Alexander caddies LPGA history THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Brian Alexander, a 63-year-old real estate developer, shot a 67 in his best round ever at the Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam. Lydia Ko, a 15-year-old Grade 11 student from
New Zealand, fired the same score on the same course on Sunday. The difference between the two — apart from their 48-year age gap — was that with her 67, Ko captured the 2012 CN Canadian Women’s Open golf championship. As for Alexander, he
carried her bag and pointed her in the right direction, when needed. The bubbly, bespectacled Ko would have collected the top prize of $300,000 U.S. had she not been an amateur and Alexander would have pocketed $30,000 of that as the winning caddy
typically receives 10%. Instead, Alexander, a Burnaby resident and VGC member for 10 years, went home without cash but rich with elation and pride for having been a part of women’s golf history. see ‘UTTERLY’, U , page g A13 3
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“It’s something I’ll cherish forever.” Brian Alexander, on caddying for Lydia Ko, who won the Canadian Open at Coquitlam’s Vancouver Golf Club
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CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER AWARD 2012
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Gabriella Moro of Coquitlam competes for the Lower Mainland in the women’s 65-to-69 category in the hammer throw at the 2012 BC Seniors Games in Burnaby. More sports, see page A22.
Coq. home part of big drug raid Cash & weapons seized as part of massive inquiry BLACK PRESS
Police searched a Coquitlam home last Saturday as part of a series of raids across B.C. that uncovered an
alleged international drug ring involving the Hells Angels. On Tuesday, federal RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Duncan Pound declined to give details of the search on the Coquitlam home, identify who owned it or comment on whether evidence had been found.
But Pound confirmed the home was not the Hell’s Angels clubhouse in Maillardville. The 20-month police investigation focused on marijuana growops in the Okanagan that were being used to help import cocaine into Canada. At a press conference on Monday,
RCMP said the Kelowna Hell’s Angels clubhouse was one of the five locations searched over the weekend with raids also conducted in Kamloops, Osoyoos, Vernon and Coquitlam. On Monday in Vancouver, the RCMP displayed stacks of $50 and $100 bills as they
gave reporters a briefing on five raids conducted throughout the province to take down an international drug smuggling operation. RCMP are not confirming which of the locations the cash was seized from. see MEXICO MEXICO,, page A8
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“This investigation demonstrated how organized criminal groups engaged in drug trafficking have no respect for municipal, provincial or international borders.” RCMP Supt. Brian Cantera