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COs investigating dumped bear carcass T R E VO R C R AWL EY
Local conservation officers are investigating after a bear carcass was dumped at a trailhead by the Cranbrook Community Forest earlier this week. The remains, which included the hide and ribcage, were left in
plain sight at a parking lot just off Baker Mountain Road sometime during the night of June 1 or early the following morning. Jeffrey Scott, a conservation officer based in Cranbrook, said the office had received a few calls about the re-
mains. He added the bear appeared to have been harvested legally — there was no meat that the suspects had left — but noted that disposing the carcass in such a public setting was incredibly disrespectful. “What is the despica-
ble and disrespectful thing is that it was deposited right at the trail head; people who wanted to use the trail would have to step over this carcass,” Scott said. “So sadly, some disrespectful hunter decided to deposit their waste material from a hunt in
a completely inappropriate location for all the public to see, which is pretty sad.” The bear was not killed at the site, just the remains dumped, Scott clarified. “Somebody would’ve backed up [in a truck] and dumped it there.
There were no drag marks,” he said. It’s not the first time that a carcass has been dumped in a public location such as the Com-
Hot weather warning issued SUBMIT TED
STEWART WILSON PHOTO
The City of Cranbrook’s mosquito control program is pretty good, but the last line off defense against the bloodsucking types is always the heroic dragonfly. This jewel-like speciman is set to head out on patrol from his or her perch at Elizabeth Lake.
Officials predicting lower water levels at Koocanusa TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The water levels out at Lake Koocanusa are expected to be lower over the course of the summer, but there shouldn’t be too much of an impact for recreational users, according to officials from BC Hydro and
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the US Army Corps of Engineers. The conditions have been blamed on an average snowpack and precipitation that was more rain that snow. “There’s pretty good snowpack — I’m talking 80-90 per
cent of average in the upper part of the Kootenay Basin. But once you get down into Cranbrook and into the States, there’s virtually no snow,” said Joel Fenolio, the Upper Columbia Senior Water Manager with the U.S. Army Corps Of
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Engineers. “….It was a wet winter, it was about 115 per cent of average as far as precipitation but it all basically ran off and into Libby.”
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munity Forest. “It creates a horrible name for the hunting community, it portrays a pretty poor image for local hunters,” he said.
A prolonged period of hot weather will start Saturday and continue through early next week. Temperatures will soar well into the 30s, peaking Sunday and Monday in the mid30s. Hot, dry weather can lead to higher fire risk. Please see the B.C. wildfire management branch website at bcwildfire.ca for more details and fire safety tips. Watch for symptoms
of heat illness, which include dizziness or fainting, nausea or vomiting, headache, rapid breathing and heartbeat, extreme thirst, decrease urination with unusually dark yellow urine. If you experience any of these symptoms during extreme heat, immediately move to a cool place and drink liquids. Water is best. Please monitor the latest forecasts and warnings from Environment Canada at www. weather.gc.ca.
Death near Creston being treated as homicide: RCMP C AN AD I AN PRESS
CRESTON, B.C. — Mounties are investigating the suspicious death of a man near Creston, B.C. Officers were called to a home on the Lower Kootenay Band last Sunday afternoon after receiving a report of a sudden death. They found the body of a 26-year-old man in-
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side and say the death is being treated as a homicide. Police say they’re in the early stages of the investigation and no other details will be released to protect the integrity of their work. The identity of the man isn’t being revealed because his family hasn’t yet been notified.