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Hazelgrove Park opens

There’s a lot packed into Clayton’s largest city park By Jennifer Lang Susan Point. Point’s Water Guardians is a giant red Clayton’s Hazelgrove Park has officially aluminum umbrella with Coast Salish-style opened, setting a new benchmark for neighfrogs in pierced metalwork. It playfully bourhood parks in the City of Surrey. interprets the theme of water and With a water spray park, the design of the park, which will tennis courts, a grass soccer field, use an undulating water chanbasketball court, and playground, nel fitted with natural plantings there’s a lot packed into its 3.5 called a bioswale to collect and hectares (8.6) acres that will apfilter water runoff from the play peal to residents of all ages. surfaces and parking lot. That’s by design – the commuThe grand opening drew nity was involved in the planning residents and visitors of all ages and design process for Hazelgrove and included face painting, Park, Clayton’s largest city park. wall-climbing, live music, and a It’s located at 7080 190 Street, chance to meet Park Play staff. between 190 and 191 Street. The original timeline for Nestled between the Clayton Hazelgrove Park called for a Reservoir and City of Surrey summer 2015 opening, with 2016 pump station and Hazelgrove Water Guardians penciled in for the opening of Elementary, the park boasts other the sports field, so residents have well-rounded amenities, includbeen waiting a long time. ing a running track, open green spaces and Neighbours can look forward to future a walking path through an existing grove of additions in terms of public amenities in the trees, plus a parking lot and washrooms. area, when Metro Vancouver’s Clayton ReserThere’s even a parkour course for urban obstacle runners and climbers – Surrey’s first. voir project gets underway, starting this fall. The existing water tank is aging and needs Opening day (June 25) kicked off the city’s to be replaced. The new reservoir walls will Park Play, a free summer program for kids, have a 3-D wave pattern, public seating, and a and included a ribbon cutting and unveilmulti-use, shared access road for walking and ing of a public artwork by Musqueam artist biking.

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Morgan Plato, 6, checks herself out in a mirror held by face painter Bonnie Zheng during Play Park Palooza at the grand opening of Hazelgrove Park on June 25. The event included the unveiling of Susan Point’s public artwork Water Guardians (inset, at left).

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Headliners Tom Cochrane and Red Rider and a spectacular fireworks display cap off a day of live performances and family-friendly fun, from midway rides and games, 100 exhibitors and an expanded kids’ play area. There are two stages of free performances that get underway at 11 a.m. featuring live, local, B.C. and Canadian talent (gates open at 10 a.m.). Opening ceremonies with Mayor Linda Hepner and Surrey City Council are at 1:30 p.m., featuring the Cedar Hills Caledonian Pipe Band and Alexis Lynn singing O Canada. This is the second time around for Tom Cochrane and

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By Jennifer Lang Cloverdale is centre stage for one of the biggest parties of the year – Surrey’s Canada Day celebrations. The July 1 bash is the unofficial launch to summer. The city is planning for crowds of 110,000 or more at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre (176 Street and 64 Avenue) to celebrate Tom Cochrane & Red Rider. the nation’s 149th birthday.

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Golden Ears tolls rise 5 cents It will cost an extra nickel for most drivers to cross the Golden Ears Bridge. Tolls levied by TransLink there go up each year automatically for inflation, and the five-cent increase this year takes effect July 15. Regular vehicles will pay $3.15 if they are registered with TReO tag or QuickPass transponder, while those not registered will pay $4.40. The toll increases are based on the 1.3 per cent increase in annual inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index,

which was lower than the two per cent increase TransLink had anticipated in its budget. Increases are as high as 15 cents for unregistered large trucks, while registered motorcycle tolls are unchanged. TransLink collected $48.4 million in tolls at the Golden Ears last year. That was $7.3 million or nearly 18 per cent more than it budgeted, because of higher-than-expected traffic over the bridge. The bridge recorded 12.7 million crossings in 2015, up from 11.7 million

in 2014. More gas tax also flowed to TransLink last year. The nearly $357 million collected from the 17-cent-a-litre tax at the pumps in Metro Vancouver was 6.3 per cent higher than expected. TransLink said the increase is due to more vehicles being driven in the region, and because the weak Canadian dollar and lower fuel prices have resulted in fewer Metro residents crossing the U.S. border to fill up. – Black Press

