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GRAD... THEN GONE Pinetree secondary school graduating students Fiona Dong (left) and Tomoe Nakamura are heading back to their homes in China and Japan respectively after finishing their high school education in Coquitlam. See story on page 3. JAMES MACLENNAN THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Farmers must do their part, conservation officer says
Web weapon against rioters Port Coquitlam man sets up a site to help identify criminals By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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When images of rioters overturning mailboxes and setting cars on fire began to fill their TV screens and social media sites, most people watched in frustration. Port Coquitlam’s Dave Teixeira registered a website domain name. Twenty-four hours and a quarter of a million hits later, www.canucksriot2011.com has become an outlet for people who want to post their photos and videos of rioters, in hopes of helping police identify the culprits responsible for violence, theft and property damage. So far, more than 100 images have been posted and Teixeira is encouraging people to go to the site and tag anyone committing a crime who may look familiar. “People who are upset with what happened are turning over their data,” Teixeira said.
A man throws a metal newspaper box onto a damaged car in downtown Vancouver during rioting that followed the Vancouver Canucks’ loss in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the Boston Bruins.
see ‘IT’S IT S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY,’ page 16
By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
A spokesperson for the B.C. Conservation Officer Service is recommending farmers erect electric fences around beehives and blueberry crops to keep out bears. But he says bow hunters who shot a bear on a Coquitlam blueberry farm last week were within their rights. Const. Murray Smith said a hunter was issued with a $115 fine for not cancelling his hunting tag indicating he had shot a bear, a minor infraction, but had his hunting licence in order and had permission to bow hunt bears on property on Oliver Road last week. see ‘HUNTERS U S CO-OPERATIVE, CO O ,’ page g 14