the land to the city of Coquitlam so it can build the $3 million field, which it will operate in a partnership agreement with SD43, which retains ownership of the land. On its website, the district states some work has been done on the NLC, including plumbing, HVAC and electrical infrastructure, wall framing, roofing and cladding/
siding. As well, SD43 and the city are also in the early stages of design for the Centennial artificial turf field. However, the building is still mostly open to the elements, while the turf field is full of weeds. A spokesperson for the city of Coquitlam said if the school district can make the field available by April, the artificial turf field could be constructed by September 2021. “We need to have control of the site to be able to build the field,” explained Lanny England, manager of park planning and forestry. Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge said the artificial turf field at Centennial is important for the neighbourhood and he, too, is anxious to see it completed. He’s also buoyed by the fact that this would be the seventh for the city, and working in conjunction with SD43 is an important part of bringing turf fields to the city: another was built at Dr. Charles Best and one is planned for the high school at Burke Mountain. “I think we recognize the need for these fields, that’s why we made the commitment to pay to put another one in," said Hodge. But while the district’s
Hoff said the plan is to have the field ready by September, 2021, but he couldn’t confirm when the NLC building would be complete, stating only that “This process goes well beyond simply having a new contractor begin where the last contractor left off,” and that there are a number of legal issues to ensure there are no cost overruns. “That said, it is expected that the project will be completed on budget in spite of all the issues and delays the district has faced,” Hoff added. Still, parents are worried that with each passing day, delays will mount, the use of the NLC will be further put off and the field won’t be built in time for the 2021 playing season. The fixes parents would like to see include a line-byline public explanation of the delays and trailers for students to use as changing rooms, noting that it’s not just soccer that would use the field but field lacrosse and football,too. Oljacca, who went to Centennial and played football, said he’ll be disappointed if his own son can’t benefit from the new facilities. “When you have great experiences, you want him to have a good experience, too.”
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Huge horror night maze comes to PoCo Spooky fun for both adults and kids this Halloween DiANE StrANDbErg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Port Coquitlam residents who like to get scared don’t have to wait for Halloween to find thrills and chills. In a theatre-turned-Fear Maze, Port Coquitlam’s laugh-a-minute Giggle Dam troupe is creating spine-chilling fun for adults and a less-scary but equally fun Halloween-themed attraction for kids. With high-profile public events being scaled back all over Metro Vancouver, Giggle Dam’s Mark Friebe has managed to find a way to bring spine-chilling fear to the annual Halloween tradition while also sticking to Dr. Bonnie Henry’s COVID-19 rules. He promises a night of horror during Vancouver Horror Nights — only in this house everyone will be wearing a mask. Patrons looking for a fright will be asked to don non-medical masks and stay three metres apart in the indoor maze. “COVID-19 was particu-
Mark Friebe has been busy converting his Giggle Dam dinner theatre to a House of Horrors that opens for the Halloween season on Oct. 1. Mario bartel/the tri-CitY NeWS
larly hard on our theatre and though we developed extensive COVID-19 protocols, we were limited to 50 guests per performance, which is less than 25% of our capacity,” said Friebe, owner of the Giggle Dam. “We wanted a way to continue providing safe entertainment during the pandemic while also giving us the ability to survive. A little Hollywood magic later, we’ve created a great experience we hope our community will love.” Mayor Brad West is also
looking forward to the spooky fun. The city has provided a parking lot and a traffic lane for staging areas for guests. West told The Tri-City News: “The Giggle Dam is a fantastic PoCo business and I'm glad they’ve come up with a fun and creative way to grow their business during a challenging time,” adding later helping businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic is a ‘top city priority.’ Vancouver Horror Nights starts today, Oct. 1, and will take place nightly through
the month at the popular theatre on Shaughnessy Street. Giggle Dam has been turned into the Xtreme Fear Maze for adults, who will make their way through 12 individually-themed areas. They’ll be scared witless by dozens of actors and animatronics — including Doug, a 12-foot tall demon specially made for this event, with showtimes running from 6-11 p.m. For kids, there is the Boogeyman Bash — a daytime event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., during which
Vancouver Horror Nights turns down the scare-ometer, removes all the jump scares and animatronics from the attraction, and allows kids to receive a pre-purchased candy bag as they trick-or-treat through the kidfriendly attraction. Kids can sing along with the Boo Crew and Jack-o-Lantern Jam inside the maze. There will also be prizes for the best-dressed family. Tickets have to be pre-purchased and guests choose a time-slot for a 25-minute window to enter the Fear Maze. They first gather under cover in a physically-distanced fashion in a parking lot loaned by the city at 2680 Shaughnessy Street, before walking to the theatre for their appointed time. To ensure guests are physically distanced inside the maze — at least three metres apart — people will line up immediately outside the theatre, with parking removed for the month to make way for the lineup, and told when to enter. It’s a safe way to ensure COVID-19 isn’t transmitted while also allowing for maximum fright time, according to business manager, AJ Thompson. “We worked on this all summer and have been
planning since April,” said Thompson, who said the event should be a significant economic boost for the city while at the same time Vancouver Horror Nights has made a substantial investment in actors and crews. As much as $150,000 has been spent on animatronics alone and Thompson said he expects Vancouver Horror Nights to be an annual event. For those who will be thirsty and hungry there is also the Zombie Cafe and Bar, where guests can purchase carnival-inspired food such as burgers and chicken strips and beverages, including wine, Patina Brewing beer and “adult hot chocolate.” Giggle Dam may just be the ideal venue for Vancouver Horror Nights because it has a reputation as a haunted place, and according to Friebe, has been the subject of many paranormal investigations. “We’ve been told there are at least four resident ghosts inside our theatre,” said Friebe. Whether it’s real ghosts or frightening actors you’re seeking, the month-long scare-o-ganza should fit the bill and tickets, required in advance, are available online at vancouverhorrornights. com.
