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CANADA VOTES 2011 The two biggest stories of Monday’s federal election were the Conservatives winning a majority and the NDP taking over as the official opposition – and the Tri-Cities were part of both

Left, right: One of each for Tri-Cities PHOTOS BY CRAIG HODGE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

ORANGE CRUSH VS. THE BLUE MACHINE

The faces of victory in the Tri-Cities in Monday’s federal election: Above, incumbent Fin Donnelly of the NDP celebrates a 2,200-vote win in the riding of New WestminsterCoquitlam, clutching a bottle of Orange Crush pop, whose name has been associated with the surge in popularity nation-wide of the NDP. Above right, James Moore, the Conservative MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, talks to a supporter as news of the Tories’ majority in Parliament is on TV at his election night party.

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NDP incumbent Fin Donnelly carried the day in the riding of New Westminster-Coquitlam, edging out Conservative challenger Diana Dilworth with 46% of the votes cast.

It was a lead that grew slowly but steadily through the night as the first of 255 polling stations in the riding began reporting in shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday.

In the end, Donnelly, a former Coquitlam city councillor, defeated Dilworth, a current Port Moody city councillor, 23,023 votes to 20,806.

Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP James Moore spent the day after his victory party fielding reporters’ calls, thanking fellow Conservative candidates in B.C., wrapping up his campaign office and “doing the community a great big favour by taking down all of our election signs as fast as we can.”

The Canadian Heritage and Official Languages minister secured 56% of votes cast, up from the 54% he garnered in the 2008 general election and highest percentage since he was first elected in 2000.

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FEDERAL ELECTION IN THE TRI-CITIES: 1 CONSERVATIVE

Moore: ‘Phenomenal night for Canada’ continued from front page The NDP also fared well under first-time candidate Mark Ireland, reaping 30% of the vote — the largest result for the party since the riding was formed in 2003. In 2008, the NDP’s Zoe Royer won 22% of the vote — and 4,000 fewer votes than Ireland.

Meanwhile, the Liberals recorded their poorest result in 14 years with 8.5% of the vote; in the 2004 election, when the party won, it collected 27% of votes cast Most of the lost Grit support went to the NDP with its so-called “orange wave” sweeping across Canada in the last week of the campaign, said the Liberals’ riding president, Ron McKinnon, who ran against Moore in 2008. The riding’s executive will hold its regular monthly meeting next Wednesday “and we will be licking our wounds and carrying on,” he said while collecting campaign signs yesterday.

Battling Moore, “a wellestablished, well-funded and well-organized” candidate, is “hard to compete against,”

PT. MOODY-WESTWOOD-PT. COQUITLAM James Moore, Conservative — 27,181 (56.2%) Mark Ireland, NDP — 14,530 (30%) Stewart McGillivray, Liberal — 4,110 (8.5%) Kevin Kim, Green — 2,161 (4.5%) Paul Geddes, Libertarian — 421 (0.9%) • Voter turnout: 48,403 of 85,028 registered voters (The number of registered electors shown here does not include electors who registered on election day.)

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Conservative Stockwell Day paid a visit Monday evening to the election night party for his former cabinet colleague James Moore.

McKinnon said. But he praised Stewart McGillivray, a secondyear UBC student, for his tenacity. McGillivray would be a candidate the riding would field again, McKinnon said.

On election night, McGillivray said his party’s losses nationally would lead to new blood entering the party. He said the Grits have been down before and would be able to come back in future elections.

“I don’t think this is something that will discourage us in the long term,” he said. “As long as we keep promoting the

progressive-centrist version of government, I think we can come back.”

Ireland said he was happy to put a dent in Moore’s majority.

“We were a pretty low-resource campaign so that limited what we could do to get our message out, but what we could do, we did and I’m happy with it all,” he said Monday night.

Commenting on the national results, he said, “I’m flabbergasted that it’s a Conservative majority but anytime we double or more the number of seats that we had before, then we’re not going to

complain about that.”

Also on Monday night, speaking to about 80 people at Coquitlam’s Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club, Moore raised a glass to toast his campaign staff, volunteers and supporters. During his speech, the 34-year-old Port Moody resident often turned his attention to the large television screen at his side, remarking on the number of seats his party picked up nationally to win a majority government — the first time in a decade. He also said he was pleased to see the Bloc Quebecois decimated.

“This is just a phenomenal

night for Canada,” he said in his speech, noting Canadians stepped up to vote in record numbers “to say, ‘Enough of the games. Let’s make Parliament work and let’s have a steady, stable majority government under Stephen Harper that gets things done.’”

Campaign manager Barb Haidn said Moore’s campaign was different from his past races as more volunteers — some of whom had never worked on an election — signed up to return Moore to Ottawa.

“When I sit in that little green chair in the House of Commons, I know I stand on

your shoulders,” Moore told the crowd. “When they always name my name and say, ‘Mr. Moore, Port Moody-WestwoodPort Coquitlam,’ I’m always reminded every day that this is home, this is my focus, this is my priority. I serve you.”

Asked how he will improve as MP, Moore told The Tri-City News: “I think with age, like good wine, you get better. I have a very good working relationship with all of the mayors in the Tri-Cities, the MLAs, the provincial government, and I just look forward to getting back to work and not having to deal with the threat of an election every three months.”

Moore said his priority next will be his party’s new crime bill. “I want to make sure the whole issue of Allan Schoenborn and those who are deemed to be criminally not responsible is something’s that addressed more seriously in the Criminal Code,” he said, referring to the convicted child killer now at Forensic Psychiatric Institution in Coquitlam. jwarren@tricitynews.com – with files from Todd Coyne and Gary McKenna

FEDERAL ELECTION IN THE TRI-CITIES: 1 NEW DEMOCRAT

Donnelly: ‘We’ve heard loud and clear’ continued from front page In third was the Liberals’ Ken Beck Lee, who collected 4,068 votes, followed by the Green Party’s Rebecca Helps with 2,160 and Marxist-Leninist Roland Verrier with 95.

A handful of NDP supporters watched the televised returns at Sokela Restaurant on Austin Avenue — where both Donnelly and Mark Ireland, the NDP candidate in Port MoodyWestwood-Port Coquitlam met with supporters — and cheered as the NDP orange crowded out the Conservative blue, first by just 50 votes, then growing to a commanding lead as the night wore on.

At the other end of Austin Avenue, a considerably larger crowd of Dilworth supporters gathered at Original Joe’s restaurant, the candidate making an appearance just after 9:15 p.m. to concede victory to Donnelly.

Before her conciliatory speech, Dilworth quietly and privately thanked her supporters and the 45-year-old told The Tri-City Newss there was nothing that she would have done

NEW WESTMINSTER-COQUITLAM Fin Donnelly, NDP — 23,023 (45.9%) Diana Dilworth, Conservative — 20,806 (41.5%) Ken Beck Lee, Liberal — 4,068 (8.1%) Rebecca Helps, Green — 2,160 (4.3%) Roland Verrier, Marxist-Leninist — 95 (0.2%) • Voter turnout: 50,152 of 85,028 registered voters (60.3%) (The number of registered electors shown here does not include electors who registered on election day.)

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Tania Jarzebiak posts voting numbers at the celebration held by supporters of NDP candidates Fin Donnelly and Mark Ireland. differently in her campaign.

“I had an amazing team of volunteers that were so inspired and really believed in a Conservative majority,” Dilworth said, crediting her door-to-door campaign with getting out the vote and growing the Conservative base in New Westminster-Coquitlam since the 2009 by-election.

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of 20,806 was more than double the 8,730 she collected in the byelection while Donnelly’s 23,023 on Monday was almost double the 12,171 he earned in his first outing in 2009. As well, Liberal Lee’s total this time was up 1,540 votes more than in the byelection while Helps’ total for the Greens this week was up 1,113.

“We left nothing on the table,” she said. “We ran an exceptional campaign and we didn’t win. That’s politics.

That’s democracy. No regrets.”

Dilworth even showed off a pedometer on which she said she clocked a total of 350 km

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And while Dilworth supporters’ moods were bolstered if not by victory locally then by the Conservative majority parliament won across Canada, back at Donnelly’s NDP election party, the candidate gave a brief speech thanking his supporters and volunteers while wearing his “lucky” neon orange and green tennis shoes and drinking Orange Crush — the orange-flavoured pop whose name had recently become a moniker for the huge wave of NDP support that swept Canada during this election campaign

and swept the Liberal party out as Canada’s official opposition in Parliament.

Despite the massive gains the NDP made nationally and Donnelly’s convincing win over the Conservatives in New WestCoquitlam, the 44-year-old said there are still gains to be made within his own riding.

“We’ve heard loud and clear the concerns in this riding of affordability, HST, health care, environmental protection... these issues they obviously want me to keep pursuing in the house,” Donnelly said.

“We did very well getting our vote out in Coquitlam and Port Moody but in New West, there’s still some improvement there, so we’ve got to work harder there.”

Donnelly attributed his party’s diminished numbers in New Westminster to the personal popularity of the previous NDP candidate, Dawn Black, who left to become the provincial MLA for New Westminster before Donnelly first won his seat in the 2009 byelection.

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The results, he added, should be a wake-up call for Liberals across the country.

“I feel crushed,” he told The Tri-City News. “I have seen many times... when a party becomes too confident, this kind of thing happens.”

Lee said Canada was becoming more polarized and feared the country was moving toward a more American style left-right paradigm.

In a text to a Tri-City News reporter, Helps commented on the win by Green Party leader, Elizabeth May, in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands, where she defeated longtime Tory cabinet minister Gary Lunn to achieve her party’s first federal election victory.

“I am so happy Elizabeth won,” said Helps. “Her team worked hard and Canada was behind her.

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A 32-year-old Coquitlam man disappeared in the North Shore Mountains Sunday and today RCMP dive teams plan to scour area rivers, streams and lakes for any sign of Mark Smith.

Smith’s vehicle was found Monday mor ning abandoned at the north end of MARK SMITH Riverside Drive in North Vancouver near the popular Baden Powell Trail.

North Vancouver RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Peter Devries said Tuesday that more than 30 volunteers were searching for Smith in the North Shore wilderness while the RCMP’s Air 1 helicopter searched from above and at least one Canadian Coast Guard vessel combed area waterways on Monday.

North Shore RCMP have been distributing flyers with Smith’s picture to local residents and businesses, hoping someone may have seen him.

Smith is described by police as a Caucasian man, 5’10” tall and weighing 175 lb.

Police are asking anyone who was in the area of the North Shore’s Baden Powell Trail near Riverside Drive at the time of Smith’s disappearance Sunday to contact them if they think they might have seen him.

Anyone with information on Smith’s whereabouts is asked to call the North Vancouver RCMP at 604-985-1311. tcoyne@tricitynews.com

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$6,300 raised for Reaveley family The city of Port Moody’s fitness fundraiser in memory of Charlene Reaveley, one of two women killed in an alleged hit-and-run in February, raised thousands of dollars for her family Saturday.

Event organizer Jody Fitzpatrick said approximately 70 adults particiREAVELEY pated in the fitness boot camp activities and 25 kids in the pre-school boot camp while others watched from the sidelines, enjoying the weather and the day’s other activities.

In all, $6,335 was raised for the Reaveley family, which includes Charlene’s husband Dan and their four young children.

The money was raised through a $10 entry fee for the boot camps and the sale of more than a dozen silent auction items, including Vancouver Canucks tickets and prize baskets, Fitzpatrick said.

More than 20 Port Moody city staff and recreation centre volunteers donated their time at Saturday morning’s event on the turf field behind the recreation centre.

Reaveley and Charlene Cruz were struck and killed Feb. 19 on Lougheed Highway near Pitt River Road in Coquitlam.

Cory Sater, the Coquitlam man charged in the alleged hit-and-run, was released on bail in March. tcoyne@tricitynews.com

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Households in Port Moody and Port Coquitlam are out-recycling the rest of the region by a wide margin while New Westminster and White Rock are among the worst laggards.

That’s according to a new Metro Vancouver survey of waste diversion rates that looked at the curbside disposal and recycling practices of single-family houses in each city.

Port Moody houses have hit a 61% curbside diversion rate — which compares the compostables and recyclables put out for pickup against the garbage collected.

Port Coquitlam was a close second at 59%, followed by Langley City at 58% and West Vancouver at 56%.

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“So the residents are just more used to doing it and more and more residents are participating,” he said.

Burnaby is also picking up kitchen waste, Vancouver is phasing it in and other cities, including Surrey, are conducting neighbourhood pilot projects.

All municipalities are working to bring in kitchen scrap pickup GREG MOORE programs for single-family homes by the end of 2012.

With 40% or more of the waste stream consisting of organics, It’s hoped much less trash will be put out to go to landfills or the region’s incinerator.

FILE PHOTO Besides picking up kitchen scraps, Port The city of Port Coquitlam’s automated garbage service Coquitlam is now more than a year into its shift to collects trash every other week but picks up green waste less frequent garbage pickup every two weeks and once a week. weekly compost pickup.

Port Moody followed suit this year and Moore to determine who throws recyclables into common said that city is actually now approaching a 70% garbage bins. single-family diversion rate as a result.

Cities are aiming to bring composting to multiMost waste can go into either blue boxes or for family homes as well, but by a more distant target compostable green waste pickup if resdate of 2015. idents are diligent, Moore said.

