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WEDNESDAYTHE WEDNESDAY
TRI-CITY NEWSMAY 18, 2011
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INSIDETom Fletcher/A10
Letters/A11A Good Read/A17
RenoNation/B1
SPEEDDEMONSMartin Whiteley of Surreys Holy Cross regional secondary school, Nick Ayin of Coquitlams Gleneagle secondary and Alex Ionce of WJ Mouat in Abbotsford compete in the 100 m dash in the Fraser Valley track andfield champion-ships, which started Monday at Coquitlams Percy Perry Stadium. For more sports, see page A26.CRAIG HODGETHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Dance and other artsSEE ARTS, PAGE A22
A Supreme jobSEE LIFE, PAGE A16
2010 WINNER
PoMo looks to lock up lovers bizTourism key to citys interestin residents love locks idea
By Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Paris, Florence and... Port Moody?Resident Linda Balzer wants to put
Moody on the map by introducing lovelocks to the Rocky Point pier.
Its a tradition that has taken off in ro-mantic locales around the world: Loverswrite their names onto a padlock, then fas-ten it to a public structure like a bridge ora fence before throwing away the key, bind-ing their ties forever.
Balzer first witnessed the romantic rit-ual recently while travelling in Italy anddecided a similar initiative in Port Moody
could turn the city into the lovers Meccaof the Lower Mainland.
The pier in Italy was almost identicalto what we have in Port Moody and so Ithought, Why not? Its perfect, said thehappily married PoMo resident.
Balzer brought the idea to city councillast Tuesday and received explicit supportfor the idea.
CRAIG HODGE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Linda Balzer, with her husband George, wantsthe city of Port Moody to have a love locksinstallation at the Rocky Point Park pier.
seesee A DESTINATIONA DESTINATION, , pagepage A4
Welcome. That will cost $50kCoquitlam council votes tospend surplus cash on signs, and some on safety equipment
By Janis WarrenTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
More Welcome to Coquitlam signs willspring up at major entrances in the city aftercouncil this week voted to spend $50,000 onthe project.
The move comes after city council onMonday was presented with a list of sevenhigh-priority items for which it could allo-cate last years $3.4-million surplus. Also onthe list:
$1 million for the citys vehicle replace-ment reserve;
$1 million for the citys tax appeal fund;
$800,000 to advance construction ofMackin Park amenities;
$75,000 for the winter light program; $50,000 to update bylaws and other out-
dated rules; and $50,000 to speed up replacement of
Coquitlam Fire and Rescues self-containedbreathing units.
On the latter item, Fire Chief TonyDelmonico told council the departmentdoesnt have enough money in its budget tobuy spare units so only our front-line unitswill be replaced with the newest version.
Coun. Brent Asmundson moved a motionto have the $50,000 slated for welcome signsinstead rolled into the fire departments unitreplacement program, saying, I think itsimportant. Its a necessity for them.
seesee FIGHT OVER CASHFIGHT OVER CASH,, pagepage A12
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Public art could be murals or manhole covers, says Chui
By Gary McKennaTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
When most people thinkof city services, road main-tenance and garbage collec-tion are often the first thingsthat come to mind.
But according to YvonneChui, Port Coquitlams artsand culture co-ordinator,there are certain intangiblesthe city should also have ahand in developing.
Public art can create asense of community anda connection to the past,which Chui said can be justas important as infrastruc-
ture maintenance and landuse decisions.
And she is asking for PoCo
residents input as the citybegins the process of de-veloping a public art policy,
which will create guidelinesand encourage the creationof public art pieces in themunicipality.
[Public art] gives a placecharacter and identity, shesaid. Rather than this justbeing another downtown oranother industrial area, ittakes the blandness out.
For a city the size of PoCo,Chui said it is importantpublic art pieces are at anappropriate scale. She sug-gests a more nuanced ap-proach, adding small piecesor designs to things such asmanhole covers or the sidesof bridges.
The city is also encourag-ing developers to includepublic art pieces in theirblueprints when buildingin Port Coquitlam and Chuisaid she would eventually
like to see statues and mu-rals become a mandatorypart of the development ap-plication process.
The city has alreadylaunched several of its owninitiatives, like the art wrapsplaced on utility boxes andthe mural project in theShaughnessy Street under-pass.
It doesnt have to be mas-sive or big, she said. It isjust an opportunity to makeit look a little more human...It gives a bit of meaning tothings.
Helen Daniels, the execu-tive director of ArtsConnect,said the development of apublic art policy is a stepin the right direction andshows people art is impor-tant to the community. Shewould like to see public art
that encourages communityparticipation, giving resi-dents an opportunity to leavetheir mark on their neigh-bourhood.
You dont have to be ahired artist, she said. It isgreat when the whole com-munity is involved.
HAVE YOUR SAYThe first public input
session will be held May 26between 5 and 7 p.m. at theFarmers Market at LeighSquare. An online surveywill be available at www.port-coquitlam.ca/arts from May26 until June 25. The publicinput will be collected and asecond feedback session willtake place on June 30, wherea draft policy framework willbe presented.
