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Tuesday, March 6, 2012 Williams Lake Tribune
NEWS
Bullies, step aside
Mar 2 to Mar 31 Greg Sabatino photo
Students, teachers and administration showed their support at both high schools last Wednesday by wearing pink for Pink Shirt Day — a day to show bullies they won’t be tolerated any longer. Here, students, teachers and administration from Columneetza secondary show their support for the cause.
Bear spray victims refuse to be co-operative Continued From Page A3 • Local officers are working with Terrace Youth Probation on a local breach of probation charge. • At 9:54 p.m. officers seized 0.1 grams of crack cocaine from a female passenger in a vehicle. • Officers attended a bear spray incident
on Mackenzie Avenue at 12:02 a.m. and located two males that had been assaulted. The pair refused to cooperate with police and refused medical attention. The RCMP later located two other males that has also been assaulted with bear spray. Neither would provide details about the suspects. No charges are recom-
Telus expands broadband internet Canoe Creek and Beaver Valley are among several B.C. communities to receive broadband Internet service through Telus later this year, announced the company Friday. Telus says the move is part of a $3 billion investment in advanced technology and state-ofthe-art facilities over the next three years. Telus’s investment includes connecting 35 remote and geographically challenging B.C. communities to broadband Internet this year, including Moyie, Man-
ning Park, Clucluz Lake, Kitwanga, Canoe Creek, Hansard, Beaver Valley, Wet’suwet’en, Reid Lake, Boswell, Appledale, Elco, Bridge River, Jaffray, Little Shuswap Lake, Duncan Lake, Christina Lake, Inklyuhkinatko, Kanaka, Neskonlith, Nicomen, Nooaitch, Sahhaltkum, Siska, Trout Lake, Marble Bay, Ditidaht, Tork, Pender Harbour, Puckatholetchin, Saltry Bay, and Skatin. Further information on the announcement is available through Telus’s website.
mended in this case. • Three curfews were conducted and all found compliant. Feb. 29: • When RCMP were called to keep the peace in a civil separation between a female and a male, no issues surfaced. • The theft prevention officer caught a female attempting to steal five pairs of
sunglasses and clothing from a local store. Officers attended and released the female on an undertaking to appear in court at a later date. • The RCMP were called to an assault on Broadway Avenue and arrested a male for assaulting a female. Both parties were intoxicated. The male was re-
leased to appear in court at a later date. • A local grocery store reported a man stole some meat. Staff were not able to catch him when he left the store. The investigation is still ongoing. • Four curfew checks were conducted. One individual was found to be non-compliant and breach charges were forwarded.
Dinner & Auction Fundraiser Saturday, March 10, 2012 6:00 pm (downstairs)
Thank You to our sponsors and to
Huge Silent Auction
for hosting this fundraising event! CLASSIFIEDS 250-392-2331
Come Out and Support Your Hometown Team!
Main Gallery -
Ann Nicholson - The Chilcotin War: A Colonial Legacy The artist, coming from the colonial experience of South Africa, explores the colonial experiences of the Tsilhqot’in that led to the war of 1864.
Upper Gallery -
Casey Bennett - Faces of Industry
A portrait series of men and women who make up the local industrial economy.
Hours The St Station House Mon. to Sat.Gallery 10am - 5pm Free and Gift Shop Admission
Gallery
#1 Mackenzie Avenue N. (at the foot of Oliver St.) Phone: 250-392-6113 Fax: 250-392-6184
New for Spring!
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ALEXANDER
clothing • jewellery • gifts
250-392-1161 41 S. First Ave. Email: alexander41@telus.net
Obtain or renew dog licenses by March 31 to avoid $10 penalty The City wants to remind residents that dog licenses must be obtained or renewed by Jan. 1 each year. For those that have not yet obtained or renewed their licenses, a $10 late application fee will be added to the license cost after March 31. Licensing fees are: r 4QBZFE PS OFVUFSFE EPH r 6OTQBZFE PS VOOFVUFSFE EPH r -BUF BQQMJDBUJPO GFF BGUFS .BSDI TU $10.00 plus regular license fee r 3FQMBDFNFOU MJDFOTF UBH r "HHSFTTJWF EPH “Dogs’ licenses are their ticket home,â€? says 4FOJPS #ZMBX 0GĂ DFS %FCCJF 8PPE i*U T not only required for every dog to have a license, but it helps connect lost dogs to their owners more quickly, as well as other CFOFĂ UT u Dog owners are also asked to ensure contact information with the City is up UP EBUF " EPH T MJDFOTF JT WBMJE GPS POF year, from January 1st to December 31st. " QPSUJPO PG UIF NPOFZ DPMMFDUFE GPS EPH MJDFOTJOH HPFT UP UIF 8JMMJBNT -BLF #$41$" -JDFOTFT DBO CF PCUBJOFE BU $JUZ )BMM .BSU 4USFFU PS BU 5PUBM 1FU #SPBEXBZ "WFOVF
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