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“Big League,” “Boy Inside the Man,” “White Hot,” and Lunatic Fringe” with his band Red Rider. Also on the mainstage is Michael Bernard Fitzgerald (MBF), a singer-songwriter from Calgary who is a prolific presence at festivals and stages across the continent (7:30 p.m.), The Dudes (6:30 p.m.), DJ Flipout (between sets from 6:10 p.m. to 10:15 p.m.) and Heroes of Rock (5:30 p.m.). First up on the mainstage is Matt Henry at 11 a.m., followed by Ginalina, Kristie McCracken, and the Cedar Hills Caledonian Pipe Band, who will be performing at the opening ceremonies (1:30-2 p.m.; Alexis Lynn will be singing “O Canada”). Red and white cupcakes while supplies last. In the afternoon, look for Jocelyn Pettit, Lainie McAuley and EnKarma with Vancity Bhangra. New for 2016 is the Canada 150 stage – kicking off the countdown for next year’s national milestone – showcasing Canadian talent: Ava Carich, Metis Jiggers, the DRS B-Boy Crew, Alouest, Dirty Mike and the Boys, Pat Chessell and a Johnny Cash and June Carter tribute band. Drop by the Science World booth for fun experiments, from flying rubber chickens to hair-raising electrical demonstrations. Surrey Libraries presents Storyville, which includes stories, puppets and more. There will be a sports zone, digital photo booth, food trucks, and an age-friendly tent for seniors. Other highlights include a win the car contest sponsored by Honda Canada. Amusement rides open at 10 a.m. and close at 10:15 p.m., when the fireworks begin. For more information, visit surrey.ca/canadaday

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It’s a Canada Day tradition: The mayor and council serve tea and strawberry cake to seniors at the Cloverdale Recreation Centre, 6188 176 Street. The popular event draws over 500 seniors, and features live entertainment and activities. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 1.

