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One smart seagull!
This seagull was among many dropping clams on the rocks of Centennial Beach in Boundary Bay in order to crack open a tasty meal.
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GORD GOBLE
PM arrives in Ladner swinging Stephen Harper takes repeated shots at his opponents during campaign stop last week at Greystone Stables BY
SANDOR GYARMATI & JESSICA KERR
Prime Minister Stephen Harper took plenty of shots at his opposition during a campaign stop in Ladner last Thursday. Harper spoke to about 250 supporters at a rally at Greystone Stables where he highlighted the Conservative government’s fiscal performance, while warning the crowd the Liberals and New Democrats don’t have new ideas and risk sending the nation backward. Noting his government’s tax
breaks and incentives, he said NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau can’t be trusted. Among other topics covered by the prime minister at the campaign stop was the heartbreaking photograph seen around the world of the young Syrian boy who drowned last Wednesday while among a group of refugees fleeing the war. Harper noted the Conservatives had already pledged greater refugee assistance. Also pointing out the attack last fall by the lone gunman at
Parliament Hill, Harper warned a Liberal or NDP government could not be counted on to address the terrorist threat. The prime minister also touched on his commitment to invest in the country’s infrastructure. “The Evergreen Line, the South Fraser Perimeter Road, Delta causeway and 80th Street overpass, the Deltaport Way truck staging area, the refurbishment of the Boundary Bay border crossing, improvements to Ladner and See HARPER page 3
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SANDOR GYARMATI
Stephen Harper addressed about 250 supporters at a campaign stop last Thursday in Ladner.
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