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Archive for March 9th, 2008

Barrie v. Quigg: Round one

Posted by Steven Hurdle on March 9, 2008

Monday Magazine

The week
By — Jason Youmans

Mar 05 2008

Barrie v. Quigg: Round one

While Bear Mountain developer Len Barrie tries to sort out his $1.4 billion “contractual thing” with QBM Developments Inc., some observers have been left to wonder whether Barrie knew something the rest of Langford didn’t. Read the rest of this entry »

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Clashing protestors ‘a traffic issue’

Posted by Steven Hurdle on March 9, 2008

Monday Magazine

The week
By — Jason Youmans

Mar 05 2008

Clashing protestors ‘a traffic issue’

West Shore RCMP managed to muster a grand total of five uniformed officers to attend the fracas outside the Spencer Road Shell station on Friday—one of the most tense moments in the past year’s campaign by environmental activists to highlight damage the sprawling high-end housing development is doing to the eco-system in the area.

Readers might remember that on February 13, West Shore RCMP organized between 50 and 70 police officers—RCMP have yet to confirm the total number—to oust a handful of protesters from the site of the proposed interchange. Read the rest of this entry »

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