The Tri-Cities Now November 26 2014

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Port Coquitlam is preparing to launch its holiday events this weekend. To learn more about seasonal eventsoffered by the city, see story on 0.

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The divide between monsterhomes, neighbourhood char-acter and affordability appearsto be growing in southwestCoquitlam, as council turneddown a pair of rezoning appli-

cations Monday that city staffbelieve would have increasedaffordability in the area.

Both rezoning applications— on Charland and Wallsavenues — sought to subdividelots in excess of 8,000 squarefeet in half, to make way forsmaller homes.

But the public hearing por-tion of those applications sawarea residents voice oppositionto the proposals on a number offronts, including the prospectof increased traffic and safetyconcerns, and a shift away fromthe established character of theCONT. ON PAGE 5

… how dowe embraceaffordablefamily livingfor families?– Mayor RichardStewart

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Ann Pratt works on the Wilson Centre tree at the Port Coquitlam Recreation Complex. The city is preparing tolaunch a full schedule of holiday events this weekend. To learn more, see story on Page 10.

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Pair facechargesin violentrobberiesNEWS 6

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The divide between monsterhomes, neighbourhood char-acter and affordability appearsto be growing in southwestCoquitlam, as council turneddown a pair of rezoning appli-

cations Monday that city staffbelieve would have increasedaffordability in the area.

Both rezoning applications— on Charland and Wallsavenues — sought to subdividelots in excess of 8,000 squarefeet in half, to make way forsmaller homes.

But the public hearing por-tion of those applications sawarea residents voice oppositionto the proposals on a number offronts, including the prospectof increased traffic and safetyconcerns, and a shift away fromthe established character of theCONT. ON PAGE 5

… how dowe embraceaffordablefamily livingfor families?– Mayor RichardStewart

CAB SHARECANADACoquitlam entrepreneurs behindnew app that helps taxi passengersshare the cost of a ride

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It’s an everyday occurrencethat happens in large citiesaround the world: two stran-gers share a cab to save somecash.

Now a group of youngentrepreneurs has come upwith technology to make thattransaction easier.

Last week, they launchedan iPhone mobile app calledCab Share Canada. It’sdescribed as “a simple smart-phone app that allows you toquickly find people in yourarea to share a taxi with.”

The app is the brain-child of two Terry FoxSecondary grads, CameronNicol and ShehanWijeyagoonewardane, whocame up with the idea lastMay.

Nicol, a Douglas Collegestudent in Coquitlam, saidthe idea was born whenWijeyagoonewardane, who

attends the University ofWestern Ontario, found stu-dents from out of town wereusing social media to splitcabs.

He noted the plan was tocentralize what was already

happening in a smartphoneapp.

The app is different thanUber, a popular but contro-versial ridesharing programthat is available around theworld, but has so far been

banned in B.C.“We’re using an established

service, and we’re just makingit more accessible to peopleby lowering the costs becausethey’re sharingand splittinga cab ride,”Nicol told theTri-Cities NOW,adding sharingcabs is some-thing peoplealready do.

He acknow-ledged CabShare hasn’tspoken withthe taxi indus-try about theapp, addingthe company doesn’t yet haveany numbers to offer theindustry.

While the company waitsto see how many downloadsthe app receives, Nicol notesCab Share is getting plenty ofsupport and attention.

The app’s creators were

able to crowdsource morethan the $2,500 needed tostart developing the product.

Nicol figures the targetmarket to start with is univer-

sity students,and if it canreach a criticalmass in thosemarkets, hesuspects it canoverflow intosurroundingcities.

“It’s reallyfor anybodywho has as m a r t p h o n eand wants totake a cab,” hesaid.

While the main purpose ofthe app is to connect peopleto cheaper cab rides, it’s alsointended to help the environ-ment. Nicol explained partof the goal is to reduce CO2emissions that come withhaving one person in a cab.

In an effort to reach that

goal, the company is plan-ning to donate 10 per centof its profits to the WorldWildlife Fund.

Nicol said the companyis also hoping to connectwith Mothers Against DrunkDriving, as he sees cabs asone way for people to gethome safely after drinking.

An Android version of theapp will be released in thecoming months.

As for Nicol’s business part-ner, he’s well-known in theseparts for his community ser-vice, which includes a $2,000scholarship from EnvisionFinancial.

In his last year ofhigh school in 2013,Wijeyagoonewardane wasthe youth rep for the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce,helped draft the PartingtonCreek Neighbourhood Planfor Burke Mountain, raised$19,000 for Free the Childrenand started The LegacyProject at his school.

Pair create taxi ride-sharing appCAB SHARE IS DESIGNEDTO LINK SMARTPHONEUSERS LOOKING FORCHEAPERRIDES

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Cameron Nicol, left, and Jack Gardner of DouglasCollege helped create a taxi ride-sharing app called CabShare Canada.

It’s reallyfor anybodywho has asmartphone andwants to take acab.– Cameron Nicol ofCab Share Canada

neighbourhood.Haversley Avenue resident Albert Poy

spoke adamantly against both applications,suggesting the neighbourhood is densifyingtoo quickly and traffic is already at a criticalmass.

“I now find that when I lookat Coquitlam, we have a safetyproblem,” he said.

Charland Avenue residentBeverly Sewers — who lives dir-ectly across the street from theproposed re-zoning — echoedthose statements. She worriedabout fire hazards associatedwith the proposal, along withconcerns around speeding anda lack of parking.