CRAIG HODGE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
This mural in the Shaughnessy Street underpass in Port Coquitlam is one example of public art.
PoCo wants public input on public art
Wet onwheelsHundreds of cyclists braved a rainy Sunday morning to take to Tri-City trails, bike pathsand roads for the Wheel to Heal fundraiser for the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation. Riders started and finished atCoquitlams Town Centre Park and took on 10 km, 40 km and 80 km routes in the annual event, of which The Tri-CityNews is one of the sponsors.
Photos by Craig Hodge
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Coun. Mike Clay evenexpressed interest inestablishing love locklocations in other areasaround Port Moody andRocky Point Park.
Hopefully, when wefind out whats going onwith this, theres otherspots as well, Clay said.I really like the idea.
Balzer even envi-sioned the installationas a matrimonial mag-net, attracting couples and their cash tothe City of the Arts and,perhaps, the new city ofamour.
There should be abrochure that would goto the wedding shops,for sure, the hotels thatare around and any ofthe restaurants thatwould put up bulletins,Balzer said.
It was the play fortourism that Mayor JoeTrasolini saw throughto its unsentimentalend.
Port Moodys goingto become the placewhere proposals aremade and then hope-fully the engagementparty and the weddingparty, he said, And younever know, maybe evendivorce parties.
If council approvesthe locks for the pier, itwould mean the instal-lation of an iron railingin front of the existingwooden one, with ironhoops on which peoplecould fasten their lovelocks.
Balzer sought a quotefor the installation fromRaybern Erectors ofPort Moody, which esti-mated that a railing atthe end of the pier couldbe made and installedfor $2,500, or one couldbe put in place all theway around the pier for$4,500, she told council.
And lovelorn localsneed not worry, Balzersaid, as love locks arenot just open exclusivelyto romantic pairings butalso to friends, familymembers and even petowners.
PoMo council will dis-cuss the idea further atthe next council meet-ing on May [email protected]
SAM DAL MONTE PHOTO
Love lock locations arefamiliar to many travel-lers around the world. Above is a photo taken in Florence, Italy of an iron fence on which couples af-fixed locks on which their names were written.
A destination for loverscontinued from front page
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COQUITLAM CITY COUNCIL: MAY 16/11 MEETING
How they votedAs a service to our readers,The Tri-City News publishes scharts of how Coquitlamcity councillors vote on is-sues before them at city council meetings...
PROMOTE COQUITLAMS 120TH BIRTHDAY BY LEVERAGING EXIST-ING ADVERTISING & MARKETING PROGRAMS [PASSED]
APPROVE $3M FROM 2010 SURPLUSFOR 7 PROGRAMS [PASSED]
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120 years: a big deal?By Janis Warren
THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Coquitlam will mark its 120th yearon July 25 but it wont be much of aparty for some city councillors, whohave already branded marking themilestone as opportunistic in acivic election year.
During a 15-minute debate atMondays city council meeting, Coun.Lou Sekora took aim at city managersfor bringing the topic forward andclaimed the birthday is a promotionto get certain people elected... I dontthink well be celebrating the 121st,122nd and 123rd.
Sekora also raised a stink aboutthe cost to market the birthday andpointed to a city managers report thatoffered no details about the finances.
His comments were echoed byCoun. Mae Reid, who called staff sattempt to mark the special occasionan embarrassment.
I do feel the timing is a little op-portunistic, Coun. Barrie Lynchsaid while also noting the true coststo advertise the event should be re-vealed, even if they are internal.
But the citys communicationsmanager, Dan McDonald, said thebirthday promotion which involvesplacing logos on brochures, newspa-per ads, banners and other printedmaterials for existing spring andsummer events and activities wontcost any new dollars... All this is isan adjunct.
Still, Lynch said the 120th will bringcommunity pride and should be rec-ognized.
I think this is a very small proj-ect on, I think, a good return, Coun.Brent Asmundson said.
Meanwhile, Coun. Neal Nicholsonsaid he wants staff to get a jump starton the citys 125th birthday celebra-tions in 2016.
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accessing Port Coquitlams online information afterthe city launched a mobile website this week.
The site, the first of its kind for a municipal-ity in the Lower Mainland, is easily displayed onBlackberries and iPhones; those who wish to accessthe site can do so by going to m.portcoquitlam.ca.
Port Coquitlam has been an early adopter ofonline technology as a way of increasing civic en-gagement. In 2008, the city launched the first civicFacebook page in the province and currently has750 followers on Twitter.
Last year, the city won the Civic EngagementAward at the Union of BC Municipalities conven-tion for its social networking and community out-reach.
Coquitlam RCMPare warning the public,and business owners inparticular, to be on thelookout for a fake phy-sician who scammed aCoquitlam coffee shopowner.
The Mounties said
that on May 7, a manposing as a doctorasked an employee ofJoey Beenz Coffee Baron Austin Avenue ifhe could borrow $80 topay for a taxi ride to thehospital where his wifewas being treated after
being injured in a caraccident.
