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SCHOOL DISTRICT 43 A FUNDRAISER FOR THE BIRDS

Board wants vote by trustees’ ass’n.DIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

School District 43 trustees want the province to make vaccinations mandatory for children attending B.C. pub-lic schools.

Board chair Judy Shirra said the reemergence of prevent-able diseases such as measles and whooping cough has made the issue urgent and she hopes the BC School Trustees Association will pass SD43’s resolution calling for manda-tory vaccinations at its annual general meeting in April.

“For me, it was long overdue,” said Shirra, a Port Coquitlam trustee. “It’s very rarely a chair makes a motion. I thought, If I can get this on its way, it would be nice to have it ready before next year.”

The resolution, passed unanimously by trustees at

the Dec. 8 board of education meeting, comes eight months after a measles scare at PoCo’s Terry Fox secondary, when a student came down with the disease after taking a flight from China. Public health nurses scoured immuniza-tion records for 1,500 students and held vaccination clinics, and in the end, a handful of students whose vaccinations couldn’t be proved were asked to stay home.

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Community comes through for fire victimsMOUNTAINVIEW FIRE AFTERMATH

Donations to help victims get settled in new homesSARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News

A donation drive on Saturday to help families that lost their homes in the Mountainview Co-op fire exceeded all expecta-tions, bringing in more than enough items to help re-stock their new accommodations.

About 50 families lost their homes in October when a fire tore through a building at the Mountainview complex in Port Moody. Former residents who have been staying with friends, family or in hotels have, for the most part, secured new lodgings but were facing the expensive prospect of having to start from scratch in furnish-ing even the basics — until a Sir Frederick Banting middle school counsellor organized a fundraiser over the weekend.

“Oh my gosh, it is past a large gym full,” said organizer Tina D’Amelio. “I had no idea we were going to get that much stuff.”

Among the donated items were multiple dish sets, mi-

crowaves, coffee makers, bed-ding, utensils, bicycles, kettles, Christmas decorations, lamps, tables and hampers. Pricier items, such as a high-quality stand mixer, will go to an avid baker, while a collection of computer games will be flagged for a gaming fan.

D’Amelio said there are many

bags that have yet to be opened, so she’s looking forward to dis-covering what other goodies are in store for the Mountainview families. Another $3,000 in gift cards and cash was also do-nated.

“What blew me away the most was a very, very elderly woman… she took a cab in the

pouring rain to Glenayre to give me a Walmart gift card. I couldn’t believe it,” D’Amelio said.

And the help didn’t just come in the form of donations. The night before the fund-raiser, D’Amelio realized she’d made an error in notifying the volunteers and panicked that

she would be on her own on Saturday.

She called a couple of moms of Banting students and, along with D’Amelio’s own kids, they spread the word and soon there was plenty of help. People who came to donate noticed how busy the event was and offered to stick around and pitch in but the sheer amount of donations was quickly filling the Glenayre community centre.

“In the first hour, I knew we were going to be in trouble,” D’Amelio said. She called the principal of Glenayre elementary and, soon, donations were over-flowing into that school’s gym.

Neighbours and friends of-fered their time and their trucks to transport all the goods to Banting, where D’Amelio is busy sorting everything into groups so that Mountainview families can “go shopping” for all the necessities on Thursday.

They’ll also be getting some holiday treats and presents in the form of Christmas hampers.

“It was pouring rain and cold but the kids were having a good time and people came with cof-fee and pizza,” D’Amelio said. “People were really willing to be a part of it. It was really neat.”

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Benefits of foreign students ‘huge,’ says chair shirraDIANE STRANDBERGTri-CiTy News

A trip to China for several school trustees that cost nearly $50,000 wasn’t paid for by B.C. taxpayers and helped sell School District 43’s interna-tional education program to Chinese parents, according to board chair Judy Shirra.

China’s education arm Hanban footed the $47,000 bill for six local trustees to meet with officials and families interested in sending their chil-dren to Tri-City public schools.

The funds are listed as ex-

penses for SD43 trustees in the latest statement of financial information (SOFI) report for the 2014/’15 school year.

Not only did the money for the trip not come from school district operating funds, Shirra said as a result, more foreign students attending schools here — and paying a $13,000 fee for their education.

“The benefits are huge,” said the Port Coquitlam trustee. “We’re getting people coming to our district because they see the government politicians are involved in the schools. The know and see us and know we care. They’re entrusting their children to us — that was a huge wakeup call for our trustees.”

Some parents even knew what school they wanted their

teens to attend, with Port Moody — which has an inter-national baccalaureate pro-gram — Heritage Woods and Pinetree secondary schools among the top choices.

Shirra said the district is currently at capacity when it comes to attracting foreign students, with some 1,700 en-rolling this year (not all of them from China), which is up from the 1,300 students that were expected.

She said the district gets a lot of benefits from foreign stu-dents attending local schools, including money to pay down its debt, hire additional teach-ers and put on special pro-grams for schools that host the students.

“Right now, it’s going to pay off our debt really quickly,

but you can’t depend on it,” Shirra said, adding that a global financial crisis or other disaster could easily stop the flow of foreign students to local schools.

The trip cost $7,860 per person and was paid for by Hanban through the Confucius Institute in Coquitlam but is listed in SOFI as an expense.

SHIRRA CHAIRTwo Port Coquitlam school

trustees will be sharing admin-istrative duties on the School District 43 board of educa-tion, after a board election last Tuesday. Judy Shirra will con-tinue to be the board chair for 2016 and Michael Thomas will be vice-chair.

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SD43 TRUSTEES’ PAY FOR 2014/2015The SOFI report shows that in the last fiscal year ending

June 30, SD43 had 15 school trustees on the payroll because of the overlap caused by some trustees not getting re-elected last November and new trustees taking their place.

The long-serving trustees — including Shirra, Port Moody trustee Keith Watkins and Coquitlam’s Diane Sowden, who were all re-elected — received more than $40,000 each.

Trustees’ pay is based on the average pay of city council-lors in Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam, and adjusted Jan. 1 based on councillor’s indemnities.

The remaining trustee payouts were as follows for those who were re-elected in the November 2014 election:

• Judy Shirra, chair (PoCo) — $42,509.93 ($9,289.81 in expenses);

• Diane Sowden (Coquitlam) — $40,278.94 ($446.25);• Keith Watkins (PoMo) — $40,278.94 ($8,303.64).Payments to new trustees:• Carol Cahoon (Coquitlam) — $22,308.34 ($1,707.44);• Chuck Denison (Coquitlam) — $22,308.34 ($9,258.17);• Barbara Hobson (Coquitlam) — $22,308.34 ($9,607.06);• Kerri Palmer Isaak, vice-chair (Anmore and Belcarra)

— $23,423.91 ($446.25);• Lisa Park (Port Moody) — $22,308.34 ($9,030.37);• Michael Thomas (PoCo) — $22,308.34 ($9,547.90).And payments to trustees who did not run or were not re-

elected last fall:• Gail Alty (Coquitlam) — $17,970.60;• Holly Butterfield (the villages) — $18,869.25;• Melissa Hyndes, former chair (PoMo) — $19,767.79;• John Keryluk (PoCo) — $17,970.60;• Brian Robinson (Coquitlam) — $17,970.60.

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A proposal for the first purpose-built rental building in Coquitlam in more than 35 years cleared a major hurdle Monday.

Following a public hearing, council voted in favour of giving the project third reading, which would see 41 units built in the Austin Heights neighbourhood — new housing the proponents say is suited for lower-income families.

“This is affordable housing,” said Coun. Terry O’Neill. “This is the kind of thing Coquitlam needs.”

The city has been pushing for more rental units in the munici-pality and increasing the afford-able housing stock is a major goal in the recently adopted Housing Affordability Strategy.

But parking concerns were a major issue for some coun-cillors, who worried that the building would have 44 stalls — 36 for residents and eight for visitors — for the 41 units.

“We will have a lot of kids there that go to SFU and they share suites and they will have two cars,” said Coun. Mae Reid. “We have lots of seniors in those buildings and they all have cars.”

A motion to send the pro-

posal back to staff for further deliberation failed in a 5-4 vote. Council then voted unani-mously in favour of sending the proposal to fourth reading.

Several councillors pointed to the Housing Affordability Strategy, which calls for relax-ing some bylaws, particularly around parking, to encourage developers to build purpose-built rental properties or other low-income housing.

The proponents, Redbrick Properties, said it needs the variances to make the project economically viable.

Abdul Jiwan, a manager with the company, added that park-ing requirements should not be as strict for rental properties be-cause the rates of vehicle own-ership is lower among renters.

Several councillors agreed,

noting that the neighbourhood has many walkable amenities and is relatively accessible to public transit.

“Braid Street SkyTrain is down one hill,” said Coun. Teri Towner, “Lougheed Station is down the other. There are buses, banks, coffee shops — it is in a neighbourhood that suits ten-ants that don’t have vehicles.”

If the building receives all the final approvals, Redbrick Properties anticipates charging $1,000 per month for a one-bedroom suite and $1,200 a month for a two-bedroom suite.

Sandy Burpee, the co-chair of the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group, who spoke in favour of the project, said a rent of $1,000 per month is consistent with an income of $40,000 annually, according to BC Housing guidelines. He added that projects like the one proposed in Austin Heights will alleviate the housing pressures caused by the redevelopment taking place in Burquitlam, where rental units are being knocked down to make way for high-density condo projects.

