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Pedestrian hit by vehicle
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BIRTH OF A BRIDGE
First responders remind drivers and pedestrians to move with caution as darker, winter months roll in BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
A 58-year-old postal worker was hit by a car while crossing Victoria Street Monday morning. The woman lay in the middle of the intersection while the driver of the pick-up truck that struck her stood on the sidelines. He is now facing charges of failing to yield to a pedestrian and no insurance under the Motor Vehicle Act. “There is no loss of consciousness,” registered nurse Kelly Simpson told the Trail Times. “I think she's got a laceration to the back of her head.” Simpson was on her way to Maglio Building Centre and saw the aftermath of the commotion that occurred at approximately 9:20 a.m. The postal worker was traveling southbound on foot toward Cedar Avenue when the 48-yearold male driver was turning left from Cedar. The pedestrian's khaki hat caught Trail Times reporter Sheri Regnier's eye when she watched the familiar woman push the button and wait for the pedestrian signal. “All of a sudden, I could hear the guy's tires, and it wasn't his tires skidding to break,” explained Regnier. “I looked across just in time to hear that horrible noise – boom – she goes flying, her hat, her mail, everything.” Regnier was in shock when she tossed her bags to the side of the road and arrived first on the scene. “I kept asking, 'Who called the ambulance?'” See VISIBILITY, Page 2
Chamber honours business excellence
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Heavy construction is underway for the pipe pedestrian bridge this week as excavators on both sides of the river dug up the old to make way for the new.
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Six local businesses received top marks this weekend when, after 21 years, the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce revived the Business Excellence Awards. Eighty Trail and area small businesses were nominated by the public, then each category narrowed down by the number of nominations and written accolades received by nominees.
The list of 80 was streamlined to 18 businesses ranging from grocers to gardeners, and hair stylists to mechanics. The winners were announced following chamber members voting by ballot, during a Saturday brunch at the Riverbelle. Business of the Year went to Valley Firearms, a sporting goods store and gun shop the Urquhart family moved into downtown Trail three years ago. See WINNERS, Page 3
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Valley Firearms was named Business of the Year at the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards on Saturday. The downtown Trail sporting goods store and gun shop has been owned and operated by Dianne and John Urquhart since 2012.
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