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RCMP look for victim’s minivan
Mayor moves to dismantle PSIT by end of year PSIT has been on hold since January 2011 BY CAROL AUN Mission Record
Mission’s mayor will be introducing legislation to scrap the Public Safety Inspection Team (PSIT) by year’s end. The district isn’t using the bylaw and it’s just sitting in the books, Mayor Ted Adlem explained. “There is no PSIT team now, nor will there ever be one under my watch,” he added. The PSIT bylaw has been contentious since its 2008 inception. The bylaw was created to address concerns regarding clandestine drug labs and marijuana grow operations, allowing the district to penalize property owners whose homes are found to be altered to produce illegal drugs, like marijuana and methamphetamine. The team visited homes based on data from BC Hydro indicating unusually high power consumption. Property owners whose homes were suspected of housing illegal substances
were charged $4,900 for the inspection and a $300 administration fee. Additional remediation inspections were $250. The team was put on hold indefinitely in January 2011 and every file, except for ones initiated by police, is being reviewed. The review won’t be completed by the end of the year, said Adlem, who notes it is being worked on weekly. Adlem is hopeful council can address the problems surrounding medical marijuana grow operations before the PSIT bylaw is gone for good. The federal government has legalized marijuana through a medicinal use, but has downloaded the associated problems to local governments, explained Adlem. It’s a safety issue, according to the mayor. Businesses in Mission are inspected on a regular basis, and Adlem says his restaurant is subject to checks twice a year. Fire and safety inspectors should inspect a building where marijuana is being grown, he reasoned. “I don’t care if you grow marijuana, just make sure it’s done properly,” said Adlem. “We have every right to expect every home is safe.”
THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 2012
BY JASON ROESSLE Mission Record
Homicide investigators have identified the woman found dead in her mobile home Thursday afternoon. Muriel Anne Elaine Monk, 47, is believed to be the victim of foul play, according to Sgt. Jennifer Pound of the RCMP’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT). An autopsy to conclusively determine the cause of death was scheduled for Tuesday, she said. Results were not available by The Record’s press deadline. For the latest updates, please visit missioncityrecord.com. Police are trying to locate the victim’s vehicle, a green 1997 Dodge Caravan with B.C. licence plate 662RTH. Police were called to the 34000block of Lougheed Highway around 4 p.m. Oct. 4, and the site was cordoned off with yellow police tape for several hours. If you have any information, or have seen the minivan, call IHIT’s tipline at 1-877-551-4448, or send an e-mail to ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
Decisive win The Mission Roadrunners varsity football team routed the Pitt Meadows Marauders Saturday afternoon 47-17 in the team’s home opener. Here, Evan Horton carries the ball past a defending Pitt Meadows player. JASON ROESSLE PHOTO
Police are searching for this vehicle, which belonged to the victim. It is a 1997 Dodge Caravan, with B.C. licence plate 662RTH.
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