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Charge laid in death of city woman 60-year-old accused and 61-yearold victim were good friends Cayley Dobie staff reporter
A 60-year-old Maple Ridge woman is facing a second-degree murder charge in relation to the death of a Burnaby woman last year. Trudy Gail Hunter was arrested on Friday and charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing 61-year-old Burnaby resident Christina Docherty last December. Hunter was in provincial court in Vancouver on Monday morning. The murder charges stem from a call Burnaby RCMP received on Dec. 2, 2013. Officers discovered Docherty’s body in an apartment in the 4900 block of Hastings Street shortly after 4:30 p.m. The department’s major crime unit determined the death was suspicious and called in the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, which took over the case. “From the beginning stages of the investigation we wanted to speak with witnesses, with persons of interest, with suspects who may shed some light on what the motive was for this homicide,” Sgt. Jennifer Pound, spokesperson for the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, said at a press conference on Monday. According to Pound, Docherty was known to police prior to her murder. The accused, however, was not known to police and does not have a criminal record. Pound couldn’t say whether police had ever had any contact with Hunter in the past. “Unless there’s a criminal record on file, we can’t reveal any history on what that individual was up to. I can tell you that it was an exhaustive investigation,” she added. Murder Page 4
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Dumping ground: A derelict foundry in South Burnaby that is considered an unsightly property will be torn down by the City of Burnaby. The teardown will be billed to the site owners.
City to clean up foundry site Jacob Zinn staff reporter
City of Burnaby staff have been authorized to enter the premises of an abandoned foundry that mysteriously went up in flames earlier this year and has since become a popular dumping ground. On Monday, city council approved recommendations of a city manager’s report to allow staff onto the Globe Foundry property, located at 7647 Willard St., to bring it into compliance with Burnaby’s unsightly premises bylaw. The foundry caught fire in January and has remained untouched in a dilapidated state ever since, with trash
piling up all over the site. “It concerns me that we have this situation down there, and it’s been going on for a number of months,” said Coun. Nick Volkow. The site is considered contaminated by the Environment Ministry and has a history of issues, including WorkSafeBC violations, outstanding debts and two deaths in a trailer on the property in May 2013, which the report attributed to the use of a gas heater in a confined space. Since November, the city has received five separate complaints regarding the unsightliness of the property. As reported by the NOW in March, area residents raised concerns that the foundry – run
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by the Ewasiuk family from the 1940s until late 2011 – could degenerate further or become a haven for homeless people or pyromaniacs. “It seemed to attract people who like to cause trouble, dump garbage and set fires,” said Riverside resident Shawn Wade. “We don’t want it to become a theme park for arsonists. “The reality is a lot of stuff has been dumped on that site for a number of years. Remediating that site will be difficult and very expensive,” he added. “Whoever takes on that site will have a big bill on their hands.” The report notes that the city has had no response from the owners of the
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