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hen it comes to designing a flying robot capable of surveying situations and locations from an aerial perspective, things can understandably get a little costly. Having to construct a frame and fit all the robo-innards within are a science, and having any sort of say over what that might look like would likely cost an arm and a leg when it comes to manufacturing. Or at least, it would’ve until just a few years ago. Thanks to the wonders of 3D printing and the increasing ease in which users can bring pretty much any thought to life, customizing a flying robot doesn’t sound too crazy and suddenly isn’t so expensive. Enter team Avian Robotics, a group of Simon Fraser University students who came together with the same goal in mind: to build a customizable autonomous drone (unmanned air vehicle) ready for a variety of uses. Mark Anthony Wijaya, one of the four founders of Avian Robotics, said the idea started when he and the three other founders, George Xu, Shakir Ali and Akshay Budhiraja, put some ideas together from their studies. “So some of us had been working on 3D printers and one thing led to another and we decided that 3D printing coupled with robotics would be a game changer in many industries, so we had to pursue that,” he recalled. The group is a mix of Surrey and Burnaby SFU students and with most coming from the school’s engineering programs, the project quickly took on a life of its own. Literally. “It has autonomous capabilities so we’re working on the outdoor section right now

Mark Anthony Wijaya is one of the four founders of Avian Robotics, a group of SFU students using 3D printers to build drones. (Photo submitted) and we’re looking at the indoor section later,” said Wijaya of their drone. “So you can just click on it, set the route and the drone will fly it. It will also stream pictures live or record, it’s up to you.” And because the parts are custom designed on a computer then printed by them, Wijaya said they’ve been able to try a variety of different bodies and styles without breaking the bank. The drone is connected to a wireless Internet connection that enables it to fly without needing to be controlled by the user, separating it from most consumergrade drones. “That cuts out you needing to buy another radio control because you can now just use your phone or tablet and connect to the WiFi and then use that to control the drone,” said Wijaya. “Basically, what we’ve done is turned a toy into a tool.” And now with a fully realized working drone on their hands, the possibilities of such technology are slowly coming to light. “We’ve spoken to the head of security and he is actually interested in implementing this technology at the SFU Burnaby campus,” said Wijaya. “So

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SURREY — A two-day concert featuring “world-renowned electronic music artists” is planned for Holland Park this summer. Up to 22,000 people are expected daily at the ticketed festival, July 3 and 4. Surrey city council has granted event promoter Live Nation Canada a liquor license for the event, with three beverage areas planned. Due to a business agreement, the names of the featured artists cannot be disclosed until the Vancouver-based promoter releases details publicly, in partnership with Blueprint Events. The festival will feature artists “who have international #1 songs across multiple formats, as well as a few up and coming pop and electronic music artists on multiple stages,” according to a report before Surrey city council on Feb. 23. In May of 2013, Live Nation Canada produced a concert at Holland Park by folk-rock band Mumford & Sons, as a trial run for the company there. Close to 25,000 people attended the event. Erik Hoffman, Live Nation’s vicepresident of talent, said Monday the event in July will be “a proprietary festival for Surrey, an urban downtown festival, and with the intent of bringing it back year over year.” Artist and ticket information will be announced soon, Hoffman said. “Given the timeline on the event, it won’t be long from now. We’re just finishing up a few things.”

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Guildford Town Centre welcomes a few new stores to the mall, including Ever New, a fashion clothing and accessories brand founded in Melbourne, Australia. Other retailers opening soon at GTC include Body + Salt. Also, Merle Norman recently opened in a new location, near Fibba’s Jewellers.

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2015 Good Citizen AwArd The City of surrey Council invites suggestions for the 2015 good Citizen award. This honour is awarded on an annual basis to a person who has given outstanding service for the betterment of our community over the years. any private individual or service group is invited to submit nominations for Council's consideration. The good Citizen award for 2015 will be presented at the 2015 Volunteer appreciation event. Written nominations from private individuals or service groups are welcome. submissions should describe the outstanding service or volunteer works the nominee has done for the enhancement of the City of surrey and include supporting documentation such as: letter(s) of support, special recognition or award(s) received newspaper clippings, etc.

