Tri-City News January 20 2016

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Getting food ready to transfer to food banks run by Share Family and Community Services are (from left): Jake Moir, fund development officer, Roger Leroux, food bank manager and Mike Trelenberg, assistant food bank manager.

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TC ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT: 16The Riverview lands, on canvas

Premier’s promise to save R’view greenspace and trees

FUTURE OF RIVERVIEW THE NEED DOESN’T STOP AFTER XMAS

Clark speaks dur-ing a byelection campaign stopJANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News

B.C.’s premier has vowed to keep the Riverview Hospital lands green and save any trees on the historic Coquitlam site.

Christy Clark made the pledge last week while she was campaigning in the riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain to promote BC Liberal candidate Joan Isaacs in the Feb. 2 byelection.

Clark told The Tri-City News she understands the anxiety in the community as BC Housing, which manages Riverview, starts to firm up the vision for the century-old property after more than two years of consultation.

(The public has until Feb. 12 to comment online about the future of the 244 acres that were once the centre for the province’s mental health care.)

“Are we going to preserve the green space? There’s a real quick answer to that: Yes, we are,” Clark told The Tri-City News last Friday. “We are committed to preserving that green space... and all the trees on that site. That’s our goal.”

December was a busy month of collecting, assembling and distributing dona-tions — including many from local schools — for share Family Community services, and now, the local social services agency is still in need of food and cash to help those in need in the Tri-Cities. see how you can help on page 6.

see CITY CONCERNED, page 8

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The following persons have been nominated as candidates for the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain by-election.

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Electoral DistrictCandidate’s Name and Party: Financial Agent: Official Agent:

Paul GeddesLibertarian

Paul Geddes703-1180 Falcon Drive, Coquitlam, BC,V3E 2K7

Joan IsaacsBC Liberal Party

Kevin TangPO Box 21014, RpoWaterfront Ctr,Vancouver, BC,V6C 3K3

Lindsay Cote103-1030Westwood Street, Coquitlam, BC V3C 4E4

Joe KeithleyBC Green Party

Joseph Keithley6683 Altringham Crt, Burnaby, BC,V5E 4J2

Jodie WickensBC NDP

Neal NicholsonPO Box 64711, Rpo Sunwood Square,Coquitlam, BC,V3B 0H1

General Voting Places: Advance Voting Places:

Hampton Park Elem School1760 Paddock Dr, Coquitlam, BC

Pinetree Way Elem School1420 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC

Panorama Heights Elem School1455 Johnson St, Coquitlam, BC

Eagle Ridge Elem School1215 Falcon Dr, Coquitlam, BC

Leigh Elem School1230 Soball St, Coquitlam, BC

Nestor Elem School1266 Nestor St, Coquitlam, BC

Evergreen Cultural Centre1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC

Walton Elem School2960 Walton Ave, Coquitlam, BC

Glen Elem School3064 Glen Dr, Coquitlam, BC

Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship1160 Lansdowne Dr, Coquitlam, BC

Coquitlam River Elem School4250 Shaughnessy St, Port Coquitlam, BC

Evergreen Cultural Centre1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC

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Panorama Heights Elem School1455 Johnson St, Coquitlam, BC


Coquitlam River Elem School4250 Shaughnessy St, Port Coquitlam, BC


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Housing affordability tax floated by profsB.C. REAL ESTATE

Idea would shift money from in-vestor ownersJEFF NAGELBLACK PRESS

A housing affordability sur-charge is being proposed as a way to redistribute money from investment property owners — including foreigners and other owners of vacant homes — to other residents in the same par-ticipating city.

The UBC and SFU business professors behind the idea say it would be a modest step to restrain the upward spiral of house prices in hot real estate markets.

But more importantly, they say, it would spur investors to rent out now-vacant homes rather than merely using B.C. residential real estate as a place to park money.

The proposal for the B.C. Housing Affordability Fund

would create a 1.5% tax on the assessed value — a $1 mil-lion home would be charged $15,000 per year.

But it would come with a long list of exemptions to ex-clude most resident owners. Seniors receiving CPP or OAS wouldn’t pay, nor would vet-erans, the disabled or anyone who has lived in their own home for several years.

For others, the surcharge would be reduced for every dollar paid in annual income taxes by the owners, meaning the average working family in a typical home would likely owe

nothing. Non-resident owners of vacant homes would have their surcharge reduced by the amount of rental revenue they declare to the federal govern-ment.

“The targets are people who own real estate and leave it va-cant and people who live here but essentially don’t declare much in Canadian income,” UBC’s Tsur Somerville ex-plained.

Those targets would include Canadian investors who own condos in Vancouver but find it easier to leave them empty than rent them, as well as wealthy

Chinese families where the wife and kids live here but pay no in-come tax while the father works in China.

“Our intention was not to make it explicitly about foreign-ers,” Somerville said. “It was to make it about people who through their choices make housing more expensive for the people who are trying to live and work and carry on a nor-mal life here.”

Each municipality would decide if it wished to participate and money raised within its borders would be redistributed there. The academics are split on whether it should be rebated equally to all Canadian tax filers within the city or geared more to those in greater need.

They estimate it could raise at least $90 million within Vancouver alone.

Premier Christy Clark praised the proposal but stressed it is problematic.

“It’s a good idea, but the execution is really hard,” Clark said.

“We are looking at it. It’s really complicated, though. If somebody goes away for a year, a university prof goes on a sabbatical at the University of Beijing, should we tax them? A senior citizen finds themselves in hospital for a long period of months, should we tax them?”

