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Pasquale Gnocato is a mason bee expert who will be giving a talk Saturday at Coquitlams Inspiration garden on the prolific pollinators. The PoCo resident has been raising blueorchard mason bees for more than a decade and is an advocate for the hard-working, non-stinging creatures that pollinate flowers, crops and fruit trees. See story, page A16.

Hockey, football & moreSEE SPORTS, PAGE A30

On stage in Tri-CitiesSEE ARTS, PAGE A27

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Driversstopped by the dozen New driving regs one month old

By Sarah PayneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Tri-City drivers arefinding out just howstiff new penalties arefor impaired drivingand excessive speeding.

Canadas toughestdriving legislation cameinto effect Sept. 20 and,in the past month, localpolice have slappedhefty fines and towedthe vehicles of dozensof motorists who werefound to be impaired ordriving too fast.

Coquitlam RCMPreported in the firstmonth 24 drivers witha blood alcohol contentover 0.08, a failed testthat comes with a 90-daydriving prohibition, a30-day vehicle impound-ment and a $500 fine.One driver refused toprovide a breath sample,which carries the samepenalty as a failed test.

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And council wants it intransit lines first phase

By Gary McKennaTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Port Coquitlam wants MetroVancouver to include anEvergreen Line station in itsdowntown as part of the districtsregional growth plan.

On Monday night at a specialcouncil meeting, councillorsvoted unanimously to ask Metroto include a rapid transit exten-

sion to PoCo asone of its trans-portation goalsin the RegionalGrowth Strategy.

And the citywould like to seethe station builtas part of the first

phase of the Evergreen Line con-struction.

We know its the 11th hour,said Mayor Greg Moore, But wefeel it is important to make ourposition clear.

A quiet lobbying effort for the

PoCo station has been underwayfor a while, Moore said. He andcity staff met with the provincialminister of transportation andletters have been sent to the pre-miers office explaining the needto bring the Evergreen Line tothe municipality.

We arent a council that getson a soap box and negotiates outin the media all the time, he said.This is just another opportunityto let Metro Vancouver know howimportant this is for us.

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Montgomery middle schoolstudents spread the word onone piece of their education

By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Some School District 43 students learnedfirst hand this week that rights come withresponsibilities.

On Monday, six Montgomery middleschool students opened a provincial confer-ence hosted by B.C.s representative for chil-dren and youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond,at Vancouvers Sheraton Wall Centre hotel.

They were nervous to address the sum-mit, which was attended by hundreds ofdelegates from agencies across the province,but said they wanted to talk about the impor-tance of recognizing childrens rights, some-thing they learned about as Grade 4 and 5students at Cape Horn elementary school.

You feel important. You feel you haveknowledge you can share with everybodyelse, said student Allie Hall in describinghow she was feeling before her presentation.

Hall, Mia Neubauer, Nadia Hakeem, JackFeaver, Christian Malara and Matthew Lumwere the first presenters at the two-day event,held to talk about childrens well-being in theareas of health, safety, learning, communityconnections and the economy.

In their speeches, they described howtheir former elementary school taught themabout the UN Convention on the Rights ofthe Child and became a rights-respectingschool two years ago. It set up a steeringcommittee chaired by a Grade 5 student toorganize events to raise awareness aboutchildrens concerns in other countries.

Last week, the students, who now attendMontgomery middle, told The Tri-City Newsthey organized a walk for water event thatraised $600 for a well in a developing country,and learned that children have the right tobe protected from harm, be educated and

have their basic needs met.With support from UNICEF Canada, the

Cape Horn teachers taught them about theUN Convention on the Rights of the Child,used it as a theme for assemblies and encour-aged them to respect each others rights inresolving disputes. As a result, the studentssaid, they felt respected and got more in-volved in their school.

I feel like the school has given me theright to have my voice to be able to speak atassemblies and stuff, said Hakeem. I feltmore confident speaking aloud because evenif I mess up, nobodys even going to laugh.

As the students learned about respectingthe rights of others, they learned to solvesome of their own problems, said Feaver,who described a conflict on the school soccer

field the students resolved when they talkedto one another and respected each othersright to be heard. We talked about how weall had a right to our opinion, said Feaver.We found a way to make it fair, Hall added.

Another important right, the studentssaid, was the right to be yourself no matterwhat your culture, name or skin colour. Youcan be unique in your own way, Neubauersaid.

The students would now like to encourageother schools to become a rights-respectingschool.

Their former principal, Bill McGovern,agrees. While he didnt initiate the program the staff took it up as a challenge andworked on it during professional develop-ment days he thought it made a differ-

ence to the atmosphere of the school. Theresa willingness to work together as a team,McGovern said, and students are more in-clined to take a leadership role in schoolactivities.

Were letting the children know aboutwhat rights they have and were letting themknow what their rights are along with re-sponsibilities, McGovern explained.

One of those responsibilities was get-ting in front of a capacity crowd at theChampions for Children and Youth Summitand explaining the idea. But with two yearsof experience and walking the talk, the stu-dents were more than willing to share theirknowledge.

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Former Cape Horn elementary school students Jack Feaver, Allie Hall, Mia Neubauer and Nadia Hakeem were among those who spoke at the Champions for Children and Youth Summit on Monday in Vancouver; the other Montgomery middle school kids who par-ticipated are: Christian Malara and Matthew Lum.JENNIFER GAUTHIERTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: They found out what it means

How will we pay for the Evergreen Line?By Diane Strandberg

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

Higher property taxes or a vehicle levy?Those are the choices Metro Vancouver

residents will be asked to make whenTransLink rolls out a public consulta-tion process to get input on how to close a$400-million gap in Evergreen Line funding.

Last Friday, the TransLink board addeda transportation improvement fee oth-erwise known as a vehicle levy to thelist of options for raising $39.3 million tobuild the Evergreen Line and extend theUnited Boulevard from Coquitlam into NewWestminster, or $68 million for these im-provements and other transportation up-grades.

Until now, property taxes were the onlyway to quickly raise funds for the long-awaited rapid transit system but the boardopted to include a vehicle levy even thoughthere is no mechanism to collect the fees,which would range between $15 and $55 forthe smaller package of transportation im-provements and $30 to $90 for the full pack-age. The charge would depend on the ve-

hicles engine size.Property tax is not a preferred way to pay

for transportation, said TransLink spokes-person Ken Hardie, who said the transporta-tion authoritys board drew that conclusionafter hearing from the TransLink mayorscouncil this week.