Police said the manwas well-dressed, ar-ticulate, identifiedhimself as a doctorfrom a nearby clinicand appeared to knowthe coffee shop owner.
The employee con-tacted the owner, whogave permission to lendthe money, accordingto a Coquitlam RCMPpress release. The doc-tor promised to returnto repay the money butwas not seen again.
The coffee shop ownercalled Coquitlam RCMPand provided Mountieswith surveillance videoshowing the scammerat work.
Police described thedoctor as a mid to late30s Caucasian man with
a shaved head, mediumheight and build, wear-ing dark-framed glasses.
The RCMP believethis scammer has tar-geted similar busi-nesses in the Tri-Citiesa n d a c ro s s M e t roVancouver.
Anyone with informa-tion about the suspectedscammer is asked to callthe Coquitlam RCMPat 604-945-1550 or callCrime Stoppers anony-mously at 1-800-222-8477(TIPS)[email protected]
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Noise complaints over night-time trains to Ioco
By Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Port Moody Mayor JoeTrasolini said he plansto sound off to manage-ment at Canadian PacificRail about the noise ofnight-time locomotiveson the Ioco line.
After pleas and peti-tions from residentsawakened by whistlesand rumbles of late-night freight trains trav-elling to and from theImperial Oil depot on thenorth shore of BurrardInlet, city council votedunanimously May 10 tohave the mayor appeal toCPR officials in personabout the racket, evenoffering to send him tothe companys Calgaryheadquarters if neces-sary.
I wouldnt want tosee [the appeal] in theform of a letter, Coun.Gerry Nuttall told coun-cil, stressing that a per-sonal visit with CPRmanagement to discuss
the issue would likelyyield the best results forPort Moody.
I would be very gladto visit Calgary andmeet with the appropri-ate person in head officeor invite them here aswell, Trasolini said.
Nuttall even sug-gested sending some ofthe resident complain-ants to visit CPR withthe mayor but Trasolinisaid he didnt believethe citys budget wouldcover the costs of sucha trip.
Residents within ear-shot of the Ioco trackshad set up a commit-tee and met with CPRofficials as recently asMarch, when the railcompany reportedly toldthem that they wouldtry to have all rail trafficout of the area by 9 p.m.and not resume before 8a.m. the following day.
But Russ Smith,s p o k e s p e r s o n f o rthe Ioco Night TrainCommittee, told citycouncil late last monththat CPR is not keep-ing its promise and thatnight-time freight trafficthrough the area seemsto be heavier.
Trasolini credited ajoint CPR-Port Moodyliaison committee setup several years agoto deal with a similarnoise issue for being thefirst of its kind in thecountry, and a model ofsuccess copied acrossthe country.
We have to remem-ber that CP Rail is partof our community and,at the same time, CPRstaff do understand thatwe have to coexist andthats been the basis ofour meetings over thepast several years,Trasolini said. But Ithink there is a need toelevate this very specificissue.
Coun. Karen Rockwellnoted at the meetingthat representatives atthe Imperial Oil depothave also been publiclycalling for the earlierarrival and departureof evening trains at thefacility.
Mike LoVecchio,CPRs senior media re-lations manager, toldThe Tri-City News in ansemail Wednesday thatthe company is aware ofthe complaints and willbe working with the city
to rectify the problem.CP values being a
good neighbour, andtakes seriously concernsraised by Port Moodycouncil and the Ioco res-idents, LoVecchio said.We are working withthe city and the resi-dents group to create alevel of understandingon CP operations andreviewing the local op-erating schedule.
Trasolini, who livesnear the Ioco line, saidhe sympathizes with theIoco night train com-mittee because he hasalso been awakened bythe noise and vibrationsof trains passing in [email protected]
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Later versions will no doubt feature stickpersons checking their mail for brochuresoffering arguments for and against the HSTand, of course, those all-important mail-inballots that will arrive in June.
This is an urgent pre-requisite to aninformed vote. Anyone who listens in to atelephone town hall or phone-in show, or getsreader feedback such as I receive, knows thatthe basic facts are still widely misunderstood.
So what does the NDP opposition focus on?
The ads cost $5 million, grumbles NDP fi-nance critic Bruce Ralston. Add that to townhalls and mailers and the referendum, fund-ing boils down to $7 million for pro-HST anda mere $250,000 for the FightHST effort.
This is a classic straw man argument,where one sets up a false premise and thenknocks it down. The ads do not advocate,they merely inform.
Stikine MLA Doug Donaldson propped upthe NDPs oldest scarecrow, that big Liberaldonor corporations are the main beneficia-ries of the HST. This is a vital point for ruralB.C., which depends on resource industrieswith huge machinery investments, and hehas it exactly wrong.
In fact, the entire big-business-benefits-most-from-HST narrative is false.
Vancouver tax lawyer David Robertsonpoints out that this is one of the mythsand misrepresentations propagated by BillVander Zalm, who has effectively set NDP taxpolicy since the partys limping retreat on thecarbon tax. In 24 pages, Robertson has writtenthe clearest analysis Ive seen so far, includ-
ing a thorough demolition of Vander Zalmscrude scare campaign known as FightHST,which has singled out banks and largeresource companies. Robertson notes thatbanks are actually worse off under the HST:
Unlike most businesses, banks, financialinstitutions and insurance companies can-not recover GST/HST they pay on expenses,he writes. They actually pay more underHST than they did under the PST.
