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Elsley and Yetty Foulds have been a key part of efforts in Coquitlam to recognize war veterans’ contributions. This weekend, a section of Porter Street (between King Albert and Winslow avenues) that leads to the Coquitlam cenotaph will be named Veterans Way. For more, see article on page A13.
Pesticide ban closer in city of Coquitlam
Keep your garbage secure in Moody By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Port Moody is urging residents to keep their bear-resistant bins tethered, stored in a shed or in a garage until the morning of collection day after several of the sturdy containers were destroyed by hungry bruins. Last week, three bins were returned to the city after they were damaged by bears that pried them open to retrieve their contents, The bears are sniffing out the garbage and dragging the bins into the bushes or a nearby ravine, where they jump on them to get them open. In all, 26 damaged bins have been returned since they were introduced to the city two years ago. see GARBAGE BINS BINS,, page A16
The highrise proposed by Beedie for Austin Heights is the subject of a meeting on Monday. See page A3
One more committee stop before regs go before council By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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Hungry bears are dragging locked trash bins into the woods to open them in Port Moody.
An advisory group looking at whether Coquitlam should join a long list of B.C. municipalities that have banned the sale and use of pesticides is recommending the city follow suit. Last week, members of the Sustainability and Environmental Advisory Committee voted in favour of the city drafting a pesticide use control bylaw that would prohibit
gardening chemicals from being used on outdoor trees, shrubs, flowers, other ornamental plants or turf on private and public lands. But the recommendation, which is expected to be debated at Monday’s engineering committee meeting and will likely be forwarded to the July 4 council meeting, doesn’t apply to pesticides under the BC Integrated Pest Management Act such as animal repellents, deodorizers and domestic insect repellents. That act also allows pesticides to be used if a person or animal’s health is in jeopardy, or if public safety or the environment are threatened. see EDUCATION ONE KEY, KEY, page A4