Tri-City News February 3 2016

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2016Your community. Your stories.TCTRI-CITYNEWS

EXTRAS AT TRICITYNEWS.COM >> INSIDE: People flocking to shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. [pg.3] / Sports [pg. 18]

SCARLETT MCGOWAN PHOTOA Tri-City News reader captured this photo of a pygmy owl when walking along the dikes near Cedar Drive in Port Coquitlam.

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Victim ID’d in targeted shooting

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Yonatan Kassa, 30, was shot out-side PoCo homeSARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News

The victim of what police are calling a targeted shooting in Port Coquitlam last month has been identified through a crowdfunding page for his family.

Yonatan Kassa, 30, was shot outside a home in the 2100-block of Rindall Avenue on Jan. 22. When police arrived they found Kassa suffering from gunshot wounds; he later died at Royal Columbian Hospital.

Integrated Homicide Investigation Team members identified him a short time later but did not release his name. Spokesperson Sgt. Stephanie Ashton said at the time the shooting was targeted

and “there is nothing to indi-cate the public is at risk as a result of this incident.”

But the downtown PoCo neighbourhood has seen its share of violence recently.

In mid-November shots were heard coming from a supposedly vacant home in the 2400-block of Kelly Avenue, at which police later found 10 to 12 occupants who would not co-operate.

About two weeks later the home went up in flames; PoCo Fire Chief Nick Delmonico said the blaze was fuelled by a gas line that was broken and may have been tampered with.

In mid-December Coquitlam RCMP were at an apartment building in the 2300-block of Wilson Avenue, again for reports of shots fired. This time, however, a man was in-jured in what investigators are also calling a targeted incident.

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People flocking to 3030 Gordon Ave.COQUITLAM SHELTER

New Coquitlam shelter has been full since it opened Dec. 15DIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

If you build it, they will come.It’s a cliche but it appears to

be true at the Tri-Cities’ new homeless shelter which was full as soon as it opened.

As many as 65 people stayed at the shelters at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam when tem-peratures dropped below zero in recent weeks. With warmer nights, the population has stabilized to about 40 people a night, still slightly over capacity according to RainCity Housing Society manager Adam Prytuluk.

And, in a surprising develop-ment, about half are women.

“They were part of what’s considered the hidden home-less,” said Prytuluk, who said that only a few women ever turned up to stay each night at the former Bridge shelter op-erating out of local churches — now 20 show up each night.

The appeal of a bed at 3030 Gordon Ave. could be the rela-tive safety and security: dorm areas are locked, there are se-curity cameras and rooms are private. But the appearance of women also proves there has always been a need for safe and secure temporary housing.

For Deborah, who didn’t want her last name used for safety reasons, the shelter has been a godsend, opening up just when she needed to leave her circumstances. Despite all

the publicity, she hadn’t heard about the shelter’s existence until she called 211, a telephone resource for social services run by United Way.

The resource worker at 211 recommended the Coquitlam shelter and Deborah moved in immediately, and has been liv-ing there for three weeks.

So far the experience, her first time at a shelter, has been positive.

“It’s better than the Hyatt,” Deborah joked, as she chummed around with friends in the reception area while waiting for the cafeteria-style dinner to be served. “The staff and management let you do

your own thing but they keep an eye out.”

One of the advantages of living at the shelter is the small community that forms, with people getting to know each other, and a staff that is alert when regulars don’t show up.

In fact, while people lined up for a meal of pizza, salad and chocolate ice cream, at-tendance was recorded and Prytuluk said keeping track of people and reporting any-one missing after three days is shelter policy since B.C.’s Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, led by Wally Oppal after the conviction of serial killer Robert Pickton (a former

Port Coquitlam resident). Star, who also goes by the

name Susan, has lived in the rough in Coquitlam, including in the woods at the site of the newly built shelter and is also an enthusiastic supporter of the shelter and is pleased to see it so well used. “It’s an open door, it’s good,” said Star, who was getting ready to take her bottles to the depot for cash.

Other residents said they, too, liked the shelter but there was some grumbling about 3 a.m. bed checks, until Prytuluk explained it’s to ensure their safety. He personally has saved the life of one person who nearly choked to death and had to deal

with two people who had died in the night in other shelters, and the bed checks are for making sure everyone is okay.

Doug, a painter by trade, said the shelter has been a place of relative calm and safety as he looks for work and tries to get his life together.

“It’s good enough for me until I get back on my feet,” said the Port Moody man.

There are few rules — no open drug and alcohol use and no room guests, are among the most important — and resi-dents are expected to treat one another and staff respectfully. Tenant meetings are held to deal with issues and occasion-

ally, when someone gets car-ried away, they are asked to go outside for an hour break or to their room to cool off, but for the most part the facility has operated smoothly. Police have only made a few appearances, Prytuluk said, and there have been no complaints, likely be-cause concerns are dealt with in a community advisory commit-tee that meets regularly.

“You really can go to your room and relax, that’s the beauty of this kind of set up,” Prytuluk said, and for the most part resi-dents know each other, many of them are long-time Tri-City residents with family or work connections in the area. “They are an easy group to work with.”

In February, many of the shelter residents will move into transition housing for longer stays, while they prepare for more permanent housing, so there will be more room.

The community, meanwhile, continues to come forward to make sure people living at 3030 Gordon have opportunities for recreation, work and social-izing. Community barbecues hosted by local groups are expected to take place when the weather improves, books are being collected for a library and a computer work station is being set up.

Sean Spear, associate direc-tor for RainCity, said in fact, the community has welcomed the shelter, bringing in donations and volunteering in the kitchen. “Usually, the stories you hear are about resistance,” but Spear said RainCity’s experience is of community support and the Tri-Cities community is “definitely a strong one. The amount of donations has been fantastic.”