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Public Hearing Notice When: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7pm • Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. Port Moody Council is holding a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed bylaws: LOCATION MAP - Balmoral Place
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Purpose: The City of Port Moody has initiated a bylaw to terminate the Land Use Contract and rezone the properties at Balmoral Place from RM1 to Medium Density Townhouse Residential (RM4) for existing buildings and uses.
Get in touch! How do I get more information? You can review application #6730-RM4 and related information at the Planning Division counter at City Hall between 9am and 12pm or 1:30pm and 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/publichearing after September 28, 2020.
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How can I provide input? If you believe your property is affected by this rezoning application, comment directly to Council on October 13, 2020. You can also send a submission in writing before noon on October 13, 2020 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550. Dorothy Shermer, Corporate Officer
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Port Moody will try again for Inlet Park field funding Replacement of all-weather field in works since 2007 marIo bartel mbartel@tricitynews.com
If at first you don’t succeed… The president of the Port Moody Soccer Club remains confident the city will find a way to get a new turf field and field house built at Inlet Park despite being turned down for $6 million in federal and provincial grants. Instead, the city will try again by dividing the $8.4 million project into smaller components that can be funded and constructed in phases. As well, it will investigate alternate ways to raise the needed money. “I want to make sure we’re doing everything we possibly can to see if there’s any way we can build this thing,” said Mayor Rob Vagramov of the project to transform the dusty allweather facility that’s been in the works for more than a decade, adding he wants to
The president of Port Moody Soccer Club says the allweather field at Inlet Park is underutilized as most teams refuse to play there. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO
be able to give users “some kind of light at the end of the tunnel.” Dustin Crockett, PMSC’s president, said the urgency to see that light is increasing. “With so much population growth in our community, compounded by the necessity to accommodate other field sports such as lacrosse and baseball, our club is finding it challenging
to be able to find field space,” he said. “Kids and adults want to play soccer within our club, and we want to be able to accommodate them without turning any of them away.” The club’s pitch for a new pitch at Inlet Park dates as far back as 2007. A proposal in 2012 to build a single artificial turf soccer field for $2.9 million with room for a new
clubhouse sometime in the future never proceeded. The latest plan calls for a FIFA-regulation turf facility that can be divided into three smaller Super-8 pitches for younger players, with softball diamonds located in two opposite corners of the field, as well as a new 320-square metre field house and parking to accommodate 88 cars. Currently, PMSC’s 1,400 youth and adult players have access to only two turf fields in the city and three or four primary grass pitches. The gravel all-weather field at Inlet is rarely used as most teams refuse to play there. Crockett said a new field at Inlet “would be a tremendous boon to the growth of our soccer club,” allowing it to accommodate more players and host more tournaments. As well, the field house would give it a base for its operations that could also be made available to other sports and user groups. “This is a wonderful opportunity to create a space in a great location that is underutilzed,” Crockett said.
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Fossil fuel-free investing not easy marIo bartel mbartel@tricitynews.com
Port Moody will look to move some of its investments into newly-created fossil fuel-free funds managed by the Municipal Finance Authority. But wholly divesting the city of all investments with links to companies involved with fossil fuels is more complicated than it first seems, says the MFA’s CEO, Peter Urbanc. In April, 2018, then Coun. Rob Vagramov successfully put forth several motions to steer city money away from the fossil fuel industry. Urbanc said that’s easier said than done. At a recent presentation to council’s finance committee, he said many members of the MFA, which manages about $4 billion in municipal investments, are interested in similar divestments, but few have followed through. He said a fossil
fuel free short term bond fund that launched last spring has attracted only $78 million. A new fossil fuel free equity fund with a greater potential return is expected to launch next year. Urbanc said corporate ties to fossil fuel companies are often interwoven. For instance, insurance companies or banks that are part of an investment portfolio can have some of their own investments in an energy or fossil fuel company, rendering them ineligible for inclusion in an ethical fund. Urbanc said standardized definitions for what is considered socially responsible investing haven’t yet been set. “Council has to decide what is your moral compass and what is important to you.” Paul Rockwood, Port Moody’s general manager of finance and technology, said the city has to “walk before we can run."
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Topic: PoMo developments “People are opposed to development in a reject of both reality and the future that is inevitable. The city needs to build capacity - housing, commercial for local jobs.”
