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Pet stores consider legal action BY A LAN CAMPBELL
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Return to sender: Flyers undelivered Canada Post employee of 42 years fired, faces mail theft, gun charges BY NELSON BENNETT
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A 61-year-old mailman has been fired and faces theft and weapons charges after he was found allegedly hoarding mail. Richmond RCMP say the Richmond resident was arrested Oct. 1 and is now facing possible charges of mail theft after Canada Post reported a longtime employee was believed to be stockpiling mail that he was supposed to have delivered. The man, who has been with Canada Post for 42 years, has $
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been fired. “He was immediately suspended when this was discovered, but now he’s being discharged,” says Canada Post spokesperson Anick Losier. Canada Post alleges the employee had been storing mail in the lockers of the men’s change room at Canada Post’s office on River Road. Richmond RCMP were called and searched the man’s Richmond home. There they found more mail, as well as five unregistered handguns. He was arrested and released.
He is due for a first court appearance Nov. 29. RCMP are recommending one charge of mail theft, five counts of possessing a restricted firearm and another five counts of careless use and storage of a firearm. Losier said the mail that had not been delivered dates backs about seven years. “The majority of the mail that was found — the 12,000 pieces — was advertising mail — some flyers and whatnot. And only one piece of mail was found opened.” Losier said Canada Post will
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determine which customers were affected by the alleged theft and will receive letters from Canada Post explaining what happened.
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The “voice” of the Canadian pet industry is threatening to take the City of Richmond to court if it proceeds with a ban on the sale of puppies in stores. The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) — a non-profit, member-based organization, which advocates on behalf of the Canadian pet industry —said on Wednesday that legal action was one of the options being considered. PIJAC’s executive director, Louis McCann, said the organization is gearing up to enter the courts after city council gave the proposed ban its first, second and third readings deep into Tuesday night. McCann told the News he firmly believed that the city’s recent actions discriminate against its members. And he said that PIJAC and its members have no intention of “letting go of this.” “We feel very strongly about this bylaw and we’re now looking into every option,” he said. “The courts is one of those options and we’ve requested that our legal team look into the matter.” McCann couldn’t say whether that legal challenge would come under the auspices of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or fair trade rules. Nor was he sure at what point in the city’s bylaw process any legal challenge, should it materialize, be made. But what he was certain of is that the city’s proposed bylaw is the completely wrong avenue to go down. “Why, in a bylaw, would you end up targeting the only regulated source of the animal?” McCann added. see related story page 12