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Complete June 10, 2011 issue of The Tri-City News newspaper as it appeared in printTRANSCRIPT
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By Gary McKennaTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Homelessness initiatives in the Tri-Cities may havehelped significantly reduce the overall number of peoplesleeping on the streets but the hardest work still lies ahead,according to one housing advocate.
Rob Thiessen, director of the Hope for Freedom Society,said that as the number of homeless people shrinks, thosewho remain on the streets are generally the hardest tohouse. Whether their challenges are mental illness or se-vere drug and alcohol addictions or all three and un-less services adapt, Thiessen said many will remain stub-bornly committed to living outdoors.
We are getting down to the hard stuff, he said. Someof these people are the hardest to house.
During the winter months, when the cold/wet weathermat program is in operation, the society tracks the numberof people it has moved from the shelter into permanenthousing. Thiessen said that while his organization hasbeen successful in finding housing for many people, the
numbers show signs that things appear to be slowing down.Last year, more than 50 people were moved off the streets
during the course of the mat program while this year, thesociety reported about 30 who found a place to live.
But today, many of those who have been using the shel-ters are the same people who started coming out when theprogram was first launched four years ago, he said.
Hope for Freedom Society and many provincial servicesare going to have to adapt and more mental health re-sources are needed if the hard-to-house homeless are goingto be moved off the streets, he said.
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By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Maillardville will be gus-sying itself up and puttingits best face forward for apopular francophone televi-sion show called La PetiteSduction.
The program, which isaired by Radio-Canada tele-vision and seen by 1.3 mil-lion people each week, is akind of tourism promotion/reality television hybrid inwhich a community tries toseduce an artist by showingoff its attributes.
Would you help seduce this man?
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Daniel Lemire, a comedian, will visit Maillardville to film the TV show La Petite Sduction.seesee COQUITLAMCOQUITLAM,, pagepage 1818
CARRYINGA TORCHCoquitlam Mountiesand Port MoodyPolice officersare among copsfrom around B.C.taking part in theLaw EnforcementTorch Run to aid theSpecial Olympics,which made its waythrough the regionon Friday.CRAIG HODGETHE TRI-CITY NEWS
More help for homelessBOOK EM: Looking for something to do on a summer Sunday? The library isnt always an option. See page 3
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Sunday closures: a tale of three librariesOf Tri-City libraries, only Port Moodys will be open on sunny Sundays this summer
By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
Besides malls, libraries are ideal places togo to be informed, entertained and enlight-ened when summers heat gets unbearableand television is in re-runs.
But not all Tri-City residents seeking thecool respite of a library on a summer Sundaywill find it because only Port Moody PublicLibrary is open Sundays year round whileCoquitlam and Port Coquitlam libraries areclosed Sundays in June, July and August.
If you want to get a book on a Sundayin either of CPLs branches (Town Centreand Poirier), youll now have to wait untilthe weekend after Labour Day while TerryFox Library wont re-open Sundays until theweekend after Thanksgiving.
Why do they close one day on the weekend,when people are looking for things to do?The story is different for each city.
PoMos library has managed to keep itsdoors open on Sundays since 2006 and lastyear made a policy to stay open on most longweekend Sundays, too.
The opening on Sundays of long week-ends was accomplished within our existingbudget; no additional funds were requestedfrom the city, said PoMos director of li-brary services, Lynne Russell.
Thats good news for PoMo residents,who punch above their weight class whenit comes to library circulation. But someof their books may be in the hands ofCoquitlam and PoCo residents looking forlibrary services on Sunday, although Russellcouldnt confirm that.
For PoCo, the demand for Sunday openingsin summer isnt high, according to Terry FoxLibrary manager Pat Dawson, who said the
popular downtown library started Sundayopenings for fall and winter in 2003 to meetthe needs of families and students.
Its more spaced out in the summer,Dawson said of the demand for library ser-vices, noting that patrons have a wide rangeof summer programs to join and can stillvisit the library six days a week and to 9 p.m.Monday to Thursday.
Contrast that with Coquitlam the big-gest city with the most library space where residents have been clamouring forSunday summer openings for years but thelibrary cant afford it.
In the last couple of years, city has di-rected us not to ask for anything new and wehave been very diligent in trying to do that,said CPL director Rhian Piprell.
But that could change with next yearsbudget, when the library looks at ways tocapitalize on renewed interest in libraryservices predicted when the Town Centrebranch moves from its current location inthe ground floor of city hall to expanded digsat Henderson Centre.
Its one of the things that people regularlyask for. Its a fairly high priority, Piprellsaid, noting finding the money will be chal-lenging because the city is already takingout a loan to pay for the $9 million facility,although payments will be made with casinofunds.
An announcement is expected soon onthe new Town Centre branch, which willbe three times the size of the current spacein city hall and which now attracts about
6,000 visits a week. The city was expected totake possession of the ground floor at 1169Pinetree Way late this month but the spacewill have to undergo extensive renovations.
Meanwhile, the Poirier branch continuesto be popular after its $3-million facelift,which added new study space and meetingrooms.
And limits to opening hours havent keptaway patrons and circulation continues toclimb, with the city spending about $400,000on books and resources, including eBooks,this year.
Still, PoMo has the edge on night-timeopening hours, too, and is open until 9 p.m.on Fridays, while the other two libraries areonly open until 5 p.m. on that day.
By Gary McKennaTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
A fish hatchery proposed for ColonyFarm as part of the environmental reme-diation effort for damage caused by theconstruction of the new Port Mann Bridgeis being panned by members of the BurkeMountain Naturalists.