“We’re losing our families.We’re losing our neighbour-hood,” she said. “It’s not aboutfamilies anymore. It’s aboutmoney.”

Walls Avenue resident Parm Sanghera saidthe proposed rezoning on her street wouldcompromise the safety of young kids playingon the road, while also changing the neigh-bourhood’s character. She suggested she hada petition with 17 names on it from nearbyresidents.

“All the neighbours are opposed to this[application],” she said.

Mayor Richard Stewart conceded thatMonday’s discussion was a part of larger prob-lem spread across Metro Vancouver aroundhow to densify within the available space leftin the region. Speaking to the Walls Avenueproposal, he noted two plausible choices exist:

one home worth close to $2million, or two homes worthabout $800,000 each.

“Those are our choices as acommunity,” he said. “We’rechallenged with how do weembrace affordable family liv-ing for families? One-point-eight million for a housedoesn’t do it.”

Ultimately, the two propos-als failed despite staff endors-ing both of them. Couns. BrentAsmundson, Craig Hodge,Neal Nicholson, Chris Wilsonand Bonita Zarrillo votedagainst the application at 964Charland Ave. The decision on

928 Walls Ave. was defeated by a 4-3 vote,with Hodge, Nicholson, Wilson and Zarrillovoting against the application. Coun. MaeReid excused herself due to a conflict of inter-est on the Walls Avenue decision, while Coun.Lou Sekora, who was defeated in the Nov. 15election, was absent from Monday’s meeting.

Residents opposetwo rezoning plans

Wherewill schools go?


Coquitlam council is exert-ing pressure on the school dis-trict to identify future schoolsites on Burke Mountain,though district staff maintainthat some of that informationhas long been in the hands ofcity staff.

On Monday, councilreviewed School District 43’sEligible School Site Proposal(ESSP), a document thatincludes population anddevelopment projections,student forecasts and antici-pated costs over a 10-yearspan.

While council did acceptthe plan, concerns wereraised about the district’splans for Burke Mountain.

The district’s ESSP identi-fies the need for seven pro-posed school sites: six inCoquitlamandoneinAnmore.Four of the six Coquitlamschool sites are located in theUpper Hyde Creek, SmilingCreek and Partington Creekneighbourhoods.

A staff report notes theESSP does not identify specif-ic school site locations for thefour Burke Mountain schools.

The report also states thereare more designated schoolsites in the area than arerequired by the district.

“Weneednowfortheschooldistrict to step forward … andmake it their highest priorityto identify those sites, clearthe air, make sure the publicunderstands what’s going onup there and ultimately put ashovel in the ground,” MayorRichard Stewart said.

Council voted unanimouslyto write a letter to the dis-trict asking for clarificationon what’s going where beforethe end of the year.

The city wants concreteanswers on where thoseschools will go to help aid fur-ther planning and develop-ment in the area.

“It has frustrated me to noend to watch houses go uparound pieces of propertythat say ‘proposed schoolsite,’ then … find out theyare possible school sites [or]to find out they’re probablynot school sites,” said Coun.Craig Hodge, who lives onBurke Mountain.

“That has been a real chal-lenge up there.”

School District 43 assist-ant secretary treasurer Ivano

Cecchini said Tuesday at leastpart of what the city is look-ing for was discussed as farback as December 2012. Henoted that three elementaryschools, along with a mid-dle and secondary school,are needed within 10 years.Cecchini said that informa-tion was presented at a dis-trict board meeting two yearsago.

That report, however,didn’t include exact loca-tions. That’s the informationthe city is currently askingfor.

“There’s always some ques-tions and we go back andforth on those questions,” hesaid. “That’s just a regularpart of the process.”

Coun. Brent Asmundson,who also lives on BurkeMountain, brought up theissue of writing a letter to thedistrict for largely the samereasons as Hodge did.

“We have people buyingup there on the thought thatthey may be, or they may notbe, buying beside a schoolsite,” he said.

“We need clarity for thedevelopers and for the peoplemoving in there.”

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A pair of men allegedlyinvolved in three robberies inCoquitlam and Burnaby arecooling their heels in jail afterteamwork by two police for-ces led to their arrest.

In two days, Mounties fromboth Coquitlam and Burnabyresponded to three violentrobberies in the two com-munities.

The spree began on themorning of Nov. 3, when twomen robbed a conveniencestore on Austin Avenue.

Police said one man pulleda knife and threatened to hurta store employee.

The duo fled after takingcash, cigarettes and bottleddrinks from the store.

The second robbery hap-pened at another conveniencestore on Austin when one oftwo men allegedly pulled a

knife again, fleeing the storewith similar loot.

The third robbery had thesuspects crossing the borderinto Burnaby and holding upa store in the 9600 block ofCameron Street.

In that case, the pairallegedly pulled out knivesand assaulted the storekeep-er before taking off with cash,e-cigarettes and lighters.

But police were not farbehind.

“These robberies quicklygot our attention as the levelof violence was escalating,”Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. JamieChung said in a statement.

“Seasoned investigatorsfrom both Burnaby RCMPStrike Force and CoquitlamRCMP Robbery Section gottogether to develop, imple-ment and execute an oper-ational plan. In about two-and-a-half days, the suspectswere identified and arrested

without incident.”The suspects are both

from Surrey. Joshawa Hall,18, and Anthony Colgan, 25,are facing several charges,including three counts of rob-bery, two counts of unlaw-ful confinement, assaultcausing bodily harm, assaultwith a weapon and utteringa threat.