As for FightHSTs other specified villains,large corporations and large resourcecompanies, their machinery and produc-tion equipment were long ago exemptedfrom sales tax. No change there.
What the PST legislation did not containwere PST exemptions aimed specifically atsmall, independent businesses, Robertsonwrites. So construction workers like weld-ers, plumbers, electricians and other trades-persons had to pay an additional 7% PST ontheir work trucks, tools and equipment thatthey used to earn a living; retailers and cor-ner store operators had to pay an additional7% on their shelving, refrigerators and cash
registers; accountants and other profession-als had to pay PST on their office furniture,computers and software; truckers had to payan additional 7% PST on their truck tractorsand trailers... and so forth.
This is what the HST fixes.Obviously, Big Labour doesnt like all
these independent contractors, therefore, theNDP must also fight HST.
Ive mentioned before that the NDP-Vander Zalm axis of nonsense wants to de-prive the poor of a modest tax shift in theirfavour, paid for by voluntary purchases ofmore affluent consumers.
Ive talked about the trend towards self-employment and small business as theCanadian economy adapts in a fast-changingworld. You may not like that trend and youmay wish that everyone could have a unionjob with an employer-subsidized pension.But thats not what is happening today.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and col-umnist for Black Press and bclocalnews.com.
[email protected]/tomfletcherbc
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Give and takeCoquitlam and Port Moody taxpayers should bepaying close attention to the dispute over the waycontract negotiations are handled with unionizedcivic employees.
Several cities have served notice they no longer wantto be represented at the negotiating table by the MetroVancouver Labour Relations Bureau and others, such asPort Coquitlam, pulled out long ago.
Although membership in the bureau is not mandatoryand labour relations is not considered a core function ofthe regional authority, the Metro Vancouver group hasbeen responsible for 60 collective agreements covering ap-proximately 15,000 employees on behalf of 35 employers.
But there are rumblings of discontent dating back sev-eral years that this one-size-fits-all regional approach doesnot acknowledge local circumstances and conditions.
The concerns are arising as the nature of human re-source management has changed from adversarial to col-laborative, the competition for top wages and skilled em-ployees is fierce, and cities are demanding more autonomyin how they deliver services and treat their employees.
While its admittedly difficult to achieve cohesion at theoutset of negotiations when one (usually larger) city iswilling to have a work stoppage on an issue when another(usually smaller) city is not, and a lot of resentment hasbuilt up among the cities over the years, it would be ashame to throw the baby out with the bath water.
Labour consultant Jim Dorsey has analyzed these is-sues and concluded that there is no going back to the daysof a united front. In his report for the labour bureau, herecommends it reorganize to offer a buffet of labour man-agement services and he hopes small and mid-sized citiessuch as Port Moody and Coquitlam will find a way toshare costs and efficiencies. Whether this can be achievedin time for the current round of bargaining is hard to say,and the timing of this dispute is unfortunate.
Only the naive would believe that a stiff round of ne-gotiations can be replaced by a couple of team-buildingexercises and a managers retreat, and there is a risk thata balkanized approach to labour negotiations will result inhigher wages and tax increases that are unsustainable.
Civic politicians would do well to remember that thebottom line for taxpayers on this issue and most others is the bottom line.
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Whistler has its Peak to Peak gondola between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains and TransLink is looking at building a gondola to transport Simon Fraser University students to the top of Burnaby Mountain.
And the Evergreen...?The Editor,
Re. Public gets say in gondola pro-posal to Burnaby Mtn. (The Tri-CityNews, May 11).
Im perplexed by how TransLinkcan find $70 million or more for thistourist attraction cable car to SFU butis unable, over a decade, to find thecash to build the Evergreen Line.
The proponents of the cable car claimservice time to and from SFU will be im-proved. I suggest that total door-to-doortrip times may be longer by cable car.
The proponents claim that operat-ing costs will be reduced as bus opera-tions are scaled back. I suggest thatcontinuation of local community busservices both within SFU campus andin the residential neighbourhoods atthe foot of Burnaby Mountain willoffset most of the alleged cost savings.
Finally, I would expect cable carusers to pay a surcharge for this de-luxe service, just as YVR transit usersdo for the Canada Line.D. B. Wilson, Port Moody
PM council should forgive Spike loanThe Editor,
Re. No debt relief as Golden Spike society dealswith tough times (The Tri-City News, May 13).
Come on, Port Moody city council, how abouta little more community spirit and support?
The Golden Spike Days festival has operatedfor 35 years and its existence is due to the com-mitment of community minded volunteers whohave no personal agendas.
Yes, there has been a downturn in sponsor-ship, and many hours of door knocking, phonecalls and emails produce only some of the fes-tivals operating budget. Many more volunteerhours are spent by a handful of directors orga-nizing fundraisers to provide operating funds tosupport the festival, fundraisers that have hadvery little support from city council.