Elaine Golds, vice-president of the orga-nization, said Metro Vancouvers proposalmerely switches bird habitat to fish habitatand fails to add to the overall ecologicalsystem.
We dont think that is compensation atall, she said. This is just a switcheroo.
Staffers with the regional district havealready received the go-ahead from theMetro Vancouver board and are now ap-plying for building permits with the city ofPort Coquitlam. A public input session onthe matter came before the municipalityssocial inclusion committee last night, heldafter The Tri-City News press deadline.
Golds, who was planning to speak at the
meeting, said she also has concerns withthe impact the construction of the hatch-ery would have on the migratory birds thatuse the area.
Bird counts have found that many un-usual species use the park as a staging areawhere they feed on grain to gain strengthfor the strenuous migration south. Thework Metro Vancouver is proposing wouldtake place during that period, Golds said.
There will be huge impacts on the birds
that use that area, Golds said. The equip-ment will be compacting the soil and it isjust not an appropriate activity in a park.
Golds (The Tri-City News Green Scenecolumnist) is calling for remediation forthe hatchery which is already designedas remediation for the Port Mann bridge adding that there are numerous projectsin the area that could be undertaken ascompensation.
But Frieda Schade, the central areamanager of regional parks with MetroVancouver, disagrees with Golds assess-ment of the situation. She told The Tri-CityNews that a fish hatchery in Colony Farmwould add to the diversity of the ecosys-tem, something she believes will benefitthe birds that use the park.
It may end up adding species to thepark and accommodate a larger number ofbirds, she said. We are making the parkmore diverse, which is good for the ecologyof the park.
When making the decision, Schade out-lined the tightrope Metro officials must walk.
She said there are stakeholders such as Goldswho are angered by the disruption birds willface while on the other side there are groupsthat believe that even with a new hatcherynot enough is being done for the fish.
It is unfortunate that there are peoplethat disagree, she said, but I am glad thatthey care about the park and I do respecttheir opinion.
Schade said that efforts have been madeto limit the impact construction will haveon migratory birds. Work will commenceafter Aug. 1, which is the provincially rec-ognized end of nesting season, and willcontinue until the fields get wet in the fall.Working on wet ground, she said, can causesoil degradation.
When the work is complete, more than2.8 hectares of the 258-hectare park willbe converted to hatchery land, with chan-nels and two ponds, which will serve as awinter habitat for small salmonids. Nativeplants, trees and shrubs will also be addedto the area.
Complaints about plans for Colony FarmIN QUOTES
There will be huge impacts on the birds that use that area. The equipment will be compacting the soil and it is just not an appropriate ac-tivity in a park.Elaine Golds, Burke Mountain Naturalists
CRAIG HODGE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Insufficient budget is behind the practice of Coquitlam Public Library closing its two branches on Sundays during the summer months.
Local libraries...FACTS & FIGURESLIBRARY CIRC. BUDGET
Coquitlam 1,375,000 $4,000,000Port Coquitlam 402,095 $1,539,243Port Moody 603,528 $1,693,380
CITY POPULATION
Coquitlam 126,594Port Coquitlam 57,431Port Moody 33,900
BC Stats estimates
BORED THIS SUMMER?Tri-City libraries have several
programs for children and adults.To find out more, visit: library.portmoody.ca library.coquitlam.bc.ca fvrl.bc.ca/read/library_terryfox.htm
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By Jeff NagelBLACK PRESS
A North Vancouverhome invasion case isthe latest trial to be de-layed due to a shortageof sheriffs that has in-tensified after cutbackstook effect this month.
The case against DuckYoon was suspendedJune 8 by B.C. SupremeCourt Justice ElizabethAr nold-Bailey, whoruled the trial in thedowntown Vancouverlaw courts wont proceeduntil sheriffs are avail-able to ensure security.
Richard Fowler, oneof the lawyers in thecase and a spokespersonfor the Trial LawyersAssociation of BC,called it further evidencecourthouse budget cutsare rippling throughoutthe justice system.
This is a desperateand devastating situa-tion, he said. Thingshave to change imme-diately. Justice and thepeople of the provinceare suffering severeharm by this sad stateof affairs.
The provincial gov-ernment cut the hoursof 52 auxiliary andpart-time sheriffs thismonth, equivalent toeliminating 34 full-timepositions. Thats on topof the loss of nearly 100sheriffs almost 20%of the workforce byattrition over a four-year hiring freeze.
Because of the back-log in B.C.s court sys-tem, suspending andrescheduling a trial canmean a delay of severalmonths to a year po-tentially putting cases atrisk of being thrown outif the eventual wait isfound to violate the ac-cuseds right to be triedin a reasonable time.
Other cases have been
postponed in recentmonths in Richmond,Victoria, Nanaimo andthe Okanagan, accord-ing to the union repre-senting sheriffs.
Four additional crim-inal cases were post-poned Wednesday inVancouver ProvincialCourt at 222 MainStreet, said Dean Purdyof the B.C. Governmentand Service EmployeesUnion.
De puty sheri f fscouldnt be provided forsecurity, so the judges
have put all those trialsoff as well, he said.
Were pleased tosee judges are steppingup and refusing to runtheir court rooms inthat manner becauseits unsafe.
T h e A t t o r n e yGenerals ministry hassaid courthouse safetyand security is a toppriority but the deploy-ment of sheriffs is sub-ject to budget restraints.
