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TUESDAY July 3, 2012 The Central Okanagan’s Best-Read Newspaper www.kelownacapnews.com
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LIGHTING UP THE SKY…It was another spectacular evening of fireworks last weekend as residents lined up along the Okanagan Lake shoreline for this annual Westside Daze event. See more Westside Daze photos on A3 and photos of the Canada Day celebration on Sunday in Kelowna on A4.
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Coast Capri Hotel fire being called ’suspicious’ Alistair Waters ASSISTANT EDITOR
Kelowna RCMP are investigating what are being described as two “suspicious” fires at the Coast Capri Hotel early Saturday morning that forced an
evacuation of the building. After dealing with what fire department officials say were two separate fires started in two different locations in the hotel’s tower—one in the sixthfloor stairwell and the other in a seventh-floor storage room
that spread up into the eighth “floor”—investigators turned over the case to police. The only injury reported was to a firefighter who suffered burns to his hands. “The key was getting everyone out safely,” said hotel gen-
eral manager Gavin Parry. “The staff did a fantastic job of getting everyone out.” Hundreds of hotel guests were evacuated, with many having to spend the night at other hotels in the city. As a result of the fire, doz-
ens of airline passengers were also thrown off schedule later that day because several WestJet flight crews staying at the hotel and also had to be evacuated. See Fire A9
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark told a Liberal party fundraiser in Kelowna last week that next May’s provincial election will be the most important in decades. While that is said by politicians prior to every election, Clark said it is particularly true this time because she fears for B.C.’s free-enterprise economy if the NDP form the next government. And while Clark didn’t address the current popularity of the B.C. Conservative Party under former federal Conservative MP John Cummins, it was was a hot topic among many of the 150 guests invited to the Liberals outdoor barbecue Thursday afternoon. Hosted on the family farm of Kelowna-Mission MLA Steve Thomson, the guest-list included a who’s who local movers and shakers and powerbrokers. The numbers were bolstered by several cabinet ministers, who along with Clark were in West Kelowna earlier in the week for a cabinet retreat.