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Drunk driver plows through the Patullo bridge median
Toyota sells fewer cars, but makes 10% profit
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Comedian Kapil Sharma draws laughs in Vancouver
30 cars damaged and traffic held up for hours
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he Pattulo bridge was shut down for at least three hours during peak rush hour on Thursday night after a woman driver caused an accident involving 30 vehicles. Police are investigating a Surrey woman for impaired driving following a series of crashes that damaged roughly 30 vehicles on the Pattullo Bridge early Thursday evening. She is facinf impaired-driving charges. Remarkably, nobody was injured. It happened just before 6:30 p.m. Police said the woman was heading from Continued on page 6
South Asian Youtube sensation nominated for prestigious US award
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ndianborn Canadian comedienne Lilly Singh has earned a nomination in the “2015 Teen Choice Awards” to be held in Los Angeles on August 16, according to a media YouTube sensation report. Lilly Singh Lilly Singh, 26, popularly known by her YouTube username “Superwoman”, was nominated in “Choice YouTuber” and “Choice Web Star: Comedy” categories, US-based Celebuzz website said on Wednesday. “Holy buckets of awesome Continued on page 6
A selfie with Kapil – Indian comedian Kapil was at the PNE Coliseum last Sunday, August 2, to make everyone laugh, including Premier Christie Clark. Photo: Chandra Bodalia
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BC Supreme Court shuts down two Surrey rental houses
C Supreme Court in Vancouver has ordered the closure of two controversial lodging houses in North Surrey. The two homes, one at 13901 Hansen Rd. and another at 11409 142 St., must be returned to single-family dwellings by Sept. 30, the court ordered. It’s the ruling long waited for by several residents in the community, who say they are fearful of the many alleged drug users who occupy the homes. Each house has had in excess of 100 police visits. After trying to remedy the situation for close to a year and a half, the City of Surrey took the matter to court. Mohammed Izaz, who says he owns the home with his wife Shamima Bi – who is named in the court documents – said the couple plans to appeal the findings of the court because they didn’t have legal representation. The lawyer handling the case for them was in hospital, Izaz said.
“The lawyer was in intensive care,” Izaz said. “We were not even told we were going to court on these days.” He said he hasn’t read all the findings in the court documents, but he asserts the two houses provide shelter to two families apiece – well within Surrey bylaws. He feels he’s being unfairly picked on by the city because of the service he provides. “Because I just help the homeless people get the shelter,” Izaz said. “They don’t want the homeless people to live in homes, they just want them on the street.” Nonetheless, the courts have ordered that Bi return the two “lodging houses” back to single-family dwellings, as required by Surrey’s building bylaw. Some neighbors expressed skepticism as to whether the owner will comply with the court order. They say they’ll wait and see. Meanwhile, they continue to live
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