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SARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is inves-tigating what it describes as a targeted shooting death in Port
Coquitlam over the weekend, the Tri-Cities’ first murder of 2016.
Police were called to the 2100-block of Rindall Avenue, between McLean and Kingsway avenues, shortly after
9 p.m. last Friday, after receiv-ing reports of shots fired.
A man was found on the road suffering from gunshot wounds and taken to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, where he died a
short time later.By Saturday evening IHIT
had identified the man but are not releasing his name.
“IHIT investigators are working closely with Coquitlam RCMP and Lower
Mainland support units to determine what occurred on Rindall Avenue,” IHIT spokes-person Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said in a press release. “It ap-pears from the evidence found at the scene, and information
obtained to this point, that this was targeted and that at this point there is nothing to indicate the public is at risk as a result of this incident.”
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27, 2016Your community. Your stories.TCTRI-CITYNEWS
ONLINE 24/7: TRICITYNEWS.COM INSIDE: Byelection candidate profile: Jodie Wickens [pg. 3] / Sports [pg. 23]
JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSSelina Park, 18, of Port Moody’s Heritage Woods secondary, with her painting “Hysteria,” one of dozens of artworks on display at Evergreen Cultural Centre for Emerging Talent 19. The annual exhibit by Grade 12 students in School District 43 opened Sunday and runs until Feb. 22. For more on Emerging Talent, please see page 20.
CONTACT THE TRI-CITY NEWS: [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] / 604-472-3040
TC ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT: 21shrek, Fiona on stage at Centennial
EMERGING TALENT AT EVERGREEN BYELECTION
early vote numbers are strong
More than 1,200 voters in the provincial riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain cast their bye-lection ballots in the advance polls last weekend.
Of the 38,099 registered voters, 667 residents in the neighbourhoods of Westwood Plateau, Burke Mountain and Coquitlam Town Centre made their marks last Saturday while another 540 voted Sunday.
That’s more than in the rid-ing of Vancouver-Mt. Pleasant, which had 592 voters last Saturday and 400 Sunday out of 40,000 registered voters.
Both ridings are holding byelections as a result of MLAs running in last October’s fed-eral election.
Meanwhile, early voting will restart today (Wednesday) and run until Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at three locations: Evergreen Cultural Centre, and Panorama Heights and Coquitlam River elementary schools.
The byelection will be held next Tuesday, Feb. 2.
see SHOOTINGS, page 5
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Advocacy for region Wickens’ aimBYELECTION: COQUITLAM-BURKE MOUNTAIN
JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News
Jodie Wickens figures she has knocked on nearly every door in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain by now.
And, if she hasn’t, her cam-paign team has.
Since winning the nomi-nation Dec. 6, Wickens and her army of volunteers have pounded the pavement — rain or shine, day and night — risen early to wave signs at commut-ers, even spread the word at a Coquitlam Express hockey game with BC NDP Leader John Horgan.
Her supporters include high-profile MLAs from Metro
Vancouver and Vancouver Island as well as Tri-City politicians of the same po-litical stripe. Coquitlam Coun. Chris Wilson, who ran in the
last provincial election for the NDP, is regularly by her side, as is Coquitlam-Maillardville MLA Selina Robinson. She is also backed by Port Coquitlam
MLA Mike Farnworth, Port Coquitlam city councillors Brad West and Glenn Pollock, Coquitlam Coun. Bonita Zarrillo, Port Moody Coun. Rick Glumac and PoMo-Coquitlam MP Fin Donnelly.
Wickens, who has been a NDP member for two years, regularly posts her activities via Twitter as well as a common message she and her team have been heard from voters: People are looking for a change.
On Burke Mountain, she said, they’re unhappy about the lack of schools and public transit. On Westwood Plateau, affordability is the big issue. And in Coquitlam Town Centre, there’s concern about the im-pact of the Evergreen Line when it opens early next year.
They’re repeating themes that have big consequences for families and seniors espe-cially, and she points to the BC Liberal government for failing to take action.
“I haven’t heard that Doug [Horne] was a strong advocate
for the community,” Wickens said of the former BC Liberal MLA, adding, “There certainly is a desire and hope that [voters] can have a stronger representa-tion. They believe in me. They trust me. They’re concerned about things. I will keep work-ing really hard every day and I think people see that passion.”
“They certainly feel that they have missed out on that for a long time,” she added.
Her plan is to bring more advocacy to Victoria. On the school front — she ran for a school trustee seat in 2014 — she states, “We need people who will stand up for it and keep putting pressure on it. The people who are in power need to feel enough pressure. Education is a priority for me and it would be a priority for the BC NDP. When those things are a priority for you, you make them happen.”
Wickens said her work with the non-profit Autism Support Network has taught her how to make connections. In her role
as executive director, Wickens works with families with autis-tic children, arranges meetings and helps to prepare them to reach a goal. “When you have a group of people together talk-ing to elected officials about challenges, you have much more power than when you are on your own, by yourself,” she said.
And if elected MLA, she said she plans to continue the fight to have families heard. Funding is part of the solution but, for autism, it’s complex as no two families have the same needs.
“I feel that, far too often, particularly this government listens only to people at the top and the bureaucrats in-stead of the families that are going through what I’m going through,” said Wickens, whose nine-year-old son has autism. “I have a voice to talk about those challenges and bring those challenges to Victoria.”
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JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSBC NDP byelection candidate Jodie Wickens talks to a volunteer at her Lougheed Highway campaign office.
CANDIDATEJODIE WICKENSBC NDPTwitter: @jbtwickensEmail: [email protected]: jodiewickens.bcndp.caPhone: 604-472-5466
The father of Port Coquitlam hero Terry Fox has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
On Tuesday, the family of Rolland ‘Rolly’ Fox is-sued a statement about the health of the 80-year-old, saying, “He remains in very good spirits, confirmed by the dated and overused humour we are forced to endure. Though initially troubled by the news, Rolly is committed to approach-ing the challenge now before him by adhering to the traits — optimism and a never-give-up attitude — that he likely passed on to his son Terry.”
