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Mission women missing
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Incidents not considered to be related ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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losses to crops from starlings and effectively ban propane cannons. During the last cannon debate, Coun. Henry Braun argued the proposed ABSD restrictions went too far beyond the provincial guidelines and wouldn’t likely be approved by the Ministry of Agriculture.
ission RCMP are asking the public for help to locate two missing women, one of whom is “high risk” and the other with potential medical issues. Kathleen Anne Burns, 53, was last seen at 11 p.m. on Monday, July 22, at her home in the 8200 block of Cade KATHLEEN BURNS Barr Street. Burns has not contacted friends or family since that time and there’s been no activity on her social media accounts, said RCMP Const. Amanda Harnett. “She’s high risk because she’s never done anything like this before,” said Harnett. There’s nothing at this stage to suggest foul play is involved in Burns’s disappearance, but the danger can’t be discounted, said police. “ T h a t ’s LAURA PESEK always a concern in these files when we don’t know where someone is, but there’s no evidence that’s the case at this time,” said Harnett. “Regardless, family and friends are concerned for her.”
see CANNONS, page A4
see MISSING, page A4
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The West Coast Lumberjack Show made a return appearance at Abbotsford Agrifair with three 45-minute shows each day of the fair, which ran from Aug. 2–5. Contestants thrilled fans (inset) with displays of strength, speed and skill. For a photo gallery from Agrifair, see www.abbotsfordtimes.com.
Banging out a new blueberry bylaw ROCHELLE BAKER RBaker@abbotsfordtimes.com
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bbotsford council will consider a revised blueberry cannon bylaw, after a previous bid to significantly increase restrictions on bird scare devices split council and was defeated last month. The defeated bylaw, developed following a motion by Coun.
Council considering other cannon options to quell quarrelsome issue John Smith last year, was devised in response to numerous noise complaints to the city, repeated violations of existing Ministry of Agriculture guidelines and out of concerns for the health and hear-
ing of residents living close to berry growing operations. However, the blueberry industry argued the proposed rules on audible bird scare devices (ABSDs) went too far, would result in high
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