“This is another exampleof ‘crime knowing no bound-aries.’ Our Metro Vancouverand Fraser Valley cities are soclose together we must take aregional approach to policingwhere we share resourcesand assist each other as wedeal with the same criminalissues,” noted RCMP assist-ant commissioner Dan Malo,Lower Mainland DistrictCommander. “This helpsus be more effective in ourapproach to crime reduction.It’s the team effort that makesus efficient in solving multi-jurisdictional crimes.”

Both men have been heldin custody since their arrest

on Nov. 5 and are due back inPoCo court on Dec. 11.

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As protests continue against KinderMorgan’s plan to expand its Trans MountainPipeline on Burnaby Mountain, it doesn’tappear the same type of confrontation willhappen in the Tri-Cities.

Elaine Golds, with the Burke MountainNaturalists, said she doubts a similar situationwill unfold in Coquitlam, even though thepipeline expansion is slated to run throughboth cities.

“This [Burnaby Mountain] has become thehill on which people have chosen to takeaction,” she told the Tri-Cities NOW. “I don’tthink that’s likely to shift to another spot atthis point.”

In September, Golds helped organize arally at Colony Farm Regional Park to opposeKinder Morgan’s plan to use part of the parkas a construction staging area.

She pointed out Kinder Morgan has saidit’s exploring an option other than using thefields at Colony Farm.

The energy company is looking at makinguse of a little-used rail spur instead of thepark.

Golds said it will take a couple of monthsfor Kinder Morgan to make a decision, butshe is cautiously optimistic the park will bespared.

She also noted there are no future ralliesplanned in the Tri-Cities, as the group is wait-ing on a decision by Kinder Morgan.

However, even if the staging area ischanged, she said it wouldn’t eliminate the

overall concerns she and many others havewith the project.

“Everyone is aware global warming is hap-pening and we need to be doing somethingmore progressive about it rather than build-ing more pipelines,” Golds said.

The proposed pipeline route in Coquitlamwould run east of the Port Mann Bridgethrough the Fraser River, hitting land nearUnited Boulevard.

The line would follow the road west pastthe Eaglequest Golf complex before meetingup with the Lougheed Highway corridor toBurnaby.

As of Tuesday, more than 70 people hadbeen arrested on Burnaby Mountain, as theprotests approached the one-week mark.

The arrests are for defying a B.C. SupremeCourt injunction banning the protesters frominterfering with Kinder Morgan’s survey workfor a new pipeline route.

While Burnaby RCMP have handled thepolicing during the protest, they’re gettinghelp from neighbouring communities, includ-ing Coquitlam.

Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chungexplained Coquitlam Mounties have beenhelping out on Burnaby Mountain on theirdays off, but added members haven’t beenpulled off their duties locally.

“On their own time on their days off, if theywant to work for Burnaby RCMP at BurnabyMountain, they can do it,” he said.

He couldn’t say how many local officershave been signing up, noting the arrange-ment isn’t being handled by the Coquitlamdetachment.

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The municipal election resultsin three key areas shouldcause alarm bells to ring inNDP circles, and celebrationfireworks to go off in Green

Party ones and perhaps among B.C.Liberals as well.

In Vancouver, Surrey and the capitalregion, voter turnout increased signifi-cantly — but relatively few of those newvoters opted for NDP-linked candidates.Instead, the Green Party and centre-right parties were the chief recipients ofthe flood of new voters.

Those in the left in Vancouver aretearing their hair out because they thinkthat the far-left COPE party split thevote and cost Vision Vancouver support,but that’s not necessarily what hap-pened. The real story is that the NDPis not getting new voters out, and thathas dire implications for the party inthe next provincial election if that trendholds.

In Vancouver, for example, the GreenParty’s Adrienne Carr shot to the top ofthe council polls as she increased hersupport by more than 25,000 votes,which is somewhat staggering. Theright-leaning NPA boosted its councilvote by roughly 12,000 votes.

But while incumbent Mayor GregorRobertson boosted his own totals slight-ly, the Vision/NDP vote was essentiallystagnant, as its top candidate got slight-ly less than its top candidate in 2011.The party also flat-lined in the vote forschool board, and lost control of thepark board (this, even though 37,000people voted who did not vote in 2011).

It’s hard to see a credible argumentthat if COPE were to disappear tomor-row, all of its supporters would flock toVision. A significant number would, ofcourse, but I fail to see any evidence tosuggest most would.

In fact, the vote for COPE city coun-

cil candidates in this election actuallydropped, despite all those new voters.

No, the story in Vancouver is that theGreen Party was able to greatly increaseits support, while the NPA also boostedits vote by a significant amount (theGreens also elected two parks boardcommissioners and hold the decidingvote on the school board, as their sup-port shot up by 10,000 to 15,000 votes).

In Victoria, the outcome was slightlymore encouraging for the NDP, but theparty lost the seemingly impregnablemayor’s chair to a Green-like candidate.Lisa Helps beat incumbent Dean Fortin,despite the fact the capital region’s NDPMLAs all strongly endorsed and publiclycampaigned for him.

Helps’ victory sent a number of NewDemocrats reeling. Unlike Vancouver,Victoria’s municipal scene is less party-oriented, so it’s hard to make apples andapples comparisons on the council front,but it appears NDP-leaning candidateswere able to take advantage of a higherturnout (almost 7,500) to slightly boosttheir winning totals from 2011.

