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Cops seek occupants of van who stopped to help, then left

By Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

There were at least two other GoodSamaritans at the scene of the fatal hit-and-run crash that took the lives of 26-year-oldLorraine Cruz and 30-year-old CharleneReaveley, and Mounties are pleading withthem to come forward.

Speaking at the scene of the Feb. 19 thatbegan when Reaveley, assisting the occupantsof a single-vehicle accident, was killed along-side Cruz by an alleged hit-and-run driver,RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Peter Thiessen saidthere were others who stopped to help justmoments before the two women were struck

near the intersection of Lougheed Highwayand Pitt River Road in Coquitlam.

Police are looking for the occupants of awhite 2008 Chevrolet Uplander who report-edly stopped and met Cruz, her boyfriendPaulo Calimahin, Reaveley and her husbandDan.

They stopped to see if they could assist.They then determined there wasnt a needfor them to remain and they left the scene,Sgt. Thiessen said. It was after they left thescene that the second crash occurred result-ing in the deaths of these two ladies.

We really need the occupants and thedriver of this van who stopped and spoke tothese two ladies and others who may havebeen at the scene to make contact with ouroffice.

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RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen speaks to reporters Tuesday morning at a press conference police called at the scene of a hit-and-run accident Feb. 19 that killed CharleneReaveley and Lorraine Cruz. Below, Reaveley family members who stopped at the press conference comfort one another. Police are looking for witnesses to the crash.

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Only two months havepassed since Port Moodybegan its new biweeklywaste-collection schedulebut the city claims to havealready reduced the amountof trash sent to the landfillby approximately 40% andincreased its recovery oforganic waste by more than66% over this time last year.

Bridget Pronovost of thecitys engineering, parks andoperations department toldThe Tri-City News that sincesthe citys switch from collect-ing garbage every week tonow collecting it every otherweek, more than 160 tonnesof waste or 20 tonnes aweek have been divertedfrom local dumps.

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Cities deal with concerns over heat pump noiseBy Gary McKenna

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Heat pumps may be an environmen-tally friendly way of heating and cool-ing a home but some Tri-City residentsare finding out the appliances are creat-ing a different kind of pollution: noise.

On Monday night, Port Coquitlamcouncil voted unanimously in favourof a bylaw amendment that would seefines for heat pump noise of $150 dur-ing the day and $300 at night.

Dan Scoones, the manager of bylawservices, said most heat pumps rangein noise level from 60 to 70 decibels,higher than the 45 to 55 decibels set outin a standard noise bylaw.

But he added that there are measuresresidents can take to mitigate the noise.Fencing is a popular way of mufflingsound and the placement of the intakesis also key.

While there are not many homeswith heat pumps in Port Coquitlam,he said the devices are becoming morepopular.

In the past year, we have had sixcomplaints, which doesnt seem likevery many, but the complaints havebeen very determined.

One PoCo resident, Saho Sham, saidshe has not been able to sleep properlysince her neighbour installed a heatpump. The intake for the system is closeto her bedroom, she said, and the humof the machine is enough to disturb herand her husbands rest.

When you come home, you wantpeace, she said. You dont want a ma-chine vibrating.

Heat pumps are a good invention,Sham said, but people need to be morecautious with location of the intakes.She said the city needs to better regu-late the systems in order to avoid noiseconflict between neighbours.

But not all Tri-City residents are en-thusiastic about changes to bylaws that

would limit the use of heat pumps.Timothy Lim installed an $11,000

heat pump at his Port Moody home lastyear and has battled his neighbour andthe city over the noise issue ever since.He said municipalities should be doingmore to encourage the use of heatpumps, not changing bylaws to makethem more difficult to install.

I think people that are trying to dotheir part should not be penalized forit, he said. We understand that noiseis an issue but weve got to be able tolive with each other.

In an effort to mitigate the noise,Lim said he spent $6,000 replacing hisfence, a project that was completed lastweek. He said he has yet to hear fromhis neighbour since the fence has beenbuilt and said that no news is goodnews.

But as the city becomes more denselypopulated, Lim said the number ofproblems between neighbours overheat pumps will likely increase. He saidthe city needs to re-visit its noise bylaw,which was written in 1978, and considerincreasing the allowable decibel levels.

It is really hard to live in a com-pletely quiet environment, he said.Here we get sounds from trains, sawmills, traffic, helicopters. It is just partof life. Where do you draw the line?