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Cloverdale’s El Fedewich publishes a memoir that’s true to his roots By Frank Bucholtz retire. He had been a notary and fixture out all the stops to increase business.” in the Cloverdale business community His business eventually succeeded, El Fedewich has been a fixture in for decades, as part of the real estate and due to his hard work and the many Cloverdale’s business community for insurance firm Hugh and McKinnon. connections that he made through busidecades. Now he’s written a book about In those days, an aspiring notary had ness and community work. He became his life, and included many interesting secretary-treasurer of the Surrey Dyking stories about his years as a notary public to buy a seal from another notary, then take an intensive training course before District, which managed the dykes along in the community. starting in business. the Serpentine and Nicomekl Rivers Living in a Glass House, and Being “Cloverdale! Th at would be perfect. It and prevented flooding in Surrey’s rich Raised by a Small Town, is a well-illusfarmlands. He was part of trated and well-edited memoir. many Cloverdale business and Many people have good stories community organizations. to tell about their lives, but In many ways, he was going sometimes their stories don’t back to his Strathmore roots. read as well in print. This book He became deeply involved is much better than most. It in the provincial notary orgahas been professionally written nization, serving on the board and edited, and thus has a clear and helping set up training theme – one which ties together programs. He also attended two very different towns, Clovermany international gathering dale and Strathmore, Alberta. of notaries in disparate places Fedewich grew up in Strathsuch as Amsterdam, Cartagemore, and due to the death na, Colombia, and Marrakech, of his father when he was 10, Morocco. was raised primarily by his Eventually, his youngest hard-working mother, and by daughter Trish decided she extension, by the whole town would like to become a notary – including his teachers, town public as well. She articled business people, the local police with her father, and soon after and many others. completing all her training “With my dad gone, my took over the business, which teachers and other self-appointshe now operates with her hused guardians who took up the JENNIFER LANG PHOTO band Norman Witt. Her father slack became the key influences El Fedewich, who grew up in Strathmore, Alberta, and has been a continued to help out with the in my life, pushing me to work long-serving resident of Cloverdale, poses with his new memoir. business, but took more time harder at school, encouraging me away so that he and his wife to seek out potential leadership reminded me of the small prairie town Noreen could spend more time travelroles in cadets and urging me to better ling and with their growing number of myself. I was still afforded a great deal of I’d grown up in. It had a well-developed grandchildren. freedom to fool around, experiment and business centre, an agricultural focus, a clearly-defi ned catchment area. Once One of their most interesting trips make mistakes,” he writes. I heard that Frank McKinnon was was to Ukraine, the area where both He moved to B.C. as a young man, retiring, all I wanted was Cloverdale,” he of El Fedewich’s parents were born. He and for many years worked in the had a chance to meet his father’s sister, finance business. He first came to Surrey writes. His start as a notary in Cloverdale in many cousins and even sponsored a trip in 1968, when he and his wife Noreen to Canada by one of his cousins and his purchased a five and one-half acre parcel 1978 was a bit challenging, as it must have been for many notaries who had to family. of land and an older house in Newton, set up their businesses in what seemed His parents had both come to Canada planning to raise their three girls in a to be a backwards approach – getting a in the 1920s. They had come from villagcountry atmosphere. seal, then taking two years of training, es that were only three kilometres apart. That eventually led to his friend Earl They were married in 1929 in Calgary. Stewart inviting him to open a mortgage before finally starting in business. “About a week aft er we opened, a There are many good stories in the business, in conjunction with Stewart’s fellow came into the office. “I’ve just book, about teenage pranks, sobering real estate and insurance business in bought a house on 24 Avenue,” he said. reality on the side of a highway as a tow Newton. He did so in 1975. Stewart, “Can you handle it?” “Of course I can, truck operator, learning how to collect who was also a notary public, eventually sir,” I replied. money from people and the attempted inspired Fedewich to enter the notary “I worked hard to find clients, calling castration of a young bull. business. on people, buying them lunches, getting The book is available from the CloverThrough his friend Rees Hugh, a to know the community and, more imdale BIA office, 5748 176 Street. longtime Cloverdale resident who was a portant, getting known. I was out of the – Special to the Reporter lawyer in New Westminster, he learned office 85 per cent of the time as I pulled that Frank McKinnon was planning to

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A crewmember puts a wreath into place on the Dale Building in the 5700-block of 176 Street last week.

Christmas in June If you live or work in downtown Cloverdale, you might have heard the unseasonable sounds of sleigh bells ringing late last week. A crew spent three days filming scenes for an upcoming Hallmark Holiday production, amid wreaths and banners, and even some rapidly-melting snow. TV movie The Christmas Makeover was in the town centre June 22-24 shooting interiors and outdoor scenes on 176 Street at 57 Avenue, Wednesday to Friday. It’s the second Hallmark Holiday TV special that’s brought the Yuletide spirit to the historic town centre this spring. Last month, A Wish For Christmas spent two days here filming scenes in the 5700-block of 176 Street. – Cloverdale Reporter

MP to study voting system Cloverdale-Langley MP John Aldag has been appointed to a special parliamentary committee on electoral reform. It’s the second time since the fall election the rookie MP has been appointed to a parliamentary committee. He recently sat on the committee that worked on the legislation legalizing medically-assisted suicide, which has just passed into law. The new committee has been appointed to identify and conduct a study of viable alternate voting systems to replace Canada’s current first-past-the-post system. The special committee – created June 7 – will also look at mandatory voting and online voting. It’s comprised of five John Aldag Liberal MPs, three Conservatives, two NDP MPs, one MP from the Bloc Quebecois, and the Green Party’s lone MP Elizabeth May. Sometime in August or September, residents from Cloverdale-Langley City will be invited to an upcoming public town hall meeting on electoral reform, Aldag said in a press release. – Cloverdale Reporter

