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Swarming attack was random, parole board hears
New Langley-Cloverdale riding among proposed electoral boundary changes
Surrey to get fifth federal seat
Day release continued for 14-year-old’s killer
by Jeff Nagel SURREY WILL GET a fifth MP and a new federal riding come the
next federal election as part of a complex redrawing of electoral district boundaries. The biggest change is the proposed creation of a new LangleyCloverdale riding that splits Cloverdale and Clayton off from the existing South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale federal riding, leaving a South Surrey-White Rock riding in the south. The new Langley-Cloverdale riding also takes in much of the current Fleetwood-Port Kells riding. The other three Surrey ridings would be renamed North SurreyGuildford, Surrey Centre and West Surrey-Whalley. They would take the place of the existing Surrey North, Newton-North Delta and Fleetwood-Port Kells. Neighouring Delta-Richmond East becomes just Delta and would take in North Delta. The changes are proposed by the Federal Electoral Boundaries Q Sept. 12, 7 p.m. Commission, which proposes Q Sheraton Vancouver adding six new electoral districts in B.C. Guildford Hotel Canada’s electoral districts are Q Register by Aug. 30 reviewed every 10 years by independent commissions in each province to account for shifts and growth in the population. These reviews consider population numbers – as captured in the federal census – as well as other important factors such as communities of interest or identity, and historical and geographic factors. “The explosive population growth in the geographic area between Delta and Chilliwack south of the Fraser River dictates the need for additional electoral districts there,” the commission said in its findings. “In particular, the Surrey, Langley and Abbotsford geographic areas have seen remarkable population growth.” A public hearing in Surrey on the local boundary changes is set for the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel in Surrey on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. Anyone wishing to make a presentation must register by Aug. 30. For more information see www. federalredistribution.ca.
Public hearing
EDITION
Blast from the past Surrey pioneer and teacher Mary Jane Shannon (played by Sara Holt) welcomes kids to class – on July 7, 1906 – at the Historic Stewart Farm on Saturday during the city’s 2012 Pioneer Fair. At right, T.J. Sullivan, Surrey’s reeve from 1910 to 1921 (played by Vince Metcalfe), greets visitors. The Surrey Heritage Services presentation had five actors from the Frontier Tale Blazers recreate the lives of early Surrey settlers.
by Dan Ferguson THE THREE TEENAGERS and one
adult who admitted to the Feb. 25, 2008 murder of 14-year-old Justin Vasey of Surrey never said exactly why they did it. There were suggestions during their sentencing hearings that Vasey had somehow angered them, either by running into traffic or making a joke they didn’t appreciate, but the exact reasons for the brutal swarming attack were never clearly explained. Now, one of the killers, Jordan Anthony George, has told a June 21 parole board hearing that there was no real motive. Justin Vasey According to a Parole Board of Canada written record of the hearing, George “claimed that the choice of victim in the index offence was random.” George also said the attack involved what the board described as “a capacity for bullying on his part.” The document was released June 30 at the request of The Leader.
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