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PORT KELLS — The City of Surrey held a groundbreaking ceremony for its planned biofuel processing facility on Friday. Set to be completed in 2017, the facility will convert the city’s kitchen and yard waste collected at curbside – and commercial waste across the region – into renewable natural gas. It will then be used to power the city’s fleet of waste collection vehicles and district energy system. The site will also produce a compost product to be used for landscaping and agricultural purposes, and there will be room in the building to do school tours of the site. The city says the organic biofuel facility will be the first fully integrated, closed-loop waste management system in North America, which will be able to process 115,000 metric tonnes of organic waste per year. It’s hoped the site will help Metro Vancouver achieve its regional 70 per cent waste diversion target.

Mayor Linda Hepner is joined by city staff and project partners in Port Kells on Feb. 27 as they break ground at the site of a planned biofuel processing facility. (Photo: AMY REID) Mayor Linda Hepner said the project is a milestone for meeting Surrey’s sustainability goals. “It will reduce CO2 emissions in Surrey by 40,000 tonnes a year – that’s the equivalent of taking 8,500 cars off the road per year,” she stated. The site is being developed as a public-private partnership. Under this model, the city has chosen a private partner – Orgaworld – to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the

facility through a 25-year agreement. Orgaworld is a Dutch-based company specializing in organic waste recycling with facilities in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Canada. According to the city, the project will create more than 15 full-time, longterm jobs. So what’s the price tag for this stateof-the-art facility? Rob Costanzo, Surrey’s engineering operations manager, said it was originally estimated the project would cost around $68 million. In 2012, the federal government approved the city’s application to the P3 Canada Fund, where it agreed to contribute up to 25 per cent – or up to $16.9 million – for the capital cost of the project. Surrey received a QUEST Community Energy Builder Award in 2013 for the planned site. It will be located at 9752 192nd St. on a vacant lot south of the Surrey Transfer Station. Construction is set to begin this spring.

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nvestigation into the alleged misconduct of 17 Abbotsford Police Department members by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is astounding – and worrisome. The case centres on one officer who is now charged with breach of trust and obstruction of justice, as well as 16 other officers in the force. At issue is the “integrity of statements” officers used when applying to judges for search warrants in drug-related cases. Convictions of criminals related to the investigations are already being reviewed, raising the prospect that some may be tossed out. Even worse is the prospect that some of those behind bars today were wrongfully convicted. Either way, it brings the justice system into serious disrepute. Police agencies ought to know judges can and will throw a case out on a technicality if charter rights are abused. The antidote to this problem is more transparency and accountability. B.C.’s police watchdog legislation is weaker than that of most other provinces. The police complaint commissioner doesn’t have power to compel testimony, and the complaints process is carried out behind closed doors with scant public scrutiny. The RCMP’s process for dealing with complaints is even more opaque. Officers are suspended, usually with pay, for years while they are under investigation for anything from criminal misconduct to harassment. Not only does this erode confidence in the system, but it also must irk a lot of good, hard-working officers who have to keep their mouths shut and toe the line. When you’re working in a system that is tasked with holding others accountable to the rule of law, it seems to make sense that that system is held up to a higher standard. At this point, the public may, justifiably, think it’s a lower standard. We hope our minister of justice is paying close attention; a fundamental principle of policing in a free society is that officers’ authority is matched by commensurate accountability to the public they police. Glacier Media

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they were getting ready for the new coal and dangerous goods that would be hauled on up to 130-plus railway cars. So now I wonder, are our lines being readied for the faster and even bigger 220-plus car trains that are travelling and derailing in other areas? I am so grateful that White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin has made a vow to make rail relocation a priority and now it appears that maybe Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner will soon be vocal about protecting her constituents in Crescent Beach as well. Let’s hope Transport Canada will finally understand the people who live here instead of only the tycoons plying their goods though our front yards.

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wo issues have sprung to the fore in the opening weeks of the legislature that put the stingy (some would say miserly) ways of the BC Liberal government on full public display. One of them is the never-ending story about the funding of public education in this province, while the other is another seemingly endless tale – how much funding the B.C. Ferry system should receive from taxpayers. Let’s tackle the complex education system first. In a classic case of giving with one hand while taking with the other, the government has topped up a special learning fund by $23 million while at the same time cutting school board budgets by $29 million (followed by a further $25 million chop the following year). But while the public education system is being squeezed (yet again), the government has topped up the budget for independent schools by $30 million (an increase largely driven by a significant hike in student enrollment at independent schools). The optics, as they say, don’t look good here. There have been howls of outrage from B.C. school trustees about these pending cuts but Premier Christy Clark has characterized the cost-cutting (or, cost “savings” in government parlance) exercise as merely going after “low-hanging fruit.” That dismissive comment was like throwing oil on a long-simmering fire. School districts have been grappling

