INSIDE: The Chilliwack Bruins are ‘In it to win it’ this season Pg. B1 September 14, 2010
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Corridor leads the way in crashes BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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deepened as cancer has struck close to home. He lost his father to the disease in 1998. Woody, Earle’s current canine running partner, stands as another poignant reminder. The three-year old golden retriever is the third dog to have joined Earle
f you want to avoid an accident in Chilliwack, steer clear of the Yale/Vedder corridor, which is the site of eight of the top 10 most crash-prone locations in the city. Between 2005 and 2009, there were 6,405 accidents on local roads, which ranks Chilliwack 18th, just below Kamloops with 6,837 and Prince George with 6,931 and just above Port Coquitlam with 6,233, according to ICBC statistics. The number one accident site in town is the busy Luckakuck Way and Vedder Road intersection that saw 375 accidents over the last five years and 137 injuries. Eight of the top 10 crash sites were along the Yale/Vedder corr i d o r, a c c o u n t i n g f o r 1 , 6 0 3 accidents—one quarter of all accidents—and 637 injuries. For years, ICBC has released a list of the Top 10 most crash-prone intersections in the province, but that list is only the tip of a massive mountain of data ICBC collects on intersection collisions. ICBC knows how many crashes occurred at every intersection and interchange in the province—more than 30,000 locations in all—and how many of those crashes caused injuries. In all, ICBC has recorded about 450,000 crashes over the past five years, of which about 175,000 caused injuries. Last month, in response to an information request, ICBC released data for the past five years to the Vancouver Sun. Using that information the Sun created a series of interactive maps at www.vancouversun.com/crash. What the data doesn’t tell is the
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Runner Brian Earle displays his collection of Terry Fox Run T-shirts dating back to 1989—the first year Terry Fox Run T-shirts were made.
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He’s never missed a run BY CORNELIA NAYLOR cnaylor@chilliwacktimes.com
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ight around the time Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean near St. John’s, Nfld. to launch his Marathon of Hope in 1980, a banker in St. Albert, Alta. named Brian Earle was taking up jogging to get in shape. When Fox’s dream was tragically cut short and the first Terry Fox Run was organized in 1981, Earle wasn’t sure he’d be able to finish the 10K, but he signed up anyway because he
Brian Earle cherishes his perfect Terry Fox record and the canines that accompany him each year ADDITIONAL STORY ◗ See Page 4 for a story on the local Ford
dealership’s Terry Fox fundraiser and information on Sunday’s run.
though it was a neat idea. Three decades later, that banker—now a retired Chilliwack resident—is getting ready to lace up for his 30th consecutive Terry Fox Run this Sunday.
Since his first run, his job htook him all over Canada, from Yellowknife to Chilliwack and a lot of places in between, but he has never missed a Terry Fox Run. All told, Earle’s run the run in seven cities and raised over $58,000, and this weekend he hopes to add at least $3,000 more to that total. Over the years, Earle’s appreciation for what the run is all about has
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