If anyone on Port Moody council has afresher approach to attracting more festivalattendees or how the festival should reinventthemselves, I am sure the festivals board ofdirectors would like to know.
For the Golden Spike Days festival to con-tinue, it must have the support of the commu-nity, which should include Port Moodys mayorand council, who represent residents. Supportshould be shown by example by the leaders ofour community.
I found it amusing that the this article was onthe same page as another article (10 years & mil-lions later, citysoup is stale) describing how $13.9million has been wasted operating citysoup $14,000 seems like such a pittance in comparison.Keith Sedar, Port Moody
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But that motion failed, with a majority of coun-cillors voting for the welcome signage.
I think improved welcome signages are impor-tant, Coun. Neal Nicholson said. Every time Igo to visit my daughter in Port Moody, I drive pasta Welcome to Port Moody sign on Falcon Driveand, when I come home, I drive past the back of thePort Moody sign and I dont see any other sign onthe other side of the road. I think we need more.Theres a lot of confusion about Coquitlam, PortCoquitlam and Port Moody: whos where, when?
Our fire department is well managed, well runand has embarked on a program to replace that im-portant equipment.
Coun. Mae Reid concurred and said she wouldlike to see more landscaping around the existingwelcome signs, as is done in New Westminster.
But Coun. Lou Sekora said he resents discussingbudgetary items in the middle of the year.
If this was so badly needed, how come it was notin the budget? he asked city managers, shaking thepriority list in his hand. We wait until theres a sur-plus and we grab it and were going to spend it... Tome, its the most ridiculous way of running a city.
Mayor Richard Stewart countered the $3.4-mil-lion savings in the citys infrastructure account wasa result of prudent fiscal management by staff andcouncil in a year when we were really strugglingto balance the budget.
Sheena MacLeod, Coquitlams financial servicesmanager, said the infrastructure fund now has abalance of about $2 million.
Anti-pesticide push coming to CoquitlamLobby group ispushing various cities for bans
By Janis WarrenTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
A Coquitlam environ-ment advisory groupstudying whether thecity should banthe sale anduse of cosmeticpesticides wasto hear today( We d n e s d a y )from a repre-sentative of theCanadian CancerSociety.
The societys healthpromotion volunteer,Brittney Parks, hasbeen lobbying severalcity councils aroundB.C. including, mostrecently, the city ofTerrace about therisks associated withchemical pesticides andto encourage councils toput a stop to their use.
We advocate for pes-ticide legislation bothat the municipal andprovincial level, Parkstold The Tri-City Newsyesterday. Ive beenworking with the city ofCoquitlam towards hav-ing a municipal bylawbanning the use of cos-metic pesticides... Wewant to share some sci-entific studies with thesustainability and envi-ronmental advisory com-mittee as well as somebest practices for theimplementation of a cos-metic pesticide bylaw.
According to the so-ciety, there is a growingbody of evidence link-ing pesticide exposureto many negative healthand environment im-pacts, including cancer.Children are especiallysusceptible because oftheir undeveloped im-mune systems, morepermeable skin and ac-tivities like crawling onthe grass and putting ob-jects in their mouths, thesocietys website states(advocate.ccsbcy.ca).
Besides Parks delega-tion, the advisory com-mittee is also scheduledto hear a presentationfrom Coquitlams man-ager of environmentalservices and environ-mental stewardshipco-ordinator as well asreceive a 400-name pe-tition organized by theCoquitlam PesticideAwareness Coalition. Inaddition, 31 letters willalso be reviewed aftercommittee chair Coun.Linda Reimer asked forpublic submissions ear-lier this month.
Reimer told The Tri-City News yesterday theagenda for the May 18meeting is so large wehad to courier the pack-
ages to the committeemembers homes.. . .Theres an awful lot ofinformation, she said,adding, We are movingalong in the process andwe expect a decisionsoon.
City council referredthe topic to the newlyformed environmentand sustainability advi-
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End-of-yearchanges in localschools offices
Several Tri-City pub-lic school administra-tors and teachers willbe saying goodbye totheir students and hellonew schools for the nextschool year.
The following princi-pal and vice-principalappointments have beenmade in School District43 effective July 1:
ELEMENTARYHeather Birnie moves
from vice-principal atCentennial secondaryto acting principal atPleasantside elementarywhile Sally Maidens-Megalli moves fromvice-principal to princi-pal at Meadowbrook ele-mentary and Lisa Rinkemoves from vice-princi-pal at Port Moody sec-ondary to principal atMiller Park elementary;Kim Tompkins, prin-cipal at Pleasantsideelementary, will do thesame job at Castle Parkelementary.
Meanwhile, a newprincipal for Roy Stibbselementary has not beennamed.
At the vice-principallevel, Andrew Corbould,current vice-principal atCitadel middle school,moves to vice-principalat Rochester elemen-tary, and Rob Wright, ateacher at Armstrongelementary in BurnabySchool District, be-comes vice-principal atAspenwood elementary.
