The Tri-City News, December 12, 2014

SUBMITTED PHOTOIn a photograph taken several years ago, volunteers with the Burke Mountain Naturalists compare notes during the Audubon Societys annual Christmas Bird Count. This years effort will take place on Jan. 3 and about 60 volunteers are expected to take part. See article on page A12.

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THINGS-TO-DO GUIDE: A18A countdown to ChristmasCoq. teen charged in swatting case in Fla.

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Charges possible in other crimes, too, says LinteauGary MCKennaThe Tri-CiTy News

A Coquitlam teenager arrested last week in an al-leged swatting incident involving false reports to a Florida police force could be facing more charges re-lated to other allegations.

RCMP Sgt. Annie Linteau told The Tri-City News that after executing a search warrant at the 17-year-old boys home last week, police believe he may be responsible for similar, un-related crimes.

They are continuing the investigation, she said. They are investigating ad-ditional allegations involving the same youth and addi-tional charges are expected.

Polk County (Fla.) sheriffs believe the teen-ager, who cannot be

identified because he is a youth, phoned police in September and said he was going to drive to Fort Meade high school in a black van and shoot every-one. At that time, a similar threat was made to Fort Meade city hall, sheriffs said in a statement.

In November, another incident occurred: Police received a report from someone who said they had killed their parents at a home in Winter Haven, Fla., and would shoot any officers who responded to the scene.

Police said swatting incidents are fake calls in-tended to get a SWAT (spe-cial weapons and tactics) team to respond to a home, school or place of business.

Several law enforce-ment officers, including two canine units and the PCSO helicopter, immediately responded to the scene, the Polk County Sheriffs Office said in a statement.

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366 days ago today, the Mossom Creek Hatchery in Port Moody was destroyed by fire. But the spirit of its volunteers wasnt even singed and, with the roof now on, theyre preparing for an April opening of the replacement facility. See article on page a3 see SWATTING, page A6

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One year after hatchery fire, optimismMOSSOM CREEK HATCHERY

Diane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

One year after a devas-tating fire claimed a fish hatchery run by Centennial secondary school students and the Burrard Inlet Marine Enhancement Society, a new building is rising from the ashes in Port Moody.

This week, Kingston Construction installed the roof just two days short of a year from the Dec. 11, 2013 blaze that destroyed the original hatchery and education centre, and the archives.

Im still saying April [for completion] but, techni-cally speaking, we are well ahead of schedule, said volunteer project manager Patrick Dennett, describing

the work that has been tak-ing place at the site located up a gravel road from Ioco Road.

The two-storey building is more energy efficient and sturdy than the original structure and the incuba-tion room will be indoors. As much as $1.2 million in cash, in-kind and other donations will have been raised by the time the project is completed, and volunteers have been mov-ing gravel, painting and helping to clean up the site.

Soon, hatchery equipment can be moved in because the drywall and first-floor concrete have been in-stalled and painted.

In fact, without commu-nity and business donations large and small, the hatch-ery would not be where it is today and to celebrate, BIMES is hosting a holiday open house on Sunday, Dec. 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Visitors will be given a tour of the building site and are asked to bring a donation for the food bank.

Although restricted in budget, it in no way dimin-ished the final product, Mossom co-founder Rod MacVicar said in press release. I think Mossom 2.0 is worthy of some sort of special architectural recog-nition for the way it reflects its purpose and the envi-ronment it is well set into.

The buildings first storey communicates a strength and ruggedness, just like a rocky stream base. We wanted a solid foundation for our future.

More information about BIMES and the Mossom Creek Hatchery and Education Centre, as well as an opportunity to donate, can be found at www.mos-somcreek.org.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOSOn Tuesday, the roof was put into place in Port Moodys Mossom Creek Hatchery as part of a $1.2-million rebuild after the hatchery burned down Dec. 11, 2013.

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Diane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

Helping six new school trustees get up to speed on School District 43 operations and deal-ing with debt are on the agenda for new board of education chair Judy Shirra.

The Port Coquitlam trustee said she is look-ing forward to working with the new trustees who have energy and en-thusiasm for advocating for improved education funding but acknowl-edged that a lot of learn-ing must now take place.

Were trying to give them really good infor-mation so they can make good decisions later on, Shirra told The Tri-City News.

Weve got some people that are not jaded. They have a lot of energy. Im excited about that, said Shirra, who has been on the board for several terms, having been first elected to the board for 1993 to 96, was re-elected for 99 to 02 and again in 2008,

2011 and 2014.She ran unopposed

for the chairs position, which is a one-year ap-pointment, and replaces outgoing trustee Melissa Hyndes, who was previ-ously board chair for eight years but was not reelected in Port Moody. New Anmore/Belcarra trustee Kerri Palmer Isaak is vice-chair of the nine-member board, also hav-ing run unopposed.

Also facing SD43 is a decision on how to cover $800,000 in salaries for teachers who returned to school to set up classes on the Friday after a lengthy strike. The province has said it wont reimburse the

funds because the days pay wasnt covered by the teachers collective agreement even though it promised all teachers would be paid for that day.

She said finding money to cover the cost will be difficult because the district is already grappling with the fallout from last years cuts to balance the budget, such as a loss of library time and counsellors.