Leslyn Johnson, Port Moodys com-munications advisor, said Port Moodydoes not require permits for installingheat pumps. But as more issues arisebetween neighbours, the city is consid-ering ways of addressing the situation.

Andrea McDonald, Coquitlams man-ager of bylaw enforcement, said that inthe last six years, she can recall just twoincidents involving noise complaintsover a heat pump. She said the noisebylaw in Coquitlam states that theneighbourhood, not just one individual,must be disrupted in order for an in-fraction to have taken place.

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The Council of the City of Port Moody willmeet and hold a Public Hearing to consider thefollowing proposed Bylaw.

Proposed Bylaw: Heritage RevitalizationAgreement Bylaw No. 2834, 2011

Applicant: Mr. Farhad Soofi

Legal: Lot 7, Block 17, District Lot 201, Group 1,NWD Plan 72 (PID: 011-452-021)

Location: 2628 St. George Street

Purpose: The owner has applied to enter into a heritage revitalization agreement with the City respectingthe subject lot. If approved, the agreement would vary land use and density to allow a second housewith a secondary suite to be relocated at the rear of the property. Both houses are currently on the CitysHeritage Register. The proposed agreement involves the heritage conservation and municipal heritage sitedesignation of both houses by the owner.

All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will be afforded anopportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions will be acceptedup to the conclusion of the Public Hearing. If you are submitting a written submission prior to the PublicHearing, please submit it to the City by email at [email protected] or by fax at 604.469.4550 not laterthan 12 Noon Tuesday, March 8, 2011. No representations may be received by Council on this bylaw afterthe close of the Public Hearing.

Bylaw No. 2834 and related information may be inspected at the Planning & Development ServicesDepartment, City Hall, 100 Newport Drive (at Ioco Road), Port Moody, B.C. Monday to Friday between8:30am and 5pm.

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The event will be held Sunday, March 6 between12:30 and 3 p.m. at the Klahanie Canoe Club (501Klahanie Dr., Port Moody), where Reaveley taughtboot camp exercise classes.

A yoga and boot camp class will start at 12:30 anda pilates and Zumba class will begin at 1:30 p.m.There will also be childrens activities and food, in-cluding hot dogs, burgers, popcorn, candy floss andcupcakes for sale by donation. The event will alsofeature a silent auction with gift baskets, gift cards,appliances, spa packages, photography packagesand five-star vacations.

Reaveley was one of two women killed in a deadlyhit-and-run last week. She is survived by her hus-band Dan and four children, ranging in age fromsix months to 10 years old. Lorraine Cruz wasalso killed in the crash and her boyfriend, PauloCalimahin, was seriously injured.

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While Cory Sater, 37, of Coquitlam, is in custodyfacing charges of impaired driving causing deathand leaving the scene of an accident, Thiessen saidthe Uplanders occupants likely have information tohelp the Crowns case.

With this type of investigation, the easy partinitially is identifying who we feel is responsible forthis particular incident, Thiessen said. The hardwork comes in gathering the appropriate evidence tosupport our allegations and support the charges.

The RCMPs request for more information drewquestions from reporters about the initial accidentin which Cruz and Calimahin hit a cement guard-rail with their Nissan Pathfinder shortly after 12:30a.m. Chief among those were whether speed or al-cohol could have been factors in their crash.

But Thiessen wouldnt answer those questions,nor would he provide information about whetherinvestigators are trying to determine, by talking tothe Outlanders occupants, Cruzs condition wasprior to her being struck and killed.

We feel they could provide something that werelooking for. Without getting into the details, we feelthere may be something they can provide us thatsgoing to allow us to further the investigation, butIm not in the position to comment directly on whatwere hoping they might be able to provide, he said.

He added that 10 Mounties from the RCMPs seri-ous crimes division and five additional RCMP traf-fic investigators are working on the case and haveexecuted a number of search warrants as part oftheir investigation.

The Mounties are also calling on anyone whomay have witnessed Cruzs accident or the subse-quent hit-and-run, including those who spoke withinvestigators in the immediate aftermath of thecrash but failed to give police their contact informa-tion, to call 604-552-7383.

Meanwhile, Sater will appear in Port Coquitlamcourt by video Thursday to set a date for his bailhearing on the 10 charges against him in the deathsof Cruz and Reaveley.

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A neighbourhoodpark in CoquitlamsCity Centre will be re-vamped, with a chil-drens playground, anoutdoor fitness area,sports courts, walkingtrails, picnic spots andan off-leash dog run.

But theres one thingthe new Glen Park wonthave: fields for orga-nized sports.