Rolly Fox started smok-ing at the age of 19 but quit 30 years later on a dare from a brother.
“Rolly has been a behind-the-scenes be-liever of Terry’s mission for 36 years,” the statement continues. “More recently, with the passing of Betty, his wife of 54 years and Terry’s mom, he has been more active visiting Terry
Fox Runs across Canada and personally signing over 14,000 thank-you letters every year.”
The statement notes: “Lung cancer claims the lives of more Canadians than any other form of can-cer, though, because of the smoking stigma, it is often neglected as a funding pri-ority for research. The Terry Fox Research Institute... recently completed a pan-Canadian study to detect lung cancer early.”
Rolly diagnosed with lung cancer
TERRY FOX
TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTORolly Fox speaking at the Terry Fox Hometown Run in Port Coquitlam.
‘we have a reason to be here’SHARE SOCIETY
share’s new CeO has been a new-comer beforeDIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News
When Sylvia Ceacero landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, she had just graduated from high school and didn’t speak a word of English. At the time, the young Spaniard had no idea of what the future in Canada would bring.
Fast forward 33 years and Ceacero now heads Share Family and Community Services, one of the Tri-Cities’ largest social service agencies, providing programs to children, youth, families, seniors and the region’s three food banks.
Ceacero, who hails most recently from Ottawa, where she was the CEO for the 185,000-member National Association of Federal Retirees, is settling in to her new job over-seeing programs for 17,000 cli-ents annually and 130 staff and contractors.
The job is a challenge, Ceacero admits, but it’s one for which she is ready.
‘This opportunity captured my imagination. I knew this
would be my next job, I had that kind of certainty,” said Ceacero, who first visited Vancouver with her husband in 2010 and fell in love with it.
When the Share post came up following the departure of for-mer CEO Martin Wyant, Ceacero said she thought she would be a good fit, with a range of experi-
ence that is often the hallmark of the immigrant experience. Her first jobs were piecework sewing for Tip Top Tailors, where she learned English, and she later sold encyclopedias to raise funds to go to university. Among her first social service jobs was help-ing immigrants with employ-ment counselling and she has
experience in fundraising and leadership.
“At the end of the day, people are people, no matter where you go,” Ceacero says. “People want to feel part of a community.”
IMAGINE 2016Ceacero is also looking for-
ward to the Imagine 2016 fun-draiser, set for Saturday, March 5 at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam, where there will be tastings from 10 local restaurants, live and silent auctions, a 50-50 draw and a competition between celebrity chefs, and their mayoral sous chefs, to make a tasty meal from food in a food bank hamper.
The event will raise money for the food bank and other pro-grams, including counselling for struggling families, assistance for newcomers and support for youth battling addiction issues.
Ceacero hopes people will come out to support Share’s work. “We have a reason to be here, not just Share, but as indi-viduals, we have a responsibility to make the world better.”
Tickets for the event can be purchased at eventbrite.ca; for more information, visit share-society.ca/imagine/ or call 604-540-9161.
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DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWSSylvia Ceacero, CEO for Share Family and Community Services.
WWW.TRICITYNEWS.COMA4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016, TRI-CITY NEWS
Hot liquids a danger in the home, so teach kids
FIRE SAFETY
Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services is using Burn Awareness Week as an opportunity to remind parents of the dangers of children being scalded by hot liquids.
Scalds are the most common cause of burns in kids, the de-partment said in a press release, and parents should educate youngsters about dangers at home.
The department said each year in Canada, 9,000 children
visit emergency rooms for burns, half of which resulted from scalds involving hot liquids.
Fire officials said parents can take action by installing anti-scald devices on tub faucets and shower heads, and should place hot liquids at the centre of the table or at the back of the counter. Parents should also never hold a child while cook-ing, drinking a hot liquid or carrying hot foods or liquids, and a kid-free zone should be
established at least three feet around a stove.
The annual Burn Awareness Week takes place between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6 and is designed to teach kids to be responsible for their own safety. Elementary students across B.C. who participate in a poster contest could win a cash prize for their school. For more information, go to www.burnfund.org.
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Shootings last year in the same area of PoCo
TRI-CITY CRIME
The murder comes after a string of shootings late last year in the same neighbourhood.
Shots rang out from a home in the 2400-block of Kelly Avenue just before 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, 2015; neighbours pointed out the house to police officers, who later questioned the nearly dozen “unco-oper-ative” occupants of the home, which is known to police.
A month later, Coquitlam RCMP were called to an apart-ment building in the 2300-block of Wilson Avenue, near Bury Avenue, again for reports of shots fired at about 10:30 p.m. A man was injured in the Dec. 18 shooting and Major Crimes investigators said it was a targeted incident.
Despite the cluster of crimes, local police say resi-dents are safe.
“Understandably, two in-
cidents in a matter of a few weeks may cause concern for the public and those who live in the area,” Const. Jamie Phillipson wrote in an email to The Tri-City News. “However, Port Coquitlam is a safe com-munity and these types of violent crimes are actually ex-tremely rare.”
Anyone with information regarding the Rindall Avenue murder investigation is asked to contact the IHIT informa-tion line at 1-877-4448 or [email protected], or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or www.solvecrime.ca.
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Plans to knock down L’École des Pionniers de Maillardville got the OK from Port Coquitlam this week.
On Monday, council granted a development variance per-mit to allow School District 93 to demolish the former Port Coquitlam high/Terry Fox secondary school, located at 3550 Wellington St. (SD93 serves the francophone com-munity in the Tri-Cities, Ridge Meadows, Burnaby and New Westminster.)
