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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
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Steveston plagued by home break-ins by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter
Martin van den Hemel photo Linda Waithman delivered a pink ramp to It’s Posh gift shop’s Kim Corness on Monday in Steveston. To arrange to have barriers removed at your store, visit stopgap.ca
Removing barriers to accessibility, one storefront at a time Volunteer-driven initiative installs ramps for accessibility by Martin van den Hemel Staff Reporter For one young Once Upon a Time fan, it was a bit of a dream come true, visiting the real-life place where the fantasy TV show is filmed. In town visiting from the United States with her parents, she came to Steveston to check out familiar backdrops for the show, including Mr. Gold’s Pawnbroker and Antiquities Dealer. But the three-inch high lip at the local store’s entrance proved to be an obstacle too tall for her motorized wheelchair, which was simply too heavy to lift. “It was super sad,” said It’s Posh gift shop manager Kristel George, which sees daily visitors for the ABC series. So the young fan asked her dad to take her phone inside the store and take pictures. See Page 5
Katie Lawrence photo Dressed in the right colour for the occasion, Oscar Geng holds up his heavy prize during Richmond Country Farms opening of its popular pumpkin patch last weekend. See story on p. 19.
A rash of residential break-ins in Steveston have area residents worried as in at least a couple of incidents, the overnight thefts have seen homeowners encounter the bandit face-to-face. While Richmond Mounties are trying to identify the culprits, Richmond RCMP Cpl. Stephanie Ashton urged area residents to report all suspicious activity, which may help lead investigators to those who are responsible. The most recent one apparently occurred early Tuesday, around 2 a.m., when a resident awoke to find a thief in the house. According to the City of Richmond’s interactive Criminal Activity Map (tinyurl.com/RichmondCrime)—which is updated daily and shows where residential/commercial break-ins, and thefts from car occur—there were four houses struck on Shuswap Avenue and Skagit Drive, mid morning on Sunday, Sept. 21, between 5 and 7:30 a.m. Three of the break-ins were successful, with unlocked front, back and patio doors being used to gain entry. Then on the weekend of Sept. 27 and 28, there were five break-ins on the 3100 block of Steveston Highway and nearby Springthorne Crescent, with three between 5 and 7 a.m. Two detached garages who had left their doors unlocked were targetted. See Page 5
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