On Monday, the citysrecreation committeevetoed part of a concep-tual master plan for the16.7-acre park south ofGlen elementary school,saying it didnt want itto be a destination forsports teams.

The committee chair,Coun. Doug Macdonell a past president ofCoquitlam City Soccerand former head coachfor the Coquitlam MinorFootball Association was the loudest criticof the staff plan and,on Monday, successfullylobbied fellow commit-tee members to vote todecommission the ClassC grass field at Glen tokeep it for a general,passive use.

He said his aim is tosend a strong messageto sports groups, espe-cially local rugby clubsthat want to stake theirclaim at Glen Park.

Phasing out the ClassC designation earlyin the park planningprocess, he argued,wouldnt raise any hopesby organized sportsgroups. He pointed tolast Novembers openhouse on Glen Parks fu-ture that saw 15 rugbyrepresentatives calling

for the park to expandto two fields.

This should be anurban park, Macdonellsaid during Mondayshour-long debate. Wecant give expectationsto portions of our com-munity. Rugby wantsto grow there... Rugbywants to make this theirhome.

Other councillorswere just as wary aboutdesignating Glen forformal uses and, as a re-sult, also cut baseball di-amonds from the plan.

Previously, Glen Parkhas been the site ofgames involving minisoccer, minor baseballand football teams.

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modate community ac-tivities such as outdoormovie nights whileCoun. Selina Robinsonsaid the city has a grow-ing multicultural popu-lation that wants spacefor badminton gamesand large picnics.

We have a changingtapestry here and I wantus to be ahead of thecurve, she said.

Coun. Linda Reimersaid nearby residentsare anxious to get thepark redeveloped as ithas been under-usedand the forest can be ahaven for unsavourycharacters. She saidsomeone was stabbedlast year in the park andpressed the committeeto have RCMP input onthe park redevelopment.

Plans for Glen Parkaim to serve the area some 50,000 people liv-ing mostly in highrises over the next 10 to 15years.

Capital funding of$50,000 has been ap-proved for the parks re-design and $100,000 hasbeen allotted in the 2011-15 capital plan for thefirst phase of construc-tion. As well, the city re-ceived $300,000 in park-land development costcharges from developerPolygon for a nearbytownhouse complex.

City council is ex-pected to ratify theparks committees mod-ified conceptual masterplan for Glen Park at itsMarch 7 [email protected]

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Port Coquitlam coun-cil has approved a planthat is intended to serveas a blueprint to the citysenvironmental decisionsfor the next decade.

The EnvironmentalStrate gic Plan, orEnviroPlan, outlinesgreenhouse gas-reduc-tion targets, waste-di-version goals and waysof preserving PoCosnatural habitat as justseveral of its objectives.The document wasunanimously endorsedby council and MayorGreg Moore said that itwill ensure the city is an

environmental leader inthe Lower Mainland.

Not only does thislook at the strategy, italso focuses on imple-mentation, he said.The implementationtargets are what willmake this plan a reality.

One of the goals out-lined in the plan calls fora 20% greenhouse gasreduction from 2007 lev-els from the municipal-itys operations and an8% GHG reduction city-wide by 2017.

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Coun. Michael Wright,who sat on the environ-ment committee whenthe plan was first dis-cussed several years ago,

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multi-family homeowners jumped7% over last year, to $384, whilesewer fees rose 4%, to $387. Aswell, garbage/recycling levies arenow $326 an 8% difference over2010 for occupants in single-family homes.

Coquitlams budget manager,Arlene Uy, said the hike in waterrates is because the cost of buyingwater from the Greater VancouverWater District is set to rise 14%this year, making up 60% of thewater budget.

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In the garbage department, theincrease includes the 18% tip-ping fee hike, the 4% city infla-tion and a contractual increasefor Smithrite of 5%, she said.

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single-family: water $368,sewer $280

apartment: water $328, sewer$249

townhouse: water $345, sewer$263

duplex, triplex, fourplex: water$368, sewer $280

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Utility bills in Port Moody wentout in January, with 2011 rates asfollows: $347 for water, $333 forsewer and $183 for garbage.

The recycling rate for single-family households is $119 while,at multi-family units with greenwaste pick-up, its $70; for multi-family households without greenwaste pick-up, its $53, said cityspokesperson Leslyn Johnson.

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Christy Clark spoke pas-sionately about team-work, unity and listeningin the moments after winningthe BC Liberal leadershipSaturday, with 48% of votingmembers arrayed against her to the end.

