Douglas College professor discovering
lost streams of New Westminster

» Working with students and the community

Lauren Kelly
News Editor
© news@theotherpress.ca

Ms McPhee, a member

of the Geography
department at Douglas College,
is currently working with
geography students to piece
together information on the
long-covered waterways that

hillside.

New Westminster was
originally settled in 1859 when
the Royal Engineers chose
it to be the capital of British
Columbia. The completion of
the Canadian Pacific Railway
in 1885 resulted in quick
development of the city, and
the landscape was covered by
buildings and roads, with no
waterways in sight. Inspired
by his previous work mapping
the Coquitlam Watershed, and
by the lost streams discovery
projects of other cities, McPhee
wanted to use this absence of
knowledge as an opportunity
to engage his students in
geography fieldwork and

enhance their coursework.

McPhee approached the

: City of New Westminster to

: collaborate on the project, and

: their response was very positive.
: “We've formed a partnership

: between Douglas and the city.

: So they’re providing some
support to us as well.

“We're just in our first

: stage of doing more historical
existed on the New Westminster : research: digging out old maps,
: going to the archives, seeing

: what might be available and

: seeing if any of these maps

: show where the streams were.

: Eventually what we would like

: to be able to do is map these

: [...] and then possibly have a

: community engagement part

: of the project [...] maybe doing
: some public art, painting

: where they were on the land,

: signs, guided walks. The idea

: is to connect people to what

: the natural landscape of New

: Westminster was at one time.”

Some of the sources for the

project include maps from the
: Douglas College library and

: from the New Westminster

: archives, photographic history
: books that show remnants

: of potential waterways, and

: contributions from the city’s

> citizens.

New Westminster contacting
: me. One person contacted me
: this week saying that she has
: amap that shows old streams. :
: ve probably been contacted by :

et

= a

“I’ve had people who live in

: four or five people saying that
: they'd heard of a stream on their :
: property or they found water
: on their property. We have to
: doa little bit of sleuthing now
: to figure out where these things :

: please contact Mike McPhee at

: might be. There are many facets : mepheem@douglascollege.ca

to the project, so as we get into it :

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: we'll see where it takes us and

what might come out of it.”
If you have any information

: about New Westminster and
: its streams that may be helpful,

 

Targeted shooting in Coquitlam Centre parking lot

» Shooter still at large

Lauren Kelly
News Editor
© news@theotherpress.ca

Contam RCMP have still
not located the gunman

who shot a man near Coquitlam
Centre on May 22. The crime
took place just after 3 p.m. in the
mall’s parking lot, where a Heart
and Stroke fundraiser was taking
place. Witnesses at the event
heard six gunshots, one of which
hit the victim in the shoulder.
Eleven bullet holes were counted
on an SUV, including one that
popped a tire and many in the
side of the vehicle.

The victim and a female
passenger were in the black
SUV when they were shot at by
someone in a vehicle described
by the victim as a grey or white
BMW. RCMP spokesperson Cpl.
Jamie Chung confirmed that the
attack was targeted and that the
victim is known to them.

After the shooting, event
coordinator Shelley Lycan told
the Tri-City News that the SUV
approached her at the Heart and
Stroke event tents. The female
passenger, who was grazed by a
bullet, got out of the vehicle and

: asked if Lycan had a Band-Aid.

Bystanders managed to talk

: the victim out of his vehicle and
: onto the curb. A nurse attending
: the Heart and Stroke event used
: a first-aid kit on the victim and

: wrapped a blanket around his

: arm to slow the bleeding while

: they waited for an ambulance.

Two areas of the mall and

nearby streets were closed off for
: hours following the attack while
; the RCMP questioned witnesses.

The victim has since been

: released from hospital with non-
: life threatening injuries, but

: he has not talked to the police

: about the crime and the police

: are still seeking witnesses.

Although shootings are not

: as common in Coquitlam as

: some of its neighbouring cities,
>on May 6 a man was shot with

: a pellet gun during a robbery

: at Pipeline Road and Lincoln

: Avenue, just a few blocks east

: of the Coquitlam Centre attack.
: These events are unrelated, but
: the attack was also targeted.

If you have any information

: about the Coquitlam Centre

: shooting, please contact Crime
: Stoppers or the Coquitlam

: RCMP.

      
   

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