The Tri-City News, February 20, 2015

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SUBMITTED PHOTOConcerns about the security of mail delivered to Tri-City community mail boxes have been raised in recent weeks after mail was stolen from a box on Westwood Plateau. In Belcarra, where Ruth Foster lives, a mail box was cut and the door left open, and she says residents are concerned the isolated location is drawing thieves. They also worry the mail boxes aren’t as theft-proof as promised. See articles on page A3.

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TRI-CITY POSTAL PROBLEMS

Fire wasn’t suspicious; residents need help

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APARTMENT FIRE

TRI-CITY YOUTH

Gary McKennaThe Tri-CiTy News

A fire that badly dam-aged a Glen Drive apart-ment complex and left close to 100 people home-less in Coquitlam on Monday is not considered suspicious.

Fire Chief Wade Pierlot said while the cause of the blaze is undetermined, the ignition point was located on a balcony next to a bar-becue and some nearby recycling materials.

He said it is likely that the blaze started in the outside area and moved up the side of the building be-fore entering an air space in the ceiling and spread-

ing to other units.“The barbecue tank

supported it,” he said. “Barbecue tanks are sup-posed to vent off [when heated] so they don’t ex-plode… so it was supported by propane.”

Pierlot warned condo residents to be mindful of their barbecues, particu-larly ones that are located on balconies close to household goods or other combustible materials.

The 72-unit building was separated by firewalls into three 24-unit sections, with the majority of the major damage concentrated on one end of the structure.

Diane StranDberGThe Tri-CiTy News

A report into the health and well-being of youths living in the Fraser North region, which includes the Tri-Cities, suggests the ma-jority of teens have positive mental health and are con-nected with family, school and community.

But a closer reading of the report shows that sui-cide attempts are on the rise among both males and females — posing a con-cern for families, mental health service providers and other agencies, says the executive director of Share

Family and Community Services.

“There’s mixed results. There’s some good news that we should be taking solace in some of the work we are doing in prevention,” said Martin Wyant. But he worries about the upward trend in suicide attempts.

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Mail security questioned after thefts from boxes

TRI-CITY POSTAL PROBLEMS

Diane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

Concerns about the se-curity of mail delivered to Tri-City community mail boxes have been raised in recent weeks after mail was stolen from a box on Westwood Plateau and from two newer-style mail boxes in Belcarra and on Burke Mountain.

The problems are occur-ring as Canada Post ramps up plans to end home mail delivery in the next three years, with several B.C. communities already in transition. To deal with security concerns at exist-ing mail boxes, the national mail service is in the process of phasing out its older boxes in favour of newer models that are supposed to be harder to break into.

Jon Hamilton, Canada Post’s general manager of communications, said he couldn’t speak about spe-cific complaints but said the newer post boxes are more sturdy and have better locks, and should improve security.

“They are tougher to get

into and we’re doing a num-ber of things in and around those boxes that will either make them tougher to ac-cess or easier for us to lay a trail that leads them to the police,” he said.

But residents are still cry-ing foul about mail security.

On Westwood Plateau in Coquitlam, some residents had their mail redirected by Canada Post after a mail theft occurred in January at a box on Salal Crescent. At least two residents were affected, one losing a credit card with which the thief racked up $3,000 in charges before the bank notified the homeowner about the prob-lem (and later credited the account), and another resi-dent lost mail and a package they were expecting.

Police have confirmed an investigation is ongoing but no charges have been laid. Canada Post has since replaced the older mail box with a newer one and resi-dents are waiting to get keys to their new mail boxes.

“I cannot get anything, I don’t know which box is mine,” said Soegi Hartono,

whose wife’s credit card was stolen.

But while the new mail boxes are supposed to be harder to break in to, deter-mined thieves are still mak-ing the attempt. In Belcarra, where a mail box was cut and the door left open, residents are concerned the isolated location is drawing thieves. They also worry the mail boxes aren’t as theft-proof as promised.

“It’s on the back side. After dark, a person could hide behind the bus shelter,” said Ruth Foster, who took a photo of the broken mail box and put it on Twitter to raise awareness.

Belcarra Mayor Ralph Drew said he doesn’t think any mail was stolen in the break-in and believes the newer mail boxes are still tougher to penetrate, al-though a determined thief will try anything.

“You can see from the photo that the metal used for the mail slot doors is much heavier, and the latch did not fail with the break-in attempt,” he said in an email.

On Burke Mountain,

similar concerns have been raised (see story above) about the new mail boxes.

Still, it will be at least a year or more before they are rolled out across the Tri-Cities, replacing home delivery in older neighbour-hoods. That’s because this region is not one of the 16 neighbourhoods in B.C. being converted this year and the process for locating, consulting with residents and installing community mail boxes takes 10 months once the neighbourhoods are identified.

Hamilton said in B.C., approximately 73,000 ad-dresses are being converted in 2015 and plans are still being finalized for more conversions next year.

“There’s a lot of work to do behind the scenes, in terms of building the routes, delivery personnel, and making the conversion,” Hamilton said.

Once the conversion is fully rolled out, Canada Post expects to save $500 million to $600 million [email protected]

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burke residents have postal issuesSarah PayneThe Tri-CiTy News

Several Burke Mountain residents are questioning the security of their mail delivery after discovering a wide-open community mailbox last week on Drayton Street.

Burke resident Tina Wilson, along with many others, has been the victim of mail theft and misdirected mail, and says she’s frustrated at the lack of security with the older community mailboxes. She also disapproves of Canada Post’s practise of contract-ing out mail delivery on Burke Mountain and what she says is a poor response to complaints and con-cerns.

“We definitely consid-ered it a downgrade moving here,” she said of the com-munity mailbox service, noting the problems started in the past year when she began receiving mail for the same house number but

for a street one block down from them.

The mail included sev-eral Revenue Canada items,

credit cards and, in one particularly disturbing inci-dent, a neighbour’s cancer test results.

Wilson, who works from home, said several clients have had properly ad-dressed cheques returned

to them with a “Not at this address” message scrawled on the envelope because they’ve been delivered to the wrong box.

Other residents report receiving their neighbours’ mail on a weekly basis, including one who received someone else’s will probate letters, and packages that weren’t delivered despite somebody being at home all day.

Wilson’s biggest con-cern, however, is that mail delivery on Burke Mountain is considered “rural” and contracted out.

“One thing that was rather shocking is that person covers their own away time, so when they’re on vacation or they’re sick, they can hire the kid next

door for $10.25 an hour,” Wilson said. “There’s no control whatsoever on who delivers on their behalf.”

Anick Losier, spokes-person for Canada Post, confirmed Burke Mountain is considered rural and mail in the area is delivered by Canada Post employees who use their own vehicles. She noted they belong to a different union than other carriers but they go through similar security screening.

Anyone filling in for those carriers are known as temporary relief rural mail carriers and have also been screened, she said.

“Security of the mail is our number one priority,” Losier said, emphasizing that anyone with com-plaints or concerns needs

to contact Canada Post. Once that happens, a ticket is created, then forwarded to the local supervisor, who is responsible for investigat-ing the incident. The ticket can’t be closed until the supervisor has resolved the matter and reported back to the customer service de-partment.

Canada Post is also mon-itoring the security of com-munity mailboxes, Losier said, and working closely with police to catch mail theft suspects, but such criminals are “determined, regardless of the target, to get into it, whether it’s a community mailbox, a house or a car,” Losier said. “It takes an equal level of determination to stop those intent on committing prop-erty crimes.”

She did not say when mailboxes on Burke Mountain might be re-placed with newer, more theft-resistant models.

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HAVE A MAIL COMPLAINT?• To lodge a complaint about mail theft or other

such incidents, contact Canada Post at 1-866-607-6301 or www.canadapost.ca under the “Support” tab.

SUBMITTED PHOTOA newer, more secure version of the community mailbox was broken open in Belcarra recently, prompting resident Ruth Foster to take to Twitter to raise awareness.

SUBMITTED PHOTOBurke Mountain resident Tina Wilson, frustrated with mail security issues in her area, took this photo of an old-style community mailbox.

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Many charges after PoCo bustTRI-CITY CRIME

Gary MCKennaThe Tri-CiTy News

Several weapons have been seized and a Port Coquitlam man is facing a dozen criminal charges after being arrested for al-legedly stealing a vehicle in Citadel Heights last week.

Coquitlam RCMP began focusing on the Port Coquitlam subdivision after a number of property crimes and suspicious activity had been reported, identifying the neighbour-hood as a crime hotspot in their weekly CompStat alerts.

“We arrested [an] indi-vidual for allegedly stealing a vehicle and committing other criminal offences,” said Cpl. Scott Grimmer of the detachment’s prolific target team.

“We also seized a num-ber of weapons from him, including an imitation

firearm and prohibited knife, commonly known as a gravity knife.”

Justin Roach, a 26-year-old PoCo resident is cur-rently facing 12 charges, including:

• theft of a motor vehicle;• possession of an imita-

tion firearm;• possession of a pro-

hibited weapon without a licence;

• possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace;

• possession of break-in instruments;

• two counts of posses-sion of stolen property;

• two counts of failing to comply with a condition of a recognizance;

• two counts of failing to comply with a probation order;

• and possession of a controlled substance.

Grimer said that the in-vestigation is continuing and

more charges are pending.“This is what we do best,”

he said, “targeting and ar-resting prolific and priority

offenders who are danger-ous to the community.”

[email protected]@GMcKennaTC

Coquitlam RCMP are renewing calls for informa-tion on a woman wanted for allegedly using a stolen credit card to buy electronic goods at Coquitlam Centre almost two years ago.

Lorna Colleen Ruud has three outstanding warrants for breach of a conditional sentence order, obstructing a peace officer and using

a stolen credit card in July 2013.

She’s described as a 47-year-old Caucasian woman, 5’8” tall and 137 lb. with brown hair and blue eyes.

She also uses several aliases; the most frequently used are: Lorna Colleen Yates, with a birthday of Oct. 18, 1967; and Barbara

Lynn Chaplin, with a birth-day of Oct. 10, 1965.

Anyone with information on Ruud’s whereabouts is asked to call Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550 and quote file number 2013-20289 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or go to www.solvecrime.ca.

[email protected]@spayneTC LORNA COLLEEN RUUD

SUBMITTED PHOTOSome of the items allegedly seized last week from a “prolific offender” in Citadel Heights by Mounties.

$301k fine for investor fraud

THE COURTS

By Sarah PayneThe Tri-CiTy News

A Coquitlam man was given a conditional sen-tence of two years less a day and ordered to pay a victim restitution charge of $301,400 after being found guilty of fraud over $5,000.

Amir Beiklik was ar-rested in March 2012 by the B.C. Securities Commission’s criminal investigations team, with assistance from the Coquitlam RCMP, after a lengthy investigation by the BCSC. He was charged with two counts

each of fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5,000.

At the time, Crown counsel said the case re-lated to about $345,000 a woman gave Beiklik from 2004 to 2008 to invest — money that was used for other purposes.

The verdict came after a trial in September 2014 in B.C. Provincial court in Vancouver. The theft charges were stayed.

Beiklik will also serve three years of probation following his conditional sentence.


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Lack of snow will help bottom line for SD43Diane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

A warm winter means more teachers and special education assistants in the classroom as School District 43 was able to pump money saved from snow clearing and heating costs back into schools.

SD43 secretary treasurer Mark Ferrari confirmed that savings from the last few months, including a snow-free winter, have meant more cash can be spent on class size and composition issues in the district’s 67 schools.

No dollar amount will be provided until the district’s third quarter financial

report is complete, likely at the end of March, when threats of snow and a cold snap have evaporated into

spring, but in previous re-ports, the district had stated the budget was $120,000 just for snow clearing.

The news comes after the board approved a bud-get consultation process for the 2015/’16 school

year that will see a budget presentation on April 7, followed by delegations on April 14, a Twitter chat on April 16 and a final budget presentation and approval on April 21.

Board chair Judy Shirra told The Tri-City News on Wednesday she expects a “status quo” budget for the next school year and no layoffs, which will be a relief after last year’s $13.8-mil-lion staff blood-letting.

“There should be ab-solutely no layoffs unless something drastically changes in Victoria,” Shirra said, acknowledging the pain felt by teachers, sup-port workers, students and families after budget cuts last year.

Shirra, a Port Coquitlam trustee, said she expects to hear from families that were affected by budget cuts at the meetings for

next school year’s budget, as well as from teachers, district support staff and other stakeholders.

But she’s confident the district is in a better place financially than it was last year and said the budget process should confirm that.

For example, in addition to putting money saved this winter back into the classroom, the district is benefitting from a key fi-nancial decision made last year when it decided not to spend a projected $2.3-mil-lion enrolment “holdback” (money the province keeps until enrolment is con-firmed), until the following year.

This means the district has $2.3 million to spend, with a third going to pay down its $10.3-million debt incurred in previous years (for a total of $3.3 million

this year) and the remain-ing two thirds being added to next year’s budget.

As well, the sale of eight lots that are part of Parkland elementary school grounds for about $2.4 million will pay down debt incurred by internet upgrades at schools and other local capital proj-ects, and international education revenues were $2.1 million higher than expected, with funds going towards a surplus for the year or other initiatives in 2014/’15.