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All non-profit organizations can email their special events to newsroom@cloverdalereporter.com EVENTS SURREY CANADA DAY Join us July 1 at Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre (corner of 176 Street and 64 Avenue) for Surrey’s free Canada Day celebration. Live music on two stages starting at 11 a.m., rides, over 100 exhibitors and a spectacular fireworks display at 10:15 p.m. Headliners are the legendary Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. For more, visit surrey.ca/canadaday ANNOUNCEMENTS CLOVERDALE LIONS CLUB The Cloverdale Lions Club is recruiting new members. We’re made up of volunteers like you and are part of the world’s largest service organization, helping the less fortunate and serving our community through pancake breakfasts and more. We have sponsored three senior citizens residences and our other projects include: Timmy’s Telethon, the Diabetes Foundation, the Lion’s Society, Cloverdale Community Police, girls’ soccer, Cloverdale Minor Baseball, Easter Seals, sledge hockey and two Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary bursaries. Meetings every 2nd Thursday of the month. Call 604-574-4680 or 604-574-7417. ATTENTION SENIORS Are you a senior who could use some help with grocery shopping? The Cloverdale Better at Home program is now offering accompanied grocery shopping services for seniors. Call us for more information and to sign up for this program. Call 604-536-9348 or email info-referral@comeshare.ca CLUBS/GROUPS AL-ANON SUPPORT GROUP Does someone you care about drink too much? You can see what it is doing to them, can you see what it is doing to you? Al-Anon can offer hope and help. We can understand as perhaps few others can. The group meets Thursdays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Cloverdale United Church, 17575 58A Ave., Cloverdale. Ages 19 and up. By donation. For information call 604-688-1716 or visit bcyukon-al-anon. org. FOOD PROBLEM? Is food a problem for you? Do you eat when you’re not hungry? Do you go on eating binges? Is your weight affecting your life? Overeaters Anonymous offers help. No fees, no dues, no weigh-ins, no diets. We are a fellowship. We meet every Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Cloverdale United Church basement, 17575-58A Ave., Cloverdale. TOPS TOPS – Take Off Pounds Sensibly – meets at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at the Cloverdale Library, 5642 176A Street, Surrey, in the upstairs meeting room. For more information, phone LInda at 604-462-9326.

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Pin-up girls Chloe Demure and Odette Rosselli mingle in the rain in front of a Centurion tank brought to the Cloverdale Legion’s open house on June 18. The British-designed tank – dressed up as an American M1 Abrams for movie work – served with the Australian military in the Vietnam War. It was recently purchased by Mark Fleming, a member of the Canadian Military Education Centre Museum, and will be parked at the centre’s new home at Panther Paintball and Airsoft Sports Park in South Surrey this summer.

Sidelined on principle U-Pass program penalizes university students who choose to walk or cycle to school To the editor; I have a serious problem that needs immediate attention. I am scheduled to attend a trades program at the Cloverdale KPU campus, which is 1.3 km from my home. I intend to walk or cycle to the campus. Kwantlen has a contract with TransLink that makes it mandatory for all eligible students to pay $50/ month for a U-Pass. They do allow for exemptions with six specific reasons. Since I do not require a U-Pass, I would like to be exempted from paying for the U-Pass. KPU will not allow me to apply for an exemption because living close enough

Hanging baskets, water wasters To the editor; I don’t have the skill or leverage to look into or correct a problem I feel exists in lower Cloverdale in regards to water waste by the city. If you go through lower Cloverdale,specifically in front of the lawnmower repair shop and motor bike shop the city hanging flower pots are being

to walk or cycle to campus is not one of their exempt reasons. This impacts my decision to proceed with this program because TransLink contract forces me to pay for something that I will not need or even be able to use. The cost to me is $400 for this pass. Regardless of the fact that I am not even on a bus route, I still intend to walk. This compulsory pass penalizes students who choose to walk/cycle. I have already contacted the university

department that handles the multipass and exemptions. They refuse to cooperate on the basis of the fact that their contract terms with TransLink require the university to force me to pay. The problem is now with TransLink. I am unwilling to pay based on the principle and therefore I will not take this welding program because of it. This impacts my career. Bernadette Arcand Cloverdale