DIANE STRANDBERG/TRI-CITY NEWSLeft: Matthew Frum, 3030 Gordon Avenue chef, with some of the pizzas he planned to serve to residents.

Meeting with candidate not political, says sD43 supt.COQUITLAM-BURKE MOUNTAIN

DIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

School District 43’s su-perintendent said a meeting that took place during the Coquitlam-Burke Mountain byelection just days before the vote was held was not a bid to endorse a particular candi-date or political party.

The photo in which Patricia Gartland was shown stand-ing alongside BC Liberal candidate Joan Isaacs and Mike Bernier, the Minister of Education, as well as two school board members, was posted on Isaacs’ Facebook

page on Friday, Jan. 29.In the photo, which in-

cluded board chair Judy Shirra, a Port Coquitlam trustee, and Barb Hobson, a Coquitlam trustee, the group is standing in front of candi-date election signs.

Isaacs’ posts stated that she will “work with — not against our local school district and trustees on their priorities to deliver in Victoria. Progress means building relationships, welcoming new technologies and keeping the conversation productive.

“Thank you Minister Bernier, superintendent

Gartland, and local school trustees for your time.”

The post also includes a quote from Gartland: “We’re looking forward to partner-ships in technology. I’m pleased the province is mov-ing forward on this.”

In a statement to The Tri-City News, Gartland said the meeting was an “opportunity to meet with the Education Minister to advocate for our school district’s needs when he was in our community.”

Candidates for the Green Party, the NDP and the Libertarian Party were not part of the meeting, and all

three candidates have been critical of the BC Liberal gov-ernment.

Jodie Wickens, the BC NDP candidate, issued a press re-lease on Jan. 18, for example, with quotes from NDP leader John Horgan and education critic Rob Fleming stating that Coquitlam school children receive almost $600 less in per-student funding than the provincial average.

Tuesday’s byelection was held after The News’ deadline. For complete coverage and results, visit www.tricitynews.com and watch for the Friday, Feb. 5 issue.

FACEBOOK PHOTOA photo on Joan Isaacs’ Facebook page: from left to right: School District 43 superintendent Patricia Gartland, BC Liberal candidate Joan Isaacs (Coquitlam-Burke Mountain), Minister of Education Mike Bernier, board chair Judy Shirra and Coquitlam trustee Barb Hobson.

CALL FOR ITEMSWith the arrival of

women, and more work-ing people, more dona-tions are needed, and Spear and Prytuluk are putting out a call for the following items:

• steel-toed boots;• work gear, including

gloves and vests; and• new underwear, for

both men and women, bras for women are espe-cially needed.

For the transition housing for longer stays opening Feb. 1, the fol-lowing supplies are needed: coffee makers, tea kettles and small radios.

For more informa-tion about the shelter and transition housing at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam, visit www.raincityhousing.org.

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Cruelty charges laid in case involving emaciated husky

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SARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News

The owner of an emaciated husky who was found aban-doned in Maple Ridge last year has been charged with animal cruelty.

When the dog, who was later named Willow, was rescued in January 2015 she weighed just 15 kilograms; a normal weight for a dog her age and breed is 24 kilograms.

“When she first came in she was unable to lie down due

to abdominal pain caused by rocks and soil in her gas-trointestinal tract,” said Lorie Chortyk, general manager of community relations for the BC SPCA in a release. “There were no food remnants in her stomach so it’s likely that she had been eating gravel to try to stay alive. She also had trouble walking because her muscles were so weak.”

Willow was treated at the Dewdney Animal Hospital in Maple Ridge and was cared for in an SPCA foster home

for several months during her recovery. She was adopted by a Maple Ridge family last spring.

The BC SPCA’s Cruelty Investigations Department identified the dog’s owner, a Coquitlam university student in his 20s, after they received a call from a neighbour who recognized the dog after seeing her photo in the media.

Investigators submitted recommendations for charges to Crown counsel in February 2015 and charges were an-nounced on Monday, Feb. 1.

Yu Lin of Coquitlam is facing three counts of animal cruelty charges under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. If convicted, he faces up to two years in jail, a maximum fine of $75,000 and up to a lifetime ban on owning animals.

He is scheduled to appear in B.C. Provincial Court in Port Coquitlam on March 3.

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SARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News

Ryan Crossley has been found guilty of theft in connection with a series of crimes he’s accused of committing shortly after his release from prison for murdering Port Coquitlam’s Jesse Penner.

Crossley, who was just 16 when he murdered Penner, had already amassed 10 in-creasingly violent criminal convictions and was out on bail for several violent offences when he killed the Douglas College baseball player in February 2006.

Crossley served his six-year sentence for that crime as well as two one-year terms for assaults on a fellow inmate and a cor-rections officer while he was incarcerated.Shortly after his release from a Saskatchewan prison, how-

ever, Crossley returned to the Lower Mainland and quickly racked up a string of new charges in Richmond, New Westminster and Coquitlam.

On April 10, 2015 he was arrested in Richmond and charged with possession of stolen property under $5,000 and identity theft; he was released the following day. A few days later Crossley was charged with two counts of vehicle theft in New Westminster, and is also al-leged to have committed ag-gravated assault and assault with a weapon in Surrey.

On Friday, Crossley was found guilty on one theft charge and sentenced to one day in jail and a $100 victim surcharge.

He remains in custody in connection with the other charges.


ryan Crossley back in custody

THEFT CHARGES

MANE FRAME PHOTOGRAPHYWhen Willow was rescued in January 2015, she weighed 15 kilograms. She was treated at the Dewdney Animal Hospital and eventually adopted by a family in Maple Ridge.