“To be able to get rental in this range without any financial support from the city is really significant,” he said.

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Coquitlam residents over-whelmingly support liquor regulation changes that would open the door to brew pubs and the sale of booze in gro-cery stores, according to the results of a recent public feed-back process.

Current liquor licence hold-ers, however, took the opposite view.

Of the 99 respondents sur-veyed, 94 said they supported liquor manufacturing while 90 said they were in favour of store-within-a-store sales at grocery stores. Another 86 said they would be in favour of wine being sold on store shelves.

“Interestingly, these views are consistent with the findings of the provincial government’s liquor policy review, which found that most of those who provided input want greater choice in purchasing and consuming alcohol,” said a city staff report.

The public feedback process also found that residents are open to relaxing the 300 m separation distance between liquor stores and other uses.

Between liquor stores, 77 people said the distances should be eliminated, while 73

said the same things for places of worship and 63 for public parks. The majority of respon-dents (43) said the separation distances should be kept in place for schools while 36 said those should be eliminated.

But the feedback was re-markably different when cur-rent liquor licence holders were surveyed.

Of the 26 respondents in that category, 24 said they were opposed to allowing liquor manufacturing — as Port Moody does with its three craft breweries near Rocky Point Park — while 100% said they would not support store-within-a-store sales and wine on grocery store shelves.

They also overwhelmingly supported maintaining the 300 m distances between liquor

stores and schools, public parks and places of worship.

“Most of the current licence holders who provided input are not supportive of amend-ments to allow liquor manu-facturing if it includes lounge endorsements or to allow grocery stores to sell any form of liquor,” said the staff report. “Many felt that the existing public access to liquor was sufficient and that if additional opportunities to purchase al-cohol were permitted, it would have negative social and health impacts.”

Council referred the report back to committee on Monday and a public hearing on the issue is expected to take place in February.


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‘Head in the sand if we’re not addressing this’: chair

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Shirra said she was alarmed by the resurgence of measles and said the concern was brought close to home when a teacher she knew in the Fraser Valley contracted the disease, passed it on to his wife and she lost her baby.

“We’re putting our head in the sand if we are not address-ing this,” she said. “It’s really important.”

While the SD43 resolution calls for vaccinations to be mandatory in all schools to ensure staff and student safety, Shirra said exemptions could be made for religious reasons, with parents showing proof of vaccination when they register their children, and the infor-mation kept in the province’s

MyEd BC data system.In the event of an outbreak,

unvaccinated students could be asked to stay home from school. “I want a line item that says ‘yes’ they’ve been inocu-lated or ‘no’ they haven’t — a simple data collection at the end of the day,” Shirra said.

The resolution has already been brought to the BCSTA provincial council meeting in October but was turned down, Shirra said, because of the wording.

It has since been updated with additional information, and the revamped resolu-tion was passed by trustees last week. But Shirra said she expects more debate when the motion is introduced at the BCSTA AGM and the wording possibly changed. Still, she

hopes it will pass in time for the provincial government to con-sider the idea and get it in place before the next school year.

The resolution notes that in Australia, government benefits are withheld from families that fail to immunize their children.

In August, the Canadian Medical Association passed a motion recommending proof of vaccination records for chil-dren attending public schools but stopped short of manda-tory vaccinations. Instead, the CMA recommends that records be kept and public health officers have conversa-tions with parents of children shown to be inadequately im-munized.

In the Tri-Cities, immuni-zation rates are among the highest in the region — 72%

in Coquitlam and 71% in Port Moody and Port Coquitlam — but the numbers indicate that as many as 30% of babies aren’t being brought in for their measles shot at 12 months and, therefore, are not immunized against the disease as well as others such as meningitis and chickenpox.

Fraser Health and the Ministry of Health were con-tacted about the SD43 resolu-tion but did not have a re-sponse in time for The Tri-City News’ print deadline.

But Minister of Health Terry Lake has been reported as saying various provincial min-istries are looking into ways to track vaccination information for public schools.


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$235k for sports & community groups

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The city of Coquitlam will be doling out $235,660 to com-munity groups and sports or-ganizations as part of its grant program for fall 2015.

Grants are allocated to groups looking to buy equip-ment, host events or take on capital projects, and more than 38 applicants asking for some $600,000 were reviewed for the most recent intake.

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• Coquitlam Public Library (Coquitlam 125 Celebrations) — $5,630;

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Coquitlam) — $6,500;• Rochester elementary PAC

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• Tri-Cities Community TV Society (equipment) — $6,093;

• Tri-City Minor Ball Hockey Association (equipment) — $13,658.


RECREATION FEES STEADY FOR 2016It won’t cost any more to take a dip, go for a skate or work

out at a Coquitlam recreation facility in the new year.But if you use the One Pass system, you’ll be paying

slightly more for your monthly card come April 1.The price of the one-, four- and 12-month cards will

bump up at least a quarter, although single, 10- and 50-visit admissions will remain the same.

According to the revised fees and charges schedule, which Coquitlam city council approved Monday, rentals for community rooms, pools, ice sheets and dry floors will also increase slightly.

Still, council’s longstanding policy to rent out fields, sports courts and track amenities to minor sports organization will go unchanged: Youth athletic groups (soccer, football, base-ball, etc.) don’t pay a cent while community adult teams will shell out $37.25 an hour next year — a twoonie more than in 2015.

In total, the rise in fees and charges — from parks and rec, planning, building permits and other city departments — will add another $409,900 to the city’s bottom line in the 2016 budget.

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A Coquitlam church con-gregation is anxiously awaiting news about two refugee fami-lies it applied to help sponsor after renting an apartment and collecting furniture and funds to support them.

“The Canadian govern-ment has received our ap-

plication and it’s fine,” said Darrell McLeod, who heads the sponsorship group for St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Parish in Coquitlam, “the big thing is trying to find out what’s hold-ing them up.”

One family is from Iraq, the second family from Syria and both are currently in Lebanon. The applications for both families were sent in the fall,

with no problems. The first family — two

adults and their three young children — is being sup-ported through the Blended Visa Office-Referred Program, which gets names from the United Nations Refugee Agency for families who are travel ready.

DIANE STRANDBERG/THE TRI-CITY NEWS Ian Radziejewski, Sharon Ciebin and Darrell McLeod are organizing funds, housing and support ser-vices for two refugee families their church, St. Clare of Assisi Catholic in Coquitlam, is sponsoring.

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McLeod says he thought that would speed things up and he hopes to hear soon the fami-lies are on their way because he doesn’t want to waste too much money on rent for an apartment the church has se-cured in Surrey.

Outside of not knowing when the families will arrive, McLeod says it has been a great experience getting the congre-gation involved in fundraising and collecting furniture and other goods for the families.

He has worked on the project since January after seeing a documentary about Carol Huynh, the daughter of Vietnamese boat people who came to Canada as refugees, who won a gold medal in wres-tling in the Beijing Olympics.

“I thought, ‘That’s what we’ve got to do [sponsor a refugee family]. It’s not too big a job to do.”

It costs $25,000 to support a family for a year and, to raise the funds, the 35 members on St. Clare’s sponsorship com-mittee sold pies and held fund-raisers, including a golf tourna-ment and a pub night.

Now, McLeod said the church might have raised enough money to possibly sponsor a third family because some government support is available for refugees under the blended visa office referred program so funds they’ve raised may go further.

Still, until the families arrive, it’s not known exactly what they will need, McLeod said.

“If it’s cost effective, we will just keep getting more families as long we can get them here,” McLeod said.

In addition to financial sup-port, the church has also found jobs for the newcomers in a window factory and will help them with their English, with everyday tasks such as shop-

ping and filling out govern-ment forms as well as getting children settled in schools.

As for what’s next, McLeod said the group can only hope and wait.

Meanwhile, the federal gov-ernment has announced that a total of 11,932 applications are currently in process and fund-ing for resettlement assistance centres has been increased by $3 million.

In response to a Tri-City News inquiry, a spokesperson for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said in an email that applications are processed in the “sequence in which they are received,” with refugees requiring medical and security screening before being accepted. The spokesperson also said most privately sponsored applications received before September 2015 are expected to be finalized this month.


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Winter has begun and the City of Coquitlam wants to take this opportunityto remind you that during stormy weather initial priorities are to maintainaccessibility for emergency and transit vehicles on collector, arterial andemergency and bus routes that connect major sections of our community.

Tips for Coquitlam ResidentsY It is your responsibility to clear your sidewalk in front of your house

within 10 hours of the cessation of any snowfall or ice storm. Snow thatgets redeposited by any means must be re-cleared.

Y Try not to drive unless you absolutely have to and only if you have goodsnow tires.

Y Do not park on the road or in the lane following a snowfall. Parkedvehicles impede snow plows.

Y Locate and clean catch basin grates in the roadway in front of your house.This helps prevent flooding of your property.

Y If you have a fire hydrant in front of your home, please clear the snowaround it. This will enable the fire department to locate the hydrant incase of an emergency.

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3030 Gordon reason to cheerA 10-year effort to

provide safe and secure shelter for

homeless people in the Tri-Cities is nearing an end with the first people moving into the shelter and transition housing project at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam.

