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Michael Becker

News Editor
michacl@nsnews.com

A Vancouver judge sen-
tenced a North
Vancouver teen to write
an essay “on lawful ways
to celebrate Canada
Day” Wednesday.

The sentence followed an unsuc-
cessful attempt by Jef¥ Superle, 17, to
fight a ticket he received from a
Vancouver Police officer on Canada
Day Jase year while driving on
Robson Street.

Superle w
a Vancouver bylaw that mak
gal to honk a car horn unless gi
warning.

The driver and several patriotic
North Vancouver friends had honked
and waved Canadian flags trom a car,

Judge Zahid Makhdoom issuce
Supezle a suspended sentence, but
ordered the teen to write a twas to
three-pag yo and hand it in by
April 30.

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behave him:
months

Superte’s friend Curtis Johnston
Was amony, the group of young patti-
ots,

“HP fove Canada. Twas Sorn here
and I've dived here my entire lite.
Before this all we could ceally do way
sit at heme and watch the

“This was the first time y
go out and show it co dhe rest of the
world,” Johnston said.

Christina Bail who alse was
along for that fireful, fag-waving
excursion, said the teens had been
inspired by the Narth Share lranian
community when thousands took te
the streets in celebration on June 24

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horns and { flags on the North
Share. Pali tolerant.

Said Superle cf the judge's sen-
tence, “Ht's not all bad, Pye just gor
towrite an essay, Atleast f don't have
to pay the money.

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JEFF Superle (left to right), Curtis Johnston and Christina Bailey were among a group of teens pulled over by Vancouver Police
fast year for being overly boisterous on Canada Day. Superle fought a ticket and was ordered Wednesday to write an essay.

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Audit uncovers serious fiscal, managerial flaws in fast ferry program

Robert Galster
News Reporter robert@nsnews.com

IT’S official: the fast ferry project is a financial
flop.

On Wednesday, independent auditor Hugh Gordon delivered his
report to Gordon Wilkon, minisicr responsible for BC Ferries,

liv findings dwarf even the most negative estimates of the cost of BC
Fersies subsidiary Catamaran Ferries Tnternational (CFL) building the
three fast ferries. According to currerit estimates contained in Gordon's
audit, the cost of the entire project is pegaed ata staggering $445 million,
more than twice the $220 million price tag intitially attached ta the pro
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