Februarys provincialbudget approved cutstotalling $14.5 millionfor court services, pros-ecution services and thejudiciary, despite a 2010report from provincialcourt judges warningmore than 2,000 crimi-nal cases are at risk ofbeing quashed due toexcessive delays.
B.C. has 12% fewerprovincial court judgesthan in 2005 despite ris-ing caseloads and com-plexities.
Opium charge for localA 58-year-old Port Coquitlam man has been
charged with importing a controlled substanceand trafficking in a controlled substance in con-nection with a trip from Iran last year.
Akbar Ghoreishi returned to VancouverInternational Airport on Sept. 27, 2010 whenCanada Border Services officers referred himfor a secondary examination. Thats when offi-cers X-rayed two picture frames that were in hisluggage.
After noticing irregularities, the pictureframes were dismantled and seven packages ofopium weighing .91 kilograms was allegedlyfound.
Ghoreishi is scheduled to make his next ap-pearance in Richmond provincial court on July14 for an arraignment hearing.
Martin van den Hemel, Black Press
More trials delayed by lack of sheriffs
BLACK PRESS FILE PHOTO
Cutbacks in sheriff ser-vices have caused back-logs in B.C.s criminal court system.
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City Hall/Library/Theatre P.O. Box 36, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody
604.469.4500 www.portmoody.ca
MEETING
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WHEN
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 7pm
WHERE
Council Chambers, City Hall, 100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC
The Council of the City of Port Moody will meet and hold a Public Hearing to consider the following proposed Bylaw.
Proposed Bylaw: City of Port Moody ZoningBylaw 1988, No. 1890, Amendment Bylaw No. 204, 2011, No. 2889
Applicant: Aragon Properties Ltd.
Legal: Lot A, District Lot 201, Group 1, NWD, Plan BCP 47736 (PID: 028-531-442)
Location: 2718 St. Johns Street (see location map)
Purpose: To amend the existing CD 54 Zone to change the floor space ratio (FSR) from 2.98 to 3.0. This proposed amendment will allow commercial, residential and amenity areas to be redesigned to provide for a new amenity room facing Spring Street. The number of residential units remains unchanged at 106 units.
All persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw will be afforded anopportunity to be heard in person and/or by written submission. Written submissions will be acceptedup to the conclusion of the Public Hearing. If you are submitting a written submission prior to the Public Hearing, please submit it to the City by email at [email protected] or by fax at 604.469.4550 not laterthan 12 Noon Tuesday, June 14, 2011. No representations may be received by Council on this bylaw afterthe close of the Public Hearing.
Bylaw No. 2889 and related information may be inspected at the Development Services Department, CityHall, 100 Newport Drive (at loco Road), Port Moody, B.C. Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 5pm.
Tim Savoie, MCIP, Director of Development Services Phone: 604.469.4540 Fax: 604.469.4533
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Giant hogweedis both pesky and dangerous
By Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
The city of Coquitlamis once again wagingwar on an invasiveplant that has beencropping up aroundMetro Vancouver since2006, causing what cityofficials call a seri-ous threat to humanhealth.
H e r a cl e u m m a n -tegazzianum, betterknown as giant hog-weed, is a perennialplant native to Asia andfirst introduced in theprovince as a gardencuriosity, according tothe B.C. Ministry ofAgriculture.
But the plants heartyand aggressive naturequickly had its distinc-tive three- to six-metre-high stalks shooting upand overtaking nativeplants all over MetroVancouver, southernVancouver Island andthe Gulf Islands.
The invasive gianthogweed is not only de-structive of native plantspecies, crowding themout with its large leafycanopy, but it also causessevere burns and der-matitis in people, usu-ally resulting in painfulblisters and black scar-ring on the skin of thoseunfortunate enough tocome into contact withthe plants sappy stalks,giant leaves and whiteflowers.
It can even cause per-manent blindness if itssticky sap gets in theeyes.
Coquitlams urbanforestry departmentmonitors city landsfor giant hogweed andis asking residents toeliminate it from theirown properties.
On Wednesday, TheTri-City News went outwith a Coquitlam urbanforestry crew to destroya crop of giant hogweedfound and reported by alocal resident in a tree-
covered ravine off ShawAvenue. Wearing yellowhooded protective suitsand full face masks, cityworkers Arne Mitchelland Ron LaPointe dugup several plants, care-fully double-baggingthem in industrial-weight garbage bagsand loading them intothe truck to be inciner-ated.
LaPointe, who suf-fered a blistering burnwhile removing a plantlast year, said the cityhas already been busythis year eradicating thegiant hogweed, getting a
jump on its spread thisseason.
L a n n y E n g l u n d ,Coquitlams urban for-estry manager, saidhis department spendsabout one to two weekseach year removinggiant hogweed from thecity and encouragesanyone who wants to re-move it from their ownproperty to either hirea qualified landscaperor follow the removalguidelines and videoposted on WorkSafeBCswebsite, [email protected]
TODD COYNE/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
City workers Ron LaPointe and Arne Mitchell remove giant hogweed from ra-vine near Shaw Avenue in Coquitlam.
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A message to IranBy Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
From the Tri-Cities to Tehran, one PortMoody man is trying to send a message tothe government of Iran: Let my friends go.
Ian MacKenzie began a 24-hour faston Thursday as part of a rolling hun-ger strike by the family and friends ofAmerican hikers Josh Fattal and ShaneBauer protesting what they say is the il-legal detainment of the two Universityof California Berkeley grads by Iranianauthorities since July 2009.
