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BY TYLER OLSEN tolsen@chilliwacktimes.com
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hilliwack Mounties are again warning parents to be vigilant about their children’s Internet use after a 15-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted at a party organized by an older man, possibly over Facebook. A 32-year-old man is facing sexual assault charges in connection with the attack. Police say the man may have used Facebook to invite teenage boys and girls to a party at his home, where he supplied them with alcohol. Mounties allege that the victim passed out and was left at the home, where she was sexually assaulted. RCMP spokesperson Const. Tracy Wolbeck said the incident is similar to one reported last May, when police say older teenagers hosted a so-called “LG [little girls] party” at which younger girls were plied with alcohol and targeted to engage in sexual acts. “The M.O. is very similar to LG parties,” said Wolbeck. “The new part of the trend is the older adult now being involved.” She said this is the first such incident since the LG parties were reported last year. Police are repeating their plea to parents to carefully monitor the Internet activity of their children. See SEX ASSAULT, Page 7
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Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon MP Chuck Strahl receives congratulations from constituents after his 2008 election victory.
Like father, like son Mark Strahl seeks party nomination as father Chuck puts an end to his 17-year reign as MP BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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huck Strahl’s son Mark announced Monday he would seek the Conservative party nomination for Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon in the next election. Mark’s announcement comes just two days after Chuck announced he would not seek re-election whenever the writ drops. The 32-year-old Strahl is currently executive assistant to MP Randy Kamp and has served in a variety of Parliamentary intern roles in Ottawa, starting in Preston Manning’s office. He resigned, effective immediately, from his position as president of the local Conservative riding association. In a telephone interview with the Times on Mon-
day, Chuck Strahl said Prime Minister Stephen Harper knew “a long time ago” that he wouldn’t run again, but those in the party weren’t told until Friday. Because the threat of an election is imminent, the national party wants to make sure it has candidates lined up in all ridings. When asked about a successor, Strahl wouldn’t give up a name. “ We have a good party membership—700 or 800 members—so it’s up now to the national party to run the campaign,” he said. “I’ve got some ideas about who might run but on the other hand, it is up to them to announce and when.” Less than an hour after that interview, Mark sent out a press release announcing his Mark Strahl candidacy. He said he decided to throw his hat in the ring after consulting with family and friends. “My dad has such a way with people,” said Strahl.
raser Health is investigating another radiologist who performed hundreds of CT scans at Chilliwack General Hospital between November 2008 and October 2009. F r a s e r He a l t h a n n o u n c e d Friday that it is reviewing more than 2,000 CT scans performed by a radiologist around the Lower Mainland since 2008. That number includes 679 CT scans performed at CGH. The radiologist is the fourth in British Columbia to come under investigation in recent months. Fraser Health says the doctor worked for Valley Medical Imaging in 2008 and 2009 and interpreted hundreds of CT scans at EB IRST Chilliwack First reported on General Hospital, chilliwacktimes.com Abbotsford RegionalHospital and Langley Memorial Hospital. The doctor was originally trained in South Africa, moved to Europe, where he received further training in mammography, and then to Canada, where he required a sponsor to practise medicine. In 2009, however, he was cited for serious errors reading mammograms and his contract wasn’t renewed. Those errors included “two misses, a cancer and a suspicious
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