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Bombs felt far from Boston Five local runners registered to run in marathon by Ne i l Cor be tt staff reporter
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Four runners from Maple Ridge and one from Pitt Meadows were taking part in the Boston Marathon which was rocked by a pair of explosions Monday. Coverage from New England reports three were killed and approximately 176 injured, some critically, by the bombs. The loved ones of five local runners waited anxiously for word that they were safe. It was difficult to get information about the runners out of Boston, but five hours after the first blast, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that no Canadians were injured. Of the 27,000 people who ran the iconic race, about 2,000 were Canadians.
Pitt Meadows secondary student Vladislav Moldavanov competes in the boys long jump at a track meet in Maple Ridge Thursday. More photos and story p27.
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B.C. candidates out of gates Writ drops for May 14 provincial election by P h i l M e l nychuk staff reporter
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Dr. Doug Bing is the B.C. Liberal candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows.
After weeks of advance work by the contenders, B.C.’s election began for real Tuesday as candidates blasted out of the starting blocks to win the May 14 vote. “Napoleon once said that an army marches on its stomach but an election campaign runs on its
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donations,” Liberal candidate for Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Doug Bing said Monday. The type of campaign he runs will depend on what dollars flow in, although there is an Elections B.C. spending limit of $73,218 for each candidate. The Pitt Meadows councillor is continuing to knock on doors, attend meetings and talk to groups to convince them to re-elect the B.C. Liberals while his supporters got signs all ready on the weekend. “I think we’re ready to roll.” “The main message is the econ-
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omy. We know we’ve got a world with fiscal uncertainty and we think the Liberals are the party to keep the economy growing. “We want to create jobs and make sure we have a secure future and we don’t think the NDP know how to do that.” He said the NDP government ran consecutive deficits in the 1990s and B.C.’s credit rating was downgraded six times, while three credit agencies are saying that under the Liberals, the recent budget is balanced. “Who are you going to believe,
the NDP or these independent bond-rating agencies?” The concerns are similar for the people he encounters door knocking and on the campaign trail. “The main issue I find is taxes.” Bing say he tries to emphasize that the government is controlling its spending by balancing its budget and says the NDP would fall back to its tax-and-spend habits. “That seems to resonate with a lot of people when I bring that topic up.” See Election, p3
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