INSIDE: Who will Chilliwack choose to send to Ottawa? Pg. 3 F R I D A Y
March 25, 2011
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A shot at Ottawa from Yarrow PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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hilliwack city councillor Diane Janzen will likely be the Liberal Party’s candidate in the next federal election in Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon. As of press time Thursday, the national office had yet to authorize Janzen’s candidacy, but local party officials figured that would be in place by the end of the week. Monday evening, while local Conservatives made the predictable choice of Mark Strahl—son
City councillor Diane Janzen resigns seat to run for the Libs
of current MP Chuck Strahl—local Liberal Party officials were meeting with Janzen about her nomination. In an interview with the Times Wednesday, Janzen said she hopes to provide a fiscally conservative, socially progressive alternative to the Conservatives. “I believe what I can do is put forward a platform which pleases people across political lines,”
she said. “I have voted against tax increases, against bailouts and the occasional school board budget where I felt administration was too high.” This year Janzen voted against acceptance of the city’s 10-year financial plan because it included an $18-million buyout for property owners in the Panorama Heights subdivision where homes were
found to be on a 4,000-year-old landslide. As for more socially progressive programs, Janzen was the city’s driving force behind the Health Contact Centre, rezoning for which was EB IRST approved earlier First reported on chilliwacktimes.com this month. Janzen, a Yarrow resident, said she will resign her seat on Chilliwack city council to run in the federal election, although holding municipal office does not deem
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a candidate ineligible, according to the Canada Elections Act. “I’m not hedging my bets,” she said. “I want to send a message that I am serious.” And because she is stepping down after January 1 in the year of a municipal election, her vacant council seat will not require a byelection. With Janzen in place for the Liberals, all the main parties have a candidate ready for an election, which could be called as early as May 2 if the government falls Friday.
On the beat with Chilliwack’s finest Reporter Tyler Olsen took a ride with two RCMP officers for a taste of what life on the street is all about BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com
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Mounties search a man arrested Tuesday evening following a foot chase downtown.
onst. Patrick Maisonneuve’s head snapped to the left as the unmarked RCMP Chevrolet Impala in which he was riding passed a blue minivan headed the opposite direction, on Wellington Ave. “That was Morgan,” said Maisonneuve with a touch of urgency to his partner, and the Impala’s driver, Cpl. Kerry Williams. As the minivan turned onto Mary Street, Williams swung the cruiser around and followed. It was Tuesday evening and just after 6:30 p.m. The sun was dipping, but the sky was still a deep blue. “Morgan” was Morgan Hourie, a 25-year-old convicted drug dealer with several warrants out
for his arrest and a history of trying to evade arrest. He had been wanted for several months and this was a not-to-be-missed chance to bring him in, even if Maisonneuve and Williams were giving a Times reporter a first-hand look at the work of the Chilliwack RCMP’s Crime Reduction Unit. “He’s going to run,” said Maisonneuve as the cruiser sped to catch up with the van. Hourie, however, didn’t know he had been spotted. He pulled the van into a diagonal parking spot in front of an apartment building. As the Impala closed to within 20 yards, Williams flicked on the lights and blared the siren briefly. The van’s reverse lights flickered, but it was boxed in by the cruiser. As both Maisonneuve and Williams swung open their doors, the driver’s door of the minivan opened and Hourie bolted across the street and east on Spadina. Maisonneuve followed suit, arms pumping. Williams called for backup, then swung the car onto Spadina, the forward momentum swinging See CHASE, page 5
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