Our government will be stronger becauseof the dialogue we all started with BritishColumbians and we are going to build onthat, together, Clark told a packed conven-tion hall. We are going to shape the futureof B.C., together. We are going to forge a big-ger, stronger coalition, together.

A few minutes later, in the middle of thecrowded room, an argument between twomen turned into a shoving match that esca-lated until two others jumped in and sepa-rated them.

Outside the convention hall, AbbotsfordSouth MLA John van Dongen was clarify-

ing to reporters that he had not said he wasquitting the caucus if Clark defeated hischoice, George Abbott. Despite his earliermusings about considering his options in aClark-led caucus, van Dongen was suddenlyimpressed with the desire of his colleaguesto work together and was keen to do thesame.

Van Dongen wasnt the only one shockedat seeing Abbott, the Shuswap MLA andchampion of rural B.C., finish third.Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett had fig-ured the weighted voting system would giveAbbott a good shot at bringing his team ofmainly Campbell outsiders into the innercircle. Bennett said he felt pretty good, for aloser, and showed a brave smile. His choiceis not to leave the caucus but to come backin, if he is invited.

The next morning, former Reform andConservative MP Randy White spoke aboutthe Clark win on CFAX radio in Victoria.Hes working to professionalize a mori-bund BC Conservative Party and he saidhe watched a surge of people joining that

party as soon as Clarks narrow victory wasknown.

The BC Conservatives will announce newsupporters shortly, White said, and peoplewill be surprised. They were not counting onBennett to be one of those, although Whitesaid Bennett told him a month ago he wouldsign up if Clark won the BC Liberal leader-ship.

White is convinced Clarks victory is adefining moment for B.C. politics. No lon-ger will be BC Liberals be able to tell votersits us or the NDP.

Were now acknowledging, and theLiberals are acknowledging, that they are aliberal party, White said.

During the campaign, Clark blunderedabout on the harmonized sales tax, thetiming of the next election and the govern-ments ability to cap the rapid growth ofhealth-care spending.

Shes fond of saying she spent the last fouryears listening to the people as a radio host.Apparently, thats long enough to start be-lieving the bumper-sticker solutions that are

so often the fodder of talk radio.There were more hints of this in her vic-

tory speech. Clarks top two priorities arejob creation and fighting poverty. Shesjust won the leadership of a party that hasbeen saying for 15 years that governmentdoesnt create jobs.

And the NDP continues its own earnestbut mainly fanciful debate about how pov-erty can be legislated away by governmentintervention while trumpeting distorted sta-tistics about the plight of B.C. children.

If Clark wants to reach out to conserva-tive-minded voters, she might start by ac-knowledging that the province is currentlyrunning an operating deficit of close to $1billion, with another year in the red still tocome.

But so far, it looks as if she will tack to theleft and risk making the BC Conservativesday.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and colum-nist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.

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A money grabThe U.S. government is so desperate to find waysto tackle its trillion-dollar deficit that it wants tocharge Canadians arriving into their country byair or sea.

The projected $110 million that would be raised bythe $5.50 fee will help offset the additional $300 millionthe U.S. Department of Homeland Security is request-ing to swab our shoes, pat our pants and peer throughour clothes with full body scanners.

Apparently, fear and paranoia are expensive.The U.S. already charges an entrance fee to most inter-

national travellers but visitors arriving by plane or boatfrom Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean were exemptedin 1997. And while the fee may seem nominal, it still ran-kles. Canadian air travellers are already burdened witha dizzying array of security and airport improvementfees, fuel surcharges and taxes that sometimes amountto more than the cost of the plane ticket. And as we allknow, once a new fee or surcharge is implemented, itnever goes away it will only go higher in the future.

Paying five bucks for the privilege of being friskedand interrogated by surly agents of HomelandSecurity likely wont dissuade Canadians from flyingto Disneyland or New York for holiday or business, butits not exactly a neighbourly welcome.

According to Statistics Canada, 16 million Canadiansflew into the U.S. in 2009.

Charging Canadians a fee to spend our money intheir country makes a visit south of the border seemmore like an excursion to Costco.

The proposed fee also cant be welcome news toCanadas airline industry. Not only will it have to dingits passengers to U.S. destinations for more money butcustomers who live close to the border may opt to avoidthe fee by booking their travel on an American carrierand driving to an American airport because the feewont apply to land crossings. Yet.

This seems like a cheap money grab by a desperateAmerican government but its not likely to dissuademany from heading to warmer cities south of the 49thparallel.

