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THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 2012
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Heavy snowfall snarls Mission BY JASON ROESSLE ADRIAN MACNAIR
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Mission Record
Blowing snow and temperatures around –13 C greeted Mission residents Wednesday morning, as the municipality began to function normally again. The large dump of snow over the weekend and into Monday and Tuesday halted transit buses and closed schools those days, but by Jan. 18, all services were back to normal and the children returned to school. The District of Mission had every piece of municipally owned equipment out on the roads this week clearing the accumulations. “We’re managing to keep up, but barely,” said Rick Grant, Tuesday, answering phone calls from the public in between driving around Mission in his four-wheel drive vehicle equipped with snow tires. The district has its own weather service, and Mission wound up being the hardest hit by winter throughout the Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver. Garbage collection was cancelled Monday. Street clearing is prioritized from one to three. Priority ones are major hills like Stave Lake Road, Cedar Street, Grand Street, Wren Street, Hurd Street or Murray Street. Priority twos would be hills like Columbia Street,
ROBBIE BURNS CELEBRATED TWICE JAN. 21 The Canadian Cancer Society and Mission Pipe Band are holding separate Robbie Burns Suppers Saturday. PAGE 12
Dunsmuir Street, James Street and Welton Street, or other streets that aren’t major thoroughfares but see a lot of traffic due to shortcuts. Priority threes are the residential flat streets. “We don’t hit those until the major hills are as clear as they can be, but if it continues snowing like it is now we’ll have to get back onto the number ones,” said Grant. Weather reports at The Record’s press deadline Wednesday morning showed more snow coming throughout the day, followed by clouds on Thursday, mixed rain and snow Friday, rain Saturday and more snow Sunday.
MORE MONEY TO THE ARTS The provincial government announced more money will be funelled back into the arts through gaming grants, but some local organizations aren’t overly impressed. PAGE 5
Top: Even the heavy trucks had difficulty navigating Mission’s hills Mondays, as this garbage truck collided with the metal fence at the West Coast Express Station. Above: Thora found a great way to spend her snowy weekend, sliding on the hills at Griner Park. ADRIAN MACNAIR AND BOB FRIESEN PHOTOS
NOT APPROVED The developer of the multi-million dollar Wren Street project says a DFO rejection is coming. PAGE 3
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