News In Brief Fagan trial moved A TERRACE man will stand trial in Smithers for Court turfs election law on spending The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 16, 2000 - A ~LUCKY DOLLAR BINGO February 2000 "SUNDAY “MONDAY PALACE ‘. TUESDAY "WEDNESDAY: THURSDAY. February 2000 FRIDAY. SATURDAY. drug charges dating back to March, 1997. Rene Fagan, 66, faces three charges including pos- Canadian 2 pik sitet A vse je tage session of cacaine for the purposes of trafficking, a a 2 PacpegcAssacatond Sent cape ee second possession charge and a charge of possession ir e st rl cI | O n Ss bles PCs Kinate Cu Nagar aes | proceeds of crime, egon Terace {oct The trial by judge and jury was scheduled to begin P - here Jan. 31, 1999, Fagan appeared in court that day A PROVINCIAL law which banned third parties from 6 7 Terrace 8 Canadian 9 Re 10 Tenace 11 ebataes 1 tee Sach 7 and applied to have the case dismissed for two rea- Spending more than $5,000 during an election has been q_tomi sir ae Pape ston Gymmaste Cub ff Lite Theatre Society olTerace Temata Fens sons — the trial took too long to get to court and his tulec Invalid. Parent Mivsow (coset ey race Minor Whig — rights were infringed because he fdti’t have a lawyer The B.C, Supreme Court said the law, passed as part Parert Advisory Association ee be toca sofa Assoc Neg Tae Tenace Stating Gub at the preliminary hearing. of the Election Act before the 1996 provincial election, : He also wanted the trial moved to Vancouver be- contravenes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is |{]3 14 erate 15 cate | hive T/ ferent 18 Smcsbial 1Qeascive cause he thought media coverage on an unrelated an unwarranted limitation on free expression. Caledonia Senior Minor | PaepecAsocaton) sun Chi sey me court matter may have influenced the local jury pool. Also struck from the act was a requirement by news Secondary School Hockey bates ShamesMountain | Order ol | Napa Titel Condl Sea The judge dismissed Fagan's first two applications outlets to provide detailed explanations of election poll arent Loune Asgocjation Regen Ski Club Royal Purple | Terate- Land FF Scenavaky Feb. 10 but did order the trial moved to Smithers results. os March 13. A publication ban forbids printing of the’ A challenge to the spending limit was mounted by 100) QPnnin |O3 ee [2 pePaty 20 Ba ints ad 26 sue judge’s reasons for moving the trial, Vancouver accountant Garry Nixon who deliberately Skeena Junior Terrace preter Pas Group Soo8y i Ssiso ae spent more than $5,000 during the last election. Secondary Sehoel inot desodain ines Ge Tguico among W han | . The provincial government said it passed the law be- Patent Aunitiary A reiatfon BubeySkeera | jum Sstahood ‘Enhancamant K para) Conch Terrace Hospice Bus driver assaulted cause it did not want third parties to have an undue in- = om snd Blas Sorel — = A TERRACE man will spend seven days in jail afler fluence over the results of elections. o7 28 29 after he pleaded guilty to allegedly punching a Grey- Restricting such advertising ensured fairness, it ar- Caledonia Senior Terrace baci hound bus driver in the back. gued. Secondary Schoo! | Baseball J Assocation Northwest Mario LeClerc, 36, appeared in court Feb. 11 after But supreme court justices found no evidence to sup- ParentCouneil | Association | "uklevSteena he tried to board a bus at the local Greyhound station port the government’s contentions. — Liberal party attorney-general critic Geoff Plant wel- comed the decision, saying it merely reinforces similar court decisions elsewhere when other governments have tried the same restrictions, But some groups want alterney-general Ujjal Dosanjh to appeal, saying third parties should not be in a position during an election to have the opportunity to influence the result. Each and every item in the store has been evaluated and marked down to the lowest possible price to ensure inimediate sale! pa peoypeenpenane . | ? around 10:45 Thursday evening. The bus driver refused his ticket because LeClere was thought to be drunk, said the RCMP. LeClerc then allegedly waited until the driver was busy unloading freight from the bus and attacked him. The driver, who did not suffer any injury from the blows, later called the police. LeClere was ar- rested a short distance from the station. Sat. Afternoon Games Doors 11:30 a.m. Games 1:00 p.m. Evening Games Doors 4:30 p.m. Games 6:15 p.m. Wed.,Thurs., Fri., Sat. Late Night Games Doors 9:30 p.m. Games 9:45 p.m. Bingo Every Saturday Afternoon TV, MONITORS NO SMOKING AISLE CONCESSION 635-2411 4410 Legion, Terrace _-. Turned -- themselves in TWO LOCAL men want- ‘ed on a Canada-wide war- rants turned themselves in to police in Saskatchewan : _ Wednesday, Feb. 9 and will be returned here to - face charges related to the Oct. 17 armed robbery of a - southside home. RCMP issued warrants Jan. 17 for Robert Joseph Erb Jr., 18, and a youth, who cannot be named un- der the Young Offenders “Act. ~~ The duo left Terrace for the Yorkton, Saskatche- wan area late last year. ‘Both are co-accused with Matthew Mark Jan- zen, 19, who has been held in custody since his Dec. 8 arrest. He was charged with robbery with weapons, for- . cible entry and wearing a ‘disguise with the intent to commit an indictable of- fence, His next court “pearance is March 10. The trio are alleged to have forced their way into the house wearing bala- clavas and waving handguns. “RCMP said last month the robbery is considered “planned and targeted” and that the victims and _-robbers knew each other. 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