That’s the same year Metro is com“So there really isn’t a need to pick mitted to reach its ambitious target up solid waste on a weekly basis. of recycling or composting 70% of the You can comment on There’s more of a need to pick up waste stream from all sectors, includany story you read at www.tricitynews.com kitchen scraps on a weekly basis.” ing businesses, to rein in how much Some of the numbers in the survey garbage is landfilled or burned. are older diversion rates from 2009, Organics picked up by local cities but in most cases the data is from the first three are alrready being composted at a regional plant months of 2011. iin Ri Richmond h and plans are in the works to create a Multi-family buildings weren’t covered — tradi- biofuels plant in northeast Surrey to digest kitchen tionally the households with the worst recycling scraps. and composting rates because it’s near impossible jnagel@blackpress.ca

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GREENMOUNT PARK – CELL TOWER PROPOSAL This is to notify you that the Council of the City of Port Coquitlam will be conducting a Public Consultation Session for a Cell Tower Application in Greenmount Park, located at 4155 Wellington Street, at Council’s regular meeting of Monday, May 9, 2011. The meeting will commence at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers, Third Floor, Port Coquitlam City Hall, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC. The purpose of this proposed Rogers telecommunication tower site is to provide improved wireless voice and data service coverage to northern areas of the City of Port Coquitlam. No existing antenna system, infrastructure or buildings were identiÀed in the area that would be suitable for the proposed site and required coverage area.

The proposed site is located on a vacant property with the legal description of, Parcel “A” (Explanatory Plan 12647) of “Park Reserve” Plan 3022 and of Legal Subdivision 10 Section 12 Township 39 New Westminster District, approximately 460 meters northeast of Oxford Street and Greenmount Avenue. The proposed 62 metre monopole tower and equipment compound at the base of the tower are located on the northwest side of the property on an undeveloped portion of land.

Industry Canada requires all antenna installations comply with Health Canada’s Safety Code 6 guidelines which limit public exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic Àelds (EMF) and ensure public safety.

Rogers attests to the fact that all of Rogers’ antenna installations comply with Safety Code 6.

The proposed site is located on public property and is not accessible to the general public.

A copy of the application and background materials may be viewed online at www.portcoquitlam.ca/celltower or packages can be picked up at the Corporate OfÀce, City of Port Coquitlam, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC, V3C 2A8, between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday to Friday, except any statutory holidays, up to and including May 9, 2011.

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Metro Vancouver is putting the brakes on a provincial plan to use part of Colony Farm Regional Park for a $3-million fish habitat improvement project after Port Coquitlam directors said they’re not sure it’s the best way to spend the money.

The Transportation Investment Corp., the arm of the province overseeing construction of the $2.5-billion Port Mann Bridge/Highway 1 expansion, must make up for the new bridge’s damage to fish habitat by improving other nearby areas.

The proposed enhancement project at Colony Far m would span 80 hectares and include new or improved channels and ponds, special vegetation plantings and fish-friendly pumps. It would also create a tidal flow of water through part of the park, through gates that let in water from the Fraser River at high tide, creating winter habitat for juvenile coho and chinook salmon.

But Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore said he’s concerned other wildlife, such as birds, may be disrupted by the construction and changes necessary to improve salmon habitat.

Colony Farm, near the north end of the new 10-lane Port Mann Bridge, is likely the most convenient site for the government, Moore said. But he questions whether other sites further up the Coquitlam River might provide as good or better fish habitat without uprooting other species.

“The TI Corp. needs to prove to us that this is the best project in that corridor, not just the easiest project,” he said.

Moore said there are oxbow lakes and channels further up the river that could be opened up to salmon, as well as an old garbage dump on city land that could be a suitable site.

Metro staff had recommended final approval of the project contract with the TI

Cor p but the board voted to refer the matter to the Metro environment committee for more discussion with the proponents later this month.

Once the project is complete, Metro would take on responsibility of running and maintaining the pumps, gates and channels. TI Corp. would make a onetime payment to Metro of $322,000 to cover the first five to 10 years of costs, estimated at $36,000 a year.

The proposal had previously been vetted

by Metro’s parks committee and Langley City Coun. Gayle Martin, who chairs that committee, said she had no concerns about the plan for Colony Park. But she said further delays could set the project back a year.

Work on the Colony Farm project was to take place from August to October this year, when impacts to fish and wildlife would be minimal.

Once complete, the changes are not expected to significantly alter public access to the park.

The former Wilson Farm area of the park was once an important wetland until it was diked for agriculture a century ago. jnagel@blackpress.ca

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Kingsbury, 65, was convicted earlier this month of forgery, impersonation with the intent to gain advantage and fraud over KINGSBURY $5,000. The convictions stem from the summer of 2008, when Kingsbury took a trailer belonging to his former business associate Jean Aussant from a Langley RV dealership after forging Aussant’s signature.

But the Vancouver court judge deferred handing down her sentence until May 12 in order to review character reference letters presented to the court on Kingsbury’s behalf. One such letter was reportedly written by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2010, congratulating Kingsbury on receiving an award for outstanding community service with the Kinsmen.

Lawyers for both Kingsbury and the Crown agreed to seek a joint sentence of two years probation and 150 hours of community service for Kingsbury. Both sides argued that Kingsbury is of a low risk to re-offend and has no prior criminal convictions.

When asked by the judge if he had anything to say for consideration in his sentencing, Kingsbury sat slumped in the prisoner’s box and replied: “Not really, no.�

Kingsbury claimed throughout his trial that he had loaned Aussant $24,000 to purchase the trailer and that he was only trying to recoup some of the losses related to a soured business arrangement when he took the vehicle.

Kingsbury was elected mayor of Coquitlam in 1998 after time spent as a city councillor and last ran for office in 2006, when he lost the mayor’s race to Maxine Wilson. tcoyne@tricitynews.com

A Coquitlam advisory group that’s looking at whether the city should implement a cosmetic pesticide ban is accepting ideas from the public until Friday.

Coun. Linda Reimer, chair of the city’s sustainability and environmental advisory committee, told The Tri-City Newss last Thursday’s inaugural meeting covered the controversial topic but the nine members made no resolution.

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That’s the lesson to be learned from a survey of waste diversion rates published by Metro Vancouver that showed Port Moody and Port Coquitlam at the front of the pack when it comes to recycling.

PoMo houses have hit a 61% curbside diversion rate while Port Coquitlam is close behind with 59%.

Both these cities make recycling a no-brainer because they don’t require residents to sort and separate their non food-waste recyclables into bags and blue boxes. Everything from glass to bottles, paper and cans can go into the large, sturdy bins provided by the city. Green and kitchen waste is picked up in similar bins, giving these two cities a leg up when it comes to recycling.

From the start, the blue box and bag system has been inadequate to the needs of even the most wellintentioned recyclers. Not only is separating items a hassle because it requires separate storage systems but the blue box — given out at a time when recycling was a novelty rather than a necessity — is completely inadequate for the amount of packaging, milk bottles and jars the average family collects in a week.

Coquitlam’s green can system is a good effort to promote kitchen waste recycling and its citizens are no slouch when it comes to recycling. And the city’s diversion rate is a respectable although not outstanding 52%.

But Coquitlam will have to do much better if it’s going to reach Metro Vancouver’s 70% waste diversion target by 2015. Some tough decisions will certainly have to be made — and soon.

Single-stream recycling is the way and while it’s going to cost more than it does now to provide recycling bins to all householders — or extra recycling bins for free, as Port Moody does — the alternative could be even more costly.

Tipping fees are going up and paying the price for garbage will soon be prohibitive. As for the quaint blue box, it’s high time to recycle this anachronism.

B.C.’s HST town halls are Twitter for regular folks BC VIEWS Tom Fletcher VICTORIA hese days, the media never shut up about Facebook and Twitter and viral videos. In this year’s political madhouse, no candidate can be caught without a social media presence.

So it surprises me that the breakout technology for public engagement turns out to be huge conference calls on the good, old telephone.

“Tele-town halls” were first deployed here

by BC Liberal leadership candidate George Abbott. He got such big participation that Kevin Falcon’s deep-pocketed campaign quickly followed suit. Premier Christy Clark is doing one Wednesday evening for her Vancouver byelection run.

Falcon, the reluctant finance minister, is using the same method to ask for options on the harmonized sales tax. In between hockey

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games over the next week, folks having dinner will be getting calls with a recorded message inviting them to tell him what he should do with the HST. Falcon admitted to some trepidation before extending such an offer to the general public. What he got at his first one in Surrey was 27,000 people who stayed on the line for an average of 16 minutes, hundreds who queued up to ask questions and 90 minutes of surprisingly civil discussion with real people.

I listened in to the first one hosted by Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom, where 5,900 residents of the Peace River region stuck around for an average 21 minutes to hear why he quit the BC Liberals over the HST and then went back. That region and East Kootenay will be the toughest sell for the B.C. government’s mail-in referendum in June.

There were annoyed people. One man called it the “rip-off tax” that applies to groceries. Lekstrom politely noted that basic groceries are exempt from GST and

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HST. A farmer said it’s on top of the carbon tax, which falls harder on people who put up with cold weather and long driving distances. Another said cross-border shopping to Alberta has become even more popular.

It was refreshing to hear real people describe their situations and concerns. Most had apparently spent little time poring over media accounts of the HST but, unlike the stale and spin-heavy debate that resumed in the B.C. legislature last week, they were direct, polite and willing to listen.

Falcon reported a similar experience after 90 minutes of questions in Surrey.

Suggestions included dropping the HST by a point (estimated cost: $850 million) and offering more exemptions, on things such as gym memberships or bike helmets.

Hundreds of people didn’t get to ask their questions, partly because the politicians took up too much time with introductions and smooth talk like “That’s a great question!” The patient callers were asked to leave messages for follow-up.

I live-blogged the event on Twitter, includ-

ing a brief debate with former NDP MLA David Schreck about the fairness of these town halls. Schreck said there should be equal time for a critic of the HST, otherwise it’s just government propaganda.

Judging by the NDP’s latest line of questioning, town hall participants aren’t missing much. Their big point in the legislature was that if the HST is rejected, low-income people would still get the GST credit. Yes, and the sun will continue to rise, but poor people will still lose a significant redistribution of income.

You’ll hear a lot about the HST in the next few weeks, with government and business advertising the merits of keeping it and Bill Vander Zalm’s FightHST organization spending $250,000 of public money to continue its campaign of fear and ignorance.

You could do worse than participating in one of these telephone town halls.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and bclocalnews.com. tfletcher@blackpress.ca twitter.com/tomfletcherbc

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‘APATHY WON’

The Editor, Interesting. In its wisdom, Port Moody council has decided that the voice of the apathetic majority is stronger than the voice of democracy.

That is a strong message to those who take their democratic rights seriously by becoming informed on decisions and expressing their views at the polls.

To preserve, honour and respect democracy is to abide by the decision reached by a democratic vote, regardless of your personal bias. My father fought for that right and I will always speak up to protect it.

When our council places such low regard on the democratic process, it is difficult to imagine that the result will be anything less than further apathy.

Valerie Simons, Port Moody

‘AN AFFRONT’

The Editor, I am disappointed with the decision by Port Moody city council last week to ignore the results of the referendum on a new fire hall.

To go through the effort and cost of a referendum, ask residents to come out and vote and then have the majority of council cave in because they didn’t like the outcome because of a low voter turnout is an affront to those like my wife and me who made the effort to vote.

I don’t recall there being any pre-conditions requiring a minimum turnout to be legitimate.

If the voters’ decision is discarded out of hand so easily, maybe we’ll think twice about voting in the future.

And with this being a civic election year, is this politically motivated?

Dan Gallant, Port Moody

‘WHAT A FARCE’

The Editor, On the Port Moody fire hall referendum voting day, I took my sixyear-old daughter with me to the polling station.

We talked about what voting is, how it works and what a responsibility and privilege it is.

When we saw the results a day or two later, we noted the low voter turnout numbers and she sagely commented, “Oh well, I guess those people just have to live with what other people pick.”Apparently, my six-year-old was able to concisely sum up what our elected councillors seemed to forget.

The referendum issue was covered in the local newspapers numerous times, in the Port Moody Focus mail-out from the city, another direct mailing from the city, advance poll notices as well as various social media outlets and the city’s website. For the odd person who claims they didn’t know about the referendum, I suspect that’s more of a statement of their general awareness. Nor is it relevant; if people don’t turn out to vote for whatever reason, the results still stand. People need to live with their action or, in this case, inaction.

As does city council.

Whatever the reason for the low turnout, Port Moody council’s decision to over-rule the outcome of the referendum is shameful.

It seems now that certain council members already knew they didn’t want to borrow the funds but didn’t have the courage to actually say no to the lobbying fire department and instead advocated for a costly public referendum, hoping they could use the public to do their dirty work.

Kudos to the two councillors who acknowledged those of us who voted and were prepared to abide by voter decision. As for the rest of council, do not hold referenda if you are not prepared to live with the results.

Now I have to go explain to my daughter what a farce the responsibility of voting just turned out to be.

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The truth is that an email from office of MP and Conservative candidate James Moore was sent to CIVIC IC, which co-ordinated invitations to all candidates, and during the event, the exact content of the letter was read to the audience on Mr. Moore’s behalf.