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The Editor,I have just received

notification of the 2011Coquitlam utility rateincreases along with apamphlet outlining rea-sons for the increases.In the pamphlet, weare told the major pro-portion of the $65 in-crease is due to MetroVancouvers require-ments. What the pam-phlet fails to say is that

29.5% of the increaseis being imposed by thecity of Coquitlam for itsuse.

The $65 increaseequates to a 101% in-crease in utility chargessince 2004, an average of14.4% on a yearly basis

It should also be notedthat Metro Vancouversboard is comprised ofLower Mainland may-ors and councillors and

the city of Coquitlamis part of the decision-making process.

The city hires manysix-figure managers/administrators whotogether with the high-priced, part-time citycouncil earlier this yeargave themselves a 4%pay increase and seemincapable or unwillingto work within reason-able economic reality.

We should bear thisin mind in November,when we vote in the mu-nicipal election.Henry Pritchard,Coquitlam

The Editor,A friend and I at-

tended the most fabu-lous performance lastFriday by musicianMaceo Parker at theCommodore Ballroombut we had to leave be-fore the end because theSkyTrain was about toshut down for the night.

Its incredible, espe-

cially considering thatwith the new alcohollevel of .05 in place,people from out of towneither cannot attend ormust take a vehicle. It isnot been made easy forcitizens to enjoy suchevents when their enter-tainment is disruptedby lack of late-nighttransportation.

We did not drink butour enjoyment was cutshort by this lack offoresight by our trans-portation planners. Italso does not make sensewhen we are encouragedto take public transit toprevent added pollution.Nor does it make sensewhen there are manyshift workers who can-

not take transit eitherbecause of this shuttingdown of public transit.

What goes on in theheads of the TransLinkboard? I am disgustedwith this mentality andrefusal to serve prop-erly the citizens of theLower Mainland.Rita Pollock,Coquitlam

Remember utility hikes in November

Late-night transit crucial

If people are expected to w transit to avoid drink-ing and driv-ing, or to re-duce vehicle emissions, they must have late-night options, says the let-ter writer.

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Pronovost said she expects the gapto grow as people get used to the eight-week-old schedule while city staffcontinue to answer residents queriesand concerns about the new collectionmodel.

Chief among the residents com-plaints is why there hasnt been a re-duction in municipal collection feeswith the decrease in garbage collec-tion?

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And while the green bins are typ-ically under-used this time of year,with little yard waste and residentsmore willing to leave food scraps outfor longer in the cold, the city has stillseen a huge jump in their use so farcompared to last year.

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Less trash saves cashPort Coquitlams efforts to reduce the

amount of trash going to the landfill willease the pressure on residents when the taxbill comes around next year.

The city is projecting a zero increase ingarbage rates for 2011 after saving morethan $165,000 with its alternate-week gar-bage pickup and food scrap-collection pro-gram.

PoCo residents are currently diverting62% of their household waste to their greencarts and recycling bins, up 50% from 2009.

Overall, 26% less trash is going to thelandfill than in the previous year, as MetroVancouver increases its disposal fees.

We were able to achieve these successesbecause our residents got on board with theprograms, said Mayor Greg Moore. Wereworking together to save money and at thesame time provide a positive environmen-tal impact.

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Yet another apart-m e n t b u i l d i n g i splanned for Burquitlam,signaling that develop-ers are ready to densifythe neighbourhood be-fore the Evergreen Linegoes up Clarke Road.

On Monday, the citysland use committee rec-ommended first readingbe granted to a rezon-ing application for a70-unit complex at 604-610 Como Lake Ave., atEmerson Avenue. If ap-proved, the new build-ing would be less than ablock from BurquitlamPlaza, which is alsobeing redeveloped, anda five-minute walk fromthe planned BurquitlamSkyTrain station.

A representative forMosaic Homes told thecommittee the ComoLake Avenue apartmentwould have 76 parkingspots eight fewer thanwhat the BurquitlamNeighbourhood Plancalls for as many ofthe suites would be one-bedroom.

C o u n . D o u gMacdonell criticizedMosaic for the cookie-cutter architecturalstyle thats seen in theTri-Cities. I would likesomething thats a littledifferent, he said.

But Coun. Selina

Robinson said the apart-ment concept is new asMosaic tends to buildthree-storey row homes.She also recommendedMosaic have some unitsthat are universally ac-cessible as many dis-abled people live close topublic transit.

INSENSITIVEA development con-

cept for a Coquitlamcommercial lot that hassat empty for years isbeing deemed insen-sitive and councillorswant the applicant tohave new drawingsready when the rezon-ing bid goes to publichearing this month.

