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For many, Buntzen Lake and White Pine Beachare two places in the Tri-Cities to get out andenjoy the sand and sun.

It’s no different for Lynn Power.The Port Moody grandmother has used the

fantastic weather as an opportunity to visit thetwo hot spots this summer on a regular basis.

While she enjoys the beach, Power’s last fewtimes have been more troubling than tranquil.

On three occasions at Buntzen Lake, she’s

watched children as old as 12 chase and terrorizethe geese that call the beach home.

In one case, she saw some kids kicking sand ata flock of geese, while another time a group ofkids pelted the fowl with rocks at close range.

She’s also witnessed similar activity at WhitePine Beach.

More perplexing for Power, she said none ofthe beachgoers or parents seem to care.

“They don’t get it; they think it’s fine,” shetold the Tri-Cities NOW. “This has got to stop. I’mlosing sleep over it.

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Port Moody resident Lynn Power wants children at Buntzen Lake and White Pine Beach to stop harassing birds.

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They don’tget it; theythink it’s fine.This has gotto stop. I’mlosing sleepover it.– Lynn Power

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In an exclusive interviewwith the Tri-Cities NOW, thechief of the KwikwetlemFirst Nation is defending thewhopping salary he tookhome last year.

Chief Ron Giesbrecht toldthe Tri-Cities NOW he madeabout $800,000 as a bonuslast year after taking over therole of economic develop-ment officer for the band.

According to remunera-tion numbers posted on theband’s website Thursday aspart of the federal govern-ment’s First Nations FinancialTransparency Act, Giesbrechtmade $914,219 in 2013-14.

A further breakdown pro-vided by the band shows hemade $4,800 in his role aschief, $80,000 as economicdevelopment officer and$800,000 in the form of a 10-per-cent bonus for being eco-nomic development officer.

Giesbrecht explainedhe took over the role inSeptember 2013 after the for-mer economic developmentofficer left, in order to keepmillions of dollars worth ofprojects moving.

He said the 10-per-centbonus was built into the

position three years ago togive the person in the role anincentive to get contracts.

“Whoever thought thebonus would be this much? Itell you, I never would have,”he said, noting in light of thesituation, the band will likelyhire someone else to takeover as economic develop-ment officer.

“I just pushed for a lot ofjobs and partnerships and itjust excelled.”

Giesbrecht said when helearned of the bonus struc-ture, he personally removedit from the position.

The band said it has sixprojects on the go worth mil-lions, including an ongoing

partnership contract toremove dirt from the tunnelof the Evergreen Line worth$8.5 million, and a project toremediate a fuel depot on theRiverview Hospital grounds.

The band’s financial state-ments show it has $8.8 mil-lion in net financial assets, upfrom $2.7 million in 2013.

Giesbrecht suggested theband’s fortunes took off afterthe provincial governmentstarted offering extra pointson bids for contracts for com-panies that partner with FirstNations.

To read the full-lengthversion of this story,visit www.thenownews.com.

NEWSNOWJohn [email protected]

The City of Coquitlam may soonask residents to save their grief forthe graveyard.

The issue of how residents chooseto memorialize their deceased lovedones came up Monday as part of alook at the city’s Corporate DonationPolicy and Giving Program.

City staff are updating the planfor the first time since 1997, in partbecause the wording on memorialplaques has become a sore spot forsome residents.

Because of that, staff are recom-mending moving away from birthand death inscriptions on thoseplaques, along with any referencesto memorial language.

Instead, they’re investigating bestpractices in other municipalitiesthat focus on more celebratory mes-sages on plaques.

According to a staff report thatgauged other Metro Vancouvermunicipalities, many other cities aremoving in the same direction.

“This focus is supported byCoquitlam residents who have

expressed concern that memorialamenities in public parks create acemetery-like environment,” thestaff report notes.

There are about 160 donatedbenches and picnic tables in cityparks, with just under half of them

located in Town Centre (40) andComo Lake parks (31).

A moratorium on donation bench-es at Como Lake Park and aroundLafarge Lake has been in place sincethe late 1990s.

A cursory look at benches around

Como Lake suggests roughly halfcontain memorial plaques.

Almost all of the ones seen byTri-Cities NOW staff on Wednesdayalluded to the person’s date of birthand the day they died.

Most contain language including“In Loving Memory” of how thosedeceased individuals are missed bytheir family and friends.

Parks and recreation plan-ning and business services direc-tor Michelle Hunt said complaintsabout the memorial plaques atComo Lake Park are a “fairly regularoccurrence.”

“It’s that which you see in a cem-etery, that’s what we’re trying to getaway from,” she said at Monday’scouncil in committee meeting.

While the issue of language is onereason for the proposed shift, cost isanother consideration.

Donation amounts for a benchtypically come in around $1,600,while the actual cost to buy andinstall a bench is about $2,200.

Maintenance over a 10-year per-iod is about $400.

Because of those disparities, the

city is also looking at increasing pro-posed donation amounts for a ser-ies of items: benches, picnic tables,trees and games tables could doubleor triple in price.

Reaction to the proposed changeswas mixed among council members,as were their perceptions aroundmemorializing.

“I’m one of those who finds[memorial plaques] perfectlyinoffensive,” said Mayor RichardStewart.

“I really celebrate the ones thatare there to celebrate somebodyrather than to express their deepand undying grief.”

Coun. Terry O’Neill, on the otherhand, painted a different picture.

“There’s a time and place foreverything,” he said.

“These roadside memorial things,they are sort of an imposition. Theyare forcing us drivers to kind of dealwith this very public display of grieffor months and sometimes years.And I don’t appreciate that.”

Staff will report back to councilwith a draft policy in the fall.

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There are about 160 donated benches and picnic tables inCoquitlam city parks, including 31 at Como Lake.

