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Around Town Music and dance filled Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre Saturday (March 21) during the sixth annual Intercultural Showcase, a celebration of Indian, Greek, Philippine and Caribbean cultures ABOVE: People dance to the band Mukutana. LEFT: Mashal Mazhar with her henna painting gear. BELOW: A member of the band Mukutana. BOTTOM: The Greek dancing group Yamas, who take their dancing classes at Chuck Bailey. ABOVE: Performers gather around microphones. BELOW: You’ve heard of air guitar? Three-year-old Dia Pandher played air violin on dhol drum sticks whenever she heard music performed at the event – and she was good at it!

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Hoffman noted that Live Nation brought Mumford & Sons to Holland Park in 2013 with a large turnout. General admission two-day festival passes and 19+ VIP area passes will be available for purchase on Monday, March 23 at 11 a.m. General admission passes will be valid for all ages. The daily lineup and on-sale date for the single day passes will be announced in the coming weeks.

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CLOVERDALE — Those who remember living in Cloverdale more than 60 years ago might soon get a blast from the past. The iconic Clova Cinema building, which opened in 1947, could be restored to its original glory, thanks to a Heritage Revitalization Agreement bylaw proposal. A development application is now posted at the 176th Street venue in hopes of returning the outside of the building to its previous appearance. “We know the building is a piece of history in Cloverdale, so we want to honour that legacy and if that makes the city happy, then that makes us happy, too,” said Lee Francois, a pastor at Crossridge Church, which took over the venue last summer from its former operator. Craig Burghardt, who ran the Clova Cinema, closed its doors as a theatre on Aug. 3, 2014. “It’s something we worked with them (the city) on, we were open to hearing what that

would look like and then as we’ve worked in process with them, it seems like it’s a winwin situation,” Francois said. The changes would include painting the front of the building cream and black, as it appeared when it opened, as well as re-doing the theatre’s marquee sign, its windows and box office. The HRA proposal is set to be discussed at the March 23 Surrey council meeting at 7 p.m. Francois said the church will be sending a representative, and he doesn’t foresee any resistance to the plan. “The outside of the building, they have given us a picture of what it used to look like, and you’ve got ‘x’ number of years to restore it to its original appearance: so colours, the way the façade looks, some of that stuff. It’s a bit of a negotiation process,” he told the Now. The Clova primarily functions as a church, though Crossridge ran classic Christmas films for the public for free over the holidays, and plans to keep it open during the Cloverdale Rodeo. kalexandra@thenownewspaper.com

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Incorrect information appeared in Thursday’s issue regarding VSO in Surrey. We apologize for the confusion. SURREY — The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra recently released its 2015/2016 season of concerts, and classical music lovers can find some of the action in Surrey. VSO, under the musical direction of Bramwell Tovey, brings seven concerts to the Bell Performing Arts Centre this season. On Nov. 16 at 8 p.m., conductor Tovey and pianist Stephen Hough will lead a performance of Wagner, Schumann and Bartok. Also coming to the Surrey venue in 2015 is the VSO’s Traditional Christmas Concert on Dec. 17, hosted by Christopher Gaze, conducted by Gordon Gerrard and featuring UBC Opera Ensemble. There is a 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. show. The orchestra, now in its 97th season, hits the venue again on Jan. 25 and Feb. 22, 2016: the first features Otto Tausk as conductor and Simon Trpceski on piano, while the February show brings back Tovey

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omebody call Trashopolis! The National Geographic channel’s descriptive blurb about the television program says it “explores the most enchanting and iconic cities in the world and attempts to unlock their dark, dirty little secrets through their trash.” Despite its many fascinating episodes about the history of garbage disposal, the show likely has yet to do one on a city that wants to dump the responsibility of trash collection back onto its residents. Enter, White Rock. White Rock city council, that is. In power a mere four months, they’ve managed to do away with question period, and now this. Imagine living in a condominium in White Rock – which roughly 11,000 strata owners call home – and finding out your civic government decided, behind closed doors yet, that it will cease collecting waste from commercial and multi-family units on July 1. That means condo owners and businesses will have to find their own garbage collectors after that. Single-family residences need not worry though. Apparently some citizens really are more equal than others... C’mon, guys, really? You would never have dared to even contemplate such a move during an election year. And should you even think of voting yourselves a pay raise during the duration of this term in office, after pulling this stunt, woe is you. Better wear your swimming togs, for when the electorate chucks you off the end of the pier. Is not garbage collection, and things of that nature, the reason why we have civic governments in the first place? Come to think of it, perhaps this subject matter would prove too rank for the National Geographic channel and its family viewing audience. Maybe they could put a “viewer discretion” tag on it – something to the effect of “Intelligence vacuum might hurt your head.” Something like that.

