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One BIG happy family The Born family of Port Coquitlam: from left to right, Lori, Elijah, Caitlyn, Zachary, Averee, Aden, Owen, Joel and Chad. Last Sunday, the Borns celebrated the four brothers’ firstyear anniversary of their arrival in Canada — and into their family. See article on page A3. JENNIFER GAUTHIER THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Fish feast gets quick fix from city crews
‘Talk is one thing, cash is another’ Tri-City homeless advocate says community would buck up to operate a permanent shelter
By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
By Gary McKenna
It was survival of the fittest in Maple Creek last weekend after a broken water pump left the creek dry and hundreds of coho fry stranded and at the mercy of bears and other fish-eating creatures. In one spot, about 400 coho fry were squeezed into a small puddle, all that was left of the top end of the creek, which starts under the New Horizons neighbourhood in Coquitlam.
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Shan Freeburn, a city of Coquitlam employee, checks the pH level of the water flowing from a fire hydrant into Maple Creek.
Charitable contributions from individuals, businesses and church groups could raise enough money to operate a permanent homeless shelter in the Tri-Cities, according to a local housing advocate. Rob Thiessen, director of the Hope For Freedom Society, said government cannot be relied upon to provide a steady flow of funding to help house the homeless. He is proposing the community come up with the cash to pay for the operation of a proposed shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam.
“If there is a way to raise the money to set up that shelter, I will do it and take the government out of it completely,” Thiessen said. “Governments come and go. So much of this gets politicized. You get a change in government and then programs get cut off. It is not really a reliable source of funding.” The Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group said the cost of building a permanent shelter is approximately $13 million. But it is the estimated $1 million in annual operating costs that have made the provincial government nervous about taking on the project, Thiessen said. He added that there is more than enough money in the community to fund the annual operating costs, which could be a big incentive for the province and BC Housing to build the shelter. see CAN’T CAN T RELY RELY,, page A9
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Small trash, small cash in proposed PoCo changes Residents with city garbage pick-up would pay more if they have large trash cans By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The cost of using a 360-litre garbage can in Port Coquitlam is likely going up but homeowners with the smaller trash bins will
see their service charge drop. It is part of the municipality’s efforts to encourage residents to reduce the amount of trash they send to the landfill by taking advantage of the green and kitchen waste programs and recycling. “We want to create an incentive so you get a benefit if you participate,” said Igor Zahynacz, Port Coquitlam’s director of engineering. “If you don’t participate, you pay a higher fee.” The cost of using a 360 l bin — the largest
offered by the city — will rise from $141.02 in 2010 to $152.83 in 2011. Meanwhile, those using the 120 l bin will see their costs drop from $81.02 in 2010 to $78.01 in 2011. While the price change is small, Zahynacz said it may be enough to encourage residents to make the switch. With the rate structure, which the city is expected to implement in the new year, the larger containers would subsidize the lower cost for the smaller cans. “We just want to encourage residents
financially to use the recycling and green waste system as much as possible,” he said. The rate change is the city’s latest effort to reduce the amount of trash it sends to the landfill. In 2009, it implemented a kitchen waste program allowing residents to include kitchen scraps with their compost and earlier this year it switched to bi-weekly garbage pickup. gmckenna@tricitynews.com
Borns’ 3 plus 4 celebrate a year later PoCo family marks one year with its four newest members
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“They took to the Canadian culture very well. They were very open to a new culture and acceptable of everything.”
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had and Lori Born wanted a large family. First came Caitlyn, eight years ago. Then Averee and, two years after that, Owen. Still, “We knew our family wasn’t complete with three,” Lori said. In 2008, the Port Coquitlam family decided to adopt. They called an agency in Abbotsford, Hope Services, and filled out the paperwork to start the process. “We were thinking it would be one child,” Lori said, noting, “We were open to siblings as well, one or two.” But not long after returning from a trip to Ethiopia, their case worker made a call that would change the Borns’ life. The case worker had visited a transition home for orphans and asked about a group of boys who were playing amongst themselves. They had not yet found adopted parents, she was told. The Borns popped into her mind, although they had not indicated in their documents — nor had they been approved for — four children. That was in May 2009. By June 25, 2009, after much prayer and discussion with their three children — who “didn’t know what to expect but were quite excited,” Lori said — the Borns were legal guardians to Aden, then seven; Joel, five; Zachary, four; and Elijah, one. “I guess it was something that we felt God had wanted us to do,” Lori said. From that point, “it just went amazingly quickly,” despite the fact Imagine Adoption of Cambridge, Ont., filed for bankruptcy, leaving 350 Canadian families in limbo. The Canadian government stepped in to expedite the visas for the Ethiopian children up for adoption through Imagine, Lori said, and by mid-August, after the courts had legally relinquished the four boys, Lori and her father-inlaw were on a plane. Chad, meanwhile, was at home with their three kids, renovating the basement, buying a van and larger dinner table, and settling into a new job with the provincial government. On the second day in Ethiopia, a country she had never visited, Lori arrived at the transition home. She was met with eight bright eyes and four big smiles. “It was a little bit surreal,” she recalled. “These were my children but I didn’t know them at all.”
Chad Born
The Born children — Elijah, Caitlyn, Zachary, Averee, Aden, Owen and Joel — play in the Port Coquitlam home they’ve shared for the last year. JENNIFER GAUTHIER THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Elijah, the youngest, had never seen a Caucasian before and cried non-stop, Lori said. She used her digital camera to break the ice, snapping photos and showing them the images in the screen. The next day, when she took them back to her hotel, where they stayed for the next 10 days, the boys and their new mom got to know each other, communicating only through basic language and signs. “We got by,” she said. In Canada, the transition with their own children also proved difficult, especially in the first week. Caitlyn was no longer the eldest child. Averee was emotional for four months, Lori said, and Owen had to make room for four boys sharing his toys. “It definitely changed the hierarchy and the dynamics,” Chad said. There was also a language barrier.
“They knew ‘yes’ and ‘no,’ ‘mom’ and ‘dad,’” he said. “It was mostly all gestures. When they spoke, I didn’t understand a word of it.” But six months later, while dining at an Ethiopian restaurant, it became apparent to the Borns the boys had become immersed in the Canadian culture and language. An Ethiopian man approached their table and spoke to the boys in Amharic. They didn’t recognize their native tongue. “They couldn’t even count. It was a bit sad,” Chad said, adding, “They took to the Canadian culture very well. They were very open to a new culture and acceptable of everything.” The Borns said the boys have been very good and added “a lot of energy into the home.” The congregation at their church, PoCo’s Northside Foursquare, and parents
and staff at their children’s school, Kilmer elementary, have been thoughtful. In the first two months, hot meals were provided twice a week for nine mouths and children’s items — bikes, toys, clothes — would sometimes mysteriously appear at the front door when Chad arrived home from work. And this past Sunday, Northside parishioners marked the boys’ one-year anniversary in Canada with a party. This week, Caitlyn and Averee accompanied Aden and Joel to their Grade 3 and Grade 1 classes, respectively. Asked how she copes, Lori shakes her head, seeing a familiar look of a parent in awe. “It’s just seven. I know people used to have 13 or 14 kids but seven, yes, it is busy for us. “But we love it. It’s great that it worked out this way.” jwarren@tricitynews.com
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Survivors will lead the Run COUNCIL “Even if I don’t finish, we need others to continue. It’s got to keep going without me.� — Terry Fox, July 10, 1980
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And Anmore Coun. Kerri Palmer Isaak said the village’s first-ever Fox Run will coincide with that municipality’s annual Ma Murray Days. Mayor Heather Anderson will be on hand to launch the event at noon at the village hall. Volunteer firefighters with the Sasamat Fire Department are organizing the food but donations of water jugs are welcome, Palmer Isaak said. The 30th annual Terry Fox Run in the Tri-Cities is Sunday, Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. (Anmore’s run starts at noon). Registration is open an hour before each event but participants can also sign up online at terryfoxrun.org.
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ith thousands behind them, 30 cancer survivors will stand at the start line for the Terry Fox Hometown Run Sept. 19 in Port Coquitlam. Run organizer Dave Teixeira said the number 30 was chosen to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the run, named after the city’s hero, whose foundation has raised more than $500 million for cancer research. Teixeira said the survivors will be given red Terry’s Team t-shirts to lead the run with other dignitaries, including the Man in Motion Rick Hansen, a friend of Fox, and PoCo Mayor Greg Moore. “It’s our way of honouring what they have been through,� Teixeira said. (Survivors who want to kick off the hometown run at the Hyde Creek recreation centre and volunteers who can help on the day can email dave@dave.ca.)
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In Coquitlam, cancer survivors Brenda Bagan and Ronnie McIlveen will be the keynote speakers at the city’s first run, which starts at Blue Mountain Park. Entertainment will be provided by The Knots and the Coastal Sound Music Academy children’s choir, which will sing Never Give Up On A Dream — the Fox theme song written by Rod Stewart. (Organizer Donna Louie said students from Dr. Charles Best secondary will run a water station but more Coquitlam students are needed to help out and cheer on participants. Volunteers are also required for route marking, set up and take down. Email donnalouie@shaw.ca.)
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The Man in Motion, Rick Hansen, will attend this year’s Terry Fox Hometown Run — the 30th anniversary edition.
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In Port Moody, the theme will be festive as participants arrive at city hall. Singer Tony Prophet will take to the stage with clowns and magicians while members of the PoMo secondary school cheer team will give the crowd a boost — and hand out water. “We want it to be a fun atmosphere when people come out,� organizer Keith Vernon said. Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Iain Black will speak about Fox’s legacy and cancer research along with city manager Gaetan Royer. The PoMo run is being largely organized by city staff and PoMo Rotarians, Vernon said.
• Dye your hair pink, shave off your moustache or go “Gagaâ€? at next week’s Great Canadian Hair Do. Port Coquitlam is one of 15 sites across Canada — three in B.C. — putting on the annual party to raise money for the Terry Fox Foundation in the lead-up to the Terry Fox Run. The festivities happen at Leigh Square in PoCo on Friday, Sept. 17 but the time has not been confirmed. For more information or to register, email dave@dave.ca. • To mark the 30th anniversary of the Fox Run, the Fox Foundation has teamed up with adidas Canada to sell commemorative laces that list communities that Terry Fox ran through on his Marathon of Hope. Adidas Canada donated the 60,000 pairs of shoelaces and 100% of the profits will go to the Chilliwack-based foundation in support of cancer research. The $5 laces can be purchased via the foundation’s website (terryfoxrun.org) or at adidas stores in Canada. jwarren@tricitynews.com
MEETINGS WHEN Tuesday, September 14, 2010 WHERE Port Moody Council Chambers, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody TIMES Committee of the Whole, 6:45pm Regular Council, 7pm TELEVISION COVERAGE Television coverage will air on Shaw Cable 4 at 9am on Saturday, September 18, 2010. Complete agenda packages are available at the Legislative Services counter at City Hall and in the Port Moody Public Library. Agenda information is available at cityofportmoody.com. NOTE: There will be no Council meeting on September 28 due to the UBCM convention. The September 14 meeting was moved to Council Chambers to accommodate technical requirements that could not be met at the Heritage Mountain Community Centre.
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A pump that draws water from a well and pumps it into the creek to supplement ground water had broken down, stranding the fish that ove r- w i n t e r i n t h e creek, which was once a side channel to the Coquitlam River. Bears and birds likely dined on the tiny fish when the water disappeared, said Maple Creek streamkeeper Dianne Ramage, who said she saw dozens of bird and bear prints in the sandy creek bed. “I thought, ‘wow’ it’s been a feast here,” she said. But the fish buffet was quickly brought to an end, Ramage said, because the city of Coquitlam opened up a fire hydrant on Bowen Drive to allow water to flow into the creek when it appeared the pump couldn’t be fixed. “I was totally happy with the level of effort with the city trying to solve the problem,” Ramage said. Workers also monitored the water and put in a de-chlorinating chemical so chlorine from drinking water wouldn’t hurt the fish and other aquatic life. “They do the water tests between the hydrant and where it enters the creek,” confirmed Jamie Umpleby, Coquitlam’s director of public works, who said weekend staff took immediate steps to address the issue when they heard from neighbours and streamkeepers that there was a problem with the water. “Our staff are trained in dealing with fisheries issues,” Umpleby explained, adding that he expected a replacement pump costing $15,000 wo u l d b e i n s t a l l e d Thursday so the hydrant could be shut off. Nevertheless, turning
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Shan Freeburn works for the city of Coquitlam, which added a de-chlorinating chemical to water from a fire hydrant flowing into Maple Creek. on a fire hydrant proved to be an adequate solution and Ramage said very few coho had to be salvaged because doing so would only have caused them more stress. Seeing the water disappear was a shock, however, and Ramage said it took some time to figure out what the problem was. After checking water levels at the Coquitlam River and Lafarge Lake, it became clear only Maple Creek was affected. City workers determined the problem was with a pump installed underground in 1998 to replace natural water flows that were reduced due to construction. Unlike most creeks, Maple Creek is fairly level and it starts underground. The pump helps keep the water
levels high. Ramage said a longer term solution would be to reconnect the creek to the Coquitlam River so water could be restored naturally and a pump wouldn’t be necessary. “If we looked at sustainable solution,” she said, “it would reduce those costs and provide another water feature.”
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Two new pools are expected to be built along Maple Creek to improve fish habitat as part of the city of Port Coquitlam’s environmental compensation effort for work it is doing along Broadway Street. Provincial and federal regulation requires governments to mitigate impacts on waterways by setting aside money for habitat improvement. But because Brown Creek, which flows along Broadway, has limited opportunities for environmental improvement, the $75,000 in the budget for mitigation is expected to be allocated to Maple Creek. “It will provide habitat for the fish,” said Igor Zahynacz, PoCo’s director of engineering. “The intention is to complete the work within a year. We still need to see that the project is in more detail.” PoCo’s plans to improve waterway were welcome news to Maple Creek Streamkeepers’ Dianne Ramage, who said the money would be put to good use. The fisheries habitat project is expected to encapsulate 200 sq. m of Maple Creek and will be built in conjunction with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the North Fraser Salmon Assistance Initiative. “Maple Creek could definitely use some habitat work,” she said. “We want to move Maple Creek back to its original location.” Much of the Broadway Creek and Brown Creek watersheds were negatively affected by the widening of Broadway Street, work that is expected to be completed in the new year. gmckenna@tricitynews.com
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Old tree toppled at Hyde Creek was sick By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
A 70-year-old Western Red Cedar tree located at the entrance of Port Coquitlam’s Hyde Creek rec centre was sick and had to be removed, according to city staff. Crews were busy Thursday morning chopping down the tree and running the debris through a chipper. The tree will be replaced as the city upgrades the rec centre and re-works the landscaping surrounding the facility. “The tree has been in decline for the last few years,” said Todd Gross, manager of parks and services in Port Coquitlam. “We have been monitoring it for some time.”