Many of these details were part of the district’s amended annual budget bylaw, which was passed Tuesday. For more infor-mation, visit www.sd43.bc.ca under Board of Education, Agendas and Minutes.

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tri-city newS FiLe PHOtOSchool District 43 had budgeted $120,000 for this school year for snow clearing and, if the wet, not white winter holds, that money goes into the classroom.

News on schools for Burke Mt.?Meeting could be held in May to fill in parentsDiane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

Frustrated Burke Mountain parents will have to wait a few more months before learning what’s hap-pening with planned new schools in their neighbour-hood.

But the school district promises area residents will get some news this spring.

On Wednesday, the school district issued a press release stating that progress had been made on acquiring land for schools on Burke Mountain but gave no specifics other than stating the issue is a district priority. It also stated that portables would be in-stalled to handle increased enrolment at nearby Leigh and Irvine elementary schools.

A meeting was also promised for late spring but no date was given. Both board chair Judy Shirra and secretary treasurer Mark Ferrari said it could be in May if all the necessary approvals and paperwork were done on land acquisi-tions.

Five schools are needed on Burke Mountain and the district in the process of finalizing land assembly for Smiling Creek elementary and a middle school, two more elementary schools and a secondary school for the fast-growing com-munity.

“There’s a few things out of our control,” Ferrari said. “It’s hard to nail down the precise date at this time. If it’s even earlier, we’d go earlier.”

Burke Mountain parents have been active raising the issue at a recent Coquitlam council meeting and by cir-culating a letter and setting up a Facebook page called “Where are the schools on Burke Mountain?”

Shirra, a Port Coquitlam trustee, said she sympa-thizes with parents but says the district has to go through a process and can’t be more forthcoming about land issues until the deals are done.

“We’re going to hold a public forum and we’re going to let everyone see where we are with things and how we got there,” she said.

“It’s encouraging,” said Coquitlam Coun. Craig Hodge, who lives on Burke Mountain and had been calling for a dialogue be-tween the school board and parents on the topic of new schools.

Hodge decided not to pursue his notice of motion at Monday’s council meet-ing because he had heard the board was already plan-ning to hold a meeting once it had news to report.

“It sounds like we are continuing to move closer to getting those schools but also the residents and the school board are working together to have that meet-ing, and it’s really good news,” he said.



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SETTING ITSTRAIGHT

Re. “Apartment blaze displaces 100” (The Tri-City News, Feb. 18).

The photo credit for several photographs of Monday’s apartment fire in Coquitlam that appeared in Wednesday’s paper, including the front page photo, was misspelled. The cor-rect photo credit is: DiPidro Photography.

Evergreen delay won’t hurt Coq. 125th plans

EVERGREEN LINE

Gary MCKEnnaThe Tri-CiTy News

A delay in the opening of the Evergreen Line will not affect 125th birthday pro-gramming and celebrations the city of Coquitlam had scheduled for the summer of 2016.

Raul Allueva, the city’s director of parks and recreation, said while it would have been nice for the rapid transit line to be operational ahead of the BC Seniors Games and some of the city’s birthday celebrations, the events are not dependent on having SkyTrain.

“Obviously, we were ex-pecting it a little bit earlier… but we will be able to figure it all out,” he said. “There was no specific plans that hinged on anything.”

Allueva even allowed for the possibility that the proj-ect could be done earlier than anticipated, saying, “You never really know with these big projects.”

Last week, Evergreen project manager Amanda Farrell told The Tri-City News delays attributed to problems with the tunnel boring machine would push opening day back a

few months to fall 2016.She said the chamber

around the cutting tool had to be reinforced to allow workers to get in safely to do repairs after

the boring machine en-tered an air pocket and was virtually stalled under Cecile Drive.

“Because some of the ground would fall into the

chamber, that results in a sinkhole,” she said. “They had to do various opera-tions to make it safe.”


Janis WarrEnThe Tri-CiTy News

A plea for the city of Port Coquitlam to donate $10,000 to a Coquitlam Search and Rescue fund-raising campaign will be discussed next month.

At Monday’s city fi-nance committee, coun-cil heard from a SAR del-egation about its goal to raise more than $400,000

to replace an aging mo-bile command centre by the end of the year. The team of volunteers is currently about $30,000 short of its target.

So far, the city of Coquitlam has ponied up $95,000 — $30,000 of which is from casino rev-enues — and, last month, Port Moody council contributed $10,000. Yesterday (Thursday),

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While construction of the Evergreen Line has made a dramatic impact on the Tri-City skyline, big changes are also oc-curring on the land below and around the giant concrete guideways.

The city of Coquitlam is in the process of im-proving travel lanes, me-dians, streetscapes and pedestrian plazas as part of a $21-million enhance-ment effort along three major transit corridors.

Work will begin along Pinetree Way this spring and will see the addition of a multi-use pathway, decorative lighting, land-scaping and street furni-ture to the thoroughfare.

Much of the project was outlined during a public input session in September and can be seen in a video flyover on

the city’s website (www.coquitlam.ca/pinetree-way). The city expects the work will continue until the summer of 2016.

North Road is another area that the city has identified for enhance-ments. Working with the city of Burnaby, median enhancement, improve-ments to pedestrian crossings as well as guideway accent lighting will be added along the corridor.

“The enhancements will follow the concept of the North Star,” the city said in a press re-lease. “Building on the northern orientation of the road and the associa-tion with navigation and goods and people move-ment along this historic transportation route.”

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ALLAN SCHOENBORN

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The B.C. Review Board hearing for child killer Allan Schoenborn has been scheduled to resume Feb. 26.

Schoenborn’s annual hearing, at which he asked for escorted day passes from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital, began on Feb. 12 but did not wrap up by the end of the day and will con-tinue next Thursday.

He has been at the hos-pital since 2010, when he was found not criminally responsible for the mur-ders of his three children — 10-year-old Kaitlynne, eight-year-old Max and five-year-old Cordon — in his ex-wife’s Merritt home in April 2008. Schoenborn spent about two weeks hiding in the woods after the killings but was caught when he attempted to get to Kamloops for food.

At the hearing last week, psychiatrist Dr. Marcel Hediger said Schoenborn’s condition has improved with medication and anger management therapy, and, despite the unpredict-able nature of being out in the community posed certain risks, he believes Schoenborn would be

ready in the coming year to go on carefully planned escorted day passes.

Crown counsel Wendy Dawson suggested other-wise, noting Schoenborn has participated in no programs other than anger management, lives in a highly controlled atmo-sphere and has continued to react with angry out-bursts when provoked by other patients.

Dawson also detailed Schoenborn’s history of escaping custody and his

disregard for court orders, emphasizing the potential risk of him escaping while on an escorted day pass.

Outside the hearing last week Stacey Galt, the cousin of Darcie Clarke, Schoenborn’s ex-wife, said she believes Schoenborn will do and say whatever it takes to get out, knowing this could be his last chance to avoid being labelled “high risk” under Bill C-14. She also said Clarke lives in fear of him escaping and finding her.

Bill C-14, the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, can extend re-view hearings to every three years for those deemed high risk.

Schoenborn would ei-ther consent to having the hearings extended or, if the board is satisfied that the condition of the accused is not likely to improve, they could stipulate that deten-tion remained necessary for a period up to three years.


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Immunization is a ‘community’ responsibilityVaccinate your child against serious, potentially

deadly, preventable diseases — or not? really?When we started our baby’s immunization pro-

gram, the thought foremost in my mind was how thankful we can be that modern medicine has all but eradicated nasty infectious diseases such as polio, diphtheria and measles.

that we wouldn’t protect our child against these ill-nesses was an utter non-starter. We also had her vaccinated for meningitis, which was not covered under publicly funded medical coverage but we paid the considerable fee to do so, and were glad to have the opportunity.

Frankly, at the time i didn’t really think about the larger re-sponsibility — that being the protection of other children who would be in contact with our child and could potentially con-tract an illness from her for which she was not immunized.

yet that is a key social question, one that rises again with measles outbreaks in disneyland and quebec, linked to unvaccinated adults and children.

meanwhile, health authorities state that more than 30% of babies in the Fraser health region are not getting vaccinated on schedule, many as the result of inadvertent parental non-compliance, such as forgetfulness or confu-

sion over timing requirements. Other parents, however, withhold their kids from immunization due to ideological opposition or apprehension of side effects.

i don’t accept the fear-mongering about some outdated medical study that ostensibly found a link between measles vaccination and autism. it has been reviewed and de-bunked by the modern medical world.

Which raises another point: if we are to fear vaccina-tions, we should also be spooked — and some people are — by every other medication and medical treatment com-monly prescribed by the doctors of this country, who are among the best in the world.

Of course, docs aren’t infallible. they make mistakes, and occasionally a particular pharmaceutical has been proven to have previously unknown ramifications, some grievous, despite extensive testing and trials.

Given the incredible complexity of modern medicine, it would be a miracle if neither ever occurred.

yet we’re not talking about a new cancer drug therapy or heart medication here. common vaccines are just that: common. billions of kids have been successfully and safely immunized against serious diseases. if there were a sig-nificant health threat posed by such programs, as opposed

to their immense benefit, i firmly believe the world’s best medical minds would identify and rectify it.

and, yes, i brush off conspiracy theories that major pharmaceutical companies control all the world’s scien-tists, researchers, doctors, centres for disease control and international health organizations.

no, clearly, i do not fear vaccines, just like i do not fear electromagnetic radiation from smart meters and the ef-fects of jet contrails. nor do i accept an ideology that would dictate an objection to vaccination.

those who subscribe to such theories and beliefs are free to do so and equally free to express their views — par-ticularly if they do so in a civil, reasonable fashion.

the vaccination issue is unique, though, in that it has a community element.

aside from the primary responsibility to shield our children from harm, we all have a shared responsibility to respect and protect the health of one another’s kids, espe-cially when it comes to preventable, infectious diseases.

i accept that. Others, apparently, do not.Ontario, manitoba and new brunswick require children

to be vaccinated before they can attend public school. in the context of the above, how long before others follow suit?

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problem gamblers in the Fraser health region?the short answer is: they all are.it’s hard not to resist the $1.13-billion in net revenue

commercial gaming generates in b.c. and for the average person, entreaties to purchase lottery tickets or gamble at a casino are everywhere.

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TC CONTACTemail: [email protected]: 604-472-3030www.tricitynews.com/opinion/lettersLETTERSPoCo must stop paying for Coq. residents’ roads

PORT COQUITLAM

The Editor,Re. “Keep Fremont con-

nector away from Cedar Dr., residents say” (The Tri-City News, Jan. 30).

There can be only one plausible conclusion after viewing the city of Port Coquitlam’s Fremont and Cedar Drive route study: All of the proposed routes pri-marily benefit home own-ers in Coquitlam’s massive Burke Mountain develop-ment zone while diminish-ing PoCo residents’ quality of life and the environment.

The proposed routes are of little benefit to PoCo resi-dents travelling north-west but were obviously drafted to provide Burke Mountain residents a secondary ac-cess to Lougheed Highway and the Mary Hill Bypass. There are no PoCo devel-opment plans in this area that would spur the need for these roads.

PoCo residents have already bucked up to ser-

vice Coquitlam’s Burke Mountain development project by expanding Coast Meridian Road, building the overpass and rebuilding Broadway.

We paid for this expan-sion while Coquitlam residents are the primary beneficiaries. We’ve done our part and we’ve gotten little for it.

Don’t expect us to sub-sidize Coquitlam again by paving over our agricultural lands, destroying wildlife habitat and increasing vehicle traffic and air pol-lution in our neighbour-hoods.

I have a simple mes-sage for PoCo council: Demonstrate that you are serving your residents first and defeat this proposal. We’re tired of being the cash cow for unfettered Coquitlam expansionism on our doorstep.Chris Bradshaw,Port Coquitlam

TIPPING POINTThe Editor,

Re. “Metro Vancou-ver shakes up garbage tipping fees to tame U.S. exports” (www.tricitynews.com).

When Metro Vancouver shakes up the garbage tip-ping fees, the locals are going to start dumping everything in any spot they can find — and that could be your front yard or your neighbour’s or that of the fellow down the street. You will just wake up and see it and there is nothing you will be able to do about it.

What happened when they started charging $20 per mattress or box spring? More people are just throwing out their excess garbage anywhere.

The only way to stop this is to make the rates more rea-sonable.Peter Sauer, Coquitlam

Transit options? Yes. Adding to costs? No

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The Editor,Re. “Premier suggests a

transit ref. Plan B: higher property taxes” (The Tri-City News, Feb. 13).

While I agree that there is a need for improved transit options in Metro Vancouver, I am not willing to support the 0.5% transit tax to get it.

MSP premiums are going up 4%, BC Hydro fees 6%, BC Ferries rates 3.9%. As well, auto insurance is going up. Throw into that mix the possibility of prop-erty taxes going up, utility taxes, food and the price of gasoline, which goes up and down like a yo-yo, and it becomes daunting for the average consumer.

