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Surrey firefighters are investigating a suspicious fire that ate through the roof of a vacant townhouse unit at Hunter Hill housing cooperative (6935-122 St.) in West Newton early Sunday morning.

Nobody was injured in the two-alarm fire, which appears to have started outside the unit at about 3:30 a.m.

“I’m very cautious to say it may have been suspicious,” Deputy Chief Dan Barnscher said. “It seems it worked its way up the side of the building.”

Twenty firefighters arrived in six trucks to tackle the blaze. Flames were erupting through the attic of the two-storey building, but crews had it doused in about 20 minutes.

Barnscher said minimal damage was done to the adjoining townhouse in the fourplex, but a mother and two children were displaced.

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Brookside: Surrey’s old new standard The concept area, built in 1992, has become the extraordinary in the eyes of ‘Now’ reporter

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BROOKSIDE — For the past 22 or so years, life in the Brookside neighbourhood has gone on as the City of Surrey has changed rapidly around it.

Located literally across the street from Bear Creek Park, between 88th and 84th Avenue, the quiet neighbourhood could almost be described as a place stuck in time, a snapshot of a time when the city was just beginning to catch the eyes of young families.

Built in 1992, Brookside was a concept neighbourhood designed with an elementary school at its centre and houses encircling it like rings on dartboard. The neighbourhood was typical for something from the early to mid-1990s with threeto-four bedroom houses, two-car garages and a nice bit of lawn out front and in the back. It was nothing spectacular and nothing extravagant.

Fast-forward 22 years, though, and suddenly the ordinary has become the extraordinary.

Unlike many of the neighbourhoods that would be built in Surrey in subsequent years, more than a handful of Brookside’s houses do not have basements and secondary suites are not nearly as

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Surrey school trustee Laurie Larsen resides in the neighbourhood of Brookside, located adjacent to Bear Creek Park in Surrey. (Photo: CHRISTOPHER POON)

It’s like you’re stepping back in time. It’s not just your modern subdivision with row houses, people here know many of their neighbours and everybody just seems to care. prevalent as you’d find elsewhere. As a result, density is not really an issue in the area and there aren’t nearly as many cars lining the streets as you might find in some of the city’s newer neighbourhoods.

How do I know all of this? Well this reporter has been lucky enough to call the area home for the past two decades. And as I continue to see the rest of the city change, I find Brookside becoming one of those increasingly rare neighbourhoods in a city that seems less and less about creating communities and more about packing bodies in to as little space as possible.

Which brings me back to Brookside.

Having grown up in the 1990s, neighbourhoods like Brookside were simply the norm when it came to

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suburban living in Surrey. Houses were not separated by mere two feet gaps and people knew their neighbours. The way the neighbourhood was designed simply encouraged a sense of community.

For Surrey school trustee Laurie Larsen, who also resides in the neighbourhood, the community aspect is really what makes something like Brookside special.

“I’ve lived in a few areas in Surrey, mostly in Newton, Fleetwood, and I would say that this is the most that’s unchanged,” she said. “It’s a well-established subdivision, and I would say that for the most part, it’s very safe. People watch out for each other and know their neighbours around them. One day last week I left the hatch on my truck up and one of the

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neighbours came over a couple of hours later just to let me know that I’d left the hatch up.”

For Larsen, she’s found that despite some of the newer developments literally forcing people to live in closer proximity to one another, the sense of community seems to be lacking in a lot of the condo and townhouse developments popping up today.

“My daughter and son both live in townhouses in Clayton and they know maybe one person on one side but you don’t have the opportunities when you’re outside mowing the lawn or doing yardwork anymore to meet people,” she said. “I think you lose that neighbourhood connection.”

Key to keeping that sense of community alive is the school and park at the epicenter of the neighbourhood.

On any given day, you’ll find families, youth and seniors making use of the park’s fields and recreation areas, not to mention the hundreds of students served by the building itself during the school year.

“There’s a sense of pride in the community here, and you see that in kids in the schools and in the way people keep their houses and yards looking good, and I think it’s just that people care,” said Larsen.

“When everyone is walking with their dogs almost everybody will say ‘hi’ to each other, even if they don’t understand English they’ll still give you a nod and say hello.

“It’s like you’re stepping back in time.

It’s not just your modern subdivision with row houses, people here know many of their neighbours and everybody just seems to care.”

And with that sense of community seemingly missing from the city’s newer developments, one can only wonder what Surrey would look like if they’d just kept going with the Brookside formula, rather than the almost painfully rapid growth that seems to be putting such a strain on the city today.

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CLOVERDALE — As the first of its kind to open south of the Fraser, Surrey Night Market was expected to be popular.

But not even the organizers were fully prepared for the massive turnout during the opening night on Saturday (July 5) at Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds.

Organizer Satbir Cheema said he was very pleased with how the first night went but they were not expecting the estimated 7,000 to 8,000 attendees.

“They kept pouring in and obviously we were not ready for that huge a crowd, but now it gives us some time over the next four or five days to prepare for the next weekend,” he said.

The crowd was so big that some people waited more than 45 minutes to get in and some vendors ran out of food in the first two to three hours.

“Because we didn’t anticipate it would be that huge a crowd, we only had two ticket

vendors, next time we will make sure we have more,” said Cheema.

