It is not uncommon to visit some of Canada’s oldest cities and find that the anchor business is new to town. Well that is not the case in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, where Chris Galer, the fourth generation of his family to operate one of the town’s oldest incorporated businesses, sat down to chat with Spotlight on Business Magazine in early June of last year. It was very clear in our conversation that Chris and his family are very proud of their slice of Canadiana. Chris and his cousin Jeff run POCO Building Supplies, a fixture of the Tri-Cities of Metro Vancouver since 1921 – or even longer, depending on how you look at it, Chris explained.
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