Thursday November 13, 2014 (Vol. 39 No.. 91)
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Honoured to serve: South Surrey resident Bob Crerar, 95, looks back on his decades of service with the U.S. Navy and the Marines, including the attack on Pearl Harbor. i see page 11
‘Dead heat’ heading into Surrey’s civic election Saturday
Mayoral vote split three ways: poll Kevin Diakiw Black Press
Three of seven Surrey mayoral candidates are in a dead heat heading into Saturday’s civic election, according to an opinion poll released this week. Insights West released the results of a poll on Monday that shows mayoral contestants Doug McCallum, Linda Hepner and Barinder Rasode in a tightly contested race for
the mayor’s chair. The online poll shows Hepner and McCallum neck-and-neck at 33 per cent, and Rasode just behind at 30 per cent. Twenty-four per cent of voters were listed as undecided. The poll shows Rasode has the bulk of the youth vote (40 per cent of those between 18 and 34 years), while Hepner has a fix (42 per cent) on those 55 years and older.
Women are more likely to vote for Hepner (36 per cent), according to the poll, followed by McCallum and Rasode who are tied at 29 per cent. The poll says Hepner’s strength is in arts and culture (24 per cent), McCallum’s is economic development (25 per cent) and Rasode leads in crime reduction (27 per cent). “Any one of these three candidates can win
this election, particularly with so many voters still making up their minds,” said Mario Canseco, vice-president of public affairs at Insights West. “All three have created lasting impressions on voters. McCallum is now seen as a superior economic manager, Rasode is gaining traction with her position on crime and Hepner continues to represent a sound option for the status-quo on services.” i see page 4
Freezing temperatures
Shelters open early Jeff Nagel Black Press
Several Metro Vancouver cities opened up extreme-weather shelters for the homeless this week in response to the arrival of freezing overnight temperatures. Rebecca Bell, co-ordinator of the Greater Vancouver Shelter Society, said shelters providing extra overnight spaces were opened in Surrey, White Rock, Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, New Westminster, Langley and Maple Ridge. “It’s earlier than normal,” she said, but added that cold-weather spaces were opened early last year too, in the first week of November. More than 600 additional spaces can be deployed across the region to meet extra demand during cold weather when local cities issue extreme-weather alerts. Extremeweather sites are often set up in churches or community centres using temporary mats. They provide spaces over and above those available in regular homeless shelters. As of Wednesday night, the extra spaces being offered across the region included 110 out of a maximum 135 in Surrey, 27 out of a maximum of 57 in Burnaby, 25 out of 45 on the North Shore and 10 spaces in White Rock. Last winter, a total of 9,260 stays were recorded at Metro extremeweather shelters.
Trisha Bunn photo
Lest we forget
Curtis Kreklau photos
Thousands attended Remembrance Day ceremonies in Surrey and White Rock Tuesday, including veteran Percy Smith (top, at the Crescent Beach Legion service) and those who marched in White Rock’s parade (left). Cadets (above) leave their post at the White Rock cenotaph.
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