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Hockey dad guilty of threatening
Father put in penalty box over ‘losing his cool’ on player JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
A 10-year-old boy who was verbally threatened by a teammate’s dad in a North Vancouver dressing room says the incident hasn’t
affected his love of the game. Rocky Bhala said Thursday he still enjoys playing with the Atom 1 team of the Burnaby Winter Club and has learned it’s important to “keep your
head up.” Meanwhile, the hockey dad who issued the threat won’t be left with a criminal record for losing his cool following a hearing in North Vancouver provincial court. Terry Mukhtiar Singh Litt, 57, was handed a conditional discharge Thursday afternoon after pleading guilty to threatening Bhala, a member of his son’s
team at the Burnaby Winter Club. Bhala was nine years old at the time. Crown counsel Sunny Bains told the judge Litt apparently snapped after he came into the dressing room at Karen Magnussen Arena following a game Feb. 21 and found his son crying. Litt’s son told him Bhala had punched him. Litt then went over to
Bhala and yelled, “’If you touch my son again I will f***ing kill you,’” said Bains. “Rocky was scared and started crying,” she said, adding the incident was witnessed by three other adults in the change room. “This behaviour is not acceptable under any circumstances.” Bains said the young hockey players had a history
of physical altercations in the lead-up to the change room incident. Litt’s defence lawyer Phil Riddell told the judge that issues between parents at the hockey club also contributed to the problem. Riddell described a hardcore culture among certain parents at the Burnaby club.
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Luxury homes head up JANE SEYD jseyd@nsnews.com
In the rarified world of waterfront views, hisand-hers garages, infinity pools and temperaturecontrolled wine cellars, there’s nowhere to go but up — at least where real estate values are concerned. House values at the very top of the market on the North Shore remained up in the stratosphere this year. The top three assessments are all members of a very exclusive $23 million club. Admittedly, the home with the highest assessed value — an 11,000-squarefoot house on the West Bay waterfront — slipped slightly this year from last year’s high of $24.4 million. But as the home at 3330 Radcliffe Ave. still clocks in at $24.2 million, it’s likely not a source of worry. The value of the secondhighest assessment — a See Top page 9
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