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OBSERVER QUESNEL - CARIBOO
SINCE 1908
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
VOL. 98 NO. 69
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All in the needles Miss Quesnel candidates were on hand at the annual Arts and Culture Day at the Quesnel and District Arts and Recreation Centre to assist in the exploration of various arts and crafts. Here knitting is the learning experience of choice. For more photos see Friday’s edition of the Observer. Autumn MacDonald photo
Sawdust suspected in two sawmill explosions AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter After the second sawmill explosion in four months, WorkSafeBC has ordered sawmills across the province to begin investigations into sawdust levels. “We do not know the cause of the explosions, but there’s enough information to suggest a possibility that an accumulation of dust may have been a factor in both explosions,” MLA for Cariboo North Bob Simpson said, adding the order issued Sat-
urday was “the right thing to do.” The order defines specific cleaning methods such as: • Vacuuming, using a vacuum approved for dust collection. • Water wash or wet rags. • Soft bristle brooms on telescopic poles. “If this is a dust problem then the traditional blow-down is the worst thing you can do,” Simpson said. The order goes on to specify likely areas where dust accumulations are found.
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WorkSafeBC officers will be following up on these orders to confirm the ordered actions have been taken and sawmills are in compliance with the Workers Compensation Act and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in regard to combustible dust and potential safety hazards. However, Simpson said, WorkSafe needs to cease notifying workplaces of inspections. “They need to see the mill as it is operating,” he said.
Charbonneau trial ongoing AUTUMN MacDONALD Observer Reporter Alan Ray Charbonneau’s trial is ongoing as Crown presents three witnesses. Charbonneau is facing charges of possession of child pornography and access of child pornography after his arrest in 2009. In March 2009 policing partners across Canada carried out the largest ever co-ordinated investigation into Internet-facilitated child sexual abuse in the country. The investigation, dubbed “Project Salvo” was coordinated by the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre and developed in conjunction with domestic policing partners.
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The investigation focused on users that would meet other like-minded individuals and exchange child sexual abuse images online. In British Columbia, members from the Integrated Child Exploitation Unit, Technological Crime Unit, RCMP detachments from Richmond, Surrey, Langley, Burnaby, Prince George, Quesnel, Fort St. John and municipal police forces from New Westminster, Abbotsford, Delta, Victoria and Saanich executed search warrants for child exploitation related offences. In Quesnel, two separate search warrants were executed by BC ICE with Quesnel RCMP assistance and RCMP Tech Crime Unit. In all, 15 were arrested.
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