TRUCKIN' HOME
Three men with companies based in the Tri-Cities are on the 2014-'15 board of directors for the BC Trucking Association.
Kevin Clark with Valley West Transport (Port Coquitlam), Grant Hankins with Progressive Waste Solutions (Coquitlam) and Rick McArthur of Macal Bulk Transport (PoCo) were elected at the BCTA's conference in Kelowna this month.
ON ICE
A Port Coquitlam teen has won a spot on Students on Ice's Arctic Expedition next month.
Emmanuel Tse earned his place after winning a national contest. A total of 85 students from around the world will be on the two-week journey, which aims to show students the role the Arctic plays ecologically, culturally and politically.
AWARD NIGHT
The Coquitlam Foundation marked its 22nd year by handing out a record $127,454 in grants, scholarships and bursaries this month. Among the recipients are the Friends of the Coquitlam Library, Homes for Good Society and Societe francophone de Maillardville.
The organization presented the awards at the Evergreen Cultural Centre and also announced the formation of the Della and Cam Grant fund.
CYCLING
Students at Moody middle and Riverside secondary got a visit from the Cycling4Diversity team last month. The group, which promotes cultural diversity and inclusion, rolled into 18 schools in 15 cities over four days between May 20 and 23 as part of Cycling4Diversity Week in B.C.
BEAN COUNTERS
A total of 24 residents from the Tri-Cities have earned chartered accountant designations.
They are: Tomasz Bartold, Tess Boon, Andrew Bordignon, James Clifford, Ruann Fernando, Vishal Hiralal, Leon Hoffman, Wilson Yin Pan Hui, Yi Kang, Matthew Kwong, Donald Leung, Divya Patel, Tanya Rathie, Matthew Ward, Patrick Pak To Wong, Katherine Yeuk-Ming Yu, Yin Zhou, Ji Hoon Bae, Ivan Goundrov, Chris Harrison, Bradley Jones, ZeenatLokhandwala, Rachele Gordon and Daniel Lock.
HIP HOP
Students at Coquitlam's RC MacDonald elementary stepped it up this month by paying it forward during hip hop week.
Teacher Wendy Merks said the school donated more than 1,200 items for the Share food bank, totalling 1,054 pounds.
WORKSAFE
Two Port Moody schools captured three awards for their videos in the 2014 WorkSafeBC student safety video contest.
Port Moody secondary took the People's Choice (grade 8 to 10) award for Be Seriously, Be Safe and the Best Vine Format Entry for Are You Sure?
And Heritage Wood secondary clinched the People's Choice award (grade 11 to 12) for Memories are Forever.
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