It’s amazing now to see a facility that was once only a glimmer of hope in the eyes of advocates and outreach workers now a bricks-and-mortar building with facilities and programs to give dignity and support to those who need it.

But 3030 Gordon is not the final word in providing a range of housing and supports for those who are homeless or precariously housed. Without more at-tention to affordable hous-ing in the Tri-Cities, more people will become at risk of homelessness.

But those are problems for tomorrow. Today, it’s time to celebrate and con-gratulate those who have taken a leadership role in advancing the cause.

While other municipali-

ties wait for senior levels of government to do something, Coquitlam city council, its staff and members of the Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group took action. With the Port Moody and Port Coquitlam city councils, these organi-zations stepped up to the plate to start a temporary church mat program that wasn’t immediately sup-ported by neighbours.

It turned out that shel-tering the homeless didn’t increase crime and could actually reduce it if folks using the shelter had sup-port, such as that offered by Hope for Freedom Society, and Tri-Cities Mental Health, to deal with their mental health and addiction issues through access to pro-grams and stable housing.

While some homeown-ers and businesses have

been skeptical of the new permanent shelter mak-ing a positive difference, RainCity housing has been making inroads in getting support with its commu-nity advisory committee, open communication with residents and the RCMP and taking part in the homelessness task group.

But it’s the city of Coquitlam, in particular, that deserves kudos for identifying a piece of land that could be used for a permanent shelter, lever-aging a relatively small asset valued at under $500,000 into a $13-million facility, paid for by the B.C. and federal governments under the Canada-B.C. agreement for Investment in Affordable Housing.

While other munici-palities struggle with their homeless population — ending up in the news for trying to get rid of home-less camps — Coquitlam took a leadership role in taking care of the Tri-Cities vulnerable population.

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“Ensuring pub-lic safety is of course the top concern when looking at pas-senger transpor-tation. But the current system in BC goes way beyond this, pro-tecting the in-cumbent indus-try to a ridicu-lous extent that actually harms the public.”Ken Simpson on our story about PoCo and Coquitlam asking for Uber service here

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We don’t know the stories of all those who need our help

HELPING THOSE IN NEED

The Editor,Re. “3030 Gordon: open

doors & open arms” (The Tri-City News, Dec. 11).

That panhandler we pre-tend not to see as we go into the grocery store might not be the person we assume they are.

I went into Safeway on Saturday night on Austin Avenue and there was a young black man asking for spare change. While I had money in my pocket, I told the person all I had was plastic — and I hated myself for the lie I had told.

This same person was out-side my local Safeway tonight, and as I walked past him, he did not ask me for money. While in Safeway, I resolved to give him $5. Upon exiting, I walked up to him and apolo-gized for not helping him out on Saturday and gave him $5.

We started chatting and I realized that this could be me one of these days.

Marshall had been laid off from his trades job before he had enough weeks to collect Employment Insurance. His girlfriend left him and he was evicted from his rental unit in Burquitlam. He’d sold his tools so he could keep pay-

ing his rent, and now without tools, he can’t work.

As I was about to get in my car, I asked Marshall if he’d had dinner yet; he said he had not. We walked him to Subway and I bought him a foot-long and some soup. As

we are walking back to my car, the heavens opened up and the rain came pouring down. I had an umbrella in my car that my Uncle Barry had given me and I told Marshall he needed it more than me. I wished him luck and went on my way.

I don’t recount this story so people will tell me how good I am, because I am not. In my own struggles to pay my bills, I routinely see past the home-less in our community and forget that this could be me one day.

I suggested to this young man that he contact MLA Selina Robinson’s office as they might be aware of emer-gency resources for him to ac-cess as, while he has applied for social assistance, it is still eight days until cheque issue day and he is homeless right now.

Coquitlam’s homeless shel-ter can’t open soon enough.Robert Bottos, Coquitlam

Kudos to PoCo for moves towards a living wage policy

LIVING WAGE

The Editor,Re. “PoCo ctte. gives initial

OK to living wage policy” (The Tri-City News, Dec. 9).

I was delighted to see Port Coquitlam council is close to adopting a living wage policy for all city workers and for contractors doing more than 120 hours of work for the city a year. Thank you so much to all those involved that worked hard to make this happen.

The city of New Westmin-ster’s living wage began at $19.62 an hour in 2011 and, in Vancouver, it now stands at $20.68 an hour. In our commu-nity we have other living wage employers such as Vancity. We need more living wage em-ployers.

I was equally happy to see that Living Wage for Families Campaign’s Deanna Ogle say-ing, “We want to get the best practices and move ahead.”

It is said that when employ-ees are paid a better wage, they

are more loyal and productive, and they feel valued. A living wage lifts people out of poverty and builds stronger, healthier, sustainable communities. Raising taxes approximately $4.80 a year to adopt a living wage policy for our city is not unreasonable to me.

Will we see our other two cities in the Tri-Cities adopt a living wage policy? Come on, Coquitlam and Port Moody. This challenge is one worth fighting for.Nancy McCurrach,Port Coquitlam

‘A LIVING TAX’The Editor,

Seems to me we should have a living tax level, so we all having a living wage and can LIVE.Barbara Nuttall,Port Moody

TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTORainCity Housing Society’s Adam Prytuluk, program manager of the new homeless shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave. in Coquitlam that opened this week.

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JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News

Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore will lead the Metro Vancouver board again next year.

Last week, Moore was ac-claimed to the position — for the fifth time — along with Vancouver Coun. Raymond Louie, who will return as vice-chair. Both will also head up the boards for the Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District as well as the Greater Vancouver Water District.

As Metro chair, Moore earns an annual wage of $71,858 — on top of his municipal salary of about $91,000 (both 2015 rates) — while Louie receives $35,929.

They’re also eligible to be compensated for travel and expenses to workshops and conferences. As of Dec. 1, 2015, Moore had claimed $6,825 but that doesn’t include his recent trip to London and Paris

for the UN Climate Change Conference.

Moore will also act as PoCo’s voice on the Metro board in 2016 while Mayor Richard Stewart and Coun. Craig Hodge will continue to represent Coquitlam. Port Moody’s vote is held by Mayor Mike Clay while the Tri-City villages of Anmore and Belcarra will have their mayors at the table, too (votes are distributed according to population). Each board and committee member gets $359 (2015 rate) for a meeting up to four hours; past four hours, they receive $718.

Meanwhile, Moore will roll out his list next month of 2016 Metro committee appoint-ments, although Coquitlam has already put forward its requests with all councillors — except for Teri Towner and Chris Wilson — seeking positions.

As for municipal appoint-ments, Tri-City mayors this month shuffled the committee

portfolios for the new year.In Coquitlam, chairs

and vice-chairs will stand pat, although the Celebrate Coquitlam advisory panel — which aimed to draw major tourism events — has folded into the Coquitlam 125th anni-versary steering committee.

In PoCo, Coun. Brad West will take over smart growth (planning) from Coun. Glenn Pollock. West’s former transpor-tation committee will be headed by Coun. Dean Washington while Coun. Darrell Penner will lead healthy communities to replace Coun. Mike Forrest. Penner’s former committee of community safety will be over-seen by Coun. Laura Dupont.

And in Port Moody, land use will be led by Coun. Robert Vagramov, finance by Coun. Meghan Lahti and heritage by Coun. Barbara Junker. For parks and recreation, Coun. Diana Dilworth will take charge.

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♦ Use sturdy non-tip, non- combustible candle holders that arelarge enough to collect dripping wax.

♦ If a power outage occurs, use a flashlight instead of candles.

♦ Choose battery operated “flameless” candles as a greatalternative to open flame candles. They are readily availableand add a nice ambiance to your home without the risk.

Cooking♦ Never leave cooking unattended, especially when cooking

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♦ If a pot catches fire, carefully slide a tight fitting lid over thepot to smother the flames.

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Heating♦ Space heaters should always be plugged directly into an outlet

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♦ Turn off space heaters when the room is not occupied or whengoing to bed.

♦ Always keep all combustibles at least 1 m (3’) clear of spaceheaters.

♦ Ensure all your home-heating appliances (furnace, gasfireplace, wood-burning appliances & chimneys) are in good,clean working condition and serviced on a regular basis.

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The holiday season is a time to gather with friends and family.The Tri-Cities Fire Departments recommend the following simple tips tohelp keep you, your family and your home safe this holiday season.

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Isaacs will run for BC Liberals in byelection

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A byelection has yet to be called in the provincial riding of Coquitlam-Burke Mountain but all three major parties now have their candidates lined up for the contest.

Monday, members of the BC Liberal party chose Joan Isaacs over Rick Pasin to represent them on the byelection ballot in a vote at Eagle Ridge Bible Fellowship. Isaacs was a late-comer to the race, announcing her intention to run only two weeks ago.

A longtime Coquitlam resi-dent, Isaacs has volunteered

with a number of community causes, including politics, minor sports, health and youth.

She will face the NDP’s Jodie Wickens and Joe Keithley of the Green Party at the polls.

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prompted following the res-ignation of BC Liberal MLA Doug Horne, who quit to run in the federal election in October for the Conservative Party. He was unsuccessful in his bid to take over the seat previously held by MP James Moore.

A date for the byelection has yet to be announced and the provincial government has until Feb. 17 — six months after Horne quit — to call the contest. It also has until Jan. 13 to call a byelection in the riding of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant following the departure of NDP MLA Jenny Kwan, who won a federal seat in the Oct. 19 elec-tion.