That is at least a 13.9% increase that we as con-sumers have no choice but to pay. My wage increase for this year is 0.5%. Last year, it was 0%. It has been like that for the last few years yet the rate increases

of the various services have gone up far beyond what most people get in wage increases each year.

How much more do you think the average person can pay? I don’t have a money tree and I’m pretty sure most people don’t, so I

will be voting No. But even if the vote is No,

the mayors and Translink can still raise property taxes, increase the gasoline tax, etc., so consumers are paying for this no matter how you cut it. A.M. Clayton, Coquitlam

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A sizeable hike in this year’s budget to run the Terry Fox Library has Port Coquitlam council think-ing about whether the city should check out of the Fraser Valley Regional Library (FVRL) system.

This week, the city’s FVRL board rep, Coun. Laura Dupont, said she’s disap-pointed with the library’s draft 2015 budget. If ad-opted on Feb. 25, it would add $81,410 — or 5.29% — to the city’s library bill to bring it to $1.6 million.

Dupont said the budget increase is due to a change in the FVRL funding for-mula, which was revised in 2013, as well as higher costs for shared services in the region. (FVRL is the larg-est public library system in B.C. with 24 community libraries — including Terry Fox — and serving more than 670,000 people.)

“Significant retirements,” contractual salary and benefit increases, and pro-vincial government fund-ing cuts have also played a part in the 2.73% bump for FVRL’s overall $23.2-million budget, Dupont said.

Coun. Glenn Pollock (who is also the constitu-ency assistant to PoCo NDP MLA Mike Farnworth) blasted the province for scaling back FVRL’s operat-ing grant, calling the down-loading “ridiculous… We have zero control over this.”

But Coun. Mike Forrest questioned FVRL’s man-agement structure, say-ing, “That organization is bureaucratic, like most organizations, and it can’t continue to mushroom.”

Coun. Dean Washington, who chairs the city’s budget sub-committee, also asked council and city managers if Terry Fox Library is run efficiently and if the city could deliver library ser-vices in-house.

Councillors’ concerns were raised at Monday’s fi-nance committee meeting, just after council voted to tender out its project man-agement for the new com-munity recreation centre. The redevelopment of the 15-acre downtown campus will include the PoCo recre-ation complex, the former works yard on Kelly Avenue and the library.

The topic also comes up as the city prepares its draft budget, which proposes a 1.49% boost in property taxes.

White Rock Coun. Helen Fathers, FVRL board vice-chair, said a few FVRL member municipalities — including hers — have con-sidered opting out of the regional system. And PoCo

council would be doing its “due diligence” if it were to look at the pros and cons of being part of the vast library network, she said.

Scott Hargrove, FVRL’s chief executive officer, ar-gued member municipali-ties get good value for their tax dollars as services such as finance, marketing and IT are shared and central-ized in Abbotsford.

The current funding for-mula is a “user-pay system, meaning the municipali-ties and regional districts

do not subsidize each other — they pay based on their constituents’ use,” Hargrove wrote in an email Wednesday. “Communities control their direct costs, which include library staff-ing levels and open hours.”

At 15,000 sq. ft., Terry Fox Library — located at the corner of Mary Hill Road and Wilson Avenue — is FVRL’s fourth smallest facil-ity per capita (0.26 sq. ft. per person) and has a dozen full- and part-time staff.

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JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSTerry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam will cost $81,410 more to run this year than last, according to the Fraser Valley Regional Library’s proposed budget, which will be voted on by its board next Wednesday.

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An aging Port Coquitlam building that was last used as a public health unit will be torn down.

This week, PoCo council voted to demolish the one-storey structure at 2266 Wilson Ave. rather than upgrade it.

The decision came after Fraser Health told the city this month it wouldn’t be renewing its lease for the 3,300-sq. ft. facility, located in the downtown core. Its programs — mostly for younger children — are now offered at other sites.

Last November, Fraser Health relocated its services from PoCo to the Newport Village public health unit in Port Moody after staff expressed concerns about asbestos in insulation ma-terial that was dislodged from bricks. The city

brought in engineers to look at how much reme-diation was needed; they concluded more than $1 million worth of structural and environmental updates were required.

At the time, Fraser Health stated that ver-miculite, commonly used in buildings of the era as insulation, was detected in the building and contained 1% asbestos.

However, air quality testing was conducted and safety precautions were taken.

Mayor Greg Moore said in a news release the city will now review its options for the prime real estate.

There is no word on when the 44-year-old building will go down but demolition is expected to cost $200,000, a city spokes-person said.

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With the investigation complete, the building has been turned over to the property manager. Pierlot said in the coming days, it is possible some residents may be allowed to enter certain parts of the building on es-corted trips to their units to retrieve personal belongings.

While exact numbers are not available, Pierlot said that in most large fires, there are always a few resi-dents without insurance.

“Usually it is the tenants that rent,” he said, “but there are even a number of owners that don’t have insurance.”

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According to the 2013 BC Adolescent Health Survey released Thursday by the McCreary Centre Society Thursday, 4% of males surveyed had at-tempted suicide in the past year, compared to 2% in 2008 while 9% of females reporting they had at-tempted suicide compared to 6% in 2008.

Wyant said the results are disturbing and show vulnerable children con-tinue to need attention and support. “It’s not surpris-ing, either,” he continued. “I read critical incident reports at Share, I see them every week and they are very sobering.”

Still, the McCreary re-port offers some good new as well, with teens in this region less likely to experi-ment with tobacco, drugs and alcohol than their peers elsewhere in B.C. — and less than compared to five years ago.

According to the Fraser North report, only 17% of students in Grades 7 to 12 had ever smoked, below the provincial rate of 21%, and down from 25% in 2008; and the percentage of youth trying alcohol dropped from 49% in 2008 to 39% in 2013.

Only 20% of respondents had tried marijuana, com-pared to 26% provincially and about the same as in 2008.

While the survey found that, overall, the major-ity of youth in the region reported good physical and mental health; strong connections with family, school and community; and positive plans for the future, many reported they didn’t get enough sleep.

And what kept them awake was their cell-phones, other online activi-ties or homework.

Annie Smith, McCreary’s executive director, said in a press release: “The number of students who are online or on their phone when they should be sleeping is concerning and is some-thing we should focus on.”[email protected]

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COQUITLAM APARTMENT FIRE

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TO HELP OUTResidents looking to

help people displaced by Monday’s apartment fire on Glen Drive can now make donations at a local financial institution.

The Coast Capital Savings branch in Coquitlam has set up a victims fund in the name of “Coquitlam Fire Victims” and additional information can be found

at www.coquitlamfirevic-tims.ca.

Meanwhile, Coquitlam Centre mall is partnering with Share Family and Community Services for a clothing drive this weekend.

On Saturday and Sunday, retailers, mall staff and the public are encouraged to contribute clothing, footwear, toilet-ries and other household items, which will be

made available to victims of the fire.

Donations can be dropped off at the former Bluenotes location at Coquitlam Centre on the lower level beside Sport Chek between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on both days. Cash donations will also be accepted at the guest services centre on the lower level near the Hudson’s Bay store until Monday.

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Province digs deeper into ICBC, Hydro piggy banks

B.C. BUDGET 2015

Total provincial debt will grow to $70B by ’18Tom FleTcherBlaCk Press

After five years of bor-rowing to pay for “grocer-ies,” Finance Minister Mike de Jong says budget sur-pluses this year and in the coming years will largely be used to pay down operat-ing debt.

The provincial budget shows operating debt of $9.4 billion for the year ending in March, declining to $8.4 billion in 2015/’16

and falling below $5 billion by ’18.

Total provincial debt, including roads, hospitals and other capital projects as well as debt held by BC Hydro and other Crown corporations, grows to more than $70 billion by the end of the province’s three-year fiscal plan.

De Jong said balanc-ing the budget means the province is only borrowing to build assets, and the current spending plan calls for $10.7 billion more in taxpayer-supported debt.

One new project is plan-ning funds for the proposed replacement of the George Massey tunnel under the

Fraser River, a bottleneck for vehicle and shipping traffic.’

PROJECTSOther projects:• post-secondary fa-

cilities, include replace-ment of trade buildings at Okanagan College in Kelowna and Camosun College in Victoria; a trades facility at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt; and relocation of Vancouver Community College and BCIT heavy duty and commercial trans-portation programs in New Westminster;

• new high schools including Centennial

in Coquitlam; Clayton North in Surrey; Kitsilano in Vancouver; and Oak Bay and Wellington on Vancouver Island;

• transportation projects, including Evergreen Line, improvements to Highway 97 in the Cariboo and the Mountain Highway interchange in North Vancouver;

• and health care proj-ects, including North Island hospitals in Comox and Campbell River; Interior Heart and Surgery Centre in Kelowna; and clinical sup-port and acute care centres at Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Vancouver.

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Victoria pulls more cash from Crown corp.JeFF NagelBlaCk Press

The B.C. government intends to pull more money out of ICBC in the years ahead.

The annual dividend from the public auto insurer — which goes into general government revenue despite repeated demands from critics for lower car insurance premi-ums instead — is estimated at $160 million a year in each of 2015, ’16 and ’17, according to budget docu-ments.

That’s an increase from

estimates of $155 million for 2015 and $125 mil-lion for 2016 in last year’s budget.

By the end of 2017, the province will have raided $1.5 billion from ICBC cof-fers since 2010.

The money comes from the profits on ICBC’s optional insurance side, which can’t be used to re-duce basic auto premiums because the two sides of the business are segregated.

Critics accused the government of building its budget surplus by having Crown corporations like ICBC and BC Hydro charge customers more than is required and then transfer funds to the province.

Electricity rates are rising 6% while BC Hydro’s net income — most of which is

remitted to government — climbs from $549 million last year to about $700 mil-lion by 2017. The province has promised to eventually reduce and eliminate the Hydro transfers.

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation was critical of the latest 4.2% increase in Medical Service Premiums, calling it a continuing tax hike that exceeds inflation. A family of three will pay $150 per month in MSP premiums, up 40%, in five years.

The pattern of service fee increases and income tax restraint is a recurring one in B.C. budgets.

But New Democrats say it’s particularly unfair this year because of the government’s decision to reduce the income tax for

those earning more than $150,000 a year. “Instead of giving a break to families who are struggling, the BC Liberals singled out the top 2% of income earners for a $230-million tax cut,” said NDP leader John Horgan.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the higher tax bracket was created as a temporary measure two years ago to shore up the budget, and it’s being eliminated on schedule, as promised.

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canadian press pool photoThe B.C. budget for this year includes planning funds for replacing the George Massey Tunnel under the Fraser River. Finance Minister Mike de Jong in the legislature this week.

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A Port Moody resident is planning to pull on work gloves, buckle up a tool belt and hoist a hammer for a new initiative called Habitat for Humanity Women Build.

Yolanda Broderick will be one of 40 women participating in the project, which starts this spring and will see the construction of six afford-able homes in Richmond

for 12 families. To do so, Broderick needs to raise a minimum of $1,000 — at close to $900, she’s already well on her way — but her goal is $2,500.

“If you’re asked to lay tiles, do drywalling, what-ever the task you’re given, you’ll do it,” Broderick said with a laugh, noting she and her husband have done a few projects around their home “that could make or break a marriage” but nothing on this scale.

“It’s exciting, it’s a chal-

lenge, but it’s a worthy cause,” she said. “My fam-ily thinks I’m crazy.”

Habitat for Humanity is close to Broderick’s heart, having first volunteered for the organization when she lived in Lethbridge, Alta. in the late 1990s. She would like to see more afford-able housing options for individuals and families to combat the growing trend of homelessness and pov-erty as “normal” in today’s society.

“I’m encouraging

women in the Tri-Cities to join me,” Broderick said, whether it’s starting their own campaigns or contrib-uting to hers.

Habitat for Humanity Women Build is a program intended to empower women through fundrais-ing and home-building for the organization.

• For more information visit www.habitatgv.ca; to donate to Broderick’s campaign, click on “Join Women Build Today.”

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TransLink issues are mayors’ to fix, says the premier

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Premier won’t do more to help yes campaignJeff nageLBlaCk Press

Premier Christy Clark is rejecting calls for her to directly campaign for a Yes vote in the transit sales tax referendum that some proponents fear is at risk of failing.

And she deflected sug-gestions the province must enact new reforms to TransLink to make it more accountable.

“Only the mayors — if there are problems that need to be addressed in TransLink — can fix those problems because it’s not a provincially run organiza-tion,” Clark said Wednesday in Surrey. “TransLink be-longs to the mayors. These decisions belong to the mayors and they are the leaders of this.”

Clark said the prov-ince has “done what we can” and suggested Yes campaigners who are wor-ried about defeat are just “concerned they won’t get the answer they want” and should try harder.

The premier was fielding reporters’ questions after a post-budget speech to a business audience.

But Surrey Board of Trade CEO Anita Huberman said Clark is wrong to characterize the mayors as fully in control, noting TransLink runs

under provincial legisla-tion.

Huberman stood by her comments earlier in the day that the premier made a mistake in requiring the referendum on a new transit tax source and that politicians are elected to make the hard decisions on critical issues.

