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More glass found at dog park so far, no pets reported being cut by it by Ne i l Cor be tt staff reporter
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Ninja bass Tim Parent, bass guitarist and back-up vocals with Ninjaspy, performs during Adstock in Memorial Peace Park on Sunday. see more, p18.
On Tuesday morning, more glass was found at the Volker Park off-leash dog area. It was shocking to Geoff Mallory, the municipal parks and open spaces manager, given the amount of attention the issue has received over the weekend and Monday. The fact that someone was dumping glass at the dog park was first reported Friday, and again across the region on the weekend. “We’re trying to create awareness out there, so people are vigilant,” said Mallory. So it seemed especially brazen, given the call for heightened awareness, that on Tuesday morning there was more broken glass dumped on the ground at the entrances to both the large and small dog areas, and more near the water tap. see Glass, p12
District posts edited video ‘Defamatory’ comments by Coun. Bell censored by Phil M elnyc h u k staff reporter
The video of the council meeting that’s caused such a ruckus at Maple Ridge municipal hall is back on the district’s website – minus the possibly contentious comments by Coun. Corisa Bell. Maple Ridge staff posted an edited version of video of the June
17 committee of the whole meeting late last week. District lawyers say comments made in the public meeting could be defamatory. Bell, though, still wants to know what she said during those budget discussions that could get either her or the district slapped with a lawsuit. She asked for that in writing along with a written statement on whether her complaint against chief administrative officer Jim Rule would be considered under the district’s human resources policy.
On Friday, she received two envelopes marked “confidential.” But she’s afraid to open them. “There are a lot of questions that remain unanswered. They’re telling me I cannot take that information to my lawyer. I’m not opening them because there’s something in there that, if I see, I can’t share.” That’s not the case, say the mayor and senior staff. Manager of legislative services Ceri Marlo said Tuesday that Bell can show the letters to a lawyer, subject to it remaining confidential.
“No one has indicated to her that she cannot give that to her lawyer.” Bell, though, isn’t covered by the human resources department, she added. “It’s common knowledge that councillors are not employees.” Instead, she noted that Mayor Ernie Daykin has offered thirdparty mediation to resolve “any misunderstanding” between Bell and Rule following a conversation that took place after a June 10 workshop meeting.
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Coun. Corisa Bell received two ‘confidential’ letters from the district.
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