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Hefty fines and mangled cars after brazen BMW race MINA KERR-LAZENBY
MKerrLazenby@nsnews.com / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Two high-end BMWs have been destroyed and harsh tickets have been issued following a race gone awry in North Vancouver on Sunday.
According to a statement released by North Vancouver RCMP the two drivers, both in their 20s, had been hurtling down the Trans Canada Highway before they crashed into street poles and concrete barriers just off the Lloyd Avenue exit. Police said traffic officers had been conducting speed enforcement at Westview Drive on Highway 1 around midnight when the two luxury cars shot past, reaching speeds of 145 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. The officers followed the cars in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop, before finding the beaten up BMWs as they approached the Lloyd Avenue off-ramp. Both drivers were issued tickets for excessive speed and driving without due care and attention, totalling over $1,500, while their cars were impounded. Police said the extent of the damage Continued on page 12
HOOF IT Emi and Dazzle, a 17-year-old quarter horse, take in the view as they cross the newly opened Spirit Trail bridge across Lynn Creek. See page 20 for the full story about the new crossing. PAUL MCGRATH / NSN
COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Lynn Valley Care Centre hoaxer won’t face more jail time
BRENT RICHTER
brichter@nsnews.com
The Crown is seeking a two-year prison term for Taymour Aghtai, the man who crank called the Lynn Valley Care Centre at the beginning of the outbreak of COVID-19 and caused a major staffing shortage.
But, because of time he’s already spent in custody, Aghtai won’t face any additional time in jail on the charge, regardless of the sentence handed down. Aghtai’s hoax call to the care facility came “at a time of intense community fear,” Crown prosecutor Lara Sarbit highlighted at a sentencing hearing in North
Vancouver provincial court on Monday. On March 6, 2020, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry declared an outbreak of the virus at Lynn Valley Care Centre, the first confirmed in Canada. The next night, around 11 p.m. Aghtai called the care centre, claiming to be a health officer from the BC Centre for Disease Control. He told the
nurse who answered the phone that the facility was being locked down and that she should call 911 if anyone attempted to come or go from the building. Aghtai then persuaded the nurse to give him the cellphone numbers of other staff, including managers, nurses and administrators. Continued on page 12
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