Healthy cedars, Gross said, have a vibrant green colour compared to the dull colouring on the tree in front of the Hyde Creek centre. When arbourists assessed the tree last May, they found that much of its root system had been rotted and that there was a danger it could topple, he said. “If it was left, it could have potentially failed in a windstorm,” Gross said. “Large trees of any species have a large root mat. In this case it had a very small root containment.” More trees and shrubs are expected to be planted as part of the renovation of the facility and Gross noted there is still a significant tree canopy at the rec centre. gmckenna@tricitynews.com
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No PoCo transit extension is ‘bizarre,’ says eco group BMN says not having Evergreen Line go to PoCo is ‘short-sighted’ By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Leaving Port Coquitlam off the Evergreen Line is an oversight that is both short-sighted and bizarre, says a local environmental organization. Burke Mountain Naturalists’ spokesperson, Elaine Golds, says thousands of PoCo residents could have used the rapid transit line if a station were built in the city. And while accommodation will be made for a future spur to PoCo at a Coquitlam station, it’s doubtful it will be built soon. “It does seem to be a little bizarre as to where it’s going,” Golds said of the $1.4-billion line from Burnaby to Coquitlam. In a report to the Environmental Assessment Review, Golds, who is also the president of the Port Moody Ecological Society (and The Tri-City News’’ Green Scene columnist), said it was “extremely disappointing the Evergreen Line will not extend into downtown Port Coquitlam” and in future
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Burke Mountain Naturalists question the choice of SkyTrain-type transit for the planned Evergreen Line. years the decision to build it only as far as Coquitlam “will be seen as short-sighted and bizarre.” The submission also questions the decision to choose SkyTraintype technology over light rail and says holding public consultation for the environmental assessment review during the summer was a barrier to participation because many people were on holidays. Her group is also worried construction of the Evergreen Line will cause problems for South Schoolhouse, Slaughterhouse and Suterbrook creeks, and wants to see plans for containment of water flows and other potential issues that could arise. Golds explained there is potential for a lot of damage to occur
on South Schoolhouse because tunnel boring will occur immediately uphill from the creek, and at Suterbrook there could be issues during construction of Ioco Station. She said problems at Suterbrook could have been avoided if land had been set aside for a station. The group wants monitoring to start immediately and future plans to include an overwintering area for fish on South Schoolhouse Creek near St. Johns and Albert streets, more data about the effect of construction on animals, such as the Pacific water shrew, which may still exist in the area, and more details about replacing 715 mature trees that will have to be removed to make way for the line. The deadline for public comment on the environmental assessment review has passed. dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
For more eco talk from Elaine Golds, read Green Scene column, page A22
Centennial Secondary School is Planning for the Future The planning process to rebuild Centennial Secondary School is underway. The School District is considering two options regarding the school site for the rebuilt school: • Current location at 570 Poirier Street; or • Winslow site at 1100 Winslow Avenue. We are seeking public feedback on the siting options for the school and will be holding two neighbourhood consultation meetings. To Ànd out more information and to provide feedback, please attend one of the following meetings:
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 – 7:00 pm Centennial Secondary School (Courtyard) 570 Poirier Street, Coquitlam or
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Coquitlam last chance for container-based housing units Container-based modular housing expected to be used in the Tri-Cities to house homeless people after the cold/wet weather mat program comes to an end next spring will not be located in Port Coquitlam or Port Moody. Both cities have rejected a request by the TriCities Homelessness Task
Group to locate the beds in their municipalities, saying there is not a suitable location for the units. Coquitlam council is expected to debate the issue later this month. “I am disappointed,” s a i d S a n dy B u r p e e, chair of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group. “But I am not giv-
ing up hope that a suitable location will be found.” Hope for F reedom Society director Rob Thiessen said he always believed the containers would end up in Coquitlam and added that he has been in discussion with Coquitlam city staff about several properties. Both Thiessen and
Burpee say the containers would have to be located close to the Coquitlam River, where homeless people congregate. Despite the setback in PoCo and PoMo, both advocates believe they can get the shelters running next year. The facilities look like shipping containers but are purpose-
built mobile housing units that have been offered by Shadowlines Transportation Group free of charge. The containers would provide 24 units and are seen as a temporary solution until a planned permanent shelter can be built in Coquitlam. gmckenna@tricitynews.com
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‘Can’t rely on gov’t’ continued from front page “There is a shift in thinking for who is actually responsible for looking after this stuff,” he said. “We have kind of believed that government is responsible for everything. We can’t always rely on them to do it.” Thiessen’s fundraising theory will be put to the test this fall when advocates begin soliciting donations for a temporary, container-based housing initiative. That program is seen as a stop-gap measure that will house homeless people between the end of the cold/wet weather mat program next April and construction of a permanent facility. Twenty-four beds will be provided free of charge by Langley’s Shadowlines Transportation Group, which uses shipping containers as housing units. Gerry Sly, owner of Boyd Autobody, has been given
Check out the shelter: A16 the task of asking businesses and faith-based organizations to donate to the initiative. Hope For Freedom believes it will cost $450 per day to operate the containers, which will also offer mental health and addiction services. “I am hoping the community will get behind this,” Sly said. “Everyone I have talked to is quite supportive. But talk is one thing, cash is another.” He added that if this fundraising initiative is successful, it would go a long way toward proving the community is able to support the operating costs of a larger, permanent facility. He also said what he and other housing advocates are doing in the Tri-Cities could be
adopted in other cities. Sandy Bur pee, the chair of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group, said housing initiatives are more attractive to the provincial government when charitable contributions offset operating costs. He added that donations from the community can help convince higher levels of government that a proposal is worthwhile. While raising enough money to operate a permanent shelter would be difficult, Burpee said there is a big commitment from housing advocates such as Thiessen and Sly to make it happen. “I am not skeptical of anything Rob [Thiessen] puts his mind to,” Burpee said. “He is very committed.” • To donate money to the container-based housing initiative, email Gerry Sly at beckycircuit@telus.net.
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obody likes to look a gift horse in the mouth and the recent spate of summer road construction projects will result in safer, more efficient driving in the future. But, oh, this summer has been a bad one for road work. Not a single major thoroughfare has been left untouched, making driving through the Tri-Cities a nightmare no matter what the destination. We understand that this work has to be done while the weather is good and before federal stimulation funds run out, and we know we will benefit in the long term. Still, for the sake of safety — and sanity — it would have been better if this work could have been done at night, as has been the case with Port Mann/Highway 1 construction. It may cost more to have work done when most people are sleeping but the savings in efficiency and productivity would be well worth the money.
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hen was the last time you heard a real testimonial about school teachers? As we go back to school, this year, it’s deserved and it’s time. For teachers, it’s often a long time between positive strokes. I feel about teachers the way some Americans feel about their soldiers: They are heroes. The job teachers do for our country is impossibly challenging and heroic. They struggle daily against immeasurable odds: bureaucratic trivia, egregious political interference, daily increasing professional demands, low salaries, public criticism and general under–appreciation. It is incredible to me that they come back each day to help our children grow and learn. Teachers are legitimately heroic in what they do for our country. “Oh, come on,” I hear you saying, “you’re laying it on a bit thick. My son’s teacher ignores bullying and the principal wastes money on...
And they get two months off in the summer…” I ask you to think again. Our children, before they turn 10 years old, are learning about the physical nature of their world — what’s safe, what hurts, the bases of language and mathematics, and how to get along as comfortably as they can without hurting themselves. They learn some of these lessons early from their parents but those lessons are expanded, clarified and confirmed by their teachers in a controlled setting (school). What a crucial contribution this is to their personal development. Children learn well from adults other than their parents. This is not to cast aspersions on parents — it’s just true. Teachers have a more temporary emotional attachment to our children — they don’t have to get them to clean their rooms or take out the garbage each day — which lends teachers an objective credibility that parents don’t have. Teachers confirm and cement our societal values in our children every day. As parents, we often have difficulty adapting to our child’s stage of development. Teachers seldom do — they’ve seen it many times before
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and they know just how to respond. They don’t have to but they consider it their job. The “teenage syndrome” includes some or all of: a developing allergy to parents, a desire for solitude, an increasing straining at the parental leash and an exasperating conviction that their parents are not quite as bright as is their pal Spike. During this important, tumultuous time, teachers are there for our children. Teachers have helped children through this phase many times while we parents are usually astounded by the stage that our children (and we) are going through. Teachers know how to avoid confrontation with tweeners and teenagers, how to come at them sideways instead of head on. The nuance involved in working with small children and angst-filled teenagers is seldom recognized or appreciated. Yes, teachers are there for our kids and, despite peripheral noise — the accountability movement, education cutbacks, a critical media and government-nurtured parent power — teachers remain there for our children every day.
There are teachers who become jaded and, in self-defence, look for the easiest way to get through the demanding days, nights and criticisms they face. For the most part, however, teachers work harder than most of us, and perform a function so crucial to our children that they can only be considered heroes. Teachers work daily to assure the continuity of our way of life. They teach and model the qualities of personality our children need to successfully navigate life in the western world. They help our children develop these qualities of citizenship, sometimes despite conflicting lessons modelled at home. The professional expertise and commitment of our teachers, who spend each day concentrating on our children’s development, is seldom recognized. Support our troops? Of course. But at this back-to-school time, we should find a catchy homily and a special coloured ribbon to adorn our car bumpers in appreciation of the heroic work done daily by our nation’s school teachers. Jim Nelson is a retired Tri-City teacher and principal.
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FACE TO FACE: The long and short of it: Which census approach is best?
Census form fight no big deal
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nly in earnest, oh-so-proper, oh-so-polite and all-too-willing-to-please Canada could a government’s decision — to make one of its many invasive tentacles a little less sticky — end up sparking a pandemic of righteous, outraged, spittle-spewing panic, culminating in the rolling out of the utterly predictable big gun: a Charter of Rights challenge. Pardon the cliché but I simply must type four handy little words here in response to the long-formcensus uproar: Give. Me. A. Break. The federal Conservative government’s decision last month to free Canadians of the requirement to complete the long-form census was met with fulminatory outbursts the likes of which might more sanely be reserved for the debaucher of one’s womenfolk. But let’s consider some facts: The Conservatives count among their members a goodly number of principled libertarian folk who are rightly suspicious of an obese nanny state that is sustained, in part, by the coercive collection of statistical minutia. It’s a matter of personal privacy and freedom. Importantly, this minutia is of the sort that is not collected by many other advanced Western countries, including Denmark, Sweden,
Norway and Finland — states that this country’s left-wing intelligentsia otherwise manages to view as neo-utopian paradises. Go figure. The decision to scrap the mandatory long-form might have shocked the Loyal Opposition, the CBC, academia, establishment think tanks, and socialist action federations but it really represented little more than the PM throwing a bone to one of the constituent parts of his party. And as bones goes, this wasn’t even a very big one. Yes, databases reliant on longitudinal studies will no doubt be adversely affected, and special-interest groups might, therefore, not be able to collect sufficient data to mount a statistical case in favour of their little bailiwick receiving its $3-million annual grant but Canada will surely keep humming along just fine. Furthermore, in case you’re like my colleague — and fear that, sans the minutia, Canada will blunder into the future like a blindfolded elephant — you should know that a great deal of the information is already available to the government through other sources, such as income tax returns. Now, if only Mr. Harper would cancel the income tax, then there would really be something important to get worked up about.
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IN QUOTES “The decision to scrap the mandatory long-form... really represented little more than the PM throwing a bone to one of the constituent parts of his party. ” Terry O’Neill
vs. “In spite of the objections of many, including those in the business and legal communities, the government went ahead with the changes.” Mary Woo Sims What’s your take on this week’s Face to Face topic and what O’Neill and Sims have to say? Email your thoughts to newsroom@tricitynews.com.
he usually dull summer in Ottawa was shattered last month with the Conservatives announcing that they would do away with the longform census. This form captured more detail from Canadians than the short-form and is used by all levels of government and business for planning purposes. The brouhaha over the long form census even captured the attention of the New York Times. Special hearings were held in Parliament. The chief statistician, Munir Sheikh, resigned from Statistics Canada, essentially citing professional differences in the way the government wished to proceed. In spite of the objections of many, including those in the business and legal communities, the government went ahead with the changes. Statistics Canada’s website, modified on Aug. 20, stated, “The information previously collected by the long-form census questionnaire will be collected as part of the new voluntary National Household Survey.” This is the first time Stats Can will conduct this voluntary survey and it is “counting on Canadians who receive this survey to recognize the importance of this information and to respond to the survey.”
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If it’s that important for Canadians to respond to the annual survey, why did the Tories, out of the blue, decide to scrap it? The Tories said many Canadians had complained about the long form — it was an invasion of privacy and they felt coerced into filling it out. That’s what my colleague thinks. When asked to produce evidence of these complaints, they failed to produce anything tangible. Canada’s privacy commissioner received only two complaints when the last census was taken in 2006. So what’s the real reason for the change? The latest Ekos poll shows the Conservatives and Liberals tied at 29%. They fail to maintain a consistent lead over their political rivals. Why? The Tories created a tempest over the census long form and then failed to reasonably explain what the problem was with it. In spite of professional advice from their chief statistician, business and community leaders as well as pleadings from other levels of government to maintain the census long form as it was, they proceeded. It’s just plain stupid. If the Tories are wondering why they can’t maintain a lead on the Liberals in the polls, they only need ask themselves.
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The Port Mann Bridge will open without all the lanes ready and the letter writer worries there will be other problems, too.
Lane pain on bridges The Editor, Re. “Port Mann to open with tolls on 8 lanes” (The Tri-City News, Sept. 1). When we start paying tolls on an incomplete Port Mann Bridge, will
there be lanes closed for repairs and construction like there are every day on the Golden Ears Bridge? For a new bridge, the road looks like a jigsaw puzzle and it gets worse every day.
The road looks like it was built 30 years ago. Who is paying for all this poor workmanship? Let’s hope they know what they are doing on the Port Mann. Peter Baillie, Coquitlam
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Books to homes PoMo ponders dev’t. proposal By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The old Alley Youth Centre on St. Johns Street could soon be a gleaming new commercial and residential development — if it can get past Port Moody council’s new policy of zero to minimal growth. Po M o ’s l a n d u s e committee has recommended council consider an Aragon Properties Ltd. application for official community plan and zoning bylaw amendments, likely at a council meeting in October. City manager Gaetan Royer said the property was rezoned several years ago for the Brickyards proposal for up to 95 units. Aragon’s proposal calls for 106 residential units, bumping it slightly above what’s currently allowed in the OCP. Whether the proposal falls on the chopping block of PoMo’s r e s i d e n t i a l g r ow t h policy — a stance council adopted in last year because of the sketchy future of the MurrayClarke Connector and Evergreen Line — will be up to council to decide, added Colleen Rohde, the city’s director of strategic and economic development. The proposal features 106 residential units and nearly 22,000 square feet of commercial space in one building, which would be separated above grade by an “upper mews” into two distinct components. One element is a fivestorey, mixed-use building facing St. Johns
Street that would contain one floor of commercial space and four floors and 78 apartment units above. The other element is a four-storey residential component facing Spring Street that would have 28 stacked twostorey townhouses. Half would face Spring Street and the other, slightly higher, half would face the internal upper mews area. Another commercial component is proposed for a circular building at the corner of Moody and Spring streets. All commercial and residential parking would be provided underground and Aragon is not requesting a variance on the number of spaces required under the zoning bylaw. What is needed is an OCP amendment for the proposed residential density. The existing OCP allows a building of up to five storeys on the site, with a density of up to 95 units per acre and floor area ratio (FAR) of 3. Aragon is proposing 106 residential units with a density of 2.98 FAR. The only zoning bylaw amendment needed is to change the site-specific comprehensive development zone designation that was given to the Brickyards plans for the site in 2005. That proposal didn’t move forward because the OCP’s density allowance required the developer to build larger units that were difficult to sell. Its higher ceiling heights would have made the four-storey building just two to four feet lower on St. Johns and about 16 feet higher on Spring Street compared to Aragon’s proposal. Royer said the prop-
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By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Coquitlam city hall unveiled this week designs for an emergency shelter and transitional housing facility for the homeless. And the plans for a four-storey, 38,000-square foot centre will be put before the public at two open houses later this month. According to city documents, the proposal includes 30 shelter beds plus, on separate floors, another 30 self-contained studio units for the transitional program, for which tenants will pay rent based on their income. As well, between November and March, there will be 30 mats available to help those in need during the harshest months. The facility, to be located at 3030 Gordon Ave. — a one-hectare, treed city-owned lot near the CP Rail tracks, off Westwood Street — would be built to a gold LEED (Leadership in Energ y and Environmental Design) standard, a provincial requirement, said Mayor Richard Stewart. Still, when the provincial bucks will come to build the long-awaited shelter is unknown. “I’m confident that we’ll have funding very shortly,” Stewart said, noting he spoke to B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman last month and “we’ve received a commitment from the minister that he’s working hard to get that funding and that this is among the highest priorities that he has.” In an email to The Tri-City News yesterday, the housing ministry stated: “While funding is currently not available, [the shelter] will be given serious consideration when the economic situation improves.” Slated to open next year, the shelter has been stuck in a holding pattern for at least two years, primarily on wrangling over a memorandum of understanding between the city and BC Housing.
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• Coquitlam city hall will host two open houses for the public to comment on the proposed shelter. They will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 22, from 4 to 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 25 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feedback from the open houses — as well as other meetings and comments made to staff — will be compiled for a report to council for its Nov. 1 meeting; a public hearing is set for Nov. 29 to consider the property rezoning and city-wide OCP changes. More information on the open houses can be obtain from the city’s social planner, Verna Semotuk, at 604-927-3411 or vsemotuk@ coquitlam.ca.