Greater Vancouver Home Builders Association CEO Robert de Wit said there’s no hard data to justify such a policy. “It’s well-intended but it’s a bit of a harebrained idea,” he said, adding it would distort the market and create more problems than it solves.

“This could lead to a flight of capital, which is not a good thing for the country.”

B.C. Real Estate Association chief economist Cameron Muir said even the authors admit the proposal would do little to make homes more affordable for most buyers.

NDP leader John Horgan praised the idea as a way to col-lect needed data on real estate owners and “generate money

for affordable housing by taxing speculators and profiteers while remaining invisible to British Columbians filing income tax, seniors living in long-time fam-ily homes and landlords.”

The province has signalled it intends to deliver some sort of reform to address housing affordability in the upcoming budget but without hammering down current real estate prices or the equity people have in their homes.

One possibility is an extra in-crement of the property transfer tax that charges luxury homes more when they change hands. Assistance for new home buy-ers or renters are potential uses of the extra revenue.

Somerville noted Prince Edward Island bans non-resi-dents from owning oceanfront property and said it’s high time for B.C. to at least gather more information on who owns real estate here.

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— with files from Tom Fletcher

“The targets are people who own real estate and leave it va-cant and people who live here but essentially don’t declare much in Canadian income.”UBC’s Tsur Somerville on proposed tax plan

Better transit for Burke, says IsaacsBYELECTION: COQUITLAM-BURKE MOUNTAIN

GARY MCKENNAThe Tri-CiTy News

Joan Isaacs has knocked on plenty of doors and spoken with many residents since an-nouncing she would run as a BC Liberal in the upcoming Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection. But while she has canvassed a diverse range of opinions, she said that one constant issue continues to come up with potential voters: a lack of services in the area.

The 30-year resident told The Tri-City News she believes she can be an effective voice for improving public amenities in the riding and is the candi-date best suited to represent its residents in Victoria.

“I feel like I can have a very loud voice,” she said during an interview at her Westwood Street campaign office. “I will fight for what I think is right

and I will raise it and raise and raise it until I get the action I am looking for.”

It is that tenacity she said will work to bring improved bus service to Burke Mountain, even though the BC Liberals haven’t made that happen so far and the provincial govern-ment can’t force TransLink to make such changes.

With the $1.4-billion Evergreen Line set to open next

year, Isaacs said improving connections to rapid transit are paramount to maximizing the investment.

“Especially for people that have children and teenagers,” she said. “They are working and they can’t just drop their activi-ties or leave their work just to transport their kids around.”

The same goes for schools, Isaacs said, noting the lack of new facilities on the mountain.

While she was happy to hear an elementary school is on the way, she said pushing for fund-ing for a middle school and high school in the riding would be a top priority.

Isaacs has also heard from residents regarding the future of the Riverview Hospital grounds.

While she did not say whether she supports the de-velopment of market housing

for the property, she noted that the land is an important greenspace for the city and should be preserved.

But perhaps the issue she is most passionate about is youth justice.

Isaacs is a member of the Tri-Cities Family Court and Youth Justice Committee, a group that has called on the federal and provincial govern-ments to make amendments

to the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Criminal Code to include bullying and cyber-bullying. She has long been a proponent of using restorative justice to deal with bullying so that those who cause harm can make amends to their victims, she said.

“It sets the stage where the person that is in a restorative justice process to understand the wrong they have made against somebody and they make it right,” she said, adding that the process has a 90% suc-cess rate when it comes to re-cidivism. “It is a big difference than sending somebody to a detention facility and hoping they have learned their lesson.”

But while she is quick to point out her policy positions, she said she understands that balance is necessary when working within government. She pointed to her background in the financial services in-dustry, noting that she under-stands the need for creating a healthy environment for busi-nesses

“I do have that economic skill set,” she said. “I feel I understand the challenges for families and businesses.”

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GARY MCKENNA/THE TRI-CITY NEWSYouth justice is a key topic for Joan Isaacs, who is running for the BC Liberals in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection Feb. 2.

CANDIDATEJOAN ISAACSBC LIBERALTwitter: @Joan_IsaacsEmail: [email protected] Website: www.bcliberals.com/joanisaacsPhone: 604-472-5522

ALL-CANDiDATes MeeTiNG TONiGhT

Coquitlam-Burke Mountain voters will get a chance to hear from their candidates at a public forum tonight (Wednesday). The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce will host an all-candidates meeting at Douglas College’s Coquitlam campus from 7 to 9 p.m.

Meanwhile, advanced voting will get underway in the rid-ing beginning this weekend ahead of the Feb. 2 voting day.

Advanced polls will be open at the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way), Panorama Heights elementary school and Coquitlam River elementary on Jan. 23 and 24 as well as Jan. 27 to 30 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

For more information on voting and the types of identifi-cation required to cast a ballot, go to elections.bc.ca.

NEXT CANDIDATE PROFILEGreen Party’s Joe Keithley in The Tri-City News Friday, Jan. 22.

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Two days after getting the news that former Coquitlam Express player Matthew Hutchinson was one of the victims in a double murder/suicide, team announcer Eddie Gregory said he was still in shock.

Gregory knew the former BCHL player when he was with the Express during the 2010/’11 season — the year the club moved back to the Tri-Cities from Burnaby — and de-scribed him as a polite young man who was a respected member of his team.

“I was shocked like every-body else,” Gregory told The Tri-City News. “You never expect to read that an alum has passed at such a young age and in the matter in which he did.”

Gregory was in the middle of his Sunday night broadcast of the game between Coquitlam and Nanaimo when he re-ceived the tragic news. After checking with some sources, he announced on air that Hutchinson’s body was one of three found at a home in Geneseo, N.Y.