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Winners will be honoured at gala Jan. 31 at casino

They mean business.The Tri-Cities Chamber

of Commerce announced Monday its 2015 Business Excellence Awards finalists. They are:

• Small Business of the Year: Arthur Murray Dance Studio, Coquitlam; Engineered Bodies Strength and Conditioning; J. Fitzpatrick and Associates; Polly K Consulting; Vancouver Tumblebus.

• Business of the Year

(10 to 50 employees): BTM Lawyers LLP; Coast Therapy; SynergyAspen Environmental; Turbulent Diffusion Technology Inc.; West World Paper.

• Business of the Year (50+ employees): Harken Towing; Rokstad Power; TYGO Enterprises Ltd.

• Not-for-Profit of the Year: I Am Someone Foundation; Rotary Clubs of the Tri-Cities; Soroptimist International of the Tri-Cities.

• Business Leader of the Year: Julie Fisher, Lawyers West LLP; Don Drysdale, DBM Lawyers LLP; Gary Mauris, Dominion Lending Centres.

• Community Spirit Award: Paul MacDonald, Ethical Waste Services Ltd.; Katrina Shelast, Hair We Are Beauty Boutique; Scotiabank.

Tri-City residents can weigh in on who they think should win in each category: Visit tricitieschamber.com, read about each finalist, then vote for your favourites. Citizens’ votes will help the judging panel choose winners.

Winners will be named and honoured at the cham-ber’s annual gala banquet on Jan. 30 at the Hard Rock Casino Vancouver Theatre in Coquitlam. Details of that event will soon appear on the chamber website.

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Bird escaped seri-ous injury, is now on a Xmas cardDIANE STRANDBERGThe Tri-CiTy News

A baby bird that escaped the clutches of a hawk flying over Coquitlam in July is the star attraction on a Christmas card raising funds for the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC (WRA).

With a beak wide open in a squawk — or maybe in antici-pation of something to eat — the cedar waxwing is featured on the card because it looked so energetic and happy, and seemed to represent the best of the holiday season, said WRA spokesperson Yolanda Brooks.

“I was looking through our image library for inspiration and I came across this amazing cedar waxwing that looked like it was singing for joy,” Brooks said. “We’ve had a really posi-tive response; it’s a card that makes you smile.”

The fledgling bird wasn’t always so happy. It was injured after a hawk grabbed it from

its nest, along with its sibling, then dropped it onto the hood of a car on Raven Court in Coquitlam.

While its sibling succumbed to its injuries, the young cedar waxwing, suffering an abra-sion on its beak, was rescued by a couple that turned it over to a neighbour, Eric Simmons, who is married to a WRA board member.

When the bird got to the centre, it had to be fed every 30 minutes but, after two weeks, it was able to feed itself. The bird

thrived in care and was released within a month of its brush with death, according to Brooks.

“It came in as a nestling without many feathers but it developed feathers, and once it can self-feed, it can go outside with the other waxwings,” said Brooks.

In August, after a month at the shelter, the bird was re-leased.

A volunteer photographer, Paul Steeves, captured a shot of the feisty bird during its re-covery.

The cedar waxwing

Christmas cards are available in packs of five for $7.50. The card is part of a collection of Christmas cards and calendars being sold to raise money for the organization, which treats more than 5,000 wild animals each year. They are available from Wildlife Rescue’s office at 5216 Glencarin Dr. in Burnaby. They can also be ordered by phone on 604-526-2747, Ext. 502 or online at www.wildlife-rescue.ca. All proceeds will go directly to WRA.


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LINDA BAKKER PHOTOA rescued cedar waxwing at WRA’s facility in Burnaby.

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PoCo photog does high-tech art proj-ect with Coupland SARAH PAYNEThe Tri-CiTy News

John Biehler is used to being on the cutting edge of technology, having writ-

ten the go-to how-to book on 3D printing. But being at the forefront of Canadian contem-porary art is somewhat of a surprise to the Port Coquitlam resident.

Biehler has spent the last year collaborating with inter-nationally famous artist and author Douglas Coupland on his latest piece, 3DCanada, which was commissioned by the fashion retailer Simons, and travelling across Canada as the team works to compile an “image” of Canada — one that is assembled from some 1,500 3D busts of everyday Canadians from Quebec to B.C.

It’s an idea that evolved when the two met about a year ago after they struck up a con-versation on Twitter; Biehler had been to see Coupland’s latest exhibit, Gumhead, and asked the artist what he thought about someone with a 3D printer being able to repli-cate his artwork.

“He messaged me and I went to his studio and we spent about six hours nerding out,” Biehler said. “It was really

cool for me.”The two talked about 3D

printing technology and its capabilities, and Coupland immediately purchased much of the same gear that Biehler owns and started experiment-ing, often with his friends.

“He has a bowl on the kitchen table full of these 3D printed busts… but they’re all famous people,” Biehler said.

“Every time someone would come to the studio, he did a 3D printed bust.”

When Simons, a Quebec-based retailer that opened its first B.C. store this fall at Park Royal in West Vancouver, commissioned Coupland for a signature piece of art for its Yorkdale location in Toronto, he contacted Biehler, who spent the next three months

hammering out numbers.The 3DCanada project

started this summer at Simons’ original store in Quebec City but, despite months of re-search and planning, Biehler admits to having had some opening-day jitters.

“We didn’t know how it would go” and whether the ideas and numbers would translate once they were set up

in the store. “Would it be really popular or would there just be crickets? It exceeded all our expectations. We had to turn away hundreds of people.”

At each location, window displays were outfitted with a row of 3D printers at work; shoppers could see a piece being built and check out the progress at the end of their shopping trip. Inside, Biehler

was ready with a special iPad attachment to photograph a participant sitting on a stool.

The data was used to print a small 3D bust of the shopper — many at last month’s Park Royal event were keen to scoop one up as a Christmas orna-ment — and will be used by Coupland for the larger piece.

JOHN BIEHLER PHOTOS

Using a bank of 3D printers Port Coquitlam’s John Biehler and internationally famous artist and author Douglas Coupland created tiny busts (above right) of thousands of Canadians for a project commissioned by the Quebec-based retailer Simons. Above left is the bust of Biehler himself. Top right: One of the 3D printers that were used.

see FINAL 3DCANADA, page 26

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Exactly what the sculpture will look like, however, isn’t yet decided.

In a release, Coupland said 3DCanada will be “a cross-country portrait of Canadians 150 years into nationhood,” but Biehler said some unex-pected themes emerged as they travelled across Canada, including regional similarities in the way people looked and the seasonal differences in how participants were dressed, and Coupland will wait until all the data is compiled before settling on how it will be assembled.

Whatever the result, Biehler is glad to be using his tech skills to be part of the artistic process on 3DCanada as well as other

projects with Coupland and other artists.

“It’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever worked on,” he said. “I’m using my skills to do something so different than I’ve done before. Doug and I collaborated quite closely on how we were capturing and printing the scans, so overall, the result really feels like a col-laboration.

“It’s spawned a whole other path I hadn’t really expected.”

• Future 3DCanada scan-ning events are in Ontario and Alberta in fall 2016 and spring 2017. The finished piece is ex-pected to be unveiled in 2019 and will tour Simons stores across the country.

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JOHN BIEHLER PHOTOSAbove left: Artist Douglas Coupland takes a photo of one subject for his cross-country 3DCanada project. The digital images were then converted and the information used to create tiny busts (above right). The thousands of busts Coupland and Port Coquitlam’s John Biehler created will be-come part of an art project Coupland will unveil in several years.


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Don’t forget to mark your calendars forthe Sixth Annual Give Her Wings Gala,Saturday February 27th, 2016.For ticket information email us:[email protected].

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Books by and about refugees enlightening & entertaining

TRI-CITY LITERACY

It is interesting to read about other people’s lives and learn about their

struggles and achievements. It amazes me that people can live through horrific experiences and still find the strength to carry on.

The following books are written by or about former refugees whose lives were turned upside-down but who found the will to survive and create new lives in their adop-tive countries.

Rahimeh Andalibian writes an emotional story about her tumultuous life in her book The Rose Hotel: A Memoir of Secrets, Loss and Love from Iran to America. Andalibian was growing up in a house next to the hotel her family owned when the Iranian revolution of 1979 forced her family to flee to London and then California. Andalibian explores many is-sues facing her family besides the hardships of starting a new life in a foreign country. Andalibian also discusses her family’s battle with mental ill-ness, drug abuse and violence.

In Survival: A Refugee Life, Fred Bruemmer writes about his remarkable life’s journey.

Bruemmer was born in Latvia and his parents were killed by the Soviets in 1945, and at 15 years of age, he was sent to a slave labour camp in Ukraine. Upon release from the camp, Bruemmer made his way to Germany and then to Ontario, where he worked as a gold miner and newspaper reporter. He became a Canadian citizen and lived in Montreal and the Arctic for 30 years. Bruemmer was a gifted photographer and wrote 25 books. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1983.

Journalist Debi Goodwin traveled to a Kenyan refugee camp in 2008 to meet with 11 young women and men who had been awarded scholar-ships to Canadian universities.

Goodwin followed the lives of the students over a period of one year and she tells their stories in her book Citizens of Nowhere: From Refugee Camp to Canadian Campus.