“This plebiscite should not even be taking place,” Huberman said. “It’s too complex a subject for the population to even con-sider.”

She’s just one of the Yes campaigners who has ex-pressed concern that a No outcome will block a 0.5% regional sales tax and the accompanying $7.5 billion in transit and transporta-tion projects.

The Surrey Board of Trade wants the govern-ment to commit to never hold such a referendum again.

Huberman said the province needs to reform TransLink’s governance structure to help rebuild public confidence in TransLink, which she said

was further damaged by the decision to replace its CEO.

She also urged Clark and Transportation Minister Todd Stone to get directly involved in educating vot-ers about the merits of the mayors’ proposal.

“We want her and the transportation minister to really try to push the Yes vote,” she said. “The chal-lenge is we have a very short period of time to ex-plain what the investments will be and some people don’t even know what a B-Line bus is.”

Clark said she still be-lieves the Yes side has a good chance to win with mayors from Surrey and Vancouver taking promi-nent roles.

The premier also de-fended her decision to re-quire a referendum, which was a campaign promise in the 2013 provincial elec-tion.

“I’m proud that we are giving people a chance to have a say in this,” Clark said. “We are going to re-spect what people tell us.”

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Terry Fox’s hometown will offer in-kind assistance to kick off the 35th anniver-sary of the cancer crusad-er’s Marathon of Hope.

On Monday, Port Coquitlam’s finance com-mittee voted to help with measures such as road clo-sures, permits, RCMP as-

sistance and route signage on Saturday, April 4 — the Terry Fox Foundation’s offi-cial launch day for the com-memoration ceremonies.

On that day, a number of community events are hap-pening, including a 21 km walk/run that follows Fox’s training route through Port

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It’s a busy weekend ahead, with plenty of art show open-ings, Spanish-inspired music, a walk for a cause and a fun-draising pub night. How to fit it all in?

Friday, Feb. 20PUB NIGHT

Say no more. The Terry Fox secondary parents are host-ing a pub night fundraiser to raise money for the 2015 alcohol and drug-free after-grad event, and everyone is welcome. So head to the Cat & Fiddle Pub (1979 Brown St., PoCo) between 6 and 10:30 p.m. and buy a $20 ticket, which gets you dinner and a drink and a chance to win raffle prizes and a 50/50 draw.

Saturday, Feb. 21KIDS SWAP MEET

Looking for gear for the kids? The Easthill complex (300 Cambridge Way, PoMo) is putting on a swap meet with nearly 20 moms selling new and gently used kids’ clothes, toys, books and baby items from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Entrance is free.

FATHER/DAUGHTERThis art show is a family affair, with dad Robert Schmitt

— aged 87 years — showing his oil on canvas landscapes and still lifes while daughter Roberta Beck, a longtime PoMo resident, shows acrylic works in her signature Impressionist style. The opening reception at the Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St., PoMo) is today from 3 to 4:30 p.m. and the show is on until March 15.

DOING & TEACHINGThe Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way,

Coquitlam) also hosts an opening reception today for its latest exhibit, Doing & Teaching, featuring works by past and present teachers and staff of School District 43. The show offers a look at the broad range of creativity among the people who mentor the next generation of artists and contribute to a creative Tri-Cities community. The recep-tion runs from 2 to 5 p.m. and the exhibit to March 14. Visit www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca for more info.

DANCE OPEN HOUSEArthur Murray Coquitlam (212-1090 Lougheed Hwy.)

hosts a grand re-opening open house, where everyone is welcome, from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Take a tour of the new studio and chat with staff, watch dance performances and stick around for the open dance floor from 5 to 6 p.m. Visit www.dancecoquitlam.ca for details.

WEARABLE ARTIt’s wearable art combined with performance art in the

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works by some 50 artists from around the world in perfor-mances tonight at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr.). Tickets are $25, available at www.pomoarts.ca. The wild and wonderful creations are on display at the arts centre (2425 St. Johns St.) from Feb. 26 to April 2.

VIVA L’ESPAGNAThe Pacific Symphonic Wind Ensemble channels a

Spanish vibe for tonight’s show at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). The group will perform Emmanuel Charbier’s España, written after the French composer returned from a trip to Spain, as well as pieces by Spanish composer Enrique Granados Campina and Iberia, by Claude Debussy, PSWE musicians will also be joined by a jazz trio to play Chick Corea’s Spain, ar-ranged by PSWE musical director David Branter. Tickets are $20/$15/$12 at www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca or 6040-927-6555.

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Tomáš Kubínek: Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible. If that title doesn’t grab you, what will? This Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam) show features the charming Dr. Professor Kubínek — comic genius, virtuoso vaudevillian and international performer — bringing his hilarious act from opera houses, TV specials and Broadway to the Coquitlam stage at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35/$30/$15 at www.evergreenculturalcentre.ca.

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Meegan Business Centre, at 1060 Austin Ave. It will replace the one-level struc-ture that burnt down two years ago.

Special Olympics BC programs in the Tri-Cities will share a $10,000 credit union donation with six other Metro municipalities. Westminster Savings said the cash will be put to-ward new equipment, uni-forms, coach training and access to competition. The other benefitting cities are Surrey, Langley, Burnaby, New Westminster, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The grant is part of Westminster Savings’ community investment program, Project Better Balance.

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DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWSBarb Mancell, Tri-Cities Literacy Outreach co-ordinator, and Susan Foster, Tri-Cities early childhood development co-ordinator, display some of the community resource maps that are available to help local families locate resources, parks, schools and other services. The map has been printed in English, Farsi, Korean and Chinese, and is available by contacting Mancell at [email protected] or [email protected]. An online version is available at www.tricitiesecd.ca.

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The Tri-Cities is home to dozens of schools, parks, community centres, multi-service agencies and spe-cialized services but finding them isn’t always easy.

Now, a new community resource map has been printed and posted online that will give parents an easy way to locate programs and services that meet their children’s special needs.

A joint project of the Tri-Cities Literacy Committee and the Tri-Cities Early Childhood Development Committee, the Tri-Cities Community Map has been printed in four languages, including English, and distributed to agencies, schools, libraries and other agencies serving families.

“It’s easy for parents to throw in the back of the stroller,” said Barb Mancell,

Tri-Cities Literacy Outreach co-ordinator, who said she wished she had a similar map when she was raising her children.

As many as 13,000 maps have been printed but a handy version has also been published online— it’s in-teractive, with web links to all the services listed.

“All the Strong Starts, health services and family drop-ins are here,” Mancell said.

This is the second time the map has been pub-lished; the first was printed in 2012 and has since been updated.


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Taxes, music, stories, writing and apathy, if you careTRI-CITY LIBRARIES

Books Plus runs in The Tri-City News each Friday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries: Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam.

COQUITLAM• Tax planning: In a free

session next Tuesday, Jay Panis of Investors Group Financial Services Inc. will provide you with strategies and tax tips that can be im-

plemented prior to the end of the year in order to mini-mize income taxes. Topics include: the importance of tax planning; capital gains and losses; RRSP contribu-tions; items claimed in the year they are paid; and year-end tax planning for business owners. The ses-sion takes place next Feb. 24, 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Nancy Bennett Room at the Poirier branch. Registration is required as seating is limited. To register, leave a message at 604-937-4155.

• Drop-in computer sessions: On Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

in the City Centre branch’s computer lab, you can drop in with your computer questions or get help with practising your skills. No registration required.

• Chinese New Year concert: On Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 7 to 8 p.m. at the City Centre branch, Rooms 136 and 137, mem-bers of the Arts Musical Studio will perform tradi-tional Chinese music to welcome the Year of the Sheep. Seats are limited for this free program and reg-istration is required; phone Shirley at 604-937-4136.

For more information

about any of these programs, visit www.library.coquitlam.bc.ca. The City Centre branch is located at 1169 Pinetree Way and the Poirier branch at 575 Poirier St.

PORT MOODY• Philosopher’s Café:

What causes failure of responsibility? How can apathy be overcome? Why should anyone give a damn? On Friday, Feb. 27 from noon to 1:30 p.m., join Michael Picard from SFU\Douglas College for an in-formal exploration of these questions. Philosopher’s Cafes are free, public

events sponsored by SFU Continuing Studies. This event takes place in PMPL’s ParkLane Room — drop-in, no registration required.

• Preschool storytime (drop-in): Join librarians on Wednesday mornings until May 6 from 10 to 10:30 a.m. for Preschool Storytime. Enjoy songs, stories and language games for children aged two to five years of age and their parents/caregivers (no pro-gram on March 11 or 18).

• Twilight Tales (drop-in): Come in your pyjamas and fuzzy slippers for a relaxing half-hour of sto-

ries, songs and more. This program is held on the last Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and is for kids from birth to six years of age with their parents/caregiver. The next Twilight Tales is on Feb. 24 in PMPL’s Storytelling Circle, and a special musical guest will be on hand.

For more information, visit library.portmoody.ca or call 604-469-4577. Port Moody Public Library is located at 100 Newport Dr.

TERRY FOX• Writing tips with Janet

Love Morrison: This in-

depth, hands-on workshop at Terry Fox Library is an opportunity for anyone who writes or aspires to write. Janet Love Morrison — author, speaker, teacher and editor — will cover the writing process from ideas, organization, style and effective writing to revising, editing and getting published. Everyone is wel-come on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 1 to 4 p.m.

For information, visit www.fvrl.bc.ca or the Fraser Valley Regional Library Facebook page. Terry Fox Library is located 2470 Mary Hill Rd. in PoCo. Phone 604-927-7999.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21• Friends of the

Coquitlam Public Library Society meeting, 10:30 a.m., Nancy Bennett Room at Poirier branch, 575 Poirier St. Info: 604-937-4130. New members welcome.

• Official opening of PoCo Heritage and Cultural Society’s Main Street Exhibit, 10:30 a.m., Heritage at Leigh Square, 150–2248 McAllister St., PoCo. You’ll be able to step back into PoCo in the 1950s when the main street was Dewdney Trunk Road and Pop’s Cafe was a going concern. Stories and memories are welcome, coffee and muffins will be served. Info: www.pocoher-itage.org.

• Easthill kids’ swap meet, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 300 Cambridge Way, Port Moody; 17 tables with parents selling gently used and some new kids’ clothing, toys, books, baby items. Free admission.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22• Tri-Cities Off-Road

Cycling Association (TORCA) first public trail day on Burke Mountain. Learn how to build and maintain sustainable mountain bike trails – no experience required. Meet at the yellow gate on Harper Road (end of Harper Road before you enter the parking lot to the gun range) in Coquitlam at 9 a.m. Coffee, snacks, lunch and tools will be provided; bring water and a pair of comfortable work gloves if you have them. Info: [email protected] or www.torca.ca.

• I Am Someone Ending Bullying Society hosts Walk 2TALK supporting the 2TALK texting program connecting youth in the Tri-Cities with support via text message for issues such as bullying, depres-sion, loneliness and more. No registration required. Walk starts at 11:30 a.m. at Riverside secondary school, 2215 Reeve St., PoCo. Info: www.iamsome-one.ca. Walk 2TALK t-shirts and merchandise available at Coquitlam Centre mall guest services starting Feb. 14.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25• Tri-City Centennial

Stamp Club hosts a small stamp auction. Viewing at 7 p.m., auction after 8 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier community centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: www.stampclub.ca or 604-941-9306.

• A screening of “To Light a Candle,” a documentary by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, on the persecution of and denial of education to Baha’is in Iran, 7 p.m., Inlet Theatre, Port Moody (another showing will be held on Feb. 27, 6:30 p.m. (in English) and 8:30 p.m. (in Farsi) at Douglas College, Coquitlam).

THURSDAY, FEB. 26• Festival du Bois kicks

off, running through March 1 at Mackin Park, 1046 Brunette Ave., Coquitlam. Daily admission: $12, weekend admission: $20. Opening night concert with Geneviève Toupin is also on Feb. 26, 7-9 p.m., Place des Arts, 1120 Brunette

Ave., Coquitlam; admis-sion: $12. Info & FdB schedules: www.festivaldu-bois.ca.

• Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary used book sale, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., in the main lobby of ERH. Funds raised are for the purchase of hospital equipment and patient comfort items.

• Caregiver Support Meeting, 10-11:30 a.m., Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Pine Crt., Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.

• Are your legal papers in order? Learn about the importance of power of attorney, representation agreements, wills and liv-ing wills with the Tri-Cities Caregiver Program, 1 p.m., Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Pine Crt., Coquitlam. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.

FRIDAY, FEB. 27• Caregiver Support

Meeting, 10-11:30 a.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. All caregivers are welcome to attend. Info: Karen, 778-789-1496.

• Toastmaster event at Inlet Theatre, Port Moody featuring variety of speak-ers and showcasing the benefits of becoming a Toastmaster. Admission: free for non-Toastmasters, $10 for Toastmasters (but free if a Toastmaster brings a non-Toastmaster guest. Info: Gene, 604-230-8030 or [email protected].