The memo sets out a number of parameters critical to the project moving ahead, including: funding for construction, operations and services; design and development funding; and the selection process of nonmarket housing and service providers, among others. (Calls to BC Housing were not returned by The Tri-City News’ deadline yesterday and Coquitlam city planners also weren’t available to answer questions.) Meanwhile, negotiations also continue with Coquitlam’s two neighbouring cities: Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. In March, PoCo city council fired a letter to the housing ministry urging funding for the shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave.; the city of Port Moody has turned down requests for cash. “We’re hopeful,” Stewart said of discussions with PoCo and PoMo. “The homeless problem isn’t really Coquitlam’s. Most of the homeless do live in Port Coquitlam but that boundary means nothing to us when it comes to this social issue.” jwarren@tricitynews.com
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City sues, asking for a muzzle and a fence By Janis Warren THE TRI-CITY NEWS
The city of Coquitlam is taking a dog owner to court to comply with its animal protection and noise bylaws. Last week, the city filed a 150-page petition with B.C. Supreme Court against Ellen Stewart following what it claims are a decade of violations and complaints about her male chow-chow cross breed dog. The petition calls for Yogi to be on a leash and muzzled in public, and for its master to
build a 1.8-metre tall fence on her lot. According to the city’s statement of claim, Yogi “has exhibited consistent aggressive behaviour towards adults, children and other dogs and is a source of danger and aggravation to the residents living” near Stewart’s property. “City staff remains concerned that Yogi, a vicious dog, continues to present a danger to people and to other animals,” it reads. Since 2000, the Finnigan Street resident — who lives three blocks from Cape Horn elementary school — has received 33 infractions for Yogi’s aggressive behaviour and
barking; the dog was also declared vicious three times by the provincial court: in 2005, 2007 and 2008. Stewart has paid some of the $5,000 penalties levied against her, according to the court documents. Heather Bradfield, the city’s assistant city solicitor, said provincial legislation doesn’t allow municipalities to attach bylaw fines to property taxes. As a result, she said, the city was left with no choice other than legal action. “The city has been attempting to work
with Ms. Stewart over the years to get her to comply with the requirements of the bylaws governing vicious dogs and the noise bylaw but, unfortunately, she has not done so and, as a consequence, we now have had to take it to the next level,” Bradfield said, adding, “It’s basically public safety and keeping the peace of that neighbourhood.” The Tri-City News visited the home yesterday but Ellen Stewart was not available for comment. A statement of defence has not yet been filed. jwarren@tricitynews.com
National honours T wo T r i - C i t y residents will be honoured today (Friday) with national commendations for their work with veterans. Robert Siddons of Coquitlam and Kathy Ensor from Port Coquitlam are among 12 Canadians who were scheduled to receive the awards from the federal Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs at a c e re m o ny a t t h e We s t i n Bayshore hotel in Vancouver. Siddons, who served as an armourer in the 800 Squadron of the British Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War, is a past president of the Burma Star Association’s B.C. branch. Currently, he’s in his fifth year as its welfare of ficer, helping vets with their pensions and benefit entitlements as well as widows of deceased members. Despite having a disability, Siddons regularly visits vet shut-ins at home and in the hospital, assists with the Coquitlam Le gion’s poppy fund and speaks to school children at Remembrance Day assemblies. In addition to being zone commander with the Legion in Vancouver and Bur naby, Ensor is the first vicepresident of the Grandview Legion branch. A fla g bearer with the Lower Mainland c o l o u r p a r t y, Ensor also organizes commemorative events for the Legion, including at Mountain View cemetery, serves as chair of public relations for the B.C./Yukon command and helps with the annual poppy drive.
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TRI-CITYY LIFE
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THE THINGS-TO-DO GUIDE: Films, photos, skating and hiking
TREEFEST There’s plenty going on at Riverview Hospital today, where the Burke Mountain Naturalists, Riverview Horticultural Centre Society and the city of Coquitlam are hosting the 17th annual Treefest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are walking tours, kids’ activities, a panel discussion on history, gardening info and much more. Visit www.rhcs.org for more information. FILE PHOTO THE TRI-CITY NEWS
It’s tree time at Riverview Compiled by Sarah Payne
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t may not be a long weekend, but with so much fun stuff to do, it promises to be a good one.
Join your friends, neighbours and the Maillardville Residents Association and help clean up the streets of Maillardville from 9 to 11 a.m., rain or shine. Garbage bags and pickers provided; meet at the Mackin Park picnic tables.
TODAY: Friday, Sept. 10
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Coquitlam Public Library presents View from the Ground: Documentary Photography with British photojournalist Lee Karen Stow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $50, with proceeds supporting women in Sierra Leone. Contact info@pacificnorthwestartschool.org to register.
FRENCH FILM FEST
Put a little joie de vivre into your weekend at the Port Moody Film Society’s France Film Weekend. Tonight, catch Séraphinee (biography/G), based on the life of painter Séraphine de Senlis. Saturday’s showing is Summer Hours (family/PG), about a family sorting through their mother’s country home. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre. Visit www.pmfilm.ca.
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MUNDY MUD
Explore Mundy Park with the Mundy Mudthudders, who meet for casual weekly walks starting at 10:15 a.m. Meet at the trailhead at the foot of Regan Ave., next to Hillcrest middle. Get more info at mundymudthudders@yahoo.ca.
SKATE JAM
St. Catherine’s Anglican Church presents the Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew at Terry Fox Theatre tonight and tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 at 604-942-9812.
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Do you love to skateboard and want to see a skate park in Maillardville? Then take part in the skate jam in the Place Maillardville (1200 Cartier St.) parking lot from 1 to 6 p.m., where a 1/4 pipe will be set up to show off your skills. Helmets are mandatory.
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Sunday, Sept. 12 PAWS FOR A CAUSE
Join the BC SPCA Paws for a Cause Walk at Lafarge Lake and help raise $1 million province-wide to help homeless animals. Registration opens at 9 a.m. and the walk at 11 a.m.
FOR THE KIDS
The Coquitlam Farmers Market is all about kids (and kids at heart) today, with games, activities, stories and more from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Don’t forget to check out all the great latesummer produce, too. Visit www.makebakegrow.com.
GO BOWLING
Gather the family for a fun day at Port Coquitlam Bowl, where owners Brian and Rhonda Madaski are inviting everyone to help them celebrate the 60th anniversary of their bowling centre from noon to 3 p.m. Challenge PoCo’s acting mayor Darrell Penner to a game, or your own family and friends for just $2 a game. Please send Things-To-Do guide submissions to spayne@tricitynews.com.
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Walk life path with boundaries L
ast week, I introduced a series of columns on how to help our children chart a life-path that will lead to purpose and fulfillment. We began by focusing on a healthy love relationship with our kids that will keep the doors of communication open. The second step is to talk to each child about his or her life mission. A mission statement is usually one to two sentences and it provides an overall chart for our life course. It’s like standing on a mountain and looking down on the winding path — our life journey — that will cover 70 or 80 years. It answers the big question, “What is life all about?” Are we just wandering through our years, eating, sleeping, learning, working, resting? Or are we going somewhere? Is there a bigger purpose to my existence?
Third, the road of life that we choose has to be directed by our values. What beliefs form the boundaries of our life path? When you are driving down the highway, there are several indicators of where the boundaries are. There are lines on the outside and between the lanes that tell you if you can cross, where you must stop and where you must drive. There are signs along the road that tell you to stop, yield, slow down or go 60 km/h. And if none of those are effective, there are policemen to keep you in line. Because of all these boundaries, you can feel safe and secure when on the road. It’s interesting to me that the Hebrew Torah is the book that provides many of the values that Jews and Christians both hold. The word Torah comes from the idea of a guard-rail. Like the guard-rails that border the Fraser Canyon highway, it protects us from going over the edge to our destruction. The path of life that each of us is travelling also needs boundaries to keep us safe and secure, and they are called values. If our children set good and healthy values when they
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are young, they will avoid a lot of heartache along the journey that stretches out ahead of them. My personal values include some of the following boundaries: • keeping the word of God as my life manual’ • honouring God with the first of my time, strength and income; • maintaining faithfulness to my family and friends; • keeping purity in my thought and behaviour; • speaking words that bring encouragement and hope to those to whom I speak; • maintaining a strong work ethic. The list of behaviours, attitudes and speech should include 10 or 12 of the life principles that we have taught our children to value most highly. Make a list for yourself of values that guide your path so you can talk to your son or daughter about their own. Barry Buzza (www.barrybuzza.com and barrybuzza.blogspot.com) is senior pastor at Northside church in Coquitlam and PoCo.
Upcoming Events at Terry Fox Theatre Port Coquitlam Theatre Society congratulates St. Catherine’s Anglican Church Awarded the Community Initiatives Grant For The Magician’s Nephew Fri., Sept. 10 & Sat., Sept. 11, 7:30pm Sat., Sept. 11 & Sun., Sept. 12, 2:00pm Tickets $15 - 604-942-9812
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Celebrate Treefest and Riverview Hospital GREEN SCENE Elaine Golds
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century ago, a positive step forward was taken in Coquitlam for mental health care. That is when Colony Farm officially opened in 1910 and began to provide a new type of therapeutic care for the mentally ill. As part of the new Essondale hospital, then still under construction, Colony Farm was designed to provide locally grown, nutritious food, fresh air, pleasant surroundings, meaningful work and a regular routine — all of which were all thought to be essential for the recovery of the mentally ill. The first building at Essondale, West Lawn, opened shortly thereafter in 1913. By the 1950s, 4,726 patients were being cared for at Essondale. Renamed Riverview Hospital in 1965, this site provides an extremely important legacy for this community with its awardwinning buildings, unique tree collection and a proud history of community service. This Sunday, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Riverview grounds are host to the 17th annual TreeFest. This annual celebration of Riverview’s arboretum, its outstanding heritage buildings and special history was initiated because community groups felt Riverview Hospital was vastly under-appreciated and in danger of disappearing. In fact, the closure of Riverview had been called for as early as 1973. Today, the threat of losing Riverview Hospital and its proud legacy is even more immediate; the last few remaining patients are expected to be transferred elsewhere by June 2012. The future of Colony Farm was equally uncertain for a few years but, in the early 1990s, community groups pulled together and, with some political will, created a vision for its protection. Thus, Colony Farm became a regional park in 1995, with a mandate for
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Above: Prior to World War I, patients at Essondale helped turn Colony Farm into a prize-winning provincial asset. North Lawn, under construction on the Riverview Hospital grounds, is in the background. Left: Treefest is Sunday at Riverview.
wildlife habitat, agriculture and a plan to become a place where everyone could enjoy the pleasant outdoors. In contrast, the fate of Riverview remains very much up in the air. Many people believe there is a need for it to continue to provide much-needed mental health care as it has for almost a century. They feel there is no reason why, for example, the Valleyview building, built in the late 1950s, should not remain as a functioning and well-maintained hospital for mental health care. Current plans call for only limited services to remain on site in three new facilities recently built by the Fraser Health Authority. Now, the grand old buildings stand mostly empty with at least one in an alarming state of decay. With no budget for maintenance unless the buildings are being used, their fate
seems sealed. Similarly, Riverview’s fantastic collection of more than 1,800 trees, a legacy from when Riverview was home to western Canada’s first botanical garden, will also almost certainly decline with each winter’s passing storms unless a program is developed for tree maintenance and restoration. All three local municipalities have passed resolutions calling for the continuation of Riverview, protection of its tree collection and respect for its proud history. In 2000, a petition with more than 22,000 signatures was presented to the provincial legislature. Officials at the city understand what a precious legacy they have. Several years ago, they established a task force, which produced a report with recommendations for Riverview’s future. In 2008, the city added Riverview to its Community Heritage Registry and subsequently to the Provincial Heritage Registry — a step that was supported by the provincial government. Now, the city has proposed Riverview Hospital should become a National Historic Site. Such a designation requires permission of the owner — i.e., the provincial government — but, unfortunately, Victoria hasn’t yet stepped forward to provide it.
Treefest on Sunday provides an opportunity for members of the public to join tree tours to learn more about the significance of the tree collection at Riverview, visit its museum, explore Finnie’s Garden, view displays or participate in a guided walk around its most magnificent heritage buildings with historical architect Don Luxton. This year at Treefest, there will also be presentations from a living heritage panel on which community members will share their reflections and stories from Riverview. Visitors to Riverview often comment on the campus-like feel of the site, with its gracious landscaping of mature trees, grand architecture and delightful natural areas. The original planners of the site, working with patients who did much of the landscaping, have woven together all the critical elements of a healing and therapeutic environment. In places where history is allowed to inform the future, I cannot imagine that a legacy such as Riverview would be allowed to be lost. Elaine Golds is a Port Moody environmentalist who is vice-president of Burke Mountain Naturalists, chair of the Colony Farm Park Association and president of the PoMo Ecological Society.
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If disaster strikes, are you ready? How ready are you and your family if disaster struck in Port Coquitlam? The city is hosting several emergency preparedness courses in order to teach residents how to prepare for an unexpected situation, like a power outage, severe storm, flood or earthquake. The free community training courses teach residents how to survive on their own for up to three days after a major emergency. The courses include: • personal family preparedness (Sept. 14); • rapid damage assessment (Sept. 16); • basic fire suppression (Sept. 21); • and light and urban search and rescue (Sept. 23). All courses start at 7 p.m. at #1 Fire Hall (1725 Broadway St.). The same courses will be offered in November. gmckenna@tricitynews.com
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TRI-CITY SPOTLIGHT: Cadets back from summer training camps in Vernon FREE LUNCH
Bill Dick and his staff at Coquitlam’s Phoenix Truck and Crane recently served up two free barbecue lunches to Share food bank clients. The company also donated $5,000 to Tiny Bundles, a Share program that gives groceries to pregnant women, and new moms and their families.
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Three Port Coquitlam teens with 2893 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps were in Vernon this summer for military training. Cadet Alex (Chun Nok) Ho was named top cadet in his platoon during the three-week basic expedition course. He received his award from Reviewing Officer CPO1 Cliff Ronneseth. Cadet Jasper Kim also was recognized as best cadet in the threewe e k b a s i c m a rk s man course and was presented with his ac-
Eleven Tri-City high school graduates received bursaries thanks to the Coquitlam chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW). They are: Claudia Lee (Gleneagle secondary); Valerie Pho (Port Moody); Shima Bakhtiary (Centennial); Sarah Davis (Terry Fox); Sogand Alijani (Riverside); Katherine Lui (Heritage Woods); Jannika Nyberg (Dr. Charles Best); Li Chun “Jean” Chen (Pinetree); and Stephanie Bermudez (CABE). Meanwhile, Charles Wang (PMSS) and Kathleen Loski (Gleneagle) scored $750 each for being named best Grade 12 artists at a juried art show hosted by School
District 43 in May at Coquitlam Centre mall. As well, CFUW gave two $500 bursaries to Douglas College’s David Lam campus to help students in the career preparation program, plus a $1,000 bursary to a returning full-time and mature SFU student.
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A $6,000 donation was kicked into the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer Club coffers during a fundraiser this week. Metro Ford in Port Coquitlam and Ford of Canada put aside $20 for every test drive of a new Ford vehicle between 1 and 5 p.m. Monday as part of the club’s 24th annual Labour Day tournament. A total of 300 test drives were done for “Drive One 4 UR Team,” which took place at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam.
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A youth group that volunteers around the Tri-Cities is the recipient of a $15,000 grant from Coast Capital Savings. The 164-member Community Volunteer Connections’ Flying Squad was at 116 community events last year, lending a hand at activities like festivals, fundraisers and salmon releases. on the 110 km chain, which is located east of Quesnel and includes the Cariboo River. Members Alex Seaman and Alex Klopp also successfully navigated The Chute, a part of the system notorious for canoe wrecks. The trip was sponsored by the 1st PoCo parents’ group committee as a reward for three recent recipients of the Chief Scout Award: Seaman, Stuart Knight and Harry Liu.
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Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, located at 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC to receive representations from all persons who deem it in their interest to address Council regarding the following proposed bylaws.
The City Clerk’s Office will compile a Speakers List for the Public Hearing item – please register by telephone at 604-927-3010 or by facsimile at 604-927-3015. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but those who have registered in advance will be given first opportunity. Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting to give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.
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Item #1 Reference Nos. 10 010048 OC and 10 010050 RZ Bylaw Nos. 4138 and 4139, 2010 Address: 639 Tyndall Street The intent of Bylaw No. 4138, 2010 is to amend City of Coquitlam Citywide Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 and its amending Bylaws to revise the land use designation of the subject property outlined in black on the map hereto and marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4138, 2010 from One-Family Residential to Parks and Recreation.
Item #2 Reference No. 09 014007 RZ Bylaw No. 4131, 2010 Text Amendment to the RS-7, RS-8, RS-9, RS-10 and RS-11 Single Family Zones The intent of Bylaw No. 4131, 2010 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 and its amending Bylaws to amend the RS-7 Small Village Single Family Residential, RS-8 Large Village Single Family Residential, RS-9 Large Single Family Residential, RS-10 Executive Single Family Residential and the RS-11 Estate Single Family Residential zones. If approved, the application will clarify and simplify the building setback requirements for certain single family lots in Northeast Coquitlam.
Item #3 Reference No. 08 005515 RZ Bylaw No. 4148, 2010 Addresses: 3004 – 3010 Glen Drive The intent of Bylaw No. 4148, 2010 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 and its amending Bylaws to rezone the subject properties outlined in black on the map hereto and marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4148, 2010 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to C-4 City Centre Commercial. If approved, it would accommodate the development of one high-rise residential tower with 169 units, six at-grade commercial units and a nine-storey office tower with two at-grade commercial units.
