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Yosef Goupal eyed for previous attack in Newton RCMP didn’t know accused in hockey mom’s murder was deemed a risk for reoffending by Kevin Diakiw THE MAN accused of killing a Surrey hockey mom was considered a risk to reoffend after a violent assault in Ontario five years ago. However, the Surrey RCMP were not notified because the accused had served his full term, and he was free to travel the country without having the public warned.
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Poppy the one-year-old Wheaton Terrier was on the picket line at Delview Secondary School in North Delta Wednesday morning with her owner Jen Fehlauer. B.C. teachers’ rotating strike action closed schools in Delta on Wednesday and in Surrey today.
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We’re driving less due to costly fuel Poll shows pain at the pumps spurs more walking, transit use by Jeff Nagel A NEW POLL has found high gas prices are causing financial hardship for a majority of
B.C. residents, many of whom say they’re driving less and trying alternatives like walking or transit more. The Insights West online survey in partnership with Black Press found two-thirds of respondents across the province have felt financial hardship from the recent rise in gas prices. Pump prices for regular gas climbed above $1.50 per litre in Metro Vancouver this week, up more than 20 per cent since early January.
More Interior B.C. residents cited hardship – 74 per cent – even though they don’t pay the extra 17-cent-a-litre gas tax charged by TransLink in Metro Vancouver. Insights West vice-president Mario Canseco said $1.50 per litre appears to be a psychological level where more people seek ways to cut their fuel consumption. “We’re seeing people saying it might be better to take the bus this afternoon,
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it might be better to walk or try to bike – essentially not to drive,” he said. Fifty-five per cent of poll respondents across B.C. said they’re already driving less than usual, while 27 per cent said they’re walking more and 19 per cent said they’re taking public transit more. (Twenty-six per cent in the Lower Mainland said they’re taking transit more). See GAS PRICE POLL / Page 3
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