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An all-female brawl that broke out during North Ridge Elementary’s sports day on Friday afternoon appears to be related to a traffic incident between the four women from earlier this month. “The parties involved were known to one another before Friday, and we believe it’s from the previous traffic incident that caused the altercation between the parties involved,” said Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet. Paquet said it’s unclear how the three-on-one attack started, but noted that two women, ages 33 and 39, were arrested at the scene and are being investigated for assault. The victim, a 32-year-old woman, was taken to hospital with minor head and facial injuries. No charges have been laid, but he said assault charges will likely be recommended. Paquet added that all four women involved are Surrey residents. Police are not sure if they’re all mothers of children at the school, but he said they believe the three involved in the attack are relatives. Doug Strachan, of the Surrey
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school district, said staff rang the bell when the fight started to signal the end of lunch and draw students inside. “Regardless of the occasion at the school, it’s something that young children should not be exposed to and it’s very unfortunate, but the school dealt with it very effectively and appropriately,” said Strachan. “We try to teach respect and appropriate conflict resolution.” Ben Gill, a parent and vice-president of the school’s PAC, witnessed the aftermath of the fight and said 100 to 150 people – mostly children – saw the attack.
It’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen since I moved to Surrey. “It’s one of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever seen since I moved to Surrey,” said Gill, who has kids in grades 5 and 7. “I saw clumps of hair and a little bit of blood on the road.” Gill told the Now he showed up just after the brawl was broken up. “The worst part about it, other than my kids and other kids witnessing it – because it was done all in front of the primary school kids – was that going up to the women, trying to calm them down, the first thing that came out of her mouth was, ‘She started it,’” he said. “I just wish I didn’t see this s--t.”
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File this one under “what the heck?” Tom Zytaruk’s cellphone camera captured strange things happening in the skies above Mount Baker on Saturday. We know ice crystals in the sky can cause rings around the sun and moon, but what about the two ring-shaped clouds and the red orb? (The red orb was in three of Zytaruk’s photos and, in one, the sun’s ray of light protruded over it.)
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