MIDDLEN a n c y B e n n e t t
moves from principal,Montgomery middle toprincipal, Moody mid-dle; Mark Clay movesfrom his post as SD43smanager of energyand sustainability toprincipal at Maillardmiddle while AndrewGraham moves fromMaillard middle to be-come the principal atKwayhquitlum middle.Rob McFaul, principalat Miller Park elemen-tary, moves to principalMontgomery middle.Cindi Seddon movesfrom principal at ComoLake middle to the same
job at Summit middleschool. And DarrenStewart, a Dr. CharlesBest secondary vice-principal whos cur-rently acting principalat Summit middle, willbecome the principal ofComo Lake middle.
Kathryn Jung, vice-principal at Minnekhadamiddle, moves to vice-principal, Maillard mid-dle; Tristan McCutcheon,v i c e - p r i n c i p a l a tCentennial secondary,moves to principal at SirFrederick Banting mid-dle. And Tony Romanomoves from vice-prin-cipal at Aspenwood el-ementary to vice-princi-pal at Citadel middle.
SECONDARYK r i s t i B l a ke w ay
moves from her post asteacher at Dr. CharlesBest secondary to vice-principal at the schoolwhile Glen Conley
moves from vice-princi-pal at Terry Fox second-ary to vice-principal atCentennial secondary.Lisa Dub moves fromteacher at Gleneaglesecondary to vice-prin-cipal at Terry Fox whileDarren Fridge movesfrom vice-principal atBest to vice-principalat Port Moody second-ary and Mark Raomoves from his post as ateacher at Riverside sec-ondary to vice-principalat Best. Michele Reidmoves from vice-princi-pal at Heritage Woodssecondary to vice-prin-cipal at Centennial. AndAlison Stuart, a teacherat Vincent Massey ju-nior high in Calgary,will become vice-princi-pal at Heritage Woods.
DISTRICTPerry Muxworthy
moves from principalat Roy Stibbs elemen-
tary to vice-principalSuccess for All, a pro-gram to integrate absen-tee students back intothe classroom.
Dave Sands movesfrom his post as prin-cipal of Castle Park el-ementary to managerof energy and sustain-ability,
And Stephen Whiffenmoves from his postas vice-principal ofContinuing Educationto acting district prin-cipal for ContinuingEducation, replacingSarah Husband, who isgoing on leave.
In other news, BryanCass, principal atKwayhquitlum middle,is retiring, along withTerry Watt, principalof Moody middle, whileCraig Reitchel, act-ing vice-principal ofBanting middle, is re-turning to [email protected]
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Predators from seabirdsto sharks may be help-ing gobble up the FraserRivers declining sockeyesalmon.
A new study tabled withthe Cohen Commissionconcludes theres no evi-dence any single preda-tor can be blamed for thesockeye collapse.
But collectively theymay be hurting stocks,especially when consid-ered in concert with otherthreats.
There is no sign ofa smoking gun amongthe long list of potentialpredators of Fraser Riversockeye salmon, accord-ing to the technical reportby UBC researchers.
Instead, predation ismore likely to be part ofthe cumulative threatsthat sockeye contendwith.
Salmon sharks, bluesharks and an obscurespecies called dagger-tooth are thought to haveincreased in number inthe ocean off B.C., wherethey are target migratingsockeye.
Salmon sharks which grow up to 2.6 me-tres and 220 kilograms are among the likeliestsuspected sockeye preda-tors from a list of 26 spe-cies considered, Dr. VillyChristensen told the in-quiry earlier this month.
An estimated 10,000sharks may lurk in a hotzone in Queen CharlotteSound near the southerntip of Haida Gwaii on themigration path of Frasersockeye, the inquiryheard.
Death may also comefrom above Caspianterns and double-crestedcormorants feast on sock-eye smolts in freshwaterand those seabirds may beincreasing in number.
Other prime suspectsinclude the lamprey, blood-sucking eels that attack inthe Fraser River and itsestuary.
Various other salmon,trout and perch speciescan also eat juvenile sock-eye in freshwater.
Sablefish, arrowtoothflounder and Humboldtsquid also target sockeye,according to the study.
The researchers noteonce-abundant prey spe-cies like walleye pollock,Pacific cod, mackerel andhake have all declined andthat may be forcing largerpredators to eat moresockeye than before.
Seals, sea lions, killerwhales and dolphins alsoeat sockeye, but the find-ings did not point to anyof the marine mammalsas a significant culprit.
Seals were once regu-larly culled or hunted buttheir populations havesoared 10-fold since thatpractice ended in 1970.
The inquiry heard evi-dence that past culls ofseals or sea lions have notnecessarily succeeded inpreserving salmon and
can have unpredictableconsequences.
A separate study com-missioned by the inquirylooked at contaminantsin the Fraser River frompulp mills, sewage dis-charges and other sourcesin the watershed.
More than 200 chemi-cals of concern weredetected that may harmsalmon in the river.
Selenium and dioxin-type compounds werefound in salmon eggs athigh levels likely to affectsockeye reproduction, thereport found.