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The Editor, Re. “Hall of a change” (The Tri-City News, April 29).

I find it astonishing that after more than a year of planning, at the last minute Port Moody council decided to defeat the bylaw to borrow money to build a new fire hall.

While I agree the referendum turnout was abysmal, in the end, the yes vote was 57.6%.

The plan should have been fully developed before getting to this point.

To say, after spending more than a year and $30,000 that the city needs to consider other options is ridiculous.

Did council really put a $16-million plan before the public without first considering all of the options?

Jason Hulbert, Port Moody

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The province has rejected Metro Vancouver’s call to force a quick end to the impasse with the city of Coquitlam over the new regional growth plan that has been accepted by all other member cities.

Instead of binding arbitration, Metro must follow a 60-day nonbinding process to resolve the dispute with Coquitlam, starting by May 16. Regional district directors were notified of the decision from community, sport and cultural development minister Ida Chong at a Metro board meeting Friday.

Metro officials had previously said they saw no chance of reaching agreement with Coquitlam on the new regional growth strategy without going to arbitration.

Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan, chair of the regional planning committee, said he’s deeply concerned the timelines will make the growth strategy a political football in civic elections this fall, with the risk it will be unravelled if new councils are elected in November vowing to renegotiate the accord.

“I dread that possibility,” Corrigan said.

“Those who have tried to obstruct the plan are succeeding — with the help of the minister.”

The holdout Coquitlam council rejected the new plan as inconsistent, riddled with exemptions and vesting too much control in the hands of the regional board.

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By Todd Coyne THE TRI-CITY NEWS

C o q u i t l a m RC M P identified the body of an elderly woman found on a hiking trail near the Coquitlam River Saturday as that of 75-year-old Donna Rasmussen, who had been missing from her home for several days.

Police do not believe foul play was involved in the woman’s death but their investigation is continuing.

Eleven bear sightings in Port Coq. As many as 11 bear sightings have been recorded in Port Coquitlam in recent weeks, prompting the city to remind homeowners to keep their garbage locked up or in containers with bear-resistant locks and wait until between 5:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. to set it out on the curb on garbage day.

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Rasmussen was last seen leaving her Suffolk Avenue home in Port Coquitlam for a walk shortly after noon on Tuesday, April 26. When she did not return home by 4 p.m. as expected, Rasmussen’s daughter phoned the police, who

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TRI-CITYY LIFE PORT MOODY ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY FACTS • Volunteers: 40 • Membership: 200

KEY DATES

> 1979

• First year that salmon was raised for Noons Creek by Brian and Margaret Waite in their yard on Maude Road with Department of Fisheries and Oceans approval (taken over

by Rick Simpson when couple moves).

> 1990 • Inaugural meeting of Port Moody Ecological Society (PMES) with Simpson as president.

> 1991 • PMES registered as a society.

• Rearing pond for coho salmon dug.

• 1,000 juvenile salmon from Mossom Creek released in Noons Creek with the help of children.

• First issue of newsletter the Town Crier.

> 1993 • Noons Creek hatchery built with donated materials and volunteer support.

> 1995 • First school programs begin and Jim Mattson explores the use of the worldwide web as an education and communication tool; PMES concerned about PoMo’s Neighbourhoods 3 and 4 being developed into housing.

> 1996 • Court case halts Neighbourhoods 3 and 4 plan, land later designated as Bert Flinn Park.

• Spawning channels dug by hand around the hatchery and next to the creek; these are added to over the years as coho use them to escape storms.

> 2010 • PMES opposes plans for construction of 27 houses north of Cranberry Court and east of West Noons Creek because of concerns more development will cause the creek to dry up in the summer. Although the developer, ParkLane, promised to install interceptor channels to catch storm run off and manage forest conditions, city council unanimously votes against rezoning.

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For 20 years, something fishy PoMo Ecological Society celebrates 2 decades of raising fish, awareness

By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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Today, there is tangible evidence of this early vision. All it takes is a walk off the beaten path next to the Port Moody rec complex to see the handiwork of this pioneering group.

Under a canopy of budding trees, next to a warren of inter-connected side channels — all dug by hand — a band of dedicated volunteers is preparing the thousands of chum fry that will be released into the PoMo creek this weekend during the annual Fingerling Festival.

It’s with some apparent reluctance that Dave Bennie, PMES vice-president, pulls himself away from the work to turn his attention to the queries of a Tri-City Newss reporter. There is no question this hands-on guy whose own father, Doug, was a founding PMES member, would rather be gathering chum fry or getting his hands dirty on some other PMES project than get questioned by a reporter.

“Oh, just a minute,” Bennie interjects as he lunges forward with a doggie biscuit, which he offers to a black lab that is being escorted around the hatchery by two mothers pushing strollers.

According to Bennie, dog-walkers are some of the group’s biggest allies. They are the eyes and the ears of Noons Creek and Shoreline Park, Bennie says, and the biscuit is a way to keep them and their pets onside.

“We’ve got piles of people coming through here,” he says. “We build up a rapport with the people through their dogs.”

Whatever works. But keeping the community involved and interested in issues of importance to Noons Creek has been crucial for PMES since the beginning. Raising coho and chum by the thousands hasn’t been the only focus, although the group has become quite proficient in stocking the local creek. In fact, the group understood early in its development that education is key and has spent a considerable amount of time and energy in engaging the community in various ways: through the annual Fingerling Festival, which draws about 4,000 people; with school field trips, a website and newsletter; and, more recently, on Facebook and Twitter.

Today, PMES is a well-recognized fixture in the city and its hatchery is as popular as any tourist attraction.

Bennie is thrilled that each new generation takes an interest in the creek and many young visitors later become volunteers.

“Diversity” is how Bennie describes the group today, a broad collection of old-timers, students seeking degrees in environmental sciences and new Canadians who are learning about their country by getting involved in creek stewardship.

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Dave Bennie (above) and John Dunn (below) of Port Moody Ecological Society volunteer at the group’s Noons Creek Hatchery, which will be the site on Saturday of the hugely popular annual Fingerling Festival.

JOIN IN THE FINGERLING FESTIVAL This year, the Port Moody Ecological Society celebrates 20 years with one of its largest Fingerling Festivals ever. The event will be held Saturday, May 7 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Noons Creek Hatchery and PoMo rec centre.

Children’s performers Bobs and Lolo will be in concert at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. (see Arts, page 30) 0 and there will be a hot dog lunch, as well as displays from more than 50 environmental organizations. Local children will also get to release 40,000 young salmon for their four-year journey at sea. Kid-friendly food donations for the food bank run by Share Family and Community Services are welcome.

WANT TO VISIT? Members of the public are welcome to the Noons Creek Hatchery on Saturdays between 9 and 11 a.m. for a tour and to chat about the various volunteer opportunities, including water quality testing, feeding the fish and removing invasive species,

ments, such as Klahanie and Suter Brook, are arriving as curious onlookers and are signing up to become members and volunteers. Bennie said the new volunteers represent a United Nations of countries and cultures, from China, Korea and India to Russia, Croatia and Bosnia. see A UNITED NATIONS NATIONS,, page 18

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At the camps, kids participate in a range of educational and fun activities, including animal-themed games, skits and crafts; as well, there will be guest speakers and more.

“The highlight for many of the kids who take part in our camps is the time they spend every day interacting with, and learning about, small animals such as cats, rats and other small, furry creatures,” BC SPCA’s humane education manager, Paula Neuman, said in a press release. (All dogs participating in the camps have been temperament-tested by SPCA

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In addition to learning about pet care, animal health and welfare, Neuman said the children will come away with a wealth of knowledge about farm animal welfare, wild animals, the environment and careers in the field of animal welfare.

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Camps run Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and cost $170 per person. There are two weeks of camp at BC SPCA’s PoCo branch: July 11 to 15 and July 18 to 22. Camps are open to children ages eight to 12 years. Kids can be dropped off at 9 a.m. at the earliest, and picked up at 4 p.m. at the latest.

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A United Nations of volunteers continued from page 15 “We took a picture of all of us and I was the only person who had been born and raised in B.C.,” Bennie jokes.

The group’s flagship event, the Fingerling Festival, is another avenue for connecting with the community, especially youngsters who come to dip their buckets into the inlet as toddlers and return, like spawning salmon a decade or more later, with their own children in tow.

“Last year, we had to have valet parking for strollers. There were so many on the boardwalk, it was a traffic jam,” recalled Bennie, who took the festival under his wing a few years ago and grew it from a small event to one of the largest stewardship celebrations in the Lower Mainland, boasting more than 50 groups attending with displays and activities in Port Moody’s recreation centre.

Making people more aware of the importance of Noons Creek is important, Bennie says, because people can lose perspective in the rush to create their dream home and idyllic lifestyle. The thoughtless dumping of hot tub water into a storm drain can release chemicals into the creek that can kill fish while over-fertilizing of lawns creates algae blooms that clog up the intake valve

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Releasing thousands of salmon fry into Port Moody’s Noons Creek is one part of Saturday’s Fingerling Festival. that pumps water into the hatchery tanks and rearing pond.

According to anecdotal records, Noons Creek was abundant with chum and coho salmon as recently as the 1960s. But development has slowly encroached on the watershed, leaving the creek vulnerable to sudden surges during winter storms.

Rainwater, which in nature percolates through the ground, instead pours off impermeable roofs,

roads and driveways into storm drains and down creeks, dislodging boulders, flushing out the gravel and taking the fish with it. Creeks are also drier in the summer in developed areas because rainwater doesn’t percolate through concrete same way it does through soil.

During its history, PMES, along with the Burke Mountain Naturalists, has been a voice for better environmental stewardship dur-

ing construction of many developments in Port Moody, including Heritage Mountain, Suter Brook Village and Klahanie, calling for measures to enhance green spaces around new development.

PMES is credited as a partner in helping to establish the Suter Brook greenway and its members were invited to relocate frogs during construction.

As recently as last year, PMES fought a 27-house development proposed by developer ParkLane because of concerns it could potentially harm the creek.

“Dealing with those issues has always been important to us,” says Elaine Golds, a long time PMES member who spoke out against the ParkLane development. “If the creek dries up, it can’t support the coho, which live in it all year. It would cease being a coho stream and we know historically that’s what it was, and we want to keep it that way.”

Golds (who is The TriCity News’ Green Scene columnist) said educating the public about the importance of the creek continues to be a major focus for the group, and the reason it has contin-

ued to expand its outreach in as many avenues as possible, including encouraging people to become volunteers. People enjoy getting involved in a group where they can get their hands dirty and feel a sense of pride that they are doing something for the environment.

“We can offer at least two hours of pleasant work in the sunshine,” she says with a laugh.

Measuring the success of volunteer efforts is more difficult. Bennie says it hasn’t been easy to mark a trend line for improved coho and chum salmon returns over the years, despite all the work that goes into rearing and releasing salmon and measuring water quality in six streams around the inlet. Some years, 40,000 chum are released and only a dozen return; in other years, 20,000 coho are released and 200 to 300 return.

“It’s like a box of chocolates from that movie, you never know what you’re going to get.”

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Sun., May 8 Mother’s Day Picnic in Lions Park Lions Park, Lions Way at Shaughnessy 8:30am – 3pm Enjoy a wonderful Mother’s Day Picnic at Lions Park co-sponsored by Costco Wholesale, picnic highlights listed below;

PoCo Heritage Society Park Walk 10pm – Begins and ends at Lions Park Bryan Ness will lead this Walk of Downtown PoCo Parks rain or shine. Meet behind the concession.

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FRIDAY, MAY 6 • A Trip Around the World in One Night: A Multicultural Technology Fundraising Event, 6-9 p.m., Pinetree Way elementary school, Coquitlam.

Discover the cultures that make up the Pinetree Way school community with visual displays, interactive stations and musical, poetry and dance performances as well as food. Tickets: $3 for children and seniors, $5 for adults, available at the door.

• Documentary “The Inside Job” will be shown at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo. This film deals with the 2007-2009 financial crisis and traces the rise of a rogue industry that has corrupted politics and regulation.

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• The Ladies Legion Auxiliary Branch 133 we have a table of baked goods for sale after the PoCo May Day parade, near the Elks Hall at Leigh Square.

• Social Justice Film Festival at Trinity United Church, 2211 Prairie Ave., PoCo starting at 10 a.m.

Morning films include “Food, Inc.”(a critical look at modern systems of food production, health risks and horrors), “The New American Century,” “Guns for Hire” and “Afghanistan, Guns, Drugs and Money”. Admission: $10 for the whole day or $5 for half the day; $2 for low income/students.

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• Fingerling Festival, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Noons Creek Hatchery and Port Moody rec complex.

Kids can release young salmon from the hatchery into the creek. Bobs & Lolo will perform, 50 environmental organizations, displays, kids activities. Admission: free. Kid-friendly food bank items accepted for Share Society’s food bank.

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MAY 17: PLANTS FOR SALE • Dogwood Garden Club annual plant sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Centennial Room at Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Great selection of perennials from club members’ gardens plus annuals, vegetables, herbs and hanging baskets. Member gardeners on site to answer questions, free admission. Info: Shelley, 604-936-0874.

SUNDAY, MAY 8 • Riverview Horticultural Centre Society hosts a Mother’s Day guided tree walk on the Riverview Hospital grounds, leaving at 1 p.m. from the upper entrance of the Henry Esson Young Building. For a site map, visit www.rhcs. org. Info: 604-290-9910.

