Tuesday June 4, 2013 (Vol. 38 No. 45)
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Track titles: Athletes from South Surrey and Cloverdale put their impressive skills on display last weekend, scooping plenty of medals at BC High School Track and Field Championships. › see page 13
Victim’s son attacked
White Rock advised
Fatal driver gets 2 years
Fraser backs Metro water Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
Sarah Massah Staff Reporter
A driver who struck and killed a White Rock father delivering newspapers with his teenage son was sentenced to two years in prison Monday afternoon. Last month, Allan Simpson Wood pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and an assault charge stemming from the July 19, 2010 incident that killed Bryan McCron. McCron and his son, Connor, were delivering papers early in the morning on Colebrook Road Bryan McCron near 153 Street victim when Wood’s Chevy Silverado pickup struck their Toyota Tercel. Wood approached the McCrons’ vehicle as Connor – who was 17 at the time – called 911. Angry about the damage to his truck, Wood pushed Connor and punched him in the stomach. › see page 4
Sarah Massah photo
Vicki Macri and Connor McCron.
Up for grabs
Dan Kinvig photo
Earl Marriott Mariners’ Arun Heed tries to get his hands on a ball during a lineout against the Robert Bateman Timberwolves last week, in quarter-final action of the BC Boys Triple-A High School Rugby Championships. For more, see page 13.
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Fraser Health wants White Rock to get its water from Metro Vancouver. In a letter sent to city manager Dan Bottrill last month, medical health officer Lisa Mu states the health authority “supports the reduction of arsenic in White Rock’s water supply to levels that are as low as reasonably achievable.” “Accordingly, we are in favour of the connection of the White Rock distribution system to MetroVan water, if this is determined to be technically and financially viable,” Mu writes. Asked for comment, Epcor spokesman Tim Le Riche said by email Monday afternoon that the util- ❝We’re stuck ity’s position on its water between a supply has not changed. “It is business as usual rock and a for us,” Le Riche writes. hard place.❞ “We are pleased to pro- Coun. Larry vide safe drinking water Robinson to the people of White Rock, and we support stakeholder involvement, including suggestions for any costeffective solutions for its customers.” White Rock officials announced in late February a decision to explore the feasibility of purchasing its water utility from the current supplier, Edmonton-based Epcor. The move came two months after Epcor advised its customers it is seeking approval for a project that will increase chlorination of the city’s water, upgrade infrastructure and boost storage and pumping capacity. The chlorination was ordered by Fraser Health in response to contamination that sparked a boil-water advisory in 2010. The proposed upgrades are anticipated to cost $11-12 million. While arsenic levels in the water supply are currently within the standards for Canadian drinking water, if that changes and treatment for it is deemed necessary, the tab will jump by an estimated $8-10 million. Coun. Helen Fathers – who proposed in January that White Rock investigate the costs of hooking up to the Metro system – said Monday that if upgrades must be done, it makes more sense that it be an investment in a city-owned utility. Coun. Larry Robinson – who did not support Father’s initial motion – agreed. Robinson told Peace Arch News that learning more about the difference between water from the two sources convinced him a switch to Metro is the way to go. It will avoid the need for chlorination › see page 4
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