The men were hiking in IraqiKurdistan, in the countrys remote andmountainous north, with Bauers fiancee,Sarah Shourd, when they were taken hos-tage by an armed man who turned out tobe an Iranian soldier, MacKenzie said.
The three were held captive in Irans no-torious Evin Prison, on the northern out-skirts of Tehran, but Shourd was releasedlast September, 14 months after beingtaken captive, due to health problems andthe posting of $500,000 bail, according toMacKenzie.
Prior to her captivity, Shourd andMacKenzie had established a friendshipthrough writing about their travels for anonline magazine MacKenzie had startedcalled Brave New Traveler.
Since then, Shourd, MacKenzie andthe mothers of the two backpackers haveorganized the rolling hunger strikes toraise awareness about the detention andalleged physical abuse suffered by Bauerand Fattal for nearly two years.
Their voices are part of a growing cho-rus.
Former heavyweight boxing championMuhammad Ali, actor Sean Penn, anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu and U.S.President Barack Obama have all calledfor the humane treatment and release ofBauer and Fattal, who are allegedly beingheld without charge or trial by the Iraniangovernment under suspicion of beingAmerican spies.
Sarah, Shane and Josh have never
worked for the United States government,President Obama said on the anniversaryof their detention on July 30, 2010. Theyare simply open-minded and adventurousyoung people who represent the best ofAmerica and of the human spirit. Theyare teachers, artists, and advocates for so-cial and environmental justice.
On Thursday, MacKenzie planned tostay in a small, locked room in his PortMoody apartment in a small attempt torecreate the space that both hikers havebeen confined to for almost two years,he said.
MacKenzie said that almost as disheart-ening as the detention and uncertain fateof the two imprisoned hikers has beensome of the online reaction to their storyfrom people telling him that the two youngAmericans had no business living andtravelling in that part of the world.
What these hikers were doing was ac-tually an incredible service to actuallyilluminate these places that we dontget to see and then share their stories,said MacKenzie, who has hiked throughSoutheast Asia and Colombia. Then tohave people back home say, I told you so,you should have stayed home, is ludi-crous.
My goal is to allow people this momentto not look away.
For more information, visit freethehik-ers.org.
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Port Moodys Ian MacKenzie with a photo of two hikers detained in Iran.
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Causeway Bay is a neigh-bourhood at the centreof Hong Kong Islandand it is always alive with ex-citement. The apartment mymother and I share there is inthe middle of it all.
We are 25 floors up from the street andusually it is amazingly quiet, with the onlysound emanating from the air conditionerand the dehumidifier. But on Friday night,when I arrived from Chicago, things weremarkedly different.
Sitting more than two-dozen floors fromthe ground, it sounded like we were on topof an amusement park, with the soundsof humanity building into an incrediblecrescendo, much like the sound of a roller-coaster.
I was exhausted from the 15-hour flight
(and in my usual fashion, I didnt sleepa wink on the plane) but as many cross-continental travellers know, the best way tobeat jet lag is to force yourself to stay up atyour destination until bed-time. I knew if Icrashed early, my body clock would stay onNorth American time for days. And honestly,the cacophony of sound downstairs was beg-ging for me to join the crush of humanity.
My mom and I headed downstairs andbrushed our way through the crowd witharms linked. This was not an ordinary nightin Causeway Bay, no not at all.
This was June 4 and the day marks the22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Squaremassacre in Beijing. On the streets, therewere performance artists and protesters.Mom quickly purchased us matching t-shirtsthat read Whos Afraid of Ai Weiwei? AsI have stated before, I am a big fan of thiscontemporary Chinese artist, who has beendetained in his homeland since April 3.
Nowhere is the concern for Ai Weiweishealth and welfare greater than here in
Hong Kong. There have been a number ofprotests and artists have made statements byprojecting his image on government build-ings and posting graffiti messages abouthis detention everywhere. Artists here havebeen detained for doing so but they will notbe silenced.
A rash of recent detentions of dissidents,artists and activists in China seems to haveenlivened people here. Yes, Hong Kong is aSeparate Administrative Region of Chinaand has been since 1997, when it was handedback by the British, but the reality is thatthis city-state is vulnerable and, last Fridaynight, I witnessed an amazing statement bythe population.
Victoria Park (at the end of our block)holds major events all year long. On Fridaynight, the park was filled to capacity withcandle-holding citizens who came out to re-member the events of June 4, 1989. Tens ofthousands of people came out to rememberthe hundreds (maybe thousands) of peoplewho were killed in Beijing 22 years earlier
in an incredible candlelight vigil. As well asremembering Tiananmen Square, clearlypeople were there to show their concernwith the detainment of individuals such asAi Weiwei and Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel PrizeLaureate who is serving an 11-year sentencein China.
Yes, I was probably quieter than usualbecause of the jet lag but experiencing thisdisplay of solidarity and compassion in thepark on Friday night was inspiring and leftme speechless. The people of Hong Kongseem determined to make their collectivevoices heard on the streets.
And the silence in the park, with thou-sands and thousands of candles punctuatingthe darkness, was one of the most powerfulspectacles I have ever witnessed.Naomi Yorke is a Port Coquitlam student wholived in Shanghai, China for four years, writ-
ing about her experiences twice a month forThe Tri-City News. She now lives in Chicago,where shes attending art school, and contin-
ues her column.