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watered 24 hours a day. I noticed this last year when there were water restrictions on. It is happening this year as Exempt from water well. Water restrictions? constantly feeds the hanging baskets for the city. The water overflows and goes all

over the street. I talked to the lawnmower business where I was at and they said it went on all summer. It’s not right. A huge waste of water and hypocritical of the city. I would love to measure how much water flow per hour per plant. I bet it would be shocking. Is it only Cloverdale or all of Surrey? Well this is my two cents. Jared Rusin

Park life Re: “Hazelgrove Park officially opens,” www.cloverdalereporter. com or see story Page 1. Exciting for the entire Clayton Community just in time for summer ‘16. Looking forward to taking my kids to the waterpark. Robbie Johal Tons of amenities for Clayton kids. Patric Savoie

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School supplies ‘a welcome surprise’ accompanied by a photo of students holding their new supplies. “This has been a very busy couple of months here at our little school with our numbers tripling in size and almost all the students coming to us with no supplies. It

certainly was a welcome surprise to receive all your boxes.” The boys want to challenge other schools in Surrey to help. With the current school year at a close, the focus is now on having more supplies available for

September when classes resume after summer break. “They’re going to need just as much help in the fall,” Chambers said. “There’s going to be tons of schools in crisis mode.”

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Taming of the Shrew takes it outside By Jennifer Lang Bard in the Valley – the Fraser Valley’s resident in-the-park Shakespeare Company – presents The Taming of the Shrew on three outdoor stages in Langley this summer. The play is a comedy revolving around two sisters – Bianca, the sweet one, and Kate the not-so-sweet-one – and their suitors’ attempts to woo them, an impossible task (or so it would seem) where the sharp-tonged Kate is concerned. Although she’s got more suitors than she can handle, Bianca can’t marry until her older sister has gotten hitched, a challenge that proves irresistible to the fortune-seeking, and mightily-determined Petruchio. A clash of egos ensues in a winner-takesall romance, where Renaissance Padua has been swapped out for a modern day golf course in the BiV’s seventh seasonal outing. It’s produced by BiV president Diane Gendron and directed by Darcy J. Knopp, an actor and director who trained at the University of the Fraser Valley. “The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s comedies that I have been waiting to bring to life,” says Knopp. “The collection of characters in this show are as rich and as hilarious as the Bard has put together in any one of his plays.” Knopp is fascinated by the lengths the characters go to gain the upper hand in their relationships. “It’s like a relationship derby! It’s friction. It’s sparks! It’s entertainment,” Knopp says. This year marks the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, and his legacy is being celebrated around the world. “Bard in the Valley’s version of The Taming of the Shrew, while set in a modern day golf and country club, is true to the language and relationships that are Shakespearean to the core,” Gendron said. The production features the work of two young artists BiV is delighted to highlight, Gendron says, choreographer Tanya Schwaerzle and musical director Lauren Trotzuk. Eleven out of 16 performances are free.

First up are three, back-to-back performances on the lawn in front of Fort Langley’s historic community hall. (Free; all performances start at 7 p.m. June 29, 30 and July 1.) Next are five Sunday performances at Township 7 Winery in South Langley (July 8,9,10, 15 and 16; the Sunday performance is a 2 p.m. matinee. Evening performances at 7 p.m. Tickets $20. Call 604-532-1766 or email wine@township7.com). Finally, the Spirit

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times turns on women who come forward with stories of sexual assault. Silverman, a counsellor at the SWC, was sexually assaulted by a man she was dating – and continued to date for a few days after the assault. She describes her reaction at the time as counter-intuitive and illogical. “Relationships are complex,” she says. “They don’t (always) just start and stop.” Silverman has had years to process what she went through. “The assault completely caught me off guard,” she wrote online. “I cared about him. He was very remorseful. And I was just as confused about my choice to continue dating him after the assault. “Part of my healing was telling someone what happened, even though it was really hard to do.” The Faces of Courage campaign ran in June and the stories will remain online into next year. The SWC encourages its readers and followers to show support for the survivors who have come forward by giving a shout-out on social media using the hashtag #ShoutOut4Survivors. On June 7, Dent graduated with bachelor of business and administration, with an advanced diploma in marketing. “Even though this has happened to me, I was still able to complete my degree.”