As the lines became worse, Cheema said that organizers began letting people in for free because they had waited for so long.

Twitter user @Courneey_ stated that “as one of the vendors at the #Surreynightmarket I can honestly say we DID NOT expect such big crowds!Everyone will be bringing WAY MORE food.”

Organizers have already made a number of changes and will be adding more ticket windows, at least 500 more parking stalls, better parking control, and more services for people with special needs.

Next weekend will be the official ribbon cutting and opening ceremony on Friday night from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds in front of the Agriplex (17798 62 Ave.).

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Amateur radio enthusiasts have a ‘Field Day’ in Surrey Gord Goble

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SURREY — With cell phones, email and the Internet bringing the world to our doorsteps in just a few button presses or mouse clicks, one might think the fate of old school amateur “ham” radio is sealed.

Think again.

There’s an expression among those in the know: “When all else fails, amateur radio works.” In other words, in the event of massive infrastructure failure (think war, terrorism, natural disaster), the techie folks with the headsets and the mics and the call signs may well be the only ones getting the word out – and in. It happened during 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the 2011 earthquake in Japan. And it will happen again.

On a recent Saturday, the local detachment of a global army of amateur radio operators – volunteers all – showed off their stuff. They brought along their slickest gear, they erected antennae, they laid out tents and tables and informational pamphlets, and they welcomed youngsters and oldsters and all people in between. And they went to work scanning the region – and the continent – for as many likeminded individuals as possible.

Alessandro (Alex) Danese, IZ7FMM, a recent immigrant from Italy and SARC member, operating one of the competitive radio stations in voice mode. All radios are computerassisted and equipped with dedicated “contest” software. In his spare time, Danese prepared Italian cuisine for the crew during “Field Day” in Surrey. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) It was a good day for making contacts.

In fact, it was the very best day of the year.

Known as “Field Day,” June 28 was a North America-wide event where amateur radio’s brightest and most knowledgeable people set up shop in similar encampments across the continent. And while the day was part public

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the chance to reach out anywhere and everywhere in a contest format.

By the end of Field Day – a 24-hour period – SARC members, six using voice and four using Morse Code, had made no less than 1510 unique contacts. An impressive showing, says SARC president John Brodie VA7XB (amateur radio operators typically run their given names and call signs together), who justifiably points out the total is almost twice that of last year’s Canadian divisional winner.

Field Day at the SARC site, on the old Grandview School grounds at the intersection of 20th Avenue and 176th Street, is an interesting time. In the main tent, recent Russian immigrant Mike Zavarukhin VE7ACN worked antiquated yet efficient Morse Code and showed his frustration when a potential contact wasn’t quite made. Blind SARC member Rob Gilchrist VE7CZV used a computer attached to his radio and a device for converting the screen image to Braille.

Another station sat temporarily empty, its operator undoubtedly handling some other duty. The tables overflowed with transceivers and displays, and the floor was littered with batteries and mobile power supplies. see › page 6

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In a trailer 50 feet away, Al Neufeld VE7CDC ran a Get On The Air (GOTA) station, coaching total radio noobs on the absolute basics. Outside, the landscape in every direction was dotted with various types of antennae, including an absolute monster donated by Telus in 2011 that soars a hundred feet into the sky and weighs a pavement-crushing five tonnes.

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But the real excitement was at the back of John Schouten VE7TI’s pickup truck. As various SARC members gathered around, Schouten brandished a handheld antenna, pointing it in the direction of the International Space Station. An hour earlier, they’d made contact with astronaut (and fellow amateur radio licensee

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Researchers at Simon Fraser University are studying the relationship between the dance style and certain women who get into the groove.

To date, 50 women have completed, or are currently completing, study sessions, and researchers are looking for more women to participate.

The majority of participants are long-term, stay-at-home moms and housewives recruited from the Surrey area.

The so-called South Asian Exercise Trial – online at Coheart.ca/projects/saet – is focusing on how exercise affects body fat and cardiovascular health, according to SFU PhD candidate Iris Lesser. Women who have completed the program say it is also having mentally positive effects, Lesser added.

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Our view

Frontrunners have had chance to tackle crime

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o state the obvious, crime will be a huge issue in Surrey’s next civic election, as always.

So far this week, the big news is former mayor Doug McCallum’s decision to once again throw his hat into the ring for Surrey’s mayoralty, a job he held from 1996 to 2005.

Of course, it’s not fair to entirely blame a city’s crime rate on its mayor. But as they say, it’s lonely at the top.

Like Surrey’s current mayor Dianne Watts – who is cast in the unenviable position of seeing Surrey hit an all-time homicide rate during her watch (25 in 2013) – McCallum presided over his own record-breaking homicide rate (20 in 2001). Watts was chairwoman of the city’s public safety committee at the time.

The previous record had been 17, in 1993.

Moreover, on McCallum’s watch Surrey also had the ignominious distinction of being the car-theft capital of North America in 2002.

Like Watts, with her crime reduction strategy and mayors task force on homicides, McCallum had his own campaigns. For one, in 2003 he set up a “Whalley Action Team” and vowed to clean Whalley of all crack houses within a year, “one block at a time.”

It’s incredible, really.

Part of Watts’ platform in her successful bid to replace McCallum as mayor was a promise to better deal with crime. Now that she’s been taking it on the noggin, McCallum will no doubt pick away at her record in his bid to retake the mayor’s chair.

