SPORTS Kokanees host Black & Blue gathering Page 14
CRIME Keremeos residents face French courts Page 10
COMMUNITY Beer and chili perfect for summer Page 7
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SPOTLIGHT The Similkameen
Volume 63 Issue 26
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
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Waiting game
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A Princeton family is furious after a loved-one had to wait more than five hours to get to Penticton Hospital after having a heart attack Michaela Garstin editor@similkameenspotlight.com
A coworker quickly drove 58-year-old Noel Ashley to Princeton Hospital after he had a heart attack while working at Copper Mountain Mine on June 20, but he ended up waiting five hours to get to Penticton Hospital for treatment. The first call to have Ashley transferred to Penticton Hospital was made shortly after 7 p.m. that evening, and after a failed attempt to have a helicopter pick him up, he was treated by HART (High Acuity Response Team) members three hours later. The HART team, which is based out of Penticton, got Ashley to Penticton EARLY DEADLINE Hospital at 12:30 a.m., five hours after his transNOTICE fer was requested. for the “I am [upset] and July 4th Edition I’m scared. My sister’s All Ads & Insertions husband is in [Princeton Hospital] right now. He must be received been there ever since by THURSDAY June 28 has the mine got off work at NOON. at 6 p.m.,” said family Spotlight Office will be member Nicki Regimbal McIvor on a Facebook CLOSED community page that Friday June 29. night. See Page 20
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Ryan Hearty celebrates his graduation from Princeton Secondary School in an distinguished cap and gown and holding a hardearned diploma. See more photos on Page 4 and in the full-colour Grad Feature.
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