Not so for Fortin. His support actuallydropped by almost 1,000 people, despitethat higher turnout. Helps was pro-pelled into office by new voters, many ofthem young and likely Green-oriented.

Considering the fact the Greensalmost won the federal byelection inVictoria two years ago, Helps’ winshouldn’t come as a total surprise. The

capital region itself saw other Greencandidates elected, including a newmayor in Central Saanich.

These events suggest the NDP haswork to do to consolidate one of itstraditional strongholds. But I’d say rightnow, the odds favour the Greens steal-ing at least one more seat in the capitalregion in the 2017 provincial election.

In Surrey, the centre-right Surrey Firstparty steamrolled to victory in both citycouncil and school board races, as againmore new voters backed that party thanany of the other alternatives. This put abig smile on the faces of B.C. Liberals,who know Surrey — not Vancouver — isone of the keys to them holding powerin this province.

There are two dozen provincial rid-ings spread among these three citiesand regions. If a similar wave of newvoters materialize in the 2017 provincialelection and vote in similar patterns, theGreens could be the biggest benefactors.

Of course, this latest round of muni-cipal elections — with the spike in voterturnout — may be an anomaly. But if itisn’t — if it is a sign of renewed inter-est in politics among those who neverbothered to vote before — it could pointto a big shake-up in future election out-comes in this province.

Change can be scary, but the level of oppositionto two modest rezoning proposals in Coquitlamseems completely unjustified, and doesn’t lendhope to the idea that Metro Vancouver will findways to increase density while maintaining

harmony among neighbours.The proposed rezonings, to create smaller, single-family

homes with secondary suites on two southwest Coquitlamlots, came before city council Monday in the form of pub-lic hearings. Neighbours cited everything from increasedtraffic to speeding, a lack of parking and a loss of safety intheir arguments against the planned redevelopment.

Yet each proposal called for changing just one lot on onestreet to accommodate two smaller homes. The alternative,which will likely go ahead now that the rezoning proposalswere shot down, is the creation of monster homes on bothlots.

Where’s the evidence that a duplex or a smaller single-family home will create more traffic (i.e. house morepeople) than a monster home? A large home could housea family of six and, if that family includes teens who drive,up to half a dozen vehicles. Conversely, a couple with ayoung child could live in either side of a duplex and sharea vehicle, making for a total of two cars in the same space.

There are endless combinations of occupants andvehicles, and no evidence rezoning would increase either.

But that’s not really what this is about. It’s about fear ofchange. Yet we can’t build a moat around Metro Vancouver.More people will move here as the city grows, as happensaround the world. The alternative is living in a city that’sshrinking in population, like Detroit, which usually hasproblems so severe residents leave if they can.

People complain about highrises, saying they destroythe character of the neighbourhood. Rezoning a single lotto accommodate two homes is about as far from a highriseas you can get, yet we have people complaining about thatmodest form of infill development, too.

What’s the answer? Allowing gradual redevelopmentcould lead to a neighbourhood where, years later, thechanges are barely noticeable. Sometimes, it’s better toaccept modest change than to end up with something moreextreme. Either way, densification will happen.

We can’t stopall growth

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PIPELINE PROTESTS POINT TO‘SYSTEMTHAT SEEMS BROKEN’

It is hard to believe that courts in Canada can side withan unelected body (the NEB) over the objections of a dulyelected body (Burnaby mayor and council) and a commun-ity.

It is further quite alarming that the nature of the injunc-tion is to allow Kinder Morgan to cut down trees and dosurvey work in preparation for bringing a pipeline througha city park and conservation area.

This disappointment is only compounded now that theRCMP, which had the option of discretion in this non-crim-inal matter as they always do, have decided to enforce theinjunction and arrest otherwise-civil protesters.

This is a system that seems broken. Amongst otherthings, perhaps it is time to consider a local police forcethat is more representative of elected bodies and localcommunities, and free of influences from headquarters inOttawa, which I suspect may have had some influence inthe enforcement decision.

By comparison, it is hard to imagine the West Van policegoing against the wishes of mayor, council and community,and instead siding with a foreign corporation.

Bruce CutaynePort Coquitlam

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PHYSICIAN-ASSISTEDSUICIDE IS APERSONALCHOICE

The Charter of Rights andFreedoms has been our nation’spride and we count on it toprotect our independence anddignity.

Our freedom of choice andcompassion is something wetake great pride in. Although wehave been granted the freedomto choose how we live, we do notyet possess the freedom to choosehow much suffering we endurebefore death. We do not yet havethe right to die.

The famous case of SueRodriguez was ruled in 1993,where the Supreme Court ofCanada denied Rodriguez theright to physician-assisted sui-cide. Twenty-one years later, andwe still cannot offer an option tothose suffering from debilitatingterminal illnesses.

It is always a wonder whatmay happen if we give the powerof ending our lives to someoneelse. Yet we trust doctors to cut usopen and take out our organs tofix them when we have no inten-

tion of dying.If we trust the physician oath

to be sacred, then we must trustthat their aid in a dying person’swishes is with good intentions,too. If we believe in the honestintention of this act, we can trustthat this is not to put the vulner-able at risk. There are proceduresand guidelines that can be imple-mented to prevent abuse of thislaw.

What is it to live, without anyquality of life? That is a decisionpeople should make for them-selves, instead of the governmentmaking it for them.