And so far, the main declared contenders for Surrey’s big seat have all been in civic office during homicide-record years.

Surrey First’s mayoralty candidate Linda Hepner and Barinder Rasode, if she runs for mayor, have both served on the city’s police committee.

They’ve all had a chance to make the city safer and must stand on those records.

Your view

Surrey First must know we won’t be dictated to The Editor, Re: “Surrey has more pressing needs than ferris wheels,” the Now, July 1.

It is time that the Surrey First party is taught a valuable lesson in community involvement and responsibility.

The state of the community is horrendous, with overcrowding of schools, traffic congestion, crime of the worst kind increasing almost daily and townhouse developments spurting up everywhere.

This state has been created by the Surrey First party in partnership with developers.

Their hunger for tax dollars to pay for unnecessary projects (new city hall $97 million, parking facility $25 million, etc.) is outrageous, and was decided by

a handful of selfish politicians, when a referendum should have been held to decide if the residents actually were in favour.

We now see Mayor Watts leaving, likely to pursue other political opportunities, and her puppet Linda Hepner, she of ridiculous priorities (ferris wheels, artificial beaches, etc.) running for mayor.

What a joke that is.

Her main opponent? Another Surrey First ex-councillor, now an independent, Barinder Rasode, is also running for mayor. Let us not forget that she was a part of party that created the mess we now have, and I for one do not expect that the urban sprawl, and other concerns, would

be addressed under her leadership.

Election date is looming, and it is then that we, as a community, must send a message that we will not be excluded or dictated to. Vote out the people that have not responded to the needs of our community, and vote in as many in dependants (not ex-party faithful) as we can. In this fashion perhaps we will end up with a responsible and caring city council.

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nyone who has been paying attention to the evolution of First Nations rights and powers in B.C. over the past 20 years or so should not be surprised by the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision that recognized a specific aboriginal title.

Nevertheless, given the dire warnings from some of the economic chaos that will result from the historic decision, there is reason to be concerned about its impact on B.C.’s economy.

The high court resolved what started out in 1983 as a dispute over a logging license but which evolved into a landmark case about the aboriginal title rights of a specific First Nations, in this instance the Tsilhqot’in Nation in the Chilcotin region of the Interior.

The concept of aboriginal title was first established by the Supreme Court of Canada more than 40 years ago, in the Calder vs. B.C. case. The recent decision represents the first time in history the high court has formally declared aboriginal title to exist in a specified area.

The decision potentially gives First Nations that establish title (not an easy task) a veto over activities on their land. Where title is established, the consent of the First Nation band in question must first be gained before those activities can proceed.

The high court did provide an escape clause of sorts for governments. If a government meets a three-pronged test, it can override the lack of First Nations consent.

The test is a potentially rigorous one: a government must fully show it has consulted and accommodated First Nations’ interests, the proposed action must be “compelling and substantial” for the good of the public (which includes First Nations), and that the government is consistent with its fiduciary obligations to First Nations.

But the court also referenced a previous decision (Delgamuukw) in citing specific activities that can potentially infringe on aboriginal title, and they include forestry, mining, infrastructure, environmental protection and “the general economic development of the interior of British Columbia.”

So while the decision provides clarity and, eventually, certainty over issues pertaining to First Nations rights and powers, it didn’t vastly reshape the landscape on this matter.

An analysis by the Osler law firm’s aboriginal law group (entitled: The Sky is Not Falling) notes this: “Despite the

significant media attention that the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision has received, it represents a reiteration of established law regarding aboriginal title that has been developed over decades,” it said.

Another prominent law firm, MacMillan LLP, had this to say: “With the exception of clarifying what is required to establish occupation, the decision does not make significant changes to the law of aboriginal title as it has come to exist over the last several decades.”

In B.C., the reality on the ground for the past decade or so is that First Nations have had a de facto veto over many significant activities on land claimed as ancestral.

Increasingly, both the provincial government and private sector companies have realized this, and have had to ensure that First Nations support is secured – not ignored – before proceeding with a particular development. And, really, what is the problem with that?

Not having First Nations support can frustrate or even block a particular development (hello there, Northern Gateway pipeline).

The court’s decision would seem to cement this reality along more defined lines.

However, while the B.C. government and many companies doing business here are aware of this, the trouble is that many outside interests are not, and they (i.e. potential capital investors) may well be thinking that the sky has indeed fallen, particularly if they pay more attention to media coverage than legal analyses.

This is where concerns about the impact on the provincial economy arise. It may well be that an investment chill may develop in this province, as potential investors nervously wonder whether it’s safe to invest in a project where the backing of the First Nations concerned is not secured, or not certain.

It seems likely that the investment world may be unsettled for a period of time, as many things flowing from this decision sort themselves out. There are outstanding questions: what happens to overlapping land claims when it comes to establishing title is an example of just one.

In the meantime, it may be wise and prudent for any natural resource developer to secure the support, if not the outright partnership, of First Nations before proceeding – which is often the case today anyway.

While there’s no doubt the Supreme Court decision is historic and significant, British Columbia has been moving in the decision’s direction for some time now. The sky is not falling folks, but it may have some storm clouds for a while.

Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Thank you so much for the inspiring story about Surrey RCMP Const. Troy Derrick.

Some of his quotes were truly insightful and we could all learn a lesson or two from this wise young man. I especially liked his analysis of the word community – common unity. Kudos to him for the great work he is doing in our community.

I’m sure there are many other people in Surrey and Delta who are doing great things – why not go out, find them and give us more great articles? That will give us all a reason to be proud of our community.

Karen Andersen, Surrey

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Then the war came. And for a brief and strange time, not only did Canada have a navy, but British Columbia had one, made up solely of two submarines.

In July 1914, war panic was settling in over the British Empire. The politicians and merchants of Victoria were worried about the vast coast of British Columbia – and about the fact that a pair of German warships were somewhere in the North Pacific. By Aug. 5, Britain would declare war and bring Canada along.

B.C. Premier Richard McBride wanted to defend his coast. So he did an end-run around the entire military establishment, and acted on a tip that two submarines were finished

and ready to ship out from a dock in Seattle.

The subs had been built for the Chilean Navy, ordered in 1911. However, the Chileans had fallen behind on their payments.

James Paterson of the Seattle Dry Dock and Construction Company was doing the assembly work on the boats, and he let McBride and others know that they were up for grabs.

He forgot to mention that one of the reasons Chile had stopped paying was that the subs had failed to meet performance specifications.

With the Germans allegedly approaching, McBride jumped on the deal. The price? Unknown.

The capabilities of the subs?

Unknown. Torpedoes?

Nope, none to be had on the West Coast.

The boats had to be smuggled out of Seattle under cover of darkness.

The U.S. had just introduced legislation to stay out of the war, including a ban on sales of warships to either side. Paterson ushered the ships into Canadian waters on Aug. 5, hours before the president would sign the bill.

The new subs should have then sailed into Esquimault Harbour to a triumphant

crowd. Instead, they were almost shelled by panicky Canadian militia gunners.

No one, apart from McBride and a few compatriots, knew about the purchase. So the batteries at Black Rock loaded shells and prepared to fire, assuming they were under attack by German torpedo boats.

Fortunately, a second look revealed a white flag flying from the mast of one sub.

The Canadian Navy belatedly accepted the subs, and rustled up crews from scratch.

The subs could dive. In fact, they could dive too well, plunging straight down in some cases, far faster than was safe. The opened ballast tanks revealed planks, rags, and a pair of overalls left during construction.

The two subs, CC1 and CC2, never fired a shot in anger, but they did train up a number of Canadian submariners. And as for the German warships steaming up the coast? They never even approached British Columbia.

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SURREY — The cat is officially out of the bag – former mayor Doug McCallum is once again running for the city’s top spot.

“It’s time for leadership and to get things done for the people of Surrey,” he told the Now over the phone before his announcement Monday.

McCallum says his campaign has four top priorities: crime, city finances, transit and bringing a ward system to Surrey.

When it comes to crime, McCallum noted that “homicides increased 127 per cent between 2012 and 2013.”

“We need to have a proactive approach to fighting crime. We need to get out in front of crime before it happens.”

In April, Insights West released a poll that found 51 per cent of residents see crime as the number-one issue facing their city.

McCallum said “crime festers in many parts of our communities and it starts in areas with petty theft, then break-and-entering starts, and then drugs start getting distributed, then gangs get involved and then homicides occur.”

He said officers need to be encouraged to get out into their communities in front of crime, and called for more bike and foot patrols.

McCallum also calls on the city’s Chief Supt.

Bill Fordy to “spend some amount of his time out on patrol, interacting with the public.”

If elected, McCallum promises to hire more Surrey staff in the police department to provide support in the office work.

In addition to calling on the police, McCallum is calling on the community to join in the proactive approach by volunteering for

speed watch, foot patrols and bike patrols.

He notes that many in the community already volunteer, but he’d like to see double the amount of volunteers.

Council has approved 95 new officers over the next five years, but McCallum said if he’s elected, he will move to have them come on board in two.

When it comes to the financial picture at city hall, McCallum is not pleased.

“Debt has increased 40 per cent – or $70 million – between 2012 and 2013.”

He described the new city hall, which he says will cost taxpayers a minimum of $150 million, as “a complete waste of taxpayers’ dollars.”

In his nine years as mayor, the city didn’t raise taxes, and now he is “fully committed to not having any increases down the road.”

Instead he plans to “trim costs back” at city hall.

McCallum says to save money, he will also cancel the Surrey Regional Economic Summit.

As well, he says there “won’t be any more trips,” referencing Mayor Dianne Watts coming under heat for expensing international trips.

“It’s time for action, it’s time to stay home and make decisions.”

He also plans to cut costs in the city departments, but promises not to lay off staff.

If elected, he promises to disband the Surrey City Development Corporation.

“Cities do not have a mandate to get out there and speculate in real estate or development. We need to have our government’s be and provide the simple responsibilities that they’re mandated to do.”

When it comes to transit, McCallum says the city needs to “start to lobby, very strongly, every week, every day, the federal government

toward getting money toward Surrey’s light rail.”

The mayors’ council recently gave priority to the city’s light rail plans in its transportation strategy, but McCallum noted that’s only half the decision.

