DEALERSHIP DONATION
Colin Case, general manager of Port Moody’s Westwood Honda, presented $2,500 to Share CEO Claire MacLean at the non-profit organization’s major annual fundraiser, Imagine, held last Saturday at Hard Rock Casino Vancouver.
GOLDEN GIRLS
Port Coquitlam Coun. Glenn Pollock and city council at its Tuesday meeting recognized the young members of the PoCo Saints Girls U12 field lacrosse team for clinching gold in the B.C. championships.
BEER FOR CHARITY
Persephone Brewing Company was among the dozens of B.C. companies represented at last weekend’s Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival, held at the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club with proceeds supporting the Ride to Conquer Cancer.
MISS BC WORLD
Coquitlam’s Natasha Smith is off to Toronto this summer to compete for the title of Miss World Canada. Smith clinched a spot in the national competition after being crowned Miss British Columbia World 2018 last week in Richmond. The 21-year-old contestant is a third-year undergraduate at Simon Fraser University, where she studies biomedical physiology. Four years ago, she was crowned Miss Teenage British Columbia 2014 and placed in the Top 20 in Miss Teenage Canada. Last year she competed in Miss Universe Canada and placed in the Top 10, mom Lili Smith said.
WOMEN’S DAY
Business women with the Austin Heights Business Improvement Association met last Thursday at the John B Pub in Coquitlam to share ideas about entrepreneurship and toast International Women’s Day, March 8.
TOP MARKS
Five teens with Port Moody’s 2827 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corp will be in the Okanagan this spring to compete in the provincial marksmanship competition. The team will travel to Vernon after scoring high at a recent zone contest in Chilliwack, with an aggregate score of 1,487 out of 1,600 points (cadets from 754 RCACS, also from Port Moody, came in second place).
PUB MILESTONE
Brent Lepinski of Coquitlam’s John B Pub joined Tri-City News sales rep Sanjay Sharma and Paul Manocha of Basic Eyewear on Wednesday for the launch of the establishment’s 40th year.
THANKS HIP FANS
A Tragically Hip tribute show last December at Coquitlam’s Evergreen Cultural Centre raised $1,332 for the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research. The money is administered through the Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation in memory of the band’s late frontman. Harry Last, lead singer for the Tri-City band, Four Pistols, this week thanked the guests for attending their Dec. 29 concert and supporting the cause.
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