• Hang Tough Arthritis Community Group meets, 1 p.m., at the Astoria Retirement Home, 2245 Kelly Ave., PoCo. Speaker: Gulzar Hassan, RN on nutrition and arthritis. All persons with arthritis and or/their supporters welcome.

TUESDAY, MAY 10 • Burke Mountain Naturalists meeting, 7:30 p.m. at Como Lake United Church, corner of King Albert Avenue and Marmont Street, Coquitlam.

Speaker: David Hancock on “The Nesting Bald Eagles of B.C. – The Eagle-cam Story.” Free and open to the public. Info: www.bmn.bc.ca or 604937-3483.

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THURSDAY, MAY 12 • Fast-Brained Kids of Coquitlam, a support group for parents of highly-able or “fast-brainedâ€? kids, welcomes parents and others connected to gifted education to a presentation by P. Susan Jackson titled “Gifted Children: a Documentary and Discussion,â€? 6:30 p.m., Gallery Room at Winslow Centre, 1100 Winslow Ave., Coquitlam; admission: $10 (adults only). There will also be two concurrent kids’ programs for children of parents in attendance at Jackson’s session: Science Alive! – Marine Biology, open to children aged 8-11 years; cost: $10. Also: The Great Smartini does magic and humour; open to children 10-12 years; cost: $15. RSVP required for adult

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Bobs & Lolo — aka Robyn Hardy (at right) and Lorraine Pond — will perform at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday as part of the 20th annual Fingerling Festival at the Noons Creek hatchery and Port Moody rec centre (300 Ioco Rd., Port Moody). Admission to the festival is free; however, a kid-friendly food donation is accepted for the Share food bank.

Three’s company for Bobs & Lolo Treehouse TV personalities to perform two free shows on Saturday

By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS

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f you notice Lolo dancing and jumping a little less during her show with Bobs at this Saturday’s Fingerling Festival in Port Moody, she has good reason.

Lolo is eight months pregnant.

In fact, all summer long, the superstar children’s entertainers and Juno-award nominees are planning to scale things back after Lolo — aka Lorraine Pond — gives birth to her first child next month.

But not back too much.

“When you’re self-employed, there’s no maternity leave,” Pond said. “And it’s hard to say no [to bookings]. We feel there’s some really great momentum right now with our music and the direction our careers are going.”

They have, however, made special accommodations for the newborn by recruiting Pond’s husband as a “roadie” (that is, the baby holder) and Pond’s mother, a 30-year pediatric nurse, to help with their July and August performances.

Pond admits the past few months being pregnant have been busy and, sometimes, emotional.

Last fall, she and Bobs — aka Robyn Hardy — wrote 14 original songs for their fourth album, Connecting The Dots, and, over the winter, recorded them (the CD will be available at the PoMo Fingerling Festival before it hits retail stores later

Bobs & Lolo’s fourth CD, Connecting The Dots, is available this month at retail stores. this month).

A couple of the tracks were penned with the baby in mind, Pond said, noting one tune called Family Tree. “There’s a line about a brand-new bud is starting to show and a new baby’s on the way. That’s where I cry,” she said.

And there’s also a lullaby on the CD that Pond’s been singing often to her unborn child.

She describes her pregnancy as “great,” thanks in part to her eight years on stage as a children’s

entertainer.

Friends for 25 years, Pond and Hardy formally began their act in 2007. Four years prior, Pond was an environmental educator with the Vancouver Aquarium and Hardy taught elementary school.

One night, Nanaimo natives and now Vancouver residents were talking about the value of music in the classroom when they realized they should write songs for kids, too.

They debuted their first five tunes at B.C. Children’s Hospital and “we sang those five songs over and over again and that was it,” Pond remembered. “That was the launch of Bobs and Lolo. We didn’t know it would turn into a career.”

Luck struck two years ago when, as Hardy put it, their music videos were “put in front of the right people at the right time” for Canada’s preschool television network, Treehouse (Cable 43).

Since then, their videos have played in heavy rotation. “It’s been so incredible to have national exposure,” Hardy said, with Pond noting the pair plan to create more content after her baby is born.

As for their somewhat low-impact summer schedule, Pond hopes parents and their young ones will understand.

“It’s the perfect genre to be going through this,” said the soon-to-be mom, adding, “I feel so supported by our fans. The parents and kids are just as excited.

“When parents tell their kids that Lolo has a baby growing inside of her, we get the cutest fan mail ever. It’s not just [addressed] to Bobs and Lolo anymore: It’s Bobs and Lolo and baby.” jwarren@tricitynews.com

Seven community theatre groups in the region that includes the TriCities will perform their best stage plays of the season in Coquitlam next week.

Starting Sunday, the g roups — w h i c h i nvo l v e three clubs from Coquitlam — will vie for the chance to represent the Fraser Valley Zone at the Theatre BC provincial festival in Kamloops in July, competing against nine other zones from around B.C. This year’s Fraser Valley contest, called Still Standing, will see each of the seven arts organizations perform on separate nights from May 8 to 14 at the Evergreen Culture Centre (1205 Pinetree Way) and be adjudicated by Andrew McIlroy, one of C a n a d a ’s m o s t sought-after teache r s a n d wh o s e acting credits include Battlestar Galactica (as Jacob Cantrell), Smallvillee and The L Word.

Co-hosting the zone event in Coquitlam is Theatrix Youtheatre, which won the 2010 zone fest for having the best ensemble cast with Little Women, and Stage 43, which not only clinched the zone’s best production prize for Ravenscroft but also went on to win the B.C. title at Mainstage last year.

Stage 43 will launch the zone fest on Sunday with Hay Fever, a Noel Coward comedy about the Bliss family weekend; the local group recently wrapped up the show at ECC. And Theatrix will close the competition with a matinee performance off Into the see THEATRIX,, page 33

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Mother’s Day with Sinatra

By Larry Pruner THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Three years ago, Rick Valiant re-discovered a gift he always knew he had but never truly unveiled it.

His voice.

And who better and more challenging to emulate than the famous crooner Frank VALIANT Sinatra, whom Valiant will pay tribute to — as he has often done — in a special pre-Mother’s Day performance Saturday at Port Moody’s Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.) at 8 p.m.

A sales consultant for a moving company by day and Sinatra song-man by night, the “50-something” Valiant began living his passion to perform shortly after overcoming his battle with alcoholism.

He has been clean and sober for four years, has “a whole new life” and has since visited and sang with other tribute artists in Sinatra’s very hometown of Hoboken, N.J. He also competed recently in a Frank Sinatra Idol competition at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas during the city’s renowned Tribute Artist and Impersonator Convention on Freemont Street. “[Singing to] Sinatra has always come naturally to me,” said Valiant, an Ontario native and Burnaby resident who moved to B.C. in 1980. “His words are easy to sing and are always telling stories. We all have things we like to do outside our regular duties.

“I like to think I help keep his stuff alive.”

Valiant said his trip to Hoboken was “unbelievable” and that matching tunes with 15 or so other Sinatra loyalists was both interesting and challenging.

Same went for Vegas.

“The Vegas experience really opened my eyes,” Valiant said. “There are more and more [tribute performers] now and the winner was really, really good. That was my first time there and I’d like to go back and give it another crack.”

If anybody has watched Sinatra sing, they’ll quickly notice that he always did so seemingly effortless while holding his antiquated microphone a fair distance from his mouth, something Valiant takes great pride in being able to replicate.

“I’m hoping that’s what people feel from me... that it’s natural,” Valiant said. “That’s the best way to be. “I’m fortunate I’m able to do that, I’ve been told.”

Joining Valiant on Saturday will be the Blue Morris nine-piece swing band, which adds a special feel and sound, he said.

• For tickets, call 604-931-2008 and/or visit www.rickyvaliant.com for more details. lpruner@tricitynews.com

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Oscar winner launches film fest

By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS

T h e f i f t h a n nu a l Social Justice Film Festival in Por t Coquitlam opens this week with this year’s Oscar-winning documentary feature.

The movie Inside Job, directed by Charles Ferguson about the financial crisis of 2007 to ‘10, will start the festival on Friday at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church (2211 Prairie Ave.).

Organizer Derek Kootte said he was able to secure licensing for the 10 documentaries and docu-dramas as his group is a non-profit society; proceeds from the event will support the

church’s outreach programs to help those in need.

The aim of the festival “is to increase awareness about social justice around the world and to engage people,” Kootte said, noting audience members can take part in a discussion about the film and the issues it raises after each showing.

Besides the Friday movie, of which admission is by donation, the festival will run Saturday, May 7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Kootte acknowledged the timing of the festival is “unfortunate” given the city is hosting the 88th annual May Day parade that day;

however, “we hope people can celebrate May Day and then come see a movie to see how the rest of the world is living,” he said.

The Saturday line-up is as follows: • 10 a.m. Food, Inc.: Nominated for an Academy Award, this 2008 American documentary narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser looks at corporate farming practices in the United States.

• The New American Century: Massimo Mazzucco’s film that explores the reasons behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

• 11:30 a.m. Guns For

Hire: A documentary about the secretive world of private military companies.

• Afghanistan: Drugs, Guns and Money:: A film that follows the opium crops and drug trafficking routes heading north from Afghanistan to Europe.

• 1:30 p.m. With God on Our Side: This movie takes a look at the theolo g y of Christian Zionism.

• Crude, The Real Price of Oil: A re-telling of the epic battle with Chevron over the Ecuadorian Amazon.

• 3 p.m. Wiki Rebels: A docu-drama by Swedish television about Wi k i l e a k s ’ fo u n d e r Julian Assange.

• A c t s o f Transformation, War Toys to Peace Art: A short film that documents students, teachers and community members on violent toys and video games.

• The Coca Cola Case: A searing indictment of the pop company and its alleged criminal activities against union leaders in Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey.

Tickets to the Social Justice Film Festival are $10 for the day or $5 for half a day ($2 for seniors/students).

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Top PdA students perform at awards gala on Saturday Place des Arts’ music and dance students who clinched cash accolades this year will be honoured — and will perform — at the Coquitlam facility’s annual awards gala on Saturday.

Nine students earned scholarships for their talent in music, dance and visual arts while four were awarded bursaries to further their arts education.

The scholarship recipients: are Chi Cheuk Yung (piano), Jordon Yep (piano), Aiishe BrockoppRayne (jazz dance) and Benjamin Chang (piano) for PdA scholarships; Rachel Dill (fibre arts) for the W.H. Sclater Memorial Award; Sasha Poon (violin) for advanced musical studies scholarship; Joy Shim for the Elliott Harty Piano scholarship; Seok Hee Jang (clarinet) for the The Leonore Peyton Memorial Award; and Toria Kindersley (ballet) for the Coquitlam Maillardville Heritage Trust Award.

The May 7 show happens at 7 p.m. in the Leonore Peyton Salon at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.). Admission is by donation and reservations are needed by calling 604-664-1636.

Chamber Choir in a Mother’s Day show at a Coquitlam church on Sunday.

The 3 p.m. event is part of the Joan West Memorial Concert series at Our Lady of Fatima Church (315 Walker St.) that is supporting parish youth who will attend World Youth Day in Spain this summer.

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Burke Mountain resident and folk/blues musician Pam Goessaert will play The Gathering Place at Leigh Square Community Arts Village on May 13 while the Mersey-Dixon Line Steppers and Coastal Sound Youth Choir will perform in a double bill on May 27.

Admission is $5 at the door (1100-2253 Leigh Sq., PoCo). The open mic starts at 7:30 p.m. with the feature act on at 9 p.m. (there is no open stage on May 27).

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Woods Junior, a family musical about Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and other children’s literature characters.

Another Coquitlam group in the line-up is ABC Let’s Act, which will present Cinderellas 2: The Fairy Tale Continuess — also a family musical that follows the rags-to-riches princess as she travels the world.

Winners for, among other things, best production, set design, acting and direction will be named at the end of the zone fest on the evening of Saturday, May 14 with a gala that is open to the public; tickets are $30 or $20 for Theatre BC members.

Around since 1932, Theatre BC currently serves 70 community theatre groups around the province.

• For single tickets or festival passes, call the Evergreen Cultural Centre box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

For more information about Still Standing, visit www.fvzfestival.theatrebc.org.

The zone festival is sponsored in part by The TriCity News. jwarren@tricitynews.com

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The seven plays showing at Still Standing, Theatre BC’s Fraser Valley Zone: • May 8: Hay Fever (Stage 43, Coquitlam) 8 p.m.

• May 9: Dog Sees God — Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead (Coup d’Etat Theatre, Chiliwack) 8 p.m.

• May 10: Cinderellas 2 (ABC Let’s Act, Coquitlam) 8 p.m.

• May 11: A Murder of Crows (Surrey Little Theatre, Surrey) 8 p.m.

• May 12: Anne (Emerald Pig Theatrical Society, Maple Ridge) 8 p.m.

• May 13: Lost in Yonkerss (Langley Players Drama Club, Langley) 8 p.m.

• May 14: Into the Woods, Jr. (Theatrix Youtheatre, Coquitlam) 1 p.m.

Above, Emily Black plays Cinderella in Into the Woods, Jr., the Theatrix Youtheatre production that runs at the zone festival on May 14 at 1 p.m.