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In media, ‘buyer beware’ TIM SHOULTS newsroom@tricitynews.com
Know any Latin? Probably not — it is a dead language, after all. But there’s one phrase you may have at least heard of: caveat emptor. It means, literally, “let the buyer beware.” It’s become a staple of contract law; in short, it means that someone buying something needs to learn about the nature of what they’re buying — that it does what it should and that the seller is actually allowed to sell it. But in 2020, perhaps we should switch it up for caveat lector — let the reader beware. That’s because the digital and social media revolutions make it more possible than ever for us as readers to be fooled. It used to be a very expensive enterprise to reach a mass audience. It took a
massive investment in capital and staff to buy presses, radio stations, or TV licences, to run them and to distribute news to the public. As a result, the craft of journalism — which began with pamphleteers and partisans spreading “news” that served their interests — had to become more neutral and more objective in order to gain as large an audience as possible. Yes, the concept of objective journalism, high-minded as it sounds, was an economic decision. But it had a benefit to the reader: credibility became an asset. Messing with the truth came with a major price tag, which made it too big of a risk to take for most publishers. But now, when every person has the world’s biggest printing press and worldwide distribution in their hand, there’s no cost — and next to no risk — to publishing
whatever someone wishes, and making it look like a legitimate news source. And it goes well beyond that; the algorithms that rule our digital world can trap you in an echo-chamber of your own reading choices, keeping information from you that might otherwise broaden your horizons, give you context, or change your mind. That means we, the reading public, must become our own fact-checkers and our own guides through the media landscape. The first, and most important lesson: know your sources. Look for the name above the headline on your Facebook feed. Do you recognize it? If you don’t, proceed with caution. Thankfully, there are tools that can help you with that. In fact, you’re reading one right now. Whether you’re reading these words on a printed
page, a laptop screen or scrolling on a phone, you’re reading them from a community news source — a trusted news source. What makes you know we can be trusted? Because we still have skin in the game. We are often the only people in the communities we serve who are paid to tell its stories, week in and week out. Our credibility is our strongest asset, and we seek to protect it by reporting the news to the best of our abilities, and by holding ourselves accountable to our readers through bodies like the National NewsMedia Council (www. mediacouncil.ca for more). So as you navigate this new digital world, take us along as your guide. We won’t pretend to be your champion for truth; rather, we’ll help you become your own champion. Tim Shoults is a publisher with Glacier Media.
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YOUR LETTERS Planning & DEVElOPMEnT
PoMo development will add too much traffic The Editor, Re: “New vision for Woodland Park,” The TriCity News. I participated in the Zoom open house in late September for the revised re-development plan for the Woodland Park community in the west end of Port Moody. The proposed project will increase the population of Woodland Park by 10 times. Consequently, the road traffic to and from Woodland Park will increase by 10 times.
The Clarke RoadCecile Drive intersection (on ‘Snake Hill’) and the Clarke Road/Glenayre Drive intersection are failing in the afternoon peak period currently. The traffic consultant, participating in the open house, was rather vague about how more traffic might be accommodated safely. A proposed connection between Cecile Drive to Clarke at Barnet Highway by way of Highview Place is sched-
uled to be provided in the final phase of the project. But the south-to-eastbound left-turn from Cecile at Clarke is proposed to be prohibited in phase two. The Edgar development proposal is a terrific rapid transit-oriented development except that it is not at a rapid transit station. It is a great project in the wrong location. D. B. Wilson Port Moody
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TRICITYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020
HOY CREEK
Couple could face $500 fine for dumping paint
Notice of Intention
Downtown Business Improvement Bylaw Renewal Business Improvement Bylaw No. 4188 It is the intent of the City of Port Coquitlam to maintain a Business Improvement Area (BIA) in downtown Port Coquitlam pursuant to Section 215 of the Community Charter. The BIA has been operating since 1996 and the proposal is to renew the service for another five year term from 2021 to 2025. The estimated total cost of the work is $934,167.00 over five years. In 2020, the yearly charge was $0.7794 per $1000.00 of assessed value. It will be included on the tax statement for properties in the Designated Area and must be paid in full by the tax due date.
Stream stewards frustrated after chemical spill DIANE STRANDBERG dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
A Coquitlam couple spotted dumping paint into a catch basin Thursday could be fined up to $500 for polluting Hoy Creek if city investigators confirm they are responsible for thick white sludge that entered the stream near Lasalle Place. City officials aren’t naming the individuals who they contacted after receiving two independent reports, one of someone dumping paint and another about paint in the creek. However, local stream stewards are frustrated about another chemical spill in Hoy Creek after efforts to educate neighbourhood residents about the risk of pouring liquids down storm drains. “It’s very sad that the area that this came from we were told that is an area that we’ve canvassed just last summer because of that nasty kill we had last year,” said Robbin Whachell, president of the Hoy Scott Watershed Society. However, she is grateful for those who called authorities after spotting paint sludge that had pooled in a side channel, noting that the incident occurred around 2 p.m. and city workers quickly responded by install-
Property owners within the designated area must submit written notification of their objection by November 10th to: corporateoffice@portcoquitlam.ca
or: City of Port Coquitlam Corporate Office 2580 Shaughnessy Street Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8
The purpose is to assist local business people and property owners to promote the downtown business district and improve the area's economic vitality by implementing a business promotion scheme. The proposed business promotion scheme includes undertaking research and developing strategies for marketing the area, as well as working towards physical improvements.
The city of Coquitlam placed a boom to absorb the paint and stop it from running into the main stem of Hoy Creek. FACEBOOK
ing a boom to prevent the paint from flowing into the main channel of the creek. “The boom was put down just in time, which was great,” said Whachell. According to the city, reports were received about a couple using a bucket to dump paint into a catch basin a few blocks away from Hoy Creek. The catch basin was marked with a yellow fish to indicate that anything that enters the catch basin leads to fish habitat. The city was able to quickly dispatch two crews to the separate locations, according to Caresse Selk, Coquitlam’s manager of environment. At the first location, staff installed booms in the creek to absorb the paint while at the second location, staff were able to vacuum the remaining paint out of catch basin.
