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A recent influx of over 200 spam accounts has led me to update the process for registering on the Copperstone Community forum. I’ve added spam checks on registration and require new accounts to email admin@copperstonecommunity.org to get approved for posting and reading the forum.

The full process, which you can also see after registering on the forum, is below:

NOTE: It may take several hours from when you register an account to when you get the email with details. This is controlled by the server host, not me. You may also have to wait several hours if you update/change your password.

If you have registered and set your account password, you will only be able to see this category and forum. Once your account has been approved, you will be added to a group that will allow you to post in all threads and start new topics.

To have your account approved, you must send an email–using the same email address you registered with–to admin@copperstonecommunity.org and state the following:

- Subject line of email: Account approval request
- Your account name for this forum
- Your actual/real name
- Your unit or strata lot number
- If you are an owner or tenant (renter)

Once your account has been approved, you can view all forums, create new topics and reply to posts.

I understand that you may be reluctant to give this information to an unfamiliar site. I can promise that your information will not be shared with anyone and is only to help identify you as a legitimate user on this forum. It will never be sold to third parties or used for any other purpose except to identify you for this forum.

If you do not send the above information, your account will remain as Guest. Guest accounts will occasionally be purged, as many of them are spam accounts.

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion now expected in January 2026)
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 14C, rain

Work done today:

• Three new drains cored/drilled in the area between the 244 and 248 buildings:
  • The first drain is near the edge of the parking lot
  • The second drain is about midway to the steel staircase, just off of where the pathway normally is
  • The third is adjacent to the steel staircase, closer to the 248 building
• Workers onsite: Observed two, possibly more

The three drains:

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion now expected in January 2026)
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 20C, sunny

The third biweekly status meeting took place. Attending were:

• Prostar
• Strata Engineering
• Sub contractor reps
• Copperstone Council, represented by the Vice President
• Quay Pacific strata property manager

Prostar indicated all membrane should be removed by the end of this week.

Work done today:

• Membrane removed from the area between 244 and 248 buildings.
• Excavation done at edge of visitor parking adjacent to the above area. This also acts as a preview of the work that will be required for Phase 2.
• Workers onsite: Between 3-5

Your current council VP has cleaned the Copperstone sign and cleaned and painted the signpost at the entrance to the complex. Here are some before and after shots.

Copperstone sign at Sherbrooke Street:

Before:

After:

(The moss will be treated soon, as well.)

Copperstone realtor sign before:

After:

This problem seems to have begun when the garbage contractor pushed the left dumpster back into the garbage room with the lids down. The ceiling of the garbage room is too low to allow the lids to be completely folded back, as should have been (and is normally) done.

The lids were propped open with rods, but this only gives limited clearance. This led to several issues:

• Someone apparently failed to get their garbage into the dumpster, spilling its contents, including a large amount of packing peanuts, onto the floor. Whoever did this simply left the mess.
• With the left dumpster difficult to use, people kept throwing garbage into the right dumpster until it was overflowing.

I used a combo of dustbin, picker, broom and work gloves to:

• Sweep up and dispose of all the garbage on the floor.
• Redistribute a lot of garbage from the right dumpster to the left one, until the right one was full, but not overflowing. I will monitor the right dumpster, as I suspect people will overfill it again.

I am not on council, but in my opinion, the following needs to happen:

• The garbage contractor needs to be notified that a dumpster was brought in with the lids down, and this must not happen (it’s possible this was done by someone new or unfamiliar with our garbage room).
• Owners and tenants need to be reminded to not overfill dumpsters.

So, how was your Sunday? 😛