• A screening of “To Light a Candle,” a documentary by Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, on the persecution of and denial of education to Baha’is in Iran, 6:30 p.m. (in English) and 8:30 p.m. (in Farsi) at Douglas College, Coquitlam.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3• Coquitlam prostate

cancer support and awareness group (PCCN Coquitlam) monthly meet-ing, 7 p.m., Pinetree com-munity centre, Coquitlam. Speaker will be discussing prostate cancer treatment options and the various doctors involved. All those involved with prostate problems are urged to come and share their con-cerns and experiences in a strictly confidential atmo-sphere. There is no charge (donations are accepted). Info: Norm, 604-936-8703 or Ken, 604-936-2998.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8• Ivan Sayers hosts

fashion review of historical men’s and women’s travel-ing fashions from 1900 to 2000 at Inlet Theatre in Port Moody, 2-4 p.m. Sayers is a fashion histo-rian who specializes in the study of women’s, men’s and children’s fashions from 1650 to the present. Admission: $27.50. Info: [email protected] or 604-939-1648.

NOTICES• Deadline for appli-

cations for Eagle Ridge Hospital Auxiliary $1,000 bursary is March 31. Bursary will be awarded to a graduating student living in the Tri-Cities and planning on pursuing a post-secondary education in health care. Further eligibility details and appli-cation forms are available at all Tri-City secondary schools and at the ERH gift shop. Info: Diana, 604-936-6189.

• Parent Support Services Society of BC is looking for volunteer facilitators for their sup-port groups. PSSSBC runs self-help circles located throughout the Lower Mainland and is searching for professional and sup-portive individuals to as-sist grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Info: [email protected].

• Share Family and Community Services’ Youth Substance Use Services and Community and School-Based Prevention Program is holding a free education and support group for parents/caregiv-ers who are concerned about their youth and sub-stance use. The group runs on Mondays for through March 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Share’s office, 2615 Clarke St., Port Moody. Interested parents/caregivers can contact intake at 604-937-6969 to sign up for the program, which began on Jan. 12.

• Are you a new im-migrant? Do you have questions, concerns and/

or need help? Call RCCG Trinity Chapel at 604-474-3131 on Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., or leave a message and someone will get back to you. The church can help or direct you to places where you could receive help.

• Share Family and Community Services will be offering a Parent/Caregiver’s Circle for those concerned about their youth and their substance use on Tuesdays through March 11, at Share, 2615 Clarke St. (2nd floor), Port Moody, 6:30-8:30 p.m. To reserve a spot or for more information: 604-936-6969.

• A new group of elders who focus on working with youth within School District 43 welcomes anyone who has knowledge they want to share or who just wants to be involved. Group meets Fridays, 11 a.m., Wilson Centre, PoCo. Info: Carole, 604-376-6205 or Claudia, 604-525-8163, or email: [email protected].

• Tri-City Transitions is hosting Learning to Be the Best I Can Be, an ongo-ing peer support group for women who have ex-perienced abuse or family conflict. Topics include: the impact of abuse, self-esteem, communication, listening skills and more, including ideas suggested by participants For more information or registration, call 604-941-6311.

• Tri-City Transitions’ free Children Who Witness Abuse Program provides individual and group coun-selling for children ages 3 through 18 who have lived in a family where they have been witness to physical, emotional, mental or verbal abuse. Through support, education and counsel-ling children will have the opportunity to heal the emotional wounds of re-lationship violence, build self-esteem and to stop the intergenerational cycle of abuse. Info: 604-941-7111.

TC CALENDARFEB. 24: AUTHOR READING

• Gail Anderson-Dargatz, author of “Search and Rescue,” will be reading from her novel at Coquitlam Public Library’s City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way) as part of a Tri-Cities Literacy Committee presentation, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Admission is free but pre-registration is necessary. Info: Janice Williams, [email protected] or 604-554-7337.

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Two main streets through PoCo historyTRI-CITY HISTORY

This year’s theme for Heritage BC Week (Feb. 16 to 22) is

“Main Street: At the Heart of the Community.” The city of Port Coquitlam is unique in that it has had two so-called main streets in its history: Dewdney Trunk Road (now called Kingsway Avenue) and Shaughnessy Street.

Prior to its incorporation in 1913, Port Coquitlam was part of the District of Coquitlam, and a small rural community called Westminster Junction sur-rounded the local Canadian Pacific Rail station built in the rail junction beside Dewdney Trunk Road. Like many other towns across B.C. and the prairies, the railway station was the cen-tre of economic growth in the community, with pas-sengers and goods arriving and departing daily.

At one time, the down-town area along the Dewdney had four ho-tels (the Central, Myrtle, Coquitlam and Junction hotels), several blacksmiths and stables, a barbershop and even a jitney service run by Arthur Smith.

Early photos show a

young, vibrant city on the verge of great things, with a future that seemed bright and full of opportunity.

The boom days of 1912 turned to bust by around 1921: A devastating world war, a down-turned econ-omy and the Spanish flu epidemic coincided with a major fire (1920) and flood (1921) along the downtown business section of the Dewdney Trunk Road in successive years.

As early as 1913, there was a gradual migration

of businesses from the Dewdney area eastward, across the Coquitlam River to a small road run-ning north/south called Shaughnessy Street.

The Shearer Brothers had operated a hardware store in the old downtown since 1909 and theirs was one of the first businesses on Shaughnessy when they built their new store there in 1913. This building survives today as the Masonic Lodge, located near the underpass, which was built in 1962.

The importance of Shaughnessy Street in the future development of Port Coquitlam was never more evident when the new city hall was built “way out in the bush” east of the old downtown in 1914.

By the middle of the 20th century, the business sec-tion along Dewdney Trunk Road on both sides of the Coquitlam River was slowly fading away, with tired, old, decrepit buildings falling to disrepair and abandon-ment.

The 1950s were a decade that forever changed Port Coquitlam as it rapidly grew post-Second World War from a small town to modern city in those 10 years. The future destiny of Shaughnessy Street as the Main Street and Heart of the Community was about to be fulfilled.

Your History is a column in which representatives of the

Tri-Cities’ heritage groups write about local history. Bryan Ness

is with the Port Coquitlam Heritage Society.

POCO HERITAGE DISPLAYPoco Heritage is officially opening its new exhibit

“Main Street: The Heart of our Community (note the theme’s title was changed to sound more commu-nity-minded) tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:30 a.m. at Heritage at Leigh Square. Our theme centres around the transition of PoCo’s main street from Dewdney to Shaughnessy during the 1950s. This exhibit will run until the middle of August.

For a Coquitlam take on this year’s Heritage Week theme, please see article on next page

YOUR HISTORY

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SUBMITTED PHOTOSAt the turn of the 20th century, the main street of what was to become Port Coquitlam was Dewdney Trunk Road (right), which we now know as Kingsway Avenue. By the start of the 1950s, Shaughnessy Street (left, in a photo taken circa 1912) was beginning to replace the old downtown as the business centre of town.


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Brunette Ave. runs through Coq. historyTRI-CITY HISTORY

Heritage BC is cel-ebrating Heritage Week from Feb. 16

to 22 with a theme of Main Streets: At the Heart of the Community. In recogni-tion of this, the Coquitlam Heritage Society will host a walking tour through the heart of our historic down-town neighbourhood: Maillardville.

This neighbourhood is undergoing revitalization. The traditional downtown feel may be lost as the area is mostly a residential zone and no longer reflects the vibrant economic centre of its past. Joining the tour gives participants the op-portunity to find out what Maillardville was like dur-ing the time of the pioneers.

A bustling French-Canadian neighbourhood, Maillardville grew due to the many Quebecois work-ers who were recruited as labourers at Fraser Mills. The French-Canadian fam-ilies immigrating to the area in 1909 and 1910 brought with them their culture and Roman Catholic faith.

They received a half acre of land payable at $5 a week for a total of $150, lumber to build their homes, plus a large piece of land along with lumber to build their place of worship: Notre Dame de Lourdes Church

at Laval Square.The neighbourhood

itself owes its name to Fr. Maillard, an influential priest at the church. The area surrounding the church, Laval Square, was the core of the French-Canadian community in Maillardville.

The neighbourhood offered many amenities throughout the years, including a liquor store, general store, butcher shop, candy shop, post office, billiards room and hall. Tremblay Hall, located at the corner of Brunette and Laval, was a social gathering

place for weddings, con-certs, theatre, silent movies and even wrestling matches.

The junction at Brunette Avenue and Laval Street was clearly the eco-nomic hub, playing host to many of the shops of Maillardville.

Prohibition, which took place in B.C. between 1917 and ’21, was a tough time for many residents, especially since prohibi-tion never reached their home province of Quebec. Luckily, Mr. Leroux would sell a product called near beer — it was very low in alcohol, making it legal to

sell and consume in B.C. during prohibition.

A general store in the community was a necessity. Although there was a com-pany store at the Fraser Mills townsite, it didn’t always have the necessary goods available and many people had to travel to buy their goods in New Westminster, an already established town. But that involved a fair bit of walking so, when the general store opened on Brunette in 1912, it was quite a welcome establish-ment in the community. It even included a new post office by 1913.

Readers who remember Brunette Avenue’s past will recall that city hall used to be located at the corner of Brunette and Marmont Street, across from Mackin House. The city hall of 1920 was an important demarca-tion in the community.

Brunette Avenue is also home to the Booth House, now owned by the City of Coquitlam. The Booth Family occupied the home before French-Canadian pioneers even came to the area and it owned and operated the dairy farm. Booth Avenue, which runs off of Schoolhouse Street,

was named after Booth Dairy Farms.

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COQUITLAM HERITAGE WALKIn the small community of Maillardville there

are many stories to be told. For those interested in the history of the streets of Maillardville and those pioneers who occupied the neighbourhood in the early 1900s, the Coquitlam Heritage Society is offer-ing a free tour of the area tomorrow (Saturday) at 1 p.m. — registration is required. Tea and scones will be served after the neighbourhood walk for a $5. Visit the Coquitlam Heritage Society website (www.co-quitlamheritage.ca) for details.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOSThese photos of Brunette Avenue in Coquitlam’s historic Maillardville area were taken 100 years apart, circa 1912 and 2012.


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The long straights in Manning Park tempt-ed me to open up the 3.5-litre SOHC, V6 and let all 290 horses roar. A sudden slip towards the ditch and a rear sway put paid to that notion and I was grateful for traction control. Rain swept us through the Similkameen Valley but cleared as we dropped down into Osoyoos. First stop would be Black Hills Estate Winery, on Black Sage Road, in Oliver. It has magnificent views of the Okanagan valley. Its

interpretation of Syrah is mouth-filling and much closer to its Rhone Valley origins than that Oz style. The same can be said of that served by TIME Estate Winery across the road, which opens to the public this summer.Minutes later, we had swept across the valley to the castle-like structure that is Road 13, where owners Mick and Pam Luckhurst entertained and sent us packing with a variety of blends. The overnight stop was neighbouring Tinhorn Cellars, where its generous co-owner and winemaker Sandra Oldfield extracted a delicious Syrah from her private cellar.The next day, a yellow orb appeared above while passing by the beautiful Vaseaux Lake and into Okanagan Falls. We spun onto Eastside Road and skirted Skaha Lake to Penticton. It’s a quiet, fast road and it enabled me to play with paddle shifters.

The view from Poplar Grove over Okana-gan Lake is spectacular as is the Syrah, which, like the best of the winery’s reds, benefits from the extra aging afforded by cellaring it for a couple of years longer than the norm. A three-kilometre side trip to Red Rooster netted a Reserve Syrah, which exuded yummy plum and cherry from its neck, once opened! One more stop before a relaxing evening spent staring over the lake while sipping on a suite balcony at the Summerland Waterfront Resort. The snowy and very icy single track to the new Sage Hills Vineyard in Summerland required careful navigation. The reward was a barrel tasting with winemaker Andrea Lee and vineyard manager Keenan Thrussell. The new vintage had yet to be bottled but a rosé version hit the spot later!Time to return to the coast via Sandhill Wines in Kelowna. Howard Soon, a B.C. born industry pioneer, makes Syrah from vineyards in the south of the valley and a special ‘small lots’ version from a

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Of the 27 BC wineries featured at the upcoming Vancouver International Wine Festival (February 20 until March 1), 16 Okanagan Valley vineyards will pour wine made from this year’s featured grape – Syrah. Our Search for Syrah in an Acura MDX took us to eight of those wineries.

▸ Black Hills Estate Winery: 4318 Black Sage Road, Oliver (blackhillswinery.com)▸ Road 13 Vineyards: 799 Ponderosa Road, Road 13, Oliver (road13vineyards.com)▸ Tinhorn Creek Vineyards: 537 Tinhorn Creek Road, Oliver (tinhorn.com)▸ TIME Estate Winery: 30861 Black Sage Road, Oliver (timewinery.com)▸ Sage Hills Vineyard: 18555 Matsu Drive, Summerland (sagehillswine.com)▸ Poplar Grove Winery: 425 Middle Bench Road North, Penticton (poplargrove.ca)▸ Red Rooster Winery: 891 Naramata Road, Penticton (redroosterwinery.com) ▸ Sandhill Wines: 1125 Richter St, Kelowna, (sandhillwines.ca)

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ago and gets a mild facelift, including a new grille, lower chin spoiler, different wheels and a new accent line down the side. The CLA was just introduced last year so external updates will have to wait another couple of years. The B-Class is a taller hatchback design that provides a useful package for young families, including bigger rear windows and a large hatch and cargo space. The CLA on the other hand is more about style, competing for the young, upwardly mobile crowd that want to be seen in this sleek, low slung se-dan, it isn’t the best choice

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Marketing Director, Kiran Rai says the homes are perfectly priced for a fi rst time buyer looking to get into Metro Vancouver’s real estate market.