The intent of Bylaw No. 4139, 2010 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 and its amending Bylaws to rezone the subject property outlined in black on the map hereto and marked Schedule “A” to Bylaw No. 4139, 2010 from RS-1 One-Family Residential to P-1 Civic Institutional. If the application is approved, it would ensure the site continues to be used as a park. Copies of the aforementioned bylaws and further particulars pertaining thereto may be inspected from Wednesday, September 1, 2010 to Monday, September 13, 2010 at the Planning and Development Department, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday excluding statutory holidays (phone: 604-927-3430). Lauren Hewson Legislative and Administrative Services Manager
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Would you like the opportunity to stretch your imagination? Meet other book lovers? Find new authors and share your opinions? Port Moody Library is pleased to offer three book clubs this fall. • The Ex Libris Club (Talking Book Club) is primarily for print-disabled or visually impaired persons but all readers are welcome. This group meets the first Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The next meeting is Oct. 1. For more information, call Renelle at 604-469-4637. • The Inlet Book Club meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. The next meeting will be held Oct. 6. • The Night Readers meet the third Wednesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For the Sept. 15 meeting, clubbers will be reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. There is no need to register — just attend and join in. Port Moody Public Library is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. Call 604-469-4577 for more information.
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The back-to-school push has started for both kids and adults, but for adults it often shows up as a desire to join a book club. Coquitlam Public Library has two monthly book clubs, one at each branch, that may satisfy your need to discuss what you’ve been reading with others. The Monday afternoon club at City Centre branch meets from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the first Monday of the month; due to the Labour Day long weekend, the next meeting is Sept. 13, when the group will be discussing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the bestseller by Stieg Larsson. Larsson has created two of the most memorable characters in recent literature in Mikael Blomkvist, the dogged economic journalist, and Lizbeth Salander, the Goth-like, haunted computer hacker. When Blomkvist and Salander join ranks to solve a 40-year-old missing persons case, you can be assured that Harriet Vanger will soon reappear. The Monday evening club at the Poirier branch meets from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m., normally on the first Monday of the month; due again to the Labour Day long weekend, the next meeting is Sept. 13, when the group will be discussing The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. Flavia de Luce, Bradley’s 11-year-old heroine, is also a character with great charm and forcefulness. An aspiring chemist with a passion for poisons, Flavia’s curiosity gets the best of her when she discovers two seemingly unrelated events in close proximity: a dead bird with a postage stamp pinned to its beak on the doorstep of her mouldering country home and a dying man in the cucumber patch. The library’s book groups are open to the general public, so feel free to drop in at either club on Sept. 13. For more information, call Leslie Utsunomiya, CPL’s adult services co-ordinator, at 604-937-4140. Also, for other established book clubs, Coquitlam Public Library maintains sets of book club titles that can be borrowed on an extended loan for club usage. Sets normally contain approximately twelve copies of each title and must be booked by phoning the adult services co-ordinator at the number above.
Port Moody Public Library is once again hosting its kids book club this fall. Children nine to 11 years old can meet once a week to share discussion about some great books. They read two books during each sixweek session and do fun activities related to the stories. Kids will come away with a greater understanding of how to explore the characters in the books they read and
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Alcohol & drug info Share Alcohol and Drug Program invites you to attend any or all of an education series starting next month. The program is free and open to everyone in the community, and features important information for those who have an alcohol or drug problem or for those concerned about their use. It will help those people affected by others’ use to understand addicts and addictive behaviour. The meeting format consists of a video, a brief presentation and open discussion, and topics will vary from week to week as outlined below: • Sept. 15: Medical aspects and effects of alcohol and drug abuse. What happens to the body and mind under the influence. • Sept. 22: Alcohol — How dependence develops; controlled using; effects on pregnant women. • Sept. 29: Cocaine and crystal meth — the struggle to recover, and what long-term recovery looks like. • Oct. 6: Relapse Prevention — discussion on the psychological, emotional and physical aspects of relapsing and what can be done. • Oct. 13: Stress — learning how to cope with little and big problems without using. • Oct. 20: Anger — understanding your anger and learning how to manage it more effectively. • Oct. 27: Trauma — How substance misuse often occurs with people who have experienced childhood abuse. How these experiences may cause relapses or continued misuse. • Nov. 3: Drinking, Drugs and Driving — How the new laws will affect you. You will learn about “Blood Alcohol Levels” (BAL) the .05 determining impaired drivers. We will also discuss how drugs impair our judgement. • Nov. 17: Mental Illness, Depression and Addiction. Many people have a substance problem and are coping with mental issues. Understanding the links between the two issues will be tonight’s goal. • Nov. 24: Substance Affected: How others misuse or abuse of alcohol and drugs affects us. How to help others. • Dec. 1: Stage 2 Recovery — Life in the Future Sessions run Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m., on the second floor at Share headquarters, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody. For more information, phone 604-936-3900.
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Sessions for breastfeeding mothers La Leche League Canada, which encourages, promotes and provides mother-tomother breastfeeding support and educational opportunities, is hosting a series of upcoming meetings in Port Moody. LLLC-Coquitlam, which serves the TriCities, New Westminster and Burnaby, meets on the second Thursday of each month at Share Family and Community Services Society, main floor, 2615 Clarke
St. in Port Moody. All women interested in breastfeeding are welcome to attend monthly LLL meetings. Those who wish to join as members benefit from an additional monthly meeting and share additional benefits including access to a resource library and an email list for online community and support. On meeting days, doors open at 9:30 a.m. and the meeting begins at 10 a.m.
Upcoming dates and discussion topics are: • Oct. 14: “The art of breastfeeding and avoiding difficulties;” • Nov. 4, “Nutrition and weaning” (the November meeting schedule is adjusted to accommodate Remembrance Day). Visit La Leche League Canada at www. lllc.ca for more information or to contact your local LLL leader for information or support.
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Mind tools for anxiety & stress Would you like to explore how your mind works and learn ways of breaking negative reactions habits? Do you want to learn to use your mind to actively participate in healing your body? T r i - C i t y Women’s Resource Society is presenting a pro g ram next month on dealing with stress and anxiety. The speaker is Julieta Criollo, a certified doctor of natural medicine and clinical herbal therapist who has been practising holistic natural medicine since 2001. The workshop runs Sept. 14, 21 and 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the women’s resource centre, 2420 Mary Hill Rd., Port Coquitlam. Call 604-941-6311 for more information or to register.
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Tri-City Women’s Resource Society is hosting a program on building healthy relationships starting this month. The program runs Wednesdays, Sept. 15 to Nov. 3, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The group is for women who want to learn more about themselves and the relationships in their lives. Topics will cover understanding the impacts of abuse, communication skills, conflict resolution skills, self-esteem, bound-
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Our 101st Birthday Join us on Saturday, September 18th for our 101st Birthday Open House from Noon - 4pm. Burgers from Mr. Mike’s, cupcakes from Thrifty Foods and coffee courtesy Starbucks. Enjoy the saxophone music of Marlon Paulus. There will be crafts for the children, tours of the house and a chance to enjoy the beautiful ambience of our 101 year old Heritage House.
Conversation, Coffee and Cookies Tuesday, September 21st, 2pm. Consider this your formal invitation to join us for refreshments in the Parlour. Discover your local history and learn about volunteer opportunities at Mackin House. Pre-registration is not required.
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We invite you to come to the cemetery, view the well maintained grounds and find out about our services. Our staff will be on hand to answer questions and provide information. Light refreshments will be served. The Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery is owned and operated by the City of Coquitlam. It is located at 621 Robinson Street, in southwest Coquitlam, between Foster Avenue and Appian Way. Ce Cemetery Administration Office 621 Robin Robinson Street, Coquitlam, BC, V3J 0A6 0 604-927-6020 Regular business hours: Monday to Friday — 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Would you like to thud in the mud (or at least stroll along a trail)? Mundy Mudthudders’ informal walking group kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) and will meet Saturday mornings for walks on Mundy Park trails in Coquitlam and branching out to other local parks, including Como Lake, Rocky Point, Belcarra, White Pine and Minnekhada. This co-ed group will appeal to those wanting to kick-start their weekend by meeting up with others who share an enthusiasm for the great outdoors and who are already walking at a brisk, intermediate pace for at least one hour. Comprehensive map books will be provided for a nominal charge and group walks are held rain or shine. Mudthudders meet at 10:15 a.m. Saturdays near the trailhead at the foot of Regan Avenue, adjacent to Hillcrest middle school. For more infor mation, email mundymudthudders@yahoo.ca or call 604-945-4374.
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010 Red Robinson Show Theatre Nominations are now open in the following categories: • Environment Award • Youth Award • Neighbour to Neighbour Award • Cultural Harmony Award • Community Action Award • Community Volunteerism Award • Arts and Culture Award • Douglas College Lifetime of Leadership Award in Honour of Myrna Popove See www.societyforcommunitydevelopment.com/community_awards
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Fitness, health and nutrition are just some of the topics that new moms will hear about when an innovative drop-in program returns in September. Thanks to support from the United Way, Baby’s First Year (formerly called Moms and Babes) will be returning to Place Maillardville community centre in Coquitlam. The program offering information, conversation and support runs every Friday between Sept. 10 (today) and Dec. 10 from 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. Here’s a list of upcoming topics and speakers: • Sept. 17 — Phat to Phabulous: Moms and babes fitness with Charlene Reavely, certified fitness instructor. • Sept. 24 — ASL for Babies with Barbara Desmarais, a parenting and lifestyle coach; • Oct. 1 — Sleep for Infants with Dawn Whittaker, an infant and child sleep consultant and parenting coach; • Oct. 8 — Baby French with Valerie Roy-Couture, pre-school instructor; • Oct. 15 — Transition back to work, Patty Bojczuk, stress management consultant; • Oct. 22 — Finding child care, child care resource and referral; • Oct. 29 — Safe Start: Child-proofing the home with Rowan Metcalfe in association with BC Children’s Hospital’s Safe Start program. For more information and/or to volunteer at Place Maillardville, call 604-933-6146 call or drop by for a visit at 1200 Cartier Ave., Coquitlam.
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 • Port Coquitlam Figure Skating Club registration, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., PoCo rec centre, 2150 Wilson Ave.; alternately, call 604-641-8500. Club offers Canskate, pre-power, dance skills, free skate with enrichment, SK8 academy, Cheapskate, junior and more. Info: pocofigureskating.com. • Picking up Maillardville: Help clean up streets with Maillardville Residents Association, 9-11 a.m., rain or shine. Garbage bags and pickers provided. Meet at the Mackin Park picnic tables. • Mundy Mudthudders’ informal walking group begins, to be held Saturday mornings in Coquitlam’s Mundy Park trails and branching out to other local parks, including Como Lake, Rocky Point, Belcarra, White Pine and Minnekhada. Comprehensive map books will be provided for a nominal charge and group walks are held rain or shine. Mudthudders meet at 10:15 a.m. near the trailhead at the foot of Regan Avenue, adjacent to Hillcrest middle school. Info: mundymudthudders@yahoo.ca or 604945-4374. • Free introductory lesson in tai chi offered by Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada, 10:15 a.m.noon, Como Lake United Church, 535 Marmont St., Coquitlam. Fall beginner classes start there Sept. 15 and 18. Info: 604-6816609 or www.taoist.org/ vancouver. • Little Neighbours Preschool open house, 10
a.m.-1 p.m., 155 Finnigan St., Coquitlam. Info: 604521-5158 or www.littleneighbours.com. • Port Coquitlam high school class of 1980 30year reunion, Carnoustie Golf Club, PoCo; appies, door prizes and more. Info: wiggy42_42@ hotmail.com or go to Facebook.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 12 • Treefest 2010 on the Riverview Hospital site, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Highlights include: Riverview’s Living Heritage – A Panel Discussion, a heritage walk with Don Luxton, guided tree tours, environmental displays, musicians and artists on site and a children’s tree walk. GardenWorks workshops will cover edible fall planters, fall tree planting and protection of tender perennials and tropicals. Info: 604-290-9910 or www.rhcs.org.
MONDAY, SEPT. 13 • Dogwood Songsters start a new season, 10 a.m. at Dogwood Pavilion; if you like to sing, join up, no audition required, just the love of singing. Each week, Songsters entertain at a seniors’ residence, singing old favourites. Info: 604-927-6098. • BC Society for Schizophrenia, Coquitlam Branch, monthly meeting, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Poirier community centre, McGee Room, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-5839775.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 14 • Burke Mountain Naturalists’ monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., in
the hall of Como Lake United Church, Coquitlam. Speakers: Larry Cowan and David Schutz, who will present a slideshow on identifying local raptors. Meeting is free and open to all. Info: 604-9364108, 604-461-3864 or www.bmn.bc.ca. • Learn to square dance with the Ocean Waves, 7-8:30 p.m., Kyle Centre, 123 Kyle St., PoMo. Info: Penney, 604-463-1477 or www.oceanwaves.squaredance.bc.ca. • Glenayre Scottish Country Dance Club registration, 7 p.m., Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2860 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Coquitlam; all levels taught Tuesday evenings, beginners welcome – no partner required. Info: Jean, 604-464-8103.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15 • Singles Travel Club meets at 6 p.m. for dinner ($13) at Royal Canadian Legion, 1025 Ridgeway, Coquitlam. Travel presentation on South Africa. Club offers group tours for single people – meet new friends, enjoy the security of travelling in a group and avoid the costly single supplement. Info: www.singlestravelclub.ca. RSVP: Val, 604-529-1552.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 16 • 10th Coquitlam Scouts registration for Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, 6:307:15 p.m., Walton elementary school, Coquitlam. Info: Wendy, 604-944-7665. • Northeast Coquitlam Ratepayers Association AGM, 7 p.m. in Victoria Hall, corner Victoria and Soball. Speaker: Sandy Burpee of Tri-Cities
Homelessness Task Group. Info: 604-941-2462.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 17 • Tri-City Singles Social Club meets, 7:30 p.m., at Royal Canadian Legion, 2513 Clark St., PoMo. TCSSC is a fun group of 40+ people who enjoy activities such as walking, theatre, dining, biking, weekend trips and more; membership: $20 a year; meetings are held on third Friday of each month and new members are welcome. Info: tricityclub@gmail.com or Phyllis, 604-472-0016.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 18 • AGM of federal Liberal riding association for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, 7-9 p.m., at the Gathering Place, Living Room in Leigh Square, PoCo. Everyone interested in exploring or promoting Liberal values is welcome to attend and observe, whether a member or not. Light refreshments will be served.Info: ron@ronmckinnon.ca or 778-885-3562.
MONDAY, SEPT. 20 • HEAR Support Group, a branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, monthly meeting, 1 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Speaker: Wendy Scott from Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services. see page g A35 35
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR continued from page A33 • Knights of Columbus cribbage, 7 p.m., Knights hall, 2255 Fraser St., PoCo. $5, includes refreshments.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21 • PoCo Garden Club monthly meeting, 7:30 p.m., Trinity United Church hall, corner of Prairie and Shaughnessy, PoCo (meetand-greet happy hour begins at 7 p.m.) Speaker: Dianne Gaines from the Van Noort Bulb Co. on planting fall bulbs. There will be bulbs for sale to club members at wholesale prices. New members always welcome. Info: Marion, 604-941-9261. • Dogwood Garden Club of Coquitlam monthly meeting, 7 p.m., Centennial Room, Dogwood Pavilion. Speaker: Margaret Nakahara on floral art (how to arrange fresh flowers from your own garden). Guests welcome.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 22 • Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club stamp auction for members and visitors; viewing starts at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m. at Poirier community centre, McGee Room, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www. stampclub.ca. or 604-9419306.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23 • Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce hosts a transportation luncheon: TransLink “Is there a silver bullet that will save the Evergreen Line?” Time: 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Vancouver Golf Club, 771 Austin Ave., Coquitlam. Info, registration: 604464-2716 or www.tricitieschamber.com.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 28 • Fraser Pacific Rose Society meets, 7:30 p.m., in the Centennial Room of Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. September is society’s parlour show month; Tony Denton will speak on “What judges are looking for in exhibition roses.” Public is welcome. Info: Theresa, 604-464-5022.
