Thursday November 14, 2013 (Vol. 38 No. 92 92) 2)
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Good sports: A South Surrey family shares their gratitude for a program that has provided the boost needed to allow their four children to participate in sports and a healthy lifestyle. i see page A11
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21st homicide of year matches City of Surrey’s record set in 2005
Man killed in targeted home invasion Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
One man is dead following what police have described as a “targeted home invasion” in South Surrey Saturday night. Heavily armed officers descended on a house in the 2600-block of King George Boulevard around 11:15 p.m. Nov. 10, after paramedics alerted police to a man suffering from suspicious injuries. The officers broke through the front door, yelling commands to those inside. No arrests
were made. Police confirmed Sunday the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is on the case, in conjunction with Surrey RCMP. As of Peace Arch News deadline Wednesday afternoon, the 44-year-old victim’s name and cause of death had not been released. IHIT spokesman Sgt. Adam MacIntosh told PAN that an autopsy was to be conducted Wednesday and that efforts are ongoing to identify the culprit. “We continue to follow the evidence of the
investigation and all leads to identify and collect the evidence against the person or persons responsible,” MacIntosh said. At the scene Sunday morning, MacIntosh said the victim was known to police and that drugs are being looked at as a possible motive. “This was not something random,” he said shortly before noon. “Surrey RCMP have been here before and are familiar with our deceased male.” i see page A4
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Emergency Response Team arrives Saturday.
Fire ‘not suspicious’
Philippines tragedy
Barn blaze
‘Heavy heart’ for homeland Evan Seal Black Press
Tracy Holmes Staff Reporter
An early-morning barn fire on a South Surrey property that is “familiar” to RCMP was not suspicious, police say. Police were called to the blaze, in the 3800-block of 152 Street, just before 3 a.m. Saturday. Officers arrived to find “a storage barn totally engulfed in flames,” Cpl. Bert Paquet said. A resident of the property told police he had “no idea” how it started, Paquet said. While police were later told “a male at the scene had information about a potential suspect,” Paquet said investigators found “no indication that the fire was started intentionally.” It’s unknown what was being stored in the barn, Paquet added. He would not disclose why police had been to the property on previous occasions. “We are familiar with that residence… for a plethora of calls for services,” he said. “Nothing that would represent a public-safety issue.” With no power or water service to the barn, fire crews had to shuttle water in by tanker to fight the blaze.
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An early morning blaze Saturday destroyed a storage barn on property in the 3800-block of 152 Street.
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South Surrey resident Raquel Padilla was only 45 days old when she survived her first typhoon. She remembers her parents telling her how they jumped out of a window in the family home as the building collapsed around them. That was nearly 30 years ago. For the last few days, Padilla has been struggling to find information following the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan, which destroyed much of the Philippines on Raquel Padilla Nov. 7. Padilla’s family lives in the province of Capiz on the northern coast of Panay Island, an area known for its beautiful coastlines and seafood. Once the storm had subsided, the vibrant farming and fishing community had been reduced to a wasteland of debris. “Everyone is there, my parents, my cousins, my aunts,” said Padilla. “Everything is flattened.” Padilla moved to Canada in 2010 and is currently working as a nanny. Her family in the Philippines is now trying to survive the aftermath of the worst typhoon to hit landfall in recorded history. i see page A5