Last week, council

gave first reading to theapplication but raisedconcerns about the ar-tistic design conceptdrawing for 1649 ComoLake Ave.

At the Feb. 14 landuse committee, plan-ning GM Jim McIntyresuggested the applicant,Iconstrux ArchitectureLtd., come up with amore sensitive plan asthe two-storey buildingdidnt reflect the scaleand massing allowedunder the C-1 local com-mercial zone.

The proposal is justtoo large for this littlesite, Coun. Mae Reidsaid, adding, I hope itwill be sensitive in-fill[housing].

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Plans to restorea heritage homein Maillardvilleand build French-Canadian styleapartments aroundit came beforeCoquitlams landuse committee thisweek.

A r c h i t e c tMatthew Chengsaid Guang XinDevelopment Ltd.has bought fourproperties acrossfrom Place desArts borderedBrunette Avenue,T h e r r i e n a n dBegin streets and has an offer tobuy a fifth lot thathas a century-oldhouse listed onthe MaillardvilleHeritage Inventory.

Now dilapidatedand occupied bys q u at t e r s, t h ehouse was origi-nally a mushroombar n on BeginStreet and ownedby Tom Allard. Thenext owner, TomFiliatrault, a pipefit-ter at Fraser Millsand a Coquitlamalderman, movedit to its present lo-cation at 1123-1129Brunette Ave. andturned it into afourplex with a bar-bershop. Accordingto the inventory re-cords, it was calledthe Red House be-cause of its boxcarred colour.

Cheng said theproposal is to re-store the home andmove it to the nextlot as well as tobuild 74 multi-fam-ily units around itin three- and four-storey buildings.

Cheng said heplans to submit arezoning bid to thecity this spring.

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Hallway medicine ishitting new highs in con-gested Lower Mainlandhospitals, as was dem-onstrated Monday nightwhen Royal ColumbianHospital was forced touse its Tim Hortons out-let as an overflow ward.

Fraser Health offi-cials say a combinationof multiple trauma caseairlifts earlier in the dayand heavy pressure onthe emergency depart-ment led staff to putpatients in the hospitalcoffee shop.

Its an unusual ex-ample of what has be-come a routine problemacross the region: toomany patients and notenough beds.

Last night, the hall-ways were two andthree stretchers deepwith patients, saidDr. Sheldon Glazer, anemergency physician atRoyal Columbian, theregions trauma centre.

This is just a natu-ral progression of whatweve been dealing withfor a long, long time,Glazer said. We areforced to see patients in

waiting rooms, in hall-ways and, now, in theTim Hortons.

The veteran ER doc-tor says halls jammedwith stretchers are bothinefficient and danger-ous particularly if afire broke out.

He said the persistentcrowding region-widesuggests the regionneeds to build at leastone or two new hospi-

tals. One measure ofhospital congestion the number of patientsadmitted through ERswho dont yet have abed has climbed inFraser Health from adaily average of 136 in2008 to 148 in 2009 andreached 175 for the firstsix months of 2010.

In recent weeks,Fraser has averaged 220admitted patients whoare stuck waiting forbeds at any given time,although officials notethat coincides with thetraditional winter surgewhen ERs are at theirbusiest.

We do have a notice-able trend upward,Fraser Health publicaffairs director DavidPlug said.

Emergency depart-ment visits are up, hesaid, because of popula-tion growth, aging, andthe rise of chronic dis-ease.

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Another yardstick ofhallway medicine is thepercentage of patientswho get a hospital bedwithin 10 hours of thedecision to admit them.

E l e v e n L o w e rMainland hospitals including busy SurreyMemorial, AbbotsfordRegional, Richmond andLions Gate are aver-aging less than 55% ofpatients admitted withinthat 10-hour standard,far below a provincialtarget of 80% that wasset back in 2005.

Mission Memorial at72%, Royal Columbianat 69%, Burnaby at 68%and Vancouver Generalat 64% are closest toreaching the goal.

Worst are the smallerhospitals Delta (23%),Peace Arch (29%), EagleRidge (32%) and RidgeMeadows (37%).

At those facilities,Plug said the prob-lem isnt so much ERdemand as the largenumbers of elderly andchronically ill patientswho often end up in hos-pital, occupying bedsthat can then slow ad-missions through theER.

Fo r c o m m u n i t yhospitals serving areaswith a sizeable seniorspopulation or signifi-cant chronic disease,that can increase pres-sure, Plug said.

