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   theglobeandmail.com  - April 17, 2015   
      
      
   B.C. Transportation Minister ticketed for speeding   
      
      
   Todd Stone has been ticketed for speeding and fined $196, his office confirmed   
   Friday   
      
   B.C. Transportation Minister Todd Stone has been ticketed for speeding and   
   fined $196, his office confirmed Friday.   
      
   The Kamloops-South Thompson MLA was leaving Victoria with his family on the way   
   to the ferry when he was stopped by police, said a statement.   
      
   The fine has been paid, said the statement.   
      
   A spokesman for the minister said she did not know when the offence had   
   occurred, but Mr. Stone told The Province newspaper it was three weeks ago.   
      
   Mr. Stone also told the newspaper he was travelling 29 km/h over the posted 80   
   km/h speed zone.   
      
   In the statement, Mr. Stone said he was aware his conduct was inappropriate.   
      
   "As minister, I must set a better example and this was unacceptable," Mr. Stone   
   said.   
      
   "I can assure you I will learn from this; I need to be more careful and it   
   won't happen again."   
      
   Premier Christy Clark was travelling back from a speech to a World Bank   
   gathering in Washington so unavailable Friday for comment, said her spokesman.   
      
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