TC
ONLINE 24/7: TRICITYNEWS.COM
INSIDE: Teamwork smooths bumps for hatchery [pg. 17] / TC Sports [pg. 24]
TC ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT: 21
Pipe bands are ready for the world COQUITLAM FIRE
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 1, 2018 Your community. Your stories.
TRI-CITY
NEWS
HOUSE FIRE FORCES EVACUATION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD
A fire in the 3000-block of Spuraway Avenue in Coquitlam was quickly knocked down by firefighters — but not before the home was gutted and residents in the neighbourhood were displaced from their homes for about an hour. Many of those evacuated gathered on garden chairs at the corner of Spuraway and Daybreak, where they chatted in the sunshine with Coquitlam Mounties and Victims Services workers. A w.tricitynews .com Coast Mountain bus brought in to shelter the evacuees remained empty. The fire started at about 10:50 a.m. and a plume of heavy, black smoke quickly rose over the neighw.tricitynews .com trucks from bourhood. Several Coquitlam Fire and Rescue, as well as one from Port Coquitlam, responded. Nobody was hurt. Most of evacuated neighbours were allowed to w.tricitynews .com return to their homes about an hour after the blaze started but Spuraway between Daybreak and Ranch Park Drive remained closed for several hours. Cpl. video-online] Mike McLaughlin of Coquitlam RCMP said police would work w.tricitynews .com to deterwith fire investigators mine a cause for the blaze.
web-extra
[web-extra
[web-extra
www.tricitynews.com
web-extra
[web-extra
[web-extra
www.tricitynews.com
more-online
www.tricitynews.com
[more-online
www.tricitynews.com
[more-online
www.tricitynews.com
video-online]
www.tricitynews.com
video-online]
www.tricitynews.com
www.tricitynews.com MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
UTILITY PROJECTS [ you saw it first on the web
Coquitlam battles Fortis over pipeline plan
www.tricitynews.com Gary MCKenna The Tri-CiTy News
A dispute between the city of Coquitlam and FortisBC over the replacement of a natural gas pipeline running under Como Lake Avenue is heading
to the BC Utilities Commission. The municipality is asking the utility provider to remove the 5.5-km section of the line it will decommission as part of an upgrade next year that will severely reduce traffic flow on the busy arterial route for months.
But FortisBC has told engineering staff it intends to fill the old 20-inch pipe with concrete and leave it in place, which the company says is standard practice. That’s not good enough, according to city manager Peter
Steblin, who told a council-incommittee meeting Monday that staff are concerned about the increased congestion of utilities and infrastructure under city roads. “In our opinion, [FortisBC does] not show enough cre-
dence to other users,” he said. “They are very focused on their needs and they are not as concerned as we believe they should be… with other utilities and other stakeholders present and in the future.” He later added: “We have
been trying to negotiate with the company what we consider are reasonable requirements in terms of how they should deal with that pipeline and we have not been successful.” see CITY WANTS, page 7
CONTaCT ThE TRI-CITY NEWS: newsroom@tricitynews.com / sales@tricitynews.com / circulation@tricitynews.com / 604-472-3040
B
TERIALS ULK MA
OUTDOOR LIVING STARTS HERE!
WE SUPPLY Soils • Bark Mulch • Gravels Lava Rock • River Rock • Sand
WE ALSO OFFER: • Artificial Turf • Pavers • Slabs • Retaining Walls & so much more!
SHOWROOM:
DISTRIBUTION YARD:
READY TO SEE WHAT PRODUCTS WE OFFER? 5-75 Blue Mountain St. Coquitlam (near IKEA)
READY TO PICK UP THE PRODUCTS YOU’VE CHOSEN? 2350 United Blvd. Coquitlam
WE DELIVER landscapecentre.com | 604.540.0333