Lopez Lomong chronicles his life story in Running for My Life: One Lost Boy’s Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games. Lomong was six years old when he was captured by rebels in Sudan while he and his fam-ily were attending church. He was taken to a camp where boys were being trained to be soldiers. With help from some older boys, Lomong escaped and ran for three days to the Kenyan border, where he was taken in at a refugee camp. During his nine years

in the camp, he saw Michael Johnson on TV, running in the Olympics, and Lomong de-cided he wanted to be a runner as well. Lomong was spon-sored by a family in New York State, where he had an oppor-tunity to compete on track and field teams in high school. He was also a champion runner at Northern Arizona University. Lomong eventually qualified for the Olympic Games.

David Starr was a princi-pal of Edmonds community school in Burnaby. Many of the students and parents he met at the school were refugees from war-torn countries such as Sudan, Afghanistan and Iraq. Starr interviewed eight families and wrote about their experi-ences in his book, From Bombs to Books: The Remarkable Stories of Refugee Children at an Exceptional Canadian School. Starr also wrote about the support staff who helped the families who were trying to cope with terrifying memo-ries of the past while begin-ning their new lives in British Columbia.

Please visit your local library to ask staff to help you find these and more incredible sto-ries of brave refugees.

A Good Read is a column by Tri-City librarians that is published on

Wednesdays. Lori Nick works at Port Coquitlam’s Terry Fox Library.

A GOOD READ

LORI NICK

Time running out to contribute food & cash for Xmas hampers

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THURSDAY, DEC. 17• Glen Pine Live Christmas

luncheon, noon-2:30 p.m., Glen Pine Pavilion; 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam. Cost: $16.75. Registration: 604-927-6940 or coquitlam.ca/registration.

FRIDAY, DEC. 18• Christmas concert and free

community dinner hosted by Redeemed Christian Church of God Trinity Chapel, 7 p.m., 2606 Kingsway Ave., PoCo. Info: 604-474-3131 or www.rccgtrinitycha-pel.com.

MONDAY, JAN. 11• Tri-City Photography Club,

7:30-9:30 p.m., Port Moody sec-ondary school, 300 Albert St., Port Moody. Topic: Image projec-tion – seasons of winter. Info: www.tricityphotoclub.ca.

SENIORS• Dogwood Drama Club

meets Mondays and Thursdays, 1-3:30 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam (en-trance and parking off Winslow Avenue). New members are always welcome for acting roles or backstage crew. Info: Don, 604-526-2345.

• Minds in Motion, a fitness and social program for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s and a care partner hosted, by Alzheimer Society of B.C., runs Wednesdays, 1-3 p.m., Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Cost: $38 per pair/8 weeks. Register in person or call 604-927-6098.

• Coquitlam 50+ (Glen Pine and Dogwood pavilions) slo-pitch ball club is looking for men age 55+ and women 50+ from the Tri-Cities who are interested in

reliving their childhood dreams. It is not necessary to have participated in organized ball in your past life, just have some knowledge of the game and an ability to make it around the bases. There are teams playing out of both Town Centre Park and Mundy Park, with practices and games on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and the sea-son starting as soon as weather permits (March or April). Info: Len, 604-941-0081 or [email protected], or Barry, 604-936-8436 or [email protected].

• Share Family and Community Services’ free seniors (60+) is offering a free, weekly support group that meets for 90 minutes on Wednesday mornings at Poirier community centre, Coquitlam. No group experience necessary. Info & registration: Rhea, 604-937-6964.

• Stroke Recovery Association of BC, Coquitlam branch at Dogwood Pavilion invites people recovering from stroke and their caregivers most Fridays, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. for speech therapy, exercise, indoor bocce, music, dance, games, speakers, outings, fun

and friendship, 624 Poirier St. (enter off Winslow Avenue). Info: Margaret, 604-927-6093 or [email protected].

• Share is running a free se-niors’ support group for people 60+ wanting to meet others and talk about things important to them. No group experience, no problem. Info and registration: Rhea, 604-937-6964.

• Dogwood Songsters meet every Monday, 9:30 a.m.-noon, Dogwood Pavilion; group also visits and entertains at seniors’ facilities weekly. If you love to sing, you can join. Info: 778-285-4873 or 604-464-2252.

• Seniors meet every Friday, 12:30-2:30 p.m., to do fun group activities including physi-cal fitness exercises, games, storytelling, local tours and recipe sharing. All women and men 50 or older are welcome at Share Family and Community Services’ Mountain View Family Resource Centre, 699 Robinson St., Coquitlam (corner of Smith Avenue and Robinson Street). Info: Gina, 604-937-6970.

• Council of Senior Citizens Organizations (COSCO) is an advocacy group devoted to se-niors’ concerns. Seniors’ orga-

nizations and others interested in joining, call Ernie, 604-576-9734, or email [email protected].

• The Alzheimer Society of BC has two active support groups in the Tri-Cities. One meets on the second Wednesday of each month, the other meets on the last Wednesday of each month. People who are interested in participating in a caregiver sup-port group should call Dorothy Leclair at 604-298-0780.

• Glen Pine 50Plus group plays bridge Mondays, 12:45-3:30 p.m., Tuesdays, 9:30-11:45 a.m. at Glen Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam. New members wel-come. Info: 604-927-6940.

• Caregiver support group meets second and fourth Friday of each month, Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St., Coquitlam, 10 a.m.-noon. Info: 604-933-6098.

• Monthly seniors luncheon with Jewish entertainment, Burquest Jewish Community Centre, 2680 Dewdney Trunk Rd. Coquitlam. Info: 604-552-7221 or [email protected].

• ABCs of Fraud, a consumer fraud prevention program for se-niors, by seniors, gives free one-hour presentations to seniors groups of 10 or more. Info: 604-437-1940 or [email protected].

• Honeycombs, a group of people over 50 who entertain with song, dance and skits, meets Thursdays, 1 p.m., at Wilson Centre, PoCo. Performers plus prop, sound and stage hands needed. Info or show bookings: Frances, 604-941-1745.

CLUBS• City of the Arts

Toastmasters, dedicated to

improving leadership and public speaking skills, meets 5:30-7 p.m., Port Moody city hall, 100 Newport Dr. Info: Mike, [email protected] or cityoft-hearts.toastmastersclubs.org.

• The Tri-City Singles Social Club offers an opportunity for 50+ singles to get together and enjoy fun activities such as dining, dancing, theatre, travel, movies and more. Meetings are normally held on the third Friday of each month, excluding December, 7:30 p.m., at the Legion Manor, 2909 Hope St., Port Moody (on-street parking only). New members are wel-come. Info: Darline, 604-466-0017.

• Rotary Club of PoCo Centennial meets Thursdays, 4:15 p.m., Wilson Centre, 2150 Wilson Ave., PoCo; new members welcome. Info: Barrie, [email protected] or 604-945-6627.

• Fraser Pacific Rose Society meets last Tuesday of each month except August and December, 7 p.m. Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier St. Everyone welcome.

• Downtown Coquitlam Toastmasters meet every Wednesday, 7-8:30 p.m.; first Wednesday of each Month at Coquitlam Public Library, City Centre branch, 1169 Pinetree Way, in the Coquitlam founda-tion Room; other Wednesdays in Room B2090, Douglas College, David Lam Campus, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam. The Toastmasters program ad-dresses skills including public speaking, listening, evaluating and feedback, as well as leader-ship skills. Info: 604-936-1427.

• PoCo Lions Club meets first and third Tuesdays of each month, 7 p.m., Royal Canadian

Legion 133, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. New members wel-come. Info:: Gord, 604-941-5140 or [email protected].

• Circle of Friends is a social group for 50+ fun singles who are looking to meet new friends and participate in social events. Group meets to plan events at 7 p.m. on the third Friday of each month at the PoCo Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St. Info: Nina, 604-941-9032.

• Rotary Club of Coquitlam Sunrise meets Tuesdays, 7:15 a.m., City Centre Aquatic Complex, 1210 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam. New members wel-come. Info: 604-464-7706.

• PoMo Men’s 55-plus Curling League is looking for players who would like to curl regularly or as a spare; league runs Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. Info: Tony, 604-461-5901 or Bill, 604-464-1051.

• Tri-City Photography Club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month (except holidays) at 7:30 p.m. at Port Moody secondary school, 300 Albert St., PoMo. The club is a great way to hone your skills and meet other photographers of all levels, and has photog-raphy outings throughout the Lower Mainland. Info: www.trici-typhoto.ca.

• Coquitlam Lawn Bowling Club is looking for new mem-bers. The bowling green and clubhouse are next door to Dogwood Pavilion and rose garden, located at 624 Poirier St. Membership is $90 per year and includes use of prac-tice bowls, exercise, clean air, sunshine and friendship. Info: Dennis or Flo, 604-945-2768.

DEC. 20: CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT• Glen Pine Christmas variety show, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Glen

Pine Pavilion, 1200 Glen Pine Crt., Coquitlam. Admission: $5, children welcome. Registration: 604-927-6940 or co-quitlam.ca/registration.

• Port Moody Heritage Society hosts Holiday Tea on the Train, Port Moody Station Museum, 2734 Murray St. Seatings: 10-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1-2 p.m. Cost: $10 per adult and $5 for kids 10 and under, includes admis-sion to museum. Info: www.portmoodymuseum.org or 604-939-1648.