Police confirmed Monday the 24-year-old North Vancouver man was stabbed to death, possibly while he slept, along with 21-year-old Kelsey Annese. Investigators believe the pair were killed by Colin

Kingston, an ex-boyfriend of Annese, who later took his own life after calling his father.

Hutchinson and Annese were students at State University of New York in Geneseo, where Hutchinson played hockey and Annese basketball. Kingston was a for-mer student.

“He was a character kid,” Gregory said of Hutchinson. “He was like a brother for those players.”

Hutchinson played 57 games with the Express dur-ing his first year with the team and 11 more the following

season before moving to the Chilliwack Chiefs. In total, he played 130 games in the BCHL, including brief stints with the Surrey Eagles and the Quesnel Millionaires.

Gregory said in the tight-knit hockey community, the loss of a player is felt far and wide.

“The hockey world is so connected in so many different ways,” he said. “Unfortunately, this tragedy will touch a lot of people.”

“He was a hardworking, honest player. He competed hard,” said Billy Coupland, who taught Hutchinson at

Sutherland secondary in North Van and coached him when he played in the Bantam division with the North Shore Winter Club. “Everybody respected him. He was just a good kid.”

“I saw him in the summer,” said Coupland. “He was ex-cited about moving on to the next stage of his life.”

Coupland said he was shocked to learn on Sunday that Hutchinson had been killed. “Words can’t even de-scribe a senseless act like this,” adding, “It’s the last thing you expect to hear. It’s going to take a long time for a lot of people

who cared about him and loved him to try to make sense of it.”

Express president Mark Pettie said he was sorry for Hutchinson’s family while league commissioner John Grisdale issued a statement Monday stating: “We are deeply saddened to hear the news of Matthew’s passing. He was a hockey player that worked extremely hard to earn the opportunities he got in the game. His former coaches and teammates remember him fondly and I know he will be missed.”

The Coquitlam Express will be holding a moment of silence to honour Hutchinson prior to Friday’s game. The Chilliwack Chiefs will do the same on Jan. 30.

Hutchinson also worked for the B.C. Wildfire Service in the summer and had looked forward to a career in that area after he graduated from college this year. He was also a mem-ber of Geneseo’s volunteer firefighting department.


– with files from Jane Seyd, North Shore News

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SUE COUTANT PHOTOTri-City News reader Sue Coutant snapped this photo of the so-called “king tide” in Burrard Inlet in Port Moody on the weekend, sending with it this description: “I was out running Saturday morning and I was surprised at how high the tide was! I’ve been running this trail for four years and had never seen this.”

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Trailer fire claims a life in Coquitlam

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Trailer was en-gulfed in flames

Investigators continue to comb through the debris of a trailer that caught fire early Tuesday morning in Coquitlam, killing the man inside.

The fire broke out just after 1 a.m. in the 4100-block of Cedar Drive in Coquitlam and the trailer was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, said Coquitlam RCMP Const. Jamie Phillipson.

“Unfortunately, they lo-cated a deceased male inside the trailer, at which point they called Coquitlam RCMP,”

Phillipson said.The Coroner’s Service

and police are working with Coquitlam Fire & Rescue to de-termine the cause of the fire.

“There is nothing that ap-pears suspicious to us at this point though we never rule that out,” said Chief Wade Pierlot. “It was in a really old mobile travel trailer, about 14 or 16 feet. The fire was significant for that type of vehicle. When the first crews arrived, they could see it on ap-proach.”

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You may want to reduce what goes to aspouse or child after you die – or cut themout of your will altogether. Often the reasonsare personal. In one case, a son’s illegalmarijuana growing saddled his mother with acourt conviction, and he also tried to have hercommitted. Or the reasons may be cultural.Some cultures view a married daughter as theresponsibility of her husband.

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Once Christmas is over, fewer dona-tions coming in but need remainsDIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

Rising grocery prices caused by the loonie’s fall may send more people to the food bank for staples to get them through the month, predict officials with Share Family and Community Services.

As the local social service agency takes stock of supplies collected at Christmas — much of it from Tri-City public schools — there are concerns that it may not last through to the summer if the need grows.

Food bank use spiked at Christmas — about 500 fami-lies a week — and has since dropped to about 375 families. But newcomers, including Syrian refugee families mov-ing into the area, and cash-strapped families coping with high food costs could cause that number to grow.

The food bank is also seeing people from a variety of cul-tures and is trying to meet their needs with an exchange table that allows them to substitute a canned meat product, for example, for vegetables, rice or oil.

For now, however, Share is reaping the harvest of a suc-cessful holiday food drive that saw School District 43 students and staff collect 30,000 lb. of food (a pound for each stu-dent), raise $4,500 in cash and support dozens of families through the Caring Neighbour program.

“We are really grateful, it’s huge what the schools have done,” said Jake Moir, Share’s fund development officer.

Kudos are also going out to the firefighters with the Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and Sasamat fire departments who hauled all the food to the warehouse over a two-day period in December.

“For them to take on that heavy lifting, it’s incredible,” said Mike Trelenberg, assistant food bank manger.

The warehouse is now full with staples for needy families but there are concerns that it won’t last without continued top-ups from the community.

“It’s the food that will carry us in to the summer months. I would predict around May we will have to lean back [reduce some items],” Trelenberg said.

But for now, Roger Leroux, the food bank manager, is pleased with the generosity of the community, the firefight-ers and school children who gave money, food and time to ensure that local families have enough to eat.

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Demand for donations of food is still strong

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DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWSJake Moir, fund development officer, Roger Leroux, food bank manager and Mike Trelenberg, assistant food bank manager with food destined for Share Family and Community Services’ food bank.