ONGOING • St. John Ambulance volunteer medical first responders meetings held every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Tri-Cities branch, 2338 Clarke St., Port Moody. New members welcome to attend. Info: 604-931-3426 or www.sja.ca/bc. • St. John Ambulance volunteer youth cadets meetings, for people ages 6 to 21, held every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Cities branch, 2338 Clarke St., Port Moody. New members welcome to attend. Info: 604-9313426 or www.sja.ca/bc. • Northside Foursquare Church free clothing giveaway every Saturday, 1-2:30 p.m. at its Grace Campus, 2606 Kingsway, PoCo (at same time as food bank); children’s and adults’ clothing available, limits will be enforced. • Weekly thrift sales, Wednesday, noon-9 p.m.; Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Trinity United church, corner of Shaughnessy Street and Prairie Avenue, PoCo. Info: 604-942-0022. • Do you enjoy meeting
people who come from other countries? And sharing information about Canada while learning about others’ cultures? Help others adjust to life in Canada, improve their conversational English, and learn about the world. Info: Julie, 604-936-3900, Ext. 185 or juliebond@ society.ca. • Society hosts English practice groups, a fun, friendly place to practise English, meet new friends and learn more about your community. Info: Julie, 604-936-3900, Ext. 185 or julie.sutherland@ society.ca or www.society. ca. (Note: There is free childminding at practice sessions Thursdays, 3:30-5 p.m. at Mountain View elementary in Coquitlam and Mondays, 6-7:30 p.m. at Family and Community Services in PoMo.) • Sea Cadets for youth aged 12 to 18 years old meets at the Old Mill Boathouse at Rocky Point Park (Port Moody) on Wednesdays, from 6:30 to 9:15 p.m. For information visit www.regions.cadets. forces.gc.ca/pac/201sea/ or contact Lt(N) Shannon McGee at co.201sea@ cadets.net or call 604-9390301. • Tri-City Women’s Resource Society offers free ongoing counselling
services on weekdays for women who have experienced abuse/violence in their relationships or childhood abuse, sexual assault or childhood sexual abuse. Info: 604941-7111, Ext. 103. Call 604-941-7111 ext. 112. • Rotary Club of Coquitlam holds its monthly soup kitchen in the basement of Como Lake United church, noon-1:30 p.m., the third Saturday of each month. • Como Lake United church (535 Marmont, Coquitlam) thrift and furniture shop open Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon, Thursdays (thrift shop), 6:30-8:30 p.m. • Free ESL classes for new immigrants are on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m.-noon, provided as a free community service project by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 3345 Robson Dr., Coquitlam. Info: in Korean, 604-552-2305; Chinese, 604-944-7245; other, 604468-8938; also: www.english4free.net. • Light of the World Ministries holds weekly fundraisers at old Pleasantside grocery store, 631 Ioco Rd., PoMo: Fridays and Saturdays, 1-6 p.m., Sundays 2-6 p.m. Elegant garage sale items,
books, antiques and unusual gifts. • Glenayre Scottish country dancers meet Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., in the Centennial Room beside Chimo Pool, Coquitlam. New members welcome, all levels beginner to advanced, singles and couples. • 754 Phoenix Squadron - Royal Canadian Air Cadets parade every Wednesday, 6:30-9:30 p.m., at PoMo elementary school. Girls and boys 12-19 welcome. Info: 604936-8211. • RCSCC Grilse Sea Cadets, for boys and girls 12 to 18. Info: www.cadets.ca or 604-939-0301. • 2893 Seaforth Army Cadets hold a parade night every Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Open to boys and girls aged 12-18 years. Info: 604-466-2626 or 604-9423245, or www.cadets.ca. • SPARC radio museum on Riverview Hospital grounds is open Sundays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., with tours given by volunteers; large collection of antique consumer, military, marine, amateur radios and broadcast studio equipment. Located in the old pharmaceutical warehouse on Kerria Drive at the top of the hill. Info: 604-777-1885 or www3.telus.net/radiomuseum.
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e t a r THE GOLDEN YEARS b e Cel Alzheimer’s targeted by SFU spin-off partnership A Simon Fraser University spin-off company is taking aim at Alzheimer’s disease in partnership with pharmaceutical giant Merck. According to chemistry professor David Vocadlo, Alzheimer’s is “a serious societal concern” currently affecting more than 5.5 million North Americans. He is optimistic that research discoveries made in his SFU lab are the foundation for a breakthrough treatment that could slow or even stop the course of this fatal brain-wasting disease. Vocadlo’s Burnabybased spin-off company, Alectos Therapeutics, recently announced an important research collaboration with Merck to identify and develop compounds to modify a key enzyme — O-linked N-acetylglucosaminidase (O-GlcNAcase) — that may contribute to Alzheimer’s and other neurological disorders. The deal is potentially worth $289 million if all development and regulatory milestones are realized. Alectos’ technology builds on the findings of Vocadlo and his team of graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. After discovering how O-GlcNAcase works, they then showed it was feasible to generate selective molecules to modulate its action in the brain. Explains Vocadlo: “The brain is composed of billions of specialized cells known as neurons, each of which contains many proteins that carry out tasks enabling the neuron to work properly. It’s similar to traffic in a large
UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA A free telephone workshop from the Alzheimer Society of B.C. allows you to learn from home. Family caregivers will learn how to prepare for the journey with dementia by understanding the kinds of symptoms and reactions that are likely to arise throughout the different stages of the disease. This tele-workshop will be offered Thursday, Sept. 23 from 7 to 8 p.m. To register, visit the Care-ring Voice website (www.careringvoice.com/tele-learning. php) and click on “upcoming sessions” or call 1-866-396-2433. After you register, a representative will call a few days before the workshop with details about participating by phone.
city — lots of vehicles moving things around to keep the city functioning smoothly. “With Alzheimer’s, a certain brain protein known as tau clumps together, which can kill neurons,” he says. It’s
akin to multiple car accidents occurring on different roads, leading to larger pileups: if they’re not cleared quickly, they can paralyse the city. “With Alzheimer’s, these protein pileups ac-
cumulate and kill many neurons over time, progressively impairing brain function. We want to prevent these pileups and keep brain ‘traffic’ running smoothly. Our therapeutic goal is to diminish the activity of the O-GlcNAcase enzyme — the net effect being to prevent the protein tau from clumping.” Vocadlo anticipates the development of modulators targeting the enzyme will take a few years. He and Alectos co-founder Ernest McEachern caution that even if clinical trials proceed smoothly, it will likely still take several years to bring such a therapy to market. Says University Industry Liaison Office director Ian Hand: “Alectos is a true exemplar of how SFU spin-off companies are partnering with global leaders to bring revolutionary research innovations and exciting new products into the world.”
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e t a r THE GOLDEN YEARS b e l Ce Older adults who are concerned about fraud, scams, and financial abuse now have a place to turn for help. The BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support (BC CEAS) Elder Law Clinic is excited to announce the Legal Wellness Check-Up Program, a new service that provides older adults with a free legal consultation and an ounce of prevention in protecting their financial assets and legal rights. The new service is designed to help people avoid a number of common forms of financial elder abuse, a rapidly growing problem; studies show that one in 12 older adults in B.C. will experience some form of financial abuse. Clients receive a oneon-one legal consultation with a lawyer from the Elder Law Clinic that will help them protect themselves as well as give them a good sense of their current legal health. Topics covered include avoiding financial abuse, fraud and scams, powers of attorney, representation agreements and wills. Appointments can last up to one hour and are always free and confidential. “This new service allows us to help older adults take stock of their legal health as well as be pro-active in avoiding financial abuse. A short 60-minute consultation can help avoid serious problems down the road,” says BC CEAS Executive Director Joan Braun. The BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support provides a mix of social and legal services to older adults
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over the age of 55 from across B.C. The BC CEAS Elder Law Clinic, the first of its kind in western Canada, provides free legal services to clients that have a low income or face other barriers to accessing a legal help. Our wide range of services includes everything from providing legal information to full representation. The Legal Wellness Check-Ups are available to anyone over the age of 55. Older adults interested in receiving a Legal Wellness Check-Up contact Jaime Green by phone at 604688-1927 or by email at legalcheckup@bcceas. ca to book an appointment. Consultations are available on a firstcome, first-served basis and are located at the BC CEAS Elder Law Clinic offices in the 411 Seniors’ Centre in downtown Vancouver.
SENIORS’ CALENDAR Following are listings from the Seniors section of The Tri-City News’ Community Calendar: • Glen Pine 50Plus group plays bridge Mondays, 12:45-3:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9:30-11:45 a.m. at Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam. New members welcome. Info: 604-927-6940. • WHO (Women Helping Others), widows and single women over 50, meets Wednesdays, 10 a.m.noon, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-464-2058. • WHO (Women Helping Others), for women who are on their own, meets Mondays, 1-3 p.m., Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam (behind city hall). Info: Kay, 604-469-5815. • The Pinetree 50Plus group is now called Glen Pine 50Plus and has moved to the new Glen Pine Pavilion (1200 Glen Pine Court, Coquitlam), where lunch is served weekdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Lemon Tree cafe. An interesting program still takes place Thursdays afternoons. Info: 604-927-6940. • New Age Seniors bingo every Friday, 1 p.m., Mike Butler Room, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam; consists of 15 games (5 cents per card). New players welcome. Info: Catherine, 604-937-7537. • New Age Seniors meet the first Wednesday of every month, 1 p.m., McDonald-Cartier Room, Poirier community centre, 620 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: Roy, 604-939-0303. • Alzheimer Support Group meets Burquitlam Lions Centre, 560 Sydney Ave., 7-9 p.m., last Wednesday of each month and Hawthorne Care Centre, 2111 Hawthorne Ave., PoCo, 7:30-9:30 p.m., second Thursday of each month. Info: 604-298-0780. • Monthly seniors luncheon with Jewish entertainment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Coquitlam. Info: 604-552-7221 or info@burquest.org. • Honeycombs, a group of people over 50 who entertain with song, dance and skits, meets Thursdays, 1 p.m., at Wilson Centre, PoCo. Info or show bookings: Frances, 604-941-1745. • The Old Age Pensioners Organization is holds its monthly general meeting on the second Thursday of each month at the Wilson Centre at 1 p.m. Info: Ken Heys, 604-942-1440.
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Minor bulbs can have a major impact IN THE GARDEN Brian Minter When they think of bulbs, most people think of tulips, but there’s much more
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he garden giants of spring colour are now giving way to their smaller cousins that actually repeat their performance year after year and leave a very soft footprint of dying and unsightly foliage. Yes, the big tulips, narcissus and hyacinths provide a great splash of colour and are important in the right locations, but minor bulbs offer us a subtle accompaniment to so many other spring plants and can make our gardens truly spectacular. Snowdrops and crocuses are growing in popularity because they are old fashioned favourites and easy to plant. They perennialize readily almost anywhere in the garden to create an ever expanding display each year. The tiny yellow buttercup-like winter aconite (Eranthis cilicica) is one bulb that sneaks ahead to bloom even before snowdrops, and it is rapidly growing in popularity. Its touch of yellow is a true spring inspiration in the cold gray months of January and February. It multiplies nicely among
ground covers but looks particularly nice together with dark ajugas, like ‘Black Scallop’, dark foliaged thymes and compact, almost black heucheras, like H. ‘Obsidian’. In recent years, more varieties of grape hyacinths (muscari) have been introduced into the marketplace than perhaps any other bulb. Blue is a refreshing contrast colour for so many other plants and bulbs, especially those with golden or red foliage. There are some recent innovations that I think are truly spectacular. Muscari ‘Mt. Hood’ has clear blue flowers with snowcapped white tops. In clusters they look sensational as do the similar M. neglectum with their dark blue flowers rimmed in white. If you love a little perfume, the first yellow variety, M. ‘Golden Fragrance’, is quite an attention getter. These are all long blooming, mid-season varieties. There are a couple of quite pleasing later varieties. Muscari ‘Plumosum’ is a very large blue flowered variety that is very unique and M. comosum is a lavender coloured wispy variety that is so late it blooms with the alliums. Muscari ‘Valerie Finnis’ is a very unique soft blue that lifts any combination. All muscari need to be planted in groupings for the best effect, and they look great underplanted around dwarf forsythia and corylopsis (the variety well known as Buttercup Winter Hazel). We love scillas in our gardens simply be-
cause they bloom in May when most other bulbs are finished, providing a refreshing lift. The blues are nice but I must admit that the white and pink Scilla campanulatas are fabulous. The pink, in particular, adds a new and important colour to our gardens. They multiply well too and yes, they even have a perfume. So many folks who ask for old fashioned English bluebells are not quite sure what to request in terms of getting the right bulb. Well, Scilla nutans is the true English bluebell that thrives best in light shade and blooms over a long period of time. One personal favourite is the little bulb puschkinia. These tiny pure white bulbs with pin striped blue flowers are incredibly bright and cheery in March landscapes. They look great with miniature yellow daffodils or dwarf red tulips, and they bloom a long while. From a distance they look like soft blue clumps that spice up any border or rockery. Alliums are such a treat in June and July gardens, adding another fresh look as summer annuals get settled in. There are so many varieties but the yellow Allium moly luteum, the bell-like pink and fragrant A. bulgarium and A. ‘Drumstick’ (A. sphaerocephalum) are my favourite tiny flowered varieties. No garden should be without A. schubertii and A. christophii for sheer wonderment of their intricately woven flower
heads that last for weeks. It’s okay to show off a little and no June garden should be without a few of the big guys like A. giganteum and the even larger A. ‘Globemaster’. They look magnificent blooming among variegated grasses like Miscanthus ‘Variegatus’ and Phalaris ‘Feesey’s Form’. They will also draw the most admiring comments about your garden. If you have a slightly shady deciduous woodland garden, then erythroniums are just so lovely. Their soft yellows and whites are perhaps the most striking and E. ‘White Beauty’ is the one we love best in our gardens. I love beautiful displays of narcissus and tulips but in today’s smaller space gardens they can look unsightly after flowering. I must say we’ve discovered a yellow tulip, called ‘Garant’, that has absolutely striking yellow and green variegated foliage and is simply breathtaking before, during and after flowering. It’s amazing. I’m also very fond of the mini daffodil ‘Golden Bells’ which is about the bulb size of a crocus and flowers with three to four flowers per bulb. It’s a ‘must have’ on your bulb list. Take a good look now at all the botanical bulb opportunities in your garden for a simply dashing display in next spring’s garden. By treating them as perennials and co-ordinating them with everything, your display will be better and better each year.
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GOT YA! Mason Foulkes, executive director of the Coquitlam Dodgeball League, has a bunch of balls head his way to help promote his group, which is growing fast and begins league play later this month. JENNIFER GAUTHIER THE TRI-CITY NEWS
There’s no dodging it: old is new again By Larry Pruner THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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nstead of getting out of dodge, hundreds in the Tri-Cities are getting back into it. In what many remember only vaguely as grade-school mayhem challenged on the playground countless recess breaks ago, dodgeball has grown quickly into a popular, organized recreation and social activity among local-area men and women. Coquitlam Dodgeball League was spawned in September 2007 and, what originally started with 16 co-ed teams, blossomed to 34 last year. Now, the group has room to expand to 40 squads when league play starts up later this month, a target it will likely hit given that anywhere between 60-100 persons are known to show up each Wednesday night at Roy Stibbs elementary and pay a modest $2 drop-in fee to see what all the fuss and frolic are about. Likely, the 2004 movie ‘Dodgeball:
A True Underdog Story’ starring Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller has had at least some impact on rekindling interest in the game. “It really is a lot of fun,” said Mason Foulkes, CDL executive director. “Dodgeball for those who played it in elementary and even high school never stopped being fun, you just stopped playing. There are very few people who come out and don’t love it. I’d say 95 per cent come back.” CDL started as an off-shoot to the Vancouver Dodgeball League, which now boasts 160 squads toiling four nights a week. Dodgeball is played with six players per team on the court, including a minimum of two females, and utilizes six specialty foam balls designed so they don’t hurt on impact. “Done are the days of the old red rubber nose-breakers,” Foulkes, 23, said. Once league play commences Sept. 29, five school gymnasiums in Coquitlam will be replete with dodgeballers each Wednesday,
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“There are very few people who come out and don’t love it. I’d say 95 per cent come back.” CDL executive director Mason Foulkes with eight teams per gym utilizing two courts and totalling 15 games per night. The average length of a fast and furious dodgeball game is two minutes and encompasses peer refereeing, not only to cut costs but also to keep participants involved as much as possible in the action. The minimum age for a CDL competitor is 19 and the majority of players are in their 20s, although the loop has players in their 30s, 40s and even 50s showing up.
With an emphasis on friendly competition and fun, CDL also features colourful uniforms –– “often more like costumes,” Foulkes chuckles –– and prizes are awarded at season’s end in such categories as most spirited male/female, best-dressed team and mostspirited team. Socializing after the action is also strongly encouraged, Foulkes said, with between 30 and 70 persons attending a pub party after each night of play. In fact, Foulkes met his current girlfriend, Nicole Rafael, playing in the CDL two years ago. “It’s a great social-networking tool,” said Foulkes, adding CDL players get to see and speak with each other on a regular basis, unlike sitting home tapping a keyboard on internet dating sites. • CDL drop-in sessions run next Wednesday and again on Sept. 22, both at Roy Stibbs elementary school, from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. For more information, visit www. cdldodgeball.ca or email info@cdldodgeball.
Grid Ravens hog end zone in Ottawa exchange By Larry Pruner THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Terry Fox Ravens were kings last week in the nation’s capital. Not only were they treated like royalty by their catholic-school hosts, the St. Mark Lions, the Ravens crowned their friendly Ottawa-area foes 44-6 in a Friday exhibition
game that wrapped up the trip funded primarily by a federal government program, Society for Educational Visits and Exchanges in Canada (SEVEC). The Ravens romped while playing ‘foreign’ Canadian-league rules, including 12 players per team on the field instead of the 11 employed in the B.C. prep ranks, and threedown football instead of four.