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One moment, BruceRickman was riding his bikehome from work along theMary Hill Bypass.

The next, the bus driverwas lying unconscious onthe road after being hit by avehicle.

Now Coquitlam RCMP,along with the 55 year old’sfamily and friends, are plead-ing with the driver of thevehicle to come forward.

“Do the right thing. Myhusband is a very kind, lovingman who would have been thefirst person to stop and helpanother person,” Rickman’swife Twyla told media gath-ered for a press conferenceoutside Royal ColumbianHospital on Thursday.

Police said the victim wasriding his bike eastboundalong the bypass just east ofKingsway Avenue before mid-night Wednesday when hewas hit from behind by whatinvestigators believe was aToyota truck or SUV.

The father of two from PittMeadows was taken to hospi-tal with serious injuries andas of Thursday was still notconscious.

Investigators recovered ablack plastic passenger sidemirror housing from thescene they believe may befrom the suspect vehicle.

“We urge the driver todo the right thing by com-

ing to us and telling us whathappened,” said RCMP Cpl.Jamie Chung, adding policeare also asking any witnessesto come forward.

“We need to hear this fromhim.”

Anyone with information isasked to call Coquitlam RCMPTraffic Services Section at604-945-1550 and quote file2014-21316.

Cyclist hospitalized

A story that ran in Wednesday’s edition ofthe Tri-Cities NOW, “Landlord on hook forhome raid costs,” implied that the house inquestion was currently vacant.

In fact, it is occupied by tenants who werenot living there at the time the house wasraided, and have not been implicated in anywrongdoing

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Kwikwetlem First Nation chief Ron Giesbrecht said mostof his nearly $1-million salary consisted of bonuses.

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Twyla Rickman, wife of hit-and-run victim BruceRickman, appealed for the driver who hit her husbandWednesday night to come forward.


“What I see is horrifying to me.”She’s brought the issue up with park staff

and said she was told they know it happensand try to stop it if they see it.

But that response isn’t good enough forPower, who predicts one day the geese aregoing to bite back and injure a child.

And she worries the story will be about thedangerous geese, as opposed to the childrenprovoking them.

“If that’s been going on all this time, whyhas nothing been done about it?” Power asked.She said she’d like signs put up informingpeople to leave the birds alone, and patrols onthe beach. She even offered to volunteer herown time to do a patrol if it means keepingthe geese safe.

In response, BC Hydro, which operatesBuntzen Lake, told the Tri-Cities NOW parkmanagement immediately speak with parkusers if they observe the geese being chasedor fed. However, the Crown corporation notedwith 800,000 visitors a year to the lake, andup to 14 workers on a weekend day, their mainpriority at the park is public safety.

“Most park users treat the geese with respectbut in the odd case where they don’t, we treatthe matter in the same way that we deal withinfractions of other park regulations,” said BCHydro spokesperson Simi Heer in an e-mailstatement.

“We talk to children, parents and any otherpark user when we see inappropriate behav-iour at the park. This, more often than not,results in compliance with park rules.

“We will continue to discourage the public

from bothering the geese at Buntzen. Wewill also put up temporary signage to try anddiscourage the public from feeding them inhopes that the geese move to a less populararea where goose/human interactions will beminimized.”

BC Hydro also noted there are about 16geese currently at the lake, but the numberscan fluctuate on an annual basis.

Metro Vancouver, which operates WhitePine Beach, said it takes complaints seriouslyand if park staff see someone mistreating thewildlife, they’ll step in.

The BC SPCA recommends that if peoplesee anyone being cruel or violent to wildlifethey give the organization a call.

“Sadly, I think people can be cruel to anyanimal and wildlife is certainly no exception,”said Lorie Chortyk, general manager of com-munity relations for the BC SPCA, adding thatharming wildlife is also against the law.

While the SPCA doesn’t necessarily advo-cate approaching people if they are harmingan animal, in some cases a friendly conversa-tion with a parent could remedy the situa-tion.

Chortyk also suggested part of the issue iseducation, noting the SPCA has youth pro-grams that aim to develop empathy and com-passion in children for the environment andanimals.

Though chasing a goose might not seemharmful, the SPCA said anything that createsfear and stress in an animal is cruel.

“Every animal deserves to have freedomfrom fear and distress,” she said, “and as asociety we don’t really want to be promotingthat kind of [bad] example, whether it’s chil-dren or adults.”

Harmingwildlife isillegal, SPCA says

Kittens abandoned inCoquitlamdumpsterJohn [email protected]

Four kittens were discov-ered abandoned in a dump-ster Tuesday morning insouthwest Coquitlam.

The city’s bylaw and ani-mal control services manager,Andrea McDonald, said thekittens were found around8:30 a.m. on SchoolhouseStreet, after bylaw staffreceived a report from theRCMP.

“It’s totally disappointing,”she said. “It’s not a reallygreat statement about humannature to just dump your catsin a dumpster.”

Outside of being visiblyscared, the three-month-oldkittens appear to be in goodhealth and are now in fostercare. The cats did not haveany identifying markers onthem, and McDonald said it’s“fairly unlikely” the perpetra-tors will be caught.

“I don’t think they hadbeen there too, too long,”

she said. “They were prettyscared, but other than that,their health was not too bad.They weren’t too sickly oranything like that.”

McDonald suggested a pairof factors could have beenat play — the owners eitherfaced financial challenges, orwere set to move at the end ofthe month.

“We do find that animals,if they’re going to be aban-doned, it’s usually around theend of the month,” she said.

“We’ve seen it with turtles,we’ve seen it with rabbits.People think, ‘Oh well, theycan just fend for themselves.’That’s not always the caseand there can be negativeconsequences from thosedecisions.”

Anyone with informationabout Tuesday’s incident isasked to call the city’s animalshelter at 604-927-7387, theSPCA at 1-855-622-7722 orthe Coquitlam RCMP at 604-945-1550.