“The other half and probably the hardest half is to get the financing for it,” he said. “On the financing, I will use my experience when I was with TransLink, where we started to build or built four major infrastructure projects in the five years that we were chairman. I had to work extremely hard with all three levels of government to get the financing for all four of those projects.” He also calls for more community buses in Surrey, in outlying areas such as Port Kells, East Clayton, Grandview and Campbell Heights.

For infrastructure, McCallum also wants to spend more money to maintain and build the city’s roads, and to “spruce up the landscaping” of the streetscape, which he believes will result in calmer driving and less speeding.

Finally, McCallum calls for a ward system – four wards which elect two councillors each, plus a mayor.

McCallum was first elected to Surrey city council in 1993 and became mayor three years later, defeating then-mayor Bob Bose.

He served as Surrey’s mayor for nine years before being defeated by current Mayor Dianne Watts in 2005.

Visit thenownewspaper.com for more of McCallum’s political history.

The former mayor first popped back into the public eye earlier this year when he poked his head into the inaugural council meeting at the new Surrey City Hall, as reported by the Now, which he said was by accident.

Before his announcement Monday, we asked our Facebook followers if they would vote for Doug McCallum in November’s civic election. Here’s what they said:

Scott Cowden Won't vote for McCallum again. I believe Watts had us on a pretty good development track. I will likely vote Hepner who shared Watts vision and direction Stevieg Vancity Hell No. Go backwards?

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SURREY — Surrey’s political scene is heating up, and shows no signs of cooling down.

Coun. Barinder Rasode split from Surrey First’s “coalition of independents” and is eyeing the mayor’s chair. Linda Hepner has been chosen the mayoral candidate for Surrey First as Mayor Dianne Watts retires from the municipal scene in the city. And former mayor Doug McCallum is attempting a comeback.

Meanwhile, Surrey Matters Voters Association (SMVA), formerly Surrey Civic Coalition (SCC), has been quiet.

Doug Elford, who ran for the slate in the last municipal election, said Wednesday the party is still “plotting the course” and “waiting for the dominoes to completely fall.”

He said he hasn’t even decided if he will be running.“I’m still weighing whether I want to run.”

Last year, Elford said it was possible many former SCC candidates would return, the slate was not set in stone.

Elford said last year that part of the SMVA’s strategy this time around will be to get more voters to the polls, noting that poor voter turnout hurt the SCC’s standings in the polls in 2011.

Elford has been outspoken about crime in Newton, even before the tragic murder of Julie Paskall near the local arena last December. He

helped form Newton Community Association, hoping to change the area for the better.

Regardless of who plans to run, the slate will be missing at least two candidates from last time around.

SMVA will be without Gary Robinson, who served as its president. Robinson, who served on Surrey council for 12 years, passed away last year from a heart attack.

And former mayor Bob Bose, the last SCC member to hold a council position, isn’t running again.

Despite retiring from civic politics himself, Bose said he’ll be “actively involved.”

Meanwhile, GLBT advocate Martin Rooney has been exploring the idea of running for Surrey council, but has not come to any decisions.“I will wait to see who is all in the race,” he said Friday.

Rooney has asked Surrey city hall to fly the pride flag on one of its three flagpoles during the city’s pride week celebrations.

And Bob Campbell, vice chair of Surrey’s environmental advisory committee and is past-president of West Panorama Ridge Ratepayers Association, is considering running for council.

“I have been asked quite a bit and I’ve certainly thought about it,” Campbell told the Now.“I did have one group approach me and ask me to run for mayor.”

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SURREY/DELTA — After delaying the start of their summer school programs in hopes of an agreement being reached in the teachers’ labour dispute, the school districts of Surrey and Delta have been forced to cancel them.

Earlier, the Labour Relations Board ruled that remedial summer school for students in Grades 10 to 12 were essential if those students could not make up the courses in the following school year.

In Surrey, district spokesperson Doug Strachan said there were 47 Grade 12 students who fall under the LRB’s ruling.

“So they need credits in order to graduate and qualify for that because they can’t come back next year,” said Strachan.

However, because the number of students is small enough, Strachan said striking teachers would not be brought in to teach them. Instead, district administrators will instruct the students and courses will begin Monday, July 7.

As for the cancelling of regular summer school programs, Strachan said the district, like all involved, is disappointed.

“It’s of course disappointing in a whole host of ways when there’s job action and lockout taking place in the district and students are affected,” he said,

Doug Strachan

It’s of course disappointing in a whole host of ways when there’s job action and lockout taking place in the district…

“Really, the summer school is just another example of that. I think everybody is on the same page in saying we would like to see it end as soon as possible.”

No students in Delta fall under LRB ruling In Delta, spokesperson Deneka Michaud said there were no students the district was aware of that would fall into that category.

Delta’s superintendent Dianne Turner said in an open letter to parents that any students who failed courses would be cared for at the start of the next school year.

“To mitigate the impact of no summer courses, administrators are developing options for completion of these courses in the fall,” she wrote. “We remain committed to supporting our students and will work with affected students and families to ensure successful course completion.” cpoon@thenownewspaper.com

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Teen charged in store robberies SURREY — A 15-year-old Surrey boy has been charged with four counts of robbery related to a string of cell phone store robberies in Newton and Whalley.

The boy’s name cannot be published because the Youth Criminal Justice Act shields his identity.

