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60 ALLEGED RIOTERS NOW FACING CHARGES: ONE-THIRD ARE FROM SURREY
Watts challenger targets new city hall Ross Buchanan calls City Centre project a costly ‘boondoggle’ by Tracy Holmes A SOUTH Surrey resident run-
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Crowds in downtown Vancouver caused massive property damage following the Canucks’ Stanley Cup loss on June 15.
Most suspects from suburbs Stanley Cup mayhem called the ‘largest crime spree in the history of B.C.’ by Jeff Nagel MOST OF the first batch of 60 suspects facing
charges for their involvement in the June 15 Stanley Cup riot are from Metro Vancouver suburbs, with more than one-third of them hailing from Surrey. Vancouver Police Department Chief Jim Chu said 163 charges are being recommended against 60 people. Twenty-one alleged rioters are from
Surrey, while 12 are from Vancouver, nine are from Burnaby and four are from Maple Ridge. Two each are from Abbotsford and Delta, while one each is from Richmond, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Langley, New Westminster, North Vancouver, Victoria, Courtenay, West Kelowna and Seattle. Rioters torched police cars and other vehicles and looted stores in downtown Vancouver after the Boston Bruins beat the
Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the Cup final. “The people who rampaged that night must be held accountable for their actions,” Chu said, calling it the “largest crime spree in the history of B.C.” Onlookers shot video and photos on cellphones and posted them on social media, fuelling what has become a massive crowdsourced police investigation.
ning for mayor in the Nov. 19 civic election is calling for a halt to any construction on the new city hall. But incumbent Dianne Watts says Ross Buchanan’s appeal – along with claims the project will cost at least $97 million and up to $200 million – is “totally unrealistic.” “That’s not going to happen,” Watts said. “This is a whole complex plan of moving the Ross Buchanan city forward. I understand that he needs an election issue – I get that – but this has been in the works for a very long time. “There’s a big hole in the ground and contracts have been let, and so we’re not going to put all those people out of work, start cancelling contracts and leave a big hole in the city centre.” See MUNICIPAL HALL / Page 5
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