FIRST NATIONS, CATHOLIC
The Talitha Koum Society held a blessing ceremony Monday to mark the imminent opening of its second Coquitlam recovery house for women with addictions. Fr. Garry LaBoucane (centre), a Metis Catholic priest, led the service (photo provided by Terry O'Neill)
CADET CONTEST
Warrant Officer Nestor Lin, 16, a Coquitlam resident and an army cadet with 2893 Seaforth Highlanders RCACC, was in the cadet orienteering zone competition last Saturday at Campbell Valley Park in Langley (photo by FSgt Kim Becker -746 Lightning Hawk Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron)
BIZ NETWORK
Tri-City News sales managers Shannon Mitchell (publisher) and Manny Kang represented the Port Coquitlam company at the annual Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase on Tuesday.
TREE KNIT
Trees on the Donald pathway and Wilson Avenue were “knit bombed” last weekend by members of the PoCo Heritage Trees and PoCo Arts, as part of the Secret Life of Trees exhibit at PoCo Heritage (photo by PoCo Heritage Trees)
BYE TO TRUSTEES
School District 43 superintendent Patricia Gartland (centre) joined school board staff and trustees to bid farewell this month to Diane Sowden and Judy Shirra, who are not running for re-election Saturday. Sowden, a trustee since 2005 , has been the trustee representative for the District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC), the city of Coquitlam/School District liaison committee, a member of School District No.43 (Coquitlam) Safe Schools Task Force and the Coquitlam Foundation. She is also the executive director of the non-profit group Children of the Street Society, which she founded. A former school board chair, Shirra was first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1999, 2008 and 2014. Previously, she served as PAC chair at Glen elementary school and was a member of DPAC, the Canadian Parents for French and the Block Parent Association. Meanwhile, school trustee candidates met with voters Tuesday night in the gym at Winslow Centre (photo by SD43)
A MILLION BUCKS
Last month’s gala fundraiser to benefit the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation collected $1,025,394 — more than twice its target. The 28th annual celebration, which was sponsored in part by TD Bank, NorthFind Partners and The Tri-City News, was held at the Executive Plaza Hotel in Coquitlam. The proceeds will pay for medical gear in nine of the new emergency department rooms. To donate to the cause, visit erhf.ca.
SUMMER READING
Students at Coquitlam’s Riverview Park elementary got some hardware this week for their summer reading efforts. The school received a trophy for having the largest percentage of students registered in the Coquitlam Public Library program.
GOV’T GRANT
The Coquitlam Eagle Mountain Moto Club scored $2,000 from the provincial government this week for its Eagle Mountain provincial trail planning project. The money will go for the “ongoing development and maintenance of trails on Eagle Mountain with the goal of making the trail more suitable for all users.”
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