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Not guilty on second porn charge JENNIFER SALTMAN The Province
New campaign ‘shakes things up’
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n Abbotsford man has been found not guilty of making child porn available online. Christopher Robert Lamb previously pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography and the Crown stayed a charge of possession for the purpose of distribution. The three charges were laid in 2009 in connection with a Canada-wide investigation called Project Salvo. Officers executed a search warrant at Lamb’s home on March 25 of that year. It was alleged that Lamb used a file-sharing program called LimeWire to make child-porn videos and writings available for download by others. Justice William Ehrcke said in his reasons for judgment Wednesday that the Crown did not prove that Lamb was the person on the computer when an investigator downloaded files from Lamb’s “Shared” folder. Ehrcke said he also had a reasonable doubt whether Lamb had intended to make the material available. He said the default setting on LimeWire allows files in the Shared folder to be downloaded by others. Ehrcke said it’s possible Lamb didn’t know about the default. The judge also commented that it was difficult to tell which of the videos actually constituted child porn. Ehrcke said he couldn’t accurately judge the ages of the participants in most of them. A sentencing hearing on the possession of child porn charge will take place early next year.
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wenty-five drivers were ticketed Wednesday afternoon in a sting designed to draw attention to 14 vehicle-related deaths in the city so far this year.
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UFV students Katherine Palmateer, front, and Jennifer Colbourne are organizing a friendly rally next Saturday to shed light on poverty in the community. Palmateer volunteers at the food bank and Christmas Bureau and sees the need first hand.
Scrooge joins poverty fight “Friendly” rally an anti-miserly reminder ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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group of students from the University of the Fraser Valley are staging a “friendly” rally Dec. 18 to remind people not to be miserly during the holiday season. Katherine Palmateer, of the UFV English association sponsoring the event, said students will dress up as literary characters, such as Scrooge and The Grinch, to highlight those suffering poverty don’t enjoy much of a Christmas. “The literary characters add some
fun so we can spread a message “We’re not saying how people [about fighting poverty] in a positive should vote – just that they make the light,” Palmateer said. issue of poverty matter at election “We are trying to get our time.” message out without a lot In addition to the “We are trying to of anger . . . in a way people costumes, there should of any age can understand get our message be a little bit of theatre and enjoy.” and some Charles out without a lot B.C. has the lowest Dickens-inspired minimum wage in Canada, of anger.” soapbox speeches. but some of the highest “ We’re h o p i n g living costs and child poverty – Katherine Palmateer ever yone will see it rates, said Palmateer. and think about who is And students are a group impacted by poverty and hit hard by poverty, she said. low minimum wages . . . it’s families, With the resignation of Gordon it’s friends, students, children and the Campbell, talk of raising the minimum working poor.” wage is surfacing on both sides of the political divide, but the fight against ◗ The anti-poverty rally is 11 a.m. to 2 poverty should be non-partisan, said p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 at Jubilee Park, Palmateer. 2478 McCallum Rd.
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Many of the drivers ticketed – and fined $167 – who blew through clearly marked pedestrian crossings along Abbotsford’s George Ferguson Way, Clearbrook Road, South Fraser Way and Trethewey Street, were still trying to “discretely” use mobile phones while behind the wheel, Const. Ian MacDonald said. “We have a lot of drivers not yielding to pedestrians . . . People have had some difficulty weaning themselves off cell phones and portable electronic devices,” he said. “Which is a real dangerous mix given the limited daylight hours, and at times rather inclement weather.” The operation was part of a public media blitz involving ICBC to “shake up” the public into paying closer attention to pedestrians, cyclists and others using the streets and roads around Abbotsford. MacDonald said 10 of the 14 deaths in 2010 involved people not in vehicles, a number too high to be disregarded. see CRASHES, page A36
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