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5/24/2013
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
A milestone in the decommissioning of the old Port Mann Bridge.
Greg Johnston with Transportation Investment Corporation says crews have removed the deck and most of the girders at the north-end approach.
"when both approaches are done crews will have enough room to continue work on the final two lanes and the cycling and pedestrian path on the new port mann bridge," says Johnston.
Later this summer crews will start to dismantle the main span arch.
It will be cut into segments and lowered onto barges on the Fraser River.
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5/24/2013
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
In light of the Washington State bridge collapse the chief bridge engineer for the Transportation Ministry is re-assuring British Columbians our bridges are safe.
Kevin Baskin says BC has what he calls a 'robust' system in place to carry out inspections on the ministry's 2700 bridges.
Baskin says BC bridges are inspected once a year. Washington State bridges are inspected every two years.
"Our bridges are very safe our ministry has a robust system for inspections and for giving permits for oversize and overweight vehicles on our infrastructure," says Baskin.
As well, Baskin says the large bridges are monitored by maintenance crews every day.
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5/24/2013
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has ordered a public hearing into allegations of abuse of authority, deceit and discreditable conduct by a transit police officer.
It was three years ago the OPCC ordered an investigation into allegations of professional misconduct by Constable Ken Jansen.
It was alleged that in April of 2010 while at Surrey Memorial Hospital Constable Jansen and an RCMP officer used unnecessary or excessive force on Robert Booker.
At a disciplinary hearing Jansen was given an eight day suspension without pay for abuse of authority and discreditable conduct while the deceit allegations were dismissed.
However the police complaint commissioner has now decided on a public hearing saying it may be necessary to examine and cross-examine witnesses.
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5/24/2013
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
A day after the premier told reporters she would take a wait and see approach, leaked letters from the Ministry of Education show a 10 year deal will be the mandate at the table.
In a letter to the employer group, the BC Public School Employers Association, the ministry says a change in the bargaining mandate is pending.
The letter from Deputy Education Minister James Gorman says the new direction will better reflect the re-elected governments values, which means the premier's ten year deal.
In another letter to the BC teachers union, the education ministry advises the TF the new direction will significantly affect current talks.
The teachers' union and the employer have been quietly negotiating for months under a bargaining agreement was struck between the two sides.
Under the agreement the goal is to get a new deal done by July, but it is likely now what were civil talks are about to revert to form.
Below is the letter from the Ministry of Education to BCPSEA that was leaked to the media.
Dear Mr. Chell:
We write with regard to the recent provincial election and its potential impact on the current ...
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5/24/2013
SURREY/CKNW (AM980)
A Surrey city councillor turned Liberal MLA says there is no simple solution to avoiding costly civic by-elections despite what Premier Christy Clark said yesterday.
Marvin Hunt says there are more questions than answers when it comes to councillors just taking an unpaid leave of absence until the new year, before officially resigning.
"I found out about that just recently so we are going to get our municipal clerk to check with their city clerk to figure out how that was done and then check with out lawyers and make sure that, that is a proper process that we can use because it is sort of news to me but I understand Abbotsford has done this previously with those who have gone to the federal level of government."
Hunt says there is only one other option to avoid a civic by-election.
"Well the other one is just living through it all and working through which is what I said I am willing to do but it is trying to find out what the alternatives are and we are certainly doing our homework to know what that is."
Hunt says it is now a case of gathering as much information as ...
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5/24/2013
WEST VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM9800
Local police are offering condolences to the family of a murder victim in Mexico.... who worked in West Vancouver.
Lynn Earl was a district by-law officer before spending three years as a police constable.
She left the force in 1996.
The body of the 60-year old was found near her home in the Playa del Carmen area of Mexico.
Investigators are not saying how she was murdered, but they have identified her as a retired RCMP officer.
No arrests have been made.
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5/24/2013
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Kinder Morgan Canada has given the National Energy Board updated plans to expand the 60-year old Trans Mountain pipeline.
However the formal application is slated to be filed by the end of the year.
Twinning the pipeline between Alberta's Strathcona county and Burnaby will boost capacity to 890-thousand barrels a day.
Kinder Morgan's Carey Johanesson admits the project, worth more than five billion dollars, was a key issue leading up to last week's provincial election. "We're going to work with whichever government people in BC have elected. We've been having meetings with the government on the regulatory side. We've been meeting with the BC Oil and Gas Commission and BC Environmental Assessment Office and a number of the agencies and you'll see that's going to continue."
Johannesson says work continues to make the formal application by the end of this year.
"It's going to be a huge effort to pull this application together. There's a lot of work we need to do from a scientific and engineering perspective and environmental perspective, as well as all the work we need to do on the stakeholder side and aboriginal side. You've got to include all of that information into the application, ...
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5/24/2013
NORTH VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Police in North Vancouver are investigating after a dog was injured by a homemade trap near the Grouse Grind.
It happened Thursday along the Powerline Trail.
The trap --made of red meat laced with several barbed hooks-- was hanging from a tree.
The dog was found writhing on the ground... with the baited meat hanging from its mouth.
The injuries were not life-threatening, but the dog spent four hours at the North Shore Veterinary Clinic.
Tests have confirmed the bait was not poisoned.
Concerns have been raised the trap was set by someone disturbed by dogs being walked in the area.
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5/23/2013
BURLINGTON, WA/CKNW(AM980)
It's looks like an over-sized truck may be responsible for the collapse of the Skagit River Bridge near Mt. Vernon, Washington.
Authorities have detained a semi and trailer with it's pilot car a short distance from the span. The incident spilled vehicles and their occupants into the cold river water.
At last count, three people have been retrieved by Sherrif's Deputy's. State Troopers say there have been no fatalities.
State Highway 9 is the suggested alternate route. The collapse will raise questions about America's infrastructure, which has been a popular issue with U-S President Barack Obama, who earlier this year warned against ``raggedy'' roads and wants to focus more money on rebuilding to improve the economy.
The truck that hit the bridge was Canadian.
Global BC's John Daly reports it was driven by William Scott from Spruce Grove, Alberta, and he was hauling a very large piece of machinery down to Vancouver, Washington.
Daly tells Philip Till on the CKNW Morning News the trucker apparently was trying to use both southbound lanes when crossing the bridge.
"It makes sense that he was trying to take the middle lane. There's an unconfirmed report that there was another vehicle, either ...
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5/24/2013
Vancouver/CKNW(AM980)
A Surrey man is going to spend up to three and a half years in prison for tax fraud.Mark Andrew Rosie has also been fined more than $142-thousand.In December, he was convicted of 11 charges.Investigators with the Canada Revenue Agency caught him manipulating the records of other taxpayers, so he could collect their refund cheques.His victims included his friends and vulnerable addicts.He would use a third party to obtain their personal information in exchange for drugs. The maximum penalty for tax fraud is five years.
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