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TRANSPORTATION
Train cars derail in north Burnaby No dangerous goods were involved, and derailed cars were empty at the time Jennifer Moreau
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A grain train derailed in north Burnaby late Tuesday afternoon, but no one was injured, and there were no toxic substances spilled. The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) said the track was out of its jurisdiction, and the Cascadia Grain Terminal would investigate the cause. “The derailment was not reported to the TSB because it occurred on a spur track that was not federally regulated; therefore, we have no jurisdiction,” said Julie Leroux, a Transportation Safety Board spokesperson. “The only details we have is the track was owned by Cascadia Grain Terminals, and they move rail cars on that spur, and the information we were able to obtain is that while
OFF THE RAILS Five grain cars derailed in north Burnaby Tuesday afternoon. There were no injuries and no hazardous materials involved. The derailment was not reported to the Transportation Safety Board because it happened on a stretch of spur tracks, which are secondary tracks used to load or unload cars. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR moving empty cars over this track, five cars derailed.There were no injuries, and there were no dangerous goods involved.” A spur track is a secondary track
used to load or unload cars. The NOW contacted John Dewar, the terminal’s director of operations, but calls were not returned immediately.
Assistant fire Chief Bryan Kirk for the Burnaby fire department said one of the empty cars ended up in the Burrard Inlet, but there was no environmental damage as
far as he could tell. “It wasn’t like the locomotive was leaking diesel in the water,” he said.
VIOLENCE AT YOUTH CUSTODY CENTRE
Gang ties spark prison riot, says union But management says revoked privileges motivated outburst Jennifer Moreau
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Tuesday night’s riot in the Burnaby youth custody centre was the result of an
unstable and increasingly violent prison population, according to the union representing correctional officers. Dean Purdy, from the B.C. Government and Ser-
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vice Employees’ Union, said the six-hour riot was likely gang-related and preplanned. “We know the Lower Mainland is having a real gang problem.Well, we’re seeing that spill over into our prisons, not only into adult but in the youth fa-
cilities as well,” said Purdy. “We think the riot last night was a direct result of that.” According to Purdy, the unrest started at about 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and ran for about six hours, until about 2:30 a.m. “What we were told, seven to 10 inmates in one liv-
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ing unit started rioting, smashing up tables, chairs, dishwashers, microwaves, everything they could get their hands on,” Purdy said. “From there they moved into breaching through the door of the officers’ station.They made their way into the officers’ station,
smashed computers, officers’ equipment, desks, chairs, and then moved on to the second unit that runs adjacent to the first one and did the same kind of damage there, causing floods, breaking sprinkler heads and setting several fires.” Continued on page 3
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