SCHOOLS HELPED OUT LAST MONTHThe following is a list of some SD43 good deeds over the

recent holiday period:• Leadership students at Gleneagle secondary, with the

help of their teacher, Adam Hayes, collected more than 200 toys for Project Angel for families registered with Share.

• Irvine elementary student Kyra Gregory-Cole distributed gloves, hats, scarves, socks, toiletries and other goodies to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

• Aspenwood elementary’s Cares Club made 900 Christmas crackers for local seniors’ homes, shelters and food banks, as well as for families from a local apartment complex who lost their homes to a fire.

• Citadel middle helped raise $600 to assist the seven fami-lies at Banting middle who lost their homes in a fire in October.

• Terry Fox secondary’s leadership team served warm food and clothing to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

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• Hillcrest middle raised more than $800 at two bake sales and its first Christmas Market. Students also made 52 packages of essential items for the Tri-Cities Bridge Shelter program.

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City says owners were warned tree was a hazardGARY MCKENNAThe Tri-CiTy News

The owners of a Coquitlam home that was badly damaged by a falling tree Sunday morn-ing had been warned by an arborist that the tree should be chopped down, according to city staff.

The city’s parks, recreation and culture manager, Raul Allueva, told The Tri-City News Tuesday that the tree, which was on private property, was examined last month as part of an assessment of the entire stand. An arborist was called out on Dec. 11 when another tree — one on city property — had fallen and crushed a vehicle at the same home.

“We let them know that that really should be removed,” he said, noting that homeowners

are responsible for the vegeta-tion on their property. “I don’t know why it took that amount of time for them to do anything about it. We did give them ap-proval on site.”

The Tri-City News was un-able to reach the property owners but, on Sunday, they told Global News the city should do a better job of man-aging its green belts. They said that while nobody was injured in the accident, which occurred while the family was eating breakfast, the home at Sheffield and Highland suf-fered approximately $100,000 in damage.

But Allueva noted the city does regular assessments of all of its greenbelts and will warn residents when they see unsta-ble trees on private property.

“We have had a couple of storm events this year that have been challenging,” he said. “We do assess on a very regular basis trees on public property. They are assessed and we manage that.”

The home that was dam-aged on Sunday sits partially within a riparian area and there are restrictions on cutting trees.

But Allueva said that in in-stances where property might be at risk, the rules do not apply, as long as a qualified arborist can assert that a tree is in danger of falling.

“Any time there is a tree that is deemed hazardous, that tree can be removed even without a permit,” he said. “The owner doesn’t have to wait.”


DON MCLEOD PHOTOA tree crashed down on the roof of a home on Burke M o u n t a i n i n n o r t h e a s t Coquitlam Sunday morning while the family inside was eating breakfast.

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Clark’s words came the day after the city of Coquitlam’s Riverview Lands Advisory Committee discussed the BC Housing visioning document, which was released last month when BC Housing Minister Rich Coleman announced plans to tear down Valleyview Hospital at Riverview and build two new mental health facilities to replace three mental healthcare centres in Burnaby.

The document — a guide that lays out four precincts at Riverview that include zones for health and economic de-velopment — was largely met with disappointment by the city committee last Thursday.

Diane Thorne, the former NDP MLA for Coquitlam-Maillardville and a committee member, said the report failed

to include the city’s wishes to turn Riverview into a full men-tal health campus.

But Clark contended the government also wishes to return Riverview to its former glory.

“I remember [as a Tri-City MLA] that people’s number-one concern was to return it to

its original purpose and keep the trees. Those are things we intend to do on that site,” she said.

As for the heritage build-ings — which the government has been criticized for neglect-ing — Clark said she hasn’t delved into the costs to restore the aging structures but “my assumption is that we’ll be able to protect them all.”

The premier also remarked on the government’s efforts to work with the Kwikwetlem First Nation (KFN), which has staked a claim to the Riverview lands.

Clark said the government is “trying to work with every-body” for the redevelopment.

Still, at committee, Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart said he “suspects” the band is flexing its muscle fol-lowing its 2014 deal with the province, when KFN pocketed

$8.2 million for extinguish-ing its aboriginal rights to 584 acres of Crown land on Burke Mountain (money from the sale of the surplus lands was used to balance the books be-fore the 2015 throne speech).

Stewart said KFN’s man-date — as outlined in the BC Housing visioning document — was a “tremendous blow” for the future of Riverview but he believes the band wants a financial settlement to “right its wrongs.”

As for any potential market housing at Riverview, Stewart said the community needs to stand strong to send a message to the government.

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The PoCo Grand Prix cycling race was only an-nounced last fall and already a change is planned.

The race, part of BC Superweek, was originally scheduled for July 12 but will now be held on Friday, July 15, which the city is touting in a press release as “a major boost” for the inaugural event.

“We expect the Friday date to help attract more spectators to our event,” Mayor Greg Moore said in the release.

“It’s wonderful news and it’s coming at a great time, because we’re gearing up now to get sponsors, volun-teers and the entire com-munity involved in the PoCo Grand Prix.”

BC Superweek 2016 will run from July 8 to 17 with the following lineup of races: Tour de Delta, Gastown Grand Prix — a huge event that draws thousands to downtown Vancouver — Giro di Burnaby, PoCo Grand Prix and Tour de White Rock.

The local race is a crite-rium, which features a mass start and cyclists doing 40 to 65 laps of a 1.3-km down-town PoCo circuit. About 200 professional cyclists are expected to take part.

