Wednesday July 8, 2015 (Vol. 40 No. 54)
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Diamond days: The first pitch has been thrown at the Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship, and the action will only heat up from here, as national squads and club ub teams from across the globe hit the diamond. ond. i see page ge 25
Conservation encouraged as hot, dry weather results in record-low reservoir stores
Water levels hit ‘uncharted territory’ Jeff Nagel Black Press
Metro Vancouver has imposed stage 2 water use restrictions throughout the regional district to conserve drinking water in light of declining reservoir levels. The stored water supply in the regional district’s reservoirs is down to 79 per cent of their capacity as of June 28. That number has declined rapidly to
record low levels for this time of year as a result of weeks of hot, dry weather and the quick melt of a meagre snowpack. “We’re really into uncharted territory when we’re outside that normal range,” said Tim Jervis, Metro Vancouver’s water services general manager. The tougher restrictions under Metro’s Water Shortage Response Plan mean a drop to once-a-week-only sprinkling of lawns
– Mondays from 4 to 9 a.m. for even-numbered addresses and Thursday mornings for odd-numbered addresses. Watering of school yards, sports fields, park lawns, cemeteries, boulevards and golf course fairways are also limited to minimal levels, in most cases once a week. Stage 2 restrictions also mean a ban on the use of pressure washers and other hosing off of outdoor surfaces, with limited excep-
tions, such as health and safety or preparing a driveway for painting or sealing. Only water play parks with user-activated switches are now allowed to operate. Decorative water fountains will also be shut down, but hand-operated drinking water fountains won’t be affected. Hand watering of flowers, vegetable gardens and trees is still allowed. i see page 8
No charges in crash
Serious collision kills one Melissa Smalley Staff Reporter
Pier performance Good for Grapes play to a packed crowd Saturday on White Rock’s waterfront, in the kickoff of the live-music TD Concerts At the Pier series. Next up, on July 11, is the Fast Romantics, with opening acts Tea Petrovic and Sarah Wheeler. Gord Goble photos
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A South Surrey resident is dead after a serious two-vehicle collision on 32 Avenue Saturday afternoon. Surrey RCMP said the 57-yearold man, whose name has not been released, was killed after the Jeep SUV he was driving westbound in the 17000-block of 32 Avenue collided with an eastbound dump truck around ❝…it appears 4:30 p.m. the Jeep came The man was over the centre pronounced line.❞ dead at the scene. Scotty Schumann Cpl. Scotty Surrey RCMP Schumann said the SUV struck one of the axles of the trailer. Charges will not be laid in connection with the collision, he said. “At first blush, it appears the Jeep came over the centre line,” Schumann said. The driver of the dump truck did not suffer any injuries. RCMP closed 32 Avenue between 168 and 172 streets for several hours while they investigated the crash. Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to call Surrey RCMP at 604-599-0502.
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