Family and friends are turning to social media to express their grief and sadness over the death of Julie Paskall, the hockey mom who was beaten senselessly outside a Newton Wave Pool and Recreation Centre.
On Twitter, friends of Julie Paskall’s children are referring to her as Momma Paskall.
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She was very involved with her son’s junior hockey league and was picking up her son Cailean, who was refereeing a hockey game, when she was attacked.
Family members are posting messages on facebook. Randy Paskall, a relative wrote on facebook that his world has forever changed.
“Off to say a last goodbye to a friend and family member of 35 years. One who taught me much in the rules of life, made me a better person, picked me up when I was down, showed me a better road, and was what a person/friend/parent/mother/daughter/wife/role model should strive to be in this thing called life.
Nothing can bring her back, it will never be the same without her, no matter what happens after this, let us weep but not lose strength or most of all WHO we are.
My message to you my friends, is to keep your heads up, this is no longer the world we grew up in. Stay vigilant. Stay safe. Stay healthy.”
People who had no relation to the victim are taking to Global B.C.’s facebook page and twitter to give their condolences to the family.
Brian Paterson wrote “RIP and my condolences to her family. I cannot believe this is what the world is like now.”
Her tragic death has prompted a community group, the ReNewton Nation, demanding that the City of Surrey install CCTV cameras.
Jude Hannah, one of the organizers of the community group says “we’ve been asking for the City of Surrey to pay more attention to the Newton neighborhood for sometime now. This is the worst case scenario and we are just so sad and very disappointed in the City. We just feared that this would happen and now this has.”
In the late afternoon, Hannah went down to the Newton Wave Pool and Recreation Centre and says several of the lights were out. “Part of the problem is the lighting in fact.”
Surrey’s Mayor Dianne Watts tweeted ” we have security cameras at all facilities. Will coordinate with businesses & review CCTV options.”
Hannah wants positive change in the neighbourhood, but adds that the “worst nightmare has already happened to a family.”
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