“While this is great news for many businesses in our community,” Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said of the arrest, “our investigation into these robberies is still very active.

Our officers are now focusing their efforts on bringing further criminal charges against other persons believed to be involved in these offences.”

In March and April there were four daytime robberies at cell phone stores in Whalley and Newton.

Two robbers hit a store in the 12800-block of 96th Avenue on March 25th; a store in the 8300block of 128th Street was hit twice

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on April 3rd and April 11th; and on April 17th a store in the 13500block of 88th Avenue was robbed.

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‘Police’ nabbed SURREY — Two men accused of breaking into a Whalley residence while claiming to be police are facing a string of charges as Surrey Mounties still search for a third suspect.

Three robbers broke into a home in the 9800-block of Whalley Boulevard on July 1, 2013, claiming they were cops.

They threatened to shoot one of the residents, but a gun wasn’t seen. The victim was struck with a crowbar and the robbers made off with jewelry, cell phones, a laptop computer and other electronic equipment.

David Fitzpatrick, 30, of Abbotsford and Joseph Anthony Francis, 35, from Langley are both charged with two counts of robbery, two counts of assault with a weapon, and break and enter with intent. Charges against a third suspect are pending.

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Ex-gang affiliate to speak at crime event Thursday in Surrey Kristi Alexandra

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SURREY — Violence, addiction, jail time and several suicide attempts — that’s what a life of crime gave Scott Magri.

After one suicide attempt that had the now-45-year-old criminal “crossing over to the other side,” Magri kicked his oxycontin addiction and all criminal affiliation, now speaking publicly to warn against getting involved in gangs and gang activity.

Magri is set to speak at an organized crime dialogue event put together

by Surrey Coun. Barinder Rasode on Thursday, July 10.

Also speaking at the event will be other ex-crooks, as well as Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, who has had a ton of experience with gang and criminal activity – including high-profile drug and weapon busts.

Rasode said she organized the dialogue, and asked law enforcement and former gang members to share their stories, because street gangs are a serious problem.

“The potential for innocent bystanders getting hurt in the crossfire is very high – the Surrey Six murders are a prime example of that,” Rasode said. “We want to bring the community together for a conversation about drugs, crime and gang prevention, and discuss things we can do as a community and as parents, to become part of the solution. It’s about getting answers and tools to help us develop a comprehensive and holistic approach to the problem.”

Rasode thought Magri was a perfect fit to speak at the dialogue.

The former gang affiliate was notorious amongst criminals and gangsters alike for his violent streak, often acting as an “enforcer” between drug dealers or gang members and the people who owed them money.

Former criminal Scott Magri is among guest speakers at the Organized Crime Dialogue, Gang Prevention and Reform: A Path to Success event Thursday, July 10 at Bombay Banquet Hall in Newton.

The potential for innocent bystanders getting hurt in the crossfire is very high .

“I was basically a one-man wrecking crew, and when things didn’t go my way, I got in my car and I took care of it,” Magri told the Now over the phone. “I dealt with gang members and some of them lost their lives and got shot here and there, so you know, I was associated with some of them in the past but myself, no, I didn’t belong to any organization.”

After earning a reputation for being the kind of person that no one – not even Tony “Scarface” Montana – would want to mess with, dealing illicit drugs like cocaine and running a marijuana grow-op was no problem.

“I had the reputation ‘Don’t f--- with Magri ‘cause it ain’t gonna end well’ and I went, ‘Oh, I could start making money, I’ll sell coke,’ so I bought a half-ounce of cocaine one night, had a party at my house, sold it and made $800 profit and that’s where it started — the easy money.”

Magri was earning $60,000 per month, developing a $12,000 a month addiction, and ultimately saw his empire, his home, his truck and all of his cash repossessed.

“How I got out of all of that was that I had a bust at my house, the cops surrounded the place and I even asked them ‘Jeez, there’s more people here than when you arrested Jeffrey Dahmer. Why?’ It was my background,” he said. “I knew everybody and I could get my hands on anything.”

Magri has been back on the straight and narrow for a couple years, having penned a book about his experience with the crime underworld and ensuing spiritual epiphany called Lessons: Crime, Gains & Pain.

Houghton said from his policing, he’s seen ex-gang affiliates’ journeys and emphasized the importance of them speaking out.

“We know that only some people take in the message from the police,” said Houghton.

“Whether it’s gangs or something completely different, having someone who has those experiences, that ability to say ‘Look, I walked this walk. Here’s why I’m telling you that you need to think twice about some of the decisions you may be faced with and why positive choices will make you a better person,’ their messages are extremely important because I know that… they wear their hearts on their sleeves.”

The Organized Crime Dialogue, Gang Prevention and Reform: A Path to Success event takes place on Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. at Surrey’s Bombay Banquet Hall (7475 135 St.). Admission is free. kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

Cop dog handler won’t be prosecuted in Surrey bite case Tom Zytaruk

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SURREY — The Criminal Justice Branch in Victoria has decided not to prosecute an RCMP dog handler for a dog bite injury case last fall.

In May, the Independent Investigations Office sent the file to Crown Counsel for consideration after Richard Rosenthal, the IIO’s chief civilian director, determined an officer might have committed an offence.

On Nov. 18, an RCMP dog bit a shoplifting suspect’s leg three times, causing significant injury, after a box of cookware was stolen from a Surrey Wal-Mart store.