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InternationalGuitar NightThe world’s foremost acoustic guitarists come together toperform their latest original compositions. Featuring Brian Gore,Lulo Reinhardt, Mike Dawes and André Krengel.

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• Coquitlam Gogos (Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation) meet third Wednesday of each month, 1 p.m., Parkwood Manor, 1142 Dufferin St., Coquitlam. Info: Pam, 604-469-0265.

• Euchre Club meets at 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Royal Canadian Legion, 2675 Shaughnessy St., PoCo. Info: Bev, 604-942-8911.

• Tri-City Speakers Toastmasters Club meets Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m., Douglas College, David Lam Campus, main building, Room B2050, 1250 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam; you can drop in for an evening to experience the effective communications and honing of leadership skills in a friendly en-vironment. Info: tricityspeakers.toastmastersclubs.org or Sean, 778-995-5230.

• Fear speaking to a group? Get self-confidence and speak-ing skills as the Tri-Cities only noon-hour Toastmasters club meets at Coquitlam city hall every Tuesday, noon-1 p.m. Guests and visitors welcome. Info: tottcoquitlam.toastmas-tersclubs.org or Brad, 604-418-2393.

• Lincoln Toastmasters meets from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Hyde Creek rec centre, 1379 Laurier Ave., PoCo (Room 3, upstairs). Improve your self-confidence, communication and leadership skills through public speak-ing; new members welcome. Information: http://6399.toast-mastersclubs.org.

• Friends of Coquitlam Public Library meet on the second Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the boardroom, Poirier Branch. Info: 604-937-4130.

• Morningside Toastmasters meetings are held Thursdays, 7-8:30 a.m., at Burkeview Family Funeral Home, 1340 Dominion Ave., PoCo. Club is looking for new members who are com-mitted to improving their public speaking, leadership and com-munication skills. Info: [email protected] or www.morningsidetoast-masters.ca.

• Dogwood Photography Group meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 7-9 p.m., at Coquitlam’s Dogwood Pavilion. Club members must be members of Dogwood Pavilion; professionals and novices alike are welcome. Info: Arcadia, 604-936-2263 or [email protected].

• Barnet Lions Club meets first and third Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Coquitlam Grill restaurant, 2635 Barnet Hwy., Coquitlam. New members wel-come. Info: 604-644-7194 or www.barnetlions.com.

• New Toastmaster club: Are you interested in having fun while developing communication and leadership skills? Would you like to be able to deliver a powerful toast at a wedding or a memorable speech, or learn to lead a team more effectively? This is your opportunity to be a charter member of the new RP2 Toastmaster Club. The club will meet Wednesdays 7-9 p.m. at Port Moody rec complex. Info: Gene, 604 230-8030 or [email protected].

• Dogwood and Glen Pine Seniors’ Softball Association seeks players for a new, competi-tive co-ed team, ages 50+; this team plays in the daytime. Info: Rick, 604-937-5446.

• Apex Netball Club is held Mondays, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Hillcrest middle school, 2161 Regan Ave., Coquitlam for women and girls of all ages. Beginners welcome. Info: Wendy, 604-552-3219.

• Do you want to improve your ability to speak? Check out Rocky Point Toastmasters in Port Moody. Meetings are held Mondays, 7-9:15 p.m. (guests

please

show up 15 minutes early) at PoMo city hall. Info: rockypoint.freetoasthost.net.

• Super Strikers Youth Cricket Club plays at Mackin Park in Coquitlam; all levels welcome, in-cluding handball cricket for U16 and U14 and kanga (softball) cricket for U10. Info: 604-461-2522 or [email protected].

• Port Coquitlam Elks Lodge 49 meets first and third Thursdays at 8 p.m. it Elks Hall, 2272 Leigh Sq. Elks are look-ing for new members. Group provides community service to young people and seniors in the Tri-Cities and beyond. Info: Ed, 604-945-0880 or 604-942-1345.

• Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition, Tri-Cities Committee, meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m., Port Moody city hall. If you ride your bike in the Tri-Cities, meet and work with other cyclists to help improve cycling facilities in the area. New participants always welcome. Info: John, 604-469-0361 or [email protected].

• Happy Wanderers Walking Club welcomes all singles 45 and older for walks in the Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows areas; meet every Saturday at 9:15 a.m. Info: Marilyn, 604-463-8874.

• The Kinsmen Club of PoCo is looking for new members. It is a service club operating since 1965 that combines raising money with fun times. Kinsmen meet the second Thursday of each month and commit time for projects and social events. Anyone interested in joining or at-tending a meeting, call Cyrille at 604-942-4826 or email [email protected].

• Crystal Clear Speakers Toastmasters meet every second Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., the Oasis, 1111 Austin Ave., Coquitlam.

Info: Walter, 604-941-0191 or http://crys-

talclearspeakers.freetoast-

host. Info.

• Tri-

City Airedale Terrier Club is orga-nizing events for local Airedale owners (and dogs). Info: [email protected] or www.tric-ityairedales.com.

• Hyde Creek Watershed Society meets first Wednesday of every month, 7:15 p.m., Hyde Creek rec centre. Info: 604-461-FISH (3474).

• Centennial Stamp Club meets second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, 7 p.m., social rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-945-1017 or www.stampclub.ca.

• Maillardville Community Lions now meet at Coquitlam branch of Royal Canadian Legion, 1025 Ridgeway Ave. Info: 604-937-0310.

• 777 Neptune Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets, parade every Wednesday, 6:30-9:30 p.m., L’Ecole des Pionniers, 3550 Wellington St., PoCo; girls and boys 12-19 wel-come. Info: 604-941-6227.

• PoMo Canoe and Kayak Club meets first and third Thursdays of each month, 7 p.m., Old Mill Boathouse at Rocky Point Park. Info: Brent, 604-461-8863 or Gordon, 604-936-8203.

• Parents Without Partners is an international non-profit orga-nization devoted to the interest and welfare of single parents and their children. Information meetings for new members run the second Thursday of each month, 7:30 p.m., Howe Room, Coquitlam rec centre, 630 Poirier St. Info: 604-945-2407.

• Brunette Enviro-Committee meets third Wednesday of each month, 6-8 p.m., PoMo Arts Centre. Info: Mi, 604-936-7470.

• PoCo Garden Club meets the third Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m., at Trinity United church, Prairie and Shaughnessy. Info: 604-941-8465.

• Hoy/Scott Streamkeepers meet the third Wednesday of each month. Info: 604-941-3402.

• Tri-City Christian Women’s Club luncheon is at noon the second Thursday of each month, the Executive Inn, 405 North Rd., Coquitlam. Inspirational speaker each month. Reservations: 604-420_2667 or [email protected].

• PoCo Chess Club meets

every Thursday, 7-10 p.m., at Wilson Centre (PoCo rec com-plex). Info: Nathan, 604-340-6208 or email: [email protected].

• Minnekhada Park Association is a group of local volunteers who work in part-nership with Metro Vancouver Parks to preserve and enhance the natural environment of Minnekhada Regional Park. The group runs a bear aware program to educate visitors about appropriate behaviour when encountering bears in the park and organizes work days to support nest box program, and to enhance the park’s historical features. Volunteers are always needed. Info: Karen, 604-520-6442.

• If you are interested in volunteering in your community, PoCo Kinsmen meet twice a month. Info: 604-944-8559.

• PoMo Garden Club meets second and last Monday of each month, 10:30 a.m., Kyle Centre. Info: 604-931-6224.

• Falun Dafa/Falun Gong practice to improve mind, body and spirit: Lafarge Lake, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Classes are free. Info: Carolyn, 604-944-4909 or visit www.falundafa.org

• 2827 BCR DCO Royal Canadian Army Cadets, for boys and girls 12-18; they will receive adventure training, learn orienteering with map and compass, leadership, first aid, marksmanship, radio com-munications, field craft, effec-tive speaking, and search and rescue. Uniforms are loaned at no charge and summer training from two to seven weeks is in-cluded. Info: Shannon, 604-520-7604, or www.cadets.kc.ca.

• Burquitlam Lions meet the first and third Wednesdays of each month, 6:30 p.m., Christmas Manor, 560 Austin Ave., Coquitlam. Prospective members welcome. Info: 604-464-3220.

• Coquitlam Camera Club meets second Wednesday of each month, 7:15-9:30 p.m., Miller Park elementary school, 800 Egmont Ave., Coquitlam. Info: Dale, 604-667-3375 or Elma, 694-936-3969.

• PoCo Knights of Columbus hold cribbage nights, 7 p.m., fourth Tuesday of each month at

K of C hall, 2255 Fraser St. Info: Joe, 604-942-4731.

• Learn to canoe or just have fun paddling with Dogwood Canoe Club; membership costs $35. Info: Jenn, 604-764-1009.

• Knotty Dotters Smocking Group welcomes new members. Meetings second and fourth Tuesdays of each month 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Group meets at Kyle centre, 125 Kyle St., PoMo. Info: 604-036-1414.

• Barnet Sailing Club co-oper-ative. Info: 604-739-9384.

• International Training in Communication offers ongo-ing training in public speaking and personal development. Meetings are at 7 p.m. on second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the Poirier Street library. Info: 604-939-5088.