SD93 wants to replace L’École des Pionniers — which, in its earliest incarnation, was Terry Fox’s alma mater — with a new building to meet seismic standards at a cost of about $25 million; it will be built to meet LEED gold standards.
Meanwhile, some PoCo sec-ondary alumni are planning a last dance at the school on May 21 before it’s torn down. Details have yet to be con-firmed.
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Land Use Committee NoticeThe City of Port Moody’s Land Use Committee is holding a public meeting to consider the following applications:
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1. A revised application for the rezoning of 2713-2725 Clarke St/87Moody St (Rezoning Application 6700-20-126)
Applicant: Aragon Properties Ltd.
Purpose: Aragon Properties Ltd. has applied to rezone the property at 2713-2725 Clarke Street/ 87 Moody Street from Comprehensive Development Zone39 (CD39) to Comprehensive Development Zone 64 (CD64). If approved, thisapplication would allow for a six storey and four storey mixed use developmentwith ground level commercial units and a variety of housing forms.
When: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 7pm • Where: Inlet Theatre, City Hall, 100 Newport Dr., Port Moody, B.C.
How can I provide input?1. If you believe your property is aected by these applications, attend themeeting in person and submit comments directly to the Land Use Committee
2. You can also send a submission in writing anytime before 12 noon onFebruary 2, 2016. If you plan on sending your feedback ahead of time, email it [email protected] or fax it to 604.469.4550.
James Stiver,MAES,MCIP, RPP, GeneralManager of Development Services
2. Charles Street (Official Community Plan Amendment Application6700-20-135)
Applicant: City of Port Moody
Purpose: To remove an Ocial Community Plan (OCP) policy that requires theCity to develop a comprehensive plan for the Charles Street neighbourhoodprior to signicant redevelopment in this area. New OCP policies for this areaare proposed to encourage land assembly and the creation of green space andstream enhancement as part of new development.
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More cops and more green spending, too
PORT COQUITLAM
JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News
More money for more Mounties and environmental projects is high on the list for Port Coquitlam’s proposed budget this year.
On Monday, the city’s bud-get and infrastructure com-mittee voted on a number of one-time enhancements and ongoing costs to be included in the draft 2016 financial plan.
That document is expected to go out for public comment within the next three weeks, before city council makes any firm decisions prior to the May deadline for budget comple-tion.
Among the items up for con-sideration are:
• A total of $1.1 million for seven new Mounties — to be hired over the next two years — for a new Uniformed Crime Reduction Unit (UCRU);
• $30,000 for parklets to draw more pedestrians to the down-town core;
• $15,000 for a joint bus rapid transit study with TransLink, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows;
• $150,000 for a new sustain-ability manager;
• $80,000 for a Renewable City program;
• and $25,000 to update the city’s environmental strategic plan.
Regarding the latter three items, on which the committee deferred voting until it receives more staff input, Mayor Greg Moore said the requests are a result of his time spent last month at the Paris climate change talks (Moore attended the UN conference in his role as Metro Vancouver board chair).
“Paris definitely showed the leadership role that cities have to play,” he told The Tri-City News on Tuesday.
As for adding Mounties, Moore said the request has more to do with the new management at the detach-ment, which PoCo shares with Coquitlam.
At Monday’s committee meeting, Coun. Darrell Penner commented on the new di-rection at Coquitlam RCMP, saying the city had been on a hiring hiatus because of the “lack of confidence” council had with former top brass.
Coquitlam RCMP Supt. Sean Maloney was unavailable for comment Tuesday but spokes-person Const. Jamie Phillipson stated in an email: “UCRU is already up and running in Coquitlam so the Coquitlam RCMP would like to see both cities benefit from having a highly visible group of police officers on the streets and inter-acting with the general public.”
Moore also said UCRU would be able to operate with the four new PoCo officers this year by staggering shifts over five days rather than seven; the unit will be at full strength by mid-2017.
If council approves the phased-in RCMP hiring, it would mean a tax cost of $304,000 for this year, a $538,000 hike for 2017 and a $239,000 increase for 2018.
Meanwhile, the committee will continue its budget delib-erations tonight (Wednesday), focusing on capital projects and cost reductions.
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More court time sought in complex Schoenborn case
ALLAN SCHOENBORN
SARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News
Dates for one of Allan Schoenborn’s upcoming hear-ings could be changing to allow the judge more time to consider the complexities of whether Bill C-14 violates the killer’s consti-tutional rights.
Schoenborn is due back in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster April 18 to 23, when lawyers will argue whether the new federal legis-lation that could deem him a high-risk accused is constitu-tional.
If it passes, another hearing
is scheduled for May 2 to 20 to determine whether the high-risk designation should, in fact, apply to Schoenborn.
But his lawyer, Rishi Gill, said he believes the judge will likely need more time to reach a deci-sion on the constitutionality of the law before the actual high-risk hearing takes place. He’ll be in court Thursday to ask that the May hearing be delayed so that public resources aren’t wasted preparing for a hearing that may not even happen.
“We think this is a very com-plicated Charter [of Rights] issue… and this is the first time this issue is before the courts,”
Gill said. “We are mindful of the fact there is going to be a lot of information for the court to go over.”
Schoenborn, who murdered his three children in April 2008 in Merritt, was found not criminally responsible in 2010 and has been at the Forensic Psychiatric Institute since then. If he is deemed a high-risk accused, Schoenborn’s BC Review Board hearings would take place up to every three years, instead of annually, and his escorted day passes would be revoked.
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PM joins attack on pipeline proposal
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Worries about oil spills and cleanup the key issuesDIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News
Port Moody has joined Burnaby, Vancouver and other cities in opposing the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline ex-pansion, saying the risks are too great and not enough has been done to assuage concerns about oil spill prevention and cleanup.