with rising, unfunded costs in the system for years. Things like inflation, pension improvements, rising MSP premiums and BC Hydro rates haven’t been covered by additional funding for quite a while, thus making the mandatory achievement of an annual balanced school board budget that much more difficult to accomplish every year. Nevertheless, the provincial government is convinced legitimate savings can be found, either through a greater emphasis on shared “services” between some school districts or simply realizing cost efficiencies and eliminating spending waste. Still, one can’t help but wonder whether there is a hidden agenda at work here: a not-so-subtle push to get some school districts to amalgamate. While it remains to be seen whether that $29-million reduction can occur without hurting classroom instruction, it’s a different case when it comes to forcing “savings” on the B.C. Ferry system. BC Ferries has already gone through a significant round of cost-cutting and consolidation, as sailings on many routes have been eliminated. There’s not much more there to cut and BC Ferries does not have control over certain cost items. For example, the size of crews on ships – a favourite target of those who like to make apples-and-oranges comparisons to the Washington State ferry system – is mandated by Transport Canada, not by BC Ferries, and labour is a huge cost item. A petition with 20,000 names on it was delivered to the legislature last week, calling for BC Ferries to return to the full control of the provincial government. Such a move (not that it has much of a chance of happening) is meaningless, since it would do nothing

to address the chief problem for B.C. ferry users: high fares that keep getting higher. B.C. taxpayers already generously fund BC Ferries, to the tune of about $190 million a year in subsidies. That’s almost $2 billion over 10 years, which puts that kind of funding on a level with major highway infrastructure projects like bridges. But without any increase to that subsidy, fares will undoubtedly continue to climb, as B.C. Ferries has limited power to deal with two big cost items: labour and fuel costs. And so far, the penny-pinching BC Liberals show no sign of even entertaining the idea of boosting that annual subsidy. As I’ve noted here before, there is a disconnect between the ruling party and many regular users of B.C.’s ferries. I suspect most of the 20,000 names on that petition, for example, are of people who live in ferry-dependent communities – which for the most part are NDP strongholds during provincial elections. And so there isn’t much of an entry point into the BC Liberal caucus for ferry advocates to apply political pressure, thus allowing the government to continue is steadfast insistence that there is no more water in the well to be drawn here. In contrast, I suspect the escalating tension in the education sector will eventually have more of a chance to force the government to moderate its position, at least some. That doesn’t mean the BC Liberals will start spending like drunken sailors though. Far from it: stinginess is here for a while. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. He can reached by email at Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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SURREY — Get your Mounties two for one in Surrey, folks. While 50 per cent discounts are usually reserved for Boxing Day sales, Surrey is launching a new program intended to cut policing bills in half for free public events. Coun. Bruce Hayne said the move is to help cover the rising police costs associated with hosting such events. Right now, police officers come at a cost of $105 per hour, which includes meals and overtime, Hayne said. If police vehicles are required, that goes up by $25. “It’s become more and more expensive to police events and event organizers have been saying to us for a while now, ‘Can’t you help offset the costs?’” he said. The city has set aside $50,000 this year from the council initiatives fund for the new program, Hayne explained. The idea is event organizers would pay for policing, and then apply to be reimbursed for up to 50 per cent of the total bill to a maximum of $35,000 per event. During last year’s civic election, organizers of the annual Vaisakhi Parade in Surrey asked why they must bear the brunt of policing costs. The City of Vancouver, for example, has a program to offset costs for some large-scale parades. Vancouver offers up to $50,000 for parades attended by more than 400,000 and up to $30,000 for those with between 100,000 and 400,000. Surrey’s Vaisakhi parade, held in April, is estimated to attract between 200,000 and 250,000 people. “Vaisakhi of course would be the biggest third party event (in Surrey),” Hayne said. “All the city events, Canada Day, Fusion Fest, those are city events so they’re already covered. This (fund) is for community festivals and events where additional policing is required.” According to Baljinder Singh Khera, spokesman for the Dasmesh Darbar gurdwara, which organizes the Vaisakhi parade, the temple alone spends about $225,000 on the parade – a third of which (roughly $75,000) goes toward RCMP presence for the day. The temple also pays roughly $35,000 for private security because Khera says they’re told RCMP “don’t have enough manpower.” Khera welcomed the notion of the city covering some of the costs, saying organizers can’t afford any more increases.

