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Tuesday November 20, 2012
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First Nations to challenge B.C.’s gambling monopoly
Flooding shuts down SMH ER
Surrey a ‘prime’ site for aboriginal casino
Surrey Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department was evacuated Monday morning following a water-main break that resulted in flooding. Nearby roads were also shut down and BC Hydro crews were on scene to address electrical hazards. At Leader press time, incoming patients were either being redirected to other hospitals or being assessed at a temporary triage set up on the second level of the hospital parkade. For the latest information, visit surreyleader. com
by Jeff Nagel FIRST NATIONS are vowing to open
their own casinos in B.C., citing the province’s refusal to share its gambling profits while continuing to expand the industry. Reserve land in Surrey, Vancouver and the North Shore would be prime potential sites for a new aboriginal-owned casino in the Lower Mainland, according to Sto:lo Grand Chief Joe Hall, who heads the First Nations Gaming Initiative spearheading the concept. Hall said the Semiahmoo First Nation reserve east of the White Rock waterfront would be perfect. “It would be a Joe Hall prime location,” he said. “Because of the population and the location and because of the American traffic and the traffic from the Island that goes east.” Hall said the Semiahmoo band has considered building a hotel/ conference centre that might also host a casino, but approval of a proposed 600-slot casino nearby in South Surrey would torpedo the band’s chances.
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1,074 pairs of shoes = drunk driving deaths Display at Surrey courthouse on Nov. 24 to remember victims
by Sheila Reynolds THERE WILL be 1,074 pairs of shoes lining the steps in front of the Surrey courthouse on Saturday – each pair representing a Canadian killed by a drunk driver last year. The event, Remembering Someone Special, is being organized by Surrey’s Kaulius family and a group they created called Families for Justice. Kassandra Kaulius, 22, was killed in May 2011 when her car was hit by an impaired driver near 152 Street and 64 Avenue. The Kaulius’s have collected hundreds of pairs of shoes for the courthouse display. “We’ve had a really, really good response from the commu- Markita Kaulius nity,” said Markita Kaulius, Kassandra’s mom. “These types of crimes affect many people … and we have school kids that have wanted to donate shoes and companies that have wanted to donate shoes.” See HOLIDAYS / Page 3
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