“We were able to determine that the two reports were connected to the same incident,” Selk further stated in an email to The Tri-City News. A follow up investigation is taking place to see if the a fine should be levied under the Stream and Drainage System Protection Bylaw and if clean-up costs should be covered, as well. “We will be reviewing our evidence and looking at our enforcement options next week,” Selk said Friday. Meanwhile, how many fish were killed in the incident is unknown. Because of high water flows, the fish were likely washed down stream, according to Whachell. However, while mortality is unknown she said it is likely the salmon smolts suffocated from paint getting stuck in their gills.
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B.C.’s municipal managers, councillors and salaried staff largely avoided COVID19 cost-cutting measures while the lowest paid city hall employees have borne the pandemic’s brunt, a Glacier Media analysis shows. Six months into the pandemic, municipalities have weathered social distancing’s economic impact by furloughing thousands of auxiliary and temporary staff and keeping public facilities shut down months beyond the province’s “Phase 3” re-opening plan. Glacier Media canvassed the 25 biggest cities across B.C., including most in Metro Vancouver. Burnaby, Kelowna, Maple Ridge, Nanaimo and Pitt Meadows failed to respond in full after being given three weeks to respond to questions on their COVID-19 response. In total, municipalities reported terminating less than 50 salaried staff members, However, thousands of lower-paid temporary and
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auxiliary staff typically working in civic facilities such as pools and community centres lost employment. And, only council members in Vancouver, New Westminster and District of North Vancouver reported taking a pandemic pay cut. However, residents are now seeing many auxiliary employees, such as lifeguards and program teachers, returning to implement restart plans that have significantly altered how we enjoy municipal services. Gone are the days of perusing library stacks with neighbours and sitting down to read a magazine. Rather, for the foreseeable future, you could be directed to borrow online and use a curbside pick-up and drop-
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And, she said, municipalities also worked together through the UBCM. “We rolled up our sleeves and got in this together,” the Sooke mayor said. Another key concern expressed by municipalities across the province has been the health of municipal finances and the ability to keep building infrastructure. Local residents may be wondering what lies ahead for that promised new community centre one, two or five years down the road. Most cities report their 2021 projections are coming this fall. “The pandemic has blown a hole in local government budgets, particularly large and mid-size communities with public transit services,” claimed Tait in a statement. But municipalities appear to be in sound fiscal positions overall, based on financial information provided by the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs.
They generally have the reserves to pay for new infrastructure to accommodate new developments already underway and their pandemic-related losses are relatively small compared to their operating budgets. Furthermore, their biggest revenue generator — property taxes — appears to have been unscathed, to date. For instance, cities that reported the most up to date property tax payments, and with a past due date, showed relatively minor delinquencies. Only 2.5% of property taxes remain unpaid in Victoria; 3% in Kamloops; 3.8% in the City of North Vancouver; and 4% in Abbotsford. Many cities have due dates of Sept. 30. As for lost service revenues, civic facilities operate at a loss regardless, with expenses made up by other revenue — namely, property taxes. For instance, in 2019 Vancouver recorded a $70.2 million net loss in its parks and recreation department, financial statements show.
But the pandemic-related closures augmented such losses, particularly as the bureaucracy, outside of furloughed auxiliary workers, was maintained. Municipalities received Victoria’s permission to borrow from collected school taxes to bolster 2020 shortfalls. No cities reported using these funds but some have taken out lines of credit as a precaution, such as the City of North Vancouver, which, incidentally, “projects relatively little financial impact, to date.” While municipalities reported various COVID19 losses, all are relatively small relative to their annual operating budgets. Surrey, for instance, had prior year expenses of $842.4 million. It estimates a net $42 million shortfall. Vancouver’s July projection for 2020 was a $124 million revenue shortfall made up for by $84 million in staff and program savings, for a net loss of $40 million. Vancouver had operating expenses of $1.7
billion last year. Coquitlam foresees an $8.3 million loss to its operations, which cost $264.4 million in 2019. Richmond announced in August it projects $33.3 million in net losses to the end of the year. It had operating expenses of $483.7 million in 2019. B.C. cities are also sitting on billions of tax dollars. The province’s 162 municipalities recorded $6.5 billion of net financial assets in 2018. Annual reports for 2019 for the 25 canvassed municipalities show 9% growth in net financial assets. Among those assets in 2018, was $4.4 billion in reserves. Casino closures has hit some communities hard. Last year, 36 cities raked in $98.4 million for their 10% host share of casino revenues. Half of this year’s revenue has already been lost with no indication when players might return to tables or slots. As each financial quarter goes by the biggest losers, based on last year’s quarterly
averages, are Richmond ($3.8 million), Burnaby ($3 million), Coquitlam ($1.9 million) and Langley ($1.9 million). Cities have historically invested most of their gaming proceeds into capital infrastructure. For instance, Richmond recently opened Metro Vancouver’s most expensive pool — an $80 million multi-use facility paid in part by $50 million from gaming. The City of Langley specifically addressed its casino conundrum to Glacier Media: “The casino proceeds shortfall of $5.7 million will affect the 2021 Capital Improvement Plan and the projects will be reprioritized and some projects will be deferred. This analysis is not completed yet.” And so, citizens may not be privy to as many future facility upgrades, or will have to pay more taxes for them — that is, if municipalities want to maintain their existing reserves and staff levels. Municipalities generally maintain their reserves
are for future capital infrastructure projects and some accounts have statutory uses. For instance, Burnaby’s $1.6 billion in reserves are largely from development contributions and much of it is earmarked for future amenities over the next 10 years (although all accounts appear healthy, such as the $9.3 million snow removal reserve, which is about three times the annual cost of snow removal). Vancouver has $1.3 billion in reserves and also claims much of it is earmarked, although it has $146 million in the “general revenue stabilization” fund. Vancouver has net financial assets of $649 million (thanks to recent annual surpluses, after having just $73 million in 2015). The presence of reserve funds is important for municipalities, Tait told Glacier Media. “It’s always a reality: how do we keep on with the big work we need to do,” she said. “We plan ahead.”
