Surrey North Delta Leader, August 20, 2013

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Surrey’s 16th homicide of 2013 page 8

Silver medals for South Fraser at Legion meet page 17

Tuesday August 20 , 2013

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Man stabbed to death in Guildford

Summers in the city

Images from Surrey Archives show the season over a century

Fatality a result of an altercation at intersection, police say by Kevin Diakiw A QUIET Guildford neighbour-

hood feels like “the Bronx” after a man was stabbed to death, an area resident says. On Friday, at about 1 a.m., a fight broke out at the intersection of 154 Street and 100 Avenue. On arrival, police found two males, aged 17 and 22, suffering from stab wounds. Kyle Yellowbird, 22, of Vancouver, succumbed to his injuries in hospital, while the 17-year-old is in serious but stable condition. It was Surrey’s 15th murder of 2013. See POLICE / Page 3

PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF SURREY ARCHIVES

Contestants show off ladies’ swimming suit styles of the 1950s, during the Tynehead Bathing Beauty pageant, held in 1951. For more photographs of lazy days of summer gone by, see page 3.

SMH to test new vaccine SHANE MACKICHAN / BLACK PRESS

Emergency personnel tend to one of two stabbing victims.

Patients will be recruited for trials in fight against C. difficile bacteria

by Jeff Nagel TWO LOWER Mainland hospitals that

have battled high rates of C. difficile infection in recent years will be part of the first full clinical trials for a vaccine against the bacteria. Patients who are at and Surrey Memorial Royal Columbian hospitals will be offered the vaccine. Fraser Health officials say the vaccine attacks the toxins that damage the bowel and early data shows it may produce a positive response from the

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body to fight off the diarrhea-causing infection, even in the elderly. C. difficile (Clostridium difficile) kills 2,000 Canadians a year and authorities are concerned about new strains that have developed in Quebec and are thought linked to many deaths. “This is an exciting opportunity to get on top of this nasty organism,” said Fraser Health Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Paul Van Buynder.

Save time, save money.

See TRIAL / Page 2


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