$50K FOR PARKINSONS
Wim Vander Zalm of Art Knapp in Port Coquitlam this month gave $50,000 to Don and Marg Turner of Parkinson’s Society of Canada. The cash, raised at a group co-op gala, will be used for research.
BC BEER, ITALIAN VINO
Beer and wine drinkers made their way up to Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club last weekend for the biannual Coquitlam Craft Beer Fest and the inaugural Tri-City International Wine Fest, supporting Team Taylor on the Ride to Conquer Cancer. The two festivals — each held twice on the weekend — were sponsored in part by The Tri-City News.
INVASIVE SPECIES
Volunteers last Saturday helped the Lower Mainland Green Team and city crews in Port Moody pull English Ivy, an invasive plant, from Shoreline Park. Students from Pinetree secondary in Coquitlam also joined the removal party.
WINDSHIELD REPAIRS
Adam Hill, a windshield technician at Speedy Glass in Coquitlam, will advance to the next round of competition after being named the best repairer and installer in B.C., following last week’s contest.
TOP TRANSLATOR
A former Coquitlam resident won this year’s Governor General Literary Award for translation. Oana Avasilichioaei, who is also a poet and multimedia performer, took the prize for her book Readopolis — a translation of Lectodôme by Bernard Laverdure and published by Le Quartanier. It is her first Governor General’s literary accolade, of which the jury wrote: “In Readopolis, Oana Avasilichioaei has risen to and matched the stylistic acrobatics of Bertrand Laverdure’s Lectodôme. The many voices of Quebecois writing sing through in this intelligent translation — a vertiginous ode to the pure, if rarely rewarded, pursuit of literature.” Avasilichioaei is now based in Montreal. She will receive her award from Gov.-Gen. Julie Payette on Nov. 29 at Rideau Hall.
MARKETING AWARDS
Coquitlam’s REX Marketing + Design scored two international business awards this month. The agency on Glen Drive took the platinum and silver prizes — in the category of B2B Integrated Campaign — at the 2017 Summit Marketing Effectiveness Awards, in which REX entered two campaigns developed for client DermaSpark Products Inc. “As a small business in Coquitlam, we are thrilled to represent the community and to be internationally recognized for our achievements,” REX founder Allison Bran said in a news release.
ALBERTA TO DOUGLAS
Douglas College, which has a campus in Coquitlam, has a new employee from the University of Alberta. Trish Rosseel is now the institute’s director of learning resources and records management. Rosseel, who has a B.A. from Queen’s University and a master’s degree in library science from Syracuse University, has also worked at SFU and UBC. “The appointment of Trish Rosseel supports the continued legacy of collaborative work within Learning Resources, and across Douglas College. Trish’s multifaceted experience and focus on student experience is a terrific fit,” said Sarah Dench, the college’s associate vice president of academic and student affairs, in a news release.
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