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WHALLEY — Law enforcement agencies throughout the Lower Mainland have launched Canada’s first Real Time Intelligence Centre. Based in Surrey, it will provide a co-ordinated regional response to serious crimes. “Immediate analytical support will be available during crimes that pose a risk to public safety, such as armed robberies, high-risk missing persons or gang violence,” Surrey RCMP Chief Supt. Bill Fordy told the Now last year. The RTIC-BC will have 43 employees and will be located in the provincial RCMP headquarters in Surrey. “It will be the first of its kind in Canada,” Fordy told the Now. “Once we work through all the glitches, it will be awesome.” Surrey’s top cop noted there are similar crime-fighting initiatives in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago and Puerto Rico. Since adopting its Real Time “It’s very hard to cover. It’s hard to raise that much money.”

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Meanwhile, Hayne is concerned policing costs for local events may rise following a national RCMP directive that says

Crime Centre in 2006, the Memphis Police department has recorded a 30 per cent reduction in serious crime and a 20 per cent reduction in violent crime. Each municipality and city in the Lower Mainland will contribute to the RTIC-BC and costs will be shared between the federal, provincial and civic governments. Fordy said RTIC-BC will be running 24/7, all year, and will expand to include the Victoria Capital Regional District in 2016, and the entire province the following year. It will focus on shootings, murders, attempted murders, armed robberies, sex assaults, AMBER alerts, high-risk missing persons cases, home invasions, hostage takings, acts of terrorism, gangrelated incidents and “emerging events that threaten public safety.” Police officially launched RTIC-BC on Thursday, Feb. 26 at the BC RCMP Headquarters at 14200 Green Timbers Way but media was not provided access to it for security reasons. tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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detachment level, a risk assessment must now be conducted on a case-by-case basis to determine the threat and level of oversight required to ensure the safety of anyone wearing a police uniform. Chief Supt. Bill Fordy said the new directive could impact policing costs for festivals and events in the city. Surrey has the largest auxiliary department in the country, with nearly 100 members. Auxiliary constables, which are uniformed volunteers under the command of the RCMP, support a number of community policing programs and services, including Block Watch and Junior Police Academy. They also provide traffic control and a visible police presence at special events. Following the national directive, Surrey RCMP will need to do a threat assessment for each event, Fordy said. “We’ve changed the policy on two categories of our employees of the organization by virtue of them wearing a uniform. So the community safety officers now cannot go to an incident or to an event without someone having a gun. Auxiliary constables are now in the same position,” he said. “I’m not necessarily saying it’s 1:1, there’s an assessment on every auxiliary deployment. Some we say 5:1 is appropriate.” Hayne said city council has asked Fordy to provide estimates. “So we’re waiting to see what kind of impact that will have and what kind of ratio the RCMP feel is appropriate for members versus auxiliary. It is a little bit of wait and see.” Hayne is hopeful the 100 new officers set to come to Surrey this year will boost the force enough to reduce overtime costs to offset some of the anticipated increases from higher oversight being required. areid@thenownewspaper.com

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SURREY — On a cloudy Thursday morning, three Grade 7 students are roaming the hallways of Royal Heights Elementary school in Surrey, checking the classrooms for proper recycling. For Vubhu Bhatt, Rohan Dhanda and Garren Grewal, organized waste is better than everything ending up in a landfill, and if it takes just a little bit of manpower to make a difference, they’re here to do it. Their efforts are part of a new program provided by Northwest Waste Solutions in partnership with the Surrey school district. The goal of the program? Stop global warming, one properly separated piece of trash at a time. “We have a chart we made. We check the garbage to see if anything is misplaced, and if they do, we give them (the class) a mark,” explained Garren, the more reserved and quietest of the trio. Royal Heights is one of the few pilot schools in Surrey that have implemented the recycling program over the past year. With Vibhu, Rohan and Garren, there have been significant improvements in school waste separation. While the program benefits the environment, Garren explained, there are also incentives to be the greenest class in the school.

These guys said they would be willing to help other leadership teams within the district, if needed. They’ve done an amazing job.