The event will also include kids’ and youth races, corpo-rate challenge races — reg-istration will open soon for those — live entertainment, children’s attractions, a beer

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Planning for the event is now in full swing, includ-ing soliciting corporate sponsorship and recruiting about 200 volunteers, who will work on tasks related to athlete accommodation, race course fencing, signage, marshalling, pace vehicles, event set-up and take-down, and other areas. Visit www.portcoquitlam.ca/volunteer for information and online registration.

Event and sponsorship information is available at www.pocograndprix.ca. Questions may be directed to [email protected] or to Lori Bowie at 604-927-7907.

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The Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation is ramping up its fundraising drive for a high-tech camera that will help the hundreds of women who undergo post-mastectomy breast reconstruction surgery each year at the Port Moody hospital.

The SPY imaging technology provides digital images of the blood flow in the tissue under the skin, giving surgeons better information as they navigate both the mastectomy and reconstruction, and reduc-ing the rate of post-operative complications, infection and the chance of losing the recon-structed breast.

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About 30% of women who have breast reconstruction need to return for follow-up surgeries due to complications that often come from poor blood flow in the mastectomy skin flap, which then increases the risk of infection.

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About time for tech. ed.Computer coding

is coming to B.C.’s school curriculum

and it’s about time.We are tired of watch-

ing our best and brightest decamp to the U.S. for technology opportunities while tech companies in our province lament the lack of skilled program-mers here.

More and more jobs require some knowledge of computer programming while the technology sec-tor alone is growing faster than the overall economy.

According to the British Columbia 2024 Labour Market Outlook, the tech-nology and science occu-pational group is expected to have 70,000 job open-ings in B.C. in the next 10 years.

For B.C. students to sur-vive and thrive as adults in the new economy, they will need to be able to ana-lyze problems and come up with solutions using technology.

This is the way of the fu-

ture and what the new cur-riculum will teach, starting as early as kindergarten.

For parents concerned about adding another layer of complexity to school — something they lack the skills themselves to teach — don’t worry. Learning the building blocks of computer cod-ing and computational thinking is like learning

a second language, and we know how popular Mandarin and French immersion have become in our schools as a way to enhance student skills.

If there is any concern, it’s that teachers them-selves don’t have the education, resources and knowledge to teach this subject as part of the core curriculum. Currently,

curriculum is being devel-oped, and School District 43’s Jon Hamlin, a teacher at Pinetree secondary in Coquitlam, is helping to write it, but the funds nec-essary for teacher educa-tion on the subject are slow to come. Consequently, it is being left up to districts — and teachers them-selves — to figure out this new area of learning.

Post-secondary institu-tions must also be charged with responsibility for making sure all new teach-ers take courses in this important area before they graduate because the days when a select few com-puter teachers held forth in a lab are over.

With the ubiquitous-ness of technology, young people will need to know how to create, make and use technology applica-tions. A wise and thought-ful rollout of the new curriculum in schools will help teachers teach and students learn this impor-tant skill set.

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“It seems clear to me that the ‘break-even mandate’ for the Riverview redevelopment is a thinly-veiled excuse for a ‘real estate bonanza’ for property de-velopers. Aren’t our taxes sup-posed to pay for health care??”Cathy Morton, on our Facebook page, in response to letters about the future of the Riverview lands

“Transit, edu-cation, public safety. Transit, education, jobs. Transit, edu-cation, afford-ability. Way to boldly carve out positions that voters a clear choice – not.”Ron Peters on local byelection candidates

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MULTI-FAMILY does noT sUbsIdIzePROPERTY ASSESSMENTS

The Editor,Re. “Big bucks boom in

Tri-Cities” (The Tri-City News, Jan. 5).

Where does realtor John Grasty get the notion single-family homes (SFH) are sub-sidized by multi-family units?

Logic would dictate the more multi-family units, the more strain on municipal services, schools, parks, roads

and the environment. This causes everyone’s property taxes to rise.

Multi-family homes, espe-cially highrises, use signifi-cantly more gallons of water, natural resources and produce more garbage and sewage than a SFH. A developer, small or large, also needs to pay the city to connect city sanitary, storm and water. This is not a

subsidized service.Stacking people like sar-

dines next to SkyTrain and bus stations does not magi-cally cure overpopulation and environmental challenges.

While property values sky-rocket, realtors, developers, investors and municipal cof-fers make more money from multi-family units.Rick Evon, Port Moody

Different levels of gov’t must pay their shares

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The Editor,Re. “A sensible idea on infra-

structure” (Opinion, The Tri-City News, Jan. 15).

The Tri-City News’ editorial supports the rationale floated by Port Coquitlam council that since the two senior levels of government collect 90% of taxes, they should pay 90% of infrastructure costs. This posi-tion defies logic as much as if I were to suggest that since cities take 8% of all taxes collected, they should contribute 8% of

the cost of defence, foreign af-fairs, health care, education and many areas that are the respon-sibility of senior government.

You seem to forget the country is structured such that each level of government has its own jurisdiction that it must pay for. Federal highways and inter-provincial infrastruc-ture are funded by the federal government while intercity highways and infrastructure are supposed to be funded by the provincial government.

Cities are left to fund roads and bridges within their boundar-ies and, if they can’t, then it’s because the rate of taxation is too low or they are misspend-ing the taxes they collect.

I hope PoCo council’s sug-gestion was not just another at-tempt to rationalize in simplistic terms why another level of gov-ernment should bear the cost of something that’s the city’s responsibility. Call me a skeptic but I think that may be part of it.Bob Elliott, Port Coquitlam

The Editor,TransLink is inconsiderate

in its treatment of the citizens of the Tri-Cities and Metro Vancouver outside of down-town Vancouver when it comes to conversion to the Compass Card system.

TransLink has established only two offices where people can have their FareSaver tickets credited to a new Compass

pass: Stadium Station, week-days between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and Waterfront Station, weekdays between 6:45 a.m. and 6 p.m.