The public will now be able to comment onthe two funding packages and the options forpaying for them either online or in person.There is a feedback form at www.translink.ca as well as an online forum where peoplecan post their opinions.

The property tax option, which was firstproposed to pay for transportation improve-ments, was loudly criticized by the regionsmayors. But Hardie cautioned that the trans-portation improvement levy will require amechanism to collect it and we dont haveit.

Meanwhile, the property tax option isstill on the table. Hardie said property taxeswould have to raise $5 per $100,000 of as-sessed value (about $31 on a $600,000 home)for the smaller package or $9.20 per $100,000of assessed value (about $54 on the samehome) for the larger package of transporta-

tion improvements, which would includerestoring funding to bike and road upgrades,and improving bus service.

According to TransLink, the mayorscouncil must decide on the funding sourceand project package by Dec. 31 in order tomeet the deadline required for signed agree-ments so the Evergreen Line and the NorthFraser Perimeter Road projects can proceedwith the support of the federal government.

The federal government has committed$416.7 million toward the project under theBuilding Canada Fund. There is no deadlinefor using the money from Ottawa, as someofficials have previously claimed.

But Hardie said signed agreements arenecessary for the two projects to go ahead.The federal government has committed tocontributing $65 million toward the $130-mil-lion NFPR project, which would bypass thecurrent bailey bridge to Braid Street formore direct access to New Westminster andremove a traffic bottleneck.

According to Dale Parker, chair of theTransLink board, public comment is key tothe decision-making process.

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Have your sayWill it be contemporary steel and

concrete? Or wood, brick and heri-tage lamp standards?

The public is getting a chance tochoose the decor for the EvergreenLine stations during a series ofopen house meetings this month including one in Coquitlam thisweekend.

The following meetings arescheduled.

Saturday, Oct. 23, 11 a.m. to 2p.m., Coquitlam city hall;

Monday, Oct. 25, 6 to 9 p.m.,Cameron rec complex in Burnaby;

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By Sarah PayneTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

The start of fall brings with it thestart of flu season and vaccine clinicshave now opened throughout the Tri-Cities to get residents immunized.

The annual influenza season startsin November and lasts until earlyspring, making the next month an op-timal time to get the flu shot, accord-ing to the Ministry of Healthy Livingand Sport.

Each year, we remind people theyneed to get the seasonal flu vaccine tokeep themselves protected, so if youhad one last year you need to get an-other one this year, said Roy Thorpe-Dorward, Fraser Health spokesper-son. For most people, the flu is aminor inconvenience but for otherswho have complicating health condi-tions it can be much more seriousthan that.

Public health officials expect therewill be sporadic cases of H1N1 butthey are not concerned about the typeof pandemic seen last year.

Were expecting a typical flu sea-son, Thorpe-Dorward said, notingthis years vaccine protects againstthree flu viruses A/H1N1, A/H3N2and influenza B.

The vaccine is provided free tothose most at risk of suffering com-plications from the flu and those liv-ing or working in close proximity tothem. That group includes peoplewith chronic health conditions, se-niors, health-care workers, emergencyresponders, pregnant women in theirlast trimester and children from sixto 23 months, the morbidly obese, ab-originals and poultry farm workers.

Those who arent in the high-riskgroups can get vaccinated for a feeat their doctors office or local phar-macy.

A commercial vaccine calledFluMist, administered as a nasalspray instead of a needle, is availablethrough PriceSmart Foods pharmacy.Thorpe-Dorward said its not beingused as part of the publicly fundedvaccine and, while it is approvedfor use in Canada, the CanadianNational Advisory Committee onImmunization has not yet issued astatement on it.

The spray vaccine uses a live virus not a dead virus, as with the in-jected vaccine and is therefore notrecommended for those with chronicconditions or other risk factors.

We recommend people pay closeattention to the product details,Thorpe-Dorward said.

Flu symptoms can include fever,headache, muscle pain, runny nose,sore throat, extreme tiredness andcough. On average, symptoms begintwo days after a person is exposed tothe virus; the fever can last more thana week while coughing and weaknesscan last another two weeks.

People can spread the virus to oth-ers before they even show any symp-toms, making prevention that muchmore important.

Fraser Health recommends peoplewash their hands frequently withsoap and water, cough and sneeze intotheir elbow or a tissue, and stay homefrom work or school when sick.

For more information about the fluvisit www.fraserhealth.ca or www.im-munizebc.ca.

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Tri-City flu clinicsThe 2010/11 seasonal flu vaccine is avail-

able this month at the Tri-City locationslisted below.

Public clinics offer free shots to eligible in-dividuals only; clinics designated public andprivate offer free shots to those eligible andthose who are non-eligible may be required topay for the vaccine.

For additional clinics taking place through-out the flu season, visit www.health.gov.bc.ca./flu/.

For flu shots for children under nine yearsof age book an appointment at the HealthUnit by calling 604-949-7200.

COQUITLAM Save-On Foods (2991 Lougheed Hwy., 604-

464-8811), Oct. 20, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. By appoint-ment; public/private.

Coquitlam Alliance Church (2601Spuraway Ave.), Oct. 22, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Drop-in, ages 9+ only; public.

Shoppers Drug Mart (3025 Lougheed Hwy.,604-468-8814), through Dec. 20, 24 hours. Callstore to confirm authorized-to-inject pharma-cist on duty; public/private.

PORT COQUITLAM Pharmasave (3295 Coast Meridian Rd.,

604-942-9813), Oct. 21, 4 to 7 p.m. By appoint-ment for ages 3+; private.

Flu shot clinic (1125 Nicola Ave., 604-464-0228), Oct. 25 to 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. By ap-pointment, $15; private.

Coopers Foods (1430 Prairie Ave., 604-464-5089), Oct. 26, 2 to 6 p.m. By appointment;public/private.

Costco Pharmacy (2370 Ottawa St.), Oct.28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pay per shot; private.

Save-On Foods (2385 Ottawa St., 604-464-5046), Oct. 27, 3 to 7 p.m. By appointment;public/private.

PORT MOODY Shoppers Drug Mart (3215 St. John St.),

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Trial is delayed

The trial of formerCoquitlam mayor JonKingsbury has been de-layed until next year.

