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She’ll never teach again Former city teacher is banned for life Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
The B.C. College of Teachers has barred a woman convicted of sexual exploitation involving a St. Thomas More Collegiate student. “She’ll never teach again,” said Mykle Ludvigsen, spokesperson for the B.C. College of Teachers. The St. Thomas More teacher, who cannot be named due to a publication ban, pled guilty to one count of sexual exploitation and was sentenced in August 2009 to six months in jail and two years’ probation. Sexual exploitation is an offence, committed by a person in a position of trust or authority, that involves sexually touching a 14 to 18 year old. The teacher was originally charged with four counts of sexual exploitation, one count of sexual assault and one count of obstruction of justice. The college is an independent, self-regulating body that licenses Teacher Page 8
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Master carver: David Billings at work at the Metropolis at Metrotown Monster Pumpkins event, one of North America’s largest pumpkin carving exhibitions. For more on this display and a full list of things to do on Halloween see page 3.
City ups the ante on the Evergreen Line Burnaby wants Cameron station included up front Janaya Fuller-Evans
staff reporter
Burnaby’s city council is taking its fight for concessions on the Evergreen Line project to the negotiation table. Council has requested that the project
office specify what commitments it will make regarding the line to Burnaby, and plans to use the response to determine whether or not to negotiate a municipal agreement with the provincial government related to the rapid transit project. The plan to make the request was part of a city staff report on the project, presented to council Monday night. Of particular concern is the possibility that Cameron station cannot be added to
the line at a later date. Council, including Mayor Derek Corrigan, says it must be included in the project now. The project includes fewer stations than originally proposed, and Burnaby council is pressing to have the optional Cameron station included, since there are physical requirements that would make it impossible to add it to the system at a later stage. The six primary stations are Lougheed Town Centre, Burquitlam Plaza, the Port
Moody West Coast Express station, the Coquitlam West Coast Express station and a station at Coquitlam City Hall, with access to Douglas College. There were four additional spots being considered for two optional stations; Cameron in Burnaby, Queens in Port Moody and Falcon and Lincoln in Coquitlam. Evergreen Page 10