The IIO, which investigates police incidents involving injury, does not make recommendations on whether charges should be laid.

Under the Crown Counsel Act, that’s the Criminal Justice Branch’s call.

After considering the evidence, the CJB concluded that there’s “not a substantial likelihood” the dog handler would be convicted of any crime.

After the theft, a Wal-Mart loss prevention officer and the suspect got into a scuffle behind the store.

The LPO tried to handcuff him, but lost his balance during the tussle, fell and hit his head on the pavement. The suspect then got on top of him, struck him in the throat, and ran to a wooded area behind the store.

The suspect told the IIO he was under a tree, smoking, when without warning the dog bit him.

The dog’s handler declined to provide a statement to the IIO. The Criminal Justice Branch found no evidence that the officer commanded the dog to attack or was aware the dog was inflicting serious injury at the time.

Neil MacKenzie, spokesman for the CJB, noted that Section 25 of the Criminal Code says a police officer is justified in using as much force as necessary to make an arrest “provided he acts on reasonable and probable” grounds but Section 26 provides for criminal liability when excessive force is used.

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URREY – Sixty years ago at Vancouver’s Empire Stadium, two men set the standard for middle-distance running. England’s Roger Bannister and Australia’s John Landy were the first two men to run a sub four-minute “miracle” mile in the same race at the 1954 British Empire Games. On Thursday (July 10), Surrey’s Keffri Neal will try and match that feat.

The University of Kentucky (UK) Wildcat had an astounding junior year, picking up gold medals at both indoor and outdoor Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships before breaking his 800metre personal best and collecting a bronze medal at the NCAA championships.

“I ran a lot faster than I ever have before and it was my first time being there, so coming third was pretty unexpected. I’m happy with it,” Neal said, trying not to brag.

Neal is set to run the one-mile race Thursday at the Harry Jerome International Track Classic in Burnaby, and is excited to test his skills against some of the best runners on the continent.

“It will be one of the faster races that I’ve ever been in … I can say I’ve never run against a field that strong before. That should be an experience in itself and possibly breaking four minutes in a mile,” Neal said.

The former Fleetwood Park Dragon has been training hard to get back to running longer distances now that the collegiate season is over. At the Penn Relays in late April, Neal managed to break the fourminute barrier by 1.5 seconds in the 4x1mile event.

“I’m in 800 (metre) shape right now. It’s really hard to switch it up in two weeks. I’ve been trying to maintain, really, and try to get a little more strength so I can run a fast mile,” he said.

Neal’s personal best for the mile is 4:04.

The Surrey native broke his 800-metre personal best at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships after running 1:46.39.

He was 13 tenths-of-a-second away from the gold medalist and fellow Canadian, Brandon

NCAA Div. 1 bronze medalist Keffri Neal prepares at North Surrey Community Park for what he calls the “strongest field” of runners he’s ever raced against. The University of Kentucky’s track star will try and break a personal best by attempting to run a four-minute mile.

(Photo: KYLE BENNING) championships, and he walked away with the gold in the 1500-metre race in It will be one of the faster races that I’ve ever been in … I can Lexington, Kentucky after a run of 3:48.69.

Neal also ran the 800-metre race in the say I’ve never run against a field that strong before. That outdoor championships, but it was clear should be an experience in itself and possibly breaking four that his body was fatigued as he finished in eighth.

Again, McBride took home the gold. minutes in a mile.

“It’s pretty rare for a Canadian to go to a big institution like (University of Kentucky),” Neal said. “At the time, I didn’t Graham, Neal’s coach at UK, and they plan McBride of Mississippi State University. on keeping Neal training during the summer. really appreciate it or knew what my track This isn’t the only time that the Ontarian career would end up being, but it has During the season, Neal was running about snubbed Neal for gold. At the Canadian worked out very well so far.”

70 miles every week and Onstad believes it Track and Field Championships two weeks After July 10, Neal will compete in the was the key to his breakout year. ago in Moncton, Neal had to settle for silver provincial championships in Kamloops, “That’s really catapulted him to a new with McBride beating him by 22 tenths-of-awhich starts on July 11. He turned down level now,” Onstad said. “He’s just at the second in the 800-metre race. a spot to represent Canada at the underplace where he’s verging on international.

Bryan Onstad used to be one of the 23 level at the North American, Central coaches for the Surrey Athletics Club, Neal’s A lot of the guys at (Harry) Jerome are top U.S. milers and 1500-metre runners, and the American, and Caribbean Under 23 track and field club, which closed in 2011.

(NACAC U23) Championships because the top Canadians are in there also. It will be a However, he still trains Neal during the event starts too close to his collegiate season. good experience for him. This year he’s got offseason.

The 2014 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome the confidence and I think he’s going to do “He was 12 years old when he started International Track Classic takes place well there.”

(Surrey Athletics Club). For the first five Neal is a versatile runner and took both of at Swangard Stadium on Thursday. The or six years, he was not one of the better mile-long race will be the last event of his SEC gold medals in different events. runners in the group,” Onstad said. “By the day, where Neal will be up against At the indoor championships in Texas, about Grade 10 he started maturing and another Surrey track star in Luc Bruchet.

Neal took first place in the 800-metre event rising up. By Grade 12 he was one of the More information can be found online at after running 1:48.94 in February. best in the province.”

