Tuesday July 15, 2014 (Vol. 39 No. 56)
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Back in the day: Surrey’s Re-Enactors offer visitors of the Cloverdale Heritage Railway Station a glimpse back in time to what life was like in the early 1900s. i see page 11
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Interpretation differences for train crews alerting the waterfront to their presence
Early ‘dawn’ led to 4 a.m. horn blasts Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
White Rock residents should be able to sleep a little better, following a Transport Canada order to BNSF that effectively reinstates an overnight ‘quiet zone’ along the waterfront rail line. According to an order issued Wednesday by safety inspector Dennis Maskell, trains must sound a “repetitive succession of short
horn blasts” from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. while contention in the community. The issue’s travelling between East and West Beach. intensity ramped up early last month, after Outside of those Transport Canada hours, “normal ❝Now, the order has been defined. If there ordered BNSF to BNSF whistling are not dangerous situations at night, our ensure the horn crews are to abide by the requirement blasts were sounded protocol as per their current timefrom one end of the that’s ordered from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.❞ table and bulletins waterfront line to remains in effect,” the order states. the other, “from dawn until dusk.” Train whistles have long been a source of Transport Canada spokesperson Sau Sau
Liu said “dawn” was interpreted to be as early as 4 a.m. Thursday, BNSF spokesman Gus Melonas told Peace Arch News the reference “led to interpretation differences” by train crews – and an influx of calls from residents complaining about excessive overnight whistling. Wednesday’s order provides clarity, Melonas said. i see page 4
Classmate recalls
Ex-student charged in death of Google executive Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
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Three days de Tour The city’s streets were abuzz with Tour de White Rock competitors last weekend, from three events: (clockwise from far right) the Friday night hill climb on Buena Vista; the Saturday criterium through Five Corners and the Sunday morning Peace Arch News road race on Marine Drive. See page 19 and online at www. peacearchnews.com
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A woman who spent part of her childhood at a South Surrey private school has been charged in connection with the overdose death last fall of a high-ranking Google executive. The now-26-year-old’s name made international headlines Thursday, after she appeared in a California court July 9 accused of injecting Forrest Timothy Hayes with a lethal dose of heroin last fall. Court documents outline a Alix Tichelman multitude of in custody charges against Alix Catherine Tichelman: manslaughter, administering/giving away a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, destroying/concealing evidence, transportation of a controlled substance and prostitution. i see page 4
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