Burnaby Now September 8 2017

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NEWS 3

District fills teacher jobs

SPORTS 24

CITY 5

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LOCAL NEWS – LOCAL MATTERS

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CRIME

Police look for witnesses in double stabbing By Cornelia Naylor

cnaylor@burnabynow.com

Burnaby RCMP is looking for witnesses after a double stabbing at a South Burnaby townhouse complex over the weekend. Officers were called to 7187 14th Ave. at 8 p.m. Sunday for reports of a stabbing. They arrived to find two men, a 21-year-old Vancouver resident and a 20-year-old Burnaby resident, suffering from stab wounds. They were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The victims are known to police, according to Burnaby RCMP Cpl. Daniela Panesar. They did not initially cooperate with police, she said, but told officers their attacker was unknown to them. Anyone with information is asked to contact Burnaby RCMP at 604-294-7922 or Crime Stoppers at 1-888-2228477 (TIPS). In November 2016, a man was shot at the same townhouse complex. A young offender has since been charged in that incident, which Burnaby RCMP say is unrelated to Sunday’s stabbing.

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Police and ambulance responded to a double stabbing at a South Burnaby townhouse complex Sunday evening. Burnaby RCMP is looking for witnesses.

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THE PIPELINE

Protesters doing ‘reconnaissance’

By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

Around a dozen anti-pipeline protesters gathered on Burnaby Mountain Thursday morning to show Kinder Morgan they’re not giving up.

Construction on the twinning of the $7.4-billion Edmonton-to-Burnaby pipeline is expected to start this month, according to the company’s timeline. However, Kinder Morgan still is working to acquire a few more permits, including one from the Port of Vancouver.

Karl Perrin with Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion (BROKE) told the NOW the group was on the mountain “just doing reconnaissance to make sure there’s no construction happening.” Trans Mountain spokesperson Ali Houn-

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