The growing trafficjam in hospitals comesdespite construction ofsome new facilities andvarious tactics to im-prove patient flow.

T he $450 -mil l ionAbbotsford RegionalHospital and CancerCentre opened twoyears ago, replacing itspredecessor and addinga significant number ofbeds.

Hospitals have alsotried everything fromimproved triage proce-dures to opening sepa-rate minor treatmentunits to pull less severecases out of crowdedERs.

New hospital con-struction is also under-way.

A new $237-millionoutpatient hospitalopens in Surrey June1 that is expected tohelp decongest SurreyMemorial by takingover day surgery anddiagnostics.

And an entire newemergency department

and critical care tower,at a cost of $525 million,will bring more relief atSMH in 2013-14 by add-ing another 151 beds.

The next top prior-ity is Royal ColumbianHospital, Plug said,adding a similar criti-cal care tower is underconsideration there.

Planning processesare also underway tolook at the future needsfor Peace Arch andDelta hospitals, withEagle Ridge to follow.

Building new hospi-tals is not the only an-swer, Plug said.

We need to do thatbut we also need to beoperating as efficientlyand effectively as pos-sible and we all needto live a healthier life-style, he said.

Back at RCH, Plugsaid, congestion waswell down by Tuesdayand Tim Hortons wasagain serving coffeedrinkers instead of pa-tients.

Plug said the coffeeshop is not a formallydesignated overflowarea, but staff are em-powered to use variousnon-clinical areas whenconditions warrant.

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term temporary solu-tion and not what thehealth region prefers tosee.

It was cleaned be-fore and after, he said.There were no com-municable disease con-cerns.

Six stretchers withprivacy screens wereput up in the TimHortons, which hadclosed by that time ofnight, and about fourpatients were moni-tored there, includingone with angina whowas hooked up to car-diac monitors.

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Annual francophone festivalventures outside of Coquitlam city limits to get the word out


This year, theyre sticking to the origi-nal plan.Organizers with CoquitlamsFestival du Bois were disappointed with theturnout in 2010, having moved the franco-phone celebration up two weeks to capitalizeon the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouverand Whistler.

The poor weather didnt help, either, asexpected crowds failed to show.

People stayed in Vancouver becauseall the activities were free, said IsabelleGingras, the festivals communications co-ordinator, so we did our best. It was okay just not great.

The altered schedule confused a lot of reg-ular visitors, too; many called the festival of-fices in early March wanting to know whenthe party started, she said.

For this years 22nd annual familyevent, Festival du Bois will return to thefirst weekend in March at Mackin Park inMaillardville but it will also branch out witha kick-off concert in Vancouver the firsttime a festival event has been outside of thecity boundaries.

The March 4 show at the AuditoriumJules-Verne (5445 Baillie St., Vancouver) willfeature Mathieu Lipp, a theatrical poet,musician and storyteller, and the sounds ofLes Surveillantes (The Supervisors), a youngfolk-pop band from St. Boniface, Man.

Gingras said Festival du Bois went be-yond Coquitlams boundaries for two rea-sons: Organizers couldnt find a local venueand they wanted to draw more Vancouverparticipants to the weekend fte. Like anoutreach, she said.

On Saturday and Sunday, the Coquitlamentertainment is focused in three areas:Tente des Ateliers (workshop tent); Tentedes Enfants (childrens tent); and GranChapiteau (main tent).

The Saturday activities run from 11 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. and, at 7 p.m., the site reopens forLa Grande Veille, with headliners CarlosPlaceres at 8 p.m. and Yves Lambert et leBbert Orchestra at 9:30 p.m. And on Sunday,doors open at 10 a.m. and close at 4 p.m., withanother concert by the Cuban-born Placeresat 3:15 p.m.

Gingras expects Placeres, who now callsMontreal home, and his band to bring thehouse down as they cater to many musicaltastes not just francophone. Festival duBois is not just a French festival. Its moreworld music and I think that appeals to a lotof people, Gingras said, adding, More than60% of our participants are anglophonesand we have many bands that sing in bothEnglish and French.

Besides the music, there are also uni-versal activities including eating poutine,tourtire and maple sugar pie, taking partin art workshops at Mackin House and ad-miring art at Place des Arts. (On Thursday,artist Catherine Tableau opens her exhibit,

Earths Dream, Stones Dream/Rve deterre, rve de pierre, at 7:30 p.m.)

