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Nesting in a knot Two baby rufous hummingbirds wait impatiently in their nest for a meal to be delivered. The tiny nest was built in the knot of a rope hanging in a shed in the White Lake area. Bird experts say it is a rare occurrence to see hummingbird babies in a nest, as they are usually well hidden from view.
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Driver dies after police chase Fatality: Independent Investigations Office to probe RCMP conduct in the death of Courtenay Eggen.
By Tracy Hughes OBSeRveR STAFF
Members of the Independent Investigations Office (IIO), who investigate deaths or serious injuries that are potentially police related, were called in to investigate a fatal motor vehicle incident on Auto Road involving the Salmon Arm RcMP. courtenay Brianne eggen, aged 21, of cherryville, was the driver and sole occupant of a car which collided with a parked dump truck in a parking lot off Auto Road Se in Salmon Arm,
just after midnight June 21. She died at the scene. According to the RcMP, on June 21 at approximately 12:15 a.m., an RcMP officer in Salmon Arm attempted to conduct a traffic stop of a vehicle and driver. A press release issued Monday by the IIO states, “Initial information indicated that the vehicle stopped, then subsequently fled once the officer approached. It has since been clarified that the vehicle did not stop at any point; rather it fled
immediately when the officer attempted to stop it.” “A brief pursuit was initiated but was subsequently terminated. Shortly thereafter, the vehicle collided with a parked truck,” states the release. The release did not mention an RcMP cruiser was also damaged after going off an embankment on the opposite side of the road from where eggen’s car rested beside a dump truck. See Investigation on page A2
This week Dragon boaters and outriggers take to Salmon Arm Bay for racing action. See A17. An exhibit at the Salmon Arm Museum takes residents back to the fire of 1998. See A21.
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Examining the scene: RCMP collision analysts take measurements of a section of Auto Road with the wreckage of Courtenay Eggen’s vehicle in the background.
Index Opinion ....................... A6 View Point .................. A7 Life & Times ............... A8 Sports............... A17-A20 Arts & Events ... A21-A24 Time Out................... A25 Vol. 106, No. 26, 48 pages