Silent night, powerful night of remembrance
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SplashdownQ WHAT WE THINK:
New lawn sprinkling regulations have beensprung on Metro Vancouver municipalities,creating a bit of a bureaucratic headache.The regional authority just recently changed its
policy and now homeowners can water their lawnsthree days a week between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. Theresno more evening watering and that might offend somehomeowners but they do get an extra day to sprinkle the idea being that morning watering puts letspressure on the system and theres less evaporation.
The problem is that the old rules need to be changedwith individual bylaw amendments in each city andnew information has to go out to property owners.Both will take time.
Fortunately, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam arealready making the change while Coquitlam seemsto be taking its time. The result may be a bit of confu-sion.
Fortunately, everyone has a years grace before thenew rules will be enforced.
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FACE TO FACE: Should peacekeeping Canada be shopping for bomber jets?
TERRY ONEILL JIM NELSON
In a perfect world, the CanadianArmed Forces would not exist,guns would magically be trans-formed into long-stemmed rosesand fighter planes would becomefluffy white doves.
But because we are grounded inreality on this side of the page, werecognize that utopia will neverbe achieved and that a sovereignnation needs an army, an air forceand, if its a coastal nation, a navy.
Of course, my colleague over yon-der isnt really suggesting Canadashould rid itself of its armedforces. Hes merely saying that ourair force should be burdened withobsolete equipment, specifically itsoutdated fighter planes.
He justifies this position on thegrounds be believes Canada shouldconcentrate its armed forces onpeacekeeping missions. And any-way, spending billions of dollars onthe Joint Strike Fighter, also knownas the F-35, makes Canada too muchlike the United States (the GreatSatan).
There are multiple problems withhis line of thinking. For starters, itsabundantly clear theres preciouslittle peacekeeping to do anymore inthis topsy-turvy world. On the otherhand, as the recent deployment ofNATO air power against Muammar
Qaddafis forces in Libya has shown,theres plenty of important peace-making to be done.
You can keep the peace withwell-trained, lightly armed, blue-hel-meted peacekeepers. But you needreal armed forces to make the peace.e
Its also important to note thatmany of our allies includingBritain, Australia, Denmark,Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey andNorway will be flying the F-35s.Does my colleague really wantto see Canada asking Turkey orHolland for air cover the next timewe have to send our troops into adanger zone?
Or maybe the F-35 opponentswould prefer that Canada alwaysassume the morally ambiguous,perpetually fence-sitting, pseudo-pacifist honest broker positionthat it adopted in the last half of the20th century.
But just as you dont make bar-gains with the devil, no freedom-loving, democratic country shouldput itself in a position of constantappeasement and apology. Whenyou encounter an alleged genocidalmurderer like Ratko Mladic, you ar-rest him and put him on trial. Youdont sit down over a cup of coffeeand attempt to work out a compro-mise between him and Lady Justice.
That $30B canbe better spent
Whats your take on this weeksFace to Face topic and what they
have to say? Email your thoughts [email protected].
Tools needed to make the peace
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Just as you dont make bargains with the devil,no freedom-loving, dem-ocratic country should put itself in a position of constant appeasement and apology.Terry ONeill
vs.These bombers cost somuch to buy and main-tain that there will be nomoney left to support the things most Canadians want a modern Canadian military to do.Jim Nelson
Dont send Defence MinisterPeter MacKay shoppingfor you it will cost you abundle. And besides, Mr. MacKay istoo busy shopping for stealth bomb-ers (the cool ones with hoveringcapability, just like the Americanshave).
Well, hes not exactly shopping.Shopping would imply that heslooking around for a good deal.Unlike we Walmart shoppers,MacKay has committed us to buy65 F-35 stealth bombers withoutknowing the actual price, withoutcomparing prices offered elsewhereand without knowing if the planeworks.
MacKay says the F-35s will costabout $75 million each. U.S. Defenceexpert Winslow Wheeler says $75million wouldnt include optionssuch as engines or guns. Wheelersays a more realistic price is $148million per plane. (I wonder if thatincludes HST or if MacKay negoti-ated an under-the-table cash deal.)
Bomber builders Boeing andDassault have complained toParliament that they werent al-lowed to bid to build the bombers.
In the U.S., John McCain advo-cates scrapping the F-35 bomberprogram because of escalatingcosts and unproven performance.
So why is Canada buying 65 newstealth bombers? My starred-and-striped colleague and his fright-eningly hawkish friends clearlywant bombers so that we can bombpeople. Oh, theyll talk about pro-tecting northern sovereignty andsurveilling things, but thats likesaying you need five Lamborghinisto commute to work each week.
Neo-cons are tired of being justwell-respected, boring peacekeeperswith a moral international perspec-tive. Canada should be a Mini Meto the U.S., able to contribute towestern actions, independent ofthe pesky United Nations. Insteadof shock and awe, we might termCanadian bombings concern andmild trepidation.
Canadians should not mistakenlythink the acquisition of these ex-pensive, unproven U.S. bombers isa part of the badly needed militaryupgrade most of us favour. Its not.These bombers cost so much to buyand maintain ($30 billion over 30years) that there will be no moneyleft to support the things mostCanadians actually want a modernCanadian military to do.
Canadas military needs to beequipped to meet Canadas needs,not the GI Joe fantasies of rightwingers on either side of the border.
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The Editor,Re. Bad idea then,
bad idea now (Face toFace, The Tri-City News,June 3).
I continue to be im-pressed with Face toFace columnist JimNelsons intelligent andthoughtful response toissues facing our com-munity and in thiscase, our province.