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We all know the importance of learning our ABCs, right? Maybe not, according to recent LiteracyBC statistics.Every year, up to 30 per cent of children enter kindergarten without the basic pre-reading skillsthey need to succeed. These children may not know how to hold and open a book, how torecognize letters or how to share in the joy and knowledge books can bring.On the other hand, children raised in reading households are likely to enter Grade 1 withseveral thousand hours of one-to-one pre-reading experience behind them. These pre-readingexperiences are the most important predictors of reading success in future grades.How do we address this inequity? Literacy organizations and libraries struggle with this question.The Port Moody Public Library offers programs and resources to help children and their parentswith literacy skills. Through funds raised by the Links to Literacy Golf Tournament the libraryis also able to host special literacy projects. For example, Links to Language Multilingual Kitsprovide parents whose first language is not English with resources to share with their children intheir home language. The kits are available in five languages: Korean, Farsi, Chinese (Mandarin,traditional or simplified characters), French and Spanish. Each kit contains 10 books, a CD, a DVDand a resource manual with early literacy tips and activity suggestions. Proceeds from the 2011Links to Literacy Golf Tournament paid for the kits.Sponsors of this year’s tournament, such as the Tri-Cities NOW Newspaper, support the PortMoody Public Library’s goal of making the community a better place through these specialliteracy projects. You’re invited to join in as a golfer or a banquet attendee at this year’s event.The tournament takes place on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at Meadow Gardens Golf Club, located at 19675Meadow Gardens Way in Pitt Meadows.For more information, call the library at 604-469-4709 or e-mail [email protected].

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B.C. parents will get $40per day to help pay for childcare and other costs if ateacher strike continues intothe start of the school yearin September, says FinanceMinister Mike de Jong.

De Jong said the money, tobe provided for every childyounger than 13 years old,is a “contingency” plan if thedispute between the B.C.Teachers’ Federation and the

province stretches throughthe start of the school year.

The government will usethe money that is being saveddaily by not paying teachersin September, estimated ataround $12 million per day,de Jong said.

The millions already savedin unpaid teacher salaries dueto the strike in June remainon the table for negotiations,he added.

He said both sides have fiveweeks remaining to strike adeal, but repeated a pledgethat the government will notlegislate teachers back towork in September and thatteachers must lower theirdemands into an affordabilityzone that is similar to settle-ments already signed by halfof the province’s unionizedpublic service.

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Changes expected this fallto ‘monster house’ rules


Port Moody politicians andmany residents alike mayagree something needs to bedone about the proliferationof monster homes in the city,but changing the rules maynot be as easy as it mightappear.

On Tuesday, city councilspent hours coming up withdirection for staff and poten-tial changes to the existingzoning bylaws for new single-family homes.

Council approved a motionfor staff to be directed toreport back at the first meet-ing in September with a planfor creating area-specificzones for Ioco, Moody Centreand Glenayre.

Council also directed staffto begin work on the pub-lic consultation aspect ofany changes that might bebrought forward in the fall.

While some on councilwanted to see changes rightaway before the summerbreak, including a morator-ium on any new construc-tion, city staff asked for moretime.

City manager KevinRamsay noted a moratoriumis not possible, adding citystaff would like to providecomment at a later date onany specific motions relatingto the current bylaw.

“Any simple change toheight or area calculations,they may seem simple withone type of situation, butthey complicate other areasof our zoning bylaw,” he toldcouncil, noting it could takeup to five months to make thechanges.

Currently, a home can’texceed three storeys or 35feet above grade, while thebuilding can’t exceed 50 percent of the size of the lot.

However, the city does notcalculate unfinished base-ment into the square footage.

The issue is complicatedbecause of the different slopesand grades on properties.

In June, council promisedto look at the issue of mon-ster homes in the city, whilehosting a town hall meetingon the issue in July that drewa large crowd of concernedresidents.

City staff noted the muni-cipality has dealt with onlyfive or six building permitsfor new single-family homesthis year.

Following Tuesday’s dis-cussion, Mayor Mike Claysaid he figured all along mak-ing changes to the currentbylaw wouldn’t be that easyor quick.

“There’s a huge amount ofissues that need to be consid-

ered that aren’t as easy as justdrawing a two-dimensionaldiagram on a piece of paperand saying, ‘This is what weshould do,’” he told the Tri-Cities NOW.

The mayor also suggestedthe city needs to come upwith a well-thought-out planwith options it can take to thecommunity for feedback.

Coun. Zoe Royer agreedthe issues are complex, not-ing council created a num-ber of suggestions for staff toconsider. However, she wasdisappointed one of her reso-lutions was turned down. Itwould have required ownersand builders to consultimmediate neighbours, andto post a site plan, elevationand roof plan on the propertybefore obtaining buildingpermits.

“We could come up with thebest plan in the world … butat the end of the day, build-ers are very sophisticatedand their goal is to maximizetheir property value, and thebest thing we can do is make

this process even more trans-parent,” Royer said.

Coun. Gerry Nuttall saidsome of the suggestions tocontrol the development ofmega homes are good, spe-c i f i c a l l yestablishingthe base linefor new con-struction asthe height ofthe eaves ofthe presenthouse anddeterminingthe grade asthe averageheight of theproperty.

W h i l ehe believesthe city cankeep a tight-er deadlinethan fivemonths, hesaid it is important any chan-ges be done correctly.

Some of the changes coun-cil approved for staff to con-sider include:

• That basements, finishedand unfinished, be includedin floor area ratio (FAR) cal-culations

• That all garages and car-ports be included in FAR cal-culations

• That the full height of abuilding with a peaked roofbe measured to the top of the

peak andcapped at am a x i m u mof 34.5 feet

• Thatd o u b l e -heightspace(a loftede n t r a n c e )be countedas twice thefloor areain FAR cal-culations

• Thatstaff reviewthe poten-tial toi n c r e a s erear andfront yard

setbacks and provide councilwith options to address theproblem of impacted viewcorridors.