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Educating newbies big on board agendaSCHOOL DISTRICT 43JUDY SHIRRA KERRI PALMER ISAAK

Last-chance classes for graduated adults

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Province pulls funding for adult upgrade classesDiane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

Graduated adults look-ing to upgrade academics for post-secondary en-trance will have to pay for their tuition after May 1, 2015.

But there is still one more opportunity to up-grade that math, biology or English mark for free before provincial funding ends.

The change imposed by Victoria has the potential to affect approximately 800 graduated adults a year who sign up for a these courses tuition-free through School District 43 Continuing Education.

Currently, SD43 offers dozens of night school and self-paced online courses through CE and Coquitlam Open Learning (www.ce43.com) and approximately 40% of students who reg-ister are people who have already graduated. The remainder are people who are looking to finish high

school to get their diploma and they will still be able to do so tuition-free even under the new rules.

Still, for people who have graduated and want to return to post-secondary school to enhance their career, there is still one more chance to get that im-portant course on the prov-inces dime. Registration

begins Monday, Dec. 15 for the February-to-June semester while those wish-ing to take an online or self-paced course can register anytime (earlier is better because students need to finish 5% of the course by May 1 for it to be funded).

Principal Mike McGlenen said its too early to say whether there will be staff

cuts as a result of the change because people might still be willing to pay for courses, although the board of education has yet to decide what the cost will be.

Its really hard to know where it will land, McGlenen said.

Prior to the introduction of the so-called educa-tion guarantee in 2008, people paid between $300 and $400 for night school courses, McGlenen said. Ending the free tuition for graduated adults in SD43 will save the province about $490,000 based on adult ed. funding of $4,430 per full-time equivalent student.

The savings $9 million province-wide are being shifted towards paying for adult ed. upgrading and ESL training for low-income stu-dents working toward a B.C. Dogwood diploma.

In a press release, Education Minister Peter Fassbender said the intent of the change is to focus funds and make adult upgrading more sustainable while still making tuition free for peo-ple who have yet to get their high school diplomas.

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sD43 eMAiL issUesA series of unfortunate events devastated School

District 43s email and voicemail this week but it should be restored sometime today (Friday).

Email communication for 73 SD43 buildings serv-ing 40,000 staff and students went down last Friday because a generator failed to start after a power out-age and the uninterruptible power supply only has battery life for 30 minutes.

Daniel Cook, manager of systems, said his staff worked all weekend and two days and nights to re-store servers but, by Wednesday, only abut 75% of the districts 24 digital mailboxes were restored.

The outage meant parents couldnt submit online absentee information, online forms and other com-munication couldnt be sent, and voicemails couldnt be accessed for most of the week.

Superintendent Tom Grant said the outage did not affect SD43s secure data system. He also said the generator is being repaired and it was a surprise that it was not functioning because it is on a regular main-tenance schedule.

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Police are still seeking witnesses in a crash that killed a pedestrian at Como Lake Avenue and Robinson Street Monday night that investigators believe may have involved alcohol.

After making a public appeal for information Tuesday, Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung said investigators have still not had anyone come forward who witnessed the crash.

We are still hoping that someone will call, he said. We are also going out into the area to do some neigh-bourhood inquiries. We will see if people from one of the houses in the area actu-ally saw something.

The incident occurred shortly after 10 p.m., when investigators believe a Nissan Altima heading west on Como Lake went up on the curb after the driver lost

control, knocking down a lamp pole. The car finally came to a stop at an empty lot on the north side of the road.

A 53-year-old man was hit and died of his injuries. Investigators have not re-leased his name pending notification of next of kin.

Police said at the time that alcohol may have played a factor in the crash and the driver of the ve-hicle, who stayed at the scene, was taken into cus-tody. No charges had been laid as of The Tri-City News print deadline yesterday (go to www.tricitynews.com for any updates).

CALL THE COPSAnyone who saw the

collision is asked to call the Coquitlam RCMP Traffic Services team at 604-945-1550 and quote file number 2014-35136.

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sUsPeCT iN COUrTThe suspect in a chain of car thefts throughout

Metro Vancouver will be back in Port Coquitlam pro-vincial court on Dec. 17.

On the morning of Dec. 5, a Honda Civic was sto-len from a driveway in Surrey.

A short time later in Coquitlam, the owner of a red Kia reported that a man had driven towards him in a Civic at a high rate of speed and shouted at him to get out of his vehicle and leave the keys in the ignition. The suspect then allegedly fled the area in the Kia, leaving the Honda behind.

Witnesses later reported seeing the Kia being driven erratically on Highway 1 through Burnaby and Vancouver before it was dumped in Richmond.

The suspect then allegedly stole a red BMW, which was reported by witnesses as driving erratically throughout Richmond.

Vancouver Police stopped the vehicle at Fraser Street and SE Marine Drive and arrested the suspect.

Kenny Ottesen, 32, is facing multiple criminal charges, including theft of vehicle, five counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, two counts of robbery, two counts of disguising with intent, two counts of hit-and-run and causing a police pursuit.

He remains in custody, with his next court appear-ance scheduled for Dec. 17.

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When law enforce-ment officers arrived on scene, the juvenile wit-ness located inside the home told the officers that the incident was a swat hoax and the de-tectives already assigned to the Fort Meade swat-ting investigation added this incident to their on-going investigation.