Also new to the festival program is thedisplay from a dozen or so non-profit andcommunity groups including PoCoMoYouth Services, Maillardville ResidentsAssociation and the Minnekhada ParkAssociation.

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Lively music French music and world music and food are two of the big draws at the Festival du Bois, which runs this weekend in Coquitlam.

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As our society grows increas-ingly frenzied in speed, weoften hear people say, I donthave time to read I get all the infor-mation I need from the internet.

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Short story collections are a quickway to discover a new genre of readingor explore a theme in literature. Manywriters hone their skills by writingshort pieces for magazines or struc-ture their longer works in small, jewel-like chunks describing a character ora situation that can be read with greatdelight on their own.

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Contemporary Irish literature is apassion of mine and Dermot Bolgerhas produced two unique compilationsof the best. Finbars Hotel and LadiesNight at Finbars Hotel are actuallylserial novels, documenting the occu-pants of each room in a once beautifulbut now decaying hotel. Most uniqueis that the authors of each story arenever identified its left to eachreader to imagine who created theparanoid art thief, the pathetic mansearching for adventure or the griev-ing widow. Could it have been RoddyDoyle or Colm Toibin? PerhapsMaeve Binchy or Emma Donoghue?

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For a whirlwind trip through multipleuniverses, story collections cant bebeaten. Investing a little time out of yourbusy schedule to check them out willlead to a wealth of reading pleasure.

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It is said that in order to understand an-other person, you must walk a mile in theirshoes.

The Living Library set for Saturday,March 5 at Coquitlam Public Librarys CityCentre branch is your opportunity to havea 20-minute, one-on-one talk with someonewho has had different life experiences thanyour own.

This Living Library session will focus onchildrens issues, including adoption, home-schooling, autism and bringing up childrenin multicultural, multilingual and multi-reli-gious families.

Among the Living Library books whowill be speaking is Nasima Nastoh, whoseson Hamed committed suicide because hewas being bullied in school.

Also attending as a living book will beNicholas Watkins from Douglas CollegesFaculty of Child, Family and CommunityStudies; he will speak about applied behav-iour analysis or evaluating various autisminterventions.

No registration is required for this freeprogram, just drop in to the library between1 and 3 p.m.

The City Centre branch is located atCoquitlam city hall, 3001 Burlington Dr.

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The Family Resource Centre run bythe Learning Disabilities AssociationNorth Branch is registering for pro-grams for children, including a sup-port group for siblings of childrenwith special needs.

The new support group is a six-week workshop to offer support andencouragement to children and youthages 10 and up that have siblings withspecial needs. The workshop will helpthem learn how to deal with stressand anxiety, among other things.

In addition, three fun and engagingprograms are available for both girlsand boys to help them develop socialskills. They are as follows:

Friends and Community for girlsGrades 5 to 9;

Lets Explore for boys ages 11 to15 years;

and Our Neighbourhood Club forboys ages five to 11.

The programs include games, activ-ities, cooking, drama, and role play-ing. Fees vary and are paid monthlybut all supplies are provided.

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Wednesdays or Tuesdays and usesthe Orton Gillingham and Singerlandmethods in a small group setting. Thisprograms runs through June and feeswork out to $20 per hour for certifiedtutors.

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The Council of the City of Port Moody will meet and hold a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed Bylaw.

Proposed Bylaw: City of Port Moody Zoning Bylaw 1988, No. 1890, Amendment Bylaw No.198, 2010, No. 2847

Owner: Imtiaz and Yasmin Dharshi

Legal: Lot 14, Block 3, DL 202, Group 1, NWDPlan 55 (PID 011-458-721) Lot 15, Block 3, DL202, Group 1, NWD Plan 55 (PID 011-458-747)

Location: 2115-2119 St Johns Street

Purpose: The owners have made an application to the City of Port Moody to rezone the identified properties at 2115 2119 St Johns Street from One-Family Residential (RS1) to Multiple Family Residential (RM4) to facilitate the development of 10 townhouse units.

All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions will be acceptedup to the conclusion of the Public Hearing. If you are submitting a written submission prior to the Public Hearing, please submit it to the City by email at [email protected] or by fax at 604.469.4550 not laterthan 12 Noon, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. No representations may be received by Council on the bylaw after the close of the Public Hearing.

Bylaw No. 2847 and related information may be inspected at the Planning & Development Services Department, City Hall, 100 Newport Drive (at Ioco Road) Port Moody, B.C. Monday to Friday between8:30am and 5pm.

Tim Savoie, MCIP,Director of Planning & Development Services604.469.4540

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