Council also approved anallocation of up to $10,000to assist in the facilitation ofa community consultationprocess.

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MaillardvillebuildingOK’dJohn [email protected]

Plans for a revamped Vancity branch on Brunette Avenuenow appear to be “Maillardville” enough for the city’s liking.

Council unanimously endorsed a development permit to thecredit union on Monday, almost three months after initiallysending its plans back to the drawing board over a lack ofheritage elements in the design.

Several changes have since been made, according to projectarchitect Mike Mammone, including the provision of a publicgathering space and public art, more benches and sidewalkspace, the inclusion of wood finishing materials and altera-tions to the roof design.

Future plans are also in the works for a stylized M to noteMaillardville’s 100th anniversary, and the addition of historicphotos and artifacts highlighting the area’s history.

“It’s something that we feel can give this site and, in par-ticular, this project, some real prominence in the community,”Mammone said.

The credit union was opened in 1967 and recent renova-tions saw the building temporarily moved just east during theconstruction process. The bank was long referred to as Caissepopulaire de Maillardville, a moniker Coun. Mae Reid wantsreflected in the new building as well.

“I really think to have in French, Caisse populaireMaillardville, somewhere would be neat,” she said.

Coun. Craig Hodge, who chairs the Maillardville commer-cial and cultural revitalization advisory committee, said therenewed plans have been given a thumbs up from the majorityof his committee members.

“I think Maillardville wants us not necessarily to cele-brate French Canada, and the heritage and history of FrenchCanada, but the heritage and history of Maillardville, whichwas different from French Canada,” added Mayor RichardStewart.

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We’ve been sitting here inthe newsroom, arguingabout the First WorldWar.

Gads, I love irony.Stupid arguments are exactly what

got that whole thing going.But when did it really start? And how

significant is it that it started 100 yearsago this week?

Officially, the First World War gotunderway on July 28, 1914, whenAustria-Hungary opened fire on theKingdom of Serbia.

Ostensibly, the attack on Serbia wasin retaliation for the assassination ofArchduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to thethrone of Austria-Hungary, by a Serbiannationalist in Sarajevo.

That shot was fired a month earlier,on June 28, 1914, spurring an ulti-matum from Austria-Hungary, in collu-sion with Germany, which was craftedin such a way as to force war.

The goal was to crush Serbia out ofhand, as a display of force.

It really didn’t have anything to dowith the death of the archduke or hiswife (who most people forget was alsokilled).

They wanted to show the rest ofEurope that they were still the boss.

Immediately, however, a complextangle of alliances and treaties cameinto play, and it really became a “worldwar” by mid-August.

Most of the alliances had beenarranged to counter petty differencesthat had grown or lingered over a spanof centuries of feeding mindless nation-alism.

But what most had previously con-

sidered meaningless pieces of paperbecame focal points for egoistic oppor-tunism — just like the egoistic oppor-tunism that launched Austria-Hungarypast the death of its heir to the throneand into a “we’ll show them” war.

There’s a school of thought thatthe war really began at the 1900 ParisWorld Fair, when all the superpowerssmiled with all their teeth showing ateach other, as each tried to outshine theother with exhibits whose underlyingthemes demonstrated their militarymight.

Some of those displays got friendsand foes re-thinking their relationships— and retooling their military forces.

Some historians prefer to take it fur-ther back still … and who’s to say thatevery war didn’t start on the day thefirst guy wanted something another guyhad?

I don’t want to belittle the fact thatnine million people — mostly soldiers— were killed during the ensuing fouryears. That’s not a little thing at all.

Nevertheless, it was a stupid war.It was a war fuelled by the egos of

royals who viewed ordinary people withlittle more consideration than SouthernAmerican slave owners showed for theirplantation stock.

The First World War was a fool’s gameplayed with little regard for the lives ofthe real people who actually held theguns and stood in front of the bullets.

Battle tactics were inadequate to therising technology, but worse than that,for the most part the generals and com-manders didn’t care. Arrogance reignedsupreme in the war rooms and thethrone rooms.

It was not deemed honourable torun, duck, or dodge enemy fire — evenif that fire was spewing from machineguns that were capable of creating awall of flesh-eating lead — and so anysoldier with the good sense to breakstride might be summarily shot by hisown officers.

In the end, it all backfired. Austria-Hungary virtually disappeared, theworld changed … and didn’t change atall.

Nobody won.Now take a long, hard look today,

100 years later, at the events unfoldingin the Ukraine, so near where that shotwas fired to rain down all the excusesthat arrogant leaders could muster toshow how important they were — andhow stupid they could be.

Lest we forget.Indeed.Bob Groeneveld is the editor

of the Langley Advance, a sisterpaper of the Tri-Cities NOW.

There’s nothing quite like the August long week-end to inspire some serious warm weather enjoy-ment.

Sure, Canada Day gets us out in patrioticdroves, and Labour Day closes out the summer

nicely, but this weekend is all about enjoying the dog daysof summer in all their B.C. glory.

So, take advantage of the extra time off — if you get it— and the fantastic weather, and find a patio, park, beach,boat or other locale to enjoy some summer relaxation.

Every year around this time, we urge readers to get outand enjoy what this region has to offer … but we’d beremiss if we didn’t issue a safety reminder at the same time.Long weekends — and summer generally — come withtheir own dangers.

For example, according to the Canadian Safe BoatingCouncil, 40 per cent of boating-related fatalities are linkedto drinking.

Driving and alcohol are a deadly mix as well, of course— and alcohol tends to come out during long weekend bar-becues and gatherings. Open windows in homes can lead toaccidental falls for children, or robberies; closed windowsin cars can lead to death or serious injury.

