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At 29-years-old and already a veteran of several federal and municipal elections, Green Party hopeful Michael Wolfe is not the political novice he once was.
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Cops probe shooting Shell casings found after masked gunmen strike
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A police officer scours the area of Tuesday night’s shooting for evidence.
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Happy clappers ... Leader of the Opposition and the federal Liberal Party Michael Ignatieff receives rapturous applause from an enthusiastic crowd of candidates and supporters, including Richmond riding hopeful Joe Peschisolido, left. Ignatieff was making a quick stop at the city’s Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel as his campaign swung into action Tuesday night.
Political party launches, issues demands A controversial new political force leapt onto the Richmond electoral platform this week and wasted no time in slapping down a series of demands. Inspired by their Gallic cousins in Quebec, the Bloc Le Richmond (pronounced Reesh-mon) were understood to be instrumental behind the scenes in the long struggle to have French signage on the Olympic oval. Now the Bloc wants more recognition in Richmond for all things French, with the renaming of Steveston to Cousteau-ville at the top of its thorny agenda. “Everyone thinks it was the Steves family that founded Steveston,” said the Bloc’s $
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candidate Avril Le Fou. “In fact, it was a descendant of the legendary explorer and film-maker Jacques Cousteau that stumbled onto Lulu Island in 1878, while serving in the French Navy.” Among the Bloc’s lengthy list of demands are: ! Changing No. 3 Road to La Route Trois. ! Making croissants mandatory in all elementary schools. ! Planting Chardonnay grape vines on Garden City lands. ! Rebranding YVR, Gilles Duseppe International. A Bloc Le Richmond campaigner was caught by a Richmond News staffer illegally erecting an election sign on the newspaper’s lawn. Anyone wanting more information on Bloc Le Richmond should go to the dateline at the top of this page.
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It may not have any power of veto over the potential building of an aviation fuel pipeline through its streets, but the City of Richmond is determined to make as much noise as possible about it. Time and time again, the city has raised its voice in opposition
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of the proposal by a consortium of airlines — known as the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation (VAFFC) — to barge millions of litres of fuel up the south arm of the Fraser River to a new off-loading facility and then pump it along a 15 kilometre pipeline through Richmond to YVR. Currently in the public see Route page 4 07283111
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Two masked gunmen are believed to be behind a shooting in downtown Richmond. Approximately 10 shots were said to have rang out in the area of Alderbridge Way and Westminster Highway sometime around 9 p.m. on Tuesday. “We believe this was a targeted incident,” said Richmond RCMP spokeswoman Sherrdean Turley. However, Turley said it is still to be determined if this was a gang-related shooting. Shell casings were found in the area and several buildings, along with one vehicle, were damaged by the gunfire, but fortunately no
one was injured. Turley said the RCMP is questioning an uninjured male who has, thus far, been uncooperative in the investigation. The male is also known to police, but Turley could not confirm how so. “We’re encouraging anyone who did witness this incident to please call the RCMP,” said Turley. Police blocked off the road at the intersection for most of the night. And they were still searching the area for evidence on Wednesday morning. One bullet has already been recovered from a building in the area.