Last Friday, the sus-pect was arrested at his Coquitlam home and charged with one count of extortion, three counts of mischief and one count of breach of recog-nizance. He is being held in custody until his next court appearance on Thursday, Dec. 18.

Linteau would not get into specifics about other crimes the suspect may be involved in but noted that this was not the first time he has been in trouble with police.

Mounties said the same youth pleaded

guilty to two counts of criminal harassment in relation to an incident that occurred in North Vancouver in October 2013. He is also facing charges in an unrelated incident that occurred in Waterloo, Ont. in January of this year.

Swatting is a relatively new phenomenon, said Linteau, noting inves-tigations are complex and can be dangerous because they tie up police resources that could be deployed to other emergencies. In these types of cases, it really impacts those communities sense of safety and security, she said. Significant police resources are deployed to whatever area is said to have a critical incident.

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These charges should be a message that the policing community takes false reports very seri-ously.Sgt. Annie Linteau of the RCMP


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Applications will be accepted by the city until Dec. 22 for residents keen on volunteering on one of four com-mittees: community safety (emergency services, by-laws); healthy community (arts, culture); smart growth (planning, homelessness); and transportation solutions and public works (traffic, utilities).

To learn more, call 604-927-5212, email [email protected] or visit portcoquitlam.ca/committee.

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Sarah PayneThe Tri-CiTy News

Port Moodys 2015 committees will include a handful of people who ran unsuccessfully for council seats in the recent munici-pal election, as well as a for-mer councillor and school board chair.

Mayor Mike Clay ap-pointed Coun. Zoe Royer as chair of the citys land use committee, with Coun. Meghan Lahti as vice-chair, and Coun. Barbara Junker as chair and Coun. Rick Glumac as vice-chair of the heritage commission.

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Council appointments to the 2015 select, statutory, regional and local commit-tees include:

Parks and Recreation Commission: Lahti (chair), Coun. Diana Dilworth (vice-chair);

Library Board: Royer (representative);

Joint Family Court and Youth Justice Committee: Lahti (rep.);

arts and culture com-mittee: Glumac (chair), Junker (vice-chair);

community care com-mittee: Dilworth (chair), Lahti (vice-chair);

economic develop-ment committee: Dilworth (chair), Clay (vice-chair);

environmental protection committee: Glumac (chair), Coun. Rob Vagramov (vice-chair);

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Fraser Health Municipal Advisory Committee: Glumac (rep.);

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Lahti (rep.) Tri-Cities Chamber of

Commerce: Clay (rep.); emergency measures

policy and planning com-mittee: Clay (rep.), Lahti (alternate).

Council also appointed Junker as the voting del-egate to the Municipal Insurance Association, with Lahti and Dilworth as first and second alternates, re-spectively.

Former councillor Bob Elliott, who did not run for re-election last month, was appointed to a two-year term on the library board while former School District 43 board chair Melissa Hyndes will serve on the arts and culture committee.

The appointments were made at Tuesdays council meeting.

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SETTING IT STRAIGHTRe. Stewart, Hodge on Metro board (The Tri-City

News, Dec. 10).The referenced story incorrectly stated several

Coquitlam councillors had been appointed to Metro Vancouver committees. In fact, council approved a list of recommended committee appointments, which were forwarded to Metro for approval. Mayor Richard Stewart and Coun. Craig Hodge are the citys representatives on the Metro board of directors.

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has been captured in a flashy new video produced for the city.

Coquitlam resident Shaun Davis of WildWood Creative videotaped the set-up of the light display around Lafarge Lake as well city hall, and interviewed parks manager Phil Hebner about the five-week pro-cess. Last month, Davis also filmed the lead-up to the Remembrance Day services in Coquitlam on behalf of the municipality.

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Alternative is gridlock, pollutionTRANSPORTATION

The regional sales tax would raise an estimated $250 million in new rev-enue per year.

Raising the PST from 7% to 7.5% in Metro is esti-mated to cost the average household an extra $125 per year while the poorest 20% of residents would pay about $50 more, beginning in early 2016.

The proposed yes-or-no referendum question will list key projects that would be built with the dedicated tax. It asks:

Do you support a half percentage point (0.5%) increase to the Provincial Sales Tax in Metro Vancouver, dedicated to the Mayors Transportation and Transit Plan, with inde-pendent audits and public reporting?

The mayors full $7.5-bil-lion 10-year package of upgrades, unveiled last June, includes a Broadway subway, light rail in Surrey, 11 new B-Line express bus routes, frequent SeaBuses

and a 25% general increase in bus service, as well as more money for HandyDart and West Coast Express.

The alternative to this plan is pure and simple gridlock, pollution and congestion beyond any-thing we are currently experiencing, new Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner said.

Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart called the plan an enormous jump forward that the region cannot afford to reject. He said transit congestion and bus pass-ups are teaching young people that transit wont work and they need to buy a car.

We need to reverse that trend or we need to build more roads, Stewart said.

Thursdays decision launches a major push by mayors and other propo-nents of improved transit service to convince resi-dents to vote Yes.

The question and tax increase proposal must still be approved by the provin-cial cabinet to go to refer-endum. It would take place

as a mail-in ballot over six weeks beginning in late March, with a final voting deadline of mid-April.