A TransLink representative told me on the phone that apart from travelling to one of those two offices, the only other way for me to convert my FareSaver tickets to a new Compass Card is to mail the tickets to TransLink

— and quickly disclaimed re-sponsibility for lost mail.

Conversion of the tickets can-not even be done at TransLink’s head office, which is a stone’s throw from where I live.

Is TransLink equitably serving all the citizens of GVRD? Who has the “bark” to make TransLink listen, and who has the “bite” to make TransLink act?Robert Young, Port Coquitlam

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Concert Properties, which owns the development at 550 Cottonwood Ave., is offering the suites at below market rent for a year to help the new-comers stabilize in their new country, said Brian McCauley, Concert’s president and CEO. The rental fees are in line with B.C. income assistance rates and include utilities.

“It was just a moment in time when we had space avail-able and we offered them,” McCauley said.

The company is working with the Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISS) to help the families get settled and offered the apartments as a housing solution in December after learning about the plight of refugees.

“We have always looked to be a good partner in the neighbourhoods we work in,” McCauley said.

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Although the 327-unit property near the Burquitlam Evergreen Line station will likely be re-developed one day, the rezoning process hasn’t begun and the suites were empty because the previous tenants had left, not because of evictions, McCauley said.

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Fletcher earns a D-Day award from FranceDIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

Ted Fletcher is a survivor.He has been exploded

out of a tank and shot in the shoulder. He has suffered shrapnel wounds to his leg and nearly died crawling through a field of burning grain in Normandy, France.

Now, at 91, for all his ef-forts and because of his role in France’s liberation from the Nazis more than 70 years ago, the Coquitlam resident has been awarded the rank of Knight in France’s National Order of Legion of Honour, the country’s highest honour.

Early last month, Fletcher received the medal in the mail, along with a letter from the French ambassador to Canada.

The award was given to 1,000 Canadian veterans to com-memorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the storming of Juno beach and subsequent battles. Port Moody resident Guy Black, a longtime advocate for Canadian veterans, helped Fletcher apply.

“I feel very grateful, it’s an honour,” Fletcher told The Tri-City News last month.

Fletcher was only 19 when he joined the army in 1943. It seemed like the right thing to do because other men his age were signing up. After train-ing in Vernon, Fletcher was sent to England as part of the preparation for the assault on Normandy’s beaches.

When he arrived in France, in June 1944, Fletcher was as-signed to various jobs as a tank gunner, experiencing several battles in four different tanks over a six-week period.

“Every day of my life, for maybe just a short period of time, I think about it,” says

Fletcher of his war experiences.Those memories are as clear

today as they were 70 years ago, and Fletcher tells the story slowly. He recalls, for example, the time he scrambled from an exploded tank and crawled through a field of grain set alight by the Germans, taking a bullet in the shoulder and shrapnel in his leg — a German prisoner of war, a medic, put some powder on his leg to help it heal. His final day of service was Aug. 14, when he was sent to a field hos-pital for his injuries.

Today, what Fletcher prefers to think about most are the good times with his pals from the First Hussars Canadian Army regiment, many of them who didn’t survive Normandy. Fletcher wishes their families could get an award, too.

“I feel that there was a lot of people who should have got it but didn’t get it — those that have passed away — because a requirement was you had to be alive,” he said.

After the war, Fletcher re-turned to Canada, eventually settling in Coquitlam, getting married and, with his wife Pat, raising a family in a house on Hillside Avenue. Today, it’s his grandson, Christopher, who listens to his stories and appre-ciates the effort his grandfather made to liberate France.

Each year, the family attends Remembrance Day ceremo-nies, and Fletcher’s other med-als are hung in a frame on the wall of his living room. Soon, the French medal will occupy a place of honour, a memento from a grateful nation that is facing struggles even today with terrorist attacks on its soil.

Fletcher’s heart goes out to the people of France, whose fields and cities he tried to liber-ate with the allied forces, and the French medal is a symbol of that sacrifice and achievement.

“I feel it’s a legacy to leave to my family,” he says.


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ABOVE LEFT: DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS; OTHERS: SUBMITTED PHOTOSTed Fletcher (above left) displays the National Order of the Legion of Honour medal — the French equivalent of the Order of Canada — he recently received for his role in the liberation of France in 1944. Fletcher, a Coquitlam resident, was a tank gunner who was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Fletcher was a member of the First Hussars Canadian Army regiment (in the top photo, he is in the bottom row, closest to the camera).

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JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSChristine Malone and Pia Longstaffe of Port Coquitlam were two of 27 painters with Art Focus Artists Association who took part in a collaborative installation about Riverview Hospital. The piece will be exhibited for the ArtConnect exhibit running Feb. 15 to March 5 in the Pendulum Gallery, HSBC Building (885 West Georgia, Vancouver).

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The nomination comes as the company next month mounts its third show, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby.

Align will compete against Hairspray (TUTS), My Fair Lady (Royal City Musical Theatre), The Secret Garden (Exit 22/Capilano University) and Triumph of Love (UBC Theatre).

Brent Hughes, the music teacher at Dr. Charles Best secondary in Coquitlam, is also up for Outstanding Music Direction for his work in Addams while Chad Matchette of Coquitlam’s Lindbjerg Academy of Performing Arts is nomi-nated for Outstanding Direction.

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Our Riverview lands, paintedVISUAL ARTS

JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News

There are scenes of heritage buildings, gardens and visitors on a guided tour. There are fish in a pond and flowers in a field. And there’s even an abstract image of a fortune teller’s glass ball, with a large tree inside.

