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THURSDAY, THURSDAY , MAY 5, 2011
On this day, orange surge takes a back seat to red serge
Surrey RCMP Assistant Commissioner Fraser MacRae, centre, leads Mounties in a parade Sunday afternoon at the Surrey Museum Square. The parade marked the
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anniversary of when Mounties took over municipal policing duties in Surrey. For more photos of the parade, visit us online at thenownewspaper.com.
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PETITION SAVES FLEA MARKET SURREY – The Cloverdale Marisa Flea Market, which was in BABIC Staff Reporter danger of closure, will continue to operate. Dave Melenchuk, general manager of the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association, said Tuesday the association will work in partnership with the flea market organizer to boost attendance at the weekly bazaar by adding vendors and other attractions. “We’re very pleased to be in much more of a partnership role with the operator in order to bring some entertainment event expertise of our organization to an already
extremely popular event,” Melenchuk said in a press release. “We went through an RFP process to explore options to the association and in working through that process felt our current operator was the best potential partner for us, and we’re excited to become more actively involved in this local tradition. “Patrons can expect the same great flea market as before, along with additional elements for the whole family to enjoy.” Earlier, an association official had said that the association’s board of directors was working with city staff to create a
completely new vision for the site. The plan was to open an upscale farmers’ market in June modelled on the Granville Island Pubic Market, a change that would have meant no more used wares for sale at the venue. See OUR VIEW, page 12
Upset by the proposed changes, some vendors launched a campaign to save the flea market, which has been held on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds nearly every Sunday for 33 years. Helen Wood, a vendor at the Cloverdale
Bullheaded pageant of extremes has now taken federal stage Viewpoint
Michael BOOTH
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rowing up in the ’70s, one of the political buzz phrases of the time referred to Canada as a nation of two solitudes — English and French. After watching the election results Monday night, I can’t help but fear our nation is in the process of finding a new
way of dividing itself. While the English-French differences remain unresolved, the Canadian electorate has seen fit to embark on a new path of animosity — call it Two Solitudes 2.0 — this one marked along left wing and right wing battle lines. The term “two solitudes”
springs from a Hugh MacLennan novel of the same name and came to represent the division between Canadians of English and French heritage. Neither side understands the other, nor are they interested in bridging the gap.
see MISTRUST page 3
Flea Market for 30 years, started a petition drive and in just two Sundays she and her associates gathered 3,300 names on the petition. Wood later presented the petition to association officials. When contacted on Tuesday, Wood said she was pleased with the news that the flea market will remain in place. She believes the petition helped “an awful lot” in letting officials know just how unhappy sellers and shoppers were about the threatened loss of the popular flea market. mbabic@thenownewspaper.com
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