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2 major parties spend liberally on election
Liberals outspent NDP, but parties combined to spend $540K in local ridings Jane Seyd jseyd@nsnews.com
THE Liberals and the NDP poured almost $540,000 into campaigns in North Shore ridings for the May provincial election. Overall, the Liberals spent more money campaigning in the four local ridings: approximately $319,000 during both the month-long election campaign and the two month lead-up, compared to $184,000 for the NDP during the same time frame. But the NDP spent some serious cash in the two North Vancouver ridings the party considered winnable — North Vancouver-Lonsdale and North Vancouver-Seymour — only to lose in both of them. In North Vancouver-Lonsdale, considered the closest political race on the North Shore, NDP candidate Craig Keating’s campaign spent $96,700 — $31,000 more than was spent by Naomi Yamamoto’s winning Liberal campaign. Liberal MLA Jane Thornthwaite’s campaign spent $103,000 over three months in North Vancouver Seymour to win back her seat — the most spent by any local candidate during the campaign and pre-campaign period subject to Elections B.C. limits. Jim Hanson, the NDP candidate in that riding, spent $63,000 during the same time period. David Schreck, a former NDP MLA and North Vancouver political commentator, See Liberals page 5
High-pitched Mosquito noise vexes Lower Lonsdale resident
Brent Richter brichter@nsnews.com
IMAGINE an inescapable, high-pitched ringing in your ears that causes severe discomfort at unpredictable hours, day and night.
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That’s the case for Alex Millar, a Lower Lonsdale resident who says someone in the neighbourhood is using a high-frequency sound-emitting device, known as a Mosquito, to deter loiterers. But the Mosquito, which is designed to only be heard by and annoy young people, is coming through painfully loud and clear for the 35-year-old former teacher, even in his 14th floor unit on the 100-block of West Second Street. “Everyone I share this story with is pretty flabbergasted and amazed. . . . Last night, it was on from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m,” said a noticeably tired Millar. “I didn’t sleep very much last night because of the noise.”
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