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Stats show city is safe, says Moore

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The crowdfunding page for Kassa aimed to raise $10,000 for his family but has since been removed by the campaign orga-nizer, according to a YouCaring spokesperson.

Kassa had gang links and a criminal record dating back to 2006 and includes convictions on drug trafficking charges in Surrey and Vancouver and sev-eral break and enter counts in Maple Ridge and North Delta.

Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore acknowledged the in-cidents are a concern to local residents but assured the data shows the city is safe.

“Crime statistics in all major cat-egories in the last five years shows there has been a decrease in crime,” he said.

“It doesn’t diminish what’s hap-pened in the last couple weeks in one area specifically, but overall we know Port Coquitlam is a safe community.”

Moore said they are work-ing in partnership with the Coquitlam RCMP and the city is taking steps to try and prevent future crimes.

“We know there are some

problematic houses in Port Coquitlam so through by-laws and other means we are working on addressing those houses,” Moore said. “If there is anything the city can do to help prevent this from happening in the future, we will.”

PoCo is also considering a re-quest by the Coquitlam RCMP for seven new officers, four to be hired this year and another three in 2017.

The new Mounties would be part of a Uniformed Crime Reduction Unit, similar to a unit that’s already operating in Coquitlam and targets specific crime types, Moore said.

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The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team was on scene after a man was shot dead on Rindall Avenue in Port Coquitlam on Friday night. The victim has since been identi-fied as 30-year-old Yonatan Kassa. TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTO

RCMP: REMOVE ITEMS FROM VEHICLEVEHICLE THEFT

When police say thieves will steal anything left behind in your vehicle they truly mean anything — even down to your pack of gum, the Bible and, yes, underwear.

Coquitlam RCMP say all three such items were reported stolen after vehicle break-ins in 2015 — more than 3,000 were reported, an increase of 35% over 2014 — and are using the

head-shaking stats to encour-age the public to attend an auto security event on Feb. 13.

“It’s time to start making it harder for thieves by getting into the habit of removing everything from your vehicle,” said Const. Jamie Phillipson in a release, suggesting people should lock their vehicles, park in well-lit areas near pedestrian traffic if possible and remove all

items, including loose change and phones.

The theft prevention event, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Coquitlam Centre mall, will in-clude members of the Uniform Crime Reduction Unit and ICBC to answer questions, pro-vide prevention tips and offer up some RCMP gear.


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Premier Christy Clark now says action will be taken to at least gauge the impact of foreign real estate buyers on the Lower Mainland property market.

The province has been criticized for lacking hard data on the influence of offshore money on home prices and has until now relied on es-timates from realtor groups that contend the problem is minimal.

“I’m determined to try to get as much of that information as we can,” Clark told report-ers Monday. “Affordability — especially in the city of Vancouver, less so in the sub-urbs, but certainly there as well — is a real issue and we have to find ways to address it.”

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Cash raised for cook that lost two limbs

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Blood clot led to Moulton losing an arm and a leg SARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News

Staff of Coquitlam’s Milestones restaurant are com-ing together to raise funds for one of their longtime cooks who lost two limbs due to complications from blood clots last year.

Shortly after Jean Moulton lost her left arm and right leg in the spring of 2015, the Milestone’s family raised about $1,500 for her and the BC Hospitality Foundation pitched in $7,500. A fundraiser on the weekend raised nearly $10,000 through ticket sales, a silent auction and raffle and now Milestone’s owner Surinder Brar hopes the public will get behind a GoFundMe page for Moulton.

“Her life has been turned around but she’s put a very good spin on it,” Brar said of Moulton, a 52-year-old Langley resident. “The staff have been very, very support-ive.”

Moulton first worked at the Coquitlam restaurant 11 years

ago and later left to work in Langley. She returned about 18 months ago when Brar pur-chased the Tri-Cities location and fellow employees recom-mended he hire her back on the spot.

He was glad he did.“Jean is very likeable, she’s

very personable,” said Brar, who also owns the Abbotsford Milestones location. “She has a great attitude. Every time I asked her to stay an extra half an hour or an hour, she would be right there. And if anybody tried a chopped salad or a seafood salad, it always looked amazing.”

It was last March when Moulton came to the restau-rant for a regular daytime shift as a pantry cook, where she mainly made salads, and com-plained about a sore bruise on her left arm.

She couldn’t recall hitting her arm on anything and the manager suggested she get it checked out by a doctor. A short time later Moulton was transferred to Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster because of a blood clot but doctors were unable to save her arm.

While she was recovering in hospital Moulton suffered another blood clot, this time in her right leg, which was ampu-tated just below the knee.

Despite the devastating injuries, Brar said Moulton is doing remarkably well and has started thinking about her future plans.

“She’s in great spirits right now,” Brar said, noting she’s hoping the fundraising pro-ceeds will help with the cost of prosthetics and other mobility aids. “She wants to get to work and she has a dream of open-ing a restaurant herself.”

• To donate, visit www.go-fundme.com and search for Jean Moulton.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOJean Moulton lost two limbs due to complications from a blood clot.

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A combination of high house prices and a drop in listings hasn’t quelled the dream of homeownership and the Tri-Cities is seeing an unusually busy winter real estate market.

“It’s a supply and demand issue. It’s not being driven on the local level in the Tri-Cities by foreign investment or that kind of thing. It’s primarily local buyers and sellers and a lot of people that already live in the Tri-Cities,” said Darcy McLeod, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver.

