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VOL. 82. No. 61
can-can dancers energize the stage
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Inside the Tribune NEWS A2 Premier won’t sign on to energy strategy. SPORTS A8 Water-skiers make a splash at provincials. COMMUNITY Family works to improve conditions in Peru.
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Weather outlook: Mainly sunny today, high of 23 C. Showers Wednesday, high of 17 C.
Monica Lamb-Yorski photo
Can-can group Mill Girls Follies from Clinton dance it up at the Performances in the Park held Thursday in Boitanio Park. This Thursday, performances will include Potato Dreams, featuring Likely Gold, at 5 p.m. At 7 p.m, Maria in the Shower will perform.
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Suspect injured during arrest Williams Lake RCMP have asked the West Vancouver Police Department to investigate the circumstances surrounding an arrest that resulted in injuries to a suspect. On July 21, a vehicle pursuit was initiated in the Quesnel RCMP detachment area which carried on into the Williams Lake area. The 35-year-old suspect was eventually located and arrested. He sustained injuries during the arrest and is currently still in hospital, according to an RCMP news release issued Friday. The Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has also been notified. The West Vancouver Police Department has agreed to conduct the investigation into this incident.
Lakecity DFO future uncertain Erin Hitchcock Tribune Staff Writer It’s not yet known what will become of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans office in Williams Lake. According to media reports, the Williams Lake office is one of several in the B.C. and the Yukon to close. Others include Mission, Nelson, Campbell River, Prince George, Smithers, and Port Hardy, leaving Whitehorse, Prince Rupert, Kamloops, Vancouver, and Nanaimo. However, Tom Robbins, senior communications advisor for Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says offices
aren’t necessarily closing. He says employees at Fisheries and Oceans Canada have been informed by managers that they may be affected by changes to the Habitat Management program in the department. “However, this does not necessarily mean that they will lose their job; they may be asked to relocate or be redeployed within the department or government,” Robbins says, adding that DFO is changing how it delivers its Habitat Management program across the country to increase efficiency and focus on priorities. He says DFO will work with
stakeholders and partners to develop regulations, policies and other tools needed to make the changes. “As departmental planning to redesign the habitat program is ongoing, no final decisions about office closures have been made at this time,” he says, adding that if any positions in the habitat program are lost at the Williams Lake office, staff will be moved to other programs or offices. Cariboo Prince George MP Dick Harris says he can’t comment on specifics, but says there are cutbacks across the country. “As we go through a rationaliza-
tion of many departments, we do have budget cutbacks, of course, so across the country there will be some office closures, and I know that these moves are taken after a lot of consideration on how the responsibilities are going to carry on,” Harris says, adding that cutbacks are being made in government departments across the country. “They are not just arbitrarily made. A lot of discussion goes in and trying to rationalize how they can do it without affecting services.” — With files from the Nelson Star.
Serious injuries follow assault with a baseball bat A baseball bat was used in an assault that took place early Thursday morning. The Williams Lake RCMP say that in the early morning hours of
Thursday, July 26 three males assaulted another male with a baseball bat while he was walking along the sidewalk on Second Avenue in Williams Lake.
The assault resulted in serious injuries to the male, requiring hospitalization. The Williams Lake RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance
regarding this incident and encourages anyone who may have information regarding this assault or any other crime to contact police at 250-392-6211.