Last year, the Ravens hosted St. Mark in the first half of the exchange trip and blitzed the visiting Ontarions 47-0 toiling under the usual American rules by which Fox regularly abides. “We didn’t change a whole bunch playing Canadian rules,” said Ravens co-coach Tom Kudaba. “We added an extra defensive back on defence and an extra receiver on offence,
and had to adapt a bit to the [backfield] motion when they had the ball. But we felt we had to keep the same method of attack because we didn’t want too change much [heading into] our own season. It went very well... we were able to play all the kids.” see QB CANALES, page A46
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The game was only part of the rich road experience for the Ravens, who were billeted in lavish homes in the upscale Ottawa suburb of Manotick. The Ravens enjoyed day trips to the parliament buildings and to Montreal, where they practised at McGill University Stadium, home of the CFL Alouettes. SEVEC covered retur n airfare for 40 Ravens and the players were asked to pay $300 each to cover the cost of entertainment and day trips in and around the area. Room and board was provided graciously by the staff, students and parents of St. Mark,
Kudaba said. “The homes were just fabulous, similar to what we’d see out here in Shaughnessy,” Kudaba said. “Some were like castles, with beautiful swimming pools and the whole bit.” Kudaba said the trip originated when Paul Brown, head coach of St. Mark, watched a video of the Ravens’ 2008 B.C. AAA provincial championship victory. Brown recognized Kudaba, a former B.C. Lion who formerly coached Brown for a spell at Simon Fraser University, and contacted him about SEVEC. Fox quarterback Cam Canales rushed for 108
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Minnesota man to captain Express for coming season Garrick Perry may call Apple Valley, Minn. home but he’s captain in Coquitlam. Express head coach Jon Calvano awarded Perry the ‘C’ for the upcoming B.C. Hockey League season, it was announced Wednesday. Brad Reid and Coquitlam native Riley McIntosh, who joined the Express recently after toiling for four seasons in the majorjunior Western Hockey League, are 20-year-olds, like Perry, who were selected assistant captains. Massimo Lamacchia, a 19-yearold Ontario native, was a third player named an assistant captain. Perry is retur ning to the Express for his third season and
led the team last season in goals with 29. “I’m very humbled to be given this opportunity and to represent the Express,” Perry said. “This is a great organization that I have had the pleasure of being a part of the past two seasons and I also look forward to working with my teammates in bringing the Express back to the top of the BCHL.” After spending their first four seasons of existence in Coquitlam, the Express moved to Burnaby and won the Royal Bank Cup Jr. ‘A’ national championship in their first of five seasons there (2005-06). They returned to Coquitlam for the coming campaign.
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Minnesota product Garrick Perry, seen here in action last BCHL season, was named the new captain of the Coquitlam Express, it was announced Wednesday.
Panthers pin Pitt A win, a loss and two ties were good enough to give the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Panthers a share of top spot in the girls Under-16 Silver division last weekend at the Pitt Meadows Labour Day youth soccer tournament. The Panthers battled to a scoreless draw in the final versus the Kamloops Red Devils, whom they lost to 5-2 previously, with CMF g o a l s c o m i n g f ro m Chenille Lafleur and Jesica Appelbaum. Dana Townsend tallied to help the Panthers post a 1-1 draw versus North Coquitlam. The squad then handled Burnaby 3-1 on marke r s b y To w n s e n d , Appelbaum and Shailey Newman.
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Keon Taffe rambled for a pair of touchdowns as the Coquitlam Wildcats blanked the North Surrey Cardinals 18-0 in a Vancouver M a i n l a n d Fo o t b a l l
League Peewee division game Monday at Mackin P a rk ’ s n e w K e v i n Chin Field. Newcomer Kimani Dorsey scored the Wildcats’ first major, with Nico Depaoli and Adam Tenant each turning in solid defensive efforts. Cloverdale Bobcats beat the Coquitlam Cougars 24-0 in another Peewee game Monday. In Junior Bantam play, Coquitlam Raiders blitzed the North Surrey Eagles 30-14, while the Coquitlam Vikings fell 36-12 to the Cloverdale Cougars.
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Calvano chose Perry based on his commitment to the Express over the last two seasons and his overall leadership to the team as a veteran. “With this season being his final season of junior hockey eligibility, he has shown a tremendous work ethic on and off the ice and a personality that makes the other kids gravitate to him,” Calvano said. The Express open the 2010-11 season tonight (Friday) versus the Grizzlies in Victoria. They play their first four games on the road before engaging in their home opener Sept. 24 versus the Surrey Eagles at the Sports Centre, 7 p.m. For tickets, call 604-936-4625.
Cashions cruise in triathlon The Cashions of Port Coquitlam cashed in big time Sunday at the 11th annual Summerland Kids of Steel and Spring Triathlon. Fraser Cashion won the male 16-19 division, while Austen Cashion placed third in the same category. Ke n C a s h i o n took top spot in the male 50-59 category, with Braedon Cashion nabbing second in the male 20-29 class.
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Full& Part time Cooks(exp) Kitchen Help, SOCRATES GREEK TAVERNA
#19-20691 Lougheed Hwy. Apply within after 4 pm with resume NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE
PHONE BOOKS
Persons w/ vehicle req. to deliver phone books in Tri-City: Coq., Port Coq., Port Moody, & Maple Ridge areas. Seniors welcome.
Call days or evenings 778.285.2101 FLAGGERS NEEDED If not certified, training available for a fee. Call 604-575-3944 GREENHOUSE WORKERS, F/T, needed in the Pitt Meadows area. $10.25/hr. Day shift & some wknds Exp an asset. Must be fluent in English. Apply by fax 604-460-1803 or email to: john@hollandia.ca
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263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE PEDRO’’S GENERAL CONTRACTING & DRAINAGE. ✶ Pipelining, backfilling, landscaping, water lines & more. ✶ Hardworking, reliable & reasonable rates. 604-468-2919.
Rick’s Bobcat Service Levelling, Back filling, Trucking reas. rates.777-0246,604-290-2978
The Best Team & Service !
604-468-8889
CLEANING SPECIAL Rates as low as $60/mo. Price incl. cleaning supp. Free estimates. Call A-TECH Services at 604-230-3539 MAGICAL MAIDS Bonded & Insured. $25/hr.
“Where Quality matters more than Quantity” Reasonable Rates. Free Estimates. Call Marv:
www.magicalmaids.biz 604-467-8439
(604)462-0408
MAIDS R’ US The Best Cleaners around GUARANTEED! Best rates, exp’d staff, 22 yrs exp. Refs. Wkly/bi-mnthly. Guaranteed, perfect work. Any package. Res/Comm. Give us a call
McDonald’s is Now Hiring
604-808-0212
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CONCRETE & PLACING
DALL’ANTONIA CONCRETE We do it all from start to finish. Family run 40+yrs. 604-240-3408
Manager at 2 locations: McDonald’s Restaurants 531 Clarke Road, Coquitlam 3033 St. John’s St, Port Moody or email: mcd12135@msn.com
HERFORT CONCRETE
Cedar Fencing Installations ATC LANDSCAPE 604.720.2853 Fully Insured. Member of BBB. www.atclandscape.com FENCE-IT-RIGHT Installations -604.639.6626 Cedar, Chain Link, Ornamental iron, Vinyl (Insured, Experienced, Competitive Pricing)
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LEO: Mobile #657-2375, 462-8620
PLACING & Finishing * Forming * Site Prep, old concrete removal * Excavation & Reinforcing * Re-Re Specialists 30 Years Exp. Free Estimates.
Only those that meet the criteria will be contacted.
VISION EXOTIK FLOORING INC. - Hardwood Floor Specialist -Installation, Sanding, Refinishing Express your unique and individual style with a custom stain. Dust free sanding. 778-995-Wood (9663). View our picture gallery at www.visionexotik.com
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LARIC FURNITURE REFINISHING Specialists in:
Call: Rick (604) 202-5184
Service and Sales Coordinator
Req. for Surrey precast concrete manufacturing plant. Rebar Tying & Concrete experience an asset. Union position with full benefits after qualifying period.
Part time hours only (full time applicants will not be considered), 8:30 to 1:30 Monday through Friday. In addition, vacation relief full time 4 to 5 weeks per year. Duties include: customer service, dispatch service calls, process contractor invoices, pricing, preparing quotations, and general office duties. The successful applicant will have experience in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), strong organizational skills and customer orientated. Training will be provided. Starting Salary is between $14.00 to $16.00/hr depending on experience plus health benefits. Please submit resume to: info@atsource.ca or fax to 604-523-2920.
Fax resumes: 604-574-1174 or e-mail Marten VanHengel at Marten.VanHengel@ armtec.com
MACHINE OPERATOR ASSISTANTS / LABOURERS Blo Plastix, a plastics manufacturer in Coquitlam requires machine operator assistants/ labourers. You will clean and lubricate machinery, monitor machines, assist operators in setting up machines and dismantling. On the job training will be provided. $13.00/hr. Forward resume to:
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jobs@bloplastix.com MR. COOL ICE CREAM requires F/T & P/T Drivers. Cash paid daily. $100 average/day. (604)580-2665 NEED 29 People: Work at Home Online. Earn up to $1500 PT / $4000 FT. call 604-465-9494 SERVICE TECH OVER HEAD DOOR CO. in Surrey is looking for an Industrial door service tech. Must have exp. or be a construction jack of all trades. Fax resume to 604-888-8828 or call 604-888-6116
NOW HIRING PLUMBERS Daryl-Evans Mechanical Ltd. is expanding our operation and looking for career minded Site Foremen, Journeymen and Apprentices that are interested in joining our team. If you possess skills in the Plumbing trade with a strong Commercial/Institutional background please forward your resume to: info@daryl-evans.com 604.525.4744 (fax)
Unique Taste, Unique Menus... Gourmet, customized menus tailored to your function! q Dinner Parties q Executive Meetings q Family Gatherings q Weddings / Banquets q B-B-Ques q Funerals We Come To You! Doing It All, From Set-Up - Clean-Up.
Kristy 604.488.9161 MERCHANDISE: From antiques & collectibles, to sporting goods & electronics, to parakeets & pet supplies, if it is considered merchandise for sale, you can find it here. Call bcclassified.com 604-575-5555 fax 604-575-2073
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AVOID BANKRUPTCY - SAVE UP TO 70% Of Your Debt. One affordable monthly payment, interest free. For debt restructuring on YOUR terms, not your creditors. Call 1-866-690-3328 or see web site: www.4pillars.ca DEBT CONSOLIDATION PROGRAM Helping Canadians repay debts, reduce or eliminate interest, regardless of your credit. Steady Income? You may qualify for instant help. Considering Bankruptcy? Call 1-877-220-3328 FREE Consultation Government Approved, BBB Member GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877987-1420. www.pioneerwest.com
STAMPED CONCRETE FPatios FPool Decks FSidewalks FDriveways FForming FFinishing FRe & Re All Your Concrete Needs 30yrs exp. Quality workmanship Fully Insured
Danny 604 - 307 - 7722
UNIQUE CONCRETE DESIGN F All types of concrete work F F Re & Re F Forming F Site prep FDriveways FExposed FStamped F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured
- ANTIQUES, HOME & OFFICE FURNITURE - RESTORATION & REPAIRS Free Estimates, Pick-up & Delivery
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DRYWALL
45 Years in the drywall trade. All size jobs boarding, taping, spraying. Big or small. Wayne 778-242-2060 Finishing, Taping, Recoat textured ceilings & Respray 30 yrs exp. Call Del 604-505-3826 / (604)476-1154
GARDENING
ATC LANDSCAPE Landscape Maintenance Services
• Fall Yard Clean-Ups • Lawn Maintenance • Gardening • Hedge & Tree Trimming
604.720.2853 Fully Insured. Member of BBB.
www.atclandscape.com
778-231-9675, 778-231-9147 FREE ESTIMATES
WESTWOOD CONCRETE WE SERVICE ALL AREAS • Stamped Concrete • Forming • Patios, Pool & Decks • Removal / Repairs • Custom Design
FLOOR REFINISHING/ INSTALLATIONS
POLMAR HARDWOOD FLOORS New floor inst. & finishing. Refin. Repairs, Staining. Free Est.. Mario 604-671-8501 or 604-540-8501.
NO JOB TOO SMALL Serving Lower Mainland 20 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish *Retaining*Walls*Stairs*Driveways Exposed Aggregate & Stamped Concrete ***ALSO... Interlocking Bricks &Sod Placement -Excellent Ref’s -WCB Insured
SERVERS
GENERAL LABOUR PRECAST CONCRETE
FENCING
CEDAR & CHAINLINK FENCING
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ELECTRICAL
A & L ELECTRICAL, Local - Bonded, Full reno & upgrading service. New homes & comm. Reas rates. Lic #91585. Call Kia 778-688-4491. 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
1-A1 BRAR CEDAR FENCING, chain link & landscaping. #1 quality work and reasonable rates. Harry 604-719-1212 or 604-306-1714
101-1125 Nicola Avenue Port Coq. (behind COSTCO)
The Vancouver Golf Club is seeking servers for dining room and banquets, P/T, to work Wed-Sun mostly PM. Serious applicants should send their resumes to: dining@vancouvergolfclub.com attn: Mallorie
DRYWALL
ALL PHASES DRYWALL Taping, texture, spraying. 25 yrs exp. Tidy workplace. Free Est. No job too small.Eric 778-898-9806 BOARDING, TAPING, painting, renovations. Big & small jobs, quality work. Free estimates. Roman 604-931-4132 or 726-4132. COMPLETE DRYWALL SERVICE, res/com. ref’’s. reno’’s, reasonable rates. All work guaranteed. 604941-8261, cell 778-999-2754. FRANKS Drywall *Boarding*Taping *Spraying no job too sm. Seniors rts Free ests. 604-939-7029, 809-1945 WHITE WALL DRYWALL INC. SteelStud*Boarding*Taping*Texture Free Estimates. 604-936-9601.
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KITCHEN HELPER, F/T required for POCO Pasta mfg company. Fax resume to: 604-944-6304 or email: oldcountryedibles@telus.net LINE COOKS needed for The Arms Pub. Min. 3 yrs exp. Full & P/T positions. Drop off resume including current ref’s to: 3261 Coast Meridian Road. Port Coquitlam.
ADULT CARRIER
DELIVERY PERSONS START NOW
CLEANING SERVICES
Clean to Perfection. Reliable & Honest, Lic’d & Insured. Free window cleaning. 778-840-2421.
Fun Place to Work!
Apply in person with resume to
With reliable car required to deliver The TriCity News door-to-door to households in the Tri-City area Wednesday & Friday.
CARPET INSTALLATION
~~ A GIFT OF TIME ~~
Experience preferred but will train
We provide training, free uniforms, benefits, competitive wages with excellent growth opportunity. Join one of Canada’s 50 Best Employers.
HELP WANTED
BC Advanced Level III FIRST AID ATTENDANT required with current H2S, WHIMS. Reliable & Experienced. Offroad driving skills a must. Class 5 Drivers License with clean abstract. English as primary language, Mandarin as second language an asset for one of the positions. Excellent employment opportunity for right person. Tumbler Ridge BC (250) 263-4871
POCO Appliance Mart 942-4999 Service to all Makes of Appliances & Refrigeration. Work Guaranteed
All Carpet & Lino Installations Repair/Restreching, 28 years exp. Work guaranteed. 10% Seniors. Discount. Call Cliff 604-462-0669 FLOOR LAYER: 30 YEARS EXP. Carpet, Lino & repairs. Work Guar’d! Gary 604-585-2044.
All Shifts Flexible Hours
who need a stable, caring home for a few months. Are you looking for the opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling work? Qualified applicants receive training, support and remuneration. Funding is available for modifications to better equip your home. A child at risk is waiting for an open door. Make it yours. Call 604-708-2628 www.plea.bc.ca
APPLIANCE REPAIRS
JIM PUGH Owner/Technician 30 Yrs+ Experience 3755 Bracewell Court, Pt Coq. Pgr: 669-6500 #4909
@ 604-472-3042
Some great kids aged 12 to 18
LEGAL SERVICES
MAJOR Appliance Repairs to All Makes
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MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE Staff
Call Kim @ 604-472-3042 or Phill @ 604-472-3041
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
Fantastic Facials & Body Care Lougheed/203/Dewdney M.Ridge
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
and quote the route number.
