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to investigate

TERRACE — Police say ‘tiey
are still investigating the ac-
tivities of John McDonald, the
organizer. of a local. charity
Christmas- concert ‘that: anever
took place.

Local | ticket-holders who.

turned up at the R.E.M. Lee
theatre at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 forthe:
scheduled variety show were in-.
stead turned away.

‘Most had.donated either $6
for an individual ticket. or $20
for afamily pass. ©

The money was to go to the
White Cane Club, a local non-
profit organization to support
the blind, but there’s rio indica-
tion the group has received any
of it.

McDonald could not be
reached for comment at either
his home or business phone
numbers in Terrace.

The tickets were sold by
telemarketers hired by
McDonald, who told ‘area
residents the money was going
to support the White Cane
Club.

But some residents who got
the pitch said they felt uncasy
about it then, and now believe
McDonald bilked them out of a
concert and the White Cane
Club out of its money.

“*T was told they cancelled the
show, and that whoever took
the money was gone,” said Ann
Bremner, who paid $10 for a
ticket.. “You get to the point
where you wonder if you should
give anything to anyone,””

Local: senior citizen Mildred
Hjort said: she felt suspicious

about the-concert promotion as.

soon as she was approached,
“IT only bought one ticket
because I thought ‘This doesn't

_ really look on the level.’”’ she .
said. “They didn’t seem to.)

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tickets

halted.

TERRACE — The city has
stopped giving out traffic
tickets pending a review of how
information is written ‘n them..

Bob Lafleur said the review.

“follows an opinion. by . thy:
justice of the peace who. heard .

traffic cases here.that when the
name of the driver of a vehicle is
written on the summons copy, it

is considered, altered: and can't |.

be submitted as evidence.

The summons copy is given to. |
a person ‘who wants to challenge

the issuing of the ticket, said
Lafleur.

Names are written on the
summons copy because only the
vehicle's licence plate number
and its description are noted on
the first ticket copy, he said.

“We first became aware of
this (the opinion by traffic court
judge Colin Jolley) at the begin-
ning of December,'’ said
Lafleur. =

“We can write tickets but we
want to make sure we’re doing

this properly before we con. -

tinue,”” he added. -

Lafleur: said the traffic ticket He,
case on which Jolly gave his opi- |

nion did not. proceed and he has:

no idea.of how ‘many others are ,

similarly affected; “

The review is being conducted fee
by the provincial attomey- Ae
general’s ministry, the-:same -|°
ministry that’ ‘approved . the ||:
structure of the tickets. ‘whan’

they were © first. printed i
September, | °°
An official. from. that
ministry, Ron. Tucker; said he'll

review the information when he

receives it from the city,
He added -that’ the: ministry

did develop the structures of the

tickets but doesn’t yet know IE
they were printed exactly ash

“know much ‘about’ :what’ was
- happening with the concert.”

_ “My mother was blind for 11
years, s0 1 don’t mind donating

“to the White Cane Club," Hjort

added. “But if it’s. ‘not-going to
them, it’s not doing any good,’*
McDonald was also involved

in promoting charity Christmas

shows purportedly. for both
Kitimat’s Child Development
Centre and for Prince Rupert’s
Community Enrichment Socie-

- ty.

No concerts took place. in
either Terrace or Kitimat, but a
performance did go ahead in

Prince Rupert.

Prince Rupert RCMP Staff
Sgt. Lyle Kennedy said the
Prince Rupert group organized
a replacement show themselves,
but lost-: about . $3,000, ‘‘No
one’s admitting to hiring him
(McDonald), but he was in there

‘like a dirty shirt, that’s for

sure,” Kennedy said,

RCMP officers in all three
cities are investigating
McDonald’s activities, but no
charges have yet been laid
against him. ce.

Neither McDonald” rior
anyone from Terrace’s ‘White

Cane Club was available for

comment,

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