My first thought(and I listened to KevinFalcons town hall meet-ing on the subject) wasthat perhaps the taxcould be fixed, lowered,amended, adjusted andrepaired so we couldleave it in place.
Mr. Nelson correctlypoints out that we arebeing bribed with ourown money and thatpromises are already
being broken with thiscampaign.
The fundamentalproblem is that thewhole tax is retrogres-sive, a shift of tax bur-den from industry andbusiness to people. It isrepeatedly said to be ashift to working peoplebut lets not forget pen-sioners, the disabled and
unemployed who arealso swallowing this tax.
Already, the HST haskilled more jobs thanit has created. Thanks,once again, Mr. Nelson,for pointing out theflaws of the now oldHST, and the proposed,if ever-to-come-about-new HST.Elaine Willis, Anmore
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We must live with bears not live in fear of them
Govt must act on pesticides
The Editor,I know it probably is not a
popular view with the city ofCoquitlam but I am of the beliefthat the dwellings increase onBurke Mountain, particularlyin reference to the scraping ofvegetation off all land to be de-veloped, has significantly in-creased the wildlife load on theproperty not being developed.Add to this my recent sightingof two women from outside ofour neighbourhood who werestripping huckleberries frombushes on road allowance andyou have the prelude to whathappened to us today.
I left the back door of ourhouse open, intending to gooutside again but, meanwhile,I took a phone call. I looked upfrom my conversation to findthat a young bear had its shoul-ders and head inside our houseand had stopped, hesitating toproceed because I was not farfrom the animal.
Both my husband and Ishouted at the bear to leave andthe animal removed itself fromthe house. But when my hus-band blew a warning blast of an
air horn at the bear, it did notmove further. Later, I observedthe bear roaming around ouryard and the animal lookedquite young and rather emaci-ated.
I believe the best value for ourtax money for the Bear Awareprogram is to educate peoplenot just about garbage (we dontleave any outside).
We need education about howpeople can live with the bearsbut also attention to the animalsthemselves.
After l iving on BurkeMountain for more than 37years, I say more needs to bedone than just warnings aboutgarbage and bears.Maggie Fankboner,Coquitlam
The Editor,Some people believe ban-
ning cosmetic pesticides is aninfringement by governmenton their property rights. But byusing cosmetic pesticides, youare already infringing on otherpeoples property rights.
Studies have shown that mostof the lawn care products, in-cluding pesticides, leave yourproperty through air dispersaland leaching. These productsend up in our rivers, streamsand drinking water as well asyour neighbours property.
Very little research has beendone by the federal governmenton cosmetic pesticides and it al-
locates limited resources to sim-ply registering pesticides, basedon limited testing informationprovided by industry. This is alittle like the fox guarding thehenhouse. The huge number offormulations makes it impos-sible to test all products. Even ifcomprehensive testing were re-quired, or methods existed, werely on the pesticide companiesto provide the data.
Each of us carries man-madechemicals within our bodies invarious concentrations in ourbloodstream. We simply dontknow what the effects are orwhat illnesses they might becausing. Is more chemical load-
ing the answer?This isnt the time to finger
point which level of governmentshould make the decision to stopthe use of cosmetic pesticides.Its incumbent upon all politi-cians federal, provincial andmunicipal to take responsibil-ity to protect human health andsafety of its citizens.
Two provinces and 17 mu-nicipalities in B.C. believe thisis important enough to ban theusage of cosmetic pesticides.Lets get Coquitlam to be num-ber 18. Coquitlam council needsto make the right decision tosafeguard our health.Jack Trumley, Coquitlam
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As developers build up the mountainside, bears look for places to eat, whichmeans humans need to know what to do to stay safe, says the letter writer.
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Canucks blue is everywhere in the Tri-Cities these days. Left, someone takes a photo of a jersey draped on the fishsculpture at Coquitlams Spirit Square. Above, residents of Clarence Street in Port Moody hold a pre-game road hockeygame on Wednesday. Below, fans gather at the rec centre on Poirier Street to watch Wednesdays game, includingNate and Jadan Raabe (below right) of Coquitlam.
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HST will be reduced from 12% to 10%.After listening to British Columbians, the government has proposed an HST reduction from 12% to 11% by 2012, then to 10% by 2014. This proposed change will take effect if the province votes to keep the HST in the referendum. If B.C. votes to return to the GST + PST system, the combined rate will remain at 12%.
Transition cheques for families & seniors.Under the proposed change to a 10% HST rate, the average B.C. family will be $120 better off annually than under the old 12% GST + PSTsystem. And to help transition to the lower rate, the government willprovide $175 for every child under 18 and every senior with incomeunder $40,000.
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By Todd CoyneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS
A vacant lot on a sel-dom travelled stretch ofroad in Port Moody isone step closer to rede-velopment as the B.C.gover nment put upmore than $160,000 forits renewal last week.
As part of Victoriasn e a rl y $ 1 - m i l l i o nBrownfield Renewalprogram, $160,950 willgo towards environ-mental research andupgrades for the vacantlot, which formerlyhoused light-indus-trial businesses alongElectronic Avenue be-tween Spring Street andthe CP Rail line.
Its one of 14 suchbrownfield re-develop-ments announced lastweek for sites across theprovince.
Its all in prepara-tion for a plannedmixed-use commercialand residential devel-opment on ElectronicAvenue, referred to asthe Shoreline Stationin a June 3 releasefrom B.C.s Ministryof Forests and NaturalResources.