SUPPORT GROUPS• B.C. Schizophrenia Society

meets the second Monday of each month, 7:30 p.m., McGee Room, Poirier rec centre, 630 Poirier St., Coquitlam. Info: 604-720-3935.

• Joy’s Place Transition House is an emergency shelter for physically and/or emotionally abused women and their chil-dren. Info: 604-492-1700.

• GriefShare is a support group for people who have lost a spouse, child, family mem-ber or friend through death. This 11-week, Christ-centred, biblically based support group meets every Saturday, 10 a.m.-noon, Northside Church, 1460 Lansdowne Dr., Coquitlam. Each session has a video presenta-tion followed by small group dis-cussion and you can attend at anytime. Info: 604-942-7711.

• Al-Anon, a fellowship of friends and family of alcoholics who come together to share their experience, strength and hope, meets on Mondays, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Women’s Resource Centre, 2420 Mary Hill Rd., PoCo. Info: Elaine with Al-Anon Central Services Society, 604-688-1716.

• Alateen meetings, 8-9 p.m. on Wednesdays, St. Andrews United Church, 2318 St. Johns St., Port Moody, for teenagers whose lives have been affected by someone else’s drinking; meetings are anonymous and confidential, and closed to the general public. Info: 604-688-1716 or www.bcyukon-al-anon.org.

• TOPS chapters meet weekly at numerous Tri-City locations. For information on group near you: Gail, 604-941-2907.

• Al-Anon Family Group meets at 1 p.m. Mondays, 8 p.m. Wednesdays and noon Saturdays at Como Lake United church, 535 Marmont Ave. Coquitlam. Info: 604-688-1716.

TAKE A HIKE – OR A WALK• Pocomo Hiking Club invites people to join Saturday

hikes starting at 9:30 a.m. from the Rocky Point Park parking lot. Info: Maurina, [email protected].

• Singles over-45 walking group meets Saturdays, 9:15 a.m. at Pitt Meadows rec centre for walks in Tri-Cities and Ridge Meadows areas. Info: Graham, 604-464 1839.


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LEFT: The CP Holiday Train ends its cross-country journey in Port Moody and PoCo Dec. 19.

CP RAIL

Cuddy’s a chip off the old blockCP HOLIDAY TRAIN

JANIS WARRENThe Tri-CiTy News

Devin Cuddy had heard stories from his dad and other musicians who had hopped onto the CP Rail Holiday Train to play for communities across Canada.

But it was only after he signed up to do the same that the country rocker realized they had performed for short legs of the trip — not the full stretch from Quebec to B.C.

In total, Cuddy’s journey would be 21 days, a distance that would see him board at Montreal on Nov. 28 and disembark on Dec. 19 in Port Coquitlam after his 86th show.

It’s something Cuddy shakes his head at now.

Still, “seeing this beautiful train rip through the country-side” has been something of a beautiful experience for him as well, he’ll admit.

At each station, when the stage door lifts up, “you see all the smiling faces and the com-munity is all gathered together, it’s easy to kind of draw on that and forget about how many [gigs] you’ve done in the day or how tired you are,” Cuddy said from Red Deer last week.

For most of his trip, Cuddy has performed with musicians he had never met up until

Montreal. Country star Kelly Prescott is right beside him on stage as is their backup band, CP Holiday Train regulars the Odds: bassist Doug Elliott, drummer Pat Steward and guitarist Murray Atkinson (Port Moody native Craig Northey, the lead singer of the Odds, did not join in for this year’s ride).

If they weren’t friends be-fore, they certainly are now. It doesn’t take long when you live on a train for three weeks, Cuddy laughed.

Their schedule has been

gruelling but CP Rail has made it manageable, with perfor-mances spread out enough.

“There are harder days and lighter days,” Cuddy said.

All along, they’ve stuck to a regular 30-minute set. Cuddy and Prescott have a few Christmas medleys but he also plays two original tunes: Home and This Christmas.

For their B.C. stops, when Cuddy’s father — the Canadian icon Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo fame — climbs aboard, the team will liven things up with

his classic songs, too.Cuddy said giving runs in his

blood as he and his father often perform for charitable causes.

Jim Cuddy was the feature act for the 2014 CP Rail Holiday Train, which also ended in PoCo last December.

As in the past 16 years, that trip raised hundreds of thou-sands in dollars and pounds for the food banks at 150 sites across Canada and the U.S. (in the Tri-Cities, the contribu-tions go to the Share Family and Community food bank).

As for a boost to his CD sales, Devin Cuddy doesn’t see that happening with this maiden voyage.

“I hope it will gain a ton of new fans but I didn’t sign up thinking it would take me a step forward in my career,” he said. “It’s supposed to be fun and for a good cause.”

• The CP Holiday Train rolls behind the Port Moody recreation complex at 4:50 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 and at the Port Coquitlam West Coast Express station at 6:15 p.m. The shows begin about 15 minutes after the train stops. The concerts are free but a non-perishable food or cash dona-tion for the Share food bank is requested. Visit cpr.ca.

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PHOTOS SUBMITTEDDevon Cuddy will be joined by his dad, Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo fame, along with Kelly Prescott (above), for the B.C. leg of the CP Holiday Train tour, which wraps up Saturday, Dec. 19 in at 4:50 p.m. behind the Port Moody recreation complex as well as at Port Coquitlam’s West Coast Express station at 6:30 p.m.

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RIDE THE RAILS, GO FOR A SKATEDrop off a heart-healthy food donation for the Share food

bank at any Port Coutialm city facility by Thursday, Dec 17 to enter to win a ride on the CP Holiday Train from Port Moody to Port Coquitlam. The draw will be held on Friday.

Meanwhile, the city will host two public events before the train comes to town: a free skate at the PoCo recreation com-plex at 4:30 p.m. and a lasagna dinner for $7 until 6:30 p.m., also at the rec centre (register at experienceit.ca, barcode 13648). Visit portcoquitlam.ca/holidaytrain.

In Port Moody, a free skate is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. And in the Wellness Room, there’ll be refreshments, kids’ activities and caroling between 3 and 4:50 p.m. Visit portmoody.ca.

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Left to right, Port Moody’s Cierra Munro along with Kyra Soo and Michelle Khoo — both from Port Coquitlam — pre-pare for their roles as Spanish, Tall Angel and Columbine, respectively, in Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker. The production, which runs from Dec. 17 to 22 at The Centre in Vancouver, in-cludes more than 200 local and international performers.PHOTO SUBMITTED

Clara, Fritz treat audiencesTHE NUTCRACKER

A holiday favourite will re-turn to Vancouver this month with at least a dozen Tri-City dancers popping up in two separate productions of the ballet classic.

The Goh Ballet opens its version of The Nutcracker tomorrow (Thursday) at The Centre while Ballet BC — in conjunction with Alberta Ballet — presents its tale at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, start-ing Dec. 29.

For Port Moody’s Cierra Munro, 18, a full-time day stu-dent in Goh’s youth program, she’s been in every Nutcracker put on by the company in the past seven years. She is cast as a snowflake, Dewdrop and a Spanish dancer — all of them roles she’s reprising.

However, this year’s show is somewhat different from previ-ous events as principal dancers from China, the San Francisco Ballet and Pacific Northwest Ballet are included.

As well, the dancers will be accompanied by mem-bers of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra — led by Leslie Dala

— with steps by choreographer Anna-Marie Holmes. “It’s not just a ballet,” Munro said. “There’s a magician, Russian dancing, gymnasts and so much more. There are lots of fun things to look at.”

Port Coquitlam’s Kyra Soo, 14, a Grade 9 Riverside secondary student who com-mutes every day to Goh for her half-day studies, portrays

three characters in this year’s Tchaikovsky composition: Tall Angel, Giant Mouse and a dancer in the Waltz of the Flowers.

Soo said the Waltz is chal-lenging because it’s en pointe, a technique that involves the dancer to stand on the tips of his or her feet.

Soo said she has also en-joyed training with the Chinese

dancers. “It’s interesting to watch how they work,” she said. “There’s been some lan-guage barriers but it’s been a lot easier [communicating] than I thought.”

Meanwhile, more than 80 Lower Mainland students are part of the Ballet BC/Alberta Ballet Nutcracker, of which the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is accompanying.

Choreographed by Edmund Stripe with sets and costumes designed by the Emmy award-winner Zack Brown, the show is a remount of the Alberta BC production from 2011.

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PHOTO SUBMITTEDAyo Sowemimo (Sugar Plum Fairy), Lara BenZvi (Nutcracker), Ashley Eros (Clara) and Jack Biscaro (Rat King) are among 25 young actors appearing in the Theatrix musical version of The Nutcracker, running Thursday to Saturday at Inlet Theatre (100 Newport Dr., Port Moody). Adapted by Deb Solberg with additional songs by Yurgen Ileander (aka children’s entertainer Mr. I), the story follows the classic tale of Clara, who receives a nutcracker from her cousin and sets off on a journey with Prince Almond and his sister Princess Candy Kiss from Candy Land. She returns home thanks to the love of her mother, who has lifted the curse from Candy Land. Tickets are $16/$12 via theatrixyoutheatre.com or at the door an hour before showtime.

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PHOTO SUBMITTEDMatthew Bryce and Alyssa Sassis (back row) are in the Alberta Ballet Nutcracker with (front row) Mandi Bryce, Coquitlam resident Olivia Miller, Port Moody dancer Emma Hall and Ashley Blair.