“We oft en hear about how unaf-fordable homes in Metro Vancouver can be, it can be tough for fi rst time buyers to get into the market,” she says. “Th at’s exactly what makes

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Evolve by WestStone Group will off er “micro” suites for people seeking urban ease in a home off ering strate-gic space. One development in par-ticular, which is located a block from city hall, will feature a 316-square-foot studio suite for less than six fi gures.

“Evolve homes start at $93,900, meaning that with a down payment of $5000, your monthly mortgage would be less than a car loan payment,” says Rai. “Even students can stop renting and aff ord to buy their own homes.”

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Th e 36-storey tower off ers 406 homes in a range of suits, including studios, one- and two-bedrooms, two-bedroom and dens, townhome loft s, and penthouses.

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Th e surrounding area is part of a master-planned community of West Village. Downtown Vancouver is accessible by transit at Surrey Central Skytrain Station, and over 140 stores and retailers are located at nearby Central City Shopping. Th e area off ers a community plaza, city hall, library, shopping, recreational facilities and entertainment to ensure urban ease. Or grab a coff ee, walk the dog and enjoy a jog or a stroll any time of day

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“What’s more is that Surrey was recent named one of the 7 most intel-ligent cities in the world, according to the Intelligent Community Forum in New York,” says Rai.

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In true West Coast Modern style, these luxury apartment homes are inspired by a natural design aesthetic, achieving visual and ecological harmony.

Buff ered from the rush of the city by Pacifi c Spirit Forest, and perched on South Wesbrook Village at UBC, is Prodigy by Adera – a collection of 188 urban apartment homes.

“We are really excited about this,” says Eric An-dreasen, vice-president of marketing and sales for Adera. “Th e UBC area is some of Vancouver’s most premium real estate because it brings a casual environ-ment together with an intelligent lifestyle nearby one of the world’s highest ranked universities.”

Prodigy is the second six-story wood-frame building at UBC that compliments its natural surroundings and incorporates elements that celebrate the west coast lifestyle.

It is close to every urban amenity, yet surrounded by acres of gorgeous forest parks, trails and beaches. Extensive green spaces and pathways link the com-munity together, giving homeowners stunning views of Mundell Park that quaintly borders the site.

If the vibrant city of Vancouver is what you crave, Andreasen says it’s no more than twenty minutes away.

Prodigy provides a balanced lifestyle for homeown-ers who seek the reprieve of the elements without sacrifi cing urban conveniences.

Residents can enjoy small neighborhood shops and services, cafes and restaurants, with Save-On Foods, UBC Hospital, Chan Centre for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Anthropology nearby.

Andreasen says that for the long-term, Prodigy is perfectly suited for families, whose children can gain an education all in one area with access to some of the top schools in Canada, including University Hill Elementary and High School and UBC.

Once inside, homeowners will fi nd both space and elegance.

Unwind with spa-like luxury in Prodigy’s beautiful bathrooms that combine sleek style and durability.

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Of the bedrooms, Andreasen said they took cus-tomer feedback into consideration.

“We were listening to their desires, and what they were asking for was four-bedrooms,” says Andreasen.”So we put combo units together and have substantially enhanced units – we’re excited to bring it the market.”

Prodigy is available in one-bedroom to four-bed-room confi gurations, ranging from 556 to 1,482 square feet.

Homeowners at Prodigy will also have access to the i.D. By Me program, which allows personalized upgrades that suit each individual’s lifestyle and per-sonality. Options include choosing color scheme and fl ooring or upgrading appliances.

Prodigy is designed with simplicity in mind to cre-ate an environment that emulates the true west coast lifestyle– one that encourages relaxation.

“Every aspect is designed and built to the highest standard in terms of quality and sustainability,” says Andreasen. “It’s always a big moment to actually be able to move into the building.

Th e grand opening of on-site displays and the public release of the second building takes place Feb. 28, with private previews available the week in advance for VIP customers, friends and family.

Prodigy’s new Sales Centre is open this week, at 118 – 6033 Gray Avenue, Vancouver.

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ROBERT MCDONALD PHOTOThe Tri-City Eagles defeated West Vancouver 1-0 in division one field hockey at Town Centre Park on Saturday. The club currently sits at the top of their division with a 13-1-3 record.

ON THE FIELDBall team raises cash

A former Douglas College baseball player is still helping other athletes pur-sue their diamond dreams, even though he passed away in 2006.

The Jesse Penner Memorial Award is given annually to de-serving student ath-letes that show ex-ceptional quality of character and com-munity involvement as well as talent.

“These awards help these players pursue their dreams of playing profes-sional baseball as well as completing their degrees at a post-secondary institution,” said the Royals’ head baseball coach Cav Whitely.

Penner was a pitcher for the team when he was stabbed to death while trying to intervene in a fight outside a house party in Port Coquitlam. Whitely said Penner was beloved for his leadership, work ethic and team loy-alty, qualities that are also recognized by the award.

A fundraiser to support the award is being held on Saturday at Micky’s Irish Social House in Coquitlam, begin-ning at 6 p.m. The event will feature a silent auction as well as a number of raffles for sports memora-bilia.

Each $25 ticket includes dinner and a drink. For more information, or to reserve a ticket contact Whitely at 604-527-5407 or email [email protected].

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Umbach rink is undefeated at GamesCANADA WINTER GAMES

rink gets ready for trip to semi-finals in PGGARY McKENNATHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Coquitlam’s Nicholas Umbach and the Team BC curling rink went unde-feated during the round-robin portion of the tour-nament at the B.C. Winter

Games in Prince George this week.

The team, which also features Surrey’s

Tyler Tardi, Fort St. John’s Sterling Middleton and Victoria’s Tim Henderson, shot to the top of the stand-ings with five wins and zero losses.

The 17-year-old Umbach and his team members started off the round-robin

portion of the tourna-ment on Sunday morning with a 14-4 victory over Alberta, before defeating the Yukon 11-2 later in

the day.Team BC had a close

win on Monday when they defeated New Brunswick 7-6 before going on to defeat Nova Scotia 8-4 and Prince Edward Island 8-6 on Wednesday.

Quarterfinals were expected to be held Thursday after The Tri-City News’ deadline, and semifinals were to take place later in the day.

The final matchup is scheduled for Friday.

Meanwhile, Port Moody’s Kyle Parker has finished up his freestyle skiing big air event, tak-ing 28th in the contest. His Team BC teammates Teal Henderson Harle grabbed gold in the com-petition.

As of Thursday morn-ing, British Columbia was third in the medal stand-ings with seven golds, six

silvers and seven bronzes for a total of 20.

B.C. was one medal be-hind Ontario, which has eight golds, seven silvers and six bronzes, while Quebec led the competi-tion with 10 golds, seven silvers and nine bronzes for a total of 26.

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and maintaining pressure in the opposition’s half of the fi eld. Natalie was also needed in the center back position and the coaches moved her into the

center defense to try and reduce the gap against the Chilliwack team. The Black Ice had a strong second half out chancing Chilliwack by 11 to 3 margin.

For her strong defensive performance, Natalie Davidson has been selected as the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Female Player of the Week.

MALE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:ROMAN BANDIERA COQUITLAM METRO-FORD BARCACMFSC Under 12 Select Barca in their fi rst match in January were dominant against Mission. Barca started strong and kept possession of the ball for most of the game. With the team’s regular goalie injured the team was determined to limit the scoring opportunities with players in net. In the fi rst half, despite creating lots of chances, Barca was unable to score until minutes before the end of the fi rst half. Just before half time, Quinn Carney put one behind the Mission goalie to make it 1-0 for Barca. Barca started the second half strong again. Roman Bandiera from the midfi eld position scored two goals, including a break away goal to make it 3:0 for Barca. A late goal by Ty Banks ended the game 4:0 for Barca. For his outstanding play so far this season, Roman Bandiera is the Coquitlam Metro-Ford male player of the week.

GARY MCKennATHE TRI-CITY NEWS

The Port Moody Panthers wrapped up their Pacific Junior Hockey League season with a spirited effort but still came up short against the Richmond Sockeyes on Saturday night.

Richmond, a power-house team in the league with 32 wins, found them-selves down 2-0 midway through the first period.

Cats forward Wesley Howerton opened the scoring for the home team after burying a pass from Mark Fletcher before Fletcher potted the team’s second of the night three minutes later.

But being down by two goals was not enough to rattle the Sockeyes, who have the lowest number of goals against in the PJHL.

The visitors took advan-tage of a power play oppor-tunity midway through the first to tie the game, with Jacob Wozney and Daniel Oakley scoring goals 25 seconds apart.

The quick turnaround put the Cats on their heels, but they were able to es-cape the opening frame with a 2-2 tie.

Port Moody’s offence appeared to run out of steam in the second, when the Sockeyes snagged the go-ahead goal off the stick of Troy Kaczynski.

Kyle Hoffmann grabbed an insurance marker for the visitors in the third pe-riod before Port Moody’s Howerton was able to find the back of the net for his second of the night.

With the Cats threaten-ing to even the score in the final minutes, Richmond put up a strong defensive push to maintain the lead.

When the final buzzer fi-nally sounded Port Moody

was down 4-2. Richmond player Mac

Colasimone was named first star of the game for his two assists while Howerton’s two-goal performance earned him second star honours.

Sockeyes forward Oakley was the third star of the match.

Cats goalie Spencer Kozlowski had a busy night, turning away 35 of the 39 shots he faced, while Richmond net minder Kurt

Russell stopped 20 of 23. The Panthers had of-

ficially been eliminated from playoff contention last month and had been playing out the schedule.

The club finishes the season on a 19-game los-

ing skid with a final record of 6-35-0-3 record. The squad scored 115 goals in its 44 matches and allowed 215 goals for a 100 goal dif-ferential.


express train on a rollBCHL HOCKEY

GARY MCKennATHE TRI-CITY NEWS

The Coquitlam Express have kicked things into high gear for the last few games of the BCHL’s regular sea-son by stringing together a four-game winning streak.

The latest victory came Wednesday night, when the team took down the Surrey Eagles 6-2 at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

Brett Supinski was named first star of the game for his one goal and one as-sist performance in a match that saw the Express down a goal five minutes into the third period.

However, Brendan Gulka managed to tie the game at 4-4 before BCHL point-leader Corey Mackin netted the go-ahead marker three minutes later.

A late goal from Joey Santucci sealed the game, with the Express notch-ing their 24th win of the season.

On Saturday, the Coquitlam club entertained the 550 fans at Poirier with a 7-2 win over Langley.

Supinski’s offensive

prowess was on display once again, as the winger buried two goals and dished out three helpers in the high-scoring affair.

Mackin, who was second star of the game, opened the scoring with a short-handed marker two min-utes into the game and the team did not look back.

Michael Merculla made it 2-1 after 20 minutes, while Brendan Lamont and Colton Kerfoot built up the lead in the second.

However, in the third period the power play came together for two goals, one off Supinski’s stick while another was potted by Mackin.

The club will look to ex-tend its streak of five games on Friday, when Cowichan Valley visits Coquitlam’s rink. The Express will then play Chilliwack on Feb. 27 for the final home game, before the final game of the regular season against Chilliwack on the road.

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ELAINE FLEURY PHOTOCoquitlam Express forward Brett Supinski scored seven points in two home games last weekend as the club strings together a four-game winning streak.

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REMEMBERING Astrid Stimpson (Cotterli) on her 50th Birthday.

February 18, 1965 - July 2, 2011 - Her family and friends

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BUECKER,Erich William

1957-2015It is with great sadness and fond memories that we announce the sudden passing of Erich William Buecker. Erich was born on November 25th, 1957 in Fort William, Ontario and passed away on January 11th, 2015 at the age of 57.He is survived by his wife Judy of 37 years, and his four loving children; Leah (precious grand-son Levi), Scott, Mark and Keith. He is also survived by his mother Anneliese, his sisterMarion and predeceased by his father Erich. Family was everything to Erich.Erich worked at Flavelle Cedar. He took great pride in his many years of work there, and was an involved member of the union. Erich’s great passion in life was sports. He excelled in every sport he played. For over 25 years, he loved volunteering his time to coach youth sports. His other passions in life were music and video games.A Celebration of his Life will be held at Terry Fox SecondaryGymnasium on Sunday, March 29th 2015 from 1-3pm.For those desiring, donations can be made in Erich’s memory to the Coach Buecker Basketball Memorial Fund, at Vancity - Branch 50 to account number 63636.