There’s a summertime spike in accidents related tomotorcycles, bicycles, rollerbladers, skateboarders and, yes,even pedestrians — there’s just more of them out and aboutthis time of year.

And it wouldn’t be summer if we didn’t hear about anunprepared day hiker caught out in the woods without suf-ficient supplies and lost overnight.

It all sounds a bit dreary and, yes, perhaps even morbid,but the truth is that a little precaution, planning and com-mon sense will go a long way in keeping you and your fam-ily safe — and enjoying the summer.

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Along with fish farming andpollution, my late father, whocommercially salmon fished forabout a half century, was particu-larly concerned about the nega-tive repercussions of warmingwaters on wild salmon — a situa-tion experienced in the FraserRiver last summer and perhapsnow even this summer.

The other great problem isgetting an eco-hazardous fed-eral government such as oursto act to preserve salmon stocksrather than hinder their sur-vival with the likes of seeminglyunconditional mass-scale naturalresource extraction and ship-ment.

I can picture my dad whirlingin his urn if he could still observewhat our governments are allow-ing — and much more frighten-ing, going to allow — variousindustrial interests to do to causeserious damage, perhaps irrevoc-ably, to our precious salmon habi-tat, and, topping it all off, appar-ently to a degree beyond whatDad likely ever thought possible.

So many very early mornings,I’d briefly get up for a washroom

break and see the light breakingthrough underneath his bedroomdoor and into the hallway’s dark-ness, with my father on the otherside very-slowly typewriting mis-sives to various politicians.

I must’ve proofread and mademany grammar corrections toalmost a couple hundred lettersof his over the years, just on thistopic alone.

I’d assure him that the polit-icians do not have or will not givetheir time to personally respondto each concerned writer; thatthey almost certainly had hiredstaff to read the missives and usean “issue-template” letter returnsystem, with a specific templateready to respond to every poten-tial issue.

All they’d likely do is typein the letter writer’s name andaddress and print it out to mailback. Nonetheless, my fathertyped on about what were to himthe greatest fish habitat concernsof the day.

Frank Sterle JrWhite Rock

NEWGARBAGERULES STINK

Re: Plan to bear-proofgarbage containers in PoCo

isn’t working,” letter to theeditor by Peter Manning,Wednesday, July 23

In a recent letter by PeterManning, Coquitlam is praisedstating “Coquitlam residents willknow that all their bins are asbear-proof as possible”.

While it seems that PoCo hassome problems with their solidwaste program and bear preven-tion, I can assure you that theCity of Coquitlam’s program is notperfect and has some unresolved‘snafus’ around bear security ofits own.

As part of the new solid wasteprogram in Coquitlam (whichtook effect July 1), homeownerswere provided with a new gar-bage bin and a new green wastebin.

The green waste bins didinclude bear/wildlife locks, thegarbage bins provided did not.

Not providing lockable garbagecontainers was a huge oversightby the city.

We have been making efforts toensure all of our food waste andkitchen scraps are in the lockablegreen bin. However, we have toput all of our soiled diapers in ourgarbage can.

I can tell you that bears reallylike soiled diapers.

We attempted to secure our binwith bungee cords and attempted

to mask the smell by ensuring allour diapers were in plastic bags,but in the end our efforts provedfutile.

We had some visitors earlierthis week and our side yard endedup looked like Sunset Beach Parkafter the Celebration of Life fire-works. Our previous garbage can(which we researched and pro-vided included a screw-on lid anda bungee cord for good measure)never had the same issues.

I suspect we are not the onlyhousehold facing this problem,as there are many other parentschanging diapers out there.

Additionally, other garbageitems (such as plastic or Styrofoammeat packaging, etc) are likely toattract bears to the unsecurablebins provided by the City.

When we called to ask the cityif they provided more effect-ive locks, we were met with astunned employee on the linewho responded with somethingthe effect of “Oh, we weren’t toldwhat to say for requests like this.”

We are now awaiting a call backfrom a supervisor on the issuehopefully with a solution.

Mike WatsonCoquitlam

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The remains of a Coquitlamman who went missing inearly July have been found.

On Thursday, CoquitlamRCMP confirmed that humanremains found in a wooded

area near Plateau Boulevardand Sugarpine Court inCoquitlam Monday are thoseof Nicola Candeloro.

Police note foul play hasbeen ruled out and the inves-tigation is now concluded.The BC Coroners Service has

taken over the file.Candeloro, 44, went miss-

ing July 3 from his home inCoquitlam after going for awalk in the Eagle Mountainarea and Westwood Plateau.

That weekend the family,along with Coquitlam Searchand Rescue members, wasout searching a wide area ofthe community.

Candeloro’s family told themedia his disappearance wasout of character.

The father of four report-edly missed his daughter’sbirthday on July 4.

The RCMP said Candeloro’sfamily has requested privacyto grieve their loss.

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Many of Coquitlam’s facilities have holiday operating hoursormay be closed.(If you require emergency assistance regarding water, sewer or roads,please call 604-927-3500.)

British Columbia DayCity of Coquitlam Facility Hours

August 4, 2014

Facility Monday, August 4

Centennial Activity Centre Closed

City Centre Aquatic Complex 10:30 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Coquitlam Animal Shelter 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Coquitlam City Hall Closed

Dogwood Pavilion Closed

Eagle Ridge Pool 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Glen Pine Pavilion Closed

Pinetree Community Centre Closed

Poirier Community Centre Closed

Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

– Office Hours Closed

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Consolidating OurIndustrial Zones

As part of the City’s action plan to be more business friendly, the City launcheda comprehensive review of our industrial zones in order to ensure that the zonesare well suited to meet business needs.

