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2/3/2012
LANGLEY/CKNW(AM980)
Gory details from a woman who says she was first on the scene after two men got into a fight in the middle of Fraser Highway in Langley. Alicia Thompson and her boyfriend were driving on the highway at 240th Street when they saw a man lying in the road kicking his legs around.
"There was people, like, running out of their houses, the police and ambulance had already been called, and he had a huge gash in his head, and he just kept saying, I was hit with a crowbar! I was hit with a crowbar!"
She said the man told her he had gotten into a fight with his son and that neighbours reported seeing a man flee the scene.Police, meanwhile, say two men are in hospital with serious but not-life-threatening injuries after getting into a fight.They would only say the men are related and ...
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2/3/2012
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
There was movement at the bargaining table this week between BC teachers and their employers, but in the end, no progress was made. The Public School Employers' Association tabled a counter-offer on Eednesday after the teachers revealed their demands for a pay hike. The Teachers' Union wanted to sign off on only one item, saying the rest was the same as past proposals.But BCPSEA neogtiators said the deal was to be taken as is, not pieced out.Chair Melanie Joy on the chances of ever reaching a new collective agreement:
"Given the current state and the lack of conversation at the table, and the preconditions that are still set by the union, the likelihood of a negotiated settlement is remote."
Though the two sides are going into their twelfth month of contract talks, Joy says she still does not support a legislated agreement.
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2/3/2012
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
The courts have given the BC government the go-ahead to recover a total of six million dollars owed by a defendant in the Air India trial. In a ruling Friday, BC Supreme Court Judge Daphne Smith dismissed appeals brought by Ripudaman Singh Malik, as he tried to avoid paying back the money he owes the government in legal costs.The judge said Malik has not demonstrated any real intent to pursue his appeals and has a history of attempting to defraud the provincial government.So, she would not grant him more time to file necessary documents. Malik has already repaid about two million dollars out of his debt. In 2005, he and Ajaib Singh Bagri were acquitted on murder charges linked to the 1985 Air India bombings that killed 331 people.
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2/3/2012
VANCOUVER/CKNW(AM980)
The mayor of Kitimat is hoping plans to build at least two liquified natural gas plants within three years will boost spirits, and business, in her community.
"It'll mean jobs for people that can stay in the community now. It's really a win-win situation."
Mayor Joanne Monaghan says when she moved to Kitimat 40 years ago, the population was 15,000, and it's dropped to less than 9,000. "So it has dropped a lot. We've lost several schools. As you know, we've gone through some pretty rough times and now, suddenly, things are turning around and people are happy."
The Rio Tinto Alcan smelter is now the biggest employer in Kitimat, providing about a thousand jobs.The new LNG plants are expected to add at least 800.
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