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richmondreview.com Friday, April 19, 2013
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Richmond runner will run Boston again
Kwantlen fashion students show their work
Tracy Marshall finished race four minutes before deadly explosions rocked event
Matthew Hoekstra photo Campaign posters featuring Richmond Centre’s three Chinese Canadian candidates.
Record number of Chinese Canadians on election ballot
by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter
Riding boasting the largest Chinese population in B.C. could get first Chinese Canadian MLA by Matthew Hoekstra Staff Reporter A record number of Chinese Canadian candidates are vying for a seat in a Richmond riding that boasts the largest ethnic Chinese population in B.C. Richmond Centre has never been won by a candidate of Chinese decent, and few have entered the race in the riding’s history. But on May 4, at least three candidates from the Chinese community will be on the ballot: Teresa Wat for the Liberals, Frank Huang for the NDP and Gary Law, who is running as an independent. In the last provincial election, in 2009, Kang Chen was the only Chinese name on the ballot. He won just 2.3 per cent of the vote, while Liberal Rob Howard easily won with 61.5 per cent support. See Page 6
Matthew Hoekstra photo A model shows off a design from Amroe Graham, a graduating Kwantlen fashion student, at a fashion show Wednesday in Richmond. Graham describes her line, Fusion by Design, as an “evolutionary folkloric remix of contemporary design and traditional ethnic dress.” See story, p. 7.
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A Richmond woman who completed the Boston Marathon four minutes before bombs exploded at the finish line said she’ll be back. “Absolutely,” said Tracy Marshall, 48, who flew home Tuesday night. “It’s almost like a sense of closure—just to make it right.” It was Marshall’s 92nd marathon and third consecutive Boston Marathon. A Vancouver school teacher and member of the Steveston Athletic Association, Marshall finished the race around 2:45 p.m. Monday with a time of four hours, five minutes. Suffering from a painful blister, she headed straight to the medical tent after crossing the finish line. “I hurried on along and thank God I did, because four minutes later, that’s when all hell broke loose.” Marshall was sitting in the medical tent while a doctor tended to her foot when two bombs went off. See Page 4
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