So-called brownfieldsare abandoned or un-der-used commercialand industrial proper-ties suspected of beingenvironmentally con-taminated by past ac-
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Coquitlam Liberal MLAIain Black said in thepress release that hewas pleased the gov-ernment was taking
action to clean up theElectronic Avenue site,both for environmentaland economic reasons.
By redeveloping thisproperty, it will not onlystop current illegal ac-
tivities like dumping,Black said, it will alsohelp revitalize our com-munity.
T h e p r o v i n c e sBrownfield Renewalprogram began in 2007
and has since funded 44environmental investi-gations in 32 communi-ties across B.C., accord-ing to the [email protected]
We have to morphwhat we do to deal withthe harder core home-less population, hesaid. Strategies have tochange... and that comesdown to some mentalhealth issues that we asa community and as aprovince are not doing agood enough job dealingwith.
Recent numbers re-leased from the MetroVancouver homelesscount, which showeda 47% reduction in thenumber of people sleep-ing on the street, havehad an opposite effect,Thiessen said. With thereduction, many peoplehave asked him whetherresources for servicesand a permanent shel-ter are still necessary inthe area.
Maybe we need a re-duction in some of theseservices and ultimatelywe will come to a placewhere, as a community,we need to make somedecisions about that,he said. But you reallycant make huge predic-tions because of a trendover a couple of years.We are going to needmore time and moreevidence of continuedsuccess.
In the Tri-Cities, apermanent homelessshelter that would offermental health and othersupports is planned forcity of Coquitlam landat 3030 Gordon Ave. butthere is as yet no pro-vincial funding for theproject.
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Port Coquitlam fire-fighters are remindingresidents to be carefulwith their barbecuesand outdoor grills afterpoorly stored charcoalbriquettes set fire to aporch at a PoCo homelast weekend.
The briquettes werestored under a naturalgas barbecue when theycaught fire. A neighbournoticed the flames andphoned PoCo Fire andEmergency Services;damage was containedto the rear porch and allof the homes residentsescaped unharmed.
According to actingassistant chief RandyMinaker, the incidentserves as a reminderof the risks associatedwith outdoor grilling. Inorder to avoid accidentsthe department asksthat residents:
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make sure the bar-becue has been shut offand is completely coolbefore covering andstoring;
never leave the bar-becue unattended whenin use;
keep gas hoses awayfrom hot surfaces andhot grease;
keep children andpets away from the gasvalve and the grill;
keep loose clothingaway from the hot bar-becue;
dont put water ona grease fire (it willonly cause the flamesto flare) use an ap-proved fire extinguisherinstead;
when finished, firstturn off the gas valve toallow gas in the hoses toburn off before turningoff the burner controls;
and clean burnersand grills regularly tominimize the risk ofgrease fires.
Crews will be on handgiving fire safety advicethis summer as part ofthe departments HotSummer Nights pro-gram and encourageresidents to invite firefighters to their neigh-bourhood event.
The initiative givesresidents a chanceto meet firefighters,check out firefightingequipment and learnmore about fire safety.To book a visit [email protected] call 604-927-5466.
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Big changes may be onthe horizon for blue boxrecycling as we know it.
The provincial govern-ment has given an indus-try group of producersand retailers 18 monthsto design a plan to collectall packaging and printedmaterials from consum-ers.
The new extendedproducer responsibil-ity (EPR) initiative willbring recycling to card-board/plastic packagingin stores, restaurant take-out containers, dispos-able cups and even typi-cally discarded items likecandy wrappers and ciga-rette packages by May of2014.
The move should go farto plug some remainingholes in B.C.s recyclingsystem while spurringbusinesses which willbear the costs to designtheir packaging with theenvironment in mind.
But it also shifts re-sponsibility for collectingnewspapers, cans, bottlesand everything else thatnow goes into municipalblue boxes onto productproducers.
That means a potentialloss of control for citiesused to running local re-cycling programs.
Metro Vancouver offi-cials say they hope some-thing like blue box curb-side pickup continues.
Most municipalitiesare really keen that therebe a high level of ser-vice, Metro integratedplanning division man-
ager Ken Carrusca said.The fact its convenientand easy for residentsmeans theres a high par-ticipation rate.
But advocates say itsconceivable the industrystewardship group mightreject curbside pickupand force residents to in-stead take recyclables todepots instead.
That would be a di-saster, North ShoreRecycling Society generalmanager
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Elderly people and oth-ers without cars dependon curbside pickup, hesaid.
A depot system is oneoption but less likely than
some continued form ofcurbside pickup, accord-ing to Recycling Councilof B.C. executive directorBrock Macdonald.
I think it will likelylook like a blue box curb-side pickup system, hesaid.
The industry groupmight even opt to con-tract with cities or theircontractors to continuethe existing services, hesaid.
Union reps, however,fear a push by industrystewards for low-costprivatized collection willhalt recycling pickup bycivic workers in some cit-ies.
Vancouver, Burnaby,N e w We s t m i n s t e r,Port Moody and PortCoquitlam all have theirown trucks and unionizedstaff handling garbageand blue box pickup.
Since the new systemapplies to not just single-family residential but alsomultifamily buildings where recycling rates arenotoriously low therespotential for major reduc-tions in the waste stream,particularly after MetroVancouver cities imple-ment full organics pickupby 2015.
It puts us on the wayto really diverting fromthe landfill, Macdonaldsaid. Once we have pack-aging and organics, wellget over 70% diversionfor sure.
