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Witnesses sought after semi runs car off road Someone in Chilliwack may have witnessed a terrible rear-end crash on Highway 1 in the predawn hours of Wednesday morning. Chilliwack RCMP are seeking any witnesses to the collision that sa a semi saw hit a car We have just before Prest classified this the Road exit at as a Criminal about 3 a.m. and the rear Code bumper is hit and run being examined forensically for ~ RCMP clues. “Highway 1, even in the early hours of the morning, is a very busy transportation corridor,” said RCMP Cpl. Len vanNieuwenhuizen. The victim was driving in the eastbound lanes in a Toyota Corolla when the car was struck. “This caused the vehicle to go off road and flip into a water filled ditch,” he said. Luckily the vehicle landed upright after rolling several times, and the victim was able to get out. He walked to safety and called for help at a gas station. “The victim was very fortunate not to sustain serious injury,” said Cpl. vanNieuwenhuizen. “We have classified this as a Criminal Code hit and run and are treating this very seriously.” Anyone with information is asked to call Chilliwack RCMP at 604-792-4611, reference file 201413084, or, to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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People light candles in memory of friends and family members who lost their lives to cancer, and cancer survivors, during the luminary ceremony which was part of the Relay For Life at Sardis secondary on Saturday night. About 150 people took part in the event and they raised more than $17,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Park board defrauded of almost $10,500 Former financial manager pleads guilty in court Jennifer Feinberg The Progress Cultus Lake Park Board didn’t find any unauthorized financial transactions when it went looking for them last summer despite a “thorough” internal review of accounts and investments. But a forensic audit completed by external professionals did uncover evidence of fraud of over $5,000.
The paper trail showed that a former employee at Cultus Lake diverted a total of $10,447.59 in HST funds from CLPB to a trust account he managed. Siamak Saidi, former manager of financial services for CLPB, pleaded guilty in Vancouver provincial court to two counts of fraud over $5,000 and one count of forgery over $5,000. Saidi, 55, was accused of defrauding both Simon Fraser University (SFU) and Cultus Lake Park Board (CLPB). He was sentenced to six years in jail, with credit for one year of time already served.
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At CLPB, he misrepresented his qualifications in attaching the chartered management accountant (CMA) designation to his name in documents, despite the fact that he was unqualified to do so. Correspondence sent out by Saidi on behalf of the CLPB indicated he was chartered accountant (CA), as well as chartered management accountant (CMA). But Chartered Management Accountants B.C. spokesman Rick Lightheart told The Progress last September that Saidi was never qualified to use the CMA designation.
“When I was advised that this individual was using the CMA designation, I wrote him a cease and desist letter in late August,” said Lightheart. The letter pointed out that the use of the CMA designation is protected by provincial statute, and only to be used by certified members of the CMABC society. Saidi was only a student member from 2001-02, he added. Saidi was ultimately ordered to pay restitution of $50,000 to SFU and almost $10,500 to the park board. He had been employed as a Continued: AUDIT/ p14
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