At Royal Heights Elementary in Surrey, teacher Scott Harris, Garren Grewal, Vibhu Bhatt, Rohan Dhanda and Charlotte Brenner (from left to right) show the different classifications of the Northwest Waste Solutions recycling program. (Photo: SARAH ORLINA) “Whoever has the fewest marks wins a pizza lunch,” he said. Instructor Scott Harris remembers when last year’s Grade 7s kicked off the program and recalled the learning experience they went through at the time. “The Grade 7s last year did an analysis of people’s garbage,” said Harris. “For a few weeks, they were collecting the garbage and tipping it out onto tarps, sorting through

every disgusting little piece, and breaking it down.” And, like anything new, last year’s students encountered a few hiccups. “We had some issues with flies, we had some issues with the secretary not being very happy with them,” Harris said with a grin. Charlotte Brenner, another Royal Heights teacher, commended Vibhu, Rohan and

Garren for their work, saying they’ve brought a certain “green-mindedness” to the school. “These guys said they would be willing to help other leadership teams within the district, if needed,” she said. “They’ve done an amazing job.” To that, Rohan responded with, “We just want to say that the worst in our school is the staff.” Laughing along, Vibhu and Garren added, “There’s no problems with the younger ones, just the teachers.” Taking the jokes in stride, Brenner said she hoped the district initiative will be a platform for reduced waste and to get all schools in Surrey involved in the program by the end of the school year.

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Last year, close to 300 young people submitted 40 projects, including one from École Panorama Ridge student Ali Shabbir, who started a dance club for students who felt disengaged with others. The initiative is part of Surrey RCMP’s effort to engage with youth, in partnership with Surrey School District and the City of Surrey. “Together with our partners, we want to build resiliency and citizenship in youth throughout the city,” said Insp. Ghalib Bhayani, a community services officer with Surrey RCMP.

“The police spend a lot of time with people who made bad choices, so it is particularly important that we engage with young people and encourage them to take a positive path in life.” Surrey Steps Up 2015 kicked off Feb. 21 at the Surrey Leadership Action Conference (SLAC), when student emcees Ali Shabbir and Rajneet Mattu introduced the event to more than 150 students in attendance. To get involved, visit Psst-bc.ca/ stepsup.

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Two Surrey teams in Quad A provincial finals Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers and Semiahmoo Totems go to big dance for the first time in decades Kyle Benning

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LANGLEY — The last time Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers senior boys’ basketball team qualified for the high school provincial championships, Walt Disney’s Peter Pan hit the silver screen for the first time. Sixty-two long years passed before they qualified for the tourney, and they’ll be there again thanks to a second-place finish at the Quad A Fraser Valley Basketball Championships on Saturday (Feb. 28). Head coach Raj Bagry said the team might not have a standout player, but the players work as a unit and have built lasting relationships. “We don’t have one star. We have five kids that will score. The guys coming off the bench will put their minutes in,” said Bagry. “There’s not one person that does it all. It’s family.” After 14 years at the helm of the senior boys’ program, Bagry is proud of the success the team found at this tournament. “It’s big. It’s team spirit. It’s school spirit,” he said. The Panthers, whose record is 20-13 this season, lost 88-78 in the final to divisional rivals Yale Lions of Abbotsford at Langley Events Centre. “We have friends on that team, but next time we’ll try and get a better start. We had a bad start on this one,” said the coach on his third loss to Yale this season. The Cloverdale school came off of the radar and entered the tournament ranked tenth of 24 teams, and was not projected to punch a ticket to the dance. However, a couple of big wins against No. 7 Pitt Meadows and No. 2 Walnut Grove

Fans of Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers cheer on their Quad A boys basketball team Saturday (Feb. 28) at Langley Events Centre. The squad lost 88-78 to Yale in the final of the Fraser Valley Basketball Championships, but qualified for the provincial finals this month. See more photos at Thenownewspaper.com. (Photo: GORD GOBLE) put the Panthers in the semifinal against Semiahmoo. Tweedsmuir defeated the Totems 96-79 to advance to the Fraser Valley final. Panthers forward Iqwinder Gill said it was tough to lose to Yale again, but he felt they were always in the game. Gill, who finished the game with a teamhigh 24 points, was named a first-team all-star. “It means nothing. It means something, but it means nothing at the same time,” he said of his award. “We all wanted to win and we didn’t get the win.” His teammate Justin Mason joined him on the first team, while Brett Norris was named a second-team all-star. Semiahmoo finished the tournament

in fourth place after losing to tournament favourite Terry Fox 103-70 in the bronzemedal game. Semiahmoo head coach Ed Lefurgy said his team became a little complacent toward the end of the tournament. “We need to play every possession with urgency and we didn’t do that,” he said. “We need a little more consistency from our effort.” He said he’s happy with finishing fourth, but not satisfied. “Us making (provincials) isn’t surprising to me at all. I always knew we had the potential. When we play well, we can play with anybody in the province. “We want to get back there and we want to establish a very strong perennial

