PUCK DROP
The Coquitlam Express and Surrey Eagles players honoured active duty soldiers and veterans at their Remembrance Day game last Saturday night at the Poirier rink. The Coquitlam team plays Wenatchee on Friday at 7 p.m.
SNACK PROGRAM
The fourth annual Masquerade Charity Gala, hosted by the Coquitlam Firefighters Charitable Society last month, collected more than $65,000 for a nutritional breakfast and snack program.
QUILTS FOR YOUTH
Sew What Senior Quilters celebrated after receiving a grant from Vancity in Port Coquitlam. The money will be used to continue to make quilts for underprivileged babies, children and teens.
PURPLE PURSES
Sally Hurst of Port Coquitlam Royal Purple Lodge #10 gave the last of the Handbags of Hope to Carol Metz Murray of Tri-Cities Transitions. The group collected 80 purses, stuffed with toiletries, for women fleeing abusive homes.
OTTAWA WREATH
Stephano Pandolfo, a Grade 12 student at Coquitlam’s Dr. Charles Best secondary, was part of a youth contingent last Saturday to lay a wreath on Parliament Hill during the annual Remembrance Day service in Ottawa. In March, Pandolfo and other Best students laid a wreath during a visit to the Canadian war cemetery in Normandy, France.
FRENCH-SOUTH ASIAN
About 60 seniors from Coquitlam’s Club Bel Age and the South Asian Cultural Group joined forces last month at the Place Maillardville community centre to mix French-Canadian and South Asian entertainment.
BEST PARK IN CANADA
Coquitlam Town Centre Park was named this week as the best public space in the country. The Canadian Institute of Planners chose World Town Planning Day on Nov. 8 to announce the 103-acre park had won the title as part of its annual Great Places in Canada contest. “From its beginnings as a former gravel pit, this area has reinvented itself to become a focal point for the community and a close walk from downtown,” the jury wrote in their statement. “The jury recognized the many strengths of the park, including its everyday use, community focus, continued evolution, accessibility for multi-generational activities, and the significant role it already plays as the spirit and pride for the city of Coquitlam.”
RCMP RECOGNITION
Coquitlam Mountie Robert Sierakowski, of the traffic enforcement section, was honoured by the BC Chapter of the IODE with a police community relations award. The 36-year member is known for his volunteer work especially with the Kwikwetlem First Nation, a band for which Sierakowski had trained to use emergency devices. He has also volunteered with the Knights of Columbus in Port Coquitlam and St. John Ambulance.
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