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Light rail ads destroying ‘Yes’ campaign The Editor, The South Fraser area has the region’s lowest “Yes” support rate for the upcoming transit referendum, and I am very unamused. Who screwed up so badly that in a city where residents have been so concerned about transit improvements, this is how it has turned out? Mayor Linda Hepner should have realized that when she made an election promise, her big-ticket Light Rail Transit plan that could proceed without the proposed Congestion Improvement Tax, it would interfere with her efforts to support a “Yes” vote. It’s been cited by analysts as a main reason for low “Yes” support in Surrey. Now, instead of motivating citizens

to support transit expansion, our mayor has left them confused. The city’s continued and persistent focus on promoting LRT is on billboards, video screens and SkyTrain advertisements – and now it has become part of why so many more people are voting “No.” More people also realize that LRT isn’t an effective plan for the city. When the joint study on Surrey’s rapid transit options was conducted, it found that for the same cost as LRT, a SkyTrain extension on Fraser Highway, combined with a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network throughout the city, will do more to shape communities, get twice as many people out of their cars and offer commuters twice the overall time savings.

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The city is instead pushing for an LRT that will cause many more problems than it solves, and save King George Boulevard and 104th Avenue riders only one minute over the current 96 B-Line. Perhaps this is why the provincial transportation minister, who has encouraged a “Yes” vote, removed “Light Rail Transit in Surrey” from the ballot, replacing the description with “rapid transit.” Mentioning the technology simply interferes. There are so many other reasons that people need to vote “Yes,” but Mayor Hepner and the city are too focused on LRT. That’s destroying the transit vote and our transit future.

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Timing of 10-year transit plan is puzzling – or is it? InTheHouse Keith Baldrey

iming in politics is everything, which makes the BC Liberal government’s decision to publicize its 10-year transportation plan just as people in Metro Vancouver started receiving their transit plebiscites somewhat puzzling. The official reason for the timing – that it was to provide certainty for project contractors and municipalities – is rather weak. Waiting a few weeks (until the end of the voting period) wouldn’t have made much difference. In any case, the transportation plan served to remind potential plebiscite voters of the stark contrast in how the government is treating their transportation needs compared to the needs of those outside Metro Vancouver. The 10-year plan boasts of spending about $2.5 billion but almost all of that is

earmarked for projects (chiefly highway improvements) outside of Metro Vancouver. It refers to the mayors’ plan in Metro but contains no hard and fast funding commitments. There are a couple of lines where the government promises to provide one-third funding for major rapid transit projects but with two big excuses for the government to say no: if the project doesn’t fit into its fiscal plan, or it can’t make a business case the provinces approves of. With those caveats in place, the government is free to determine which projects fit its political agenda. So, the Massey Bridge and Surrey rapid transit rank at the top (along with a SkyTrain extension further into Surrey, perhaps even as far as Langley) while the Broadway subway line is nearer the bottom of priorities. Even if the “No” side wins the plebiscite, those kinds of projects will still be built, but the timing of their construction will be in the hands of the provincial government. Nevertheless, a number of Metro Vancouver residents have hit upon an inconsistency here: a plebiscite is being used to determine the future of transportation

projects in their region, but not in any other regions. That, plus the fact that no one else outside of Metro Vancouver is being asked to pay a higher tax for transportation improvements. In fact, the juxtaposition of the 10year transportation plan with the transit plebiscite underscores how questionable the whole plebiscite idea is in the end. I can’t see how this helps the beleaguered “Yes” side as it struggles to convince voters but perhaps that is by design. The Clark government has been, at best, tepid in its support for the “Yes” side. A successful “No” vote will put pressure on mayors to find new funding sources, and presumably will reduce pressure on the province – at least in the short-term – to fork over billions of dollars in improvements. Hmmm. Perhaps that timing of the plan’s announcement wasn’t so “puzzling” after all.

