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Hallmark brings Christmas to Ladner Village PHOTOS BY GORD GOBLE
Hallmark turned a section of Ladner Village into a snowy Christmas scene Monday as it filmed 12 Days starring Catherine Bell (above) and Eric Close. The made-for-TV movie continued filming Tuesday along 48th Avenue. See more photos at www.delta-optimist. com.
Second trustee seeks NDP nod
Party announces Rhiannon Bennett will take on Bruce Reid in Sunday’s nomination meeting IAN JACQUES
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It’s now a two-person race to see who will be the Delta South NDP candidate in May’s provincial election. The party announced Monday that Delta school trustee Rhiannon Bennett is now seeking the nomination, joining fellow trustee Bruce Reid, who declared last month. The two
will square off at a nomiwhat was involved and nation meeting in Ladner making sure she could this Sunday. commit to the work Bennett, a family while balancing her outreach worker for the family life. Musqueam Indian Band, “Because I have a has roots in the Delta young family and realarea that go back to the izing what I would be early 1900s. putting myself and my Rhiannon She said she had been Bennett family through, I had thinking about running to put a lot of thought for quite a while, but wanted and consideration into what I to take extra time researching was stepping into,” Bennett told
the Optimist Monday. “I took the time to check in with some of my mentors and some of the young, newly elected MLAs in Calgary and really get a sense of what it is that I was signing myself up for.” Bennett said she has been frustrated with Premier Christy Clark’s leadership and now is the perfect time to vote for change. “With Vicki’s [Huntington] unexpected announcement to
not seek a third term, it really makes things interesting in Delta South,” she said. “I know there is still a lot of displeasure with Christy Clark in our community. It has been nice having an independent voice in the legislature for the past two terms, but we need a change in government and to get a change in government you need an NDP government.” BENNETT: see Page 3
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