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Swiss horns make music and friends By Sarah Payne THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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wo Coquitlam men are preparing for a stint at the 2012 World Expo in South Korea but they won’t be representing Canada. Bernie Heeb, who is from Switzerland, and Hongchul Kim, a native of Korea, will be packing up their alphorns, as well as Kim’s schwyzerögeli, which is like a small accordion, and travelling to Yeosu, Korea to perform in the Swiss pavilion. And if you thought that was odd, well, there’s more in the story of Heeb and Kim’s unlikely musical partnership. It began with a chance encounter nearly four years. Heeb was living on Westwood Plateau and, reminiscing about his homeland, he would take his alphorn — the two-and-a-half-metrelong wooden wind instrument featured in commercials for Ricola throat drops — up Eagle Mountain to play, much like a Swiss herder would back in the 1700s. see CULTURES CONNECTED, page 17
Coquitlam residents Bernie Heeb, originally from Switzerland, and Hongchul Kim, a native of Korea, play their alphorns, which they’ll soon do again at the 2012 World Expo in Kim’s homeland. VLADIMIR JAN PHOTO
Tri-City targets on list 2 people, 1 biz on list compiled by suspected killer Historic photos of Riverview Hospital are being scanned before they’re turned over to the province.
By Sarah Payne
Scanning history
The number of fatalities at the hands of suspected double murderer Angus David Mitchell could have been much higher, with a handful of Tri-City targets on the Burnaby man’s hit list. On Wednesday, the Integrated Homicide Investig ation Team (IHIT) revealed Mitchell had plans to target six specific individuals and
By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Riverview Historical Society has embarked on a mission to scan hundreds of historical photos before they have to be turned over to provincial authorities in Victoria. The group, headed by former Riverview nurse Anna Tremere, has until June 28 to complete the rescue mission. see WITHOUT SCANS, SCANS, page 16
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“We cannot put a number to the potential fatalities that could have come from Mr. Mitchell’s premeditated plan as many of the businesses were highly populated.”
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Sgt. Jennifer Pound of IHIT
ANGUS MITCHELL six businesses. On the list were two Tri-City people, one each from Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, as
well as a landscaping business in Coquitlam. Police are not releasing the names of the individuals and businesses on Mitchell’s list. “Mitchell appears to have spent time gathering information about his intended victims and planning his entry
and escape routes from each location,” said IHIT Insp. Kevin Hackett. “We cannot put a number to the potential fatalities that could have come from Mr. Mitchell’s premeditated plan as many of the businesses were highly populated,” Sgt.
Jennifer Pound said in an IHIT release. “The ‘list’ is not a typical list with numbered names within,” Pound added. “It is more of an individual work-up for each individual and each business, with home addresses, maps of individuals’ homes and escape routes. “We know his plans were methodically thought out and prepared for each target.” The list also includes a Burnaby school as well as individuals and businesses in Vancouver, N e w We s t m i n s t e r, Surrey and White Rock. see 2 ON HIT LIST LIST,, page 6