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Under section 227 of the Community Charter, Council must give notice of a proposed bylaw regarding permissive exemptions, identifying the property, the proposed exemptions, the number of years and the estimate of taxes for the next three years.
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Chamber will focus on resiliency at biz awards GARY MCKENNA gmckenna@tricitynews.com
The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce will launch a new award when it holds its 20th annual Business Excellence gala this year. The Business Resiliency category will recognize local companies that have managed to prosper despite the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, which has put a strain on many enterprises since the spring. “The COVID-19 pandemic has burdened business owners with new challenges and duress as they have worked to navigate the ever-changing business landscape,” said chamber CEO Michael Hind. “The business community faced the challenge of maintaining the local economy by serving the community and keeping their employees working.
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This unprecedented responsibility and uncertainty put added hardship on our businesses.” The chamber is now accepting nominations for the new award, as well as the regular categories the gala has featured over the last 20 years, like Business of the Year (1-10 employees, 11-30 employees and 30 and more employees), Community Spirit, Not-For Profit, Business Leader,
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The owner of a gym in Port Moody says his business is being crushed by the COVID-19 pandemic. And he’s sounding the alarm other businesses will be in for a reckoning of their own as government support programs expire and opportunities to serve customers outdoors diminish with the onset of colder, wetter weather. Darren Radford said membership at his year-old Gravity Laboratory gym on St. Johns Street has shrunk from 234 to just 54 and revenue is down 90% as high school and community sports teams opt out of fitness coaching and training programs he offers. With
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cases of the virulent respiratory virus on the rise again and assistance programs like rent relief coming to an end, it’s only going to get worse before it gets better, he added. Radford said independent enterprises are especially vulnerable as they try to walk a tightrope between staying open under severe customer restrictions and limited revenue, or taking on debt with
no certainty of when business will improve to allow them to repay those loans. In fact, a survey conducted by the city of Port Moody earlier in the summer identified fitness and wellness businesses, as well as restaurants, as particularly vulnerable should the public health crisis have a second wave in the fall. The city’s manager of economic development,
Joji Kumagai, said his department is “working on a bunch of different things” to support the business community, like advocating to senior levels of government the imperative of extending assistance programs. But, he admitted, “if a second wave comes, it could be very damaging.” Coun. Hunter Madsen, who chairs the city’s economic development committee, said initiatives like “shop local” programs co-ordinated by the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce, can only do so much. “We’re trying to find direction for things the city could be doing,” he added. Radford said the cost of business failures goes beyond more empty storefronts with ‘For Lease’ signs affixed to the windows. “If people don’t have the facilities, what does it do to the fabric of the community?”
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A Port Coquitlam high school has been flagged as School District 43’s first publicly-acknowledged COVID19 exposure. The exposure occurred Sept. 18 at Riverside secondary, according to a listing posted to Fraser Health’s school exposure portal Wednesday. In a COVID-19 early notification letter sent to parents by Fraser Health and circulating on social media, the health authority notes it has initiated contact tracing to identify staff and students that need to self-isolate or monitor for symptoms. “This letter is to provide
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CITY OF COQUITLAM LAND SALE: SINGLE-FAMILY LOTS FOR SALE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL CITY OF COQUITLAM LAND The City of Coquitlam is soliciting offers for the purchase of three adjacent single-family lots with the intent that construction of single-family residences commences as soon as possible. As described in the RFO, proponents may offer on individual lots, or offer on all three lots as a package. These three lots are available for purchase through a public request for offers (RFO) process. You can access and download a copy of RFO No. 20-02-04 detailing the process for submitting an offer, along with additional detailed lot information at: coquitlam.ca/bids. Parties interested in submitting an offer in response to No. 20-02-04, must follow instructions detailed within the RFO documents. Offer and deposit must be received by the City of Coquitlam no later than 2 p.m. PST, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Inquiries are to be directed in writing by email only, quoting “RFO No. 20-02-04 Sale of 3 Single-Family Lots located: 1454 Nanton Street, 1455 Nanton Street and 1457 Nanton Street, Coquitlam, BC” to: landsales@coquitlam.ca Access the full RFO package from coquitlam.ca/bids.
SINGLE FAMILY LOT LOCATED AT: 1454 NANTON ST.
SINGLE FAMILY LOT LOCATED AT: 1455 NANTON ST.