Transportation Minister Todd Stone warned last week the provincial and federal governments are unlikely to contribute the $3.1 billion in capital grants the mayors expect and also suggested their request for additional taxes may not be affordable to voters.

A coalition of business, environment and labour groups dubbed the Better Transit and Transportation Coalition stepped for-ward Wednesday, saying its members will fight for the Yes side. It includes the Vancouver Board of Trade, Unifor Local 111, Tourism Vancouver, Downtown Surrey Business Improvement Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Greater Vancouver Gateway Council and the BC Chamber of Commerce.

Its critical that we breathe new life into our transportation network, said Vancouver Board of

Trade CEO Iain Black, a former BC Liberal MLA in the Tri-Cities. For years, chronic congestion has sti-fled the movement of goods and people, suffocating our regional economy.

HandyDart Riders Alliance spokesperson Tim Louis said a planned 30% boost in HandyDart service hours over 10 years would be a step towards releas-ing people with disabilities from the virtual house arrest that theyve faced under an extended service freeze.

The referendum is a promise made by Premier Christy Clark during the 2013 election campaign. The province has promised to pay for the referendum if it is conducted by June 2015, otherwise the next opportunity to take new transit taxes to referendum would be in conjunction with the next municipal elections in November 2018.

The three mayors who voted against sending the PST hike question to ref-

erendum all agree more transit is required.

Mayors who objected were led by Burnabys Derek Corrigan, who criticized the concept of the provincially required refer-endum, called the plan too ambitious and predicted failure. He said the deal killer for him remains mayors inadequate control of the TransLink decisions that continue to be mainly made by an unelected pro-fessional board. Corrigan also noted TransLink already gets more money all the time through an automatic annual 3% in-crease in property taxes over which mayors have no control.

The reality is, this is the beast that eats money, he said.

Corrigan said he would not campaign for the No side and pressed on his response to a victory said he would celebrate with Yes forces if the referendum passes.

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Last year, over 3 million beverage containers were recycled through the Return-It School program

Return-It School recycling program opens up a world of possibilities

With the end of 2014 just around the corner, Encorp Pacific (Canada) is reminding schools in British Columbia that there is still time to enroll in the Return-It School program.

The Return-It School recycling program started in 2000 and provides schools with the tools and support to implement or improve beverage container recycling programs. It is offered free to any registered elementary, middle or high school in British Columbia.

As Joanne Drew from Windsor Secondary in North Vancouver explains, the Return-It School program is about more than just recycling beverage containers.

Her school has been involved for the past nine years. With the program, special needs students learn valuable life skills by participating in various community activities.

Our students learn practical life skills like learning how to communicate and fundraise by holding community bottle drives and handing out flyers. We use the extra resources to provide fun and interactive experiences for them so they learn to do everyday tasks.

We take these everyday activities for granted but for these students, they are important lessons that impact their future.

The staff at Yale Secondary in Abbotsford couldnt agree

more. Resource teacher Jim Heinrichs points out that all the deposit refunds go back into their special needs program. This gives them additional resources and freedom to provide more enrichment activities.

Not only do our students benefit by learning useful work and life skills, they also get to participate in more recreational outings like going to a farm, interacting with neighbours and also giving back to the community through charities. They experience rewards that go beyond just collecting bottles. It enables them to enjoy a sense of freedom.

Dana Wainwright, a parent and volunteer at David

Livingstone Elementary, emphasizes that its all about enriching the lives of students.

Whether its helping the school by making sure that every child goes on fieldtrips or purchasing technology and equipment that students need or even bringing in presenters and authors to speak at the school, at the end of the day, its the kids who benefit.

Organized annually by Encorp Pacific (Canada), a not-for-profit product stewardship corporation, the Return-It School program encourages students, teachers and parents to recycle and collect beverage containers. Participating schools are given everything they need to run the

program, including recycling bins, online support, educational resources, in class displays and mobile pickup where available, absolutely free. The schools keep all the deposit refunds earned. In 2013, some schools raised more than $10,000 to go towards their own resource programs.

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Clean coal? Wait, isnt that an oxymoron?in southern british columbia, we have a potential en-vironmental disaster on the horizon.a direct-transfer coal terminal is planned for surrey on the banks of the Fraser river. trains carrying coal from the u.s. will dump their loads at this terminal, to be loaded on to barges. the barges will be towed down the river and along the coast for transfer to freighters at texada island. the ships are destined for far-eastern buyers.

this coal is mined from seams up to 100 feet thick in the Powder river basin deposits in Wyoming, where 388 million tons of low-sulphur thermal coal was produced in 2012 for electricity-producing coal-fired furnaces in the united states and around the world. One hundred trains composed of up to 150 hopper cars per day, each over half a mile long move this coal out of the basin.

bnsF railway estimates that five to 32 tons of coal dust and chunks are deposited on the landscape on a 400-mile trip. although the use of coal to produce electricity has declined in recent years in the u.s. due to stricter air-quality standards and the conversion of many electric plants to natural gas, china continues to burn massive amounts in coal-fired plants.

