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The Abbotsford Whalers’ annual swim meet drew over 400 athletes A15
JULY 17, 2012
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Politicians are wading back into the issue of a new water source for Abbotsford and Mission, in the wake of a new report that the city is not facing an imminent supply shortage. The report suggests the city does not need a new water source by 2016, as voters were told during the referendum on the proposed Stave Lake P3 water system that was part of the November 2011 municipal election. The public/ private partnership plan was soundly defeated. The new staff report pegs the deadline at 2020. “That’s a step in the right direction – we don’t need a new water source as early as we said,” stated Abbotsford Coun. Henry Braun, after the Abbotsford Mission Water Sewer Commission met for three hours on Friday. He noted city consumption levels have fallen to 2001 levels, citing the conservation message, and the price of water having more than doubled in recent years. “That has had a huge effect,” said Braun. Coun. Patricia Ross, who joins Braun and Mayor Bruce Banman on the water commission, said she never agreed with the 2016 deadline. “I never believed it was the crisis that it was portrayed as,” she said. The report on water demand projections says slowing population growth and reduced consumption have bought the city some time. It also says Continued on A4
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WHO TOOK BOOKWORM? A3 Unveiled in 2002, piece of downtown public art goes missing
FIRE AT FEED MILL A7 Firefighters deal with a difficult blaze in a grain silo at Ritchie Smith
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An excavator’s bucket looms over a main wall of Abbotsford Collegiate as the venerable high school was torn down last week. This fall, it will be replaced by a new school, which will return to the former name of Abbotsford Senior Secondary. Story and photo on A3.
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