Kingsbury who isfacing charges of theftover $5,000, personationwith intent to gain ad-vantage, causing a per-son to usea forgedd o c u -ment andf r a u do v e r$5,000 was dueto appearin NewWestminster SupremeCourt on Monday forthe start of his trial.

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Youth justice groupsgoal is to divert young offenders from courts,towards responsibility

By Janis WarrenTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

A Coquitlam-based group thataims to steer youth away from thecourts and take responsibility fortheir offences wants nearly $70,000from the municipalities it serves.

Communit ies EmbracingRestorative Action (CERA) lastmonth submitted its funding re-quests for next year, which include$33,856 from Coquitlam, $14,346from Port Coquitlam and $6,960from Port Moody.

The funding requests come ascity councils prepare for budgetdeliberations next month.

CERA board chair MarjorieStaal said the groups 2011 bud-get is status quo after undergoinga restructuring last year, whichsaw no referrals in the first halfof the year because of auditsand a review of historic files inthe Community Youth JusticeProgram (CYJP).

In all, I consider 2009 to be ayear of rebuilding our relation-ships, both internally and exter-nally, Staal said.

As a result, the group acceptedthree referrals from CoquitlamRCMP (theft under $5,000); fourfiles from the New WestminsterPolice Department (three for theftunder and one for mischief to pub-lic property); three files from thePort Moody Police Department(three for mischief); seven filesfrom ICBC; and five files from theCrown prosecutors office at PoCoprovincial court.

Prosecutors are allowed to divertfiles under Section 10 of the fed-eral Youth Criminal Justice Act.

In 2008, CERA formerly calledthe Fraser-Burrard CommunityJustice Society received 41 re-ferrals from police and Crown law-yers to handle young offender files,up from 37 in the previous year.

In addition to the ongoing refer-rals processed through the CYJP,the Empowering Youth programhas been very active this year andcontinues to grow, Staal said.

Meanwhile, Gurinder Mannstarted this week as CERAs newexecutive director.

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In addition, 12 drivers were foundto have breath samples in the warnrange of between 0.05 and 0.08. Thatinfraction carries a three-day drivingprohibition, a three-day vehicle im-poundment and a $200 fine.

Port Moody Police have issuedeight roadside prohibitions resultingfrom alcohol-related offences and im-pounded 11 vehicles. Of those, threedrivers blew breath samples in thewarn range while eight failed thetest.

Drunk drivers blowing over 0.08 notonly get a driving ban but they mustalso pay a $500 administrative penalty,a $250 drivers licence reinstatementfee, towing and impoundment costs,and the cost of installing an ignitioninterlock device for one year as wellas face possible criminal charges.

RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said thatmany drivers have forgotten that the

new legislation includes steep finesfor excessive speeding.

In the past month, 22 drivers locallyhave had their vehicles towed andimpounded for one week after beingfound speeding at least 40 km/h overthe speed limit.

Excessive speeders not only geta $368 fine for speeding but also losetheir vehicle, which gets towed andimpounded for seven days, Paquetsaid. Second and third offences comewith 30- and 60-day impoundmentsrespectively.

He cited one case where a motorcy-clist travelling at more than 100 km/hover the limit in a 70 km/h zone onthe Mary Hill Bypass had his motor-cycle impounded for a week and washit with an increased fine of $483.

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Opposition rallies against shelterBy Janis Warren

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Residents and busi-ness owners close to a site where a homeless shelter is planned in Coquitlam dominated an online poll to protest the proposal.

The city survey, which closed last Friday, re-ceived 31 responses to a question about whether a shelter and transi-tional housing should be built on a city-owned commercial lot at 3030 Gordon Ave.

The four-storey fa-cility would include 30 shelter beds plus, on separate floors, an-other 30 self-contained studio units for the transitional program, of which tenants would pay rent based on their income.

In addition, there would be 30 mats avail-able between November and March to help get the homeless off the streets in the cold and wet months.

In their online com-ments, many critics cited increased crime and decreased property values if the shelter were to go up near their homes and workplaces.

Others voiced con-cern about their chil-drens safety and most suggested an alternate location for the shelter:

Riverview Hospital.Bryan Clelland, who

operates Big O Tires on nearby Westwood Street, said hes not against a homeless shelter in his community just not in his backyard.

His family has owned Big O since 1972 and, currently, he pays about $27,000 a year in busi-ness property taxes for his one-acre lot. Weve collected a lot of money for the government here and now theyre con-demning us by putting a homeless shelter behind us, he said.

Clelland noted the recent spike in area crime, which he attri-butes to the homeless population living near the Coquitlam River.

He has installed a fence to guard his prop-erty and recently in-

creased patrols from a hired security firm to monitor his business three to four times at night. Hes also think-ing about putting in se-curity cameras.

Im going to have to sit at home every night, looking at monitors now, he said, adding, Its tough on my cus-tomers when they see crackheads walking around in the morning when theyre trying to drop their cars off.

Another resident, who declined to be named for fear of retribution, contacted The Tri-City News last week to com-plain about the number of area vagrants.

Hundreds of chil-dren play [by the river] during the summer and encouraging more in-dolent people to come

and hang around there is something all resi-dents of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam should be up in arms about, he wrote in his email to The News.

Councillors contacted for this story were hesi-tant to comment about the citys online feed-back.

Its a poll that isnt part of our political process so we have to wait and see as it goes through, hopefully, first reading [of the bylaw] and then we have a proper public hearing when we can hear from the public thats broader than this poll will be, Coun. Selina Robinson said.

I believe being out and around in the com-munity, I think theres a lot more positive feeling that isnt being voiced but probably will be when we get to the public hearing stage, Coun. Neal Nicholson added.

The shelter was iden-tified as a need three years ago by the Tri-Cities Homelessness Task Group, which is made up of community service and government representatives. In 2008, the city picked 3030 Gordon Ave. as the shel-ter location.

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38,000-square foot build-ing were unveiled last month prior to the city hosting two open houses.

Slated to open next year, the shelter has been stuck in a hold-ing pattern for at least two years, primarily on wrangling over a memo-randum of understand-ing between the city and BC Housing.

The MOU, which re-quires provincial gov-ernment approval, sets out a number of param-eters critical to the proj-

ect moving (last month, the housing ministry told The News funding isnt currently available for the shelter because of the downturn in the economy).

