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The laughs at Mark Friebe’s Giggle Dam dinner theatre will have a macabre edge as the venue is converted to a haunted house of horrors for the Halloween Horror Nights that begin Oct. 1. For story, see page 9. mario bartel/the tri-City News
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Premier John Horgan paid a second visit to the Tri-Cities in as many weeks Tuesday, as his campaign continued to spin the party as the best option to see the region and the province out of the COVID-19 crisis. On Tuesday, the premier paid a visit to Nestor elementary near Town Centre Park to recommit to building a $117 million school on Burke Mountain, one of 13 school projects. In what appeared to be another ‘re-announcement’ of previous promises, Horgan along with NDP candidate for Coquitlam-Burke Mountain Fin Donnelly, said the slated joint middle and secondary school was
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in its final phase of the concept plan. But that plan and Tuesday’s announcement appear to have been set in motion by the NDP after they changed the approval process for school funding across the province. School District 43 had finished its proposal plan for the school in June 2019. “Up until last year, that was the final stage before you receive funding approval,” said Ivano Cecchini, executive director of facilities and planning services. But then, just as the COVID-19 pandemic was ramping up in B.C., the district received a letter from the Ministry of Education saying a new step known as a “concept plan” would be required to move forward on funding the school.
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