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PERSONAL SERVICES
#1 IN PARDONS Remove your criminal record. Express Pardons offers the FASTEST pardons, LOWEST prices, and it’s GUARANTEED. BBB Accredited. FREE Consultation Toll-free 1-866-416-6772 www.ExpressPardons.com
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#9250 4008-4048 Ayling St 731-940 Huber Dr 844-907 Lynwood Ave 4020-4049 Mars Pl 4050 Mars Pl 712-890 Victoria Dr
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#9896 1486 Johnson St
#9027 1206-1275 Confederation Dr 810-863 Mclennan Crt
Reduction Process Technician Under the commissioning Coordinator, the Process Technician interprets and implements required changes to operating equipment and methods, calling on his/her knowledge of operating methods and standards relative to his/her area of technical expertise, manufacturing processes and projects. The Technician will also provide process knowledge for the development of procedure. In addition, he/she is responsible for applying potential solutions, such as different methods of optimizing certain processes, administrative procedures or production and operating methods. To qualify for the position we are seeking a candidate with a diploma in one of the following: • Chemical Engineering Technology • Electrical Engineering Technology Previous industrial work experience would be an asset. Compensation is based on qualifications and work experience.
EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION
COQUITLAM LANDSCAPING ★ YARD CLEAN-UP ★ S S S S S S
Yard Maintenance Hedge Trimming Tree Pruning Lawn Cuts - Weeding Retaining Wall & Drainage Decking
Fully Insured All Work Guaranteed. Call John
604-464-8700 ~ 778-867-8785 Landscape Installation - Lawn Cutting - Tree Services - Licensed for Chaffer Beetles treatment. Call 778-885-6488 Leave message YARD WORK, HARD WORK, weeding, anything, etc. $12/hr. Call Chris (778)686-4096 rain or shine.
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GARDENING
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES 287
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
RENOVATIONS Carpentry, painting, drywall, tiles Quality work - reasonable price Martin 604-521-8715
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HOME REPAIRS If I can’t do it It can’t be done
Prompt Delivery Available
Seven Days a Week
Meadows Landscape Supply Ltd. ✶ Bark Mulch ✶ Lawn & Garden Soil ✶ Drain Grave ✶ Lava Rock ✶ River Rock ✶ Pea Gravel
$45/Hr
LANDSCAPING
AAA RAY’S Masonry & Landscaping
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Outdoor Living Specialist. Ponds, Kitchen & Fireplace Themes Natural & Cultured Stone, Slate, Post & Beam Cedar Construction Fully Insured & Licensed. 20yrs. 604-780-6304
M.T. GUTTERS Professional Installation 5” Gutter, Down Pipe, Soffit 28 YRS EXP. *FULLY INSURED
Cleaning & Repairing Call Tim 604-612-5388
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MOVING & STORAGE
AAA ADVANCE MOVING Experts in all kinds of moving/packing. Excellent Service. Reas. rates! Different from the rest. 604-861-8885 www.advancemovingbc.com ABBA MOVERS & DEL. Res/com 1-4 ton truck, 1man $35/hr, 2men from $45. Honest, bsmt clean up. 25 yrs of experience-604 506-7576
Local & Long Distance
465-1311
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AFFORDABLE MOVING
Call Robert 604-844-4222 OR (Cell) 604-454-4515 Interiors: Baths (renos/repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, flooring, tiling, plumbing, painting, miscellaneous, etc. EXPERIENCED IN OVER 30 LINES OF WORK! * Most work completed in 2 days or less * Quality work, prompt service, fair prices * 19 Years. serving Coquitlam Ctr. & area. For positive results Call Robert SERVICE CALLS WELCOME
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
Ed’s ROTOTILLING & LANDSCAPING
From 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10 Ton Trucks Insured ~ Licenced ~ 1 to 3 Men Free estimate/Seniors discount Residential~Commercial~Pianos
604-537-4140 SPARTAN Moving Ltd. Fast & Reliable. Insured Competitive rates. Wknd Specials. Call Frank: (604) 435-8240
329 PAINTING & DECORATING # 1 PAY-LESS Painting Int/Ext. Summer Special LOOK for our YARD SIGNS D Free estimates D Insured Licensed DReferences Residential D Pressure Washing
Serving Tri City 30 Yrs. Call 24 Hrs/7 Days paylesspainting.multiply.com
Scott 604-891-9967 2 HUNGRY PAINTERS & Power Washing. Low prices. Int/Ext. Man & wife 75 years combined exp. 604.467.2532 twohungrypainters.ca
*Rototilling *Levelling *Gardens
FREE ESTIMATES
GREENSKEEPER CONTRACTING
(604)476-0075
604-949-1900 QUALITY RENOVATIONS
HANKS TRUCKING
• Additions • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Decks 30 Years Experience Licensed - Insured
www.metrovanhome.ca A-1 CONTRACTING Renos. Bsmt stes, kitchens, baths, custom cabinets, tiling, plumbing, sundecks. Dhillon 604-782-1936. AAA1 PROF HANDYMAN SERVICE Kitchen/Bath/Decks/Fences/Drywall Ceramics. Free est. Dave 778-888-6339
❞ A ALL RESIDENTIAL ❞ * Electrical * Plumbing * Heating * Painting * Carpentry * Tile Work Exc. Rates, Senior Disc. Work guar. Ken 604-552-0591 / 604-418-7168 Additions, Reno’s & New Construction. Concrete Forming & Framing Specialist. Call 604.218.3064
& Bulldozing Ltd. 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 SOIL ANALYSIS UPON REQUEST
WHOLESALE PRICES
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.
D
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Call Brian 604-209-4012 Home Renovations and New Construction Kitchens, Bathrooms, Flooring, Drywall, Garages, Decks & more * 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE* INSURED ~ WCB
Dean 604-834-3076 HOOT & OWL BE THERE! BUILDING MAINT & REPAIRS LTD. Renovations & repairs Concrete, asphalt, vinyl decks, Roof & gutter repairs Custom bathrooms & tile work. Reliable contractor Email: hoot&owl@telus.net
Gary 604-339-5430 JERRY’S HANDYMAN SERVICE A to Z Residential/Strata/Commercial Repairs.
35 years exp. No job too small. 604-710-8184 or 604-941-7988.
RENO & REPAIR NO JOB TOO SMALL! Renovations/Repairs/Building Emergency services available! S Bathrooms S Basements S Suites S Decks / Sheds S Plumbing S Flooring / Tiles S Electrical S Interior Designing
Gary 604-690-7JNL (7565) “Family Owned & Operated in the Tri-Cities”
(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls Cloverdale Premium quality paint. NO PAYMENT until Job is completed. Ask us about our Laminate Flooring & Maid Service! www.paintspecial.com
BLAKE’S PAINTING & DECORATING Interior Exterior Spraytex ceilings/repairs Drywall repairs Refs W Insured W WCB Paper Hanging Removal Written Guarantee Residential/ Commercial
604-465-3189
NEW LOOK INC.
NICK’S Landscaping *Retaining Walls *Interlocking *Fencing *Drainage *Decking *New Lawns *Hedges 15 Years exp. - Work Guaranteed Free Est. & Ref’s avail. anytime Cel:604-836-6519, 778-285-6510
311 MASONRY & BRICKWORK B.C. MASON Stone, Brick, Chimney, Concrete, Steps, Repairs. Stucco. 45 yrs exp. 778-772-6337 ❖ 604-941-8224
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MISC SERVICES
✶Dump Site Now Open✶ D Broken Concrete RocksD $21.00 Per Metric Ton D Mud Dirt Sod ClayD $21.00 Per Metric Ton GrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds $56.00 Per Ton
778-960-1070 LT99 PRO PAINTING
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PAVING/SEAL COATING
ALLAN CONST. & Asphalt. Brick, concrete, drainage, foundation & membrane repair. (604)618-2304 ~ 604-820-2187. PAVEX PAVING-your home paving expert. Driveway replacement or repair. Call Steve for free estimate 604-614-2401
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PLUMBING
10% OFF if you Mention this AD! AMAN’S PLUMBING SERVICES Lic.gas fitter. Reas $. 778-895-2005 1 Call Does it All - 2 OLD GUYS PLUMBING & HEATING, Repairs, Reno’’s, H/W Tanks. 604-525-6662. 3 LICENSED PLUMBERS. 66 years experience. 604-830-6617 www.oceansidemechanical.com ✔ ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS Call Niko Plumbing Ltd. 24/7. Res/Com. Same day h/w tanks. ★15 years exp. 604-837-6640
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Professional Painters Free Estimates Written Guaranteed Bonded & Insured
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RUBBISH REMOVAL
RUBBISH REMOVAL Bobcat/dump trailer. hoot&owl@telus.net Gary 604-339-5430.
Residential & Commercial We do almost anything Free Estimates 7 days a week 10% off with this ad
604-537-8523 #1 EARTH FRIENDLY JUNK REMOVAL
Make us your first call! Reasonable Rates. Fast, Friendly & Uniformed Staff.
604.587.5865
www.recycle-it-now.com #1 DUMP YOUR JUNK No job too small.On time every time 604-939-0808 D 604-649-4339
NO Headaches NO Surprises NO Excuses
EXTRA
CHEAP
“JUST A GREAT JOB!”
RUBBISH REMOVAL
Robert J. O’Brien
604-728-5643
Almost for free! Dave (778)997-5757, (604)587-5991
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SUNDECKS
RAINFOREST DECK & RAIL
PAINTING & DRYWALL Professional Services:
FREE Estimates FREE Color Consultation All your Painting & Drywall Services
778-865-3945
Vinyl, Wood and Trex decks, Aluminum and Glass awnings, Wood,Aluminum & Glass Railings D FULLY INSURED D 100% Waterproof Up to 10 year warranty
D Deck Rebuilds & Additions D Vinyl Waterproofing D 10 Year No Leak Warranty D Aluminum & Glass Rails The Last Deck You Will Ever Need!
Call: 604-725-9574 www.rainforestdeckandrail.com
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GARAGE SALES
COQUITLAM STRATA YARD SEPT 11/12 at 9am. HUGE Garage SALE 3190 TAHSIS AVE. Sat. Sale. Lots of items in mint condiSept. 11, 9-3. Treasures for all tion: TV’s, Computers, VCR and other electronics, tools, books, furniture, glass and cooking ware. Port Coquitlam In Alley south of 2703 St. George St, Port Moody, V3H 2H1 Map: MULTI UNIT http://tinyurl.com/SaturdaySale GARAGE SALE
Sat. Sept 11 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 915 Fort Fraser Rise (at Citadel) If raining moved to Sat Sept. 18 No early birds please
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TREE SERVICES
AUTOS: To buy or sell your car, truck, RV, van, 4x4 or trailer - this category has it all. You’ll also find automotive supplies and classic cars for sale, or you can list the vehicle you’re seeking. call 604.575.5555
Your Tree Service For Honest Prices & Quality Work
Woodland Decks
ABC TREE MEN ✶ Pruning & Shaping ✶ Tree Removal ✶ Stump Grinding
☎ 604-521-7594 ☞ 604-817-8899
PAUL BUNYAN Tree Service * ISA Certified Arborist *Hazard Tree Removal * Crown Reduction & Falling * Stump Grinding *Prune & Hedge Trim * Arborist Reports Insured WCB Free Estimates
604-942-6907
PETS
NEED A GOOD HOME for a dog or a good dog for a home? We adopt www.856-dogs.com or call: 856-3647.
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PETS
AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER, red & white, 10/mo old female, very good dog, $700, (604)814-3099 CATS & KITTENS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats.604-309-5388 / 856-4866 CHIHUAHUA FEM.3 yrs. old. Orange & white. Very affectionate. Great little companion. $350. Delivery available. 778-549-3646 Gentle Giants, loyal family dogs, unreg. St Bernard pups, 1st shot, $900&up ready now (604)462-8605 GOLDEN DOODLES, Avail now, $1250. (778)737-0146 www.foxycharliepuppies.com Himalayan Kittens 4M 2F vet checked 1st shots, family raised. $250. 604-626-4650 Aldergrove JACK RUSSELL pups, cute, short, stocky, smooth coat, tails doc, 1st shots. $550 (604)798-9233 Chwk JACK RUSSELL X puppies $280. Also parents for sale. Please call: 604-820-5242. JACK RUSSEL PUPPIES, tri-colour tails docked, 1st shots, vet checked Call 604-820-5225. KITTENS, 2 adorable Siamese X Snowshoe, blue eyes, trained vet ✔ 2nd shot $295/$395 604-856-1727 LAB Retriever pups, yellow/blck, $650; chocolate, $750. Vet check, quality lineage, dew claws, 1st shots, dewormed. (604)702-0217
good good dogs! 604-
PORT Coquitlam 604-464-9770 110 - 1097 Nicola Ave
Free Estimates * Fully Insured
604-351-6245 TREE SERVICES
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Call Scott at 604-618-0333 Certifi ed Arborist
WDesign & Renovations WCedar Decks WFences WWooden Retaining walls Home Renovations Call Patrick for a free est.
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PETS
MALTESE, 3yrs old female. All shots. $500. Call for more info. (604)513-9830
CALL 604-937-0203
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS A to Z Roofing Ltd. Spec in re-roofing, asphalt, cedar, flat roof. Guar Wrk. WCB, BBB. 778-996-6479. GL ROOFING & Repairs. Cedar shakes, Asphalt Shingles, Flat roofs BBB, WCB Insured. 604-240-5362 J.J. ROOFING. New Roofs / ReRoofs / Repairs. (Free skylight with new roof). Free Est. Ref’s. WCB Insured. Jas @ 604-726-6345
GARAGE SALES
Free estimates 604-418-8340
Same day serv. avail 604-724-6373
RECYCLE-IT!
Interior & Exterior
The DECK Guys
D Sundeck / Patio Construction D Re-build/Extend Existing Decks D Authorized vinyl deck installers D Aluminum, glass, wood railings D Sundeck & Vinyl Repairs D 5 Year Warranty on Vinyl *Work Guaranteed *References *Over 20 Years Experience.
POWER WASHING GUTTER CLEANING
Tyler 778-861-6289
MILANO PAINTING 604 - 551- 6510
Aluminum patio cover, sunroom, railing, vinyl floor. 604-782-9108 www.PatioCoverVancouver.com
PRESSURE WASHING
ALL JUNK Rubbish Removal
MOVING & STORAGE
25 Years in bus. A Moving Experience. Fast, dependable service. L & D Enterprises. Seniors Disc. Will pack your POD. 604-464-5872. 2guyswithatruck.ca Moving & Storage Visa OK. 604-628-7136
TRIPLE M PAINTING & RENO’S Free Est’s. Low Prices, High Quality. Call: (604)805-8548.
Residential, Commercial, Interior, Exterior, Fence, Deck, Pressure Wash, All Kinds of Floorings, Seniors & Vacancies Discount. Professional, Reliable, Affordable Services. Lowest price in town. Free Estimate. Licensed. Fully Insured.
Meadows Landscape Supply (604)465-1311
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Spring Special $595 upto 1000 s.f. English Craftsman, Bonded & Insured. Since 1978, Int/Ext, Spray Painting. 604-462-8528, 218-9618
“We don’t just wash we detail” 20 years exp.
3 rooms for $269, 2 coats
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FERTILIZERS
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FURNITURE
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RENTALS 706
APARTMENT/CONDO
COQUITLAM Centre “Raphael Towers” 1 Bdrm & Den $1055/mo 2 Bdrms $1200 to $1225/mo *IN-SUITE W/D *GARBURATOR *ONSITE MANAGER *BEHIND COQ. CTR. MALL
RENTALS 706
APARTMENT/CONDO Derek Manor 2048 Manning Ave.
Port Coq ~ 604-941-5452 or 604-944-7889 FREE PREMIUM CABLE $80 Value
604-944-2963
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566 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ALTO SAX, great condition, used for semi band. $550! less than 2 yrs. rental. Call 604-538-5937. JUPITER Alto SAXAPHONE. Purchased from King’s Music. $575. Serviced,ready to go.604-798-7982. KEYBOARD, Yamaha TSA1500, cd ROM and manuals, new, pd $1300 sell for $500. (604)824-1903
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APARTMENT/CONDO
COQUITLAM: luxury condo acrs fr Coq Ctr. 2 Bdrms, 2 baths, comp room, 9th flr corner unit, s.s. appls Oct 1st. $1295/mo. (604)773-9601 COQUITLAM
www.aptrentals.net COQUITLAM: 2 bdrm upper condo, N/S, N/P. In-suite w/d. $950/mo + utils. Avail. Oct. 1st. 604-723-8671.
1 bdrm. from $775/mo. 2 bdrm. from $875/mo. MAPLE RIDGE
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
Dragan 778-788-1845
Hyland Manor 751 Clarke Rd, Coquitlam 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. For more info & viewing call
Dragan 778-788-1845
Cedar Grove Apartments
* Renovated Suites * INCLUDES: HEAT, HOT WATER & HYDRO
12186-224 St, Maple Ridge Certified Crime Free Buildings
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 $720/mo.
NEW WEST Immac. newer 2 br. f/bath, top flr. pleasant view, open kitch, f/p. W/I closet, lndry/stor.,u/g video secured prkg. np/ns. refs. Avail Oct.1 $1250. 604-525-6155 PITT MEADOWS
The Meadows Gated underground parking, heated outdoor pool. Heat, hot water & 3 appliances included. 2 min. walk to Westcoast Express.
