Surrey North Delta Leader, June 05, 2014

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Thursday June 5, 2014 Serving Surrey and North Delta www.surreyleader.com

Penny Priddy fights lonely battle on port board Ex-NDP MP is the sole voice for cities on new coal terminal by Jeff Nagel

PENNY PRIDDY was never shy of speaking forcefully and publicly when she was an elected politician in the B.C. legislature, the House of Commons or on Surrey council. But these days, the 70-year-old former NDP politician has little to say to when questioned by reporters, even though she has a critical role on behalf of Metro Vancouver. Priddy is a director on the Port Metro Vancouver board, reappointed in May to a second three-year term by Metro politicians to represent the interests there of the region’s member cities. “I speak very strongly, but I express those opinions at the board table,” Priddy told Black Press in a recent interview. “I don’t have any difficulty expressing my opinion.” To say the closed-door deliberations of the port authority board are contentious is an understatement. The board is expected to decide this summer on Fraser Surrey Docks’ proposed coal export terminal on the Fraser River. The project, which would bring more coal trains through Penny Priddy White Rock and send coal barges down the river, has been opposed by the regional district, several cities and medical health officers, who have warned a much stronger assessment of human health risks is needed. It’s a cause that’s united climate change activists with neighbours who fear coal dust and other local impacts. Unlike Washington State, where elected county councils can veto new coal ports, Port Metro Vancouver is governed by a board of appointees that can approve such projects over all municipal objections. See PRIDDY / Page 9

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A burlap sack was the inspiration for Courtney Barich’s graduation dress (right), which was hand-crafted by fashion design graduate Suman Falkner.

Going to grad in a ‘sack’

Surrey student turns dress idea into a $7,500 donation to Philippines’ orphanage by Evan Seal IN MARCH of this year, Surrey high

school student Courtney Barich decided to break from tradition and raise money for others rather than spend money on herself. Graduation is a time of celebration for most, with expensive dresses, tux-

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