Meanwhile, talks also continue with Coquitlams two neigh-bouring cities: Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. In March, PoCo city council sent a letter to the housing ministry urging funding for the shelter at 3030 Gordon Ave.; however, the city of Port Moody has turned down requests for cash.

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Mayor Joe Trasolini said city council wants a Tri-City shelter but theres no funding com-mitment. Our position has been that we advo-cate, we support other than financial. We try to do somethings in Port Moody in terms of part-nerships.

He added: We believe that affordable hous-ing and shelters are a provincial jurisdiction. Our budgets are being strained year after year.

Results from the on-line survey as well as a 200-name petition against the shelter

will be compiled in a re-port to council, expected to be released Nov. 1.

Should council agree to proceeding, a public hearing would be held Nov. 29 on the official community plan and re-zoning changes.

The city of Coquitlam collected more than $2 million this week as host to the Boulevard Casino.

The money $2,061,956 re-flects the amount from the last quarter, July 1 to Sept. 30, and brings this years gaming reve-nues to $6.4 million as part of the municipalitys 10% cut from net profits from the United Boulevard attraction.

To date, Coquitlam has received

about $70.2 million since the casino opened in October 2001 12.5% of which goes into a community capi-tal fund for local non-profit groups and the balance into a municipal capital fund to pay for major proj-ects such as roads and sports fa-cilities. Earlier this month, the city doled out nearly $275,000 in Spirit of Coquitlam grants to 12 cultural, sports and service groups.

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Moore said he envi-sions an Evergreenalignment that turnsnorth from the CP Railline to Coquitlam TownCentre before loopingback to the train tracksheading toward PoCo.This alignment deviatesfrom the current plans,which has the EvergreenL i n e t e r m i n u s a tDouglas College Station,next to the EvergreenCultural Centre at thecorner of Guildford andPinetree ways.

PoCos plan wouldkeep the college withina 10-minute walk of aSkyTrain station, Mooresaid. Currently, MetroVancouvers RegionalGrowth Strategy callsfor the Evergreen Line toCoquitlams City Centrealong with increasedbus service to PoCo andMaple Ridge.

A city staff reportsaid an Evergreen Lineextension to downtownPort Coquitlam wouldfacilitate residential andcommercial growth inthe area.

The city endorsedthe draft Re gionalGrowth Strategy duringMondays special meet-ing, although severalcouncillors had some is-sues with the document.

Metros populationprojections anticipate85,000 people living inPoCo by 2041, a numberthat exceeds the cityspredictions in its officialcommunity plan, saidCoun. Michael Wright.

But staff said thecity is not bound by thehousing projections,

which are calculated ona needs-based estimate.

I think at the endof the day what we arelooking for is achievingthe target of the forecastpopulation, said LauraLee Richard, the citysdirector of developmentservices. Fortunately,the Regional GrowthStrategy does not com-mit the city to meetingthose targets.

Some councillors alsohad concerns that in-dustrial lands were notadequately protectedin the Regional GrowthStrategy.

If all of the munici-palities endorse the planas PoCo did Mondaynight, Metro Vancouverwill begin its public con-sultation process, likelyin late fall.

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Driving along a majorsuburban thoroughfareon a recent sunny after-noon, I couldnt help but noticea woman casually relieving her-self on the grass between thesidewalk and the street. The highly visiblelocation seemed deliberately chosen, per-haps as a street persons farewell to anothergolden summer in B.C.s most peed-upon city.

This sort of flagrant offence against de-cency would still have shock value in mostB.C. communities but here in the provincialcapitol, the likeliest reaction would be, Hey,youre on the wrong street.

The Pandora Avenue squat, as it cameto be known, was this summers politicallycorrect theatre of the absurd, and as usualit was not rated for family viewing. A filthylittle tent city sprang up on a broad down-

town boulevard across from one of the localhomeless handout services, migrating infrom local parks.

Public peeing was among the milder prob-lems on Pandora. This was well illustratedby its sudden end in September.

The Victoria News reported that a coregroup of drug dealers was picked up in anundercover police buy-and-bust operation atthe Pandora squat. Overnight, the tent cityvanished. A combination of cooler weatherand the closure of the crack-and-meth ba-zaar seems to have done the trick as camperssuddenly came to appreciate the vacant shel-ter beds up the street.

B.C.s urban southwest offers a glimpse ofthe future for other communities around theprovince in the abandonment of communitystandards. And nobody surrenders quite likeVictoria.

This is a town that wilts like lettuce beforean invasion of feral bunny rabbits. Its a townthat celebrates an urban design award forits downtown urinal, an expensive but oh-so-

artistic response to the monsoon of doorwaypeeing that pours down after bars close.

The citys response to a court ruling limit-ing its ban on camping in parks was timideven by Victoria standards. Hounded by thehomeless and their advocates at everystep, city council finally passed a bylawdeclaring campsites on boulevards to bebanned as a traffic hazard.

By the time they got it done, the sum-mer squat had folded. Along the way, it wasrevealed that at least some of the camperswerent homeless, having had social hous-ing provided to them, and that shelter bedshad also been sitting empty.

The shelter beds are significant from alegal, as well as a common-sense, point ofview. The court ruling had said the citycouldnt prevent people from putting uptents, but only if there were no shelter bedsavailable. Apparently, verifying homeless-ness would have been too harsh.

A few weeks ago on a ferry crossing, Ioverheard a couple of fragrant young fel-

lows, fresh from a few weeks picking fruit inthe Okanagan and looking for a comfortableplace to ride out the winter. Victoria, herethey come. This has been going on for gen-erations and it apparently remains a path ofchoice for winter refugees all the way fromQuebec.

Housing and Social Development MinisterRich Coleman was on Sean Leslies CKNWradio program the other day talking upB.C.s efforts to get people off the street. Hedid allow that the southwestern corner ofthe province does have a couple of differentfactors to consider.

The big one is probably weather, so we doget some in-migration at times of the yearbecause the weather is different in otherareas of Canada, Coleman said, demon-strating his mastery of understatement.

Warm weather and weak local govern-ment are a bad combination.

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$45 either wayTime is money and both are short, so heres a quickway to raise cash to fund the Evergreen Line andthe North Fraser Perimeter Road: Scrap AirCare.