PoMo’s concerns were laid out during a National Energy Board hearing last Thursday, during which the city’s lawyer, James Yardley, criticized the lack of evidence to support the $5.4-billion project that would triple the amount of crude shipped on the Trans Mountain pipeline between Edmonton and Burnaby, and increase the number of tankers passing through Burrard Inlet from five to 34 a month.
Yardley, who was backed up by city manager Kevin Ramsay and sustainability manager Margo Davis, said Trans Mountain has failed to estab-lish the project is in the pub-
lic’s interest and has ignored PoMo’s concerns despite the fact that its shoreline would be affected by even a small spill.
Among the issues raised by Yardley was the lack of con-sideration of the impact a spill would have on a shoreline that supports two hatcheries, salmon and birds, including species at risk. He also said Trans Mountain has failed to produce baseline studies of the environmental impact of a spill while also ignoring the poten-tial costs to the city for emer-gency preparedness, response and cleanup.
“There is every reason to be-lieve that there will be oil spills associated with the project,” Yardley said, pointing out that spills have occurred on the ex-isting Trans Mountain pipeline previously, including a 2007 oil spill in Burnaby.
Yardley was also critical of the company for not answering the city’s questions about oil spill prevention and cleanup because it will only claim responsibility for oil moving through the pipeline and on to tankers at its Westridge facility.
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City of CoquitlamNOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PERMANENT CHANGETO EXISTING LIQUOR LICENCE - PAPA’S SHISH KABAB
Papa’s Shish Kabab, located at #100 - 500 Clarke Road, Coquitlam, has applied to the Liquor Control andLicensing Branch (LCLB) for a permanent change to its Food-Primary Liquor Licence, in order to allow forpatron participation entertainment in the form of dine and dance (Friday, Saturday and holiday/specialevent evenings only). The patron participation entertainment endorsement, if approved, would applyduring existing licensed hours, which end at midnight.
In accordance with the Liquor Control and Licensing Act and Regulations, the City of Coquitlam has beenasked to provide comments and a recommendation on the application to the LCLB.
The City invites residents to provide input to Council with respect to how this liquor licence, if approved,may affect them and their property. The City of Coquitlam will be receiving the input requested hereinprior to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016:
Email: [email protected]
Fax: 604-927-3015
Mail: City Clerk’s Office, City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam, B.C., V3B 7N2
In person at City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay at the City Clerk’s Office during the hoursof 8:oo a.m. to 5:00 p.m. fromMonday to Friday excluding statutory holidays.
Input received will be provided to Council in the form of a report at a Regular Council Meeting. Councilwill consider the input provided and submit a formal recommendation on the application to the LCLB.
Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of the public recordwhich includes the submissions being made available for public inspection at Coquitlam City Hall andpotentially on our website as part of a future agenda package at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas.
Additional information concerning this application can be obtained by contacting Marnie Burnham, CityClerk’s Office, at 604-927-3016.
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Many cities opposedTRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE
Cleanup related to any spills from tanker would be the re-sponsibility of third parties.
The company has “inex-plicably gone to great lengths in resisting disclosure of such plans,” Yardley told the NEB hearing.
While laying out its con-cerns, Port Moody also recom-mended an oversight agency should be established to co-ordinate oil spill response and cleanup; the agency would be funded by the project propo-nents and would absorb all
the risks and costs of oil spill prevention and cleanup, in-cluding doing scientific studies to observe changes in the inlet over time and co-ordinating volunteers.
“Such an entity would be useful in addressing multiple projects, current and future, addressing present and cu-mulative risks in a much more meaningful way,” Davis said.
PoMo’s response, devel-oped over the last several months, cost $100,000 for re-search and lawyer’s fees, and was made as the NEB panel considers the project for a
final recommendation in May.Port Moody was one of
several intervenors in 10 days of oral hearings in Burnaby and its concerns were echoed by other cities that presented at the hearings. For example, a study tabled in evidence estimates Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Langley Township and Abbotsford will have to shoulder $93 million in addi-tional municipal infrastructure costs over the next 50 years as a result of the pipeline expan-sion.
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Drivers may want to avoid Shaughnessy Street in Port Coquitlam for the next few days as crews work to demol-ish a building destroyed by fire last fall.
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Questions before you voteWith B.C.’s legisla-
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9, one week after voters are slated to go to the polls in the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection, the Tri-Cities’ newest MLA will have to be prepared to immediately jump into the fray in Victoria.
Who will be the most prepared?
Over the next few weeks, during the throne speech and budget pre-sentation, we can expect the BC Liberals to laud their own accomplish-ments on cutting red tape, creating more nursing jobs, governing during a stable economy that generated small raises for most unionized provincial employees, and accept-ing increased migration, including 5,000 more stu-dents, whose enrolment in schools will have to be paid for.
Sure, B.C.’s economy is doing better than prov-inces to the immediate east. But there are clouds
on the horizon and an astute MLA will need to be able to look carefully into the future. Voters don’t need another yes man or woman, regardless of what party they belong to. Instead, they need some-one who will keep an eye on what’s really going on behind the scenes and scream loudly when things aren’t right.
For example, what does it mean to affordability
when housing prices go up because of foreign investment? How are B.C. wages standing up to higher food prices as a result of Canada’s sink-ing dollar? How will the province weather global economic uncertainty caused by China’s falter-ing economy? Is LNG still the cash-cow the Liberals promised it will be?
Here’s what the prov-ince is doing for now: al-
lowing mining companies to defer their electricity bills, something that most B.C. families, many of which are also struggling with rising costs, don’t get, while also extending tax credits to that sector.
Meanwhile, how are the lucrative tourism, film and export sectors — all big job generators — faring? What is being done to ensure they can take advantage of the low dollar?
There are many ques-tions that need to be an-swered as the legislature gets ready for the spring session and voters have a huge responsibility to pick a politician in Coquitlam-Burke Mountain who will do the necessary job of holding the government to account.
