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Three injured after SUV plows into festival crowd
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
Drugs may have played a role in horrific crash
he scene was chaos and carnage at Harrison Hot Springs Sunday afternoon as a driver—allegedly high on drugs—plowed his SUV into
three pedestrians and one vehicle just metres from the Harrison Festival of the Arts beach stage. Three members of one Abbotsford family were struck by a white
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Toyota FJ Cruiser at about 1:15 p.m. Their bodies lay strewn over the intersection of Highway 9 and Esplanade Avenue. Screams could be heard from the
37-year-old mother, who was hit and thrown into the air. Also hit were the 51-year-old father and 13-year-old son. The 16-year-old son managed
to jump out of the way and could be seen holding his mother’s hand as passersby and, later, emergency personnel attended to the woman. An air ambulance that arrived in Harrison Hot Springs was not used, See CRASH, Page 6
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Chilliwack Stingray swimmer Kennedy Campbell attacks the 50-metre butterfly at the Chilliwack Stingrays Invitational swim meet at Rotary Pool Saturday.
Stam says new weed rules fair
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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ederal changes to the medical marijuana program should address the City of Chilliwack’s concern with the program that currently sees grow-ops in homes and in commercial areas. Many municipalities have long
hoped changes coming April 1, 2014 would, among other things, take marijuana growing out of residential areas. On June 10, the federal government announced the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) and from what he has seen, Coun. Chuck Stam said he is pleased.
“It will address most of our concerns,” Stam told city council last week. Stam is the chair of the city’s Public Safety Advisory Committee, which will discuss the new regulations at its July 10 meeting. Chilliwack has a huge number of licensed marijuana users and growers, something that is a concern to
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local RCMP, fire officials and city hall. “The problem is that we haven’t had consultation about where grows shall go,” Mayor Sharon Gaetz said earlier this year. In February of this year, the Times learned there were 513 personal use production licences (PUPL) and 77 See MARIJUANA, Page 3
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