AirCare was a good idea for its time but the 18-year-oldprogram for reducing vehicle emissions is starting toshow its age. An AirCare review committee found thatonly half of all cars on the road in the Lower Mainlandare subject to AirCare and, of the vehicles tested, 88%pass. Its true about 5,000 cars a month still fail the test butits only a matter of time before they hit the junk heap andare replaced with newer, cleaner-running vehicles.

So why not take away that $45-per-car levy for AirCareand replace it with a $45-per-car levy that will go directlyinto transportation funding? Drivers are used to payingthe price so they wont miss the money.

Besides, transportation improvements will help reduceemissions by getting more people out of single-occupancyvehicles and on to public transit, and by reducing theamount of idling traffic.

This idea is not without hurdles. For one, AirCarewould have to be dismantled and that would mean a lossof jobs and a significant transition period. There is as yetno mechanism in place to collect the levy for TransLink,either through ICBC or some other agency, and the prov-ince would have to act quickly to get one running as thefunding source is needed by the end of this year.

As well, AirCare only generates $20 million a year andTransLink needs between $39 million and $68 million de-pending on the package of transportation improvementsit chooses.

Many more people would have to pay the vehicle levythan currently pay AirCare and they would have to payit more often probably annually instead of every otheryear. But the smaller their car, the lower their fee wouldbe, as TransLink is already considering a sliding scaledepending on the size of the vehicle engine.

For the most part, AirCare has worked and the regionhas seen a decline in auto emissions since the programwas introduced in 1992. But its an inconvenience and atax for those with older cars who maintain their vehiclesand pass the test year in and year out.

Leave property taxes alone and scrap AirCare so ve-hicle levies can be used to get more cars off the road.


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Police did what they had to doThe Editor,

Re. Complaint over cop raid (The Tri-CityNews, Oct. 15).

I find it unfortunate and disheartening thatthis situation was reported the way it was. Itread as thought the victim family was inconve-nienced and victimized over a report of a personheld against their will with weapons.

I support the local police agencies in their ac-tions. I was not there and therefore cannot andwill not judge the actions of the police.

We need to understand police respond imme-diately to all reports made by the public and maynot have the facts immediately at hand puttingthemselves in harms way, without hesitation.

Time is of the essence in all cases and a littlemore understanding and co-operation from thefamily may have helped the situation.

Communication is also paramount in bothdirections. Mistakes may have been made andquestions not answered but, in the end, it was apositive result.

If I were at home having a nice dinner withmy family and this event took place and not acriminal or breaking any law I would do whatI could or had to do (even lie on wet ground) tohelp the police locate a potentially distressedindividual, not argue and delay.

We have excellently trained police officers inour communities. Why are we criticizing themfor doing their job? Does this family not thinkabout what might happen if they need the po-lice? Will officers respond knowing they will becomplained about for doing their job? Lets hopethey will but you cant blame them if next timethey hesitate just for a second.Les Wilch, Port Coquitlam

Sad factsThe Editor,

Re. Men deservebetter at least asgood as women(Opinion, The Tri-City News, Oct. 15).

Thank you for pub-lishing the column byPaula Carlson aboutprostate testing.

The sad fact aboutthe scenario she re-fers to, James Pollard,who at 47 is facingterminal prostatecancer, is that beingthe son of a survivor,he would have quali-fied for free PSA test-ing. The outcome forPaul could have beendifferent. Its also asad fact that it oftentakes a tragedy likethis to motivate a pol-itician to take action.

Before PSA test-ing, 80% of diagno-ses involved cancerthat had spread be-yond the prostate.Now, the numbersare reversed and 20%of those diagnosedhave cancer that hasspread. If that is notan endorsement forPSA screening, Idont know what is.Eric Huffey,Port Coquitlam

Province has to come up with answers for fundingThe Editor,

Re. Pay up, Bond tells TransLink mayors (TheTri-City News, Oct. 15).

Kudos to Metro Vancouver mayors for objectingto property tax hikes for the Evergreen Line andshame on Transportation Minister Shirley Bond forfailing to realize this line is not cost effective.

There are about 214,000 people in the Tri-Citiesand with transit use at 15%, the maximum aver-age ridership will be about 32,000 per day. With a$1.4-billion price tag, that means the EvergreenLine will cost about $44,000 per rider. I am suremany new cars cost that or less. Transit is supposeto be cheaper than a car, not equal or more.

I am doubtful ridership will increase with thelines completion. The Evergreen Line is useless tothe southernmost part of Coquitlam and will haveto compete with Highway 1 expansion when itscomplete. The Millennium Line gets riders fromareas besides Coquitlam and still averages 60,000riders daily. This is far below the 100,000 markneeded to be cost effective and, after nine years, notelling when it will reach it.

What officials should be doing is developingcheaper alternatives to the Evergreen Line.Vincent Lizee, Coquitlam

WHAT ABOUT ICBC MONEY?The Editor,

In the last months there havebeen numerous conversations aboutTransLink funding for the EvergreenLine and other transportation projects,with numerous suggestions for fund-ing. Property taxes, road and vehicle levies, car-

bon tax, etc. all come to mind but there has been nomention of the $780 million the province will takefrom ICBC over three years.

Drivers have and will continue to pay for anyimprovements through auto insurance. Why thepoliticians and media are not raising this as a fund-ing source is very puzzling to me. The 2% decrease

in premiums recently announced byICBC should have been closer to 10%but would eliminate the private carri-ers from being competitive, a situationthe provincial government would notallow.

Elected politicians from all levels,where are you?

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tor on the project, has finished work on the structural piles that form part of the foun-dation for the new bridge, and is almost fin-ished installing the in-stream water intake system for Noons Creek Hatchery.

Remaining work includes completing the concrete abutments on either side of Noons Creek to support pre-cast beams, which will span the entire creek to create a more open waterway. Once the beams are in place, fin-ishing work will begin, installing sidewalks and railings, paving the bridge decks.

Have your say on PoCo PlanThe city of Port Coquitlam is invit-

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The decorative stones on the side-walks around Coquitlam city hall and the aquatic centre need about $100,000 worth of repairs, city council heard this week.

The paving stones or unit pavers have been a source of contention with city engineers who, on Monday, asked city council to ban their use on any city-owned road.

