INSIDE: Roadrunners and Hawks advance T U E S D A Y November 19, 2014
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Norrish bill nearly half a million
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Province to pay one-third of $450K clean-up tab
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according to a city staff report. The Oct. 2 slide along Forest Service Road destroyed the adjacent pipeline for the Norrish Creek water system that provides 80 per cent of the water to the two communities. Abbotsford is undertaking all the repairs but will be reimbursed from the province for
he repair bill after Abbotsford and Mission’s main water supply was knocked out by a mudslide last month is expected to be around $450,000. However, the province is expected to pick up approximately $150,000 of the total tab,
fixing the road and clearing debris. Abbotsford will have to cover the $300,000 to repair the Norrish water system by using its water reserve funds. Residential water use was largely unaffected while Norrish Creek was offline. In the short term, the city is able to draw
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enough water from its wells system and Cannell Lake to meet demand during the rainy season when water use is lowest. The city’s wells system supplied the bulk of the water to Abbotsford. see WATER, page A4
Abby Senior peppered again No suspects yet in copycat bear spray incident ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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Tessa Webber, left, Lilly Webber and Allaira Loewen giggle as they receive candy canes from Santa Claus at Glenda’s Christmas Cottage event on Saturday. The local Christmas store was busy all afternoon, as locals begin getting into the spirit of the season.
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chool officials and police are looking for another culprit after pepper spray was deployed for the second time in a week at Abbotsford Senior Secondary. Abbotsford police and firefighters were called to the high school just before noon Thursday after staff were informed of the smell of pepper spray in a stairwell and public area on the first floor, said Dave Stephen, school district communications manager. The school went into a “soft lockdown” and students were kept in classrooms, which weren’t affected by the spray, until the emergency ventilation system got rid of the smell, said Stephen. Staff also took steps to check on the students that have respiratory issues or were adversely affected during the last pepper spray attack, he said. No students were affected or needed treatment for effects from the noxious substance. A suspect has not been identified in the latest incident, which was not as serious as the one that took place last week, said Stephen. “It may have been a copy-cat incident,” he said. Last week, a 17-year-old student was charged with assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon for dangerous purpose and mischief after deploying pepper spray in the school’s crowded main foyer during the lunch break on Nov. 7. see PEPPER, page A4
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