After extensive research, the City is proposing to consolidate the existing nineindustrial zones into three broader and more flexible zones.

Through this review, the goal is to create zones that:

� simplify our industrial zone structure;

� provide a broader range of permitted industrial uses within each zone;

� increase flexibility for property owners and business operators;

� are more responsive to the changing needs of the business community; and

� are easier to administer.

Why is this important and what does this mean to our city?

A thriving business and industrial sector that translates into better jobs locallyand opportunities for improved local services and a better quality of life for thecitizens of Coquitlam.

And that is why we are now inviting stakeholder and community input into ourreview to ensure that the proposed changes benefit our community as a whole.

Please visit the City’s website atwww.coquitlam.ca/industrialzones to reviewdetails of the proposed changes and to complete a comment form. All feedbackwill be reviewed and considered by Council and staff as part of the industrialzone review.We ask that all written feedback be received by August 18, 2014.

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John [email protected]

Though it’s an outsidepossibility, an outdoor poolcould return to Coquitlam’sRochester Park after all.

Acting parks and recreation

manager Raul Allueva hintedat that possibility on Mondayas part of a larger discussionaround planned upgrades tothe park.

Allueva did, however, offera series of caveats around thepotential for a new pool: itwould have to be built in adifferent configuration, in adifferent area of the park andfeature different program-ming.

“That is a challenging rec-ommendation,” he said. “Wecan certainly think about

that. It’s challenging for us toput that commentary out andnot lead the public down theroad of expectation.”

The pool’s re-opening,along with all of the plannedupgrades at the park, dependson budget considerations,direction from council andthe results of a series of meet-ings with community mem-bers slated to take place incoming months.

Preliminary estimates forsome of the park refurbish-ments range between $3 mil-

lion and $4 million.Operations at the pool,

which was built in 1968,were suspended in 2012 dueto issues around fractures,leakage, erosion and poten-tial replacement costs.

A public outcry resultedwhen the pool was shutdown, and a few councillorshave expressed an interest inreopening it.

Repair and replacementcosts at that time rangedbetween $200,000 and $4million.

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Murder suspectin PoCo courtJeremy [email protected]

The man accused of murdering his wife earlier this month inPoCo made a brief court appearance Thursday.

Irinei Catalin Ghiorghita made an appearance in PortCoquitlam provincial court by video link.

His lawyer asked for the case to be put over until Aug. 18.Ghiorghita is charged with one count of second-degree mur-

der in the death of Andra Ghiorghita, 38.Police were called to a townhouse at 2495 Davies Ave. on

July 15, after a man reportedly went to the Coquitlam RCMPdetachment to tell police his wife was hurt. The woman died atthe scene, and police determined foul play was involved.


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David Hilder has no time todwell on the biggest accom-plishment of his musicalcareer. Instead, he’s settinghis sights on raising the bareven further.

Hilder is the pipe major— or band leader — with thePort Coquitlam-based DowcoTriumph Street Pipe Band,a local ensemble that justpunched its ticket to the WorldPipe Band Championshipslater this month in Scotland.

Qualifying for the majorevent entailed defeating theSimon Fraser University PipeBand last weekend, a featHildersaidhasn’tbeenaccom-plished on North Americansoil in two decades.

“They’ve been a dominat-ing world force for a very,very long time in NorthAmerica, so this is really, real-ly huge for us, ” said Hilder.“It’s something we’ve beentrying to do for a long time.Of course, we’re friends offthe grass, but we are hugelyfierce rivals on the grass.”

The Triumph crew quali-fied for the world champion-ships after winning a hand-ful of categories at a NorthAmerica-wide competitionstagedlastweekendinSeattle.Now the band will vie forworld supremacy against 24of the best pipe bands on theplanet in Glasgow, Scotlandbeginning Aug. 15.

“It’s a major springboardfor us to get a really good lis-ten over there — it’s a majorstage,” he said. “The BBC Livestreams the show around theworld to thousands of people.It’s a spectacular event.”

Hilder’s group consists of43 percussionists and bag-pipers, with members comingfrom across the Tri-Cities, andfrom as far away as Scotlandand the U.S.

Piping is also a family affairin the Hilder household, ashis wife Shaunna and sonLiam are both members ofthe group as well.

Getting to the top of the

musical heap requires a seriesof skill sets and indicators, asgroups are judged on their

tuning, musicality, repertoireand, most importantly, theircharisma.

“The energy a band produ-ces is a very palpable thingwhen it’s a great perform-

ance,” he said. “You need toproject your energy into thecrowd and have them enjoy

what they just heard.”For competition details, see

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Pipe Major David Hidler, centre, musical leader of theDowco Triumph Street Pipe Band, joins his wife, PiperSgt. Shaunna Hilder, and their 17 year-old son, 2013-14Grand Agreggate Champion in Grade 1 Piping SoloistLiam Hidler, at left. To see a video of the band perform-ing, scan this page with the Layar app, or visit YouTube.com/thetricitiesnow.

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If you’re admitted to ahospital, you may loseyour sense of controlover your own healthcare. You’re expected

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your own clothes. Manypeople pop into your roomunannounced, and they writenotes in a chart that you can’tsee. You may be given medi-cations but not know what

they are for and, sometimes,you may not know who ismaking decisions for you.

Yet autonomy is a corner-stone of medical ethics.Capable patients must be

sufficiently informed in orderto make the best decisions fortheir own care.

When you visit a physician,nothing is done without yourconsent. After listening toyour concerns, asking morequestions and performing anexamination, the physicianwill offer a working diagnosisand suggest some options forinvestigation or treatment.

In order to make informeddecisions, you need four keypieces of information: (1)the purpose or reason for thetreatment or investigation,(2) the common side effectsor risks, (3) the serious,including life-threatening,side effects or risks, and (4)alternatives to the proposedtreatment or investigation.

