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Cartons of colour: Shelley Lamb – a former White Rock resident turned chicken farmer – offers up an assortment of eggs featuring vibrant shells in shades of pink, green, blue and brown at her farm in Creston. see page 19
Candlelight vigils held locally for Sikh victims and their shooter in Wisconsin
Surrey temples honour U.S. victims Kevin Diakiw & Rick Kupchuk Black Press
About 2,000 people attended a candlelight vigil in Surrey Tuesday evening for the victims of a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on the weekend. The vigil, held at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara at 7050 120 St., was organized to pray for the victims and their families, as well as for the man who shot them.
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On Sunday, U.S. Army veteran Wade sent to the Wisconsin gurdwara where the Michael Page opened fire during a service shooting took place. in Oak Creek, killing six people According to gurdwara presi❝It’s a community before taking his own life. dent Bikramjit Singh Sandhar, A peace prayer and candlelight problem, not just a including prayers for Page in the vigil began at 6 p.m. at the Surrey Sikh problem.❞ evening was an important part of gurdwara, with a message board Bikramjit Singh Sandhar the process. set up in the Langar Hall (commu“We just pray so that these type nal kitchen) where those attending expressed of people in this state of mind ... that God their feelings. The board and $5,000 will be give them a better way of life and not wast-
ing life and not taking life,” Sandhar said the next day. “It’s a community problem, not just a Sikh problem.” The 2½-hour event was extremely powerful, he said. “It’s a very warm feeling, a very comfortable feeling, with that many people from that many backgrounds, different societies…,” Sandhar said. see page 4
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Participants in the Spirit of the Sea Festival’s Semiahmoo SUP Classic – a seven-km paddleboard race – make their way out into Semiahmoo Bay Sunday morning. The race, a new addition to the festival lineup this year, attracted more than 50 paddlers from throughout the Pacific Northwest. For more festival coverage – including organizers’ thoughts on their pared-down parade “experiment” and lower attendance figures overall – see pages 43 and 47.
Soccer team in contention for bronze medal after losing to U.S. at Summer Olympics
Peninsula residents refocus after ‘bizarre’ officiating Nick Greenizan Staff Reporter
Just a few days after one of the most exciting – and controversial – games in Canadian soccer history, Canada’s women’s national team will play today for an Olympic bronze medal against France. And while a medal of any colour would be an accomplishment for the Canadian women’s team – which has never medalled at the Summer Olympics – the team is still reeling from a tough 4-3 extratime loss to the top-ranked U.S. in
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Monday’s semifinal. “We were well and truly robbed,” said Peninsula resident Maeve
Glass, who is in London serving as the team’s equipment manager, in an email to Peace Arch News Tuesday. Against the Americans, No. 7-ranked Canada – led by Burnaby’s Christine Sinclair, who notched a hat-trick – led the game for all but the last 30 seconds of overtime. They were on their way to the upset victory until, with 11 minutes to go in regular time, goalkeeper Erin McLeod was whistled for a rarely called delay-of-game penalty, which gave the U.S. a free
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kick at the top of the box. On the ensuing kick, the ball went off the elbow of Canadian defender Marie-Eve Nault, and Norwegian referee Christiana Pedersen called for a penalty kick, which Abby Wambach converted to tie the game, 3-3. In extra time, American Alex Morgan scored on a header with just 30 seconds remaining. It was a heartbreaking loss for Team Canada, and the sting of the defeat – and the penalty-kick call – left players and coaches venting to
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media and in social-media circles post-game. Canadian head coach John Herdman, also a Peninsula resident, called the officiating “bizarre.” The team’s criticism of the officiating even led to a FIFA investigation of the comments, and for a time it was rumoured some players and coaches may be suspended for the bronze-medal match. However, on Wednesday, it was announced by FIFA that disciplinary action would not come before the game. see page 4
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