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◗ ANTI-HST CAMPAIGN
Petition hits its target BY ANDREW FLEMING CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com
Organizers of the grassroots campaign led by former premier Bill Vander Zalm to repeal the harmonized sales tax estimate they’ve already met Elections B.C.’s minimum requirement of 10 per cent of voters’ signatures from the New Westminster riding. With eight weeks still to go before the July 5 deadline, hitting the internal threshold of 15 per cent set by the Fight HST campaign in order to be on the safe side doesn’t seem like it will be a problem. The campaign wants a comfortable safety margin in case signatures are rejected by Elections B.C. for being registered in a different riding or otherwise ineligible. According to head organizer Chris Delaney, 56 out of the total of 85 provincial ridings have reached the 10 per cent mark while 34 have met the 15 per cent target. “This is the largest sample of public opinion ever done in the history of B.C.,” said Delaney. “It has become much more than just a legal petition to repeal the HST. It has become a referendum on the tax and the government that gave it to us.” The petition against the new 12 per cent merged tax on goods and services remains available for signing Monday to Friday at Greens & Beans Deli Café (143 East Columbia St.) from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesday to Sunday at Coming Home Café (753 Sixth St.) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gathering the sufficient number of signatures is no guarantee the HST will be dismantled. The Liberal government could instead choose to defeat or ignore the repeal bill.
A moving experience for this old house BY ANDREW FLEMING CONTRIBUTOR editorial@royalcityrecord.com
Contributed photos by Dave Vallee/THE RECORD
Big move: Top: The home makes its way down Sixth Street, through uptown. Above, it arrives at its new location.
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Heritage buildings and mobile homes don’t usually share much in common, but an exception occurred uptown late at night over the weekend. Shortly after midnight on Saturday night, the prominent 1913 circa building known as the Wadsworth house was picked up and moved at a snail-like pace from its longstanding location at 508 Sixth Ave. several blocks away to a new address at 218 Saint Patrick St. The house’s new owner, local real estate agent Dave Vallee, couldn’t be happier about it. “It went really smoothly,” said Vallee. “Although I have to admit there were a couple of tense moments.” Several traffic lights, power lines and phone lines had to be removed in advance of the stately home’s progression. One of the ◗House Page 8
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