Here are three keys toimproving your hospitalexperience.

1. Stay in control. If youare capable of understandingyour situation and treatmentoptions, you should continueto make important decisionsabout your care in the hos-pital. Ask the four key ques-tions for any proposed treat-ment or investigation.

Ideally, you shouldexpress your wishes beforeyou find yourself in thehospital. Consider writingan advanced medical direc-tive. If you become ill orincapacitated, what types

of treatment would youwant? If you were no longercapable of making your owndecisions, whom would youentrust to make decisionson your behalf? Discussingthese issues ahead of timewill make things easier foryour family and make it morelikely that your wishes will berespected.

2. Know the team. Thereare so many people workingin the hospital that manypatients don’t know whois who. It doesn’t help thatmany health-care workerswear surgical scrubs (or“greens”) and white labcoats. What could be easierthan getting up and changingfrom comfy pink sleepingpajamas to comfy green paja-mas? If we all did this, noone would buy pajama jeans.

You could try to read thename tags, but if you’re notsure, don’t be shy. Ask foreach person’s name andtheir role (i.e. nurse, respira-tory technician, pharmacist,

dietitian or doctor). If it’s adoctor, what is their specialty(i.e. internal medicine, hospi-talist or surgeon)?

Most importantly, youneed to know who is the“attending physician” or“most responsible physician.”This is the physician who isdirecting your care through-out your hospital stay. It ispossible this might changefrom day to day, which, ofcourse, is less than ideal.

3. Set up a channel of com-munication with your attend-ing physician. Some hospitalshave white boards in everypatient’s room indicatingthe plan or schedule of testsor procedures, the results oftests and the expected lengthof the hospital stay.

If this isn’t the case, youshould have a large pad ofpaper at your bedside so thisinformation can be writtendown for you. You shouldprepare your own list ofquestions for your doctor. Tryto find out when that doctoris expected. Like the travellerforcing himself to stay awakeon the plane so he won’t misshis meal, patients dread fall-ing asleep and missing thedoctor during daily rounds.

I hope you won’t find your-self in the hospital any timesoon, but if you do, followthese three steps to maintaincontrol of your care.

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The final score may have read1-0 for Ontario, but for membersof Team B.C., last week’s experi-ence at the 2014 North AmericanIndigenous Games in Regina was awinner.

The squad, which included NorthCoquitlam United soccer playersMorgan Anson and sisters Crystaland Justine Laughren, absorbed asmuch of the event as possible whilebonding quickly over nine daysunder the prairie sun.

“It was certainly different,” Crystalsaid of the tournament. “I had neverseen so many people from differentbackgrounds come together before.It was amazing.”

Finishing second wasn’t what thesquad was aiming for, and it camedown to a penalty kick in injury timethat gave Ontario the win.

The NCU under-16 Rebels team-mates discovered a lot about them-selves and the Aboriginal commun-ities that share sports and a uniquehistory.

“It was so cool seeing all the dan-ces and hearing all the stories andmeeting so many people from dif-ferent places and reserves,” Morgansaid.

All three were added to Team B.C.after the Fraser Valley won the prov-incial tournament and right to attendthe Regina-hosted competition.

The Laughrens, who live in NorthVancouver but commute to play forthe Rebels, remarked at how intensethe training went and how focusedeveryone was once they arrived.

“Our coach put us all on dietswhen we got there, and we couldn’t

see our parents for the first fewdays,” said Crystal.

“I was amazed at how well theteam came together,” Justine noted.“Before the tournament a lot of usdidn’t know each other and hadn’tplayed together. [But] when thetournament ended we left the fieldwith our heads held high.”

Brett Anson, Morgan’s father,credits the tournament for bringingthe Laughrens to North Coquitlam’sDiv. 1 gold roster.

The Carson Graham sisters, whoare two years apart in age, playedthe previous season on separateteams for the first time in their soc-cer careers. They were looking for ateam where they could be togetheragain and while competing for theCoastal squad at the B.C. Indigenouscompetition, found a friend inMorgan, a Coquitlam native of Métisdescent.

It wasn’t long before a tryout invi-tation and a welcome were extendedto Crystal, a forward, and Justine,a midfielder, who have SquamishNation roots.

The Rebels would thrive and winthe District Cup.

As for the final, the girls agree thatwhile a disappointing ending, it wasan experience they’ll remember fora long time.

“I thought the closing ceremony[was a highlight],” said Morgan.“Everything had finished and every-one was just hanging out, you weretrading uniform pieces with peoplefrom all over. It was just a greatfeeling.”

The three now prepare for theupcoming season with the Rebels inthe u-17 circuit.

Trio embrace soccer experience

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From left, North Coquitlam United’s Morgan Anson, JustineLaughren and Crystal Laughren helped B.C. advance to the girls finalat last week’s North American Indigenous Games in Regina.

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NATIONALS COME TO COQUITLAMTeam B.C. will look to make B.C. Day a great beginning to a

big tournament showing.With Coquitlam and New Westminster sharing the hosting

responsibilities for the 2014 Lacrosse Peewee, Bantam andMidget Nationals, the action gets underway on Monday.

In peewee, Team B.C. begins the proceedings at 1:45 p.m.against Nova Scotia at Queen’s Park Arena. The team’s sec-ond game follows Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. at the Coquitlam SportsCentre’s rec rink against New Brunswick.

Team B.C.’s bantam roster hosts Manitoba in the openerMonday, 8:15 a.m. at the Coquitlam rec rink, and later in theday against Alberta at 2:45 p.m., also in the rec arena.

B.C.’smidgetactionstartsonMonday,2:45p.m.atCoquitlam’smain arena against New Brunswick, with their second test onTuesday, 11:15 a.m. at Queen’s Park against Manitoba. To seethe whole schedule, go to www. 2014laxnationals.com.