SINGLE FAMILY LOT LOCATED AT: 1457 NANTON ST.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot A Section 13 Township 39 New West. District Plan EPP93168
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot B Section 13 Township 39 New West. District Plan EPP93168
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 3 Section 13 Township 39 New West. District Plan EPP64460
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PID: 030-370-574
LOT SIZE: 621.2 m or 6686.5 ft2 2
LOT SIZE: 506.4 m or 5450.8 ft2 2
LOT SIZE: 477.8 m2 or 5,143 ft2
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Tories could play spoiler if they get their act together Both the Liberals and NDP battle for B.C.’s suburbs KEITH BALDREY newsroom@tricitynews.com
On the eve of the 2017 B.C. election, I used this space to plot a potential path to victory for the BC NDP and, wouldn’t you know it, they followed it almost to the letter. Now the party has to do it again and go a few steps more to get to the hallowed ground of majority government territory. However, the BC Liberals also face a similar path ahead. In the last election, the NDP needed to run the table from Boundary Road dividing Vancouver from Burnaby, and win every BC Liberal-held seat from there out past Maple Ridge. It also had to pick up a BC Liberal seat on the North Shore, one more in Vancouver and a couple in Surrey. It did all that and still fell short of a majority because it also lost three NDP-held seats. However, the NDP was able to form government after winning support from the three B.C. Green Party MLAs. Not a lot has changed since then. The path to victory on Oct. 24 remains largely the same for both the NDP and the BC Liberal
party. That path still chiefly runs through Metro Vancouver suburbs as well as a number of ridings from outside that region. The NDP’s challenge is to hang on to about eight former BC Liberal-held ridings in North Vancouver (Lonsdale), Burnaby (North and Lougheed), Port Moody-Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Surrey (Panorama and Guildford). The B.C. Liberals hope to get at least some of them back. Even though their party has not won a seat in Richmond in almost 50 years, the NDP is hoping for a breakthrough there. On Vancouver Island, the NDP is hoping to reclaim Cowichan Valley (a long time NDP stronghold won by Green Party leader Sonia Fursteneau last time) while both the NDP and the B.C. Liberals are eyeing two other Green ridings both parties have won before: Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Saanich North and the Islands. Around the province, the NDP seems to be targeting three B.C. Liberal ridings in particular: Skeena, Boundary-Similkameen and Columbia RiverRevelstoke. For the NDP to win a majority this time around, it needs to hold its current seats and pick up at least four more from
the BC Liberals and the Greens. Best bets seem to be Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, Vancouver-False Creek, Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Cowichan Valley. As for the B.C. Liberals, they need to hold almost all of its current seats and win back several seats it lost to the NDP in 2017. They are eyeing Surrey-Panorama, Courtenay-Comox, Oak Bay-Gordon Head and Saanich North and the Islands as their best hopes. The one caveat to these potential scenarios is the B.C. Conservative Party, which is planning to run a handful of candidates in ridings that could provide headaches for BC Liberal electoral chances. Almost any vote for a Conservative candidate is a vote lost for a BC Liberal one. The Conservatives likely cost the BC Liberals the riding of Courtenay-Comox in 2017. Its candidate received 2,201 votes and the NDP squeaked by with a tiny 189vote margin of victory. So the Conservatives may prove to be a spoiler in some B.C. Liberal-held ridings that are not generally considered competitive. We shall see. In any event, ignore those pre-election polls. This race will tighten up and the path to victory may look eerily similar to 2017. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC.
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Notice of Temporary Use Permit When: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 7pm â&#x20AC;˘ Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C. Port Moody Council will consider issuing the following Temporary Use Permit:
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Purpose: To consider issuance of a Temporary Use Permit to allow for the use of a maximum of ten (10) units spread throughout four buildings for day care services for adults with developmental disabilities. The temporary uses would be located on the site until July 31, 2021 with an option to renew at the discretion of Council.
Get in touch! How do I get more information? You can review application #3080-20-11 and related information at the Planning Division counter at City Hall between 9am and 12pm or 1:30pm and 4:30pm, Monday to Friday, or at portmoody.ca/publichearing after September 28, 2020.
How can I provide input? If you believe your property is affected by this Temporary Use Permit application, comment directly to Council on October 13, 2020. You can also send a submission in writing before noon on October 13, 2020 by emailing clerks@portmoody.ca or faxing 604.469.4550. Dorothy Shermer, Corporate OďŹ&#x192;cer
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Family says justice denied after cops cleared in shooting STEFAN LAbbÉ slabbe@tricitynews.com
British Columbia’s independent police oversight body will not refer charges to the Crown in a decision that dismissed a Coquitlam family’s allegations over how RCMP officers handled evidence in the shooting death of their brother Kyaw Naing Din in Maple Ridge last summer. The investigation, carried out by the Independent Investigations Office of BC, found police were justified in their use of force in an encounter that ended when officers fired three shots into Din’s cheek, head and chest. The results of the investigation come over a year after the shooting, at a time of heightened scrutiny on police conduct following several high-profile deaths of Black and Indigenous people at the hands of police.