At the heart of the trend is the low number of listings, which has buyers in competition with one another for limited housing stock. McLeod said people will only move if they are assured of a new property, and for the most part are staying put unless their family circumstances ne-cessitate a change.

The result is an extremely competitive housing market, he said.

“You have buyers looking at a home in the $800,000 price range, in Citadel heights or Riverwood in PoCo where you can buy a home for $800,000. There might only be one avail-able in the neighborhood, we

are seeing 10 or more interested buyers for that one property.”

Normally, the winter months would be a quiet period for home sales, but that hasn’t been the case this year, McLeod said.

REBGV home sales statis-tics released this week show home sales nearly doubled this January, compared to last year, in Coquitlam and Port Moody, with Port Coquitlam lagging only slightly, and prices

are continuing to climb in all categories. This despite a 38.6% decline in the number of prop-erties available for sale — 6,635 compared to 10,811 — for the Greater Vancouver region, in-cluding the Tri-Cities.

McLeod said families are having to turn to increasingly creative measures to be able to afford their dream home, such as siblings or even friends pool-ing resources and purchasing homes together or parents with accrued equity purchasing a home for their son or daughter and living in an upscaled base-ment suite.

“The baby boomer genera-tion has accumulated a tremen-dous amount of equity and wealth in their own home. We are seeing that leveraged and transferred to children.”

For those interested in buy-ing or selling in this unusual market, McLeod recommends putting a plan together with mortgage and real estate pro-fessionals.

Meanwhile, January’s brisk home sales and seller’s market have resulted in some spec-tacular prices.

Last week, for example, a property on Fleet Street, in the Ranch Park neighbourhood of Coquitlam, drew 120 interested buyers and nine offers and

sold for 37% above the asking price. The Coquitlam home was listed at $788,00 but sold for $1,080,000.

“Anytime something goes for almost $300,000 above, that’s unusual,” said realtor David Reimers, who sold the home.

He said most buyers he deals with are prospective home-owners, not simply investors, but may knock down the older home to build something new.

Tri-City real estate market shows no signs of cooling

SOARING HOME PRICES

BY THE NUMBERSSingle Family Detached • Coquitlam benchmark price: $1,000,100 1 year change: up 28.6%• Port Moody benchmark price: $1,143,100 1 year change: up 24.0%• Port Coquitlam bench-mark price $757,300 1 year change: up 28.7%

January Sales Numbers• Coquitlam 2015: 55 / 2016: 103• Port Moody2015: 11 / 2016 22• Port Coquitlam2015: 22 / 2016 27

For the full MLS Sales facts, visit www.rebgv.org.

SUBMITTED PHOTOThere are more property buyers than sellers resulting in multiple offers and higher prices in some homes. Last week, for example, a property on Fleet Street, in the Ranch Park neighbourhood of Coquitlam, drew 120 interested buyers and nine offers and sold for 37% above the asking price. The Coquitlam home was listed at $788,000 but sold for $1,080,000.

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Scott wants more focus on local programming DIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

Is there an audience for hyper-local community televi-sion programming?

The answer is yes, says the producer and founder of Tri-Cities Community Television.

Last week, Geoff Scott made a pitch before the Canadian Radio-television and Teleommunication Commission for a share of funds cable channels, such as Shaw, collect for community access programming. CRTC is looking at alternatives for div-vying up $151 million collected annually .

One idea being touted is re-allocating some of the money to commercial television sta-tions to offset their declining revenues and ensure local television news stations can continue to operate.

But Scott, who flew to Gatineau, Quebec last week to speak at the hearings, wants to make sure that community groups that produce local pro-grams aren’t kept out of the de-

bate by large corporations that have been making their pitches for a piece of the pie.

“I’m hoping at the very least they would find it of value to investigate the potential of community media once again,” Scott says.

Scott and his volunteers produce about 40 hours a year of community program-ming, including ArtsConnect and Tri-Cities Magazine with about $30,000 collected from the three cities, and member-ship fees. Telus also provided a matching $30,000 grant to run workshops to train new volun-teers in video production.

The shows air on Shaw’s Channel 4, and Tri-Cities Community Television has a YouTube channel.

While media consumers are deluged by a variety of tradi-tional and new media, Scott believes there is still an audi-ence for programs about the Tri-Cities. People like to watch themselves on TV and enjoy seeing highlights from Canada Day festivities and arts and cul-tural shows, he said, and with more funds they could do an even better job.

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Date: Monday, February 15, 2016Time: 7:00 p.m.Location: City Hall Council Chambers, 3000 Guildford Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7N2

Immediately following the adjournment of the Public Hearing, Council will convene a Regular Council Meeting during which it will give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing agenda.

The City recently undertook a comprehensive review of its current liquor licensing policies and regulations, including a review of zoning designations to make liquor manufacturing permissible.This review was conducted in response to the many recent changes to the provincial liquor licensing policy and a concurrent desire to update elements of the Zoning Bylaw in order to alignwith these changes, as well as respond to enquiries from liquor manufacturers wishing to locate in Coquitlam.

The intent of Bylaw 4640, 2016 is to amend City of Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996 in order to:

• Allow liquor manufacturing as a permitted use in the M-l, M-2, B-l, C-2, C-4, C-5, C-7, CS-1, CS-2 and CD-I Fraser Mills zones;• Permit outdoor seating areas for liquor manufacturers consistent with other liquor and food primary businesses in the C-2, C-4, C-5, C-7, CS-l, CS-2 and CD-I Fraser Mills zones;• Remove restrictions on liquor stores locating as a store-within-a-store in grocery stores;• Remove the separation distance requirements between liquor stores and public parks, schools, and places of worship; and• Increase the separation distance between liquor stores from 300m to 1km in order to be consistent with the Provincial regulations.