One more question to ask yourself: Do the candidates seeking your vote have the breadth of knowledge and experience for your vote or are they one-issue wonders? Check out what they have to say at www.tricitynews.com.
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“Loss of jobs will impact many staff, hope they are offered other opportunities.”Linda Pennell, on our Facebook page, com-menting on the pend-ing closure of Thrifty Foods in Coquitlam
“I agree, this was railroaded from the get-go. Even BC Housing ac-knowledged that an overwhelm-ing majority of those they met with through the public ‘consulta-tion’ supported a mental health facility ONLY. Can’t trust the Libs with any-thing!”Paul Barton, on our Facebook page, com-menting on a letter about the future of the Riverview site
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The Editor,I find it disturbing when you
combine really bad driving be-haviour with poor parenting.
On my morning commute, I pass through three school zones that have a few four-way stops. What was once an anomaly has now become an epidemic of drivers taking the stop signs as mere suggestions rather than obeying them.
The worst offenders are at Rochester elementary in Coquitlam. I’ve seen drivers rolling through these stop signs
even though there are little children standing on the cor-ner waiting to cross. Worse yet, these parents driving have chil-dren of their own in the car.
What are they teaching their children? What if it were their child waiting to cross and some dimwit drove through without stopping?
On the flip side, we have parents teaching their children really bad pedestrian behav-iours. At the same school, there are parents who drive their children to school. Now,
instead of walking their chil-dren to the crosswalk, which is only five to 10 m away, they dart across the road between parked cars. What do these parents think their children are going to do when they are without Mom or Dad? This has got to be the most dangerous practice a parent can teach a child. You read about it all the time, children getting struck down by cars after they have run out on the road from be-hind a parked car.Neil Swanson, Coquitlam
The Editor,A copy of a letter sent to Co-
quitlam Mayor Richard Stewart:I haven’t checked the city
bylaws recently but I know there was a restriction in place on how many trees a home-owner could remove from their property per calendar year, and I believe it was one per year.
Over the past year, I have witnessed several homes in my immediate area that have been
torn down and replaced with a monster home, the latest being the huge lot that is right beside Porter Street elementary school to the south side. There must have been between 10 to 20 beautiful, mature evergreens on the lot and they are all gone now.
Why does the city restrict established residents yet if a developer gets a hold of the property, suddenly there are no restrictions and every tree
on the lot is mowed down?I read the local papers
and know you try to give the impression of being environ-mentally friendly, and there’s no doubt you are aware of the skyrocketing levels of CO2 in our atmosphere. How about showing a little leadership, and putting an end to the destruc-tion of the forested land in our community.Robert Horton, Coquitlam
The Editor,Re. “Mental health facil-
ity, commercial district are in works for Riverview” (The Tri-City News, Dec. 18) and “The future — or the destruc-tion — of Riverview?” (Green Scene, Jan. 8).
Did you know that the fate of Riverview and its grounds rests not with Coquitlam and its council, or with the urgent needs of the mentally ill, or with the film industry, or with fans of the arboretum, or with any heritage society.
No, none of the above. The answer actually lies with Vancouver’s own Fraser Institute.
The neo-liberal think tank holds in very high esteem the work of a little-known (and short-lived) French economist and legislator, Frédéric Bastiat, who wrote during the turmoil of the Revolution of 1848. It is
his ideas that are having a determinative effect on the fate of Riverview. In his most famous essay “The Law,” Bastiat argues that “man is born a property owner” and “property is a divine institu-tion and that its safety and protection are the object of human law.”
Clearly, Bastiat, like the Fraser Institute, is thinking only of private property — not public property — so the 244 acres of Riverview land have to make their own money or, at least, “break even.” (And it is the province that has brought the hospital — once a public institution — to ruin, along with the mentally ill of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.) This is consistent with the Fraser Institute’s case for privatized health care.
Fraser Institute ideol-ogy has made its way into
“provincial” thinking. It also explains why the province argues that the absence of a research hospital can be made up for by a number of local facilities that suppos-edly serve patients better in their respective regions by bringing them closer to their families.
But just because a men-tally ill person can now be treated in Prince George does not mean we should eliminate the original public role of Riverview Hospital and the lands, located cen-trally to the Lower Mainland.
Besides, judging from the Downtown Eastside alone and the problem of concurrent disorders among the mentally ill, B.C. needs hundreds of new beds, if not more, not just a shuffling of a condemned facility from Burnaby.Joerge Dyrkton, Anmore
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Coq. birthday, lax, bikes and ribs on TC’s 2016 agendaJANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News
With the Canadian dollar so low, Metro Vancouver can expect to see tourists pouring into the region this year.
There are five major attrac-tions that could bring in big bucks for the Tri-Cities — and organizers say they need the public’s help to make these events a success and have guests return to the commu-nity for years to come. They are:
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Girls’ coding club kicks off on Saturday at CPLEDUCATION & RECREATION
The world of computers is getting more interesting each day and Tri-City girls are invited to take part with a new coding club starting this weekend.
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What is to blame: Doritos or Gwyneth Paltrow?TRI-CITY LITERACY
It’s January, which means it’s time for us to collectively whip ourselves back into
shape. Here are some books to get you going:
• The Dorito Effect by Mark Schatzker: I think we’ve all had the experience of biting into a gorgeous red, ripe strawberry only to wonder where the flavour is. Author Schatzker asked a series of researchers, chefs and
scientists this same question and received some interesting answers. It turns out there’s a reason things have flavour. And, generally speaking, the more flavourful a piece of fruit or a vegetable is, the healthier it is. So why, then, is so much of our produce flavourless? Schatzker answers this question in an easy-to-read and entertaining way.
• Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything? by Timothy Caulfield: You’ve seen the photos and you’ve read the headlines — all of them promis-ing that you too can look like a celebrity if you only do... this!