The producer group,which will include vari-ous retailers, grocers, thenewspaper industry andothers, will have threeyears to iron out detailsamong themselves andwith local cities, he said.
Everybodys tryingto understand what thistransition will look like,he said. But theres quitea bit of time to figure itout.
He doesnt expect anydeposit or eco fees thatwill be added to productsto pay for the packagingtake-back system, norwould there be any re-fund system to encouragereturns as with beveragecontainers.
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businesses will simplyabsorb the new recyclingcosts and reflect it intheir local prices.
Until now the cost ofblue box recycling wasshifted onto local govern-ment, Macdonald said.
Now its going to be in-dustry and the consumerthat funds that ratherthan local taxpayers.
Homeowners who nowpay for recycling througha fee on their utility billscould see that amount godown, but some observersexpect that money mayincreasingly fund pickupof organic food waste.
The province plansmeetings with stakehold-ers across B.C. starting inmid-June and continuingin the fall.
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In an episode to befilmed June 13 to 15,Maillardville will be at-tempting to capture theattention of comedianDaniel Lemire by appeal-ing to all his interests.The scenes are secret, ex-plained Joanne Dumas,whose Socit franco-phone de Maillardvilleconvinced the showsproducers to shoot anepisode here. But therewill certainly be hockeyflavour to the produc-tion because Lemire isa hockey fan and film-ing could take placeduring the Stanley Cupplayoffs. Other eventsare planned to highlightMaillardvilles cultureand history, including acycling tour of the arealed by Coquitlam Coun.Selina Robinson.
Next Wednesday from7:15 to 9 p.m., Lemirewill be treated to a com-munity barbecue onLaval Square in front ofthe historic Our Lady ofLourdes Church and thepublic is invited.
Dumas is hoping fora large crowd and if theStanley Cup goes to a sev-enth game, she hopes thecity will loan the societya large television screento keep hockey fanshappy. (Dumas suggestedpeople visit the groupswebsite www.maillard-ville.com or call 604-515-
7070 in case there are anyscheduling changes.)
La Petite Sduction ishosted by Dany Turcotteand is based on theQuebecois film SeducingDoctor Lewis, in which atiny fishing village triesto lure a doctor to takeup full-time residency.
Dumas said the 2003film was extremely pop-ular and the TV showstarted shooting soonafter, featuring mostlyQuebecois villages,but later extending to
the Maritimes. In eachepisode, an artist vis-its a community and istreated to a variety ofexperiences, giving theaudiences a glimpse oflife in other places.
This foray to the westcost the show is alsofilming in Victoria is new for the produc-tion and Dumas hopesMaillardville will put ona good show.
This is the first timetheyll be coming toa community thats a
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Wednesday; the show isscheduled to air July 13on Radio-Canada televi-sion. For more informa-tion, visit www.radio-canada.ca/television oremail [email protected]@tricitynews.com
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Special Closed Council 1:00 p.m. Council Committee Room
Closed Recreation, Sports &Culture Standing Committee Council Committee Room*Immediately following adjournment of the Special Closed Council Meeting
Closed Engineering, Utilities & Environment Standing Committee Council Committee Room*Immediately following adjournment of the Closed Recreation, Sports & Culture Standing Committee Meeting
Land Use & Economic Development Standing Committee Council Chambers*Immediately following adjournment of Closed Engineering, Utilities & Environment Standing Committee Meeting
Recreation, Sports & Culture Standing Committee Council Committee Room*Immediately following adjournment of Land Use & Economic Development Standing Committee Meeting
Engineering, Utilities & Environment Standing Committee Council Committee Room*Immediately following adjournment of Regular Recreation, Sports & Culture Standing Committee Meeting
Strategic Priorities, Administration & Protective Services Standing Committee Council Committee Room*Immediately following adjournment of Regular Engineering, Utilities & Environment Standing Committee Meeting
Public Hearing / Regular Council 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers*A Regular Council Meeting will convene immediately following adjournment of the Public Hearing in order that Council may give consideration to the items on the Public Hearing Agenda
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2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam
PROCLAMATIONSLegion Week - June 19 to 25, 2011Amateur Radio Week - June 19 to 26, 2011
BYLAWSElection Procedure Bylaw No. 3765Water Shortage Response Plan BylawPesticide Use Control Bylaw No. 3767REPORTSFinance and Intergovernmental CommitteeBusiness Improvement Area Bylaw No. 3736 - Proposed Amendment
Director of Corporate Services, Director of Parks & Recreation and Director of Development ServicesVision 2020 - Corporate Strategic Plan
Standing Committee Verbal Updates Healthy Community Committee Social Inclusion Committee Transportation Solutions and Operations Committee
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Residents are encour-aged to nominate busi-nesses and individualsthat are committed tobeautifying the citythrough the cultiva-tion of colourful plantsand nicely manicuredshrubs and landscap-ing. The annual event issponsored by the PoCoGarden Club, whichprovides judges for thecontest, and winnerswill be announced atthe Sept. 12 councilmeeting.
Gardeners can benominated in severalcategories: business,residential, multi-fam-ily complex and bal-cony gardens. A newfeature this year is theinclusion of backyardgardens.
Nomination formscan be picked up at allcivic buildings and on-line at www.portcoquit-lam.ca/gardenawards.They can be emailed [email protected], faxed to 604-927-5408 or dropped offat PoCo city hall (2580Shaughnessy St., PortCoquitlam, B.C., V3C2A8).
Forms must be sub-mitted by Friday, July15, 2011.
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