If approved, the application would permit liquor manufacturing within appropriate industrial service commercial and commercial zones, remove restrictions on liquor stores locating as a store-within-a-store in grocery stores, remove the separation distance between liquor stores and public parks, schools and places of worship, and increase the separation distance between liquor stores.

Any person wishing further information or clari�cation with regard to the proposed amendments should contact Chris Jarvie, Planning and Development Department, at604-927-3438. Additional information is also available on the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/liquorreview.

Item 1 Text Amendment to the Zoning Bylaw to Revise Liquor Retailing Regulations and Permit Liquor Manufacturing

Howdo I �nd outmore information?

Additional information, copies of the bylaws, supporting staff reports, and any relevantbackground documentation may be inspected from February 3rd to February 15th, 2016 inperson at the Planning and Development Department, Coquitlam City Hall, 3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. fromMonday to Friday excludingstatutory holidays.

You may also obtain further information at www.coquitlam.ca/publichearing and by phone at604-927-3430.

Howdo I provide input?

Verbal submissions may only be made in person at the Public Hearing. The City Clerk’s O�cewill compile a Speakers List for each item. To have your name added to the Speakers List,please call 604-927-3010. Everyone will be permitted to speak at the Public Hearing but thosewho have registered in advance will be given �rst opportunity.

Please also be advised that video recordings of Public Hearings are streamed live and archivedon the City’s website at www.coquitlam.ca/webcasts

Prior to the Public Hearing, written comments may be submitted to the City Clerk’s O�ce inone of the following ways:

Email: [email protected] mail: 3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2In person: City Clerk’s Office, 2nd Floor, 3000 GuildfordWay, Coquitlam, BC, V3B 7N2Fax: to the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3015

To afford Council an opportunity to review your submission, please ensure that you forward itto the City Clerk’s O�ce prior to noon on the day of the hearing.

Written submissions provided in response to this consultation will become part of thepublic record which includes the submissions being made available for public inspection atCoquitlam City Hall and on our website at www.coquitlam.ca/agendas. If you require moreinformation regarding this process please call the City Clerk’s Office at 604-927-3010.

Please note that Council may not receive further submissions from the public orinterested parties concerning any of the bylaws described above after the conclusion ofthe Public Hearing.

Marnie BurnhamDeputy City Clerk


DARLA FURLANI PHOTOGRAPHYThe Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce recognized its top business and community leaders Saturday night. Top left, Tri-City News publisher Shannon Balla presents the Community Spirit Award to Katrina Shelast of Hair We Are Beauty Boutique, Brent Smith and Barbara Ferchuk of Arthur Murray Dance Studio won the Small Business of the Year Award, bottom left, Julie Knisely of the Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities is presented with the Not-for-Profit of the Year from Brad Desmarais of BCLC and Bernie Rokstad, of Rokstad Power is pre-sented with the Business of the Year (50+ employees) by Raj Mutti of Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.

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The Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce honoured its best and brightest at a sell-out gala attended by more than 400 people at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam Saturday night.

Winners of the 2015 Business Excellence Awards categories have demonstrated success, innovation and pas-sion in their respective fields, according to a Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce press release.

Among the winners were Arthur Murray Dance Studio, Coquitlam, for Small Business of the Year, BTM Lawyers LLP for Business of the Year (10-50 Employees), Rokstad Power for Business of the Year (50+ Employees), Katrina Shelast of Hair We Are Beauty Boutique for the Community Spirit Award, Soroptimist of the Tri-Cities for Not-for-Profit of the Year and Gary Mauris of Dominion Lending Centres for Business Leader of the Year.

Also awarded with recogni-tion and a standing ovation was Ken Doty, of Sandpiper Signs, for Chamber Member of the Year.

“We are extremely proud of the wealth of outstanding busi-nesses here in the Tri-Cities,” said Michael Hind, chamber CEO. “All of the 2015 finalists demonstrate business excel-lence and a commitment to bettering our community. They should be extremely proud of their nominations, they’re all winners.”

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Make more funds available for local TV programmingCorporations stand

and fall on their own merit — or

that is supposed to be the way — but the CRTC is looking at a proposal that would turn that idea on its head.

The Canadian regula-tory body recently studied Canada’s broadcasting landscape and found, to no one’s surprise, that au-diences want local news but companies are strug-gling to find a cost-effec-tive way to produce it.

To stave off disaster and protect democracy, the CRTC says it is looking at various options and ask-ing Canadians to weigh in on them.

One idea is to redirect funds collected on cable bills for community ac-cess programing and independently-produced TV and put it in a pot that news stations could draw from to boost local

content. It’s an interesting idea but is it supportable? For one thing, it’s not a permanent source of funds as many Canadians are cutting their cable. Those who do stick to cable TV, meanwhile, probably wouldn’t want the fees they pay go to pri-vate corporations.

Currently, that money is supposed to go to sup-port independent TV and community access

programing. The CRTC reasons that the country’s news-producing corpo-rations already have a television audience and the money would be best spent where there are eyeballs.

But the media land-scape is changing so quickly it seems un-reasonable and also not fair to give funds to corporations when non-profits, such as Tri-Cities

Community Television, which produces commu-nity programming with volunteers, can barely scrape by.

These non-profits can also produce hyper-local content that is interesting and relevant if given half the chance. There is also an argument to be made that cable companies, such as Shaw, that are already producing and hosting local and regional content shouldn’t be scrapped so other large media organizations that already have a lock on our telecommunications industry can thrive.