TAG REAPS GYMNASTIC BOUNTYIt was a triumphant week for a pair of TAG Sports Centre

athletes at the Canada Cup gymnastic competition.Jared Khalifa and Tamara O’Brien both scored individual

event titles with their performances at the Newmarket, Ont.event, held last week.

Khalifa topped the junior men’s open tumbling division,posting a score of 135.5, more than five points ahead of hisnearest rival. He would finish fourth in the junior men’sdouble-mini, which was won by PoCo’s Kyle Carrager.

Coquitlam’s Tamara O’Brien scored 132.70 points in thesenior women’s double-mini event, edging out Karine Dufour.The 18-year-old also placed fourth in the senior women’stumbling, posting a 124.3 total, just 3.5 points back of third.

Another TAG athlete, John Rowden, picked up silverin men’s open tumbling, with 115.8 points, just back ofBurlington’s Ahren Maher.

In men’s synchro event, Carrager teamed up with NewWestminster’s Ben Blais to score bronze.

Taya Clyne placed sixth in junior women’s open tumbling.

MIDGET A’S POWER TO BC A1 TITLEBolstered by a true special-teams effort, the Coquitlam

midget A1 Adanacs proved their mettle last week by doublingLangley 8-4 to capture the provincial box lacrosse crown.

Trailing 4-3 in the third, Coquitlam converted a couple of cru-cial powerplay opportunities and peeled off five unansweredgoals en route to the B.C. title.

It proved to be sweet revenge for half the team, who last yearwas knocked off by Langley in the bantam provincial final.

“I knew we were a good team going into the season but Iknew Maple Ridge and Langley were going to be a challenge,”said coach Pat Coyle. “We really began to hit our stride over thelast month, but it’s the provincials and you never know whatwill happen.”

The team’s lineup includes: Dennon Armstrong, JeremyBasic, Mitchell Beauregard, Reid Bowering, Jalen Chaster, BlaneDonaldson, Josh Goble, Robert Hofseth, Cam King, Mateo LeVan, Liam Macdonald, Owen McCulloch, Matthew McIlwrick,Andrew Miller, Kyle Nichols, Thomas Semple, Jordan Taylor,Ethan Ticehurst, Ty Yanko and Devin Vowles.

SPORTS SHORTS

A year ago, the Coquitlam Adanacsdug deep and overcame numerousobstacles to capture the final WesternLacrosse Association playoff berth.

This year, the obstacles proved to betoo great.

The senior A lacrosse team wereeliminated from the postseason partyfollowing a humbling 9-5 loss to NewWestminster last Saturday.

As they close out the season againstthe Burnaby Lakers tonight (Friday,7:30 p.m. at the Bill Copeland SportsComplex), more than a few questionswill emerge regarding the whimper inwhich the year finished on.

None are more puzzled than headcoach Bob Salt.

“I think we’re a lot better team thanthat,” noted Salt, “but when you loselike that who’s going to believe you?”

For the opening 20 minutes, itappeared the squad was prepared forthe crucial test — New Westminsterhad bested Langley two days earlier,keeping Coquitlam’s chances alive inthe process. The A’s took a 2-1 lead ongoals by Brian Gillis and Brett Hickey,only to surrender six in the middleframe to fall 7-3 behind.

In the third period, the rally cry wasmuted after New West upped its leadto 9-3 before Coquitlam got two latemarkers to close out the scoring.

It clinched the fourth playoff spotfor the Salmonbellies, and a seat inthe stands for the Adanacs. The lackof urgency and resilience was perhapsthe biggest disappointment.

“We had a shot at it but we justdidn’t play very well, and credit tothem, the ’Bellies did,” noted Salt.“To be honest, for some of our guys Ithought that was the worst game weplayed all season.”

Saltbelievesthatthisyear’sunsightlyfinish was an aberration — but admitsit poses more questions. The club,a hearty mix of recent draftees andacquisitions and a peppering of vin-tage vets, needs an offensive boost.

“It’s really disappointing and a set-back for the organization,” he said.“You’re suppose to be moving aheadbut this was as big a game as you couldget and we just didn’t perform in theway we can.

“It’s a head-scratcher, it really is.”

Adanacsstumble inWLA race

After the storm, the Coquitlam Adanacs deliv-ered some much-needed calm.

The junior A lacrosse squad moved one-winaway from clinching its sixth-straight B.C. JuniorA Lacrosse League playoff title, after squeez-ing out a 7-4 victory over the New WestminsterSalmonbellies in Game 5 Wednesday.

Cole Shafer netted a pair and the Adanacdefence did a strong job of keeping the ’Bellies’shooters to the outside in a game where themomentum shifts were smaller in nature but justas impactful.

Down 3-1 after one period, the Adanacs coun-tered with three unanswered goals in the middleframe — by Tyler Pace, Jordan Gilles and Shafer.While New West would push back and tie it earlyin the third on Luke Gillespie’s breakaway, WesleyBerg would convert the eventual game winnerwith 13:47 left to play. Eli McLaughlin and EvanWortley rounded out the offence, as the A’s took a3-2 lead in the series.

Coquitlam can wrap up the series tonight(Friday), 7:30 p.m. at the Poirier Sports Centre. Ifnecessary, Game 7 will go Sunday, 8 p.m. in New

WestminsterBoth teams entered the contest minus some key

floor talent, thanks to suspensions from Game4’s explosive tilt that ended 13-8 in New West’sfavour.

Serving one-game suspensions for their rolein Monday’s battle were, from New West, AlexBohl, Johnny Pearson and goalie Eric Penney, andfrom Coquitlam, Ray Banister, netminder RileyCamazzolo, Robin Lowenberger, James Rahe.

Coquitlam coach Neil Doddridge was slappedwith a three-game suspension.

Coquitlamturns todefence tobeatBellies



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