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LEARNING CENTRES ON THE MOVE ▶ NORTH SURREY SITE RETURNING TO OLD LOCATION; CLOVERDALE CENTRE TO BE RELOCATED
SHEILA REYNOLDS
Students at North Surrey Learning Centre (NSLC) will attend school at a new location beginning this fall. The alternative program, for teens in Grades 10 to 12, is currently housed in a leased building in Newton, near 77 Avenue and 137 Street. The Surrey School District was informed the building’s owner wasn’t renewing the lease and the program would have to move at the end of the school year. There are about 240 students at the learning centre. In September, they will attend classes at the current site of Surrey College, behind the district head office at 140 Street and 92 Avenue. (The college’s programs have been downsized significantly and most of its programs will move next door to the new Resource Education Centre in the fall). The move brings the NSLC full-circle, as it was previously located at the 140 Street site, but had to move in 2008 while the school district’s new head office building was under construction. continued on page 9
▶ There are five learning centres in the city serving students aged 15-19.
▶ NET STAR Andrew Hammond of Surrey made the most of an unexpected opportunity with the NHL’s Ottawa Senators in recent weeks. Nicknamed the Hamburglar, the former Surrey Eagle netminder won seven of eight games as a starting goalie, earning NHL First Star of the Week honours. For more, see story on page 13. ANDRE RINGUETTE / NHLI VIA GETTY IMAGES
MAYORS TACKLE TAX DOUBT ▶ CALLERS FROM SOUTH OF FRASER, TRI-CITIES OFFER MANY REASONS TO VOTE ‘NO’ IN TRANSIT REFERENDUM
JEFF NAGEL
Mayors from two of the region’s fastest-growing cities – Surrey and Coquitlam – pleaded for a transit referendum “yes” vote with mostly skeptical local callers in back-toback telephone town halls last week.
Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner was joined Thursday evening by White Rock Mayor Wayne Baldwin, while Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart took calls Wednesday with Vancouver Board of Trade CEO Iain Black. “This is one of those rare moments that is so clearly about the future,” Hepner said. “If we let this fall apart – and that is a great fear of mine – it will be years and years and years in the making before we can come up with something else.” Each mayor outlined the significant local improvements that will come to their cities, including light rail lines in Surrey, a B-Line express bus route to White Rock and much
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improved transit service, with buses connecting South Surrey to the Canada Line every five minutes in rush hour. Baldwin appealed to voters to think not of how upgrades will benefit themselves, but their kids and grandchildren. “It’s not for me, this is for her,” he said Thursday. Baldwin said much of the increased transit service under the plan would be concentrated south of the Fraser, which has historically been underserved. “Finally, it’s going to be our turn.” continued on page 11
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