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out of the blue last week. On the other hand, like the transportation plan announcement’s timing, perhaps the decision not to ratify an earlier offer to him isn’t so puzzling, when you consider the fact he ran in that 2012 B.C. Liberal leadership race which was far from a love-in. If you’ll recall, Abbott took pointed swipes at the eventual winner, Christy Clark. Like almost everyone else, he dismissed her chances of re-election, so clearly there is no love lost between them. Abbott was shocked by the decision. “The knives came out for me in the cabinet room, I guess,” he told me. The government’s last-second doublecross of Abbott – Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad had put his name forward last year – drew the ire of First Nations leaders, but that apparently didn’t seem to register with some folks in cabinet. Political leadership candidates can be like elephants, I suppose – they have very long memories. Keith Baldrey is chief political reporter for Global BC. Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Hepner says Israel trip nets ‘significant’ deal

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SURREY — Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner signed a “partners in innovation” agreement with the Israeli city of Beer-Sheva during a 10-day trip overseas recently but she’s not yet revealing what precisely this will mean for Surrey. “There are some significant opportunities and partnerships that I am going to be rolling out over the next few months that I’m just not prepared to talk about today because there will be some reciprocal visits back here to Canada based on some of the meetings we had,” Hepner told the Now on Thursday. “So it’s a little premature. I’m really excited about it, but I want to wait and make sure I roll out the strategy in a way that everybody really understands how important it was.” Beer-Sheva is a city of similar size to Surrey that’s home to Ben Gurion University of the Negev and a complex called “CyberSpark” which fosters international alliances between some of the biggest and most important information technology businesses in the world. Last year, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netenyahu called CyberSpark one of the most important places in the world in the field of cyber security. In 2013, then-mayor of Surrey Dianne Watts led a trade mission to Israel that saw the city partner with Israel Brain Technologies to strengthen Surrey’s “Innovation Boulevard.” Innovation Boulevard is a high-tech health sector occupying one square mile of

had some amazing visits with the biggest brains on the planet. I was overwhelmed with the advancements that we saw.”

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Hepner on gangs: It’s a question of making sure that people are disengaged from finding the life of being in a gang acceptable. University and Surrey Memorial Hospital. It represents a network of health institutions and a community of talented academics, clinicians and researchers. “Surrey is looking to tap into Israel’s pioneering cutting-edge medical, entrepreneurial and scientific innovation,” Watts said at the time. The city spent roughly $27,000 to send Watts and two city members on the weeklong trip to Israel back in 2013, done in conjunction with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. Hepner said this time, the centre footed her bill, not Surrey taxpayers. But Surrey covered the costs for Donna Jones, Surrey’s economic development manager. In 2013, the price tag for Jones’ flights and insurance was $4,672. While no longer the leading the city, Watts was with Hepner on the trip in her capacity as CEO of Health Tech Innovation

Hepner’s trip earlier this month sought to reconfirm the relationship that Watts established in 2013. “It was an amazing trip,” Hepner said. “We first of all wanted to make sure that those partnerships and the agreements that we already connected with in Israel, that with the new mayor, that momentum and that understanding of my attachment to Innovation Boulevard was as strong as it has been previously.” Hepner said she got a better understanding of Ben Gurion University of the Negev and its partnership with Simon Fraser University, and how that partnership was going to play out with various health and health technology programs “as well as expanding Information Boulevard for the IT sector. “Who is better and brighter in the world on information technology and computers

