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when it was his turn with the cup, Bill ranford knew exactly what to do. see Page A3
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Mom ‘at a loss’ if strike continues Day care could be $3,200 for special needs son grant granger
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columbia street is wall-to-wall people looking for dinner at saturday’s food truck festival. see more PHOtOs on Page A4.
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This year no one went home hungry. There were more than triple the trucks to feed the masses Saturday evening at the second annual Columbia StrEAT Food Truck Fest than the inaugural party in 2013. Last year many of the 15 trucks that showed ran out of food early
on because so many foodies had the lineups were a lot less than last flocked to Columbia. This year year and the variety of trucks were there were 52 trucks, along with better. We got way more positive eight vendors from the Royal feedback than last year,” said City Farmers Market, and Kendra Johnston, Downtown they were prepared for the New Westminster Business onslaught. Improvement Association And there was a huge executive director. “I onslaught—with Columbia would say they’re [the truck jammed from Sixth Street owners are] beyond happy. to the other side of Fourth jOHNstON Everybody said they wanted Street. to come back.” “It was pretty crazy. There Johnston said she could were points where it was very busy, see the festival taking up the entire but overall positive feedback where street like it does for its annual
Show & Shine because so many of the trucks, and people, were squeezed close to together. “The street traffic was very busy at times, so it was tough to get through. We’d like to see more space next year and make people more comfortable,” said Johnston. There calls on social media for the festival to be held more often. Johnston said the BIA might look at holding it twice a year. “It’s a possibility. I wouldn’t want to do it too often because it would lose its specialness in a way.”
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If the teachers’ strike continues into the new school year, New Westminster mom Anne Bélanger could have a difficult decision with disastrous financial implications no matter which direction she chooses. Bélanger is worried she’ll either have to quit her job to take care of her special needs son during school hours, or pay an additional $3,200 a month in day care. “I really don’t know what to do,” said Bélanger at a press conference held at New Westminster MLA Judy Darcy’s constituency office Thursday. “I don’t want to quit my job and be unable to support my family. I’m at a loss.” Bélanger’s fear came about when she received a letter from the Simon Fraser Society for Community Living (SFSCL). It’s the organization that provides supported child development in New West and the Tri-Cities area under contract from the provincial Ministry of Child and Family Development. see It’s LAugHABLE, A3