JUNO NOD
Centennial graduate and former Coquitlam resident Matthew Good earned a Juno nomination this week. Good's Lights of Endangered Species will go against the Arkells' Michigan Left, Sam Roberts Band's Collider, Sloan's The Double Cross and The Sheepdogs' Learn & Burn for Rock Album of the Year. Good's acoustic tour of the United States starts today (Friday) in Seattle.
TOP MARKS
The Fraser Health Authority, which serves the Tri-Cities, was recently named one of the best employers in the province. It is the third year in a row that Mediacorp Canada Inc. has recognized the agency as a leader. The competition considers a variety of criteria like recruitment and retention as well as high employment standards and performance in several areas. Other employers that made the Top 100 list included BC Hydro, Cactus Restaurants and Simon Fraser University.
NEWS HOUNDS
Five high school students in the Tri-Cities will learn about broadcast and print journalism month after winning a competition to work in the CBC newsroom this and next month. Robin Batcelor (Dr. Charles Best); Andrew Chang (Gleneagle); Mark Lintott (Port Moody); Wei Ju "Heidi" Wang (Port Moody); and Ajax Wong (Archbishop Carney) beat out 250 candidates to intern at the Vancouver studio. The 30 finalists will spend the next few weeks researching, writing and putting together their stories for broadcast and print for CBC Radio's The Early Edition, On The Coast, BC Almanac and North by Northwest as well as CBC-TV News and cbc.ca/bc. Once finished, they will receive a $1,000 scholarship from Sylvan Learning to use towards their post-secondary education.
VANCITY CASH
A community centre in Coquitlam that offers drop-in programs to hundreds of adults and children in the community last week accepted $10,000 from Vancity. Staff at the Place Maillardville Community Centre said the money will go to a job club that teaches youth basic employment skills such as Food Safe techniques, emergency preparedness and leadership abilities.
