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THURSDAY APRIL 27, 2017
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There’ll be old and older homes Two-tiered designations proposed for Queen’s Park By Theresa McManus
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TAKING IT IN STRIDE: Vic Leach is leading one of this year’s Jane’s Walks events in New Westminster, Walk and Be Seen. Walks in a variety of
A two-tiered heritage conservation area in Queen’s Park will be considered at a public hearing in June. During a two-and-a-half hour workshop on Monday, council supported a “medium protection” option that would see homes divided into two categories, with pre-1900 to 1940 homes getting “advanced” protection and homes built in 1940 and later getting “limited” protection. " Advanced protection requires owners to get heritage alteration permits for: major construction activities on the front, sides or visible roofline of the building; demolition of the existing building; construction of a new building; and subdivisions or consolidation of the lot.
neighbourhoods are taking place April 28 to 30. For a story on this year’s walks, go to page 13. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
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CITY STATISTICS EXAMINED
Rape report leads to new plans in city policing cdobie@newwestrecord.ca
The New Westminster Police Department is rethinking how it handles sex assault cases after a Globe and Mail investigation appeared to show allegations of sexual assault were less likely to be taken seriously in the city. Using statistics from police de-
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one kind of reacted with a bit of surprise to it, and then wanted to get into what was occurring with those files,” said Chief Const. Dave Jones. The Globe defines an unfounded file as an allegation of sexual assault where the investigator did not believe a criminal offence occurred or was attempted. In Canada, cases deemed unfounded are
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Mail. An unsubstantiated file is one where it cannot be determined whether or not a Criminal Code offence has occurred. Once the department included the unsubstantiated files, the number of sexual assaults deemed unfounded dropped to 17 per cent. But that doesn’t change the fact there are some problems with the Continued on page 8
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not reported to Statistics Canada and effectively disappear from public record, the Globe reported. To find out how the department could improve its handling of sexual assault investigations, the New Westminster Police Department conducted an internal review and found that sex assault cases classified as “unsubstantiated” hadn’t been provided to the Globe and
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partments across the country, the Globe and Mail found that on average 19 per cent of sexual assault cases in Canada are classified as “unfounded.” In New Westminster, however, 27 per cent of sexual assault allegations were deemed unfounded – eight per cent higher than the national average. “I think, appropriately, every-
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