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McINTYRE,George WesleyFebruary 9th 1922 - February 11th 2015

It is with feelings of profound loss and sadness to announce the passing of George Wesley McIntyre. George passed awaypeacefully at Jubilee Hospital in Vernon BC a few days after enjoying the celebration of his 93rd birthday with his family. George was born in Mather, Manitoba and as a young man served in World War II with the Canadian Air Force and RCAF obtaining the rank of Flight Lieu-tenant and was a bomber fl ight engineer. Toward the end of thewar his plane was shot down over Germany. It was believed that he had not survived but it was later announced by Radio that he was alive and well in a German POW camp where he spent 14 months of the war untilallied forces took control. After the war George brought his lovely War Bride Joan to Canada where they had three children while living in Winnipeg. George worked for Veterans Af-fairs for most of his career until he retired in 1984. George will be remembered with much loveby his daughter Evelyn Taylor (Gary Taylor), son Ian McIntyreand daughter Linda Barclay, his grandchildren Christopher Taylor (Karen Taylor) & DarrenTaylor (Lynn Taylor), his great grandchildren, Melissa, Ryan, Jessey and Tristan Taylor and his niece Pam McIntyre along with many friends and neighborsboth in Port Coquitlam and Ver-non. George is predeceased by his wife Joan Pauline (Pitt) McIntyre; father & mother Rossand Margaret McIntyre and his brother Ralph McIntyre.George was a loving and de-voted husband, father, grand-father, great grandfather and uncle. George we thank you notonly for being a wonderful man but for the sacrifi ces you made for our country. George will be missed but never forgotten and will be in our hearts for all time.A memorial will be held at alater date. Donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or theCanadian Diabetes Associationin memorial would be appre-ciated. WE LOVE YOU DAD!

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collectible treasures.Join us on Facebook

For info 604 685 8843Always buying

Antiques & Collectibles

TABLES ONLY $40www.vancouverfl eamarket.com

Retro Designs/Antiques Fair. Feb 22 10am-3pm. Croatian Cultural Ctr 3250 Commercial Drive. Adm. $5.

THE FRIENDS CAMP. Explore what friendship means! Including service, arts and sports. 11-14 year old. Coquitlam area. Saturday 28th. Feb, 9am to 9pm. Info. and registra-tion at www.coquitlambahai.ca

33 INFORMATION

SOAR is Pacifi c Coastal Airline’s in-fl ight

magazine. This attractive business & tourism

publication is published bi-monthly (6 times/year).

Great impact for your BC Business. More than 280,000 passengers fl y

Pacifi c Coastal Airlines.Please call Annemarie 1.800.661.6335 or email

fi [email protected]

CHILDREN

98 PRE-SCHOOLS

WHITE SWAN MONTESSORIEducation Centre

Preschool & Kindergarten

NOW REGISTERINGFOR SEPTEMBER 2015

800 Egmont Ave.(off Robinson, off Como Lake)

at MILLER PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL, COQUITLAM.

QUALIFIED CARING STAFFWarm Nurturing Environment.2, 3, 5 Day Progams, AM & PM

All Day Montessori Program incl; Language - Math - Science

- French - Music and Much More!NOW REGISTERING

604-931-SWAN (7926)

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION

106 AUTOMOTIVE

Certifi ed Automotive Technician Full time, competitive wage and benefi t plan. Busy, full service

independent shop in Port Moody.Email: [email protected]

108 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

EXPANDING INTOThe Tri-Cities!

Includes Training...Call Dave for a Presentation

778.996.0369www.bc.abuyerschoice.com

Opportunity To BuyJanitorial Franchise

ANNUAL STARTING REVENUE $24,000 - $120,000

FINANCING AVAILABLE• Minimum $6,050 down payment• Guaranteed Cleaning Contracts• Includes Professional Training• On Going Support• Proven Worldwide Franchiser

604.434.7744

[email protected]

114 DRIVERS/COURIER/TRUCKING

HIGHWAYOWNER OPERATORS

$3500 SIGNING BONUSVan Kam’s group of compa-nies req. Highway linehaul owner operators based in our Surrey terminal for runs throughout BC and Alberta. Applicants must have winter and mountain driving experi-ence/training.

We offer above average rates and an excellent

employee benefi ts package.To join our team of profession-al drivers, email a detailed re-sume, current driver’s abstract and details of your truck to:

[email protected] orCall 604-968-5488 or

Fax: 604-587-9889Only those of interest

will be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

Environmental Responsibility.

115 EDUCATION


115 EDUCATION

130 HELP WANTED

ADULT CARRIERWith reliable car required to

deliver The TriCity News door-to-door to households

in the Tri-City areaWednesday & Friday.

Call 604-472-3040

ATLAS POWER SWEEPINGDRIVERS & LABOURERS

Power sweeping,power scrubbing and pressure washing. Must be hard working with a good attitude. Burnaby based. Must be available to work nights and weekends. Good driving record & abstract required. Experience and Air Ticket benefi cial.

Email: [email protected] or Fax: 604-294-5988

Community Health Nursesought in Port Hardy, BC. Re-quest job description or apply to [email protected] by Feb 22. Competitive salary offered. Tel. 250-949-6625

CONSTRUCTION SITEIn your NEIGHBOURHOOD

Req: Carpenters, HelpersLabourers, CSO’s/OFA’s

TCP’s, Cleaners $11-28/hrWork Today, Daily or Weekly Pay

Apply 9AM to 2PM at:118 – 713 Columbia Street

New West 604.522.4900

Landscaping Sales & Service Opportunities

Up To $400 CASH DailyF/T & P/T Outdoors. Spring /

Summer Work. SeekingHonest, Hard Working Staff.

www.PropertyStarsJobs.com

110 CAREER SERVICES/JOB SEARCH


130 HELP WANTED

.Flagpersons & Lane Closure Techs required. Must have reliable vehicle. Must be certifi ed & experienced. Union wages & benefi ts. Fax resume 604-513-3661 email: [email protected]

FLAGGERS NEEDED. No Certifi cation? Get Certifi ed, 604-575-3944

GREENHOUSE WORKERSFull-Time seasonal labourers wanted for job duties that include but are not limited to: planting, pruning, harvesting, grading, packing, receiving, shipping and general greenhouse cleanup and setup for fl ower and pepper farm. Start date: May 2015. $10.49/hour. No exp. Required. Must speak and understand English and have completed grade 12.

Hollandia Greenhouses Ltd. 19393 Richardson Rd, Pitt

Meadows, BC, V3Y 1Z1Apply via email to: Attn Kim at

[email protected]

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS requiredbetween 2 am - 5:30 am. Must have reliable vehicle. Great P/T income. 604-313-2709, [email protected]

SMALL ENG/SAW/OUTBOARD MECHANIC WANTED.

Exp required. Wage/benefi ts negotiable. ShopRite Marine/Log-

ging, Port McNeill, BCSend resume to:

[email protected]

Village Green Hotel Vernon, B.C. requires a director of sales & marketing. For job de-scription and to apply go to www.villagegreenhotel.com/vernon-careers.

110 CAREER SERVICES/JOB SEARCH

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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS ... 9-57

TRAVEL............................................. 61-76

CHILDREN ........................................ 80-98

EMPLOYMENT ............................. 102-198

BUSINESS SERVICES ................... 203-387

PETS & LIVESTOCK ...................... 453-483

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE........... 503-587

REAL ESTATE ............................... 603-696

RENTALS ...................................... 703-757

AUTOMOTIVE .............................. 804-862

MARINE ....................................... 903-920

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130 HELP WANTED

CARRIERS NEEDEDThe following routes are now availableto deliver the News in the TriCity area:

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Other routes not listed may be avail. Please call to enquire.If you live on or near one these routes and you are interested in delivering the papers please callCirculation @ 604-472-3042and quote the route number.


142 OFFICE SUPPORT/CLERKS

Administrative AssistantDouble MK Enterprises INCA renovation, restoration and

construction company located at #1160 - 1971 Broadway Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 1M9requires a Permanent full- time

Administrative Assistant.Salary range $ 16.50/hour.

Candidates must speakEnglish and Farsi.

Min. 3 years of general Adminis-trative experience required. Ideal Candidates will be experienced in Buildertrend software, Xactimate software, and will have some experience in dealing with Asbestos control regulatory authorities. Appropriate post secondary academic experience in practice/ business/ offi ce management is required.

Duties include:- Prepare and proofread correspondence and invoices as instructed by employer.- Prepare and proofread building reports and construction reports, using Buildertrend software as instructed by employer.- Prepare and proofread building estimates and construction estimates, using Xactimate software as instructed by employer.- Distribute incoming mail to various staff members. - Set up appointments and meetings with customer and employers.- Order offi ce supplies and maintain inventory.- Answer telephone and electronic inquiries and relay telephone calls and messages.- Set up and maintain manual and computerized information fi ling systems, - May supervise and train offi ce staff in procedures and in use of current software- Determine and establish offi ce procedures- Greet visitors, ascertain nature of business and direct visitors to employer or appropriate person- Record and prepare minutes of meetings

Please fax resume andletters of reference to:

“Attn. Richard” @ 604-474-0118

160 TRADES, TECHNICAL

Commercial Transport Journeyman Mechanic

(Surrey Terminal)

Van-Kam Freightways Ltd.requires two (2) full-time Com-mercial Transport Journeyman Mechanics to work out of our Surrey Terminal located at 10155 Grace Road. One (1) position is an afternoon shift starting at 3:30PM and working until midnight and the other position (1) has an 11:30PM start working until 8:00AM.

Applicants should have an in-spectors ticket, a minimum of 2 years of related experience, a positive attitude and able to work in a team environment. Experi-ence in a freight fl eet environ-ment would be preferred as this is a busy facility providing service to a large fl eet of Company Owned Trucks and Trailers.

Seize this opportunity to work for one of Western Canada’s largest regional freight carriers.

For more information, call Derek,

at 604-587-9818 or 604-968-7149

Interested candidates should at-tach an updated resume and cov-er letter to:

[email protected] or fax: 604-587-9889

Van-Kam thanks you for your interest, however only those be-ing considered will be contacted.

Van-Kam is committed toEmployment Equity and

Environmental Responsibility.

Leave it to us. bclassified.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

175 CATERING/PARTY RENTALS

Specializing in Private Events!We Come To You! Doing It All,

From Set-Up - Clean-Up.

• Home Dinner Parties • Meetings • Funerals

• Weddings • B-B-Ques• Birthdays • AnniversariesUnique Taste, Unique Menus...

Gourmet, Customized MenusTailored To Your Function...

Kristy [email protected]

or Visit us at: www.threescompanycatering.ca

181 ESTHETIC SERVICES

SOLAREH SPRAY Tanning (Mobile & Studio)www.solarehspraytan.com or call 604-790-0174

182 FINANCIAL SERVICES

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.

1-877-987-1420 www.pioneerwest.com

LARGE FUNDBorrowers Wanted

Start saving hundreds of dollars today! We can easily approve you by phone. 1st, 2nd or 3rd mortgage money is available right now. Rates start at Prime. Equity counts. We don’t rely on credit, age or income.

Call Anytime1-800-639-2274 or

604-430-1498. Apply online www.capitaldirect.ca

Need CA$H Today? Own a vehicle? Borrow up to $25,000. Snapcarcash.com 604-777-5046

HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

203 ACCOUNTING / TAX /BOOKKEEPING

INCOME TAX. TAJ DAMJI604-781-0315. Pickup delivery in Tri City Free. Singles $45 Couples $80. No limit on number of slips.

206 APPLIANCE REPAIRS

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

236 CLEANING SERVICES

. housecleaning 604-551-3255

MAIDS R’ USBEST CLEANERS

AROUND GUARANTEED!Residential & Commercial

Weekly, Bi-Monthly- Best Rates!

Since 1985 604-808-0212


242 CONCRETE & PLACING

UNIQUE CONCRETEDESIGN

F All types of concrete work FF Re & Re F Forming F Site prepFDriveways FExposed FStamped

F Bobcat Work F WCB Insured778-231-9675, 778-231-9147

FREE ESTIMATES

HERFORT CONCRETENO JOB TOO SMALL

Serving Lower Mainland 25 Years! *Prepare *Form *Place *Finish

*Granite & Interlocking Block Walls *Stairs *Driveways *Exposed

Aggregate *Stamped Concrete.*Interlocking Bricks *Sod Placement

EXCELLENT REF’S -WCB InsuredLeo: 604-657-2375 / 604-462-8620

Placing & Finishing * Forming* Site Prep, old concrete removal

* Excavation & Reinforcing* Re-Re Specialists

34 Years Exp. Free Estimates.coastalconcrete.ca

Call: Rick (604) 202-5184

260 ELECTRICAL

Low Cost. Same Day. Licensed. Res/Com. Small job expert. Renos Panel changes ~ 604-374-0062

YOUR ELECTRICIAN $29 Service Call Lic #89402 Same day guarn’td We love small jobs! 604-568-1899

263 EXCAVATING & DRAINAGE

PEDRO’S Contracting & Drainage. Landscaping, Water Lines &

Cement work. Call 604-468-2919.

