Wednesday July 29, 2015 (Vol. 40 No. 60)
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Body of work: A White Rock pharmacist has a not-so-secret passion that emphasizes another side of health and fitness. Brandie Maybee competes as a bodybuilder. i see page 19
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Design changes requested for three developments in White Rock
City takes closer look at tower plans Melissa Smalley Staff Reporter
Three large-scale development projects proposed for White Rock have been sent back to the drawing board for revisions following a standing-room-only Advisory Design Panel meeting last week. The meeting July 21 marked the first time members of council and the public were able to see the specific development applications,
one of which has been the subject of debate and, more recently, a petition against it. The proposed projects include a 12-storey, 36-unit residential development at 14825 and 14835 Thrift Ave.; a 12-storey, 17-unit residential development at Oxford Street and Thrift Avenue; and two towers (21 and 24 storeys) with 121 units at 1454 Oxford St. The latter development is the subject of a 1,200-signature petition by neighbouring
residents who oppose the project, saying it is out of character for the neighbourhood. All three proposals would require Official Community Plan amendments and rezoning, but first will have to appear before the Advisory Design Panel for a second time, according to Karen Cooper, the city’s director of planning and development. Proponents faced a number of questions and concerns throughout the three-hour
review meeting, and were asked to make several adjustments to their applications before returning for a subsequent review. Among issues the developers were asked to consider, for the 14825 Thrift Ave. project – proposed by Forge Properties Inc. – were relocation of the hydro lines underground, potential impacts and relationships with neighbouring developments, the complexity i see page 4
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Undefeated and bound for Ottawa Alex Browne Staff Reporter
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South Surrey resident Paul Cottrell (top) works to untangle a humpback whale from fishing gear Friday off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Latest rescue helped whale that’s been entangled for up to a year
Quest keeps whale expert on the move Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
A humpback whale rescued off the west coast of Vancouver Island Friday was in worse condition than any entangled whale Paul Cottrell has seen in his years with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “He is in tough shape,” Cottrell, a South Surrey resident, said Monday of the juvenile animal he cut loose over the course of about four hours Friday evening.
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“You could tell it was emaciated.” Cottrell, who is the Pacific marine mammal co-ordinator for DFO – and directed activities around last Wednesday’s highly publicized orca rescue in Hartley Bay – got word of the distressed humpback late Thursday from Brian Gisborne, a researcher contracted by the federal agency who spotted it off of Nitinat and Carmanah Point while conducting a grey-whale survey. Friday, Cottrell, 49, joined fishery officers
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in Victoria and, supported by Parks Canada, headed out to look for the animal, arriving in the area around noon. After about five discouraging hours, they found it – wrapped in “long-line” commercial gear, including ropes, buoys and even a steel pole. “We had to get multiple cuts to get it off. It was so far into the blubber… this animal’s going to have major scarring.” i see page 4
The White Rock All Stars have punched their ticket to Ottawa and a place in the Little League Canadian Nationals. The undefeated 12-and-under team kept their season’s record intact with a 7-1 win over secondplace New Westminster, Monday evening at Vancouver’s South Memorial Park. The convincing victory sends the White Rock South Surrey Baseball Association squad to the nationals, which run Aug. 6-16, with the winner of that contest earning the right to compete in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. “It was a pretty tight game, despite what the score was,” said Ed Bak, father of No. 6 Darius – who pitched the winning game – adding that it was a contest characterized by a lot of base hits and no home runs for either team. “In the first inning, New West was up to bat first. At one point they had bases loaded with nobody out – it was looking pretty dicey.” The All Stars have made it to Williamsport before – in 2007 and 2008 – although the world title eluded them both times. The team returned to the nationals in Nova Scotia in 2013, only to fall to Ontario, one game shy of making the World Series.
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