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105th Year - Week 37
SMITHERS, B.C.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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HUCK IT, EH? Huckin’ Eh keeps the HD tradition alive
SPORTS/A15
Wolfe hooks fishing fines
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COMMUNITY/A21 By Percy N. Hébert Smithers/Interior News
HAZELTON PRIDE Alice Maitland has served the Hazeltons for most of her life.
OUR TOWN/A23
INSIDE LETTERS A7 SPORTS A15 COMMUNITY A21 OUR TOWN A23 THREE RIVERS B1 CLASSIFIEDS B4
HOGS FILL HAMPERS Bill Casault, director of the Northwest Chapter of HOG and more than 50 other chapter members, collected enough toys for the Christmas Hamper campaign during their Toy Run last Saturday. In addition the riders raised $188 in donations for community services and Harley Davidson Smithers raised $750 for Christmas Hampers. This marked the 25th Toy Run for the local HOG chapter. Percy N. Hébert photo
Gordon Wolfe, 60, of Smithers, was fined $3,000 in a Hazelton courtroom last Wednesday for charges stemming from illegal fishing acts. On Nov. 11, 2009, Wolfe was arrested and charged with three infractions under the BC Sportfishing Regulations pursuant to the Fisheries Act, fishing with a barbed hook, using illegal bait and obstruction of a conservation officer. The obstruction charge resulted when Mr. Wolfe cut his line in an attempt to conceal the barbed hook and fish roe, in this case cured salmon roe, as the conservation officer approached him to lay the charges, Supervisor of the Bulkley Stikine zone with the Conservation Officer Service, Sgt. Kevin Nixon explained. The obstruction charge was dismissed due to extenuating circumstances, but Wolfe was found guilty on the other two counts, fishing with a barbed hook and using roe and was fined $1,500 for each offence. The fine includes monies earmarked for fish conservation, Nixon said. What makes the case all the more interesting and important, Nixon said, is the fact Wolfe is a former employee of the Fish and Wildlife Branch of the Ministry of Environment and member of the northern branch of the Steelhead Society and past-chair of the Upper Skeena region of the Sports Fishing Advisory Board. See FISH on p. A2.
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