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Woman guilty of planning hit on exhusband Surrey’s Liza Belcourt conspired with two men to kill former spouse by Sheila Reynolds A SURREY woman charged with plotting to kill her ex-husband with the help of two hit men has been found guilty by a Vancouver Supreme Court jury. Liza Joylene Belcourt was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder. Her co-accused, the men she hired – Port Coquitlam’s Jordan Joseph Doiron and Langley’s David Dean Laidlaw – were also found guilty of the same charge. After a fiveweek trial, the jury came down Liza Belcourt with the guilty verdict Thursday, after less than a day of deliberations. Belcourt’s estranged common-law husband Richard Noniewicz was shocked when he learned from police in 2009 that Belcourt was planning to have him killed. He said he was in a common-law relationship with Belcourt for two-and-a-half years, but had been separated for five years. The pair have a son together and were in the midst of a custody battle. A sentencing date for Belcourt will be set Nov. 30.
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Flock takes flight
A flock of dunlin flies over the mud flats of Boundary Bay, just south of the Delta Heritage Air Park. The small water birds eat mollusks, worms and crustaceans along their coastal winter migration route.
Spending watchdog to be based in Surrey
Province announces creation of municipal auditor general to keep tabs on cities by Tom Fletcher THE B.C. government has moved to cre-
ate a local government auditor general, with a $2.6-million annual budget and a dozen staff to be located in Surrey. Community, Sport and Cultural Development Minister Ida Chong said the target is to have the office up and running by late spring. Its purpose is to do value-for-money audits on spending by municipalities and regional districts,
as well as utilities or corporations they control. Announcing the office location in Surrey on Thursday, Premier Christy Clark emphasized that the cost will be covered by the B.C. government. There will be “soft costs” for local governments participating in audit programs, but the office will find efficiencies that save them money, she said. See DIX / Page 4
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