In short, redirecting funds from community programming to corpo-rate news isn’t the way to go. Either keep the fund the way it is or make more funds available for hyper-local programming and organizations that produce it.

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Refurbish Valleyview buildingRIVERVIEW HOSPITAL

The Editor,Re. “Riverview vision is

linked to health announce-ment: BC Housing” (The Tri-City News, Jan. 7).

The plan to demolish the very viable Valleyview hospital building to build a new facil-ity at the Riverview Hospital site should cause everyone to question the competence and motives of the B.C. Liberal government.

The staggering costs of high-tech acute care hospitals

are unavoidable. This is not the case with mental health facilities.

The magnificent natural setting of Riverview is not an accident.

When Riverview was con-ceived more than 100 years ago, tapping into the thera-peutic value of nature was part of the plan.

Over the subsequent cen-tury there have been many great advances in mental health care — none of which

require new and expensive buildings.

With an aging population and constant pressure on healthcare budgets, how can the provincial government justify spending an astound-ing $10 million per net new bed at the Valleyview location?

It seems like Social Credit all over again. The SoCreds used to like to build hospitals a lot more than they liked to fund health care on an ongo-ing basis.

When hospitals get built, it generally means big contracts for companies that support the government.May Lawson Port Coquitlam

The Editor,Re. “9-year-old Thrifty’s

in Coquitlam to close doors at end of April” (The Tri-City News, Jan. 22).

I find this an interesting dilemma for the shoppers of Thrifty’s as it means many kilometres to find a suitable replacement. Living within 2 km of this facility, it has been our main food outlet since its opening. Given the full parking lot each time we attend lends me to con-clude there are a lot of people that live nearby that think the same way.

I am not sure where the shopper goes to lodge a complaint, but I am sure others may be wondering the same thing. Is our beef with Sobey’s? Should we direct our outrage at the mall management? As no details were outlined in the announcement, shoppers are left in a void. Do we

lobby Sobey’s or the man-agement team of the mall?

So, I have chosen to make my plea for some sanity with this issue via print media. I am anxious for some ground swell movement to arise that will see Sobey’s and the mall come to an agreement that will benefit their clients. As I see it, an agreement will be beneficial to both, as Thrifty’s will continue to be an accessible store for us and the mall will not lose clientele due to the loss of Thrifty’s.

As well, there are some 140 employees of Thrifty’s that will lose. This deci-sion is going to affect a great number of people all based on a bottom line figure. No consideration for the loss of service or a venue that benefits our community.W.F. LeechCoquitlam

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A Coquitlam theatre company clinched a number of Ovation Awards on Sunday for its musical production last year.

Align Entertainment won in the fields of Outstanding Supporting Performance - Female (Laura Cowan Beattie as Morticia), Outstanding Costume Design (Marilyn Rapanos and Julie White), Outstanding Chorus Member “Gypsy” - Female (Stephanie Stanley Dalton) and Outstanding Newcomer - Female (Katie Purych as Egyptian) for The Addams Family.

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JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News

To be clear, Neale Beck had heard of High School Musical before. He just didn’t know anything about it.

But, last fall, when the 17-year-old student started digging around to learn more about the popular Disney flick, Beck was more than happy to go along for the musical theatre ride in his final year at Pinetree secondary.

Drama teacher Natalee Fera cast Beck to play Ryan Evans, the “flamboyant, sassy and awkward” twin brother of Sharpay Evans portrayed by fellow graduating student Aleesha Agostino.

“With Neale by my side, it’s fun,” she said. “I didn’t know him before but now we’re singing and dancing together, which I never thought we’d do in a million years.”

A total of 46 students are in-volved in this year’s Treehouse

Theatre musical — either on stage or with the produc-tion crew — which opens tomorrow (Thursday) at the Coquitlam secondary school.

Daphne Santos takes the lead — for the second year in a row, after being picked as

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the TV host Corny Collins.“Gabriella is a really, re-

ally sweet girl and extremely smart,” Santos said during a group interview last week in the school’s theatre makeup room. “She has to find her way to be more than a stereotype: She has to learn how to shine.”

The storyline follows Gabriella through her journey in a new school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with Troy guiding her way at East High.

Christian Lamigo, Grade 10, is Chad Danforth, Troy’s best friend, while the kindred spirit role of Taylor McKessie is taken on by Rebecca Zanni.

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“High School Musical was the right fit for this group,” said Fera, who is also the director and choreographer. “It was released 10 years ago when my 46 students in the cast and on the crew were at the perfect age to be its original audience.

“They are a generation of kids who were introduced to musical in a fresh, trendy way.”

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MATT NEUMANN PHOTOCoquitlam cornet player Kevin Yeates (centre) will lead the Creole Jazz Band in a Mardi Gras music special at the King of Life Lutheran Church (1198 Falcon Dr., Coquitlam) on Friday. Tickets at $10/$5 are available at the door on the night of the show.

Dixieland jazz concert in time for Mardi Gras

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You can dress in purple, green and gold and adorn yourself with long beads for Friday’s Mardi Gras celebra-tions in Coquitlam.

On the heels of its sold-out New Orleans Jazz funeral concert on New Year’s Day, the Creole Jazz Band kicks up another party at the King of Lutheran Church to mark the annual festival, which starts Feb. 9.

Coquitlam’s Kevin Yeates said the program will be a mix of “upbeat, joyous-sounding music with a trumpet, clarinet and trombone involved in a dog fight as they’re playing the melody and improvising over that.”

Among the Dixieland tunes the five-piece brass and string

ensemble will play include Just A Closer Walk With Thee, That’s A Plenty, Tiger Rag, St. James Infirmary, After You’ve Gone and Bourbon Street Parade.

