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OKANAGAN A’S raised a little dust on the ball diamond in sweeping four games from White Rock Tritons in BCPBL midget baseball action last weekend.
COLUMNIST Robert Smithson cites a recent court ruling that stands as an example of why hiring your spouse to work at the office isn’t always a good idea.
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▼ TRAGEDY
No survivors in plane crash near Connector Kathy Michaels STAFF REPORTER
There are no survivors from the floatplane that crashed into a heavily wooded area Sunday night near Brenda Mines off the Okanagan Connector. The de Havilland Beaver was carrying two passengers and a pilot to Pitt Meadows from Kelowna when it hit the ground and burst into flames, shortly before 7 p.m. According to emergency crews that attended the scene, it appeared as though the pilot was trying to land on the highway, but came just short of that goal. “The distance from the road was 500 to 750 feet,” said Troy Russell, West Kelowna fire captain who co-ordinated the …IT LOOKED LIKE fire response last night. THEY MADE AN “You could see the diATTEMPT TO DO A rection of flight– and as bystanders have said—it LANDING ON THE looked like they made an HIGHWAY… attempt to do a landing on Capt. Troy Russell, the highway, but efforts West Kelowna were hindered by the topography.” firefighter The fuselage of the plane was intact, however as the plane came through the trees a wing was knocked off. Other wreckage was scattered in a 200 square-feet radius and flames whipped around the area. As rescue crews assessed what to do with the plane, Russell’s team attempted to snuff out small fires and hotspots. “To our advantage, it wasn’t an August fire, but we did have forestry on site. They deployed a working team up to the fire as well,” he said. “With their expertise, and the conditions there wasn’t a lot of threat as nightfall came.” As crews worked to mop up the scene, Russell said family members of those who died in the crash arrived.
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STREET HOCKEY REVIVAL…More than 140 teams spread across 10 competing divisions took part in last Saturday’s Hockey Night In Canada Play On! street hockey tournament held outside Prospera Place. See story on A7.
▼ MUNICIPALITIES
Taxes expected to be hot item for mayors Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR
Kelowna Mayor Walter Gray says he thinks there could be a call for a new deal for municipalities in B.C. when as many as 86 mayors from across the province meet in Penticton later this week.
Gray, who said yesterday he had not seen an agenda for the inaugural meeting of B.C. mayors yet, said he expects the principle focus will be the impact of the federal, provincial and municipal government on taxpayers. “The three levels of government all have their
hands in the taxpayers pocket but to much different degrees,” said Gray. He said 50 per cent of the taxes people pay go to the federal government, 42 per cent go to province and “we have to run this place (municipality) on eight per cent.” The mayors’ meeting,
a first for the province, will gather mayors from large and small municipalities throughout B.C. to talk about issues on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Organized by Surrey’s Diane Watts, some have questioned if it is an attempt to replace the annu-
al Union of B.C. Municipalities convention which is held each September. But Gray echoed the comments of organizer Surrey Mayor Diane Watts, who has said that is not the case.
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