DRAIN Tiles, Sewer, Water Video Inspection, Jack Hammering, Hand Excavating Call Tobias 604.782.4322

269 FENCING

1-A1 BRAR CEDAR FENCING,chain link & landscaping. Block retaining wall. Reasonable rates. Harry 604-719-1212, 604-306-1714

275 FLOOR REFINISHING/INSTALLATIONS

POLMAR HARDWOOD FLOORSNew fl oor inst. & fi nishing. Refi n. Repairs, Staining. Free Est. Mario 604-671-8501 or 604-468-4117.

281 GARDENING

Prompt Delivery Available7 Days / Week

Meadows LandscapeSupply Ltd.

✶ Bark Mulch✶ Lawn & Garden Soil

✶ Drain Gravel ✶ Lava Rock✶ River Rock ✶Pea Gravel

(604)465-1311meadowslandscapesupply.com

GREENPRO LANDSCAPINGLawn cuts, pruning, full yard maint & installation. Fencing. Fast & de-pendable Since ‘06. 604-537-5536

283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

. Expert Power Washing. Gutters cleaned & repaired. www.expertpowerwashing. Mike, 604-961-1280MIKE 604-961-1280


283 GUTTERS & DOWNSPOUTS

Gutter Cleaning & Repairs. (Res. & Strata). Prompt Service. Window

Cleaning & Pressure Washing. Grants Home Maint 604-936-2808.

287 HOME IMPROVEMENTS

RENOVATIONSINTERIOR / EXTERIOR

RETAINING WALLSBASEMENTSADDITIONS

FORMING - FRAMINGSTAIRS - DECKS - FENCE

WINDOW & DOORREPLACEMENT

Quality Work GuaranteedINSURED / WCB / LICENSED

604-512-9947M.S. Rad Construction Inc.www.msrconstruction.net

TOTAL RENOVATIONSRepair, Replace, Remodel...

SPECIALIZING IN• Basement Suites • Kitchens

• Baths • Remodels • Additions • Flooring • Painting

• Drywall • Much MoreSince 1972 Dan 778-837-0771

RENO &REPAIR

NO JOB TOO SMALL!Renovations/Repairs/BuildingEmergency 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”

Residential & Commercial“Award Winning Renovations”

32 Years of Experience

[email protected]

HANDYMAN CONNECTIONHANDYMAN CONNECTIONHandyman Connection - Bonded -Renovations - Installations - Repairs - 604.878.5232

HOME REPAIRS, renovations, plumbing, electrical, carpentry & painting. Reas rates. 604-945-7099.

MIDAS CONSTRUCTION INC

604-251-3382Carpentry ServicesRemove & replace

concrete sidewalks, driveways, retaining

walls, drainage.

Member of BBB & WCBwww.midascontruction.ca


288 HOME REPAIRS

If I can’t do it

It can’t be done

Call Robert 604-941-1618 OR 604-844-4222

INTERIORS: Baths (reno’s/repairs) specializing in drywall, doors, fl ooring, tiling, plumbing,

painting, miscellaneous, etc.VERSATILE! EXPERIENCED IN

OVER 30 LINES OF WORK!* Quality work * Prompt Service

* Fair prices For positive results Call Robert

SERVICE CALLS WELCOME

300 LANDSCAPING

. Lawns N More, Lawn Repair and Hydroseeding. 604-202-1956, www.lawnsnmore.ca

Nick’s Landscaping

*Retaining Walls *Interlocking*Fencing *Drainage *Decking *Lawns *Hedges *Small Renos

- fi x it for a little, but for a benefi tCel:604-836-6519, 778-285-6510

317 MISC SERVICES

✶Dump Site Now Open✶SBroken Concrete RocksS

$24.00 Per Metric TonSMud - Dirt - Sod - ClayS

$24.00 Per Metric TonGrassSBranchesSLeavesSWeeds

$59.00 Per TonMeadows Landscape Supply

604-465-1311

320 MOVING & STORAGE

AFFORDABLE MOVINGwww.affordablemoversbc.com

From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks

Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~PianosLOCAL & LONG DISTANCE

604-537-41401PRO MOVING & SHIPPINGAcross the street - across the world

Real Professionals, Reas. Rates. Best in every way! 604-721-4555.

MIRACLE MOVING Licensed - Bonded - Fully Equip. Residential Commercial, 1-3 Men

BIG OR SMALL MOVESStart $45/hr ~ All size trucks

Free estimate/Senior Discount www.miraclemoving.ca604 - 720 - 2009

~We accept Visa & Mastercard~

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

329 PAINTING & DECORATING

NORTHSTARS PAINTINGwww.northstars-painting.com

Master Painters at Students Rates.We will BEAT any Qualifi ed Quotes.

778.245.9069

Searching for your dream home or selling it?This is the location. BCCLASSIFIED.COMlistings include everything from acreage,farms/ranches to condos and waterfront homes.


329 PAINTING & DECORATING

NO Headaches NO Surprises NO Excuses

“JUST A GREAT JOB!”

Robert J. O’Brien

604-728-5643

INTERIOR / ExteriorRepaints & New Construction

Ceiling Painting/Drywall Repair

Craig 604 - 240 - 7594

www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland

604.996.8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for 10yrs

PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299

2 coats any colour(Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls

Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is

completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring.

PRO ✶ ACC PAINTING LTD - Est. 1989

✓ F WCB, Insured, Licensed ✓ F Free Estimates ✓ F Many References ✓ F All Types of Painting

B.J. (Brad) Curtis B.A.

Ph: 604-942-4383www.pro-accpainting.com

www.bestwaypainting.ca

$89/Room SpecialLam. Instalation - $0.99/sqft

Drywall RepairsWorkSafe, Fully Insured

15 Yrs expFree Estimates, Call John,

778-881-6737

338 PLUMBING

BRO MARV PLUMBING Plumbing, heating, clogged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com

353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS

EAGLE ROOFINGTar & Gravel

D Asphalt D Interlocking shinglesD Torch-on MembraneD Laminated shinglesAll types of Roofi ng Repairs

Free Estimates 604-467-6065

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

SOUTHWEST ROOFING • Cedar Restoration • Asphalt • Torch-On • Re-Roofs Since 85 604-760-7937

FIVE STAR ROOFINGAll kinds of re-roofi ng & repairs.

Free est. Reasonable rates.778-998-7505 or 604-961-7505

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356 RUBBISH REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL By RECYCLE-IT!604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca

. FREE Scrap Metal Removal.

.FREE Scrap metal removal. Appls, BBQS, exercise equip, cars, etc. 604-572-3733 ww.tkhaulaway.com

mikes hauling 604-516-9237

EXTRA CHEAPJUNK / RUBBISH REMOVAL

Almost for free! (778)997-5757

372 SUNDECKS

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


374 TREE SERVICES

.give and take tree service 778.872.8406

TREE BROTHERSSPECIALIST

Tree Removal/Topping/Spiral Thinning/Hedge Trimming/Stump

Grinding. Free Estimates.WCB/Fully Insured

$50 Off with this AdJerry, 604-500-2163

ABC TREE MEN Pruning, Shaping, Tree Removal & Stump Grinding. 604-521-7594 604-817-8899

Your Tree ServiceFor Honest Prices& Quality Work

Call Scott at604-618-0333

Certifi edArborist

Free Estimates *Fully Insured

PETS

477 PETS

NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

506 APPLIANCES

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

REAL ESTATE

627 HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOMES BC• All Prices • All Situations •

• All Conditions •www.webuyhomesbc.com

604-657-9422

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

2 BR apts - bright & lge

Central Coquitlam Co-op AND

Seniors Only Building $826/mo. No subsidy.

Cls to transit, schools & shops

Dasl ~ 604 945 5864 [email protected]

Coquitlam Centre“Raphael Towers” 2 bdrm ~ $1250-$1290* In-Suite W/D * Garburator

* On-Site Manager

*BEHIND COQ. CTR. MALLCall 604-944-2963

Coquitlam: Clean, quiet apt blk.

Suites to rent. Sorry no pets.

Family owned & operated for 40 yrs.

(604)936-5755

PORT COQUITLAM; 2 Bdrm apt $845 Quiet family complex, no pets. 604-464-0034.

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

COQUITLAM:

GARDEN COURTHOUSING CO-OP2865 Packard Ave.

Now accepting applications for 1 & 2 bdrm apartments. Share purchase required.No Subsidies. Avail now.Call 604-464-4921

GARIBALDI Court(604) 463-9522

Central Maple Ridge 2 Bedroom units available.

Great location for seniors!Clean, quiet & affordable!

Incls heat, h/w, cable.Senior Move-In Allowance.Refs & Credit check req.

Sorry No PetsFor more info: google us.

CRIME FREE BUILDING

MAPLE RIDGE

1 & 2 Bdrms available $825/mo & $925/mo

Great LocationQueen Anne Apts.* Renovated Suites *

*Large *Clean *Very QuietIncludes: Heat, Hot Water

and HydroNear Shopping & Amenities.

SENIOR’S DISCOUNT

604-463-2236 604-463-7450

12186-224 St, Maple RidgeCertifi ed Crime Free Buildings

RENTALS

706 APARTMENT/CONDO

PORT COQUITLAM1 bdrm suite ~ $7752 bdrm suite ~ $925

S Includes heat/hot waterS 1.5 blocks to various bus stops S 2 blocks to Safeway/medical S City park across streetS Gated parking and Elevator S Adult oriented building S References required

CALL FOR APPOINTMENT604-464-3550

709 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

3 AC prime location offi ces 754sf upper fl r facing east with bathroom & kitchenette United Blvd/Fawcett. Rent incl taxes strata fee heat hy-dro. Call Garry 604-461-7172

PORT COQUITLAM, 1500 - 3000 sq ft. Ground fl oor commercial area. Facing onto city park. 1 blk from Lougheed/ Shaughnessy intersec-tion. Call 604-464-3550.

736 HOMES FOR RENT

COQUITLAM 3 bdrm fi nished full bsmt 2 baths NS/NP. No sublets, Suit mature. $1400m. Avail now. 604-526-2331MAPLE RIDGE 243rd/Dewdney Trk

3 Bdrm home on acreage near all amen’s & schools. Avail April 1st. $1225/mo. Call (604)939-7860.

SOUTH SURREYEXECUTIVE

Fully Furnished & Equipped

Short Term orLong term!Hotel Living

Like New Townhouse. Only 3 years old. Immaculate Deluxe, 2 bdrm. + Rec. Room/Offi ce + 2 Full Bath T/House. Flr. to ceiling storage + storage rm. in garage. 6 s/s appli. d/w, w/d, Garburator. Crown Mouldings, 9ft. ceilings, H/W laminate fl ooring and slate tile. Gas F/P & Alarm. 1 car garage parking. Covered patio lower & outdoor patio upper. Amenities room incls. full gym, outdoor hot tub & pool. Walk to Morgan Heights shopping.NO Smoking inside & NO Pets!

$2250/mo. Avail. April 1 or 15

604.488.9161Willoughby 3lvl 5bdrm dble garage 2 bdrm furn bsmt ste ns/np suit long term. Apr 1. $2350m 604-209-5675

RENTALS

749 STORAGE

Pitt Meadows Marina14179 Reichenback Rd

Moorage RentalYear or Semi-annual

Outdoor Storage Available Starting

At $30/month for Boats, RV’s, Cars, Trucks &

Trailers Launch Ramp with 3 lines and

ample parking for tracks and trailers Onsite Manager

604.465.7713750 SUITES, LOWER

COQUITLAM 1bdr gr/lvl ste, 5appls incl inste w/d, near Coq Ctr & bus. Ns/np. Avail now. $870 incl all utils.Call 604-323-3282.

Coquitlam Ctr 1 bdrm nice & bright, Nr all ament/bus Avail now $800 utils/cbl/net NS/NP 604-374-8605

COQUITLAM lrg 2 bdrm gr/lvl bsmt, 15 min walk to Douglas Coll. Ns/np. $950/mo incl w/d, utils, cable & net.Discount for 1 person. Avail Now or March 1st. Call 778-216-1284.

PORT COQUITLAM 2 Bdrm, newer hse, sep entry, new bthrm, laundry. N/P, $950 incl all utils. Mar 1. (604) 722-5470, 552-0602

POCO - New 2 bdrm suite, full bath, near schools, shops, bus. Avail now Cat ok, smoke outside. $1025/mo incl utils/laundry. 604-690-0564

751 SUITES, UPPER

COQUITLAM 3 bdrm upper suite with 2 baths, w/d, large balcony, big yard, near schools & all amens.Cat ok. N/S. March 1st. Ref’s req’d. $1375/mo. Call 778-885-4010.

752 TOWNHOUSES

COQUITLAM: 2 Bdrm, quiet family complex, no pets, $985 - $1085/mo. Call 604-942-2277

PITT MEADOWS: 2 - 3 bdrm co-op T/H $1108/mo - $1211/mo. Shares req’d. Close to WCE, schools & shopping. No subsidy available. 19225 119th Ave. For more info & to book an appt. call 604-465-1938

PORT COQUITLAM; 2 Bdrm town-house, $905. Quiet family complex, no pets. 604-464-0034.

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