CALENDAR • May 6: The 15th annual Korean Dance Festival, Red Robinson Show Theatre (2080 United Blvd., Coquitlam), 7 p.m.

Tickets and information via www.ticketmaster and www.koreandance.ca.

• May 6 and 7: Social Justice Film Festival (Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Trinity United Church (2211 Prairie Ave., Port Coquitlam). Tickets $10/$5/$2. Call 604-9420022.

• Until May 7: Stage 43’s Hay Fever by Noel Coward, 8 p.m., Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way). Call 604927-6555 or visit www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

• May 7: Bobs and Lolo, 20th annual Fingerling Festival, Port Moody Ecological Society, also includes displays children’s activities and the release of 40,000 young salmon, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Bobs and Lolo shows at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Noons Creek Hatchery (behind the Port Moody rec centre at 300 Ioco Rd.).

Call 604-469-9106 or visit www.noonscreek.org.

• May 7: Mother’s Day Heritage Tea, Mackin House Museum (1116 Brunette Ave.), 2 p.m. Call 604-516-6151.

• May 8 to 14: Theatre BC (Fraser Valley Zone Festival), hosted by Theatrix and Stage 43, Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Visit www.fvzfestival.theatrebc.org.

• May 12: Opening reception at Place des Arts (1120 Brunette Ave.) for new exhibit by Federation of Canadian Artists’ (Fraser Valley Chapter) This Earth if Ours; A Renaissance Woman Artist

by Doris Paterson; and Birds of Paradise by Lili Masbough, 7 p.m. Call 604-664-1636.

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Hot Fox guard turns up Heat Bret Macdonald inks with UBC Okanagan

By Larry Pruner THE TRI-CITY NEWS

F

itting that the hottest player on the Terry Fox Ravens during the B.C. AAA senior boys high school basketball championships in March is joining the Heat.

Point guard Bret Macdonald, who guided the Ravens to third spot at the provincials in Langley in March with a team-high 19.5 points-per-game average, has agreed to parade with Kelowna’s UBC Okanagan Heat come fall for the next Canada West university men’s basketball season.

IN QUOTES A first all-star at provincials after adding 6.25 assists per outing and legging out 157 of a possible 160 minutes of playing time during them, Macdonald realizes the step up to the university ranks is a big one that will demand he Bret Macdonald polish up his game some.

“I plan on being the hardest-working member of the Heat,” said Macdonald, a sixfoot-one, 190-pound ball-control specialist whose dad is prominent Vancouver sports broadcaster Barry Macdonald.

“I like to play hard and leave everything on the floor.”

Heat head coach Darren Semeniuk said he’s had his eye on Macdonald since he recruited Fox forward Mack Roth the previous year.

“Every game I watched Bret play in his Grade 12 year I noticed how he just kept getting better and better,” Semeniuk said. “I’m very excited for him and the team.”

Macdonald considers himself “a pass-first point guard that can score when needed” and his Fox coach Rich Chambers sees his star pupil making a quick impact on what will only be the Heat’s second year in the competitive Canada West conference.

“I takes a lot for a kid to go into a new program and try to help put it on the map,” Chambers said. “It’s a lot easier to go into an established program where that pressure to perform right away isn’t as immediate.

“Bret’s worked very hard at his game... he’s improved his ball-handling skills and his outside shot. His work ethic and drive would help any university he elects to attend.”

Macdonald attended a Heat game last season and was impressed with what he saw in the team and its coach.

“I really connected with the way [Semeniuk] coached during the game, especially his interaction and coaching of the players,” said Macdonald, who plans to enter the Bachelor of Arts program with the possibility of later transferring into Human Kinetics or Education. “This is the perfect situation for me to pursue my degree [and] I get to do something I love –– play basketball.”

“I plan on being the hardest-working member of the Heat.”

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Coquitlam Metro-Ford Xtreme goalie Emily Wilson collides with Surrey United’s Katie Thorlakson during a Provincial Cup women’s soccer game Sunday at Cloverdale Athletic Park.

Best boots foes Natalie Kazmerek collected two goals as the first-place Dr. Charles Blue Devils blanked the Terry Fox Ravens 4-0 in a Fraser Valley North AAA senior girls high school soccer game Monday.

Lindsey Munroe and Ally Trentor also tallied for the Best, who could clinch the league crown today (Wednesday) versus North Surrey.

Reds split twinbill in N. Delta Coquitlam Reds racked up the runs in game one Sunday, then got rocked in game two.

The Reds built a 4-0 second-inning lead and sailed to an 8-2 victory over the North Delta Blue Jays in the first game of a B.C. Premier Baseball League doubleheader at Mackie Park.

The nightcap was an entirely different story, as the Blue Jays exploded for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break open one-run game on

way to a 7-2 triumph.

The split left the Reds tied for fifth in the 11-team loop with a 5-3 record, while the Blue Jays moved to 5-5.

Max Hollingworth and Jordan Varga had a double and RBI apiece to lead the Reds in their win, while pitchers Jeff Heidema and Jordan Ramirez combined on a five-hitter.

In Coquitlam’s loss, Ramirez led all Reds with two hits, including a double, and two RBI.

NEWS FILE PHOTO

Terry Fox Ravens’ Bret Macdonald is seen here competing in the B.C. AAA boys high school hoop finals in Langley in March.

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Located in the Kitimat region of British Columbia, the Kitimat, Kemano and Watershed operations are part of Rio Tinto Alcan Primary Metal North America. Over the next four years, the Kitimat Smelter will convert from 1950s reduction technology to the most advanced version of AP40 technology. This new smelter will have a maximum aluminum production capacity of 420 000 tonnes per year, primarily supplying the Asian markets.

Rio Tinto Alcan is seeking a qualified person to fill the role of: MAINTENANCE PLANNER Under Coordinator/Manager supervision, the Maintenance Planner will plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the operations of a particular production department. Technical aspects include but are not limited to: - Develop accurate work estimates for labour, material, tools, etc.

- Develop and implement efficient job plans - Ensure safety risk assessments and remediation plans are done prior to scheduling - Coordinate procurement of materials, parts staging for planned work The preferred candidate will possess an Interprovincial Trades qualification and/or Technical experience (educational or work experience).

A minimum of 3-5 years related experience in an industrial setting is preferred and the candidate will be one whose #1 priority is safety in the workplace.

We offer an attractive remuneration package, a range of Rio Tinto benefits, as well as the sought after opportunity to develop and expand upon your knowledge and experience with a world leader in the industry. Northern residency and experience working in a cross-cultural environment, coupled with knowledge of the unique challenges and opportunities presented to those living in the North, are assets.

To apply, please submit an on-line application directly at our website at www.riotinto.com/careers before Friday, May 13th, 2011.

Rio Tinto Alcan would like to thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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Advertising Representative Burnaby NewsLeader New Westminster NewsLeader This is a fantastic opportunity to develop a rewarding career in advertising and marketing.

The Burnaby NewsLeader & New Westminster NewsLeader are divisions of Black Press Ltd., Canada’s largest independent newspaper company, with more than 180 community, daily and urban newspapers in B.C., Alberta, Washington State, Ohio and Hawaii, and extensive online operations with over 250 websites. Black Press is also Western Canada’s largest privately-held commercial printer with 14 printing plants.

The NewsLeader is the recent recipient of the Suburban Newspapers of America 2009 First Place Best Community Newspaper, circulation 37,500+, plus has won or been nominated in eleven categories for the 2010 SNAs, CCNAs, and BCYCNAs, including winning a CCNA Blue Ribbon award.

If you are a highly creative individual with an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment and have good interpersonal and sales skills, we would like to meet you.

To apply, please forward your resume with a cover letter to: Tracy Keenan, Publisher 7438 Fraser Park Drive Burnaby, BC V5J 5B9 Email: publisher@burnabynewsleader.com publisher@newwestnewsleader.com Deadline for applications is: May 20th, 2011 Burnaby

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NEWSLEADER NEWSLEADER www.blackpress.ca

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AUJLAS’ FARMS LTD FARM LABOURERS required 5 or 6 Days/Week 40 or 50 Hours/Week $9.28/Hour Horticultural work such as: Planting, pruning, spacing and harvesting the crop.

Employment starts early July’11 Submit your application to: 604-789-5695 or by Fax:604-465-9340 or by mail:12554 Woolridge Rd., Pitt Meadows, B.C. V3Y 1Z1

WE’RE ON THE WEB www.bcclassified.com

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HELP WANTED

Carriers Needed The following routes are now available to deliver the NEWS in the Tri-City area:

Make it yours.

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ASSEMBLY WORK in manufacturing, P/T, 2-3 days/wk. Some exp helpful, Pt Moody. 604-461-3747 Attention Students SUMMER WORK Flex. sched., $17 base-appt, customer sales/svc, cond. apply. No exp needed. 604678-1065 summeropenings.ca COME & PLAY! Casual games dealer positions available at Grand Villa Casino www.gatewaycasinos.com COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY requires F/T Driver, Must have driver Licence 10 yrs. Good Knowledge of lower mainland and Fraser Valley.

Knowledge of inventory control and good customer skills. Experience driving 5 ton an asset. $1925 per hour. Drop-off resume to 204-1515 Broadway St. Port Coquitlam.

CONCRETE FINISHERS. Edmonton-based company seeks experienced concrete finishers for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; John@RaidersConcrete.com.

Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103.

DAR-CAR TRUCKING LTD. is now hiring log & gravel truck drivers & buncher, skidder & processor operators. Please fax resume 403638-4378 or call 403-638-3645 or email: conlog@telusplanet.net

6038 606-749 Carleton Dr 303-432 Princeton Ave 802-884 Washington Dr (even) 602-622 Waterloo Dr 505-566 Yale Rd 9724 2602-2641 Auburn Pl 2630-2646 Brewster Dr 1327-1341 Erksine St 1330-1340 Talbot Crt

Early Childhood Education Field Consultant for Practicum

RMC is seeking a part-time ECE Field Consultant for our Practicum Students.

Requirements: Licensed Early Childhood Educator with a min. of 5 years’ experience, good spoken and written English, flexible hours, starts immediately.

Application deadline: May 15.

Send resume, copy of License to Practice along with a cover letter stating your practice philosophy to: Janet Webster, ECE Coordinator Ridge Meadows College 20575 Thorne Ave. Maple Ridge, BC V2X 9A6 E-mail: jwebster@sd42.ca Fax: 604-463-5437

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A well-established Highway, Heavy Civil and Mining Construction Contractor in Southern BC is seeking an experienced Civil Construction Superintendent for a fulltime, year-round position.

You must be a highly motivated, self-starting individual. Responsibilities to include: • The planning and scheduling of day to day construction operations including personnel and equipment delegation.

Demonstrate and develop a positive relationship with all staff, owners and subcontractors.

Knowledge of all aspects of WCB and Ministry of Mines Regulations.

Ensure all safety values are met or exceeded.

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Please forward Resume in the strictest of confidence to:

8507 1381-1439 Cambridge Dr (odd) 677-701 Gatensbury St 680-687 Keneng Crt 670-675 Madera Crt 1406-1432 Milford Ave 661-689 Schoolhouse St 1319-1431 Smith Ave

FABRICATORS

6079 101 Parkside Dr 9885 1570-1581 Agate Pl 2553-2599 Diamond Cres 2520-2651 Jade Pl 1550-1581 Topaz Crt 6003 2201-2235 Brookmount Dr (odd side) 101-214 Clearview Dr 170-208 Edward Cres 200-239 Moray St 3209-3234 Pinda Dr 3210-3290 Portview Pl 8619 1064-1081 Buoy Dr 2500-2530 Cable Crt 2503-2524 Channel Crt 2502-2550 Dewdney Trunk Rd 2513-2550 Quay Pl 1075-1077 Viewmount Dr (odd) 9119 3625-3680 Edinburgh St 3624-3696 Flint St 1900-2172 Lincoln Ave 3647-3691 Oxford St 1901-2172 Patricia Ave 2171 Shaughnessy St 3655 Shaughnessy St 3624-3694 St Anne St 2152-2171 Stirling Ave 9266 1326-1368 Chelsea Ave 1308-1392 Halifax Ave 1217-1289 Lincoln Dr (odd) 3815-3876 Toronto St 1321-1388 Windsor Ave

@ 604-472-3042

WILD & CRAZY, CAN’T BE LAZY

FLAGGERS NEEDED If not certified, training available for a fee. Call 604-575-3944 REQUIRED: TJ HD Mechanics for Southern Interior Road Maintenance Company’s Lillooet location.

Fax resume to (250)374-4114 or email joannam@dawcon.com. For further information

Up to $20 per hr, 40 hrs per week. Fun promo’s & C.S. 10 positions available for immed. work. No commission.

No experience? No problem!

Call today, Start tomorrow !

Medium-size manufacturing plant requires qualified steel fabricators with experience in structural sheet and plate work.

Please apply in writing to:

Wellons Canada Corp.

19087 96th Avenue Surrey, BC V4N 3P2 Fax: (604) 888-2959 Attn: Manufacturing Manager

Kitchen Cabinet Jobs GENERAL LABOURER, Rigger/ Welder Fabricator/Crane Operator.