But while Hepner was away, Surrey had seven brazen public shootings in five days. “I talked to the OIC from Israel, yes,” Hepner said, referring to Surrey RCMP’s Chief Supt. Bill Fordy. “Well, anytime you have anything like that it’s disconcerting. It’s low-level crime. As I understand it, wellknown to police but very unco-operative.” Asked if she thinks there’s anything she can do as mayor above and beyond what the RCMP is already doing about the shootings, Hepner replied, “No, and I think you saw a really important initiative just yesterday. I’m very proud of what the RCMP have done in that respect. I think they’ve made some significant headway as recently as yesterday.” Hepner was referring to the Surrey RCMP parading down King George Boulevard early Wednesday morning, with lights on and sirens blaring, en route to raid a Newton trailer park for drugs. Twelve people were arrested on drugrelated charges and later released. Asked what she has to say to people who say Newton is not getting the attention it should be getting from city hall, when it comes to fighting crime, Hepner replied, “You know what, they know that is not so – Newton is getting lots of attention. “We know what we’ve already put in place relative to police officers, but you’re not going to solve the crime problem that Newton had relative to those shootings with more police officers on the street,” she said. “It’s a question of making sure that people are disengaged from finding the life of being in a gang acceptable, and I think the whole focus has got to be on creating those programs and putting in place for the young people, that that is not a glamorous lifestyle. “If you’re going to be turning to the gang lifestyle, your life is going to end in a pretty unfortunate way.” tzytaruk@thenownewspaper.com

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SURREY — The province has announced a $24.3 million expansion to Surrey provincial court that will include three new courtrooms and two hearing rooms to reduce backlogs. “There’s no question this is an extremely busy courthouse,” Attorney General and Minister of Justice Suzanne Anton observed at a press conference Thursday (March 19) outside its front doors.“There’s no question we will need additional staff,” she added. Surrey’s courthouse, opened in 1991 when the city’s population was 60 per cent of what it is today, and has the largest criminal caseload in the province. More than 15,000 provincial cases were initiated in the 2013-2014 fiscal year, and there were more than 92,000 provincial court appearances. Roughly 80 per cent of new cases opened in Surrey during that time were criminal court cases. Anton made the expansion commitment at Surrey’s courthouse joined by Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Amrik Virk and Mayor Linda Hepner. Construction is set to begin early next year, and scheduled for completion by late 2017.

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton (left) with Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner make a $24.3 million announcement at Surrey provincial court Thursday. (Photo: SARAH ORLINA) The justice minister also announced a recommendation made by the Surrey Criminal Justice Task Force to create an Integrated Services Network (ISN) zeroing in on domestic violence, mental health and substance misuse, and prolific offenders. If implemented, there would be a single location for offices of justice, health and social services involved in the co-delivery of

programs and services. The stated aim of ISN is to ease access for clients with complex needs by providing a single location, making it easier for front-line workers to see clients who are traditionally hard to reach. Hepner said it will help address the root causes of crime. “This means that cases involving mental health, health and family matters, will be

referred to timely support services. Ultimately, this will allow for a greater chance of success in reintegrating offenders into positive roles in society,” she said. While the task force’s report identified the former city hall building as a possible site for the ISN, it was mentioned that the intended client base doesn’t typically reside in that neighbourhood. Instead, the report noted clients tend to live in the Whalley and Guildford area, and perhaps those areas would be more appropriate. Absent from Thursday’s announcement was the installment of a community court, a concept that has been bandied about in Surrey for many years. But Hepner suggested the integration of services will create a positive response. Harry Bains, NDP MLA for SurreyNewton, found Thursday’s announcement underwhelming. “They talked about five (courtrooms) some time ago and now they’re talking about three, so I think it is a step back from what they originally announced,” Bains said. “Yes, this will expand the capacity to the courthouse, help the Crown prosecutors to proceed with their cases, but there’s nothing in this announcement that will deal with the crime in Surrey.”

