2 THE DAILY VOICE, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2014 EDITOR GAVIN FISHER Cws VPD warns drivers Police issue warning to public after attempted car- jacking Sunday evening in East Vancouver By CHRIS SLATER in Vancouver on Sunday, police are urging drivers to be more aware of their surroundings on the road, and keep doors locked and music turned down. The attempted theft occurred near Grandview Highway and Bentall Street early Sunday evening. The accused, be- lieved to be armed with a knife, at- tempted to pull the female driver from her vehicle. The driver stepped on the gas causing her vehicle to hit a nearby taxi. No major injuries were sustained and the suspect was apprehended. “Be mindful of what’s around you,” warned Sgt. Randy Fincham, spokes- person for the Vancouver Police De- partment. “Locking your doors is al- ways a safe bet if you’re traveling through an area where you're con- cerned for your safety.” Fincham also suggested drivers keep their stereos turned down to better hear sur- Prvvins an attempted carjacking RANDY FINCHAM roundings. VP. P media Giovanni Camp- Spoxesperson bell, 36, is facing five charges, in- r4 4 cluding robbery and assault with a Locking weapon. Campbell has a lengthy re- your doors cord of past offens- is always es including, theft, counterfeiting, a safe e bet and production of if yow’re illegal drugs. ° In a statement traveling to CBC News, vic- through an tim Susan Mum- ford explained her area where a vions. youre “I decided to gun the accelera- concerned tor and dragged for your him a little bit. He sa fety got out, eventually. He fell off the car as I was taking off,” she said. Fincham said the victim taking off was the right thing to do. “Being in that position you can only sympathize for what somebody could go through. She was obviously very concerned for her safety, which is why she stepped on the gas to leave the area. Given the grand scheme of things, what was going on, it’s understandable the collision [and] the way it hap- pened.” Students at Langara are in agree- ment when it comes to handling and preventing a potential car jacking. Marketing student Kayla Meadows, who has never experienced a car jack- ing herself, believes drivers can pre- vent situations like this by simply be- ing more attentive while driving. “Just be more aware of [your] sur- roundings. I’m always really cautious when I drive.” Photography student Brooke Han- sen believes keeping car doors locked is one of the best measures to prevent a carjacking. EDMOND LU photo The Green Party of Vancouver announced their four city council candidates yesterday at City Hail. They are (from left to right): Tracey Moir, Pete Fry, Cleta Brown, and current city council- lor Adriane Carr, Vancouver’s first councilor elected under the Green Party. Greens announce new candidates Four candidates will be running for city council in upcoming Vancouver municipal elections By EDMOND LU e Green Party of Vancouver an- nounced the four nominees for city council approved by the par- ty’s candidate screening commit- tee at a meeting at Vancouver City Hall Monday morning. Four candidates are hoping to join the ballot for the Nov. 14 Vancouver municipal elections: current city coun- cilor Adriane Carr, who will be seeking a second term on council; Cleta Brown, a retired lawyer and public servant; Pete Fry, chair of the Strathcona Resi- dents Association; and Tracey Moir, founder and chair of Oakridge Langara Area Residents. “A council that is dominated by one particular party has the power through its numbers to ram through its own de- cisions without incorporating the con- cerns of people [and] the good ideas that come from the public,” Carr said. During the meeting each of the can- didates touched on issues close to their experiences and background. Brown said she would like to see the city focus more on issues of social justice such as children in poverty and violence against women. Fry, who has been a representative on the DTES Local Area Planning Process since 2012, said he was “weary of my friends being squeezed out of this city because they can’t afford to live here.” Both Brown and Fry said the city has not done enough to address the issue of the “invisible homeless,” people who may be in a shelter or are couch-surf- ing, but have no home of their own. Moir opened her speech with a meta- phor, likening the city to a house being built without proper plumbing or elec- tricity. She said she believes the City cannot keep waiting on other authori- ties and other levels of government to provide the essential services and in- frastructure Vancouver needs to ac- commodate proper growth and devel- opment. Moir said that she would like to see a bigger, better Oakridge, but believes the city missed the target on some of the details. She said transit, health care and education in the area are al- ready filled to capacity and the current infrastructure can’t support all the de- velopment. “You can’t just dump all these people in here and have it work,” Moir said. Carr said the party has not yet de- cided whether to run a mayoral candi- date for the November election. Carr was the first city councilor elected under the Green Party. FLECTED Greens ELIZABETH MAY Leader of Canada’s Green Party, and Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands. BRUCE HYER Member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North. ANDREW WEAVER MLA for Oak Bay-Gordon Head, and deputy leader of the BC Green Party. ADRIANE CARR Vancouver City councilor Sources: www.greenparty.ca, www.greenparty.be.ca Students weigh in on price hikes April 1 brings higher costs for electricity, postage, ferry fares, co-op housing and medical marijuana By LUKASZ JONCA paying more for electricity, ferry fares, postage and medical mari- juana. BC Hydro rates will be increasing nine per cent on April 1. The rate is ex- pected to rise by 28 per cent over five years. BC Ferries regular fares are going up four per cent this year. Astamp to mail a standard-size first- class letter has increased from 63 cents to $1. Health Canada is banning home grow-ops as of April 1. The price of gov- ernment-sold marijuana is rising from $5 to $8 a gram. What do you think? Students tell the Voice what they think of the new price hikes: Te: British Columbians will be Mt HANNAH GILGOFF GAIL MANNING BC Ferries: Marijuana: “T would love to “Tt’s taxing people start doing more who have a docu- traveling around mented illness,” B.C. and having the BC Hydro: price of ferries go- “Any increase in ing up is not going cost at the end of to help me. the day adds up.” yh 4 JOEY MITCHELL D.J. BALLARD BC Ferries: Postage: “The government “[It’s] a direct result should subsidize of them essentially [ferries] and transit trying to eliminate Canada Post.” more than they do.” ay JESSICA NYBO ZOE GELFANT BC Hydro: Marijuana: “Tcan't afford to “Tt’s like taking move out on my away your medi- own because of the cine if you have way that prices Alzheimer’s.” are now - hous- BC Ferries: ing prices, hydro “It’s ridiculous.” prices, gas prices.” COMPILED BY LUKASZ JONCA