Yeates, who has a classical music background, said he got hooked on Dixieland jazz by chance after a band leader recommended he try out for his group.

“It was the most fun audi-tion I’d ever had,” he said, adding, “I didn’t know that was jazz because I had the misconception that jazz was the modern jazz but it’s so far removed.

“In fact, many people have suggested we take out the word ‘jazz’ from our band name because they get confused, too, but New Orleans is where the genre started. It’s the original jazz.”

Since the Creole Jazz Band

formed (it’s currently made up of Scott Sproxton on clari-net, Mike Lord on trombone, Ken Steele on tuba and Arnie Backer on guitar/banjo), it has played dozens of gigs around the Metro Vancouver area — “mostly Legions, bars and restaurants,” the cornet player said.

And, each time, the re-sponse has been positive. “The hard part now is to find the time to get together to per-form,” Yeates said.

• Tickets for the Mardi Gras concert on Friday, Feb. 5 are $10/$5/$30 (family) at the door of the King of Life Lutheran Church (1198 Falcon Dr., Coquitlam). For advance tickets, email [email protected]. Showtime is 7:30 p.m.

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Three of Canada’s most highly regarded fiddlers will regroup for a short tour across Canada and the United States this and next month.

And among their stops is Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre next week.

Stephanie Cadman, Miranda Mulholland and Kendel Carson — jokingly referred to as the brunette, red head and blonde in Belle Starr — will bring their talent to the Tri-City stage Feb. 12.

Cadman said the trio will reunite after more than a year off the project. A world-renowned tap dancer and Dora-award winning actor, Cadman recently wrapped up the Mirvish Production of Once.

Mulholland is a member of the Great Lake Swimmers, The Rattlesnake Choir and the Roaring Girl Cabaret while Carson has been per-forming with Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea fame and The Paperboys — a world music band of which Mulholland also played with.

“For Belle Starr, it’s always been an issue of timing and waiting for our schedules to line up,” Cadman said. “Now that they have, we’re look-ing forward to the month together.”

On tour, the fiddlers plan to write as well as record a live album at one of their

venues.Belle Starr, which takes

its name from the American outlaw, is the brainchild of Mulholland. She pitched the band concept to Country Music Television (CMT) for funding. “She thought it would be a great idea and, sure enough, we all got along and we enjoy making music together,” Cadman said.

In 2012, they released a five-track EP, The Burning of Atlanta; the next year, Belle Starr came out with a self-titled LP with 13 songs that touch on all genres: country, roots, folk, Celtic and pop, to name a few.

Cadman said listeners have welcomed the cross-over and Canadian country music fans have been espe-cially warm. “I think differ-ent types of music in general go through waves,” she said.

“When Ashley McIsaac and the Riverdance scene ex-ploded, it was really wild but then it dips for a while before it gets popular again. I think that’s true with every genre of music because everybody wants to hear something new.”

Cadman said what makes Belle Starr unique is that it is its own touring string section. “It’s very rare for a band to have three string instruments. It’s three-part harmony vocally and on the fiddle… so we’ve carved out our own sound.”

• Tickets for Belle Starr on Feb. 12 are $35/$30/$15 through Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam). Call 604-927-6555 or visit evergreencul-turalcentre.ca.

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Shake off the winter blues with a blues band in Port Coquitlam on Sunday.

The Bradley/McGillivray Blues Band will open the 17th annual Sunday Coffee Concerts, a series sponsored in part by The Tri-City News.

The afternoon shows at the Terry Fox Theatre (1260 Riverwood Gate) are aimed at bringing performers and their audiences together: artists will stay after the show to mingle with the crowd.

The series continues Feb. 21 with VOC Sweet Soul Gospel Choir, March 6 with Karen Flamenco’s Carmen and March 20 with Rumba Calzada.

Tickets are $12/$10/$6 (no cost for kids under 12) or $40 for a flex pass for the four shows. Register via experien-ceit.ca.

STONE ARTAn art teacher retired from

Centennial secondary school is part of a new group exhibition that opens in Burnaby tomor-row (Thursday).

Don Portelance, who cur-rently teaches at Place des Arts in Coquitlam, has two handprinted stone lithographs in the show New Acquisitions, at the Burnaby Art Gallery. The opening reception is Feb. 4 from 7 to 9 with the display running until March 27.

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autism spectrum disorder and raise funds for the new Pacific Autism Family Centre, in Richmond. The pieces will be sold at London Drugs stores in B.C. and Alberta until Feb. 19.

“This centre will have sig-nificant services and resources for Tri-City families who need help,” James said.

JAZZ GALASome of Canada’s top jazz

musicians will be in Coquitlam this month to raise money for a high school program.

Campbell Ryga, Dennis Esson, Tom Shorthouse, Ken Surges and Dave Ivaz will perform at Gleneagle sec-ondary on Feb. 27 along with

the school’s jazz ensembles. Tickets for the annual gala jazz dinner and silent auction are $45 and available through eventbrite.ca.

NEW SINGLEA Port Moody secondary

graduate has a new single out.Last month, Gabriela

Geneva debuted her song and video Tornado, a solo perfor-mance following the breakup of her band GreenTree in 2014.

The pop tune was com-posed by Geneva, Kyle Stibbs and Cezar White. The song is available for purchase on iTunes; the video can be seen on YouTube.

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LOVE YOURSELFA unique event at the Port

Moody Inlet Theatre this week-end aims to empower girls and women to adopt a kinder body image.

The Love Your Body Summit offers a line-up of inspiring speakers, dance, music and art designed to empower women to go beyond the limiting na-ture of self-criticism and em-bark on a more positive path of exploration and expression.

