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Strike savings will assist parents Government announces new compensation plan By Nei l Corbe tt ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
If the teachersâ strike continues into September, the provincial government has promised parents financial help with their daycare costs. Finance Minister Mike De Jong announced Thursday that parents of children under 13 will be eligible for $40 per day, per child, to help with daycare costs or tutors. The government will fund this program with money saved on wages during the strike, which has been calculated at approximately $12 million per day. Parents can utilize that money to acquire tutoring for their children or explore other educational opportunities, De Jong said. See Strike, 5
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Shooting Police investigate a shooting Wednesday morning that left one man dead along 240th Street in Maple Ridge. Story, 3.
Dog killed in Pitt Meadows attack Owners agree to put pit bull down By Nei l Corbe tt ncorbett@mapleridgenews.com
Greg Wyatt watched in horror as the pit bull cross came out of nowhere, grabbed his Yorkshire Terrier behind the head and started shaking its body like a rag. Wyatt yelled. He emptied almost an entire can of dog spray at the attacker, and finally punched the dog
in the head until his hand could take no more. But he couldnât save little Tucker. It happened on a regular early morning walk in his Osprey Village neighbourhood. He lives in the Shoreline strata development, and the attacking dogâs owner, Jeff Slater, is a neighbour who lives in nearby Kingfisher. âWeâre heartbroken over it,â said Wyatt, speaking for himself and his wife Judy. âHe was almost a neighbourhood mascot. Just a sweet little guy.â
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For Wyatt, it was a terrifying incident, in the sudden viciousness and the determination of the attack. âI thought my life was in danger. I emptied three quarters of a can of dog spray [a pepper spray/sulphur mix] in his face, and he didnât even flinch.â Wyatt, six feet and 200 pounds, was amazed at the power of the pit bull. Thursday, he got physiotherapy for his hand â injured from punching the dog in the skull. âHe crossed the parking lot,
latched onto him, and killed him â my little dog who I loved so much.â Slater and his wife Agnes say they were shaken up by the incident. On Thursday, at noon, they planned to put down their pet. Slater explained that the pit bull, Jax, was a rescued dog, âreally responsive,â and who was well socialized with people and other big dogs. He called him ânot quite a pit bull,â a mix of breeds, which may have included Rhodesian Ridgeback. See Dogs, 5
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