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power,” said Lefurgy. “My goal when I got to Semiahmoo six years ago was not to make one (provincial) tournament.” The Totems made teams take notice of them after defeating W.J. Mouat by 38 and Holy Cross by 44 before losing to Lord Tweedsmuir in the semifinal. This is the first time the South Surrey school has qualified for the provincial championship since 1976. Semiahmoo’s Patrick Dujmovic made the first all-star team after tallying 28 points in the semifinal. His teammate, Brian Spanier, made the second team. Entering the 16-team provincial championships, Lord Tweedsmuir will come in at No. 5 and play No. 12 West Vancouver, while No. 10 Semiahmoo will face either Dover Bay or Cowichan. In the Triple A bracket, Fleetwood Park won their Fraser Valley championship game 72-69 against Robert Bateman. The Dragons enter their provincial bracket as the No. 2 team and will play No. 15 Dawson Creek in their opening game. Southridge took the Double A Fraser Valley trophy after defeating G.W. Graham 92-88. The Storm’s Hunter Hughes was named tournament MVP. Double A tourney hosts Delview, the North Delta school, also qualified for the provincial tournament after finishing third. Southridge picked up the No. 2 spot in the provincials and will take on No. 15 Nechako Valley, while No. 11 Delview will play No. 6 Kwalikum. All of the senior boys’ provincial championships take place from March 11 to 14 at Langley Events Centre. For more information, visit BChighschoolbasketballchampionships. com.

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VICTORIA — There will soon be stricter oversight to the “party bus” services popular among young people attending graduation parties and night clubs. Provincial Transportation Minister Todd Stone announced Thursday (Feb. 26) that an overhaul of limousine licensing will require companies providing these services to go through an inspection and display a special plate alerting police of their designation. “This is a positive change that significantly increases safety in British Columbia’s limousine industry by making operators more accountable and by allowing for stronger enforcement,” said Stone. “This is about ensuring the regulations are more effective in protecting the travelling public.” The party bus industry has come under scrutiny in recent years not only due to its growing popularity among groups looking for a safe way to drink without driving, but because two young people died while using the service. Sixteen-year-old Maple Ridge teen Shannon Raymond died in 2008 after drinking alcohol and then boarding a party

in his fleet serving all of Metro Vancouver bus, where she took a fatal dose of the street including Surrey, said the changes will likely drug MDMA, commonly known as Ecstasy. “weed out” businesses with poor oversight. And only two years ago another 16-yearHe said the license will create a more old boy, Ernest Azah Azoadam, collapsed “level playing field,” adding his prices were on board a party bus in Surrey. He died of competitively disadvantaged “undetermined causes” although because he pays more money to toxicology tests found alcohol in ensure underage clients are safe. his blood and evidence of prior “That was one of my Achilles use of marijuana. Heels, because I was one of the In an Oct. 30, 2014 B.C. more expensive party buses Supreme Court decision because I provide chaperones surrounding a “bloody and and make sure things meet and senseless” Cloverdale brawl exceed what the government has involving severely intoxicated asked us to do,” he said. teenagers, the Crown argued the Todd Stone Cuscito’s company provides incident “screams” for greater male and female chaperones for regulation and oversight of the underage clients to make sure they’re not industry. bringing anything illegal into the party bus A charter bus carrying about 50 young or limo. people during an after-grad celebration While he acknowledged the changes to made a stop at a Husky Station late on July licensing were likely due to the deaths of 18, 2012, when a violent confrontation took young people, Cuscito was quick to defend place with a 22-year-old Surrey motorist. his service. “This case is a tragic example of what can “Those two deaths that occurred on the happen when underaged teens are allowed party buses had nothing to do with the to get drunk on ‘party buses,’” Crown prosecutor Winston Sayson said at the time. party bus. Those two deaths could have happened at a movie theatre. They could Tommy Cuscito, owner and operator happen at a roller rink, ice rink, that could of Vancouver Party Bus, with 13 vehicles

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