These are images — painted in acrylics and oils — by 27 art-ists with Port Coquitlam’s Art Focus Artists Association, for a new exhibit that opens next month under the auspices of the Tri-City umbrella group, ArtsConnect, in Vancouver.

Christine Malone, one of the participating artists, said Art Focus was honoured to be in-vited to the group show, which opens Feb. 15 — three days after the final public consulta-tion ends on the future of the Riverview Hospital lands.

Over the course of six months last year, the historic grounds took on new mean-

ing for her group. Artists spent time researching online, visiting the site, studying de-tails and sketching out what Riverview meant to them.

And when it came time for them to submit their canvasses last month, each told a differ-

ent story but shared the same theme: Preserve Riverview.

The artists also jotted down their impressions of the 244 acres for the art installation: “Let’s Keep Them for Future Generations to Enjoy,” one art-ist noted while others stated,

“Beauty of Nature Heals” and “A Road into Beauty.”

Their messages, along with the 12x12 inch panels and a history depicting the project, have been mounted onto three cube towers for the exhibit.

“We wanted to present a

complete vision from an art-ist’s perspective,” Malone said, “and we all really bought into this project from the begin-ning because we believe the grounds are so special. We don’t want an urban sprawl there. Fifty years down the road, we don’t want a cement jungle.”

Pia Longstaffe, another PoCo artist, added, “It’s im-portant to bring awareness of these grounds to show Riverview is a gem…. Open spaces are important around the world so if New York City can have Central Park, why can’t Coquitlam have Riverview? It makes sense.”

After the Vancouver exhibit ends March 5, Malone hopes to see the towers displayed in public spaces around B.C. They’re also expected to be shown at the Art Focus show at in PoCo, next January.


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What becomes of packaged material after consumers and companies dump it?

That’s the subject of an ex-hibit that opened this month at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts.

Diana Durrand, Claire Moore and Jo-Ann Sheen — all founding members of the Fort Gallery in Fort Langley — used their skills to create beauty in discarded (and often gaudy) paper and packaging.

And each artist had different ways to show how they view those kinds of remains.

Durrand found her inspira-tion while on a dog walk one night. On the ground, a moon-beam hit a shape that looked to her like a Japanese kimono.

On closer inspection, however, it was a flattened McDonald’s french fry con-tainer.

Her mixed media series of “McMonos” contrasts the 17th century formal robe with 21st century packaging — a kind of east meets west of traditional ways versus modern trash.

By contrast Moore, who im-migrated to Canada more than two decades ago, delved into photos by Zwelethu Mthethwa and Ronnie Levitan, who snapped the guts of ghettos in her native South Africa in the 1980s and ‘90s.

The shacks they docu-mented were wallpapered with print run ends and Moore said she drew a “nostalgic associa-tion” from the images into her work.

“I wanted to explore how

people keep that packaging in their memory bank for years and years,” she said.

She also referenced Cape Dorset printmaking in her se-ries (shown in Kenojuak).

Meanwhile, Sheen exam-ined the mountains of garbage that heads to the landfill or re-cycling plant and their original purposes. Through her study, she altered their context.

The trio’s display will be in Place des Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery until Feb. 6. Also showing this month are The Selective Eye (Suite ‘E’ Life Drawing Group) in the Atrium Gallery and Fragments of Life (Anson Aguirre Firth) in the Leonore Peyton Salon.

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Dogfight (Awkward Stage Productions).

Erika Babins, the musical theatre com-pany teacher/director at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts, will be up against Port Coquitlam resident Valerie Easton for the Outstanding Choreography accolade. Babins did the steps to The It Girl (Drama Natrix Productions) while Easton worked the moves for Love’s Labour’s Lost (Bard on the Beach).

Terry Fox second-ary grad Justin Lapena is also up for an award for Outstanding Chorus Member “Gypsy” - Male for his work in My Fair Lady, You’re a Good Man Charlie Grown and The It Girl. He will face Port Coquitlam’s Nicholas Bradbury, who is nomi-nated for his roles in the Rocky Horror Show and Oliver!

As well, actor and mu-sician Scott Perrie, who grew up in Coquitlam, is nominated for Outstanding Supporting Performance - Male for his portrayal of The Misfit in Godspell (Arts Club).

The 12th annual Ovation! Awards will be presented Jan. 31.

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Council gave first three readings to the proposed new bylaw on December 7, 2015. Staff anticipatesCouncil will give final consideration to the adoption of a new Vehicle for Hire Bylaw (No. 4540, 2015) atthe Regular Council meeting scheduled for Monday,March 14, 2016. As this date may change, pleaseconsult the Council Meeting Calendar and Agenda pages on the City’s website atwww.coquitlam.ca/agendas for updated meeting information.

How do I find out more information?A copy of the proposed bylaw and a supporting staff report may be inspected in person at the City Clerk’sOffice, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.fromMonday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.

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Irish dancers off to Scotland for worlds

ARTS IN BRIEF

Six dancers with the Coquitlam-based Penk O’Donnell School of Irish Dance are off to Scotland this spring for an international competition.

The dancers — three of whom live in Coquitlam: Leila Jung, Hannah Pruner and Megan Findlay — will appear at the 2016 World Irish Dance Championships; other school dancers have also qualified for the North American Nationals, being held in Orlando in July, said Melissa Slack, president of the Eire Pacific Society.

FAMILY FUNJoin First Nations dancer

Nyla Carpentier for a powwow performance Sunday as part of Place des Arts’ Family Day.

The Coquitlam arts hub will feature Carpentier, who is the second artist-in-residence of the season and will dance to a piece call Powwow Expressions, which explores the history and dance style of the Woman’s Fancy Shawl dance. The public will have a chance to learn some of the steps afterwards.