Powder river coal coming into b.c. for export is carried

on the bnsF line from Wyoming, through southwestern montana, northern idaho, into Washington, then up the i-5 corridor into b.c. a total of 320 trains per year are planned, resulting in twice that many barge trips.

the bnsF railway is owned by Warren buffetts berkshire hathaway, an american company.

development of Fraser surrey docks facility has received the go-ahead from Port metro Vancouver (PmV), which is the federal overseer for terminal operations this despite con-siderable local opposition from environmental groups, First nation leaders and most of the directors of metro Vancouver.

nearby communities are especially concerned about the various environmental and health problems. Procedures at Fraser surrey docks (Fsd) will involve unloading the rail cars onto covered conveyor systems and/or storage pits or enclosures. loading of barges is similarly by conveyor system. Fsd also proposes installation of dust-suppression systems and installation of equipment for treatment and disposal of any wastewater produced.

as a result of PmV concerns, original plans for emer-gency coal stockpiling have been eliminated, and dust-suppression procedures are planned for the trains halfway

between the mine and the terminal and immediately prior to barge transfer.

Fsd and PmV have gone to considerable expense in attempts to allay the fears with regards to human health hazards and environmental damage, through the contract-ing of presumably neutral consultants. even if all these assurances are believed and Fsd can be relied on to follow through with its proposed safe practices, there will be dam-age. coal dust will escape into the air and water, and will be consumed in varying degrees by people, land and marine animals, and fish in the Fraser and along the coast.

so, u.s. coal will be carried on u.s.-owned trains and French-owned barges involving an australian-owned Fraser surrey docks terminal and the French-owned texada island transfer terminal, eventually to be burned by non-canadian users in asia.

What do canada and b.c. get out of the arrangement?at best, about a hundred jobs.at worst, a whole mess of pollution and future health

problems.am i missing something or is this as bad a deal as it ap-

pears?

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Price scrutinycompanies have been put on notice by the federal government: dont go too far out of line on your prices or you will be named and shamed.

at least thats the intent of the Price transparency act, which was introduced this week to deal with whats been called geographic price discrimination. according to industry minister James moore, who is also the mP for Port moody-Westwood-Port coquitlam, consumers are unfairly paying higher prices compared to their u.s. counterparts on a similar basket of goods.

under the new law, the commissioner of competition will be able to investigate cases of alleged price discrimina-tion and publicly report on them.

this initiative, timed within a year of the next federal election, puts the conservatives on the side of consumers but will it make a difference?

companies blame many variables, including higher costs here, to explain more expensive goods while some argue that this is just more government red tape.

but a little more transparency is what this act aims for, and we hope its a good thing for consumers, not just conservatives.

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TC LETTERS

Pay more for pipes? Youre kidding, right?COQUITLAM

The Editor,Re. 2-tier water rates

OKd (The Tri-City News, Dec. 10).

A letter to Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart:

I have just read The Tri-City News and have been informed my utility rate is going to be higher than that for the owner of a condo.

Your reasoning is that my single-family home uses more pipes. Well, my pipes were put in 24 years ago. Maybe the developers should be paying the extra. Also, you say people in a condo use less water and

flush less? You have got to be kidding me.

I am sick of utility prices going up and up and up. My first bill for utilities was under $400 and that was less than 15 years ago, yet here we go again.

Maybe you should be doing more to budget for these things. I feel the city has lost sight of who pays for things. I am not a bottomless pit of money and I see plenty of waste in the public works.

Funny how these things happen just after an elec-tion.Lucas Smith, Coquitlam

NEB didnt do basics of its job re. pipeline

PIPELINE DEBATE

The Editor,Who owns Trans

Mountain Pipeline?Why should we be con-

cerned that as of Nov. 26, Trans Mountain Pipeline LP has a new owner. This happened when Kinder Morgan Inc. acquired 100% ownership from Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP.

So what? you may say, same owners. I had the same response until I read a submission made by econ-omist Robyn Allan to the National Energy Board. It seems that Kinder Morgan should have applied for leave to the NEB but failed to do so. According to Allan, Kinder Morgan was in violation of the NEB Act when it undertook explor-atory drilling on Burnaby Mountain.

It appears to me the National Energy Board failed to act on this viola-tion of the act, indicating the board is not competent

to carry out its responsibil-ity of looking after the pub-lic interest.

We are fortunate to have dedicated people like Ms. Allan intervening on our behalf and keeping the NEB honest. She has put a no-tice of motion to the board asking it to compel Kinder Morgan to immediately file an application for leave to transfer the ownership of

Trans Mountain. She calls for the applica-

tion to be conducted under a public review process and that all work cease on the Part III Hearing because there are a number of pub-lic interest concerns related to the KMI acquisition. A number of these are named in her submission, such as liability, insurance and access to funds particularly

in event of spills and lower taxes.

Allan points out, The NEB has been kept in the dark by Kinder Morgan re-garding important liability and related oil spill issues. In an article in The Tyee (thetyee.ca), she explains how changing ownership can reduce the taxes they would have had to pay under the new ownership.

Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Pipeline Expansion (BROKE), as an intervenor with the NEB, will be reg-istering its concerns with the NEB in support of Ms. Allans motion.

Individuals can also take action and call upon NEB chair Peter Watson to explain why, when the NEB was formally made aware on Nov. 24 that Trans Mountain would be chang-ing hands on Nov. 26, that his office took no action. Elsie Dean, Burnaby

The Editor,Here we are already in mid-December and many

Coquitlam drivers still have no idea what the speed limit is in a school zone.

Just to refresh your memories: Between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. each and every school day, its 30 km/h not 40, not 50, not 60.