Elevated levels of met-als and phenols were alsofound at several locationsin the river, but were notlikely to harm sockeyesalmon.
The report concludescontaminant exposure didnot likely trigger the col-lapse in sockeye numbersover the past 20 years, butmay have contributed tothe decline.
The Cohen commissionwas named after the col-lapse of the 2009 sockeyerun, when just over a mil-lion fish returned, abouta tenth the expected num-ber. A huge return lastyear is thought by manyexperts to be an anomalyin a long-term decline.
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Salmon sharks and blue sharks are thought to have in-creased in number in B.C., and target migrating sockeye.
Sharks among culprits eyed at Fraser sockeye inquiry
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Starting June 1, thefirst phase of MetroVa n c o u ve r s Wa t e rShortage Response Planwill come into effect, regu-lating water consumptionat a time when demand in-creases and rainfall levelsdrop.
Even-numbered resi-dential addresses willbe allowed to sprinkleMondays, Wednesdaysand Saturdays between 4and 9 a.m. while odd-num-bered addresses can sprin-kle during the same timeon Tuesday, Thursday andSunday mornings.
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Coquitlam has sent astrong message to NewWestminster on the eveof the last presentationfor the United BoulevardExtension: Dont give upthe $65 million.
TransLinks SanyZein told Coquitlamsengineering commit-tee last week that theregional transporta-tion agency would losethe Transport Canadafunding if the RoyalCity council vetoed anymore options for the
road link.I dont like using
s l e d g e h a m m e r sbut thats what youhave to do with NewWestminster, Coun.Lou Sekora said afterZ e i n s p o ke a b o u tTransLinks plans to ex-tend United Boulevardover the Brunette Riverand into New West,around the Braid StreetSkyTrain station.
Its a long time com-ing and we need tothink regionally, Coun.
Selina Robinson said,with Mayor RichardStewart adding, Bothof our communities willbe very angry if we let$65 million go.
L a s t y e a r, N e wWest city council sup-ported Option A aT-intersection thatwould link BrunetteAvenue in New Westto Coquitlams UnitedBoulevard but RoyalCity residents input atpublic meetings con-vinced council that none
of the options were goodto ease the choke point.
N e w We s t t h e nasked for further op-tions, which TransLinkwill present tomor-row (Thursday) at theSapperton PensionersHall (318 Keary St., NewWest) from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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Austin Ave - Gatensbury to Hillcrest Water service replacement in shortroad sections starting at Gatensbury moving east. Trafc control plan in place.(Paving to follow in June.)
Coast Meridian Road - Victoria to David Pavement rehabilitation.Trafc pattern changes will be in place.
Kaptey Avenue New storm sewer under construction. Trafc Pattern changes are in place.
King Edward Street Improvements Road and utility work. Water main being replaced between Lougheed and Brunette. Trafc Pattern changes are in place.
King Edward Overpass Project NIGHT CLOSURE Night time closures of the King Edward St./Woolridge Ave intersection May 24 28, 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Businesses with deliveries, or requiring access, to United Boulevard should be advised to use alternate access routes.
Port Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project For details and updates, visit www.pmh1project.com
Schoolhouse Street - Lougheed to Brunette Pavement rehabilitation. Trafc pattern changes are in place.
Pavement Rehabilitation (Trafc pattern changes will be in place)Lower Cape Horn Area: Southwest Area: Kaptey Ave - Brunette to Logan Breslay St - Smith to Regan Logan St - Hillside to Kaptey Dennison Ave - Blue Mountain to RoxhamMcKinnon St - Peterson to Dawes Hill Ducklow St - Smith to end Peterson Ave - Brunette to Montgomery Mentmore St - Austin to DennisonWiltshire Ave - Brunette to Montgomery Seaton Ave - Robinson to end
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May 24Composting In Your Back yardJulieanne from Coquitlams Inspiration Garden will give pointers and tips to turnyour compost scraps into ready to use free soil. Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier Street, entrance off of Winslow Admission: Free,pre-registration required Info: 604-927-6098
May 29Como Lake Fishing DerbyA free event for youth under 16 years of age, the Como Lake Fishing Derby has prize giveaways and a pancake breakfast available for a nominal charge. Time: 7:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Location: Como Lake Park, Gatensbury Street Admission: Free Info: 604-473.1616, www.festivalcoquitlam.citysoup.ca
June 2Garden TourJoin Tracey Mallinson, City of Coquitlam Gardner, on a walking tour of the gardensaround Dogwood Pavilion and the Poirier Community Centre. Tracey will answer questions about the trees, shrubs, plants and owers that are on site. Discover the names of the plants, why they work best where they are and why they were chosenfor our site. Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Dogwood Pavilion, 624 Poirier Street,entrance off of Winslow Admission: Free, pre-registration required Info:604-927-6098
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The Canadian Diabetes AssociationsClothesline Program needs reusable cloth-ing donations to reach its goal of collecting12 million kilograms and organizers aremaking it easy.