The issue came to a head recently after several developers, including the Beedie Group, which has plans to con-struct a Granville Island-type area on the former Fraser Mills site that it owns, expressed interest in using pav-ing stones for their projects.

Bill Susak, Coquitlams general manager of engineering and public works, told council there are a num-ber of challenges with paving stones like tripping hazards and increased maintenance and capital replacement costs.

Many councillors, however, said they didnt want to prohibit paving stones in the city as they add aesthetic

appeal. Instead, council directed staff to come up with better standards on their usage.

Coun. Linda Reimer said she recently toured some areas of Coquitlam, including Westwood Plateau, where paving stones are in place and, if done correctly, they can improve a neighbourhood, she said.

But Coun. Brent Asmundson, who chairs the citys engineering commit-tee, cautioned council about their ris-ing maintenance costs and pointed to the number of signs around city hall and City Centre Aquatic Centre to warn pedestrians and cyclists of the risks. The disabled are also against municipalities using the stones as they are difficult to navigate, he said.

Most municipalities do not allow the use of paving stones largely due to the high maintenance costs; fur-thermore, a number are planning to disallow their use and recommends avoiding them, Susak wrote in his report to council last month.

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The event has already brought in more than $12,000, with more left to be counted, said orga-nizing chair Dee Parry.

And the inaugural Dancing with our Stars proved so popular that she already has an organizing committee, judges, emcees and sev-eral interested dancers signed up to take part in next years event.

It took us out of our comfort zone, we made lots of new friends and had so much fun, said Parry, an advertising sales representative with The Tri-City News.

Parry became a visiting volunteer at Crossroads almost two years ago after her mother spent time at a hospice in Winnipeg and was inspired to create Dancing with our Stars to add to Crossroads fundraising efforts.

None of it would have been possible with-out help from the Arthur Murray dance school, which contributed countless hours of professional instruction for participants Polly Krier, May Day task force chair Bev Moulds, Port Coquitlam Coun. Glenn Pollock, Coquitlam Coun. Brent Asmundson, JR FMs

Karen Daniels, insurance business owner Greg Garrison, Global TV host Steve Darling, PoCos volunteer of the year Rene Chadwick, Canadian Tires Ingmar Wilkens and Parry. The dancers with whom they were partnered are: Christy Consell, Johnny Lam, Barbara Lynn Copp, Brooke Foster and Darek Stiller.

A panel of three judges included ballroom dancer Chris Gallivan, dance school owner Cori Caulfield and PoCo Coun. Mike Forrest awarded Bev Moulds the best technical prize for her swing routine while Parry took home the best overall prize for her Texas two-step. Both danced with Lam.

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K i d s l o o k i n g fo rHalloween costumesshould be encouragedto steer away from thosethat glamourize the gang-ster life, says childrensadvocate Diane Sowden.

The executive direc-tor of the Children ofthe Street Society saysparents may unwittinglycontribute to the popu-larization of anti-socialbehaviour that glamour-izes the sex trade andcriminal behaviour asso-ciated with gangs.

In a press release,Sowden cautioned par-ents against costumesthat sexualize youth orglamourize gang lifewhile ignoring the harshrealities of these life-styles.

Dressing as a pimpor ho glamourizes thesexual exploitation ofchildren and youth,which is a form of abuseand modern day slavery,the press release states.In reality, the sexualexploitation of childrenand youth leads to mul-tiple, long-term disad-vantages to the victim,including homelessness,mental illness, drug and/or alcohol addictions,sexually transmitted in-fections, HIV and AIDs,drug-affected babies,post traumatic stresssyndrome from physicalemotional and sexualabuse, moral stigma andbarriers to future em-ployment.

Instead, chi ldrenshould choose costumesthat represent theirown individuality andcreativity, suggests theChildren of the [email protected]

Meeting is tonight on secure careBy Sarah Payne

THE TRI-CITY NEWS

A local justice groupwill be exploring theissue of secure care in-carcerating at-risk youth at a debate next week.

Under the Secure CareAct, authorities wouldbe able to arrest youngpeople involved in pros-titution or extreme druguse and place them in asecured facility until theycan be stabilized.

The Tri-Cities Joint

Family Court and YouthJustice Committee ishosting the event tonight(Wednesday) to gaugepublic opinion on thematter before endorsingthe efforts of the SouthFraser committee to getit back on the provincialgovernments radar.

It started with theSecure Care Act backwhen the NDP was justleaving office in 2000,said Alexander Bell, amember and formerchair of the Tri-Cities

Youth Justice Committee.When the [BC] Liberalscame in, they said theywould review the morecontentious issues andbring it forward again butthat never happened.

Secure care legisla-tion is in place acrossthe prairie provinces andOntario, and Bell said theYouth Justice Committeewants to hear what peo-ple have to say on bothsides of the controversialissue. There are prosand cons to the idea of ar-

resting people and incar-cerating them without atrial for their own good,he said.

The public forum atDouglas Colleges DavidLam Campus will in-clude Diane Sowden ofthe Children of the StreetSociety speaking for thelegislation and JeromeBouvier of PoCoMoYouth Services speakingagainst it. Rob Gordon, di-rector of SFUs School ofCriminology, will discussthe historical background

of the Secure Care Actwhile Colin Campbell ofDouglas Colleges crimi-nology department willmoderate the discussion.A question-and-answersession will follow the de-bate.

Secure Care: Pro orCon takes place tonight(Wednesday) from 7 to 9p.m. at Douglas College(Coquitlam) in roomA1470. For more informa-tion, email [email protected].

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Rotarians bring clean water to the other side of the world

By Janis WarrenTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

A Coquitlam service group has launched a $150,000 fundraising drive to provide the most basic need to stu-dents and their families in northern Thailand: clean water.

Since 2006, the Rotary Club of Coquitlam has funded and installed re-verse osmosis systems, at a cost of $2,000 each, at three elementary schools in the Asian country.

Next month, it plans to add a fourth water pu-rification system, mean-ing about 5,000 children will be able to drink water free of bacteria during school hours.

Coquitlam Rotarian Bernie Pregler, who is leading the campaign with fellow member Dave Allen, said four years ago he visited Anuban Phayao ele-mentary school, which received the first water-treatment project to serve its 2,000 students, and was impressed with what he saw.

It was definitely not third-world quality, he said. It was first class and it was a very, very

nice job.Still, Pregler was

troubled that the stu-dents would retur n home at the end of the day to drink dirty water. It was defeating the purpose of saving lives, he said.