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JANIS WARREN/THE TRI-CITY NEWSThe Gleneagle secondary vocal jazz ensemble will spread its Christmas cheer at a concert tonight (Wednesday) at the Coquitlam high school. The music department’s holiday show, directed by Ed Trovato, starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $5/$2 at the door ((1195 Lansdowne Dr.). Meanwhile, early-bird tickets for its annual jazz gala go on sale at the show and are available to the public in the new year via eventbrite (through the school’s web page). Performing with the vocal jazz and jazz bands on Feb. 27 will be award-winning musicians Campbell Ryag, Dennis Esson, Ken Surges, Tom Shorthouse and Dave Ivaz. During January, the price is $40; however, after Feb. 1, admission goes up to $45. Lotrell Catering is providing the meal. Call the school at 604-464-5793.

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SIGN UP FOR WINTER CLASSES AT PDAPLACE DES ARTS

Registration is now open for adults and kids wanting to learn — or continue their practice of — visual arts, dance and music in the new year at Coquitlam’s Place des Arts.

Starting in January, the Maillardville hub is featuring winter classes in a variety of disciplines for all ages.

And, new for 2016, are “mini-sessions” for busy adults who only have a short amount of time to commit to their craft.

Among them: Sketchbook Fundamentals with Joy Kirkwood: Tuesdays, Jan. 12 to Feb. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m.; Portrait Drawing with Sue Cowan: Tuesdays, Jan. 12 to

Feb. 2 from 9:15 to 11:45 a.m.; Intro to Dramatic Shading with Rebecca Blair: Saturday, Jan. 23 from 1 to 5 p.m.; and Yoga and Painting: Enhanced Creativity with Bernadette Rollin: Sunday, Jan. 31 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Call 604-664-1636 or visit placedesarts.ca.

Make full use of the shortest day of the year by viewing some short films in Coquitlam.

On Monday, Dec. 21, the Evergreen Cultural Centre (1205 Pinetree Way) will screen short flicks — for free — as part of a festival that runs Dec. 18 to 21 nation-wide.

At 2 p.m., kids under eight years old can enjoy two hours worth of family-friendly movies while, at 7 p.m., adults can pull up a seat to watch the dramas, comedies and musicals roll for about three hours.

A must-see short for this year’s children’s event is a film titled Kindergarten, Da Bin Ich Wieder that is co-directed by the Vancouver-based Aubrey Arnason and Kalyn Miles.

It was one of six projects picked for production in the Crazy8s filmmaking contest in Vancouver (Arnason is a Vancouver Film School and Langara College grad who hosted and directed the TV series The Wedding Belles).

Other festival gems include If I Was God…, a family program directed by Cordell Barker, a two-time

Academy Award nominee and a Cannes award-win-ning animation filmmaker, and The Wolf Who Came to Dinner, which is featured in the dramas and comedies segment and is directed by Vancouver’s Jem Garrard, a four-time Leo award winner.

Started in 2011 by France’s Centre national du cinéma

et de l’image animée, the Shortest Day Festival now runs in more than 80 venues across Canada and is spon-sored by the National Film Board, Telefilm Canada and Société de développement des enterprises culturelle de Québec. Visit evergreencul-turalcentre.ca.

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IMAGE SUBMITTEDHomerun by Olaf Svenson will run in the family category at 2 p.m. at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam on Dec. 21, one of dozens screened at the Shortest Day Film Festival.

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Plenty of traditional songs for this festive holidayARTS IN BRIEF

Children aged four to 14 will sing holiday classics at the Coquitlam Public Library to-morrow (Thursday).

The Westwood Alliance Church children’s music choir will be at the Poirier branch (575 Poirier St.) from 4 to 4:30

p.m. and at the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way) from 7 to 7:30 p.m. There is no admission charge.

XMAS FACTORCoquitlam’s Diya Perry

is in the grand finale for a

Vancouver singing competi-tion.

On Saturday night, Perry will face off against eight other musicians for the title in the Xmas Factor, a contest at the Vancouver Christmas Market.

The sixth annual market

runs until Dec. 24 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza (650 Hamilton St., Vancouver).

17TH C MUSICCoquitlam’s Adam Turpin

will be in Early Music Vancouver’s holiday concert.

On Sunday, Turpin will perform in Festive Cantatas - Praetorius Christmas Vesper, at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at 3 p.m.

EMV will recreate a large-scale Yuletide concert, similar to what might have been

heard at an early-17th century German congregation.

A music teacher who trained at UBC and Capilano University, Turpin has been a bass soloist with the Laudate Singers since 2002.

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Donnelly gets call to B.C. Hall of FameON THE SOCCER PITCH


Geri Donnelly has received another honour to add to her list of soccer accomplishments.

The Port Moody athlete is being inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame, join-ing sporting greats like Steve Nash, Wally Buono and Carl Valentine in the 2016 class.

“It’s pretty overwhelming,” she told The Tri-City News on Tuesday morning.

Donnelly was informed that she would receive the honour a while ago but was not aware of the other athletes being in-

ducted until it was announced last week.

“It’s overwhelming to be in-cluded with people of that kind of stature,” she said. “When I saw who was there, that’s when you realize that there are some incredible people here.”

She said Valentine is a soc-cer player she looked up to when she was just starting out in the sport, adding that she knows basketball player Allison McNeill, another in-ductee, from when they were both athletes at Simon Fraser University.

Donnelly has had a long history with Canada’s national

soccer team. She scored the first and second goals for the program during a game against Minnesota back in 1986, help-ing the squad secure a 2-1 victory.

Three goals against the USSR back in 1990 serve as another highlight in her career, which includes competing in several FIFA Women’s World Cups.

Last year, she was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame for her work with the Team Canada program.

However, as an athlete in a team sport, Donnelly said in-dividual honours have always

made her somewhat uncom-fortable.

“You don’t think as an in-dividual,” she said. “You want to get out there and play your best and hopefully the team wins. When you get this kind of recognition in a team sport, you think, ‘I didn’t get here by myself.’”

But she noted that she is happy to bring positive atten-tion to the sport and is proud of her contribution to the evolution of Team Canada’s squad, which has become a force in the international scene.

Donnelly will be inducted

in June along with B.C. Lions football coach Wally Buono, NBA all-star Steve Nash, golfer Dave Barr and football player Dave Cutler.

Diane Clement is being inducted in the building cat-egory, while Harry Manson is being inducted in the pioneer category.

Former Vancouver Canucks owner Arthur Griffiths has been selected to receive the W.A.C. Bennett Award and the 1994-95 Kamloops Blazers have been selected in the team category.


SUBMITTED PHOTOSGeri Donnelly has had a long history with the Team Canada soccer program. She scored the first and second goal in the squad’s history during a 2-1 victory over Minnesota back in 1986. She also donned the red and white in several FIFA Women’s World Cups.

TRI-CITY NEWS FILE PHOTOGeri Donnelly is still in the soc-cer scene as a member of Surrey United.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOThe 55+ Games Society is looking to recruit at least 1,500 volunteers to help out with the 2016 55+ Games in Coquitlam next summer.

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1,500 people needed for four-day event

The 55+ B.C. Games Society is currently rounding up vol-unteers for next year’s event in Coquitlam.

More than 1,500 people are needed to help run the

four-day event, which will see 4,000 athletes compete in the city, according to a press release.

“The Coquitlam 2016 Games needs volunteers for everything from the torch lighting event to the opening ceremonies, to media and athlete accreditation, to traf-fic control every facet of the Games,” said Games presi-

dent Gayle Statton. She said that things are on

track for the event and that extensive planning and venue selection is already underway.

Coquitlam won the bid to host the event in 2013 and is planning on making it one of the cornerstones of the city’s 125th anniversary celebra-tions next year.

Athletes from across the

province are expected to com-pete in 26 sports and the city estimated believes the Games will generate $2 million in economic spinoffs.

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Express alums meet & greet with Coq. fans

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Alumni night will take place at Poirier this weekGARY MCKENNAThe Tri-CiTy News

There will be some famil-iar faces milling about the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex as the Coquitlam Express hold its first ever alumni night this week.

Former players like Alex Petan, Keith Seabrooke, Mark Soares, Max Grassi, Steve Sankey and many others are expected to be on hand to greet fans dur-ing Friday’s game against the Surrey Eagles. Express president Mark Pettie said he expects the alumni night to be an annual event.

The match will be the third meeting in a row between Coquitlam and Surrey, after the clubs squared off during a home-and-home last weekend.

The Express got the bet-ter of the Eagles in both contests — winning 5-1 on Friday at the South Surrey

Arena before taking down the visitors 5-2 the next night in Coquitlam.

In the first game, Surrey jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a goal from Kurt Black. However, it would turn out to be all the offence the Eagles could muster as Jackson Cressey scored two and was named first star of the game, while Colton Kerfoot was named second star for this three point performance (one goal, two assists).

Express netminder Tyger Howat secured his seventh win of the season after turn-ing away 30 of the 31 shots he faced.

The team kept rolling on Saturday at home, with Austin McIllmurray scoring one and dishing two helpers, and Cressey scoring two and assisting on one.

Friday’s game between Coquitlam and Surrey will take place a 7 p.m. at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex. For information, go to www.coquitlamex-press.ca.


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