Amix Salvage & Sales /Marine Division. Amix is seeking motivated, hard working team members to add to an already strong and versatile team. Do you want to work in the water? Do you want to make the big lift? Do you want to help to make a mark in the marine salvage industry?... Come Aboard!!! Experience with barges, cranes, boats is an asset. Certifications in respective disciplines also an asset All applicants considered. We are COR certified and very serious about the safety of our Team.

INSTALLERS with 3 yrs single family exp.

SALES STAFF with 3 yrs 2020 exp.

KITCHEN DESIGNERS with 20-20 or CabinetVision or Microvellum.

MILLWORK DESIGNER with Mastercam or AutoCad.

CNC OPERATOR with Biesee or Morbidelli

MOULDER OPERATOR with Hardwood exp.

Fax: 1-866-812-3132 or hcoisne@amixsalvage.ca Stuck On Designs, a growing print and customized clothing shop, is currently seeking an experienced full time designer.

Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign is a must. Must be able to work with clients, meet deadlines, multi task and function well in a team environment. stuckon@citytel.net or fax 250-624-6160

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WOODTECH International Fax: 1-866-360-1139 WoodTechJobs@shaw.ca (100% Confidential)

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

HOME CARE/SUPPORT

Family Caregivers Wanted Are you interested in making a difference in the life of a youth who needs your help?

PLEA Community Services Society of BC is looking for individuals to provide live-in care for youth aged 12 to 18. We have the homes, and we need you! Training and support is provided for qualified applicants. If interested, please call a member of our Family Recruiting Team at:

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Saturday, May 7th, 1pm–3pm

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Commissioned sales people required.

Must have a good command of the English language, a reliable vehicle, and 2 to 3 years of HVAC sales experience.

Interested in exploring this position, please email your resume to shepard@comfortplus.ca or fax it to 604-552-5989

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HEALTH PRODUCTS

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VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC. - Hardwood Floor Specialist -Installation, Sanding, Refinishing Express your unique and individual style with a custom stain.

Dust free sanding.

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~~ A GIFT OF TIME ~~ Clean to Perfection. Reliable/Honest ICBC & Veteran’s claims. Lic’d / Ins. Windows Free. 778-840-2421 CLEANING SPECIAL $25/hour minimum 2hrs.

Price includes cleaning supplies.

Also laminate flooring and paint specials. Free estimates.

A-TECH Services at 604-230-3539

~DEEP & SPARKLING~

CLEANING SERVICES We do both

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Alpine Landscaping

✶ 2011 Spring Special ✶ $95 includes: Aeration, Moss Control & Fertilization Now accepting NEW 10 day weekly lawn mowing customers. ✓Installation ✓ Maintenance ✓Renovations ✓Call a Profes.

Kristy 604.488.9161 180

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ADMIN ASSISTANT trainees needed! Large & small firms seeking admin staff! No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-5127116.

BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION trainees needed! Large & small firms seeking certified admin staff now. No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-512-7116.

MEDICAL OFFICE trainees needed! Hospitals & doctors need medical office & medical admin staff! No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available.

1-888-748

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HERFORT CONCRETE

604 - 961 - 8595

Always! Pwr. raking, grass cutting, fertilizing, hedging, pruning, Rubbish rem. Free Est. 604-230-0627

NO JOB TOO SMALL

ATC LANDSCAPE

Serving Lower Mainland 23 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Retaining Walls *Stairs *Driveways Exposed Aggregate & Stamped Concrete ***ALSO...

Interlocking Bricks &Sod Placement -Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured

Landscape Maintenance Services • Spring Yard Clean-Ups • Lawn Maintenance • Gardening • Hedge & Tree Trimming • Cedar Fencing

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F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured

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778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES

Yard Maintenance Hedge Trimming~Tree Pruning Lawn Cuts ~ Weeding Retaining Wall

Fully Insured All Work Guaranteed. Call John

604-464-8700 ~ 778-867-8785

GREENPRO Landscaping. Lawn cuts, pruning, full yard maintenance & installation. Fast & dependable.

Incl odd jobs. Call: 604-537-5536

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

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CONCRETE & PLACING

DALL’ANTONIA CONCRETE Seniors disc. Friendly, family bus., 40+ yrs. 604-240-3408/604-299-7125

GARDENING

15% SENIORS DISCOUNT lawn cuts, aerating, power-raking, pruning, hedge trimming, trees, 23 yrs. exp. Free est. Brad 778-552-3900

PLEASE CALL

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Gourmet, Customized Menus Tailored To Your Function...

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FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS

POLMAR HARDWOOD FLOORS New floor inst. & finishing. Refin.

Repairs, Staining. Free Est.. Mario 604-671-8501 or 604-468-4117.

778-996-1978

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We charge the cheapest price ever. Only $20/Hr We always do an excellent job.

604-777-5046

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CLEANING SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

3 Ladies Maid Service Fast and Reliable. $25/hr.

778-318-4716

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SALES

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Service to all Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guaranteed

SALES PEOPLE

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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH

NEED CASH TODAY?

www.plea.bc.ca

Call Lori 604-777-2195

Vancouver Campus Open House

ACCOUNTING/TAX/ BOOKKEEPING

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CONTRACTORS

The Glasser Group - We specialize in all construction projects. New home,additions,renovations, decks, garages,sheds. Check out our website: www.glasserconstruction.ca or call Mike 604.761.1362

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DRYWALL

45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying.

Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060 ALL PHASES DRYWALL • Taping • Texture • Spraying 30 yrs. Tidy Workplace. Free Est. No job too small.Eric 778-898-9806 FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945

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#1167 LIC’D, BONDED. BBB Lge & small jobs. Expert trouble shooter, WCB. Low rates 24/7 604-617-1774 DC ELECTRIC (#37544). Bonded.

24 hr service. We specialize in jobs too small for the big guys! 30 yrs exp. Free est. 460-8867.

REISINGER Electrical (#102055) Bonded, Specializing in Renos, New Const, (Comm./Res.)Free Est 25 Yrs Exp. 778.885.7074 Trent YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

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Prompt Delivery Available

Seven Days a Week

Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Grave Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311

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RAZAR DELIVERIES Topsoil/Lawn & Garden - $24/yrd Aged Mushroom Manure - $15/yrd Steer Manure - $15/yrd.

Wash Sand, 3/4 Clear Crush, & 3/4 Drain Rock - $25/yrd Pea Gravel, Birds/Eye and Road Mulch. $30/yrd 1 to 10 YRDS. DELIVERD

A-1 EXCAVATING

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Get more information about our graduate programs, including our MA in Organizational Psychology and MA in Community Psychology.

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Specializing in drain tile, old & new.

Excavations & Demolitions.

Bobcats & Excavators all sizes.

Site Servicing & Site Preparation.

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PERSONAL SERVICES

civilminingcontractor@yahoo.ca Only those short-listed will be contacted.

8684 2040-2065 Alpine Crt 2030-2060 Compton Crt 623-652 Draycott St 601-651 Midvale St 601-606 Rialto Crt 1915-2051 Winslow Ave

and quote the route number.

EDUCATION

HELP WANTED

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

8518 1370-1440 Cambridge Dr (even) 1305-1427 Foster Ave 656-669 Gatensbury St 1507 Grover Ave 641-659 Schoolhouse St

OTHER ROUTES NOT LISTED MAY BE AVAILABLE. PLEASE CALL TO ENQUIRE. If you live on or near one these routes and you are interested in delivering the papers please call Circulation

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9896 1486 Johnson St

8501 953-965 Como Lake Ave (odd) 808-1023 Kelvin St 951-969 Leland Ave (odd) 804-1010 MacIntosh St 950-965 Spence Ave

Some great kids aged 12 to 18 who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work?

PLEA Community Services is looking for qualified applicants who can provide care for youth in their home on a full-time basis or on weekends for respite.

Training, support and remuneration are provided.

Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door.

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

JASMINES RELAXATION TOUCH Pain/ Stress Relief. Country Setting *Easy Prkg *7Days. 778-888-3866

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

PEDRO’S GENERAL CONTRACTING & DRAINAGE. ✶ Pipelining, backfilling, landscaping, water lines & more. ✶ Hardworking, reliable & reasonable rates. 604-468-2919.

MAJOR Appliance Repairs to All Makes

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JIM PUGH Owner/Technician 30 Yrs+ Experience 3755 Bracewell Court, Pt Coq. Pgr: 669-6500 #4909

1-A1 BRAR CEDAR FENCING, chain link & landscaping. Block retaining wall. Reasonable rates.

Harry 604-719-1212, 604-306-1714

FENCING

SANDRA DEE GARDEN ESCAPES Certified horticulturist ✦ Spring cleanup ✦ Fertilize ✦ Pruning & shaping ✦ Rejuvenate old soil ✦ Weekly maintenance programs Modern & traditional plant design for newly or renovated garden beds, patios & balcony.

Whats growing on in your garden

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283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS Always! Gutter, window cleaning, pressure washing, lawn maintains, yard clean-up. Simon 604-230-0627

DEMOSSING. Gutter Cleaning.

Repairs. Roofing. Power Washing, painting, cedar ridgecap. Jeff’’s House Ext. 604-802-6310

A38 Wednesday, May 4, 2011, Tri-City News HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

M.T. GUTTERS Professional Installation 5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit 28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 300

LANDSCAPING

ANDY’S LANDSCAPE DESIGN planting/paving/retaining, all deck/patio /pond/new lawn...19 years exp. Majored in Landscape Architecture. 778-895-6202 www.andyslandscape.ca

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

ABOVE THE REST “ Int. & Ext., Unbeatable Prices, Professional Crew. Free Est. Written Guarantee. No Hassle, Quick Work, Insured, WCB. Call (778)997-9582

Call Tim 604-612-5388

HANDYPERSONS

N.W. Construction

************************************* * HANDYMAN SERVICES * Kitchen/Bath Reno & Repair * All types of flooring * Custom Built Sheds NO job TOO small Work Guaranteed. References.

Over 20 Years Experience.

Free Estimates 604-418-8340

D Garden Blend Soil D Lawn Blend Soil D Custom Blends avail.

D Composted Mushroom Manure NO Wood byproducts used

When QUALITY Matters all soils are tested for Optimum growing requirements

17607 FORD ROAD, PITT MEADOWS PICK-UP ...... OR .... DELIVERY

284 HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION

604-465-3189

Furnace & Duct Cleaning

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• Kitchens • Bathrooms • Remodeling • Decks

Running this ad for 7yrs

PAINT SPECIAL 3 rooms for $269, 2 coats (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint.

NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Services. www.paintspecial.com Danny’s Painting.

Interior & Exterior, Free Estimates, Written Guarantee, full issued WCB cover. Danny 778-385-5549

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1 CALL DOES IT ALL. Reno’s, bathrooms, kitchens, ceramic tiling, hardwood, laminate, granite tops.

Call: Carlo (604)818-5919.

A-1 CONTRACTING. Renos. Bsmt, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks, reroofing. Dhillon 604-782-1936.

ADDITIONS, Renovations & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. 604.218.3064

16897 Windsor Road Pitt Meadows (Turn right 1st road East of Pitt River Bridge from Vancouver)

604-465-9812 1-800-663-5847

Alberto - 604-461-7679 Cel: 604-319-7671 TOTAL CARE HOME REMODELLING The Basement Finishing Specialists * Bathroom Renovations * Drywall * Electrical * Carpentry * Ceremic Tiles * Plumbing * Sundecks * Laminate Flooring * Refs Avail.

ALUMINUM RAILING =$19/Lf. mini.

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arrangehandyman@hotmail.com Condo Repairs & Painting Glenn @ 778-838-4181 HANDYMAN / REPAIRS/RENOS CALL WALTER (604)790-0842

Home Renovations and New Construction Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB

Dean 604-834-3076

NICK’S Landscaping *Retaining Walls *Interlocking *Fencing *Drainage *Decking *New Lawns *Hedges 16 Years exp. - Work Guaranteed Free Est. & Ref’s avail. anytime Cel:604-836-6519, 778-285-6510

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S Bathrooms S Basements S Suites S Decks / Sheds S Plumbing S Flooring / Tiles S Electrical S Interior Designing

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Exp’d in over 30 lines of work.

For positive results call Robert.

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MOVING & STORAGE

ABE MOVING - $35/Hr. Per Person *Reliable Careful Movers. *Rubbish Removal. *24 Hours. 604-999-6020

AFFORDABLE MOVING

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SEASIDE PAINTING & Decking 604-462-8528, 218-9618

SL PAINTING Interior/Exterior.

FREE Estimates.

Quality job.

Fully insured - WCB Please call Sonly.

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$45/Hr

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Serving The Lower Mainland Since 1988

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Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certifi ed Arborist Free Estimates * Fully Insured

Isaac 604-727-5232 RED’S RUBBISH REMOVAL. & Home Maintenance.

Reasonable rates.

Call Red 604-290-7033.

359 SAND, GRAVEL & TOPSOIL

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SUNDECKS

Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing, gates. 604-521-2688 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com

Woodland Decks WDesign & Renovations WCedar Decks WFences WWooden Retaining walls Home Renovations Call Patrick for a free est.

604-351-6245 373B

TILING

WINDOW CLEANING

*GENTLEMEN* WINDOW Cleaning Window & Gutter Cleaning.

Pressure Washing. Call Micah for a free estimate 604-230-0429

Always! deliver Top soil, bark mulch, sand & gravel. 7days/wk.