Pregler and Allen researched solutions and found an article in the Rotary magazine that seemed to fit their need: A Rotary club was supplying bio-sand filters for homes in the Dominican Republic.

Bio-sand filters look like water coolers and are designed to remove nearly all bacteria and parasites from water. Best of all, they are easy to run and eliminate the need to boil water.

The pair found a company in Bangkok to build and deliver the filters to the Phayao students homes all they needed was sup-port from their fellow club members. After hearing the pitch, the Coquitlam club pledged to put bio-sand filters in 1,500 homes of students and their families at a cost of $100 each.

Already, the club has raised enough money to set up 20 fil-ters in November, when Pregler and Allen will also oversee the instal-lation of the reverse osmosis system in the fourth school.

It just makes sense that they have clean water when theyre not at school, too, Pregler said.

The Rotary Club of Coquitlam is requesting donations of $100, which are tax-deductible. For more information, call 604-944-6129 or 604-942-5276.

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The reverse osmosis water purification system at Anuban Phayao elementary school in Phayao, Thailand, was setup and funded in part by Coquitlam Rotarians.


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARINGMonday, October 25, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Council Chambers - Third FloorPort Coquitlam City Hall

2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 2A8PROPOSED OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3739

Intent of the Proposed Bylaw: To provide for Council consideration of a proposal to amend the Of cial Community Plan (OCP) designation for City-owned properties at Wilson Avenue and Reeve Street. The proposal expands lands designated for park purposes in the area and provides for future residential development of City-owned property.

Location of Property Affected: - see accompanying map2517, 2523, 2535 and 2537 Wilson Avenue and a portion of road allowance of Wilson Avenue, west of Reeve Street.

PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT BYLAW NO. 3741

Intent of the Bylaw:To provide for Council consideration of a proposal to amend the Zoning Bylaw designation for City-owned properties at Wilson Avenue and Reeve Street. The proposal expands lands designated for park purposes in the area and provides for future residential development of City-owned property.

Location of Property Affected: - see accompanying map

2517, 2523, 2535 and 2537 Wilson Avenue and a portion of road allowance of Wilson Avenue, west of Reeve Street.


Intent of the Proposed Bylaw: To update and revise the Of cial Community Plan (OCP), to re ect recent amendments to the Local Government Act and provide for a number of corrections, updates and other generally minor changes.

Location of Property Affected: City of Port Coquitlam


Intent of the Bylaw:To clarify and correct the Zoning Bylaw with a number of housekeeping changes.

Location of Properties Affected: Port Coquitlam


Intent of the Bylaw:To provide for Council consideration of an application to amend the CD22 to allow for highway commercial uses on a portion of the site currently restricted to service station uses.

Location of Properties Affected: - see accompanying map2385 Ottawa Street

Inspection of Documents:A copy of the proposed Bylaws may be inspected in the Corporate Of ce, 2580 Shaughnessy Street, Port Coquitlam, BC, between the hours of 8:30 am and 4:30 pm, except Saturdays, Sundays, and any Statutory Holiday, until October 25, 2010, inclusive. For further information on the above bylaws or to view a larger map, go to www.portcoquitlam.ca/getinvolved or further information or details can be obtained from the Development Services Department at 604.927.5442.

Also available for inspection are copies of the Of cial Community Plan Bylaw, 2004, No. 3467 and Zoning Bylaw, 2008, No. 3630 (which would be amended by the proposed Bylaws) and various reports and plans referring speci cally to the purpose of the amending Bylaws.

Public Participation:At the hearing the public will be allowed to make representations to the Council respecting matters contained in the proposed Bylaws and all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed Bylaws will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaws.

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Local expert to share tips about these garden friends ata workshop this weekend

By Diane StrandbergTHE TRI-CITY NEWS

Its time to carve pumpkins, rake leavesand clean out the bee house.

The bee house?Yes, clean out the bee house, says Pasquale

Gnocato, a mason bee expert who will be giv-ing a talk Saturday on the prolific pollinatorsat the Inspiration Garden in CoquitlamsTown Centre Park.

The PoCo resident has been raising blueorchard mason bees for more than a decadeand is a staunch advocate for the hard-work-ing, non-stinging creatures who pollinateflowers, crops and fruit trees.

They are worth their weight in gold,Gnocato says of the mason bees, named fortheir habit of making compartments of mudin their nests, which are typically hollowreeds or holes made by boring insects.

In the urban environment, mason beeswill lay their eggs in an artificial nest andGnocato has become skilled in making beehouses by boring holes in cedar planks andplugging them with silicone. Most of hishouses are simplestacks of theseplanks in theshape of a housebut sometime hegoes all out.

T h e m a s o nb e e h o u s e i nthe InspirationGarden is onesuch example ofGnocatos creativ-ity. He and his sonRob designed andbuilt the house astheir contribution to the organic teachinggarden.

You might have seen this building high upon a post in the centre of the garden. It lookslike the Roman Pantheon and has the wordsFrom the egg to the apple in Latin burnedinto the wood. The Gnocatos used a combina-tion of cedar and spruce to give the appear-ance of columns and shadows. There are 350holes in the bee condo and all of them willbe cleaned out during Gnocatos demonstra-tion on Saturday.

He hopes to find 750 dormant bees in papertubes that were placed in the holes for clean-liness and easy retrieval.

Gnocato says its important to remove thebees, which are asleep in their tiny casings,and rinse them under water to remove theparasites. They can kill an entire popula-tion of mason bees if youre not careful, heexplained.

The parasites are a problem because theyeat the food, a mixture of pollen and nectar,the female bees leave behind after layingtheir eggs during their short four- to six-week life span.

Gnocato is worried he wont find verymany bees when he removes the tubes be-cause the cool, wet spring kept them fromtheir usual pollen-gathering and egg-layingactivities.

If it rains, they stay inside, Gnocatosaid.

Mason bees are interesting because theyare independent, unlike honey bees. Thereis no queen; rather, the female bees lay theirown eggs and because they dont have an en-tire hive to protect, are less aggressive whenapproached. That means they rarely sting,making them good pets for the garden.

