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Bittersweet victory for MP Warawa By DAN FERGUSON Aldergrove Star
Canadians have elected a new prime minister, showing the Conservatives the door after 10 years in power and handing Liberal leader Justin Trudeau a majority government. Locally, it was a bittersweet night for MP Mark Warawa after voters gave the Conservative another mandate — this time to represent Langley-Aldergrove as a member of the official opposition. Warawa called the new prime minister “Justin Hairdo” during a speech to a subdued victory party held in a Milner greenhouse Monday night. The re-elected MP was applauded by more than 100 supporters as he arrived with his wife Diane, but the loss to the Liberals had clearly cast a pall on the celebration of his victory. “There’s a God that we can trust,” Warawa said. “Our country does need our prayers.” Warawa said the Conservatives would work hard to hold Trudeau and the Liberals accountable, especially when it comes to raising taxes and balancing the budget. “We’re going to make sure that he hears your voice,” Warawa said. “There is a real world, and you can’t live on fairy tales and cotton candy.” As Warawa was speaking about Trudeau, one supporter yelled out “nice hair,” a reference to the Conservative ad campaign that dismissed the Liberal leader as “just not ready.” “He does have nice hair, “ Warawa said. “I wish I had his hair.”
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Summer is officially over and the autumn days have settled in but glorious Indian summer weather permits youngsters to continue their daredevil hijinks on scooters and bicycles at the Aldergrove skate bowl and BMX track.
Zoo’s red panda is out and about Aldergrove Star
Arun, the Greater Vancouver Zoo’s male Red Panda, made his way out Tuesday, Oct. 13, to explore his new outdoor enclosure at the Aldergrove zoo. “It was a very exciting time for Arun and we were thrilled with his keen interest of this new home, behaviour and health,” said zoo general manager Jody
Henderson. Arun arrived in June from the Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival program (SSP). The SSP program helps the survival of species that are threatened or endangered in the wild by maintaining genetic diversity through managed breeding programs.
The Red Panda is not closely related to the Giant Panda and in fact, it is not even a panda at all. It is believed the Red Panda was given the name “panda” which derived from the Nepalese words “nigalya ponya” meaning “bamboo eater.” These little guys are so unique they are in a family classification all of their own SEE: Page 3 called Ailuridae.
Prime Minister-elect Justin Trudeau speaks to supporters in his Papineau, Quebec riding Monday night. (CTV photo)
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