The problem is “this” is often expensive and useless and, in some cases, actually harmful. What drives us to want to believe these lies? Is it the easy answers or is there more to it? This book, written by Canadian Caulfield, looks at why we take so much of what celebrities say at face value even though they’re not any more educated in these fields than many of us. This is a good look at how celebrity culture af-fects all of us.
• Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? by Alex Hutchinson: There’s a lot of information out there about how to exercise and
a lot of it came from our Grade 8 gym class. Update your knowl-edge with this fun and informa-tive guide to getting yourself in shape safely. Hutchinson, a former long-distance runner, knows a bit about how to exer-cise safely and he shares what he’s learned in this book. This is great for both experienced exercisers, gym newbies and everyone in between.
• Salt Sugar Fat by Michael Moss: This non-fiction book takes a critical look at the power fast food giants have over the consumer. The amount of re-search fast food companies have
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JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSLEFT: Olivia Zeng, a Grade 12 student at Gleneagle secondary in Coquitlam, with her oil painting Harvest Dance, a tribute to her mother who was a Chinese village dancer. ABOVE, Jason Kim, a Grade 12 Port Moody secondary student, with his Charaxes Aeternus (Eternal Butterflies) sculptures about a Chinese folk tale.
Eyes open for Emerging Talent 19VISUAL ARTS
JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News
There are no babies’ faces. No scenes of conflict. And only one image of rock ‘n roll.
Instead of doom and gloom, this year’s Emerging Talent 19 — the annual showcase of Grade 12 art in School District 43 — takes on a more positive tone than in years past.
The juried display that opened Sunday afternoon holds pictures of animals and people — often zeroing in on their eyes — as well as cultural references and other colourful, friendly themes.
Evergreen Cultural Centre visual arts manager Gregory Elgstrand, who worked with intern curator Dionne Mok of Riverside secondary school for the project, said he’s surprised by the submissions.
“There is a sense of opti-mism and personal reflection this time around,” he said.
Among the artists with work selected by retired art teachers
Jerry Pietrasko, Keith Levang and Kelly Selden — on behalf of SD43’s Local Art Teachers Association — is Olivia Zeng.
Despite the contrasting media and subject matter, the 17-year-old Gleneagle sec-ondary student has her two
pieces exhibited side by side: Harvest Dance, a 48 by 36 inch oil painting depicting a happy scene in a Chinese village post
harvest (a nod to her mother) and Voltaire, a charcoal and graphite drawing of the French thinker based on a sculpture.
Like her peers, it’s the first time Zeng has shown her work in an art gallery.
And she said the opportu-nity gives her confidence to exhibit more especially as she builds her portfolio to apply for Emily Carr University of Art + Design, after taking a gap year after graduation.
Michael Kim, also 17, plans the same post-secondary path.
The Gleneagle student has three pieces in the show that take on such current topics such as gender orientation.
His painting Etc. was in-spired after he tried to create a YouTube channel but saw there were only two ways you could identify yourself.
His Braver Than I Am, an acrylic and pencil work, fo-cuses on his best friend pro-posing with a diamond ring in a public venue, with smart-phones capturing the intimate
and happy moment.For Jason Kim, 18, a Port
Coquitlam resident who’s completing his IB certificate at Port Moody secondary, he presents a Chinese folk story by way of sculpture. Like Michael Kim, he delves into gender is-sues and the consequences of a forbidden romance.
Selina Park, also 18, of Port Moody’s Heritage Woods sec-ondary, also presents a mod-ern dilemma — that of digital connection. Her Hysteria is an acrylic self-portrait of her panic when a smartphone battery runs low on power. Her face is ripped with emotional colour.
“It shows how we are so obsessed about our electronic devices these days,” said Park, who plans to apply to post-secondary art schools in the U.S. and Canada. “It’s comical.”
Meanwhile, the public can vote for its favourite Emerging Talent 19 work during the ex-hibit run. The People’s Choice contest closes Feb. 21.
JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSMichael Kim, a Grade 12 student at Gleneagle secondary, with Etc., a comment on the lack of gender identifications available for YouTube channel loading.
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See Shrek, Fiona and Donkey at Centennial
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JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News
After two years of “edgy” performances that catered to older audiences, Centennial secondary’s musical theatre department is back with a more family-friendly show.
Next month, the Coquitlam secondary school opens Shrek: The Musical, a production the grade 9 to 12 class has been working on nearly every day since last September.
Drama teacher Lisa Boddez is directing the 33 cast mem-bers while music instructor Carole Baker is conducting a pit of 14 musicians. Together, they’ve rehearsed, made the sets, rented and sourced out costumes and found props to present the piece.
“It’s been a lot of fun,” Boddez said, “and we have a very talented group this year.”
Starring in the lead role — complete with a Scottish brogue — is Aaron Pardi, a Grade 11 student who was cast as Robbie Hart in last season The Wedding Singer. Boddez said she picked Pardi because “he’s the perfect Shrek. He does an ogre really well.”
His Fiona is Alexia Cappellini, a Grade 12 student, while Saba Mohseni, who
also graduates in June, takes on Donkey. Mohseni played the grandma in last year’s The Wedding Singer. “She has the sass and attitude to pull it off again,” Boddez said.
Meanwhile, the evil Lord Farquaad is portrayed by Grade 10 student (and Broadway Bound triple threat) Tren Wallace — the brother of Centennial alumna Roan Wallace, who in 2011 starred as Jojo in Seussical: The Musical,
the last time Centennial sec-ondary presented a show that was suitable for viewers of all ages, Boddez said.
• Shrek: The Musical runs from Feb. 4 to 6 and Feb. 11 to 13 at 7:30 p.m. at Centennial secondary school (570 Poirier St., Coquitlam). Tickets can be bought online via shrekcenten-nial.eventbrite.ca. Seating is general admission.