It is hard to take a life, sothose who accept to help a dyingperson’s wishes shouldn’t haveto be punished for their remorse.People suffering from terminalillnesses know that they willbe facing a wide range of pain-ful and humiliating symptoms.Knowing that they possess thepower to choose when the endhas come is comforting as theemphasis remains on choice andthe power remains in the handsof the patient.

To grant this choice, theSupreme Court is worried that itwould set precedence and “he/she asked to die” may become areasonable plea.

Yet this is not a concern in

countries where euthanasia islegally practised. As the case waspresented in front of the SupremeCourt of Canada on Oct. 15, thedifficulty of this decision becameevident.

Who am I to deny a dyingperson their wish for dignifieddeath? Thankfully, the publicopinion about allowing thischoice has increased since 20years ago and it is because ofthe activism of people that theSupreme Court has become will-ing to reconsider this law.

I cautiously hope that theSupreme Court rules in favour ofphysician-assisted suicide in thecoming months and that I canonce again trust in a governmentthat grants me the right to mydignity and values my personaldecision.

With increased public aware-ness and acceptance, the chancesof change increase — even ifnot this time, the next time willbe closer. We must, however,continue the fight and our sup-port to the B.C. Civil LibertiesAssociation and the Dying withDignity Association.

I believe that it is our respon-sibility to be heard and to make achange that can affect our future.Not only is physician-assisted sui-cide humane, but on every level,

logical. Be it for the compassion-ate act of granting someone theirdignity and freeing them of theirsuffering, or because we believein freedom of choice, it is a verypersonal matter and the law hasno business sitting on the bedsideof the dying.

Suicide is legal in Canada andso is abortion. The current lawson assisted suicide, however, area violation to the right of the ter-minally ill.

Legalizing assisted suicide willnot make everyone jump the gunon requesting suicide, but peoplewill be comforted at the thoughtof having the choice of makingthis decision for themselves.

Dorsa SoleymanSFU student and

Coquitlam resident

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Christmas is still a month away, but thatdoesn’t mean PoCo residents can’t get into thespirit of the season in a big way.

This Saturday (Nov. 29), the public is invit-ed to Christmas in Leigh Square, a lightingceremony that kicks off the city’s 12 days ofChristmas in Leigh Square.

The ceremony takes place from 3 to 5:30p.m. rain or shine, and includes holiday craft-making, storytelling, music, entertainmentand photos with Santa.

The musical stylings of the swing band PhatSanta Swing will provide the background forcarols, while the Port Coquitlam BusinessImprovement Association will be pouring thehot cocoa.

And this year promises to be even bigger as

Sandy Battle, the city’s community and civicevents coordinator, noted the lighting will beamped up with the use of lasers.

“The more the merrier. It is a lot of fun,” shetold the Tri-Cities NOW.

For Coun. Darrell Penner, the festival is acontinuation of the tradition of celebratingChristmas in PoCo.

And over the years, he suggested the treelighting, like other big events in the commun-ity such as the car show, is proving to be verypopular.

“People really enjoy being part of a com-munity; this is very much like a small townevent,” he said.

The tree lighting isn’t just good fun, but alsoan opportunity to give back.

Donations are being accepted for the SHAREfood bank.

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Charlie Hamilton’s PubCharlie Hamilton’s Pub, located at #1031-1163 PinetreeWay, Coquitlam, hasapplied to the Liquor Control and Licensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanentchange to its Liquor Primary License, specifically to increase the hours of liquorservice. The proposed hours of liquor service are 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Sundaythrough Thursday and from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays(current hours of liquor service are 11:00 a.m. to midnight Sunday throughThursday and 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays).In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Regulations, the Cityof Coquitlam has been asked to provide comments and a recommendation onthe application to the LCLB.The City invites residents to provide input to Council with respect to howthis liquor license, if approved,may affect them and their property. The Cityof Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested herein up toMonday,December 15, 2014. Written correspondence can be provided in one of thefollowing ways:

Email: [email protected]: 604-927-3015Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay,Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 7N2In person at City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay at the City Clerk’s Office duringthe hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. fromMonday to Friday excludingstatutory holidays (Telephone: 604-927-3010)

Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a RegularCouncil Meeting. Council will consider the input provided and submit a formalrecommendation on the application to the LCLB.Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become partof the public record which includes the submissions being made available forpublic inspection at Coquitlam City Hall and potentially on our website as partof a future agenda package at coquitlam.ca/agendas.Additional information concerning this application can be obtained bycontacting Kerri Lore, City Clerk’s Office, at 604-927-3016.

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City of Coquitlam Highway Dedication Cancellation Bylaw No. 4516, 2014TAKE NOTICE THAT pursuant to Section 40 and Section 94 of the Community Charter,the City of Coquitlam Council intends to adopt “City of Coquitlam Highway DedicationCancellation Bylaw No. 4516, 2014” at the Regular Council Meeting to be held onDecember 8, 2014.

The intent of the Bylaw is to close and remove the dedication of 188.3 m2 ofundeveloped lane allowance adjacent to lands at 283 Hart Street in SouthwestCoquitlam.The resulting parcel created by the lane cancellation is proposed to beconsolidated with adjacent lands at 283 Hart Street.

Should you have any concerns or comments you wish to convey to Council, pleasesubmit them in writing no later than Friday, December 5, 2014 to the City Clerk’sOffice in one of the following ways:

By email to [email protected] person at the City Clerk’s office which is located on thesecond floor of City Hall at 3000 GuildfordWayBy fax at 604-927-3015

A copy of Bylaw No. 4516, 2014 may be inspected at the City Hall (Planning andDevelopment Department) and any inquiries relating to the proposal should be madeto the Development Planning Section (604-927-3432), 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,Mondayto Friday, except statutory holidays.