The family of Kyaw Naing Din have made allegations regarding how evidence was handled in the case, and that justice had too long been delayed. The report notes officers arrived at the man’s Maple Ridge home in the afternoon of Aug. 11, 2019, after his sister, Yin Yin Din, called authorities saying he was “angry, upset and suffering from clear delusions,” said chief civilian director of the IIOBC Ronald J. MacDonald at a press conference Tuesday. Police responded to reports of “a domestic in progress” after Yin Yin called 911, telling Ridge Meadows RCMP her brother had threatened to assault her, suffered from mental health issues and needed to be taken to the hospital because he was off his medications. When Kyaw Naing Din refused to leave his room at the request of his sister,
RCMP officers called in two paramedics to apprehend Din under the Mental Health Act as nobody appeared to be at risk of harm, according to the investigation. Still, Din refused to leave his room. After the sister made several attempts to communicate with him, Din became increasingly abrupt and angry — “almost shouting at her,” one of the officers at the scene told the IIO. At that point, officers said the sister mentioned Din had a three-inch knife with him, but never suggested he would attack someone with it. The officer then spent another 10 to 15 minutes trying to coax Din out of the room, but when that failed, the officer called in another two officers with a Taser. One of the paramedics remembered sister Yin Yin repeatedly saying, “wait until my family member comes.” see
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WHEN: Now Until October 9th, 2020 WHERE: Online @ www.seaview.allaireliving.com THE PROPOSAL Allaire Properties has applied for an Official Community Plan Amendment and Rezoning of the site from Single Detached Residential (RS-1) to Medium Density Townhouse Residential (RM4). A total of 28 townhomes are proposed consisting of 3 & 4 bedrooms. Each home would have two parking spaces in a private garage and there will be six visitor parking stalls. THE INFORMATION
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In retrospect, that decision was reasonable, MacDonald said, as there was no reason to suggest the man would be violent at the time. Whentheofficersopened thedoor,Dinwassaidtobein an“aggressive‘bladed’stance.” Theyshutthedoorquickly anddesignatedoneofficerto takeontheroleof“lethaloverwatch,” astandardprecaution mandatedinRCMPpolicyand trainingduringphysicalconfrontations. When Yin Yin once again asked the officers to wait for her sister, one of them told her, “Okay, we don’t need to wait for your sister... We know how to handle people like your brother, okay?” One paramedic said she witnessed a struggle at the door as the police tried to enter before a “big, heavy metal disk” — which turned out to be a 2.5 kilogram barbell — flew across the room and struck the opposite wall.
An officer shouted “Taser, Taser, Taser!” But when the device was deployed, one of the probes was found to have gotten caught on Din’s clothing, rendering it ineffective. Din came at the officers trying to stab and slash them, according to their testimony. That’s when one of the officers fired three shots: one lodged into Din’s cheek and another passed through the left side of his head, likely lodging into his chest. In reviewing the shooting, the investigation’s official report found the forensic evidence was “entirely inconsistent” with allegations made by sister Yin Yin Din, who had alleged police may have “planted” evidence, that her brother was not in possession of a knife at the time of the shooting and that he was “simply sitting passively in his chair when he was Tasered and then shot.” As a result, Yin Yin Din’s allegations were found to be unreliable, said the report.
In his report, MacDonald wrote that it was likely Din’s sister had confused witnessing the first encounter between her brother and police with the second one in which he was shot. “The reliability of the police does not appear to be contrived,” wrote MacDonald in the report, adding that if the officers were going to lie about the use of the knife, their stories would have all lined up and they wouldn’t have checked for wounds immediately after. The investigation found officers were justified in their use of lethal force against Din as the officer who fired the shots was trying to prevent lethal injuries to himself or other officers. Yin Yin Din told The TriCity News that she disagreed with the report’s conclusions. “We the family members are devastated,” she said from another sibling’s Coquitlam home. “IIO flatly denied justice to the family members.”
CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS Coquitlam City Council invites applications from residents to fill vacancies on the Coquitlam Public Library Board. Citizens who have some level of community involvement, board experience and a general interest in this field are encouraged to apply. The term of appointment is two years.
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Application information is available at coquitlam.ca/acv2021. All applications should be accompanied by a résumé and cover letter and are to be submitted no later than 11 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Applications can be submitted via any of the following methods: Emailed to: committeeclerk@coquitlam.ca Mailed or hand delivered to: Office of the City Clerk Attn: Committee Clerk 3000 Guildford Way Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2
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Tackling will be replaced by flag-and-touch rugby all the way up to senior men’s and women’s teams this season at United Rugby. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO
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and fitness, the non-contact edict now extends all the way up to senior men and women. Also absent will be the
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There’s few things a rugby player enjoys more than driving their shoulder into the mid-section of an opponent and taking them down to the pitch. Not this season. With COVID-19 infections on the rise again, organizers at Coquitlam-based United Rugby Club have come to terms their beloved sport is going to be played a lot differently this fall. But at least they’re able to play, said technical director and the man in charge of the club’s kids’ programs, Peter Henery. “Everybody has got that thirst to get back at it.” While the younger players won’t notice much of a difference on the pitch, as they’ve always played flag or touch and will continue to do so to develop their skills
been some pushback with registrations down slightly across the board, there’s also an opportunity to attract new players or re-engage lapsed members wary - or weary - of rugby’s physical demands. “They won’t need three days to recover from touch rugby,” he said. And if you’re looking to head down to the local pitch on a Saturday afternoon to see what pandemic rugby looks like, don’t bother. Henery said training sessions this fall are being limited to a couple of weekday evenings a week. “We want to stay connected with our rugby families, but maybe people don’t want to commit that much time,” he explained. The 12-week fall season has also been divided into two six-week blocks so returning and prospective players can try the new protocols out before fully committing. It’s all about being adaptable as the pandemic evolves, Henery said. “It’s not going to be easy. It will be a significant test for rugby’s resilience.”
from other divisions hanging out along the touch line. “The family bonding aspect of rugby is huge,” he said. “That’s the one piece we can’t recreate.” Henery said devising the plan to restart rugby was a bit of a rollercoaster through the summer, as infection numbers waned and waxed, fuelling hopes the new reality for the sport could more closely resemble pre-pandemic play, then seeing them dashed as infections increased and the BC Rugby Union rolled out very specific guidelines for its sanctioned clubs. Those guidelines mean United and the other clubs that comprise BC Rugby won’t be able to play matches against each other. Instead, they’ll train and compete within their own organization. To raise the numbers so sides can be created for touch matches, Henery said a decision was made to make United’s senior teams co-ed. “This is our new reality,” he said. “Let’s make it the best we possibly can.” Henery said while there’s
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U-Haul Moving Center Port Moody Claims a Landlords Contractual Lien against the following persons goods in storage at 2500 Barnet Hwy., Port Moody, BC. Tel: 604-461-1717 Auction is subject to cancellation at anytime.