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JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSSaba Mohseni is Donkey, Tren Wallace plays Lord Farquaad, Aaron Pardi is Shrek and Alexia Cappellini portrays Fiona in Shrek: The Musical at Centennial secondary school in Coquitlam.
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Align makes a car fly in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News
A musical based on a British film nearly 50 years old will be mounted by a Coquitlam the-atre company next month.
Align Entertainment will present Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Michael J. Fox Theatre in Burnaby — its third production to follow The Addams Family last year.
Since it formed, Align — under the direction of Tri-City residents Patti Volk (producer), Melissa Turpin (choreographer) and Brent Hughes (music director) as well as Chad Matchette (direc-tor) of Coquitlam’s Lindbjerg Academy of the Performing Arts — has been applauded for its innovative work.
Its inaugural show, Shrek: The Musical, took the 2015 Ovation Award for Outstanding Community Production - Large Theatre while, this Sunday, it’s nominated in the same category for Addams.
Turpin, who has choreo-graphed all three productions, said Align feels like a family.
“There’s a very positive en-ergy,” the Coquitlam resident said, “and it’s great to be part of something where everybody is working toward the same goal with the same amount of effort.”
Chitty was announced as the 2016 production at the opening night of Addams last year and, since then, Turpin has been busy researching the English-style steps for the 35 or so cast members.
Auditions were held last June and, over the summer, she, Matchette and Hughes
brainstormed on the vision. By November, when rehearsals got underway, many more de-tails had to be ironed out with the actors, sets and costumes.
A dance teacher at Lindbjerg, Turpin also had to factor in the number of props used for the Chitty routines such as bamboo sticks and sweets (for the song Toot Sweets). But, for the most part, she tried to stay true to the sen-timent of the beloved family favourite.
The choreography is a way to move the storyline along, she said. “I look at, What is the song trying to convey? Why is the number where it is? And what’s happening at that point in time? I want to have fun but I also want the audience to un-derstand there’s a purpose to the dancing.”
Her husband, Mark Turpin, is also on stage as the evil Baron Bomburst, a kind of comedic villain in the fictional town of Vulgaria. “He’s really a child at heart: Selfish and self-
centred and very immature,” he said.
(Mark Turpin also played the bad boy the last time he per-formed. In 2013, he portrayed Jud Fry in Royal City Musical Theatre’s Oklahoma.)
A drama and English teacher at Delview secondary in Delta, Mark Turpin said he also enjoys being part of the rich theatre Align offers. Chitty isn’t seen regularly on the west coast of Canada and, when it is shown, it’s typically without the flying car.
For Align’s musical, how-ever, they’ve made it happen.
Audiences will also love the score, he said. When the film came out in 1968 with Dick Van Dyke as Caractacus Potts and Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious, the songs instantly became part of the musical theatre catalogue.
“The Sherman Brothers also wrote the Mary Poppins’ tunes so they’re very memorable,” Turpin said, adding, “People will be tapping their toes and singing along.”
Also in the cast are Tri-City residents Joanna Kovats, Aaron Stewart, Connor Briggs, Ryan Purdy, Joe Porter, Jaime MacLean, Alexa Graf, Jillian Perkins, Julia MacLean, Dawson Vogt and Gracen Dickey. As well, Port Moody’s Philomena Sondergaard is stage manager.
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang runs Feb. 5 to 20 at the Michael J. Fox Theatre (7373 MacPherson Ave., Burnaby). Tickets are $37.50/$25 via alignentertainment.ca (tickets are $15 on Family Day Feb. 8 as are school matinees on Feb. 12 and 18).
emily Carr, Kwantlen artists win Kwi Am Choi scholarships
Two art students have won scholarships named in mem-ory of a Port Moody artist.
Last week, the Port Moody Arts Centre named Amy Duval, a third-year BFA stu-dent at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Alana Reyce, a fourth-year visual arts student at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, as the recipients of the Kwi Am Choi Scholarship.
The family of Choi, who died while on a Grouse Mountain hiking trip in 2006, endowed PMAC with funds to create the scholarship for emerging artists between the ages of 15 and 30.
Meanwhile, the Kwi Am Choi 10-year memorial ret-rospective opens April 28 at PMAC and will include work from Duval and Reyce.
KIDS SHOWSA children’s show that’s
up for an Ovation Award on Sunday will tell its tale in Coquitlam on the same day.
The Axis Theatre Company brings Hamelin: A New Fable to the Evergreen Cultural Centre stage on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.
Directed by Chris McGregor and composed by Robert Buckley, the musical show is based on the story of the Pied Piper and teaches kids about the importance of
telling the truth and keeping your word.
Hamelin is nominated for an Ovation in the category of Outstanding New Work.
For tickets at $16/$12, call the ECC box office at 604-927-6555 or visit evergreencultur-alcentre.ca.
Meanwhile, Port Coquitlam’s Clare Wyatt — who’s nominated for an Ovation for outstanding music direction for Dogfight (Awkward Stage Productions) — is the music director for Go, Dog. Go!
The Carousel Theatre for Young People will bring the classic children’s book by P.D. Eastman alive next month at The Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island. The family show includes Coquitlam actor Sereana Malani and goes into preview Feb. 27.
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WRITERS’ TIMEMemoir writer JJ Lee will be
the guest speaker at the next Tri-City Wordsmiths’ meeting in Port Coquitlam.
Lee — whose The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit earned him a 2011 Governor-General’s Literary Award nomination — will be at the Terry Fox Library (2470 Mary Hill Rd.) on Feb. 6 from 2 to 4:30 p.m.
To register for the free talk, call the library at 604-927-7999. For more on Wordsmiths, email [email protected].
Meanwhile, Tri-City writers looking for a platform — and to hear from their local peers — have until Saturday to be part of a new series in Port Moody.