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day with a free skate from3:15 to 4:45 p.m. at thePort Coquitlam RecreationComplex. Participants areencouraged to wear a sports

jersey.But the festivities don’t end

there.The 12 Days of Christmas

program runs in Leigh Squarethrough Dec. 12 with a seriesof holiday-inspired events,including art workshops, achoir performance and a holi-day movie night. To view afull list of events go to www.portcoquitlam.ca/leighs-quare.

Be sure to save some ofthat Christmas spirit forDec. 18 and the arrival ofthe Canadian Pacific RailwayHoliday Train.

Pulling in at 7:15 p.m. atthe Port Coquitlam WestCoast Express Station, at2125 Kingsway Ave., it’s thelast stop of its cross-countryjourney.

The event starts witha free skate from 5:45 to 7p.m. at the Port CoquitlamRecreation Complex.

The holiday train is decor-ated with hundreds of thou-sands of LED lights and fea-tures performances by JimCuddy of Blue Rodeo andTracey Brown, a member ofthe Canadian Country MusicHall of Fame.

(You can also catch thetrain at its Port Moody stop,scheduled for 5:25 p.m.behind the recreation com-plex at 300 Ioco Rd.)

Port Coquitlam is also offer-ing the following Christmasactivities:

• Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m. — Youthand Seniors’ Dinner Night atWilson Centre. Tickets are $2for youths and $5 for adults.

• Dec. 4, 7 to 9 p.m.— Exhibition opening forBeyond Real: OverexposedUnderexposed, at LeighSquare. Free admission.

• Dec. 6, 10 p.m. to 7a.m. — Youth Wake Over atthe Hyde Creek RecreationCentre. The cost is $26 perperson. Stay up all night play-ing games and doing activ-ities. Breakfast is included.

• Dec. 6, 1 to 5 p.m. —Christmas Line Dance Socialat Wilson Centre. The cost is$7 for members, $9 for guests.Registration is required.

• Dec. 10, 5 to 7 p.m.— Youth and SeniorsCommunity Dinner at WilsonCentre. Free admission.

• Dec. 11, 6:30 to 8 p.m. —Felice Choir Holiday Concert(all ages) at Leigh Square.Admission is $5 per person.

• Dec. 12, 5 to 7 p.m.— Youth and SeniorsCommunity Turkey Dinner atHyde Creek. Free admission.

• Dec. 13, 9 a.m. —Breakfast with Santa atWilson Centre. Registrationis required. Tickets cost $9per person.

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WED, NOVEMBER 26Tri-City Centennial Stamp Club hosts a

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THUR, NOVEMBER 27Tri-Cities Caregiver Program holds a care-

giver support meeting from 10 to 11:30 a.m. atthe Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt. inCoquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend.Info: Karen Tyrell at 778-789-1496.

FRI, NOVEMBER 28Tri-Cities Caregiver Program holds a care-

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SAT, NOVEMBER 29Trinity United and St. Catherine’s church-

es host a Christmas Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. at 2211 Prairie Ave. in Port Coquitlam. Theevent includes bake and gourmet tables, a silentauction, luncheon and more. Info: 604-942-

0022.City of Port Coquitlam kicks off its 12 Days

of Christmas at Leigh Square from 3 to 5:30p.m. The free outdoor event includes a holidaymarket, arts and crafts for families, live bands,hot cocoa, a visit from Santa and the officialLighting Ceremony. Events continue throughoutDec. 12. Info: www.portcoquitlam.ca/leigh-square.

RBC Sports Day in Canada will be celebrat-ed at facilities across Coquitlam. Free try-it activi-ties like yoga, Bollywood dance, badminton,community hikes and more will be offered. Info:www.coquitlam.ca/featuredprograms.

SUN, NOVEMBER 30Trinity Chapel Multicultural Society hosts

a discussion entitled “Can Youngsters in ourGeneration Be Cool Without Drugs and Alco-hol” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at 1923 Cameron Ave.in PoCo. Dr. Anthony Ashun will be the guestspeaker. Info: http://www.rccgtrinitychapel.com.

MON, DECEMBER 1Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural

Society hosts a “Rhymes of Times” sessionfrom 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Heritage at LeighSquare, 2100 – 2253 Leigh Sq. in PoCo. Sharewinter stories for this month’s session aroundwinter mornings cold and white. Info: [email protected].

TUE, DECEMBER 2Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary hosts its

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Port Coquitlam Heritage and CulturalSociety hosts the “Heritage Detectives” from10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Heritage at Leigh Square,2100 – 2253 Leigh Sq. in PoCo. The PoCo Heri-tage Detectives will be searching out the storiesbehind Port Coquitlam and the First World Warin this month’s session. Bring along any photosor information on the subject to share with thegroup. Info: www.pocoheritage.org.

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The weather was a factor, but theTerry Fox Ravens turned it to theiradvantage.

You shouldn’t expect anything lessfrom the No. 1-ranked B.C. AAA highschool football team.

Playing in a steady rain, the Ravensswept past the New WestminsterHyacks 37-0 on Friday to advance tothe provincial semifinals.

The South Delta Sun Devils mayneed a flood of locusts to upset theanticipated rematch between Foxand the defending champion MountDouglas Rams.

Terry Fox will take on South Deltaon Saturday, 8 p.m. at UBC Stadium.