Slow down. Think of your children or grandchil-dren, your neighbours children. Lifes too short.D.M. Burke, Coquitlam

SAFE STREETSremember to slow down in the zones

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From rifles to eyefuls: Christmas tradition is really for the birds

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christmas Bird count to be held locally on Jan. 3Diane StranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

A hundred years ago, the men of American households would grab their dogs and their bird-hunting rifles for a bit of Boxing Day fun. The previ-ous days meal sitting heavy in their stomachs, and feeling a certain lassitude from Christmas revelry, it would have seemed natural to engage in a bit of sport with other fellows from the neighbourhood.

Grabbing their dogs and their guns, they would have headed out to the nearest lake, wood or corn field for a little competitive bird-hunting. A few hours later, theyd celebrate the winner, the man with the most kills.

Fast-forward to 2015 and a similar competitive spirit can be found during the holidays.

But instead of a hunt with dead birds as the booty, local bird watchers compete with their kind from across North America

for the most numerous and varied bird sightings.

The sporting fun now called the Christmas Bird Count by the Audubon Society is a change wel-comed by local ornitholo-gists, including members of the Burke Mountain Naturalists (BMN), who

have participated in the annual event with Pitt Meadows birders for more than 20 years.

With a 15-square-mile area as their responsibility, which includes Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam and only a smidgeon of Port Moody Shoreline Park

because it is so species-rich the group typically spots between 8,000 and 10,000 birds.

Last year, according to BMNs Elaine Golds, the group counted 8,412 indi-vidual birds for a total of 84 species. The DeBoville Slough area had the highest

number of species sightings at 52, and some of the more exotic birds spotted that day included a ruddy duck, a peregrine falcon, a white-fronted goose, a sandhill crane and a snow goose the latter the first ever recorded during the annual Christmas Bird Count in the Tri-Cities.

It ends up being a sci-entific count because the data has been kept for so many years, said Golds.

This year, the annual count takes place on Saturday, Jan. 3, with about 60 volunteers expected to help out. The Tri-Cities information is collected and sent to Bird Studies Canada, which shares the statistics with the National Audubon Society in the U.S.

The competitiveness of the count is still very strong, even after all these years, and participants will go to

great lengths to make sure they see as many birds as possible, even counting a common house sparrow while they take a break at a local coffee shop.

Theres a little bit of competition to see who can get the most species, Golds acknowledged, but she said its a marked improvement over the old Boxing Day bird hunt that was trans-formed by conservationist Frank Chapman in 1900 into the modern bird count.

For so many birds to be killed in sport is tan-tamount to a vandalism of nature, Golds said, Theres nothing gentle-manly about it at all.

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BRUCE BRANDHORST PHOTOBinocular-equipped bird watchers will be out in droves on Jan. 3 for the annual Christmas Bird Count, eyes peeled for the likes of peregrine falcons and ruddy ducks.

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Reggio Inuenced Program Application Process

WHAT IS THE REGGIO PROGRAM?At Meadowbrook, the Reggio Inuenced approach has several guiding principles:The Image of the Child: Children are viewed as powerful, capable and resourceful.Emergent Curriculum: Because we are a BC public school, we are guided by the BC Ministry of Education Curriculum; the delivery of this curriculum is based on the natural curiosities of children.Sometimes it will emerge from the childrens interests or may also be sparked by the teacher strategically putting out a provocation to see how the children respond or by posing inquiry based questions that deepen learning and understanding.

PROJECT WORK: In-depth studies that develop out of childrens ideas, questions, and interests are part of the Reggio Inuenced classroom. Projects may last for short or extended periods of time and may involve individuals, small groups or the whole class. With teacher support, children choose what materials to use to support their explorations and how to research, share and re-represent their learnings.

REPRESENTATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: The arts are important in Reggio inuenced practice and are often integrated into daily activities to maximize childrens development.

THE ROLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT: Careful consideration is given to the look and feel of the classroom environment. Classrooms are organized for small, medium and large group project work and with neutral colours, natural materials and calming lighting.

DOCUMENTATION: Childrens learning becomes visible through regular documentation. Teachers photograph children in action and they record their words to describe their learning experience. This documentation is revisited by students, parents and teachers to assess learning and guide practice.

PARENT INVOLVEMENT AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY: Parents input is invited to support student engagement and learning and parents are invited to share their expertise and passions with the school community. Educators work together with children, families, and community partners/members to create a strong identity and interconnectedness that supports all learners.

OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: The world outside our doors is a key element of the Reggio Inuenced program at Meadowbrook. Students are outdoors on a daily basis, rain or shine, to explore and learn from the richness of our natural environment.

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING: The best learning emerges in the context of supportive relationships that make learning challenging, engaging and meaningful. At Meadowbrook we explicitly teach skills to help students monitor and manage their own emotions and to become aware of others emotions.

Late Montessori Program (Grade 6 Entry) Application ProcessBroaden their love of learning through an enriched Montessori program!

