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Spotlight: Prime Minister beams in for youth chat

Recent accomplishments by residents, businesses and groups in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody.
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PRIME TIME

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke this week with members of the Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam constituency youth council via Skype about issues ranging from unions to gender equality. The meeting was at MP Ron McKinnon’s office.

 
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SPORTS ANGLE

Tri-City News photojournalist Mario Bartel was at Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club this week to share tips on what makes a compelling sports story, as part of Coquitlam’s Communities in Bloom series. (PHOTO BY TERI TOWNER)

 

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POPPING GOOD

Roland Mitchell, left, vice chair of the Crossroads Hospice Society board, and executive director Tereza McDermid thanked Michael Tretalance, manager of Rona Austin, for the store’s donation that came in via popcorn sales.

 

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ERH # CRUNCH

Tri-City and Ridge-Meadows members of the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. were at Eagle Ridge Hospital last week to talk about the Port Moody hospital’s expansion plans and raise funds.

 

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DIRECTOR’S CHAIR

Port Moody resident Dale Kelly is directing the next production for the New Westminster theatre company Vagabond Players. Kelly is taking on Amy Herzog’s play 4000 Miles, a cross-generational show that speaks of love, loss and aging. Last season, Kelly directed Charley’s Aunt for Vagabond and played a principal role in the drama Vinci — a part that won him a CTC Best Actor award. 4000 Miles runs April 5 to 22 at the Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park. Call 604-521-0412 or visit vagabond players.ca.

VALENTINES IN VICTORIA

A total of 24 leadership students from Coquitlam’s Banting middle school made the trip to the provincial capital Feb. 14 with School District 43 teacher — and RAC founder — Harriette Chang to hear the proclamation read in the legislature for the Real Acts of Caring Week, Feb. 11 to 27. The students also got a chance to meet Premier John Horgan during their visit. Throughout the designated week, SD43 students showed their kindness by delivering treats, handing out flowers and writing notes of thanks.

FLAG DAY

More than 400 students, teachers and staff at Coquitlam’s Rochester elementary marked Flag Day on Feb. 15 by heading outside and singing the national anthem on the flag’s 53rd year.

GOALBALL AT LEIGH

Staff from BC Blind Sports dropped into Coquitlam’s Leigh elementary school last month to show the young students the basics of goalball. The ball, which doesn’t bounce and has bells inside as an aid, is a Paraolympic sport and started in 1946 for disabled World War Two veterans.

WEEDS BE GONE

The Lower Mainland Green Team was at Port Moody’s Bert Flinn Park this week to remove invasive plants. The group of volunteers is at it again on Saturday to pull weeds from the Shoreline Park trail, off Rocky Point Park, from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. To lend a hand, register at http://goo.gl/WRx6jr.


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