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PORT MANN TOLLS HIKED ▶ AUG. 15 INCREASE NEEDED TO OPERATE, MAINTAIN SPAN: TI CORP 5
The Port Mann Bridge opened in late 2012 with a one-year half-price discount for users that signed onto the TReO electronic payment system early enough. Tolls have not been raised since then. FILE PHOTO
VIOLENT CRIME SOARS IN SURREY
▶ ATTEMPTED HOMICIDES WERE UP 600% OVERALL – 900% IN NEWTON – IN FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2015 COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR KEVIN DIAKIW
Violent crime in Surrey has skyrocketed by 34 per cent, with attempted murders six times that of the first half of last year. Newton led the city with the spike in attempted homi-
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cides, experiencing a 900-per-cent jump in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year. It was followed by Whalley at a 300-per-cent climb in attempted homicides, while other communities saw no change. Homicides were down 33 per cent overall. Police say the large amount of attempted murders are due to the drug turf war playing out, largely in Newton and Whalley, where two groups are battling over a dial-a-dope operation. continued on page 4
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