WHAT IS MONTESSORI? Montessori is a program of choice oered by School District No. 43 (Coquitlam). The program provides a rich learning environment for students. It is based on Montessori principles and fullls the expectations of the Ministry of Education. The program is available to students in Kindergarten to Grade 8. The Montessori approach supports continuous progress, as students learn to work on personal goals and academic challenges. Students learn to work independently, in small groups and as peer leaders. The program is delivered following the Montessori philosophy of learning. Students make use of a variety of information sources in their project work, including explorations, technology, print and human resources. Montessori at middle school emphasizes critical and creative thinking, community service and student-initiated learning with in-depth studies. The program supports students in becoming lifelong learners and global citizens of the world.

Program Registration & Application Information

APPLICATION PROCESS: The program is located in Meadowbrook Elementary School. Children can be entering Kindergarten to Grade 5 in September 2015. Application forms will be available at the January 14, 2015 information meeting (see below) and on the district website: www.sd43.bc.ca/Programs/Reggio beginning January 15 at 9:00 a.m. Completed application forms must be mailed or hand delivered (no faxes or email will be accepted) to Coquitlam School Board Oce (550 Poirier St., Coquitlam V3J 6A7) no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 22, 2014.

PARENT INFORMATION MEETING:Meadowbrook Elementary School900 Sharpe Street, CoquitlamWednesday, January 14, 2015 6:45 p.m.

APPLICATION PROCESS: Children must be entering Kindergarten or Grade 1 in September 2015. Application forms will be available at the January 12, 2015 information meeting (see below), at the following Montessori elementary schools:Aspenwood (in-catchment placements only and based on space availability), Baker Drive, Hampton Park, Harbour View, James Park, Miller Park, and Seaview, and on the District website: www.sd43.bc.ca/Programs/Montessori. Completed application forms must be mailed or hand delivered (no faxes or emails accepted) to the Coquitlam School Board Oce (550 Poirier Street, Coquitlam, V3J 6A7) no later than 4:30 pm on Wednesday, January 21, 2015.

Please note that applications for Kindergarten/Grade 1 is done by a random draw and will be limited to the number of spaces available. Late application forms will not be part of the draw.

For parent convenience, two information meetings are planned for: Thursday, January 12, 2015(4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m.; or 7:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.), Gallery Room - Winslow Centre, 1100 Winslow Avenue, Coquitlam

AN INVITATION TO PARENTS: If you are considering the Montessori program at middle school in September 2015, you are invited to attend an information meeting to learn about the program. An information meeting regarding the middle school program will take place at:

Late Montessori Application Process at Montgomery & Scott Creek Middle Schools (Grade 6 entry)

MONTGOMERY MIDDLE SCHOOL1900 Edgewood Avenue, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. Application forms will be available at the open house or online.

For further information visit our website: www.sd43.bc.ca or contact Rob McFaul, Principal, Montgomery Middle School at 604-939-7367 or e-mail: [email protected] or Rob Foot, Principal, Scott Creek Middle School at 604-945-0156 or e-mail: [email protected]

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As we have in pre-vious years, The Tri-City News is printing a list of large light displays in the Tri-Cities for Christmas.

To add your home to The Tri-City News list, send your name and address along with details of your display (how many lights, special displays, hours and days of operation plus any charities for which youre collecting money or food) to [email protected].

As well, check out this story online for a map of local light displays.

COQUITLAM 2988 Forestridge Pl.:

The Bilesky family display features lots of lights and yard decorations from Disney characters, wise men and angels to a herd of grazing reindeer on the rooftop. There is even a special area where you can take your picture with a life-size Santa. Lights are on daily until Jan. 4 from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Donations are accepted for Variety The Childrens Charity

646 Claremont St.: See a complete nativ-ity, baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph, shepherds and the three wise men, plus Santa and Mrs. Claus, reindeer, Christmas trees and more. As well, lights there are more than 8,000 are set to music. Display is open daily from 5 to 10 p.m. Donations accepted for the Knights of Columbus charities.

1440 Cambridge Dr.: Bruce Murphys display features an electric train with bells and whistles, a nativity scene, more than 30,000 lights with music plus five geese pulling a sleigh, a 5.5 m candle and a 2.5 m wreath as well as Santas Workshop with elves and a hot air bal-loon. Its open daily, 5:30 to 10 p.m. and donations are being collected for BC Childrens Hospital.

1417 Garibaldi Pl.: John and Trudy invite you to enjoy their homemade

Christmas for the 33rd year. More than 100 hand-painted display pieces on house and in the yard. Two themes: traditional Christmas with manger scene, shepherds, wise men and angels; plus con-temporary Christmas with Santa, reindeer, toy trains, nutcrackers and singing snowmen all lit up with more than 4,000 lights. Display is open daily from 4:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.

3376 Creston Close: The Montgomery/Lanctot familys Candy Cane House has a red and white theme featuring thousands of lights that are 95% LED. Mrs. Mary Claus in a win-dow wrapping presents, Santa Claus in another win-dow delivering presents, eating cookies and waving. The display is open 7 to 11 p.m. daily through Jan. 2 and the owners ask for visi-tors votes in the Light up the Foothills contest.

2939 Keets Dr.: About

10,000 lights plus nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, three wise men and shepherd boy with lamb and donkey; 20 lighted trees (spiral, pathway, etc); star; North Pole scene of Santa Claus with sleigh full of presents, Rudolph and another reindeer; other reindeer (sitting, standing, jumping); dancing, singing snow-men; candy cane pathway; Frosty; skating Frosty; drummer boy; additional Santas; laser lights and much more. Open daily (except Dec. 16 and 17) from 5 to 11 p.m.