Simon 604-230-0627 will spread

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PETS 477

PETS

BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES P/B. Males $400, Vet chk, 1st shots Call 604-250-4360, 604-856-7975 BOSTON TERRIER; CKC REG; Rep.Breeder; first shots, avail May 21.

Contact 604.868.7212 or 604.794.3786 BOSTON TERRIER; CKC REG; Rep.Breeder; first shots, avail May 21.

Contact 604.868.7212 or 604.794.3786 CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866 CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! Visit us at fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977 CHIHUAHUA P/B pups. Ready now Vet ✓. Shots, 2 M, 3 F. Short hair.

Family raised. $600. 604-852-1805 Chocolate CKC reg’d LAB pups, 1st shots, tattoo, view parents, H & E, ready now. $750. 604-533-3733 GERMAN Shepherd pups, 1st shots, males & females. Exc European bloodline. (604)997-2404 LAB RETRIEVER PUPS, yellow & black, $650. Vet check, quality lineage, dew claws, 1st shots, dewormed. (604)702-0217

329 PAINTING & DECORATING # 1 PAY-LESS Painting Ext./Int. SPRING Special LOOK for our YARD SIGNS D Free estimates D Insured Licensed D References Residential D Pressure Washing

Serving Tri City 31 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days paylesspainting.multiply.com

Scott 604-891-9967

559

NEED PLUMBING? Dan’s Your Man! Lic’d & Insured.

Free Est. Dan @ 604.418.6941

341

PRESSURE WASHING

560

POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING

778-285-2500, 604-831-2726 www.alignedconstruction company.com

SAME DAY SERVICE AVAILABLE

Call Ian 604-724-6373 TOPLINE PRESSURE WASHING Siding, gutters, & tile roofs. We use SOAP. WCB insured 604.861.6060

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp.

604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca

BESTCO ROOFING LTD. Res., Comm. Tar, gravel, torch-on, Sheet Metal, Duroids. Fully Ins. WCB Cov. BBB. All kinds of roofing. New & reroofing. Gill 604-727-4806 or Charlie 604-773-3522

A-1 EXTERIOR/ INTERIOR. Quality job, senior rates, free est, residential, commercial. Refs. 15 yrs exp.

No job too small.Call 604-476-0766

GL ROOFING. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs BBB, WCB $2m Liability. Clean Gutters $80. 24 hrs. 7dys/wk. 604-240-5362

374

TREE SERVICES A1-TRI-CRAFT Tree Serv.

Dangerous tree removal, spiral pruning hedge trimming, stump grinding, topping.

Insured, WCB Free Est Arborist Reports

Andrew 604-618-8585 $ Best Rates $ TRI CITY TREE SERVICE All Tree Services -- Fully Insured -24 Hrs 604-462-0865

MISC. FOR SALE

100% Guaranteed Omaha Steaks SAVE 64% on the Family Value Collection. NOW ONLY $49.99 Plus 3 FREE GIFTS & right-to-the-door delivery in a reusable cooler, ORDER Today. 1-888-702-4489 mention code 45069SVD or www.OmahaSteaks.com/family23 A FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE Get Your First Month Free. Bad Credit, Don’t Sweat It. No Deposits.

No Credit Checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines Today Toll-Free 1866-884-7464 Can’t Get Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1866-981-5991 HOT TUB COVERS & Accessories.

Lowest price, highest quality. All sizes and colours available. Call 1888-611-7660. www.spasuppliesonline.ca.

PANDORA CHARM CLEARANCE Save 80%. Sterling Silver Charms as low as $1.99. Fits Pandora, Chamilia,Troll. Major Internet Retailer.Log on to save www.NewDreamz.net

563

MISC. WANTED

FREE SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Cash for some complete scrap cars. 604-465-7940 or 580-3439.

MINI DASCHUNDS FOR SALE, Vet Checked. Good homes only, $750 Female, $650 Male.

604-796-3756 or 604-845-4060 NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com PURE MALTESE pups, vet ✓, vac. dewormed, reg. father & grandparents. both working studs.

Family raised. $750. 604-852-2478 SHIHTZU. Ready to go. M / F. Black. $500. Incl. 1st shots. Will trade for Peke or Shihtzu. Call 604746-0072. Marshall / Emerson VIZSLA PUPS, CKC reg’d, shots, guaranteed. $850. ph, 604-8192115 or email: vizsla@telus.net WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER pup.

Female, born Feb. 26. 1st shots. vet ✓. Ready to go. $1100. 604850-6567 Abbts.

MORTGAGES

MORTGAGE UP for renewal?

Buying? Renovations? Credit Repair Solutions, Free professional consultation & Fast approvals. Purchases, Refinances, Equity Loans, - Kristi Mutka, BBA, AMP 604-790kristimutka@securemort6225, gage.ca

660 LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE HOMES FOR SALE-SUPER BUYS

www.dannyevans.ca

Homelife Benchmark Realty Corp. Langley

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO

1 bedroom plus den (opposite Coquitlam Aquatic Ctr) Avail. immediately, 870 sq, ft ground floor apartment with 1 bedroom and den. Two parking spots & a storage locker are included. Secure access to building and carpark. Condominium fees are incl. in the monthly rent of $1,150.00. Pets are allowed subject to strata rules. Close to Coquitlam Centre Mall, Douglas College and Westcoast Express. For viewing, please email or phone Kulwant on 604-720-6468.

1-BR CONDO, newly reno’d kitchen + bathroom w/laminate flooring, lge bdrm w/ walk-in closet, full dining area, loads of storage, secure parking, heat/ hot water. Centrally located, n/p, n/s. same floor laundry.

Available immediately. $775. Call 604-724-2360.

3082 DAYANEE SPRINGS BLVD. View, ground floor, 800sqft, 2 bdrm, 10ft. high ceiling, luxury clubhse, pool, sauna, $1180 incl gas, no pet, Tel: 778-883-7333, Avail now/ AVAILABLE June 1st 2bdrm 2bthrm and den, 1000 sq ft In suite w/d, dw, large patio, gym in building. $1350 mnthly. No dogs. Call 604 313-6116.

BURNABY

MAPLE PLACE TOWERS 1 Bdrm Apts starting at $950 2 Bdrm Apts starting at $1200 Heat and hot water included.

Dishwasher, fridge, stove, balcony, shared laundry. Avail Immed.

Close to amen, schools and mall.

Call 604-421-1235 www.aptrentals.net COQUITLAM

PIANO; KAWAI, 5 yrs. old, excellent condition, $2100 obo. Call 604819-0589.

5 min walk to Skytrain and Mall 1 & 2 Bdrm units w/view Heat/hot water, inste storage, 4 appl’s

REAL ESTATE

Call 604-931-2024 www.aptrentals.net

566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

LOTS

BIG BEAUTIFUL ARIZONA LAND $99/mo. $0 down, $0 interest, Golf Course, Nat’l Parks. 1 hour from Tucson Int’l Airport Guaranteed Financing, No Credit Checks. Pre-recorded msg. 1-800-631-8164 Code 4001 www.sunsiteslandrush.com

F Tiling - wall & floor F Limestone, Natural Stone F Ceramic & Porcelain *** 10 years experience *** Best Quality, Reasonable Prices, Call for a Free Estimate

MEDICAL SUPPLIES

CAN’T GET UP YOUR Stairs?

Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift. Call 1-866-981-6591.

630

604-537-4140 SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials.

Call Frank: (604) 435-8240

636

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refinances, immediate debt consolidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1-888-685-6181 www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

706 Your Tree Service For Honest Prices & Quality Work

★ Disposal ★ Renovations Debris ★ Construction ★ Drywall Pickup ★ Demolition ★ 7 days/week ★ Free Estimates ★

Local & Long Distance From 1, 3, 5, 7,10 Ton Trucks Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos

BUILDING SUPPLIES

BUILDING SALE...

Canadian Manufacturer Direct. 25x40 $6320.

30x40 $7370. 35x50 $9980. 40x80 $18,900. 47x100 $31,600. Ends optional. Many others. Pioneer Steel Manufacturers since 1980, 1-800668-5422.

220.JUNK(5865)

PAVING/SEAL COATING

PLUMBING

518

604-787-5915, 604-291-7778

But Dead Bodies!!

ALLAN Const. & Asphalt. Brick, conc, drainage, found. & membrane repair. 604-618-2304; 820-2187.

338

APPLIANCES

POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Rebuilt*Washer*Dryer*Fridge*Stove Up to 1 Yr Warranty. Trade-in Avail.

Haul Anything...

(604)319-1993 332

506

Get your trees or tree removal done NOW while they’re dormant

✓ Tree & Stump Removal ✓ Certified Arborists ✓ 20 yrs exp. 60’ bucket truck ✓ Crown reduction ✓ Spiral pruning ✓ Fully insured. Best Rates

1-800-468-5865 www.1800gotjunk.com Redeem this ad & Save $23

604.

REAL ESTATE

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

Info: www.treeworksonline.ca

(778)997-5757, (604)587-5991

Ph: 942-4383 Fax:942-4742

MISC SERVICES

604-465-1311 RENO & REPAIR

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

GARAGE SALES

JUNK REMOVAL

“JUST A GREAT JOB!”

- Est. 1989 F WCB, Insured, Licensed F Free Estimates F Many References F All Types of Painting

551

HUGE GATED COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE! May 7&8 Gates open 9 to 3. 19639 Meadow Gardens Way, Pitt Meadows. At least 15-20 houses participating.

RECYCLE-IT!

RUBBISH REMOVAL Almost for free!

PRO ✶ ACC PAINTING LTD

www.metrovanhome.ca

GARAGE SALES

HUGE GATED COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE! May 7&8 Gates open 9 to 3. 19639 Meadow Gardens Way, Pitt Meadows. At least 15-20 houses participating.

RUBBISH REMOVAL

NO Headaches NO Surprises NO Excuses

604-728-5643

551

#1 DUMP YOUR JUNK No job too small.On time every time 604-939-0808 D 604-649-4339

Robert J. O’Brien

Instant Grassifacation!

☎ 604-521-7594 ☞ 604-817-8899

Roofing Experts. 778-230-5717 Repairs/Re-Roof/New Roofs. All work Gtd. Free Est. Call Frank.

CHEAP

30 Years Experience Licensed - Insured

TREE SERVICES

✶ Pruning & Shaping ✶ Tree Removal ✶ Stump Grinding

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

604-949-1900 QUALITY RENOVATIONS

288

A-TECH Services 604-230-3539

MILANO PAINTING. Int./Ext. Prof.

Painters. Free Est. Written Guar.

Bonded & Insured. 604-551-6510

Special pkg $89. Call 604-945-5801

374

ABC TREE MEN

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Cleaning & Repairing

283A

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

LAND LIQUIDATION 20 Acres $0 Down, $99/mo. ONLY $12,900 Near Growing El Paso, Texas (2nd safest U.S. City) Owner Financing, NO CREDIT CHECKS! Money Back Guarantee FREE Color Brochure 800-755-8953 www.sunsetranches.com

COQUITLAM Center. Bachelor & 1 bdrm apts. Incl heat, h/wtr, sec prk.

N/P. Avail now. Call 604-942-2012. www.coquitlampropertyrentals.com COQUITLAM

Nice, well maintained studio, 1 and 2 bdrm. Fridge and stove.

Balcony. Heat, hot water and 1 parking stall included. Nice location in Coquitlam just off Lougheed in quiet cul-de-sac.

Please call Nova for viewing at 604-767-9832 535 - 555 Shaw Avenue (google map) (yahoo map)

633 MOBILE HOMES & PARKS 2010 Park Model Clearance 61K OBO 250-495-4650 jim@somhomes.com WHOLESALE FACTORY DIRECT. Manufactured, Modular & Park models.

Tremendous savings.

Luxurious 1512 sq. ft home including delivery and installation only $ 109,950. Many other plans available.

The Home Boys 877-976-3737, 509-481-9830 or www.hbmodular.com

COQUITLAM

Sherwood Apt 727 North Rd 1 & 2 bdrms on quiet street.

15 Mins to SFU 5 Mins to shops & transp

Call 604-830-9781 www.aptrentals.net

Tri-City News Wednesday, May 4, 2011, A39

www.tricitynews.com RENTALS 706

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

706

APARTMENT/CONDO PORT COQUITLAM

Coquitlam/Port Moody

1 Bdrm Top flr apt. $775 2 Bdrm Corner apt. $925

St. John’s Apartments 2010 St. John’s St, Port Moody Cozy apts easy access to SFU. 1 & 2 bdrms from $720. Close to schools, transit, Barnet Beach & park. View suites of Burrard Inlet.

U/g pkg, laundry room.

For more info & viewing call

S Incl heat/hot wtr, wndw cvrngs S Close to bus stop S Walk to shpng/medical/WCE S Across from park w/Mtn views S Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT

RENTALS 750

SUITES, LOWER

PORT COQUITLAM, bright quiet grnd. level 1 bdrm., 3 appl., sep. entry, alarm, share w/d, N/S N/P. $700 mo. incl. utils., cable w.i. June 1. 604-944-6015 PORT COQUITLAM N.Side. 1 bdrm grnd lvl suite, full bath, nr schools, transit & amens. Avail immed, $700/mo incl utils. 604-941-5485.

PORT COQUITLAM: Totally renod 1 Bdrm, share w/d, $775/mo + 30% utils. N/P, May 15. 604-626-7254.