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Support for women in crisis The SWC offers a wide range of crisis, court and counselling services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and other forms of abuse. The also offer 24-hour support over the phone (604-583-1295) or in person with their Surrey Mobile Assault Response Team (SMART) – a staff member can accompany can accompany a woman to the hospital immediately following an assault. For more information about the Surrey Women’s Centre, visit surreywomenscentre.ca/

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or crafting out a paper turkey traced out by your hands. A yummy healthy snack, offered by the program, is a bonus. Strong Start “is a good way for the children and families to engage and know one another in our community,” says Dawn Broneski, the substitute teacher for George Greenaway Elementary. A participating mother who brings her two children, aged one and three, says, “Strong Start has everything for every age, demographic and culture. One child may know how to

solve a puzzle one way, but another child may show them another way to approach it. It is amazing to watch and learn alongside them.” George Greenaway Elementary, at 17285-61A Avenue, is one of the 24 Surrey schools that participate in Strong Start. Information on Strong Start and the yearly calendar can be found at www.surreyschools.ca.

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New sports academy to target at-risk youth By Rick Kupchuk Wanting to give back to “a community which gave me so much,” Surinder Grewal is launching a program aimed at troubled youth in Surrey. Through the 25,000-sq.-ft. B.C. Prep Academy, which will open next month, the Queen Elizabeth Secondary graduate will launch TEAM, a non-profit program offering to assist youth. “The TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Foundation will help to create opportunities to aspiring youth, with specific funding for low-income and at-risk youth,” said Grewal. “I’ve lived in Surrey for 30 years and I want nothing more than to give back to a community that gave me so much.” Grewal said he was influenced by a teacher and coach at Queen Elizabeth to pursue an education. He was a standout basketball player with the Queen Elizabeth Royals, earning two Most Valuable Player awards while leading the team to the all-Surrey RCMP Classic championship in 1997 and 1998. He played two years with the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Eagles before moving on to the University of Calgary, where he became a Canada West All-Star and earned a degree in economics and a diploma in accounting. In 2007, he and partner Aman Heran – a teammate in Calgary and a former North Delta Huskies high school player – launched the Athelite Basketball Academy,

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NDP pledges $15 wage By Tom Fletcher NDP leader John Horgan is promising to “give British Columbians a raise” by raising the province’s minimum wage to $15 by the end of his first

term as premier in 2021. Horgan made the announcement Sunday at a party conference in Kamloops. “Minimum wage is no longer something earned just by teenagers in their first jobs,” Horgan said. “Students, parents,

seniors, new Canadians in every part of the economy are paid minimum wage.” In May, Premier Christy Clark announced a 40-cent top-up to her government’s minimum wage formula, bringing it to $10.85 effective Sept. 15. The B.C. Liberal

government’s cost-ofliving formula called for a 10-cent increase this fall. Clark said her government will add another 30 cents to the next scheduled increase in September 2017. Assuming another 10-cent cost of living

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increase, the wage would be $11.25, which Clark said would give B.C. the third highest rate in Canada. The B.C. Liberal formula discounts the minimum wage by $1.25 for restaurant and pub servers, to reflect the income they

receive from tips. The B.C. Federation of Labour immediately issued a statement Sunday congratulating Horgan for backing their long-running campaign to move the minimum wage to $15 an hour.

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Surrey senior set to break rafting record Senior set to break rafting record Hazel Amos is about to set a rafting record. The 94-year-old Surrey resident will set a new mark this sumer as the oldest person to ever raft down the Thompson River, according to Kumsheen Rafting Resourct, which has been taking river rafters down the waterway since 1973. Amos has taken many trips down the Thompson already, the first in 1974, when she went with her son, Bob and daughter, Margaret. In 2012, to celebrate Amos’ 90th birthday, the trio went again. “Hazel was sure she was the oldest person we’ve guided down the river,” said Kumsheen Rafting founder Ber-

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in brief nie Fandrich. “We told her no, we’ve had a 93-yearold on one of our trips.” Though river-rafting an be a dangerous pursuit, the senior has only ever seen one person fall overboard, and was quickly rescued. “You just have to hang on,” she said.

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