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OCT. 12, 2012
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Bullied girl had posted a video plea After suicide, SD43 responds with counsellors and condolences By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
In the wake of a teenager’s much publicized suicide, School District 43 said yesterday it was aware of a video in which a girl uses index cards to describe how she was bullied and provided supports to the Coquitlam high school student before she died. The district didn’t
name the Grade 10 student who attended CA B E ( C o q u i t l a m Alternative Basic Education), how long she went to school there, what supports she received, what other schools she may have attended or how she died, citing privacy issues. SD43 spokesperson Cheryl Quinton said the district was aware of a video by a girl who tells the story of how she sank into depression after being bullied and, on Wednesday night, learned she had died. see VIDEO, page 12
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Della Grant surveys the pumpkins for sale on her Port Coquitlam farm — the Tri-Cities’ only pumpkin patch. This fall, her crop is down nearly 30%, which she feels is likely due to the recent warm weather and/or the dust from the construction site across the road at Dominion Triangle. Grant’s Farms offers seven variety of gourds; the Burns Road business is open every day until Halloween.
An Anmore family is saying thanks for one precious gift for their sick son and asking for another. See story, page 3