“When we don’t love our bodies, we don’t love our-selves,” said event creator Joyelle Brandt, a self-described “artivist,” in a release. “When we don’t love ourselves we make poor choices in our relationships, careers and finances. What if we could spend that time, energy and money doing the things we love, the things that light us up and make our world a better place?”

Brandt decided to orga-nize the event after releasing her children’s book, Princess Monsters from A to Z, so she could bring the book’s mes-sage of “radical self love” to a more mature audience.

Presenters include: Ashley Wiles of Sole Girls; perfor-mance artist Celeste Snowber; Chloe Allred and Charlotte Dean, the Body Joy Project; Jodi Proznick, Juno-nominated bass player, Lisa Papez, the Fat Yogini, Renae Regehr, More to Her; Jodie Ortega, abuse survi-vor and advocate; and more.

• The Love Your Body Summit is on Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody). Tickets are $70, avail-able at www.inlettheatre.ca.


The old Port Coquitlam second-ary school will go out with a bang this spring before it’s demolished.

Graduates of Terry Fox’s alma mater will hold their last dance at the Wellington Street building on May 21, with the Tom Lavin and the Powder Blues providing the tunes.

Organizer Matt Chester said they’ll be photographers to capture the reunions and refreshments available. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. For tickets at $50, visit www.ticketor.com/mjcproductions.

The francophone School District 93, which now owns the site, plans to replace École des Pionniers with a $25-million building that meets earth-quake standards.

Port Coquitlam senior secondary opened in the 1950s for grades 11 and 12 but was renamed Terry Fox senior sec-ondary in honour Fox, a 1976 graduate.

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Silvers for VossON THE SLOPES

Katrina Voss celebrated her 16th birthday in winning fash-ion last week.

The Port Moody skier won back-to-back silver medals at the 80th Enquist slalom race on Mount Seymour, posting a personal best time. The event, which is the oldest alpine ski race in the province, featured 53 elite racers from across southwestern B.C.

Voss’ Hemlock Ski Club teammate Lena Liljedahl, who is also from Port Moody, finished the two-day competi-tion with a personal best time as well.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOPort Moody skier Katrina Voss took home two silver medals at the 80th Enquist slalom race last week.

Express try to put brakes on losing skid

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It was a rough weekend road trip for the Coquitlam Express, who extended their losing streak to four games.

The club struggled Sunday night when they took on the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, losing 7-3 in front 1,036 fans at the Weyerhaeuser Arena.

After 40 minutes, the Express found themselves in a 5-0 hole before Charlie Barrow scored midway through the final frame. Two more goals off the sticks of Cameron Bertsch and Mitch Newsome rounded out Coquitlam’s scoring, but it was not enough to tip the game.

Twenty-four hours earlier

the club’s scoring completely dried up in a bout against the Cowichan Valley Capitals, a match the Express lost

5-0. Coquitlam was also un-successful Friday night, when they fell 5-2 to Powell River.

The Express hope to get back to their winning ways once they return home tonight for a meeting against West Kelowna at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. Puck drop at 7 p.m.

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ROBERT MCDONALD PHOTOThe Heritage Woods Kodiaks defeated Tri-City rivals the Pinetree secondary Timberwolves 75-47 night in regular season AAAA high school basketball action Thursday night. It was the second win so far this year for Heritage Woods, while Pinetree is still trying to notch their first victory of the 2016 season. Meanwhile, the Port Moody Blues continue to dominate, piling up two more wins over the weekend. The squad downed Seaquam secondary 75-58 last Thursday and followed up with a 100-60 victory Friday night, extending their win streak to four games. On the girls side, Riverside secondary continued to dominate, defeating the Centennial Centaurs 68-36. Dr. Charles Best secondary also racked up another win, dropping Heritage Woods 72-59 last Thursday.

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McIlwrick joins national team bound for S. America

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Coquitlam athlete will compete at Pan Am Games

Samantha McIlwrick is gearing up for a busy field hockey season in 2016.

The Port Moody second-ary alum is one of 18 players selected to represent Canada with the under-21 women’s national team at the Junior Women’s Pan American Championships — a 2016 Junior World Cup qualifier.

McIllwrick, a 19-year-old from Coquitlam, has spent the last two seasons in the NCAA with the Div. I Cornell University team, where the defender has played 33 games. During her time with the Big Red, she has amassed six goals and four assists.

This year will not be the first time that McIllwrick has played on the international stage.

Identified a handful of years ago by the national pro-gram, she was the youngest player named to the under-21 Canadian roster in 2013, and four years ago was in uniform when Canada’s under-17 team played the U.S. in a pair of ex-hibition tests.

McIllwrick was named fe-male high school athlete of the year in 2014 when she led the Port Moody blues to a provin-cial tournament appearance.

According to Field Hockey Canada, this year’s national team will feature a mix of ath-letes from across the country.

McIlwrick will join several players with international experience, including Priya Randhawa of Surrey, Lauren Logush of Richmond Hill, Ont., and Katarina Angus of West Vacnouver.

The team is coming off a seven-game test series in Chile, during which time they went 3-4, in preparation for the cup qualifier in March, which will take place in Trinidad and Tobago.

Canada will play in Pool B at the Pan Ams, going up against squads from Bermuda, Mexico, host Trinidad and Tobago, the United States and Venezuela. Each team will be played once, with the top four teams in each pool advancing to the quarterfinals.

Should the national team be successful, they will move on to the Junior Women’s World Cup, which will take place in November.

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TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTOCoquitlam field hockey player Samantha McIlwrick has joined the under-21 national team in its quest for a trip to the World Cup.

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