Writers in Our Midst cu-rators Marilyn Meden and Carol Hamshaw are calling for scribes to step forward for the literary event, tentatively scheduled for Feb. 18 at the Gallery Bistro.
To apply, email three samples of your work by Jan. 30 (plus a bio) to [email protected].
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COURTESY OF ALIGN ENT.The stars of Chitty include young Jaime MacLean of Port Moody as Jemima (in red hat).
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ROBERT MCDONALD PHOTOTeam Scott third Shannon Aleksic hollers to her teammates during the finals of the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts B.C. Women’s Curling Championships at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex in Coquitlam last Sunday. Team Scott, which is led by six-time B.C. champion skip Kelly Scott, fell to Team Thompson 11-3 in the finals.
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Six-time B.C. champ Kelly Scott defeated in finalsGARY MCKENNAThe Tri-CiTy News
Team Thompson has walked away with the B.C.’s curling crown after best-ing the competition at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian Women’s Championship in Coquitlam last weekend.
The rink, which features skip Karla Thompson, a high school teacher from Kamloops, defeated Team Scott in the finals, wrapping up a week at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex that saw the team go 5-2.
Team Scott, which is led by six-time B.C. champion skip Kelly Scott, was higher in the standings going into the finals, finishing up with a 6-1 record.
“We worked hard all year and it has paid off,” said Thompson.
She was joined in the win-ner’s circle with teammates Kristen Recksiedler, third, Tracey Lavery, second, and Trysta Vandale, the only Tri-City athlete competing in the competition, at lead. The club is coached by Jeff Richard.
Team Thompson started the tournament off with a strong start, besting Team Russett 8-5 in the opening draw last Tuesday. They followed up with a 9-6 win over Team Gushulak and a 9-7 win over Team Knezevic the next day and kept the winning streak
alive on Thursday with victo-ries over Team Van Osch (7-4) and Team Wark (7-6).
However, things did not go smoothly for the team on Friday, when they dropped a match against Team Gibson 11-7 and Team Scott 8-7.
However, they were able to stay in contention following an 11-10 victory over Team Scott on Saturday, which set the stage for the final showdown with Team Scott on Sunday.
Thompson has been around the game for several years.
She went to the nationals with Team Alison MacInnes in 2008 and will now represent B.C. at in Grand Prairie next month, a pre-qualifying round with the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
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ELAINE FLEURY PHOTOTeam Thompson will now head to the national pre-qualifier in Grand Prairie, Alta., next month
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The Dr. Charles Best Blue Devils kept their winning streak alive last week, posting back-to-back wins in AAA high school girls’ basketball.
Best took down Coquitlam rivals the Centennial Centaurs 58-38 on Tuesday and followed up with another victory on Friday, this time a 59-50 win over the Gleneagle Talons. Earlier in the week, the Blue Devils also defeated Heritage Woods in a 57-52 game.
The Blue Devils’ early successes have beaten expectations, with the lower-ranked team cur-rently sitting ahead of the 2-1 Riverside Rapids in the West Division stand-ings.
Riverside, which will play its fourth game of the season on Thursday when they host the Centennial Centaurs, is also off to a strong start, while the Heritage Woods Kodiaks find themselves in the middle of the pack.
The Kodiaks posted their second win of the year after defeating the Talons 58-50 last Thursday, bouncing back from the loss against Best earlier in the week.
Meanwhile, the Gleneagle Talons are cur-rently fourth in the West Division standings with a 2-5 record, while the Centennial Centaurs are in last place with a 1-3 record.
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The Centennial second-ary girls curling team is off to the B.C. High School Championships after winning their zone play downs at the Golden Ears Winter Club last week.
The team, which is made up of Grade 11 skip Heather Drexel, Grade 12 third Yuxin Zhang, Grade 12 second Catera Park ands Lea Maier (Grade 11 and Susan Jun (Grade 12) defeated Tri-City rivals Riverside secondary in the finals.
On their way to the cham-pionship match, the club managed to get past teams from Sardis, Thomas Haney and Westview to win the banner. The team will now prepare for the B.C. champi-onship in Delta in March.
This is not the first time the club has vied for a provincial title.
Last year, the team took home a bronze medal at the event along with a Fraser Vally championship banner.
The Centennial boys team also had a strong showing at the zone play downs last
week.The rink, which is in its first
year and is made up of Sean Habkirk, Caleb Simpson, Martin Shen and Joe Jiao, finished in second place after losing out to Riverside in the championship draw.
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ELAINE FLEURY PHOTOThe Centennial Centaurs defeated the Gleneagle Talons 70-38 in AAAA high school basketball last Friday. The Cents are currently tied with Port Moody for first place in the Fraser Valley North Division after starting the season with a 2-0 record, while the Talons are in last place with an 0-2 record. Meanwhile, Port Moody defeated Maple Ridge 73-62 on Saturday.
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If your pain is the result of a motor vehicle accident,we will work with ICBC or an attorney on your behalf.
No Risk, Free ConsultationIf you suffer from sciatica, or severe back or neck pain,you may find relief! If you are serious about getting yourlife back and eliminating your back and neck pain, weare serious about showing you how technology andexperience may help. Due to demand, we are extendingthis offer for a FREE consultation to the first 25 callerswith no obligation. These spaces fill up quickly, so calltoday to book your appointment. CALL TODAY!
SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 25 CALLERS!Call Today to Schedule Your FREE Consultation!
Non-surgical Spinal Treatmentat Spinal Decompression Institute
Surgery
Risk No knownside effects
Complications, pooroutcome, high risk
Pain Completelypain free
Can be severefor months
Recovery Days/weeks Months/years
101-1108 Austin Ave., Coquitlam BC, V3K 3P5
SPINAL DECOMPRESSION INSTITUTE CALLTODAY!(778)217-1241
Disclaimer: Due to Federal Law some exclusions may apply.
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