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was a huge cause for concern and outrage,” Moore said. “That is what drew me into this.” Schoenborn was denied the request and an attempt last year to move to a facility in Manitoba to be closer to his family was also quashed by the BC Review Board. Moore added that the new legislation will give victims more consideration when decisions about an accused are made. Notifications must go out to victims in the event that a person found not criminally responsible for a crime is discharged from custody along with information about where the accused intends to reside. Moore also noted that the legislation is retroactive, meaning Schoenborn will be governed by the new rules.
Operation Red Nose volunteers transporting people and their vehicles when they have had too much to drink. Proceeds from the initiative benefit KidSport, an organization that equips young people from less fortunate families with the gear they need to play organized sports. This is the seventh year the program has been in operation and Chris Wilson, one of the organizers, said the group expects to increase the number of trips over last season. “Last year, we gave out 864 rides,” he said. “This year, we will probably end up topping a thousand rides.” This weekend, which is projected to be the slowest of the season, will see between 10 and 12 teams on the road. Wilson said many of the volunteers will take the opportunity to visit local drinking establishments and remind people the program is once again up and running. Coquitlam RCMP Cpl. Jamie Chung told The TriCity News people who are drinking should make sure they have a safe ride home. “We are going to be putting extra officers on the road on weekends and on New Year’s Eve,” he said. “Drivers who are impaired should plan ahead. There are plenty of options out there.”
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Federal legislation that will make it more difficult for mentally ill people like child-killer Allan Schoenborn to gain freedom is one step closer to implementation, said Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam MP James Moore. The industry minister announced Monday that the federal government would be reinstating the Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act, a piece of legislation that stalled when Parliament was prorogued last summer. “We are bringing it back,” he said. “It is now in the Senate... and we are following through as we promised.” The bill creates a new high-risk category that Moore said would keep such people in custody until the designation is revoked by a court. Any person deemed highrisk would also have the period of time between review board hearings extended from one year to three. Moore said the issue first came up on his radar when reports came out in 2011 that
Above: Allan Schoenborn. Left: MP James Moore.
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“For us locally, that was a huge cause for concern and outrage. That is what drew me into this.” MP James Moore on the case of Allan Schoenborn Schoenborn, who killed his three children in Merritt, was seeking supervised trips outside of the Forensic Psychiatric Institution in Coquitlam, where he currently resides. Darcie Clarke, the mother of the children, also lives in the Tri-Cities and said at the time that she lived in fear of running into him. “For us locally, that
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The City has received an application to amend the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) relating to the properties located at 1503 and 1509 Coast Meridian Road. The application proposes a redesignation of the subject properties from Large Single Family, Civic and Major Institutional, and Environmentally Sensitive Area to Large Village Single Family and Environmentally Sensitive Area to accommodate a future single-family residential subdivision containing approximately 30 RS-8 (Large Village Single Family Residential) lots and 1 remainder RS-2 (One-Family Suburban Residential) lot.
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