604-464-3550

Dragan 778-788-1845

PORT COQUITLAM

Hyland Manor 751 Clarke Rd, Coquitlam

CEDARWAY APT

Beautiful, large, 1 & 2 bdrm stes from $750. Close to Lougheed Mall, transit, parks shopping.

Nestled in a park like setting, a must see. Parking, laundry room.

D/W, Heat and hot water included. Close to schools, shopping & public transportation.

For more info & viewing call

Call 604-837-4589

Dragan 778-788-1845

Bright & Clean 1 & 2 Bdrms

751

SUITES, UPPER

Welcome Home !

827

PT COQ Central 1bdr townhse lrg single garage, gas f/p, 5appls, NS/NP, refs, avail now. $900.

PT COQ Citadel Hts 1bdrm bsmt suite, priv ent, insuite laundry, N/P, refs, Immed. $650 incl utils.

Time to move into Spring .... At, The PERFECT LOCATION! On-site Manager

COQUITLAM CENTRE AREA

TOWNHOUSES 2 & 3 Bedrooms Available

Quiet, clean, well-maintained, updated, adult oriented one bdrm suites. Close to all amenities, and WC Express. Gated parking. Call for appointment to view. SORRY, NO PETS. Starting at $750/mo.

*Near schools *5 Appliances *Decorative Fireplaces *No Pets *Avail Immediately MOVE IN BONUS

Call 604-724-6967

www.coquitlampropertyrentals.com

GARIBALDI Court (604) 463-9522 Central Maple Ridge Available Now 2 BEDROOM Great location for seniors!

Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incl. heat, h/w, cable.

Senior Move-In Allowance.

Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No Pets For more info. google us.

MAPLE RIDGE Central TWO 1 Bdrm, spacious, newly reno’d, $580 AND $645/mo + util’s.

Both incld parking N/P, June 1. 604-341-1475 PITT MEADOWS

CHELSEA PARK APTS 1 & 2 Bdrms Apts, Also 3 Bdrm T/Homes Avail Conveniently located. Nice, bright & large suites. No pets.

Call 604-465-8088 PITT MEADOWS, Meadows Garden, brand new 2 bdrm condo, 2 baths, 5 appls, view of Golf Course.

Avail. now. $1,350. (604)728-3056.

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Call 604-834-4097 www.aptrentals.com

PORT COQUITLAM, 2043 sq ft.

Ground floor, dance/fitness area.

Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/Shaughnessy intersection. 604-464-3550.

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orientation 2nd & 4th Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm each mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B2.

Leave msg 604-465-1938 PORT COQUITLAM: 2 Bdrm T/H’s, $830/mo. Quiet family complex. No pets. 604-464-0034.

LOON LAKE Cabin, sleeps 7, full kitchen & bath, dock, boat launch, $100/day - 3 day min.

250-826-5575 or email: krissie01@shaw.ca

736

741

MOTORCYCLE WANTED. Highway cruiser, must have Fairing, saddlebags & helmets.

Call (604)467-3901

838

SCRAP BATTERIES WANTED We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 each.

Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Min. 10. Toll Free Call:1.877.334.2288

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL #1 FREE SCRAP VEHICLE REMOVAL ASK ABOUT $500 CREDIT $$$ PAID FOR SOME 604.683.2200

806

ANTIQUES/CLASSICS

1974 VW Beetle. Orange. Totally restored. Documents avail. $8000 obo. 604-855-5019 for details.

810

AUTO FINANCING

CALL

Top Dollar Today!

604-328-0081

Scrap Cars & Trucks

7 Days/Week

778.772.4724

1997 Custom built Auto Mate 5th Wheel and Cummins Diesel Package 22,500. Air ride suspension, power leveler, lg dining slide, solar panels, power inverter. Call for more…604.992.7363 after 4pm 2006 NORTHSHORE 30 FT Travel trailer, 36” dble slides, bunk units, fully loaded $24,000. 604-824-8970

Port Coquitlam. Retail 1236 s/f.

June 1. A/C. Exc. loc. across frm City Hall. Bill Evans 604-836-2494

CRIMINAL RECORD? Guaranteed Record Removal. 100% Free Information Booklet. 1-8-Now-Pardon (1-866-972-7366). Speak with a Specialist- No Obligation. www.PardonServicesCanada.com.

A+BBB Rating. 20+ Yrs Experience. Confidential. Fast. Affordable.

The Scrapper

Warehouse Lien Act of B.C.

AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVAL Minimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673

FREE TOWING 7 days/wk.

We pay Up To $500 CA$H Rick Goodchild 604.551.9022

2007 CHEROKEE Lite 18DD, sleeps 7, Tub, shower, Micro, A/c. $10,500: 604-596-0275

OFFICE/RETAIL

$$ CASH FOR SOME $$

851

(604)462-0336

BOATS

PRINCECRAFT Resorter.

Like new. 14’. With floor, 8 HP, elec. starter, tilt, Yamaha motor, front mounters, W55 remote controlled electric motor, galvanized trailer etc. $6500. obo. 604-855-0116 SEAGUL 3 h.p. out board motor $300. (604)687-4305

“No Wheels, No Problem”

Autos • Trucks • Equipment Removal

1997 Canadian Flyer 24ft Ford 350 V10. Excellent condition. Super clean and reliable. Solar, rear bed , new tires, AC, ABS, many extras, 224,000kms $12,000

TRUCKS & VANS

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

RECREATIONAL/SALE

TRANSPORTATION

HOMES FOR RENT

COQUITLAM CNTR 4bdr 2ba, 2600 s.f., ns/np, avail now, $1650+utils, ref, 604--312-8388 MAPLE RIDGE. 3 bdrm rancher on 1/4 acre. Nr amens. 6 appls, 2 large sheds, ample prk. np/ns, avail now. $1450/mo. Call 604-941-3259.

MOTORCYCLES

Crescentview Renovated townhomes in magnificent area.

Basement, patio, new appliances, garage.

COTTAGES

830

COQUITLAM

BEAUTIFUL, bright 2 bdr 2 bath upper floor in great neighbourhood.

Close to everything. Gas FP,insuite laundry,hardwood floors, beautifully furnished. $1650 plus utilities.

604 512-0000

713

912

604-533-1566

845

851

MARINE

Call 604-942-2012

707 APARTMENT FURNISHED

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

TRANSPORTATION

2001 DODGE 1500, ext. cab, black, w/box liner 4X4 318 V8 fuel injected trailer hitch, elec trailer brake. Aircared. $12,750.obo. 1 owner, well maintained. Purchased new at Abby Chrysler. Joe 604-309-7302 2008 DODGE RAM 3500. Crew cab, long box, full load, s. roof, leather, 96K. $29,860 obo. 604836-5931

CA$H

Professional Property Management Services for LANDLORDS (Tri City)

PORT MOODY

COQUITLAM WEST

VEHICLES WANTED

604-464-7548 #1 IN RENTALS (Since 1990)

(604)941-7721

845

RECREATIONAL/SALE

2011 ION 2 298BH Travel Trailer Under 4,000lbs, slide out, bunks, front bed & more!

Stk #30001, DL #30985 SALE $23,995

2004 BUICK LASABRE, cloth int, 148K, show room cond, private, $7900 obo. 604-593-5072.

2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE, auto, 1 owner, 95K, silver, black leather, mint cond, $6400, (778)889-3560.

2232 McAllister Ave

Call (604) 931-2670

2000 MONTE CARLO SS, fully loaded, black with black lthr. int. 3.8 V6, exc. cond. $5495 604-465-0044

821 CARS - SPORTS & IMPORTS

TOWNHOUSES

838

TRANSPORTATION

2000 LASABRE LTD. V6, Gran Touring pkg, 16’’ alloys, 19K’s, spotless, priv, $7500obo. 604-364-1554

752

McALLISTER APARTMENTS

1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.

CARS - DOMESTIC

OLDSMOBILE ALERO 1999. V6 auto, 4 door, loaded, low km’s, no accid, AirCared til July ‘12. $3500.

778-888-6805 / 778-837-6577

PORT COQUITLAM - Newly renovated, quiet secure bldg, walk to all amens, WC Exp - 1 & 2 BDRM APTS. - Lrg, bright, incl heat, h/water, f/s, priv balc, window coverings.

- Laundry & storage on ea floor.

- Plenty of pkng avail. No Pets.

- Wheelchair accessible

COQUITLAM

818

TRANSPORTATION

1998 CADILLAC CATERA - 135K, 4 dr. auto, leather, loaded, local, new tires / brakes, runs great, $2300obo. Must See 778.895.4260

PORT Moody. 3 bdrm, nr Newport Vlg. F/P, w/d, awesome deck, np/ ns. $1200 + 60% util. 604-469-9402

www.aptrentals.net

Professionally Managed by Gateway Property Management

TRANSPORTATION

TRUCKS & VANS

1980 CHEV crane truck, 8 ton lift, $7000 obo. Call Doug @ 604-7500194

BigSteelBox.com, 880 Lougheed Highway, Port Coquitlam, BC claims a Warehouse Lien against Pam Wyatt of Maple Ridge, BC for arrears of container rent amounting to $2037.00 plus any additional costs of storage that accrue. If not paid in full the contents (household goods) will be sold or disposed of May 19, 2011

2000 GMC JIMMY SLS V6, 4.3L, loaded, new brakes, tires & battery.

4x4. $3900 obo. 778-846-5649

SAVE BIG! Today’s Big Deal!

$25

for a bouquet of 12 long stem roses (valued at $50)

747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

PITT MEADOWS

The Meadows Gated underground parking, heated outdoor pool. Heat, hot water & 3 appliances included.

2 min. walk to Westcoast Express.

Large 1, 2 & 3 Bdrm Suites Available

Call: 778-882-8894 604-465-0008 or 604-465-5818

Polo Club Apartments 19071 Ford Rd. Pitt Meadows Clean, Quiet Well Managed Bldg.

3 Blocks to W.C. Express W 1 & 2 Bdrm Suites W 3 Appliances W Secured Garage Parking W Adult Oriented W Ref’s Req’d & Absolutely No Pets

604.465.7221 PORT COQUITLAM

2 Bdrm Suites Available With Large Balcony / Patio Corner unit. Walking distance to all amenities and WC Express.

New carpets and appl’s. Gated parking. Quiet and secure bldg.

Adult oriented. Sorry no pets.

Refs required.

Call 604-941-9051 PORT COQUITLAM: 2 bdrm apt. $785/mo. Quiet family complex. No pets. Call 604-464-0034.

Roses Roses Quality roses at affordable prices

POCO DOWNTOWN All-Inclusive Seniors Residence 1 Bdrm. Apartment Rent incls. freshly prepared meals, cable, housekeeping, emergency response & activities. www.rjkent.com 2675 Shaughnessy St. Call: 778-285-5554

750

SUITES, LOWER

BRIGHT 1500 sq ft 1 bdrm grnd level with gas fireplace N/S N/P $950 + 1/2 utilities 604-941-0497 COQUITLAM 2 bdrm garden ste, nr Douglas College. June1, ref’s, N/s N/p. $950 +1/3 utils. 604-805-7728.

COQUITLAM, New paint Quiet 1 bdrm; f. yard. W/D. $700/mo incld utils. G/L, priv entry (604)941-4166 COQUITLAM: Oxford Hts. Quiet St. 2 bdrm grnd lvl ste. $850/incl utils.

Avail. June 1. N/P, N/S. 604-9416143 or 604-722-3346 Pitt Meadows. 2 bdrm ste in newer home. Nr amenits. N/S N/P. Avail now. $900 + % utils. 604-825-0587.

POCO, 3 BDRM, FULLBATH, Insuite W/D, Grnd lvl. Sep. entry, NS/ NP, $1200+1/3util 604-945-6256 POCO: Harbour St. 2 bdrm G/L suite, priv ent, lrg kitchen, all appls, laundry, full bath, NP-NS, quiet clean $835+1/3 util. 604-945-5758 Poco Northside. Bright grd lvl 2 bdrm. Incl d/w/micro/shrd lndry. sep ent. $900+1/3 utils. 604-942-8223.

PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm g/lvl, new flr, f/bath, nr schls/shops. N/S, N/P. Avail now. $800/mo utils neg.

Call 604-945-3512 anytime PORT COQUITLAM. Near Mary Hill Bypass. 1 Bdrm gr/lvl. Suit quiet person. NP/NS. May or June 1st. $750 incl hydro. 604-941-0218

$0 DOWN & we make your 1st payment at auto credit fast. Need a vehicle? Good or Bad credit call Stephanie 1-877-792-0599. www.autocreditfast.ca. DLN 30309

…perfect perfect for for Mother’s Mother’s D Day! a 2010 r-pod RP-151 Travel Trailer. One only!

Light weight and ready to go!!

Stk #28891, DL #30985 SALE $15,984

604-530-3030

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1997 BUICK PARK AVE heated, memory, leather seats, pristine cond, priv, $5900. 778-565-1097

1998 Audi A4 quattro, V6, 5spd, 317KM. $3000 obo.

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1999 Chev Cavalier 4dr blue sedan, 2.2L, p/l, aircared, stereo, new Michelin tires. $1900. 604-472-9184

2011 Elkridge 29RLSB Fifth Wheel.

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Stk #29858, DL #30985 SALE $39,995

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