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AVAILABLE HERE:ABBOTSFORD: Abbotsford Vitamin Centre 33555 South Fraser Way; Alive Health Centre Seven Oaks Shopping Centre, Fraser Way; Herbs & Health Foods West Oaks Mall, 32700 S. Fraser Way; Living Well Vitamins 4-32770 George Ferguson Way; Nutrition House High Street Shopping Centre 3122 Mt. Lehman Rd; æAGASSIZ: Agassiz Pharmacy 7046 Pioneer Ave. æALDERGROVE: Alder Natural Health 27252 Fraser Hwy. æBURNABY: Alive Health Centre Metropolis at Metrotown - 4700 Kingsway Ave.; Best Choice Health Food 4323 East Hasting St.; BC Vitamin Centre Brentwood Town Centre 4567 Lougheed Hwy; Health Natural Foods 4435 E. Hastings St.; Longevity Health Foods 6591 Kingsway; Natural Focus Health Foods Kensington Plaza, 6536 E. Hastings St.; Nutrition House Brentwood Mall, 4567 Lougheed Hwy.; Nutrition House Eaton Centre, 4700 Kingsway Ave; Nutrition House Lougheed Mall, 9855 Austin Ave.; Pharmasave 4367 E. Hastings St. æCHILLIWACK: Alive Health Centre Cottonwood Mall, 3-45585 Luckakuck Way; Aromatica Fine Tea & Soaps 10015 Young St., North; Chilliwack Pharmasave 110-9193 Main St.; Living Well Vitamins 45966 Yale Rd.; Sardis Health Foods Unit #3-7355 Vedder RoadæCOQUITLAM: Alive Health Centre Coquitlam Centre, 2348-2929 Barnet Hwy.; Green Life Health Cariboo Shopping Ctr.; Longevity Health Foods Burquitlam Plaza 552 Clarke Rd.; Nutrition House Coquitlam Centre, 2929 Barnet Hwy.; Ridgeway Pharmacy Remedy's RX (IDA)1057 Ridgeway Ave.æDELTA: Parsley, Sage & Thyme 4916 Elliott St.; Pharmasave #286 Tsawwassen 1244 - 56 St.; Pharmasave #246 Ladner 4857 Elliott St.; æLANGLEY: Alive Health Centre Willowbrook Shopping Centre, 19705 Fraser Hwy.; Rustic Roots Health Food Store formerly Country Life 4061 200th St.; Grove Vitamins & Health Centre 8840 210 St.; Langley Vitamin Centre 20499 Fraser Hwy.; Natural Focus 340-20202 66th Ave.; Nature’s Fare 19880 Langley By-pass; Nutrition House Willowbrook Mall, 19705 Fraser Hwy.; Valley Natural Health Foods 20425 Douglas Cres.; Well Beings Health & Nutrition 22259 48th Ave. æMAPLE RIDGE: Maple Ridge Vitamin Centre 500-22709 Lougheed Hwy.; Roots Natural 22254 Dewdney Trunk Rd.; Uptown Health Foods 130-22529 Lougheed Hwy. æMISSION: Fuel Supplements and Vitamins 33120 1st Ave.; Mission Vitamin Centre 33139 1st Ave.; æNEW WESTMINSTER: Alive Health Centre Royal City Centre, 610 6th St.; æPITT MEADOWS: Mint Your Health 19150 Lougheed Hwy.Company; Ultimate Health Warehouse 19040 Lougheed HwyæPORT COQUITLAM: Pharmasave 3295 Coast Meridian Rd.; Poco Natural Food & Wellness Centre 2329 Whyte Ave; æRICHMOND: Alive Health Centre Richmond Centre, 1834-6060 Minoru Blvd.; Consumer's Nutrition Centre Richmond Centre 1318-6551 3rd Rd.; Great Mountain Ginseng 4151 Hazelbridge Way; Mall; MJ's Natural Pharmacy Richmond Public Market 1130 - 8260 Westminster Hwy; Your Vitamin Store Lansdowne Mall; Nature's Bounty 110-5530 Wharf Rd. æSOUTH SURREY: Ocean Park Health Foods 12907 16th Ave.; Pure Pharmacy Health Centre 111-15833 24th Ave. æSURREY: Alive Health Centre Guildford Town Centre, 2269 Guildford Town Centre; Alive Health Centre Surrey Place Mall, 2712 Surrey Place Mall; Natural Focus Health Foods 102-3010 152nd St.; Natural Focus Health Foods Boundary Park Plaza, 131-6350 120th St.; Nutrition House Guildford Town Ctr., 1179 Guildford Town Centre; Nutrition House Semiahmoo Shopping Centre, 1711 152nd St.; Punjabi Whole Health Plus 12815 85th Ave.; The Organic Grocer 508-7388 King George Hwy. Surrey Natural Foods 13585 King George Hwy; The Energy Shop 13711 72 Ave. æVANCOUVER: Alive Health Centre Bentall Centre Mall 595 Burrard St.; Alive Health Centre Oakridge Centre, 650 W. 41st Ave.; Famous Foods 1595 Kingsway; Finlandia Natural Pharmacy 1111 W Broadway; Garden Health Foods 1204 Davie St.; Green Life Health 200 - 590 Robson St.; Kitsilano Natural Foods 2696 West Broadway; Lotus Natural Health 3733 10TH AVE. W. MJ's Natural Pharmacy 6255 Victoria Dr. @ 47th Ave.; MJ's Natural Pharmacy 6689 Victoria Dr.; MJ's Nature's Best Nutrition Ctr. Champlain Mall, 7130 Kerr St. & 54 Ave.; Nature's Prime 728 West Broadway; Nutraways Natural Foods 2253 West 41st Ave.; Nutrition House 1194 Robson St.; Supplements Plus Oakridge Ctr.; Sweet Cherubim Natural Food Stores & Restaurant 1105 Commercial Dr.; Thien Dia Nhan 6406 Fraser St. æNORTH VANCOUVER: Anderson Pharmacy 111 West 3rd St.;Cove Health 399 North Dollarton Hwy. N.; Health Works 3120 Edgemont Blvd.;Nutraways Natural Foods 1320 Lonsdale Ave.; Nutrition House Capilano Mall, 935 Marine Dr.; Victoria's Health 1637 Lonsdale Ave æWEST VANCOUVER: Alive Health Centre Park Royal Shopping Centre, 720 Park Royal N.; Fresh St. Market 1650 Marine Dr.; Health Works Caulfield 5351 Headland Dr; Nutrition House 2002 Park Royal S. Pharmasave Caulfield Village 5331 Headland Dr.æWHITE ROCK: Health Express 1550 Johnston Rd.; Alive Health Centre Semiahmoo Shopping Centre, 139-1711 152nd St. Try your local health food stores first. If they don’t have it and don’t want to order it for you, order on our website or call us with Visa or Mastercard. Also available in many pharmacies