The Sun Devils are known for apass-heavy offence — although thisdeep into the playoffs every challen-ger has more than one dimension totheir game.

Ravens co-coach Tom Kudaba iscounting on a lot of video this weekto help get his squad prepared forwhat the Sun Devils throw at them.

Isaiah Stevens corralled a fumbleon the first play from scrimmage andscampered the 13 yards for the firsttouchdown, and was followed soonafter when New West dropped theensuing kick-off, leading to KeyshonRoss’ 27-yard major.

While the Hyacks had considerabletrouble with the rain, it was nothingcompared to the roadblock they hitfrom Fox’s defence. New West neverreally threatened, and while theirdefence tightened up after the open-ing fumbles, in the second half theflood gates opened and quarterbackConner McKee connected with run-ning back Mike West on a 28-yardTD pass.

McKee would still produce despitethe slick conditions, completingfive of 11 attempts for 101 yards,and keeping the ball for a two-yardplunge. Ross would lead the waywith 70 yards on the ground. But itwas the defence which put the lastspike in the Hyacks’ playoff balloon.

The game’s final touchdown was afinal turnover created by Stevens thatTaylor Poitras carried 20 yards intothe end zone.

While there was some concern

about rust due to a two-week layoffwith a first round bye, Fox didn’t lookmuch worse for wear.

“We were coming out fast, defin-itely,” noted West. “Their linemenwere pretty good, they’re fast but wecame out faster and harder.”

The Grade 12 two-way playermade an impact on defence, rackingup 10 tackles.

“Our defence just played great.New West has scored on everybodythis year, they’ve got some verygood players but we had a real good

scheme and just shut them down,”noted co-coach Martin McDonnell.

Kudaba noted the strong contribu-tions from a trio of Grade 10s —TrentCooper, Brendan Dieno and JeremyKankolongo — continues to addvaluable depth to the roster as theytake aim at a fourth B.C. title.

“Those guys are big kids who playhard. We were able to put them onthe inside, put some of our betterathletes on the end, and really push[New West] back,” said Kudaba.

The three started the day previous

in the Terry Fox junior Ravens’ 46-6triumph over St. Thomas More in thejunior playoffs.

Now, the seniors are locked in toface South Delta, which placed sec-ond in the Western Conference withthe league’s third-best offence.

“I think we’ll be ready, we’ve got agood group on the defence and goodrush guys. It’ll be a good game,” saidKudaba. “They’re going to throw theball and that means the game’s goingto be a little longer but hopefully wecan maintain our ball control, too.”

Fox convert turnovers to TDs

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Powering towards the end zone, Terry Fox Ravens’ Michael West, centre, would score one touchdown in agame where the defence produced a lot of the offence. The Ravens beat New Westminster 37-0 on Friday,and now heads to UBC for Saturday’s BC AAA semifinal game, 8 p.m. against South Delta. To see morephotos from last week’s game, scan this page using the free Layar app with your smartphone.

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CHIEFS WIN WITH BALANCEIt was clear sailing for the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs on

the weekend, after the B.C. Major Midget Hockey Leagueteam swept the North Island Silvertips by a combined 13-3score over two days.

A well-balanced attack proved to be a big asset for the 9-7-2 Chiefs. In their 7-1 win on Saturday, the Coquitlam-basedclub got markers from Parker Colley, Matthew Davis, CalebFantillo, Kyle Johnson, Harris Pearce, Thomas Semple andKristofer Zlomislic.

The next day, Port Coquitlam’s Jeffrey Wong tallied twicein a 6-2 victory. Ronnie Wilkie picked up three assists, withsingles from San Chung, Calum Volpe, Colley and Fantillo,who leads the team with 13 goals.

The Northeast Chiefs, who sit just two points back offourth place, host the last place Thompson Blazers for twogames: Saturday, 4 p.m., and Sunday, 11:45 a.m., both atCoquitlam’s Planet Ice.

KEHLER HEADS TO CLARKSONPort Coquitlam’s Colton Kehler has earned a reputation for

sniping big goals.The Langley Rivermen forward has now landed a big

deal, agreeing to a scholarship with NCAA Div. I ClarksonUniversity.

Kehler, who joined Langley last month after a trade withthe Cowichan Valley Capitals, hasn’t caught fire just yet thisseason, tallying four goals and two assists over 21 games.A year ago as a rookie with the Capitals, Kehler notched 14goals and seven assists over 43 games.

The 17-year-old PoCo native entered the B.C. HockeyLeague after leading the B.C. Major Midget circuit in 2012-13with 41 goals in 40 games — a standing league record, setwhile skating alongside Mathew Barzal.

He broke current Edmonton Oilers’ centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’ old BCMML’s record of 40 goals.

“Colton is a great young player who continues to get bettereach game,” noted Langley head coach and general managerBobby Henderson. “He’s going to a school that’s well respect-ed and we couldn’t be happier for him.”

RECORDS FALL AT CLAN CUPAlexandria Schofield and Lauren Swistak provided half of

the power in Simon Fraser University’s women’s 400-metrefreestyle relay team that took first place at last weekend’s18th annual Clan Cup International swim meet.

Schofield, of Coquitlam, and Swistak, or Port Moody, joinedteammates Nicole Cossey and Sidney Peake in establishing anew meet record, finishing first with a time of 3:50.40 — cut-ting nearly two seconds off the previous best.

Swistak earlier captured the women’s 200m butterfly in2:15.27.