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Surrey firefighters are investigating a suspicious fire that ate through the roof of a vacant townhouse unit at Hunter Hill housing cooperative (6935-122 St.) in West Newton early Sunday morning.

Nobody was injured in the two-alarm fire, which appears to have started outside the unit at about 3:30 a.m.

“I’m very cautious to say it may have been suspicious,” Deputy Chief Dan Barnscher said. “It seems it worked its way up the side of the building.”

Twenty firefighters arrived in six trucks to tackle the blaze. Flames were erupting through the attic of the two-storey building, but crews had it doused in about 20 minutes.

Barnscher said minimal damage was done to the adjoining townhouse in the fourplex, but a mother and two children were displaced.

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SURREY — Surrey’s political scene is heating up, and shows no signs of cooling down.

Coun. Barinder Rasode split from Surrey First’s “coalition of independents” and is eyeing the mayor’s chair. Linda Hepner has been chosen the mayoral candidate for Surrey First as Mayor Dianne Watts retires from the municipal scene in the city. And former mayor Doug McCallum is attempting a comeback.

Meanwhile, Surrey Matters Voters Association (SMVA), formerly Surrey Civic Coalition (SCC), has been quiet.

Doug Elford, who ran for the slate in the last municipal election, said Wednesday the party is still “plotting the course” and “waiting for the dominoes to completely fall.”

“We’re planning, and plotting,” he added.

He said he hasn’t even decided if he will be running. “I’m still weighing whether I want to run.”

Last year, Elford said it was possible many former SCC candidates would return, the slate was not set in stone.

Elford said last year that part of the SMVA’s strategy this time around will be to get more voters to the polls, noting that poor voter turnout hurt the SCC’s standings in the polls in 2011.

Elford told the Now in 2013 that he sees a need for opposing voices on council.

“There’s a lot of things that just go

unchallenged right now in terms of development, especially in regard to environmental sustainability,” he said last July.

“There has to be some opposition to make things healthy.”

Elford has been outspoken about crime in Newton, even before the tragic murder of Julie Paskall near the local arena last December.

He helped form Newton Community Association, hoping to change the area for the better.

“I guess the real hot button issue is crime in the neighbourhood,” he told the Now last December, just days before Paskall’s murder.

Regardless of who plans to run, the slate will be missing at least two candidates from last time around.

SMVA will be without Gary Robinson, who served as its president. Robinson, who served on Surrey council for 12 years, passed away last year from a heart attack.

And former mayor Bob Bose, the last SCC member to hold a council position, isn’t running again.

Bose served as a Surrey alderman from 1978 to 1985 and then served as Surrey’s mayor for nine years, from 1988 to 1996. After his mayoralty, Bose returned to Surrey civic politics as a councillor, from 2000 to 2011, when he was ousted by Surrey First sweeping all the seats.

Despite retiring from civic politics himself, Bose said he’ll be “actively involved.”

While no potential candidates he’s talked to have made a decision to run, he says “I have people in mind.”

Bose thinks voters need a fresh face.

“I think there’s a need for a fresh approach and that basically means a new personality on the scene – not somebody who’s an incumbent or who’s been on council,” he said.

“Some fresh faces may be able to organize themselves so as to attract significant block of voters.”

In Bose’s opinion, it’s “absolutely essential there be a renewal of council with new faces.

It’s ripe for it.”

An Insights West Poll, released in April, found that 68 per cent of those surveyed said they are ready for either a significant or small change in their legislators. Only 20 per cent would like to see no change at all.

Bose went on to say he thinks the ideal candidate should have their “roots in community.”

“Surrey needs somebody with roots in the community… whose focus will be on real sustainable communities – strengthening communities, strengthening the political structure so the community is better represented.”

Bose believes crime and transportation will be the top two issues.

“Crime is always a big issue because it’s been made a big issue,” he noted.

He hopes to see a candidate champion the protection of environmental space.

“Surrey’s continuing to develop and one of these day’s, it’s all over – game over. They’re very proud of the face that population is growing at a steady rate, but it’s been growing at those numbers for every year as long as I can remember,” he noted.

“There’s something seductive about growth from a political perspective. People really see growth as good, they don’t look at the question of quality of life and protecting open spaces.”

Meanwhile, GLBT advocate Martin Rooney has been exploring the idea of running for Surrey council, but has not come to any decisions. “I will wait to see who is all in the race,” he said Friday.

Rooney has asked Surrey city hall to fly the pride flag on one of its three flagpoles during the city’s pride week celebrations.

As first reported in the Now, Rooney spoke out, enquiring why, in 15 years of celebrating pride in Surrey the city had not officially flown the pride flag when other municipalities have been able to do so.

In effort to address the concern, the city prepared a report to see whether or not federal or provincial flag protocol could be bypassed in this circumstance. The review, presented in late June, concluded that the city would continue only to fly the federal, provincial and city flag.

And Bob Campbell, vice chair of Surrey’s environmental advisory committee and is past president of the West Panorama Ridge Ratepayers Association, is considering running for council.

“I have been asked quite a bit and I’ve certainly thought about it,” Campbell told the Now. “I did have one group approach me and ask me to run for mayor.”

He added, “I see more of an appetite out there now for some more voices at the table.”

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