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Star of the Sea Parish Easter Services

Holy Thursday – April 2, 2015 Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Shepherd Church Altar of Repose (following Mass until midnight)

7:00pm

Good Friday – April 3, 2015 Stations of the Cross Star of the Sea Church Good Shepherd Church

9:00am 11:00am 6:30pm

Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday Good Shepherd Church Star of the Sea Church

3:00pm 3:00pm

Saturday – April 4, 2015 - Easter Vigil Good Shepherd Church Blessings of Easter Food Easter Vigil

12 noon 9:00pm

Easter Sunday – April 5, 2015 Holy Cross Church 12268 Beecher Ave. Star of the Sea Church 1153 Fir St. Good Shepherd Church 2250 150th St.

8:30am 10:30am 9:00 am, 11:00 am, & 7:00pm

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Community on alert after indecent acts near school

CLAYTON HEIGHTS — RCMP are hoping the public can help them find a man who committed an indecent act near Clayton Heights Secondary School earlier this week. On Monday (March 16) at about 12:30 p.m., police responded to a call about a man “committing an indecent act” in a trail area in the 7000-block of 188th Street. The woman who called the cops said she was walking her dog at the time, and that the man did not approach her but he wanted her to see him. She said he then got on his bike and rode east on 68th Avenue. The man in question is described as Hispanic, about 20 years old, slim with short, dark hair and was wearing a brown hoodie and shorts. He took off on his BMX-style bike, which had orange rims. Police say two similar incidents happened in the area two weeks ago. On March 2 at about 1 p.m., police were called about a man committing an indecent

act behind the same school. That man was described as Caucasian, in his 20s, with a medium build, tattoos on his arms, wearing a grey hoodie and dark jeans, also riding a BMX bike. On March 5 at around 8:30 a.m. RCMP were called about a man exposing himself to two students in a laneway north of 70th Avenue between 190th Street and 188A Street. He was described as Caucasian, about 30 to 40 years old, approximately 5-foot-ten, with greying hair and wearing dark clothes. Surrey RCMP Sgt. Dale Carr said police “have not been able to conclusively link these investigations at this early stage, (but) there are enough similarities that caused our analysts and investigators to take notice.” Anyone with any information about these incidents is asked to call the Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502, or if you wish to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS. The Now

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