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The priority of the Board and PB staff at present is COVID 19 measures, and following the directives of the City and our health officers.  We want to do our best to ensure the health and safety of our patrons, volunteers, PB staff and Board members and the public.

In light of recent developments regarding COVID-19, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel the Salmonberry Days Fair this year.

We will also be postponing the Patron Appreciation event we have been planning.

We thank you for your understanding.

The Dunbar squash courts are going to be closed March 18-Apr 3. The court walls will be washed, painted and the floors refinished. Bookings will resume April 4.  Thank you for your understanding!

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Date and time: March 17, 2020 at 7:30pm at the DCC

Earthquake Hazards and Risk on Canada’s West Coast
Geologists and geophysicists working along the West Coast of North America from Northern California to Southwest British Columbia have demonstrated that giant (magnitude-9) earthquakes occur along the Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate moves down beneath the edge of North America. The most recent of these earthquakes happened in January 1700. Satellite GPS data extending back to the mid-1990s shows a pattern of surface deformation consistent with locking of the megathrust fault separating the Juan de Fuca and North America plates in the build-up to the next giant earthquake.

Although the next of these earthquakes will damage all cities along the length of the subduction zone, the possible damage from far more frequent, magnitude 6 and 7 crustal earthquakes is greater than that of much larger plate-boundary events.

Prof. John Clague recently gave a sold out lecture at the TRIUMF Research Centre at UBC and has kindly agreed to deliver his talk again to our DEEP constituency.

Bio
Dr. John Clague is Emeritus Professor at Simon Fraser University. He was educated at Occidental College (BA), the University of California Berkeley (MA), and the University of British Columbia (PhD). Dr. Clague worked as a Research Scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada from 1975 until 1998. In 1998 he accepted a faculty position in Department of Earth Sciences at Simon Fraser University, where he worked until 2016. Dr. Clague is a geologist with research specializations in glacial geology, geomorphology, natural hazards, and climate change.

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The following classes are cancelled for tomorrow, Thurs. Jan. 16:

UBC Changing Aging Plus 9am
Cycle Xpress 9:15am
Little Cooks 9:15am
Flow Yoga 9:30am
Strength Works 10:15am
Mixed Media 10:45am
Hatha Yoga 11:30am
Osteofit for Life 11:30am
Fun with Water Colour All Levels 12:15pm
Osteofit 1 12:30pm
Joint Works 1:30pm
Steady Feet 2:30pm
English Corner 3:30pm
Pilates – Mixed Level 6:30pm
Belly Dance 7:30pm
Pilates – Level 2 8:30am
Pilates – Level 1 9:30am
Pilates – Introductory 10:30am
Mahjong 1pm

Thank you for your understanding and take care in this weather.