The highlight of this years campaign isa national Fill a Truck event this Saturday,May 21 at the following Tri-City locations:
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As well, CDAs Whats in your closet?continues to the end of June, with an extraincentive to clean out closets the week ofJune 5 to 11 Canadian EnvironmentWeek. Donors can schedule a free pick-up right from their door by visiting dia-betes.ca/promise or calling 1-800-505-5525;
when they schedule a pick-up by June 11and mention the word closet, they willbe entered in a draw for an Apple iPad.Clothesline accepts reusable clothing, allcloth-based items, shoes, boots, books, toysand much more.
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From Citadel to Supreme CourtPort Coquitlam man has morethan a year to prepare for a new job working as a clerk inthe Supreme Court of Canada
By Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
At just 23, Brian Bird may not yetpossess the wisdom that comeswith age but the Port Coquitlamman may need to prove hes wisebeyond his years at his new job.
Meet one of the Supreme Court ofCanadas newest hires.
The Archbishop Carney regional second-ary school alumnus and recent UVic lawgrad said hes excited to be joining the ranksof former deputy prime minister JohnManley and former B.C. attorney generalGeoff Plant when he begins a one-year clerk-ship next year at the countrys highest courtin Ottawa.
And while September 2012 is still a longway off, Bird will be honing his legal re-search and writing skills in the meantimeas a clerk at the B.C. Supreme Court in NewWestminster beginning this August.
The Supreme Court of Canada clerk-ship is kind of like the crown jewel for lawstudents, said Bird, who graduated fromUniversity of Victoria with a Bachelor ofLaws just a few weeks ago. So, to be com-pletely honest, I didnt think Id even be inthe competition for it, given how competitiveit is.
But in the hunt he was, beating out morethan 170 applicants from across the coun-try and being hand-picked for the job bySupreme Court Justice Louise Charron.
Although the court hires its clerks a fullyear and a half in advance, Bird said hedidnt get word that his application had evenbeen accepted until just two weeks before hisinterview in Ottawa.
There were people there interviewingwith five or six different judges that day,Bird told The Tri-City News. I only got oneinterview and to get even one was an abso-lute honour.
And so, spending less than 24 hours in thecapital, Bird met with Justice Charron andimpressed her enough that she hired himto be the trusted right-hand of her SupremeCourt replacement when she retires at theend of the summer.
He wont be the only one: Each of the nineSupreme Court judges hires three clerks fora total of 27 SCC clerks each year from a
pool of more than 200 applicants.And once hired, the clerks must also un-
dergo and successfully pass a security clear-
ance and swear an oath of public service.Its a big, big responsibility, Bird said.Indeed. The Citadel Heights resident will
be responsible for researching and summa-rizing case law, preparing memos and offer-ing his legal opinion on interpretations oflaws as they pertain to the most pressing andimportant legal questions of our time.
One of the first things one of my friendssaid to me was, Congratulations Brian, areyou scared? And I had certainly thoughtabout that but... scared isnt the right word.I certainly have an understanding of theresponsibility that comes along with it, espe-cially at the Supreme Court of Canada, andIm excited for it.
As for his plans after the back-to-backstints at the superior courts of B.C. andCanada, Bird said he hopes to return toschool for graduate studies and eventuallyteach law at the university level.
For now, hes focusing on the tall tasks athand.
Now I know what it means when peoplesay, Im so honoured just to be nominated.Bird said. To assist with the administrationof justice at the highest court in our countryis just unreal. But I have until September2012 now for it to become real.
CRAIG HODGE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
UVic law grad Brian Bird of Port Coquitlam has been hired to be a clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada beginning in September 2012. He was one of some 200 applicants for 27 positions.
Supreme Court: what it is andwhat it doesFrom the Supreme Court website:
The Supreme Court of Canada isCanadas final court of appeal, thelast judicial resort for all litigants,whether individuals or govern-ments...
The Supreme Court of Canadastands at the apex of the Canadianjudicial system. The Canadian courtsmay be seen as a pyramid, with abroad base formed by the provincialand territorial courts whose judgesare appointed by the provincial andterritorial governments...
The Supreme Court of Canadahears appeals from the court of lastresort, usually a provincial or territo-rial court of appeal or the FederalCourt of Appeal.
For more information, visit www.scc-csc.gc.ca.
To assist with the administration of justice at the highest court in our country is just unreal. But I have until September 2012 now for it to become real.
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When Dan Caro wastwo years old, he was ina gasoline explosion thatleft him with third-degreeburns over almost 80%of his body. In The Gift ofFire: How I Made AdversityWork for Me, Caro de-scribes his journey toadulthood. Caro explainswhat it is like to growup with debilitating anddisfiguring burns. His facewas badly burned in thefire and he was left with nohands. In his book, Carorecounts many victories,which are small to mostpeople but huge for him.These accomplishmentsinclude holding a fork,tossing a Frisbee and play-ing baseball. At age 13,Caro decides to becomea drummer and he notonly succeeds but excelsat playing the instrument.Caro has played at someof the most famous jazzclubs in the world. Todayhe is a professional musi-cian, motivational speakerand an ambassador forthe Shriners of NorthAmerica.
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