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A LOOK INTO B.C.’S COURT SYSTEM Second part of the Black Press series runs today
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Dalton recall campaign cancelled BY CAROL AUN
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Mission Record
The recall campaign against Maple Ridge-Mission MLA Marc Dalton is over and the first-term politician can now focus his energy on representing the two communities. Organizers who led the Done With Dalton campaign had 60 days to collect 14,882 names of people who were on the 2009 voters list by May 9, but abandoned the effort after the provincial government announced a June 24 mail-in vote on the HST last week. The
There are ongoing discussions about how to utilize MMH. – MLA Marc Dalton
original referendum date was in September. “The anti-HST petition got us the referendum and a new premier. The recalls helped us get an expedited referendum date and a promise of equal funding. Now we need to focus our energies on using
truth to counter the lobbying of the Liberals and big business,” campaign organizer Corisa Bell said in a Sunday news release. Dalton said he didn’t take the recall personally because he knows what he has done for Mission and Maple Ridge, but notes it has taken
time away from his work. Recall supporters have accused Dalton of not fighting for his communities and has allowed health care cuts to continue, particularly at Mission Memorial Hospital. The former teacher insists he has been advocating for the hospital in other ways, like having discussions with the health minister and the health authority. “There’s ongoing discussions about how to utilize MMH,” said Dalton. “Some people have the notion of a general hospital doing all things, but that’s not the most efficient way.” See MAJORITY Page 4
FED ELECTION SET FOR MAY 2
Fire destroys vacant cedar mill
All the local federal candidates are off to a running start, and are making a push to involve voters via social media. PAGE 5
BY JASON ROESSLE Mission Record
An excavator was brought in to help firefighters extinguish spot fires after one of the buildings at Green River Log Sales caught fire Saturday morning. Mission Fire/Rescue Service was called to the Broadway Avenue cedar mill just before 10 a.m., and found heavy smoke and flames shooting from one of the large buildings facing the Fraser River, said Chief Ian Fitzpatrick. The building and contents had been auctioned off the week previous, he said, and welding crews had stopped working on that building Friday evening. The fire was not suspicious, said Fitzpatrick. Thirty firefighters from station one and three worked to extinguish the blaze for about two hours, and an excavator was used to get to the last sections of burning material. Some firefighters were on scene until approximately 5:30 p.m.
DOWNTOWN RESIDENTS FORM ASSOC The Mission Downtown Area Residents’ Association was created about a year ago and the burgeoning group is hoping to attract owners and renters to join their ranks.
Mission firefighters were on scene for several hours Saturday fighting a stubborn blaze at Green River Log Sales. JOHN MORROW PHOTO
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