Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Liberal incumbent Doug Bing (left) called the HST “the best way to go,” but Premier Christy Clark has since denied that it will return. At right is Green Party candidate Alex Pope. Neil Corbett/THE NEWS Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Liberal incumbent Doug Bing (left) called the HST “the best way to go,” but Premier Christy Clark has since denied that it will return. At right is Green Party candidate Alex Pope. Neil Corbett/THE NEWS

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Liberal incumbent Doug Bing (left) called the HST “the best way to go,” but Premier Christy Clark has since denied that it will return. At right is Green Party candidate Alex Pope. Neil Corbett/THE NEWS Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Liberal incumbent Doug Bing (left) called the HST “the best way to go,” but Premier Christy Clark has since denied that it will return. At right is Green Party candidate Alex Pope. Neil Corbett/THE NEWS

5 to start your day

Maple Ridge candidate raises HST again, a refugees finds a home in Langley and more you need to know

1. Maple Ridge Liberal candidate raises issue of HST revival

Liberal leader Christy Clark was left to go on the defensive. See more >

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2. Man facing nine charges after ramming Mission RCMP cars

The suspect car ended up in a ditch, and the driver ran into a nearby field and wooded area. See more >

3. WestJet begins daily Abbotsford-to-Winnipeg service

Between April 30 and Oct. 28, the airline will leave Winnipeg early morning at 7:25 a.m., and depart Abbotsford daily at 1:10 p.m. See more >

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4. Refugee from Myanmar finds new home in Langley

Hilda Anderson has few memories of her family’s ordeal to escape persecution and death in their native Myanmar (also known as Burma). See more >

Hilda Anderson

5. Man arrested in 1996 sexual assault of New Westminster senior

On the morning of Oct. 4, 1996, Dorothy Darnell was attacked while asleep in her New Westminster home. See more >

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