838 Lillian St.: A Childs Christmas giant inflatable Santa, candy cane lights, Winnie characters and flashing lights. This is the idea of a seven-year-old boy, who used his birthday money to buy some of the decoration. The display is open daily from 6 to 9 p.m.

927 Lillian St.: Pretty display of thousands of

twinkling lights, polar bears, penguins, snowmen, horse and carriage, trees, pres-ents, shivering snowman, snowflakes, candy canes, etc. Open daily through Jan. 1, 4:30 to 11 p.m. Donations are being collected for BC Childrens Hospital.

678 Folsom St.: The Magic of Lights lives here and has for years, viewed each year by thou-sands of people. Roof-top graphic display screen, 27-foot-wide with 22,000 LED lights; planters have large wire-framed trees that show the magic of lights. Santa herding rein-deer moving thought the air 50,000 plus lights programmed, twinkling and dancing moving in pat-terns; all controlled hun-dreds of microprocessors and computers; 36 panel displays and more. Check it out on YouTube by search-ing 678 Folsom Street.

545 Sunset Ave.: This house has two eight-foot

trees that dance to music, 2,200 lights on the roof, a candy stick fence and much more 15,500 lights in all. Display is open daily from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. daily.

PORT COQUITLAM 3313 Rae St.: More

than 100,000 lights plus ground displays synchro-nized to music plus a decorated 80-foot tree at the Miracle on Rae Street. Lights will be on Sunday to Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m.. Contributions to the food bank will be gratefully accepted. The homeowners request that, as a courtesy to their neighbours, visitors dont block or turn around in driveways.

PORT MOODY 512 April Rd.: An alley

display featuring about 10,000 lights as well as sev-eral blow-ups and a special tribute for a grandfather who recently passed.

SUBMITTED PHOTOThis house at 3313 Rae St. in Port Coquitlam features more than 100,000 lights plus displays synchronized to music and a decorated 80-foot tree. Lights are on Sunday to Thursday, 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday, 5 to 11 p.m.

An even dozen places to get your Xmas light fix

CHRISTMAS LIGHT LIST

Follow us and find the lightsHeres a tweet deal: Whenever we update our online map of Christmas light displays, well tweet that out so follow us on Twitter (@TriCityNews) and youll know about the lat-est and brightest right away.


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Coquitlam School District is inviting o ers by public tender to purchase, in a single transaction, fee simple title to a proposed subdivision of 8 single family lots in Central Coquitlam at Como Lake Avenue and Poirier Street. e 1.4 ac project has received preliminary layout approval with RS-3 zoning, conditions for which have been partially satis ed including approval of detailed engineering design. e satisfaction of remaining conditions, completion of the subdivision and completion of predetermined upgrades to o site municipal infrastructure, including construction of a new lane in accordance with detailed engineering design approved by the City, will be the responsibility of the purchaser. O er closing date is January 16, 2015. e land is surplus for the delivery of edu-cational services and the funds will be used for capital improvements within the District to supplement, not replace, the funding provided by the provincial Ministry of Education.A copy of the Request for O ers package can be picked up upon payment of a $50 document fee, from the School Board O ce (8:30am to 4:00pm): 550 Poirier StreetCoquitlam, BC V3J 6A7Phone [email protected]

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To market, tomorrowSHOPPING LOCAL

Diane STranDbergThe Tri-CiTy News

Shopping local will be easy tomorrow when the Coquitlam Farmers Market hosts its first ever Christmas market at the Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex.

Taking place 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, the Christmas market will fea-ture a broad range of gift items, from foods, crafts and jewelry to clothing and soaps, all locally made and perfect for seasonal giv-ing, said executive director Tabitha McLoughlin.

People are becoming so aware of shopping local for Christmas, this is an oppor-tunity to purchase all kinds of prepared items and crafts, said McLoughlin who is hoping for a good showing of shoppers so the market can become an an-nual event.

Normally, she tries to balance the fresh fruits and vegetables with the crafts and prepared products but the Christmas market will be all about giving local crafters, bakers, chefs and artisans a chance to show-case their wares and there will be as many as 50 vend-ers at the rec centre.

There will also be food trucks on hand, and Michele Mateus Photography and Alyssa Kellert Photography are

holding a Holiday Photo Booth to raise funds for Share Family and Community Services. For a minimum donation of $10, Mateus and Kellert will take your photo against a holi-day backdrop and email it to you, complete with a hol-iday design and greeting. All proceeds are going to Share, which is in desperate need of funds and food to support the food bank this holiday season.

As well, kids can make decorations at a childrens

crafts area, and there will be special story times on the hour, beginning at 10 a.m., and the Pleasantside el-ementary school choir will also perform from 11 a.m. to noon.

The Christmas market is free and the Poirier Sport

and Leisure Complex is located at 633 Poirier St., Poirier and Winslow in Coquitlam.

Visit www.makebakeg-row.com for more [email protected]

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more on the marketFor more on tomorrows Christmas market in Coquitlam and Sundays Pomo Farmers market, see karen Curtis column on page a22.

DIANE STRANDBERG/ThE TRI-cITy NEwSCoquitlams Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex, currently decorated for Christmas, will host a special edition of the Coquitlam Farmers market tomorrow (Saturday).


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