There are 44 days left until the civic election and, today, Tri-City candidates seeking municipal and board of education seats were finally able to file their papers.
As of Tuesday morning, the only candidate to have submitted documents was Dennis Marsden, who is running for one of eight seats on Coquitlam city council.
The nomination period is open until Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. Documents are available for pick-up at the three city halls and two village offices.
GET SCHOOLED
The Tri-Cities' Chamber of Commerce is hosting a "candidates school" for city council candidates in the upcoming civic elections.
The forum is also aimed at giving local business an opportunity to present their business issues and concerns to potential councillors.
The chamber is accepting applications from local business representatives who want to attend the event, which runs on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon.
More information is available at tricitieschamber.com under Upcoming Events.
FEMALES ONLY
A mix-and-mingle event will be held this month at Coquitlam Public Library for women and teenage girls who want to be part of the municipal election.
Organized by the Canadian Women Voters Congress, the free event will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the City Centre branch (1169 Pinetree Way) to encourage female volunteers to get involved in local politics.
Refreshments will be served. Registration is requested through tricity-mixandmingle.eventbrite.ca. Email Marie de la Ronde at [email protected] for details.
HEAR THEM SPEAK
Listen to the mayoral and council contenders talk about their visions at all-candidates' meetings next month.
In Coquitlam, Burquitlam Community Association is hosting two gatherings at Sir Frederick Banting middle school: one for Coquitlam mayor and council candidates on Nov. 4, the other for school trustee contenders on Nov. 10.
As well, Westwood Plateau Community Association has scheduled its its mayoral and council candidates debate at Summit middle school on Nov. 5.
Moody Centre Community Association is also having a meeting on Nov. 5 at the Kyle Centre for Port Moody candidates, at 7 p.m.
And the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce will invite the candidates to speak at four all-candidates meetings:
Nov. 3, Port Moody mayor and council candidates, Inlet Theatre;
Nov. 4, PoCo mayor and council candidates, PoCo Inn and Suites;
Nov. 5, school trustee candidates from all three cities and the villages, Terry Fox Theatre, PoCo;
Nov. 6, Coquitlam mayor and council candidates, Evergreen Cultural Centre.
LAUNCH PARTY
Protect Coquitlam - a slate of Coquitlam council candidates who are endorsed by New Westminster-Coquitlam NDP MP Fin Donnelly and Coquitlam-Maillardville NDP MLA Selina Robinson - kicked off its campaign last Friday.
Donnelly, a former Coquitlam councillor who left mid-term to run federally, spoke at the informal gathering at the Centennial Pavilion, which was attended by about 150 supporters including Port Moody mayoralty candidate Gaetan Royer and PoMo Coun. Rick Glumac.
Protect Coquitlam is made up of Coquitlam council incumbents Neal Nicholson, Chris Wilson and Bonita Zarrillo as well as Shobha Nair and Jack Trumley.
Get up-to-date information on the mayoral, council and school board elections in the Tri-Cities by following the following Twitter hashtags: #CQVotes14 for Coquitlam; #PoCoVotes14 for Port Coquitlam; and #PoMoVotes14 for Port Moody.