Gnocato was introduced to mason bees

at a time in his life when he was lookingfor a hobby. He had just retired from hisjob with a steel manufacturing companywhen he read an article in The Tri-CityNews about a bee researcher who was giv-ing away her equipment after completingher studies.

I jumped at the idea, says Gnocato, wholooked after his fathers honey bees as a teen-ager growing up in Treviso, Italy.

He started with six cocoons but ended upwith only one active female, the rest beingmale or non-productive, and he made a homefor the bees in his tidy back yard. I read allthat was available, Gnocato says, and after

trial and error succeeded in growing hisbee community until they numbered in thethousands.

Last year, for example, Gnocato produced9,000 bees in houses throughout his neigh-bourhood in the yards of friends and neigh-bours. Im a handyman, I can build any-thing, he said, explaining how he got intothe business of making bee houses, most ofwhich he has given away.

But sometimes it takes a little work toconvince people to look after mason bees.Bees of any kind have a bad rap for stingingand when people find out they dont producehoney, they lose interest.

Gnocato says people should support thehard-working bees because they are criticalto food production. In fact, they are moreproductive than honeybees, pollinating1,600 flowers in one day compared to 30 for ahoney bee.

Id like to see a bee house in everyblock so the bees would always bearound, he said as he carefully cleanedand stored his dormant bees in a plasticcontainer, which hell keep in a gardenshed for the winter.

This, he says, pointing to his growingcollection of bees, is just a start.

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Pasquale Gnocato with a couple of bee houses he constructed for mason bees to deposit their young. Since working with mason bees as a hobby in the early1990s, Gnocato has produced thousands of the beneficial bees into his Port Coquitlam neighbourhood where they pollinate plants and flowers.

JENNIFER GAUTHIER/THE TRI-CITY NEWS

This is the time of year when mason bees aredormant within their cocoons so its easy to cleanout their home-made nests, such as the beecondo Pasquale and his son made and erected inCoquitlams Inspiration Garden (Photo left).

Hes abuzz about mason bees

Lives of masonbees explored

Pasquale Gnocato will share infor-mation about blue orchard mason bees what they are, how to care for them and how to attract and keep themin your home garden. Learn about theimportance of washing their cocoonsto keep your mason bees happy andproductive. Find out what kind of nestthey prefer and how to maximize itseffectiveness and what you need to dobefore next spring. His workshop is atthe Inspiration Garden in Coquitlamthis Saturday, Oct. 23 from 10 a.m. to 11a.m. Cost: $5.

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Id like to see a bee house inevery block sothe bees would always be around.Pasquale Gnocato


The most beautifulthing we can experienceis the mysterious. It isthe source of all true artand science.

Albert Einstein

As Halloweendraws near, itoften promptsone to ponder the ex-istence of ghosts. Thisage-old question hasbeen a controversialand hotly debatedtopic for centuries. Forthose interested in theparanormal, there aremany books available toborrow from your locallibrary to help you ex-plore the possibility ofthe existence of a spiritworld.

I have read severalbooks by psychic me-dium John Edward,including One LastTime. In it, he tells fas-cinating stories abouthis life communicat-ing with people whohave passed over.The messages that hebrings from spirits totheir loved ones bringcomfort to those whoare left behind. It isharder to dismiss theidea that spirits mayexist after reading oneof Edwards books. Hisstories are touching andhe writes in a mannerthat conveys his senseof humour and awe onthe subject of the spiritworld.

Psychic/author

Allison Dubois in-spired the TV showMedium, and her booksare readable and in-teresting. Dubois hasapparently been receiv-ing messages from thedead since the age ofsix and has writtenthree books about herexperiences as a me-dium. In her third book,Secrets of the Monarch,Allison touches on herinvolvement in criminalinvestigations. She hasdonated her time tomissing persons, mur-ders and other criminalcases for policing agen-cies across the U.S.

Ghost: Investigatingthe Other Sidechronicles KatherineRamslands journeyto becoming a ghosthunter. The desire tosee a ghost has followedKatherine since child-hood and in this book,the reader follows heron her quest to achievethat goal.

Many readers willremember the 1980s hitfilm Ghostbusters star-ring Dan Aykroyd. Hisfamilys interest in thesupernatural inspiredhim to write the screen-play with co-star HaroldRamis. His father PeterAykroyd has written AHistory of Ghosts: TheTrue Story of Seances,Mediums, Ghosts andGhostbusters. This book

explores the develop-ment of spiritualismand the paranormal inAmerican culture.

Have you visited theIrving House museumin New Westminsteror the Burnaby ArtGallery? These buildingsare reportedly haunted.In Ghosts: True Talesof Eerie Encounters,author Robert C. Belykdescribes the historyof the locations andparanormal experiencesof reporters, curatorsand art gallery staff. Healso identifies and de-scribes haunted parks,hotels and restaurantsin British Columbia.There is even a hauntednightclub.

British Columbia isnot the only hauntedprovince. Journeysinto the Unknown:Mysterious CanadianEncounters with theParanormal is an in-teresting collection ofghost stories and para-normal occurrencesthat happened in andaround Toronto. Thisbook is written by para-normal investigatorRichard Palmisano.Author and storytellerDale Jarvis writesabout east coast haunt-ings in Haunted Shores:True Ghost Storiesof Newfoundlandand Labrador. Jarvisalso leads haunted

hikes in the summermonths in St. JohnsNewfoundland.

If you are interestedin reading about avariety of psychictechniques and para-normal phenomena, agood one to start withis Unseen World: TheScience, Theories andPhenomena BehindParanormal Events.It is a reference guidethat examines such top-ics such as auras, djvu, telepathy and theworlds most hauntedplaces. B.C.s ownOgopogo is mentionedin the chapter on terres-trial and aquatic mon-sters. I was interestedto read that in 1926, theprovincial governmentequipped a lake ferrywith monster-repellingdevices.

I am fascinated by theparanormal and I enjoyreading about peoplescreepy experiences withghosts and the ques-tion of their existence.It is even more fun toread ghost stories nearHalloween, so visit yourlocal library soon andhave fun reading somechilling ghost stories.

A Good Read is a col-umn by Tri-City librar-

ians that is publishedevery Wednesday. Lori

Nick is a library techni-cian at Port Coquitlams

Terry Fox Library.

Ooh, some scary readingA GOOD READLori Nick

Explore mysteriesjust in time forHalloween

Two books to consider in advance of Halloween.


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