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Dozens of White Rock condominium residents plan to rally at city hall next week to protest the city’s decision to privatize solidwaste pickup. Representatives from 30 condominium complexes met Tuesday evening to discuss the city’s announcement in January that it would no longer be offering public garbage, recycling and organics collection to commercial and multifamily buildings come July 1. The group – which plans to gather at city hall Monday at noon – has taken particular issue with the fact that city council held no public-information meetings leading up to the decision, which was made in December at an in-camera meeting. “They’ve done all of this in closed meetings,
there’s been no consultation with the people of White Rock,” said Ian Routledge, noting his Thrift Avenue condo will be one of hundreds of multifamily dwellings affected by the change. City officials, however, dispute the notion that process wasn’t followed. According to the city’s chief administrative officer, Dan Bottrill, the decision by council to change waste-pickup services was made in line with the Community Charter. Routledge said the city is hosting a publicinformation meeting April 1 that will, according to the city’s website, give residents “the opportunity to ask questions to understand privatization, the Metro Vancouver organics ban, the reflection in your municipal-tax levy and more.” However, Routledge called the city’s effort
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The accused in a brazen South Surrey shooting will skip preliminary hearings and be tried in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster. Brody Paterson’s first-degree murder trial in connection with the killing of Craig Widdifield in 2013 will continue by way of direct indictment, resulting in a stay of proceedings last week in Surrey Provincial Court, Crown spokesperson Neil MacKenzie confirmed Tuesday. Paterson’s next appearance is slated for March 26. MacKenzie would not disclose the reasons the choice was made to proceed by direct indictment, citing the ongoing court proceedings. But he acknowledged the step is not taken often. “The use of Craig Widdifield victim direct indictments by Crown in B.C. is becoming somewhat more frequent, but it does still remain a small proportion of the total files handled by the branch each year,” MacKenzie told Peace Arch News by email. According to Criminal Justice Branch policy, the use of direct indictment is reserved for very serious cases and allows the Crown, with the written consent of the attorney general’s office, to bring the case directly to Supreme Court without a preliminary inquiry – which is typically held to determine if there is enough evidence to take a case to trial. Proceeding by direct indictment will generally be appropriate when it is determined to be in the public interest, according to the policy. Factors considered include when there is significant danger of harm – either psychological or physical i see page 4
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