The meet, which saw visiting Div. I Oregon State cap-turing the women’s team title ahead of SFU, witnessed anumber of records fall. Oregon’s Sammy Harrison, a juniorAll-American, set four by herself — in the 200, 400, 800 and1500 freestyle.

Coquitlam’s Dimitar Ivanov came second behind fellowSFU swimmer Gabriel Lee in the men’s 200m backstroke. Leeposted a new meet record with a time of 2:00.36. Ivanov wasclose behind with a time of 2:00.94.

The SFU men won its division.

SPORTS SHORTS

The finish may not have beentheir season goal, but the endingshowed that they came to play.

The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devilsdidn’t let a disappointing loss onFriday in the B.C. AAA senior boyssoccer semifinals waterlog theirpassion for the game.

The Blue Devils were able toput it behind them and secure thebronze medal on Saturday in a 4-0triumph over Fraser Valley cham-pion Tamanawis.

While not the medal they hadaimed for all season long, thebronze will provide them with amomento to remember the journeythey took together.

“It was a good tournament andwhile we fell short of our goal, Ithink it demonsrated the characterof this group that they came to playhard on the final day,” remarkedBest head coach Dave Jones. “Itwas upsetting to lose, but satisfyingto finish with a win.”

The Blue Devils used memoriesof a year-old loss to Tamanawis atthe same tournament as motiva-tion.

“We really dominated against[Tamanawis],” remarked Jones.“As a coach, you always worryabout how they’ll react to such abig loss. But a couple of the seniors,they said ‘Let’s make sure we put ona good show,’ and they did.”

Grade 11 forward Matteo Polisicounted twice, giving him eightover five games and the tourney’sGolden Boot award.

In the 3-1 loss to Sutherland, theCoquitlam squad had a handful ofglorious chances — including threewhen they trailed 1-0 — but hit thegoalkeeper or shot wide.

“Give Sutherland credit, theyreally wanted it and worked hardto win those 50-50 balls.”

Earlier, they bested both MountBoucherie and Sir WinstonChurchill and tied Queen Elizabeth1-1 in the round robin.

Earning a Commissioner’s 11award was Tanner Jones.

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Like a windup toy at the end of itsrun, the Coquitlam Express beganthe weekend with a full-head ofsteam and then quickly hit a wall.

That they pulled two points outof a possible six may be the silverlining, but it wasn’t what they hadin mind.

By the time the final buzzersignalled the end of Sunday’s 4-1loss to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs,Coquitlam was looking like a teambadly in need of a vacation.

The Express went 1-2 in a three-games-in-three-days jaunt, begin-ning by splitting a pair against theChilliwack Chiefs.

“It was a tough loss,” notedCoquitlam coach Barry Wolff ofSunday’s game. “For much of it wewere right there but I think we ranout of gas, being our third game inless than three days.

“They had more jump, and creditto their goalie [Billy Christopoulos],as I thought he made some bigstops.”

The visiting Bulldogs had the runof the Poirier rink for the first 40minutes, leading 2-0 and 3-1 whileout-shooting the Express 30-14.

Although the home team appliedsome pressure over the final period,they couldn’t close the gap en route

to their 13th loss.Coquitlam’s Chris Tai, who started

in net all three games, faced 38 shotsand turned aside 35, with the finalgoal hitting the empty net.

Corey Mackin made it 2-1 early inthe second, giving the B.C. HockeyLeague scoring leader 25 goals in 27games.

The split with Chilliwack also sawTai kept busy, with the diminutivenetminder drawing first and secondstar honours over the two games.On Friday, he turned aside 33 shotswhile backstopping the Express to a3-1 win.

Daniel Fritz drilled home a power-play tally three minutes into the sec-ond period to give Coquitlam a 2-0lead. While the visiting Chiefs cutthe deficit to 2-1 midway throughthe frame, Tai stood his ground andMackin iced it with two minutes leftin the game on a rare shorthandedempty-netter. Cole Bevan had openedthe scoring for Coquitlam.

Twenty-four hours later, it wasChilliwack who led 2-0 before theExpress’ Brett Supinski made it aone-goal game.

Tai kicked out 34 shots, includingall 24 over the final 40 minutes.

The club also lost captain JoeySantucci with a hand injury — whichis expected to keep him sidelined foran undetermined period.

That proves to be a bad breakfor the Express, as Santucci’s line— which includes Jackson Cresseyand Colton Kerfoot — had been theteam’s hottest threesome over thepast two weeks.

“That’s the way things go,” sighedWolff. “We’ll see who we can plugin there to keep that line going. Weneed to start executing more consist-ently and get the puck to the net like

we had been doing [earlier in themonth].”

Wolff said Daniell Lange likely willget the first chance at filling the spoton the second line, while newcomerMichael Merulla, who has playedthree games with the team sincebeing acquired from Madison of theU.S. Hockey League, continues toadjust to his new team.

“I thought he had his best game yet

[on Sunday],” said Wolff of last year’stop goal scorer with the Philadelphiau18 junior Flyers. “He brought someintensity and was skating hard.”

The Express now take their showon the road, hoping to return froma twin-spin in Prince George withsome points.

Coquitlam’s next home game isWednesday, Dec. 3, 7 p.m. whenSurrey visits the Poirier arena.

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Battling along the boards, Coquitlam’s Jackson Cressey, left, and Chilliwack’s Kurt Black chase after thepuck during Friday’s 3-1 Express win. The club heads to Prince George this weekend for two games.

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