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Volume 7 Issue 17
1st place B.C.-Yukon, 3rd in Canada *See A4
No evidence of Buehler firefight: IIO by KORIE MARSHALL
A new report calls into question the “shoot out” that took the life of John Buehler and injured his daughter over 19 months ago on the west side of Kinbasket
Reservoir. According to a news release on Sept. 17th, 2014, the Independent Investigations Office received a report from RCMP that Emergency Response Team members had been involved in
“an exchange of gunfire” between police officers and an adult male. The release said two adults sustained gunshot injuries; one man died at the scene, and one woman was receiving medical attention.
The RCMP has never made a public report about the incident, though at the time, the Vancouver Sun reported that RCMP Insp. Ed Boettcher said police were maintaining a stakeout of a Cont’d on A03
Business owners balk at utilities increase
No cover charge Upcoming: Athabasca Barnburners; Crescent Spur
By LAURA KEIL
New run-ofriver
Some 27 local business owners – representing nearly all businesses on Main St – have attached their names to a petition calling for a stop to a rate hike on utilities for most commercial enterprises in McBride this year. Some businesses face an increase of 30% which translates to $186.63 more each year. Residential customers did not see any net increase. But not all businesses are affected equally. Businesses such as beauty salons and restaurants will pay the same for water as in 2015, and slightly more for sewer and garbage. Others, like retail businesses, will pay more in all three categories. Some say it’s an issue of residential customers subsidizing commercial ventures. But business owner Carol Hammer doesn’t buy it. “No evidence has been provided to show this,” she says. “I believe that many households would actually use much more water/ sewage than some of the businesses.”
A03
Listings on P2!
Prince George
Cont’d on A08
Lots of letters A05 & A06
Photo by Bob Hoskinsl Named after its unusual beak, wonderfully suited to winkling open scales on pinecones, the red crossbill is an occasional, nomadic visitor to bird feeders in the Valley. Photographer Bob Hoskins spied this one, maybe bulking up before raising this year’s family, although they will nest at almost any time of year if pinecones and their seeds are available.
45 new fires A13
Tacos and Tales A11
20 pages this week!