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Property values hit new highs Ten residential properties hit the $3M mark in 2022 Theresa McManus
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A record number of residential properties in New West have all topped the $3-million assessment mark. BC Assessment is in the midst of sending 2023 assessment notices out to owners of more than 1,089,000 properties throughout the Lower Mainland. At $3,353,000, a property at 1238 Ewen Ave. in Queensborough is the top assessed residential property in New Westminster. It’s followed by two homes in Glenbrooke North that are assessed at more than $3 million: 310 Princess St. ($3,290,000) and 223 Durham St. ($3,227,000). (See page 3 for the top 10.) This year’s assessments mark the first time that more than one New West residential property has topped the $3-million mark, but they don’t come close to the top assessed single Continued on page 3
GIVING BACK: Former NHLer Kyle Turris is now helping out at practices with his old Junior A team, the Coquitlam Express.
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Kyle Turris returns to home ice Mario Bartel
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Pulling pucks from the net and tapping shin pads of junior hockey players might be a step down for a 13-season NHLer. But for Kyle Turris, it’s a chance to stay connected to the sport and pass on some
of the things he’s learned since he was one of them. Turris is back on the ice with his BC Hockey League (BCHL) alma mater — the Coquitlam Express — as a “helper” after a pro career that took him to Phoenix, Ottawa, Nashville and Edmonton, with minor diversions to San
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Antonio and Sweden along the way. On Jan. 6,Turris’s old No. 19 Express jersey will be retired in honour of the team’s most celebrated alumnus, who led it to a national championship in 2006 when it was temporarily displaced to Burnaby. The following season, he
scored 121 points and was named the top junior ‘A’ player in Canada before being selected third overall in the 2007 NHL draft. Turris, who’s originally from New Westminster, has returned to Metro Vancouver to raise his young family and Continued on page 5
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