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Man stabbed in chest Expected to live: RCMP Wanda Chow
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Amanda Dumont, owner of Roxy’s Lingerie and Gifts in North Burnaby, is complaining of government censorship after Consumer Protection BC seized 47 DVDs included with adult magazines she has for sale.
DVD seizure mystifies Heights merchant Owner calls actions of Consumer Protection BC ‘censorship’ Wanda Chow
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The owner of a North Burnaby sex store is decrying the seizure on Tuesday of adult DVDs that she didn’t have government approval to sell. Amanda Dumont, 27, opened Roxy’s Lingerie and Gifts in a strip mall at the corner of Hastings Street
and MacDonald Avenue in March. windows are frosted. Calling it a “sexual health and Along with lingerie, sex toys, and wellness store,” she other accessories said, “I don’t think and gifts, the store a lot of people are also has a section open [about their of adult magazines Amanda Dumont sexual health] … I I don’t think it’s right they’re and DVDs. wanted to do a nice censoring movies when Dumont said boutique that’s more people can watch anything she received her on TV and online. geared towards licence to sell the women.” adult movies from No one under age 18 is allowed Consumer Protection BC, which in the store, and a sign on the front also does film classification and door sets that out clearly. The enforces the province’s Motion
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Picture Act. Such vendors can only sell adult DVDs that carry a decal indicating they’ve been approved by the provincial government. On Tuesday, an inspector from Consumer Protection was carrying out an inspection as part of the licencing process when he determined 47 DVDs were not approved for sale and seized them. Titles included “Sinful Passions” and “Video Vixens.” Please see MOTION PICTURE ACT, A3
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A man is expected to live after being stabbed in the chest in the Edmonds neighbourhood Tuesday night. The victim, a man in his late 30s, was stabbed once in the 7700-block of 18th Avenue, at Canada Way, at 10 p.m., said Burnaby RCMP Staff Sgt. Major John Buis. A woman, who was not involved, called 911. BC Ambulance took him to Royal Columbian Hospital in serious condition. While initially the injury was believed life-threatening, as of Wednesday morning, the man was expected to live, Buis said. Police were planning to interview the victim Wednesday to determine what happened and to get a description of the suspect. It’s possible that there is more than one suspect as two people were seen running away from the area. “We don’t know if they were both involved or just one,” Buis said. Investigators had yet to determine a motive or whether it was a random act. “We think it’s targeted, there’s no reason to believe it’s random.”