Family Day at PdA will also include workshops based on the media used by the exhibit-ing artists: Suite E Life Drawing Group, Anson Aguirre Firth and Package Deal.

The free event runs from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 1120 Brunette Ave. To RSVP, call 604-664-1636 or go online to Brown Paper Tickets.

ART DEMOWatercolour artist Yuki

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Goldman is appearing at

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FILM FINALSA Port Moody secondary

grad is part of six winning teams picked for the Crazy8s filmmaking competition.

Joel Ashton McCarthy is the director and writer for I Love You So Much It’s Killing Them, a piece written by Mike Doaga and produced by Nach Dudsdeemaytha and Marena Dix. The narrative tells the story of a fictional serial killer who pines for love.

The Crazy8 finalists for the 17th annual contest were announced last week and se-lected out of 179 original short-film submissions.

The other five shortlisted candidates are: A Family of Ghosts (director/writer

Shannon Kohli, producer Rob Meekison); Grocery Store Action Movie (director Matthew Campbell, writ-ers Peter Carlone and Chris Wilson, producers Jameson Parker, David Kaye and Ryan Silva); Iteration 1 (director/writer Jesse Lupini, writer Lucas Kavanagh, producers Arshia Navabi and Mert Sari); Meet Cute (director/writer Patrick Currie, writer Brendee Green, producer Michele Picard); Trying (director/writer Shauna Johannesen, producer Lulu Pan).

Starting Feb. 12, the teams will have eight days to shoot, edit and post their films.

A screening fundraiser for the contest will be held Jan. 28 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver. To donate via its Indiegogo campaign, visit http://igg.me/at/crazy8s2016/x/6071525.


PHOTO SUBMITTEDPort Moody artist David Carey narrows his lens on what night readers might have in their hands for his new exhibit that opens today (Wednesday) in PoMo. Adopt a Bookworm runs until Feb. 28 at Gallery Bistro (2411 Clarke St.), with a reception on Saturday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Viewers can also enter to win an exhibited image — all 20 of which will be given away at the end of the show.

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B.C. championship on Vandale’s home turfSCOTTIES TOURNAMENT OF HEARTS

PoMo competitor gets ready for the curling tourneyGARY MCKENNAThe Tri-CiTy News

Trysta Vandale will not have to travel too far when she com-petes with Team Thompson at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women’s Curling Championship this week.

The 30-year-old Port Moody resident, who is a member of the Royal City Club, is the only Tri-City curler at the event — her fifth trip to the provincial tournament.

“It’s a great feeling to play in front of a hometown crowd,” she said in an email. “Having some hard cheering fans in the stands is always good.”

In preparing for this week’s tournament, Vandale said the team will stick to its usual training regimen. Because

the players reside in different parts of the province — some Team Thompson members live in Kamloops — she added that it is important for the team to get together for regu-lar practice sessions.

“Not a lot changes com-pared to our normal routine during the competition sea-son,” she said.

Vandale started out in the sport when she was six years old and growing up in Elkford, B.C. Both of her parents played and decided to start bringing her along to the rink to learn the game and watch some of the older players compete.

“It became more cost effi-cient for them to start bringing me along,” she said. “I guess 24 years later, it all worked out for the best.”

Today, Vandale is hoping to take her first shot at a national title and said she relishes the opportunity to maybe one day represent Canada at an Olympics.

The camaraderie that comes with being a curler is also something she said is an important part of competing in the sport.

“The friendships I have fos-tered all around the world are priceless,” she said.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOPort Moody curler Trysta Vandale said she is looking forward to competing at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women’s Curling Championship at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex this week.

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place at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex between Jan. 19 and 24. The semifinals and finals will be televised on Sportsnet. For more information go to bcscotties2016.curlbc.ca or playdowns.com.

ELAINE FLEURY PHOTOThe Riverside Rapids defeated Kelowna secondary 79-72 to win third place at the AAA girls high school basketball Top Ten Shootout tournament last weekend.

THIRD FOR riverside AT TOP 10 TourNeyGARY MCKENNAThe Tri-CiTy News

The Riverside Rapids were two points away from punch-ing their ticket to the AAA girls high school basketball Top Ten Shootout tourna-ment last weekend but ran out of time in the semifinal game against Seycove sec-ondary.

The team battled hard for most of the game but when the clock ran out they were down 71-69, missing out on a chance to take home the top prize.

Instead, the top-ranked club had to settle for third place, defeating the Kelowna secondary Owls 79-72 in a conciliation game on Saturday afternoon.

Seycove moved on to the finals, where the squad was routed in a 104-41 loss against Brookswood secondary.

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The Rapids got off to a strong start at the tournament, defeating New Westminster secondary 74-40 in Game 1 on Thursday before downing Panorama Ridge secondary 77-60 the next day. That set the stage for the semifinal loss to Seycove, which took place later on Friday, before the bronze medal game on Saturday.

Rapids players Shae Sanchez was named to the first team all stars for the tour-nament.

Centennial secondary and Dr. Charles Best secondary also had teams in the tourna-ment.

Best struggled in the tour-nament opener, falling to Oak Bay secondary 68-55, but bounced back with a 59-46 win over the Centennial Centaurs later in the day.

Another win over Claremont secondary on

Friday set up a battle for ninth place against W.J. Mouat, which Best won 70-56. Shanto Borrego was given honourable mention all-star recognition at the end of the tournament.

Meanwhile, the Centaurs struggled throughout the tour-nament, falling to Kelowna 83-41 before the loss to Best last Thursday. Centennial fell again 67-37 against Churchill

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