PORT COQUITLAM
RENOVATE Close to all amenities and WC Express. Quiet, secure, well maintained, adult oriented suites. 3 Appl’s. Gated parking. Sorry no pets. References required.
Bright & Clean 1 & 2 Bdrms
Call (604) 931-2670
Devonshire Housing Co-op 22170 Dewdney Trunk Road
604-463-4568 2 Bdrm, 2 bath Avail Immed, 3 appl’s ~ laundry hook-up $886/mo. $2000 for shares
709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL COQUITLAM warehouse, #2/4 175 Schoolhouse St. 5,909 sq ft. $6,140/mo. gross. Yard avail. Call Danielle 604-628-5613.
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Quiet building with insuite storage, dishwasher, gated parking. Heat and hot water included. Close to schools, shopping & public transportation.
Call 604-837-4589 2251 Pitt River Rd.
www.aptrentals.net PORT COQUITLAM CENTRAL, Bright 1 Bdrm Apt, $775/mo - new carpet & paint 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 Secure gated parking S Adult oriented building S References required CALL FOR APPOINTMENT
604-464-3550 PORT Moody - Condo 300 Klahanie Dr; Large 2 BR 925 sf; 2 Bath; lndry; sec. parking Canoe Club, pool; $1450 Sept. 15 Peak Property Mgmt 604-931-8666
CO-OP RENTALS Langley 53A Ave/201 St
1 BD, 1 Full bath, fridge & stove, lrg back yard, RV prkng, shared w/d, patio, storage. $650 + utils. N/S & N/P.
Call 604-592-5663
2 Bdrm Suites Available
CEDARWAY APT
1 Bedrooms available near Lougheed Mall and transit. Rent includes heat & hot water. Sorry No Pets. Refs required.
Call 604-724-6967
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PORT COQUITLAM
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PORT COQUITLAM: 2 bdrm apt. $775/mo. Quiet family complex. No pets. Call 604-464-0034. PORT COQUITLAM. Brand new 2 bdrm, bright 2nd floor, 2 full bath, big kit., liv rm, new ldry., balc, great view & mtn view, river view, quiet, comfortable. Close to shops. $1280/mo. 604-780-5738. 604941-0190
COQUITLAM
PORT MOODY. Now renting ~ Villa Leah 1, 2 & 3 bdrm. suites. $950 $1475/mo Newly reno’d & upgraded Available immed. 778-355-6677 PORT MOODY
Call 604-941-9051
Professionally Managed by Gateway Property Management
PORT MOODY, Newport Village. 2 bdrm condo. 5 appls. Gas F/P. Nr rec ctr. transit & library. Oct. 1. $1300/mo. N/P. N/S. 604-524-3353.
604-463-7450 604-463-2236
655 North Rd, Coquitlam
Beata 778-788-1840
Phone 604-944-1722
GREAT LOCATION
Fab location close to everything. 1 bdrm suites avail. Mins from Lougheed Mall, Skytrain Shopping & parks. Bus station right in front. Parking and Laundry room. For more info & viewing call
180 DEGREE VIEW NEW EXEC. 1250 sq.ft. 2 bdrm condo on 27th floor. Nahanni Tower with unobstructed views of Burrard Inlet. 6 S/S appls. 2 prkg / strg. rec ctr 2nd to none. $1950/mo. N/S. N/P. Refs. and credit check required. Avail. now.
1 & 2 Bdrs from $740/mo
Near Shopping & Amenities.
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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.
Port Moody
Please call Nova for viewing at 604-767-9832
Coquitlam/Port Moody
PORT COQUITLAM - Newly renovated, quiet secure bldg, walk to all amens, WC Exp - 1 & 2 BEDROOM 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
(604)941-7721
Queen Anne Apts.
COQUITLAM nr L’heed mall/skytrain, 533 Cottonwood, reno’d, adult bldg, quiet, n/p, gated prkg, video surveillance, 2 bdrm $935, incl heat, h/w, avail. Oct 1, Crime-Free, Cert. 604-937-7812 www.greatapartments.ca
APARTMENT/CONDO
2232 McAllister Ave
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.
535 - 555 Shaw Avenue (google map) (yahoo map)
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McALLISTER APARTMENTS
COQUITLAM, Lincoln / Pipeline brand new 2 bdrm 2 bath 950sf, 9ft ceiling s/s appls, $1450/mo. 1yr term. David 604-816-9773 bef 7pm COQUITLAM: Lincoln / Pipeline (Windsor Gate), in suite W/D, s/s appliances, brand new 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 948 sq.ft. $1400/month. 1 yr term. Linda 604-761-7226
RENTALS
NOVA VITA CO-OP Bottom of Burnaby Mtn, SFU 1, 2, 3, 4 bedroom Apts & Townhouses. Rent includes heat, fenced yard, u/g prkg. Share purchase starts at $1600. Email: novavitacoop2010@hotmail.com
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HOMES FOR RENT
COQ. Central. 3 bdrm, 1 on main, 2 up, lrg fenced yrd 12x14 shed & 21x34 garage/workshop on Linton & Jasper. $1650/mo. 875-6543 COQUITLAM Central. Lge 4 bdrm+ den, 2 ba, new reno’d, f/yard. N/P, N/s. Avail now. Refs. Long term lse. $1900/mo + utils. 604-377-2878. COQUITLAM Top flr, 3BR, 5 appl, 2 baths, n/s, n/p, ref, $1350+util, yard, immed, 604-438-1706, 604-4950202 MAPLE RIDGE, newly reno’d 3 bdrm rancher, cov. carprt, lrg fncd yard, 3 car prk in front, avail. Sept. or Oct. $1295/mth. (604)299-4822. NEW WESTMINSTER - House 115 Glover Ave; Spacious. 4 BD + den 2200 sf; 2 Bath; $1900, NOW. In prestigious Glenbrook North area Walking distance to Herbert Spencer Elem. & Glenbrook Middle School; close to amen. Peak Property Mgmt 604-931-8666 PORT COQUITLAM: Clean 3/bdrm, 1.5 ba, W/D, h/w flrs. Nice yard. cats OK. N/S. Ref’s 1/yr lse. Immed. $1650/mo+ utils. (604)945-6535.
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OFFICE/RETAIL
COQUITLAM CENTRE AREA 750 + sq/ft office space with small kitchen.604-944-2963
RENTALS 747B SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING NOW RENTING EXCEPTIONAL RETIREMENT INDEPENDENT LIVING 55 RJ Kent Residences. Brand New 1 bdrm. suites. Monthly lease includes 2 meals, weekly housekeeping and flat laundry service. www.rjkent.com 2675 Shaughnessy St., Port Coquitlam 778-285-5554
748 SHARED ACCOMMODATION PORT COQUITLAM: Room avail in lrg house for adult. NS/NP N/D. $425. 604-944-0884 /604-341-6702
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ANMORE. 1 bdrm on acre, 1000 sq.ft., priv entry, cvrd deck, shrd W/D. N/P, suits 1, $850 incl utils, cable & net.Immed. 604-506-1034. BELCARRA waterfront 2 bedroom suite. 1000 s.f. Private large deck with fantastic view. All appliances with own washer & dryer. Non smokers and no dogs. Available Oct.1.. $1100 a month includes all utilities. 604-939-6183 COQUITLAM: 1/2 blk from Como Lake Park. Priv, detached Bachelor suite. $650/mo incld utils. N/P. Avl Oct 1. Btwn 6-10pm: 604-937-0168. COQUITLAM. 1 bdrm. Nr SFU. $800/mo incls utils, W/D, sep entry. np/ns. Avail Oct. 1. 604-931-4578 COQUITLAM Centre area. 1 bdrm. suite. Ns/np. $650/mo. includes utils. Avail. Oct. 1st. 604-945-5314 COQUITLAM CTRL. 2 bdrm. a/g suite. Sh w/d. New appl. Nr bus & schools. Np/ns. $1000/mo. incl. util, cable & int. Sept. 15. 604-464-5104 COQUITLAM, Nr Coq Ctr. 1 bdrm. bsmt. Sep entry. N/s, n/p. $750/mo. incl. util. & cable. Suit quiet person. Avail. now/Oct 1st. 604-944-7580 COQUITLAM. Nr Douglas College. Bright modern above grnd garden stes, own patio, full bath, 5 appls, own laundry. 1 bdrm $800. 2 bdrm & den $1000 incls utils, full cable, alarm & prkg. np/ns. 604-805-2471 COQUITLAM, Ranch Park. 2 bdrm bsmt suite. 1200 sq.ft. Inste lndry. Alarm. Mint condition. $1200 incl utils. N/S. Oct. 1. 604-841-6635. COQUITLAM WW Plateau. 2 bdrm, $975 incl util, w/d, satelite TV. Avail. immed. Ns/np. 604-618-8549 COQUITLAM WW Plateau. Grd level 2 bdrm bsmt. Lndry incl. $950. N/S. N/P. Sept 15. 604-808-2964. MAPLE RIDGE, newly reno’d bsmt suite, sep entr., lrg 1 bdrm, full bath, own W/D, off St. prk. Util incl. On site owner. NS, pets negotiable. 1 year lease. Refs. req. $760/mo Please leave msg. (604)467-1307. NEW WESTMINSTER: Clean, bright quiet 2/bdrm, f/p. In-ste W/D, Nr bus NP/NS. $800/mo+ utils. Ref’s req’d. 604-721-5021 POCO. North Lrg 1 Bdrm. Newly reno’d $750/mo incl utils/full cable sep w/d NS/NP (604)945-5386 PORT COQUITLAM: 1 Bdrm, share laundry; prkg. $650/mo + 30% utils. N/S. Avail now. 604-626-7254. PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm, bright, above grnd, NP/NS, no ldry. Incl cble, hydro. $750m. 604-866-8182 PORT COQUITLAM 2 bdrm grnd flr clean, 4 yrs old, sep entry, fncd yrd, Oct 1st. $900 + shrd utils & lndry. N/P, N/S inside. 604-941-7716 PORT COQUITLAM 2 lrg bdrms, nr all amens, fncd yard, priv entry. NS/NP. Oct 1st. $850/mo incl all utils/net. (604) 941-8536, 725-3409 PORT COQUITLAM, 3 bdrm gr lvl avail now. Brand new kitch & bath. NS/NP, $950+utils. 604-945-7640. PORT COQUITLAM: Bright 2 bdrm, below grnd bsmt ste. D/W, gas f/p, inste lndry, full bath. $950 incl utils. N/P, outside smoking only. Oct 1st. Ref’s req’d. (604)942-4868 PORT COQUITLAM - Main Suite 3194 Rae St. Large 3 BR, 2 Bath, 1350 sf; laundry; $1350 NOW Peak Property Mgmt 604-931-8666 PORT COQUITLAM: newly reno’d 2 bdrm bsmt ste. $850 incl utils/cable. NS/NP. Avail now. (604)945-8974 or (778)320-8974 PORT COQUITLAM Northside, 2 bdrm grd flr. gas F/P. Garage parking. Private entry. $800/mo.. N/S. N/P. Avail now. 604-942-9725. PORT MOODY. Bright 1 bdrm $725 + 20% utils. Free ldry, nr Newport Vlg. Np/ns. Oct. 1. 604-469-9402 W.W. Plateau. Lrg 1 bdrm bsmt. Priv ent. ns/np, Now/Oct 1. $825 incl cbl/lndry/utils. 778-241-6260.
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COQUITLAM: 615 Girard Ave: 3/Bdrm, 2/ba, deck, c-d-s, new flrs, cls to schls, mall, SFU. $1400/mo inclds utils. N/P. 604-841-6005. COQUITLAM Cape Horn/Mariner. Lrg 3Bd, 2Ba liv.rm, din.rm, fam.rm. Bright, clean, new carpets. Avail immed $1550 incl util 604-780-7726 COQUITLAM lrg 3bdrm, 2 full baths fam/liv/dinrms, avail immed, ns/np, $1500 incl utils/cble. 604-803-8825 COQUITLAM Mundy Prk 1 bd sep ent quiet single only ldry/hydro incl NP/NS Oct.1 $620. 604-939-9950 PORT COQUITLAM, 3 bdrm, main floor, newly reno’d, close to schls/hwy. $1,300/mo. Share utils. Avail. now. Phone 604-321-8577 PORT Moody. 3 bdrm, nr Newport Vlg. F/p, w/d, awesome deck, np/ ns. $1300 +60% util. 604-469-9402
1999 HONDA Civic Si(G) Silver ext Grey cloth int Coupe Sunroof Manual 168,000 km 4 cyl Air condition Power everything ABS Airbags Aftermarket taillights and spoiler New water pump and timing belt Reg. oil change, fluids, brake check, etc. $5600. Call 604-8563435 or 604-309-3757 for more details 2003 HONDA CRV EX, auto, one owner, touring edition, 110,000kms, service records available, great car. $13,500. 604-931-4246 2003 HONDA ELEMENT, silver, awd, auto, loaded, 53,000kms, super clean, extra winter tires on rims, custom paint, 20” rims, stainless exhaust, lowered, low profile cartop carrier. $15,500. 604-817-8897
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2006 29’ CITATION SUPREME 5th wheel, 2 slides, immac. cond. $36,500. 604-467-5832
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Pt Coq 4 BD HOUSE, 3 baths, avail Oct 1st, N/S, ref’s req’d. $2200/mo. COQUITLAM, 3100 Ozada Ave. 2 Bdrm, quiet family complex, no pets $905. Call: 604-942-2277
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TOWNHOUSES 2 & 3 Bedrooms Available *Near schools *5 Appliances *Fireplace - NO PETS AVAIL IMMEDIATELY Dinette slideout, lots of storage, outside grill and more. $15,983 (stk.27314)
Call 604-942-2012 MAPLE RIDGE 3 bdrm., 1.5 baths, 5 appl., pets neg. Close to schools. $1350 mo. Now 604-525-5433 PITT MEADOWS: 2-3 bdrm co-op T/H $1005/mo - $1089/mo. Shares req’d. No subsidy available. Orientation 2nd Sun. 2 pm & 3rd Tues. 7 pm ea mo. 19225 119th Ave., Pitt Meadows V3Y 2B2. Send SASE or leave msg 604-465-1938
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CONSUMERS SHOULD READ THE FOLLOWING: All special Clearance offers include Delivery & Destination and Customer Cash Incentive (includes Dealer Participation). Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. Vehicles may not be exactly as shown. Limited time offers are subject to change without notice. †CLEARANCE PRICE of a new 2010 SX4 Hatchback with manual transmission (Model H3NB1H0) is $16,695 includes $1,395 destination & delivery and Customer Cash Incentive $2,794 (includes Dealer Participation). Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. Certain conditions apply. Dealers may sell for less. CLEARANCE PRICE of models shown: 2010 SX4 Hatchback JLX with CVT transmission (Model H3NB720) is $25,989 includes $1,395 destination & delivery and Customer Cash Incentive $500. Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. *Limited time finance offers available on select models to qualified retail customers on approved credit. Special bi-weekly purchase finance offer is available for a 72 month term or for a total of 156 bi-weekly payments. The bi-weekly payment at 0% purchase financing APR is $107 with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $16,695 includes $1,395 destination & delivery and Customer Cash Incentive $2,794 (includes Dealer Participation). Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. **CASH CLEARANCE PRICE of a new 2010 Grand Vitara JX with automatic transmission (Model L2NB5T0) is $24,950 includes $1,595 destination & delivery and Customer Cash Incentive $5,000 (includes Dealer Participation). Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. Certain conditions apply. Dealers may sell for less. CASH CLEARANCE PRICE of model shown: 2010 Grand Vitara JLX with automatic transmission (Model L2MB5V0) is $27,489 includes $1,595 destination & delivery and Customer Cash Incentive $4,000. Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. Customer Cash Incentive on Grand Vitara cannot be combined with special finance offers. ‡Limited time finance offer available to qualified retail customers on approved credit. Special bi-weekly purchase finance offer is available for a 72 month term or for a total of 156 bi-weekly payments. The bi-weekly payment at 0% purchase financing APR is $189 with $0 down payment. Cost of borrowing is $0 for a total obligation of $29,484 includes $1,595 destination & delivery and Customer Cash Incentive $500 (includes Dealer Participation). Offers do not include $100 AC Tax (where applicable), PPSA up to $72, Dealer Administration Fee up to $500, applicable taxes, license, registration and insurance. Purchase Financing offer on Grand Vitara cannot be combined with special Cash Clearance Price. Information shown is based on latest available at time of print. See participating dealers for conditions and details. Dealer may sell for less. Offers end September 30, 2010. AWD available as an option on the SX4 Hatchback. Based on Fuel Consumption Guide ratings published by Natural Resources Canada. Your actual fuel consumption may vary. Fuel economy estimates are determined by using Transport Canada approved testing methods.
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