GOFF, Wallace Niel March 13, 1935 - September 17, 2020
BENVILLE, Joyce Enid November 2, 1930 - September 19, 2020 Joyce was born in Maple Ridge, daughter of William and Violet Murray. The family moved to Port Coquitlam when she was a small child. She had one sister, Audrey, who pre-deceased her. She and her husband, Ed, also a District 43 teacher made their home in Port Moody. A beloved primary teacher, she spent her entire teaching career within the Coquitlam District. Joyce was always interested in the politics and events of the Tri-Cities area. She supported the High Schools’ plays and musicals. She attended many recitals and dramas at the Vancouver Playhouse. She and Ed both loved travel and spent summers visiting our world. She continued to travel even after Ed’s passing. When no longer able to travel, she and her cat spent happy hours by the windows or on the sunny patio of her seaside home, either reading or watching life on the inlet. Joyce, who enjoyed dining out, was no slouch in her own kitchen either. She could make a cheesecake to die for, and her legendary Christmas puddings (made a year in advance and fed regularly on sherry) were without peer. She is being sorely missed by her many friends. Arrangements: Burquitlam Funeral Home burquitlamfuneralhome.ca
Our family is sad to announce the passing of Niel on Thursday, September 17, 2020 with family at his side. Survived by wife Pat, sister Margaret (Midge) Potter, sons Gary (Ann Marie), Terry (Sherry), daughters Geraldine, Barb (Kevin), 8 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Due to covid, no service.
Jack Freid Kory Campbell A sale will take place on ibid4storage.com, on the Friday, October 16, 2020, the auction will end at 12:00PM, unless bidding battle begins. Room contents are personal/household goods unless noted otherwise. Bids will be for entire contents of each locker or U-box unit.
CASH for your CLUTTER I will pay CASH for your UNWANTED ITEMS! I specialize in English Bone China & Figurines. I LIKE: Collectibles, Tools, Antiques, RECORDS. ETC
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STOCKLI, Achille (Archie) May 13, 1931 - August 6, 2020 Archie passed away peacefully after a long battle with dementia. He was a hard working, fun loving husband and father. Archie is survived by his wife, Anna (Wiederspick), daughters Brenda (Bob), Rita (Gord), sons, Ray (Kathy), Ron (Cindy). He leaves behind 9 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, sister Blanche, 4 sisters-in-laws and 2 brother-inlaws. A special thanks to the staff at Guildford Seniors Village. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer’s Society of B.C.
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GATT , George Joseph Anthony February 24, 1935 - September 10, 2020
We had I miss youmany mostyears in thetogether morning ButI itawake couldand never be enough When you¹re not there I can’t get“good used morning to losingHoney” you I always say ….Some days are And tenderly kissvery the tough air
George passed away peacefully at home in Port Coquitlam with his wife of 60 years, Unni, and son Stephen, by his side.
I miss Iyou throughout the day tell most you that I love you Andakiss you To share laugh orevery have night some fun I cannot feel your lips IBut reminisce about the past Or heartoyou saywe’d goodjust night Sometimes when begun
He was predeceased by his son Anthony (1992). He is survived by niece Marika and family in Ireland and nephews and their families in Britain and Malta. A special thank you to the Tri-Cities Palliative Home Care Team and Dr. Patrick Leung for helping us through George’s last journey. No service by request.
I Sometimes miss you most at the endwhat of the I don’t know to day do When just wantwhat to lay withsay you And I wonder you’d Then I know you’re always me I miss you precious love ofwith mine In will my heart andtime soulisto stay And until my through Your life was full of loving deeds Forever thoughtful of our needs Today and tomorrow our whole life through We will always love and cherish you
Corner townhouse on quiet walkway, 2019 renovation, bright, private, open concept, massive private rooftop deck. Private entry. Stone countertops, 3 bed, 3 bath, two− car private garage with storage/workshop! Heat included! Concierge, gym, squash court, pool, hottub, party room& deck, visitor parking! Walk to grocery, transit & shops. 604−379−2692 Email: sarah@sarahgriffiths.ca
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It is with heavy hearts that we are announcing that our store will be closing forever. The property has been sold and the Port Coquitlam Art Knapps location will be closing its doors as of Dec. 31, 2020. e are so very thankful for our amazing and loyal customers. For over 30 years we have been a part of the Tri Cities and our customers have grown to be a part of our family. We will be selling off our entire inventory over the next several months. This will include new product as well as Christmas that will be arriving as well as many fantastic clearance deals throughout every department. We look forward to you stopping by to reminisce and maybe share your memories with us. We are open 7 days a week 10-5:30pm ~ Wim & Rose Vander Zalm
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