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Kids lose daycare Parents scrambling to find alternative site By Cayley Dobie
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Parents whose kids attend a Sapperton after-school program are scrambling after the church that sponsors the program announced it would be shutting its doors at the end of June. For more than 10 years, Knox Presbyterian Church has housed an out-of-school care program for families in the area.The church founded the daycare back in 2005 as part of its mission work in the community.They connected with Kelly Corbett and offered to provide a free space for her to run the program. She agreed. Today, there are about 15 kids enrolled in Knox’s out-ofschool daycare. But about two years ago, Corbett said she sensed the church wasn’t interested in the daycare anymore. She managed to stave off closure back Continued on page 8
NO MORE SPACE Knox Presbyterian Church has told Kelly Corbett, manager of the Knox out-of-school care program in Sapperton, that effective June 30, the after-school program will be closed. The closure, which comes right before summer break, has left the parents scrambling to find new a daycare for their kids. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
City moves back to original ’Boro bridge plan By Theresa McManus
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After considering 18 options for the proposed Q2Q crossing, the city has lowered the bridge – and increased the odds of getting the plan approved. Early drawings of the pedestrian bridge connecting Queensborough and the Quay showed a low-level crossing near the exist-
ing rail bridge.Those plans were changed when the Council of Marine Carriers expressed a need for the bridge to allow tugboats to pass freely through the north arm of the Fraser River, resulting in a taller bridge that included elevator towers on each side of the crossing. “We have gone back to concepts that are very similar to the original proposal, which is a ground-level crossing,” said Mayor Jon-
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