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Moray Keith claims WHL team bought by Victoria interests
asked about his future in Langley. Keith previously told the Times that he would appeal to the board of govhe Chilliwack Bruins have been ernors to stop the sale of the Bruins, sold to a group that plans to move should it come to pass. However, Multhe team to Victoria, according to lin said Keith doesn’t believe the league will veto the move. minority owner Moray Keith. News of the sale flies in the face of Keith told CKNW sports reporter Jim Mullin on Thursday that an agree- promises from Porter and Western ment is in place that would see the Hockey League commissioner Ron team bought and moved to Victoria. Robison, who have said they would like to keep the team in ChilliKeith and business partner Jim wack. It also comes despite the Bond own a 25 per cent share efforts of former Chilliwack of the Bruins, but the pair was mayor Clint Hames to keep the outvoted by team president team in the city. Darryl Porter and National Hames, a passionate and Hockey League general manEB IRST involved Bruins fan who was agers Brian Burke and Glen Sather, each of whom also own First reported on instrumental in bringing the chilliwacktimes.com club to the Fraser Valley five a quarter of the club. years ago, had contacted RobiKeith and Bond, who own the company that operates Prospera son and several of the Bruins’ owners Centre, had submitted their own bid to try to get to the bottom of rumours to buy the team. Mullin told the Times about the team’s exit. Hames told the Times that, of multhat Keith now plans to go to the Western Hockey League’s board of gover- tiple offers to buy the team, the only nors and ask whether there are any bid ever seriously considered was the WHL teams he could move to Chilli- one that would see the team move to wack. Failing that, he will ask for anoth- Victoria. He said Sather, Burke and Porter have er expansion team for the city. If those options fail, he hopes to ignored a competing bid by Keith and bring a British Columbia Hockey Bond to keep the franchise at Prospera League team to Chilliwack. Keith has Centre. “I was told by [Bruins co-owner] Briagreed to sell his portion of the Langley Chiefs, but retains the rights to the an Burke that [Keith and Bond’s] offer name “Chiefs.” A new Chilliwack Chiefs would not be considered and that the would be coached by Harvey Smyl, only offer they are considering is an who has been non-commital when See BRUINS, Page 26
Brian Burke, Bruins co-owner.
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Selection debacle dogs local Tory party
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Moray Keith owns 25 per cent of the Bruins.
President and co-owner Daryl Porter.
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ccusations and controversy—from both inside and outside the Conservative Party—continue to hound the local Tory nomination process a week into the election campaign. Former Chilliwack city councillor Casey Langbroek said he thought most members of the Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon Conservative Party were upset about a candidate selection process that begun on March 14 and ended on March 18. The usual nomination period would be at isn’t going to be as least four weeks, secure as it was in something Langbroek said is fair the past as a result and ser ves the of this.” purpose of selling memberships Casey Langbroek and solidifying support for the party. In an interview with the Times, he even suggested this election may not be the usual cakewalk it is for Conservatives. “Maybe this riding isn’t going to be as secure as it was in the past as a result of this,” he said. “There’s been damage done all the way around and it couldn’t come at a poorer time.” Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Chuck Strahl formally announced he would not seek re-election to party members on March 11 and to the public on March 12. On March 14, the party sent out a message—that Langbroek said he never got—to party members that the deadline to have nomination papers in Ottawa was March 18 at 5 p.m. eastern time. See TORIES, Page 7
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