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october 9, 2012
Goings-on at the local police detachment last week. See LOCAL NEWS page 3
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One fatality in Canal Flats accident BULLETIN Staff
A Calgary mother of two has died after an accident near Canal Flats on Friday, October 5, 2012. The accident occurred at 11:10 a.m. on the Kootenay River Bridge at Canal Flats when a southbound commercial truck with an unloaded low bed trailer passed a northbound Subaru Legacy. The East Kootenay Integrated Road Safety Unit and the Columbia Valley RCMP report that a rock approximately 12 inches by five inches was thrown from the dual wheels of the truck and struck the Subaru. The rock entered the passenger side through the front windshield striking the 37 year old female in the head. She succumbed to her injuries says Cpl. T. Brannigan from EK IRSU. The woman was from Calgary and on vacation with her husband and two small children. Police stopped and seized the commercial vehicle some time later. Investigation shows that the rock appeared to have been lodged between the dual tires of the trailer. The driver of the truck has been released with no charges, though further investigation is pending.
Local advocate says immigration conversation required
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A split over the weekend for the Kimberley Dynamiters as they lost to the Golden Rockets on Friday and won in overtime on Saturday. Above, Dynamiter Jared Marchi breaks away with Rocket Carson George in hot pursuit.
Species at Risk
Wildsight to challenge Feds in court
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Immigration law has been going through a series of changes in the past four years. In fact a new report published by the Maytree Foundation, says that from 2008 to July 1, 2012, the federal government has made changes to every aspect of immigration policy, including the way in which reform is undertaken, and more changes are proposed.
Wildsight has announced it will take the federal government to court over its failure to meet its legal obligations under the Species at Risk Act. “We strongly believe the government must act for species, and believe that the court challenge is the best means to get action as the government’s failure is longstanding,” said John Bergenske, executive
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director of Wildsight. “We sincerely hope that this will spur action.” The lawsuit states that 188 recovery plans for species are well overdue, and as many as 87 are more than five years over their due date. “The Species at Risk Act (SARA) requires that recovery strategies for endangered and threatened species be created within certain timeframes, to ensure timely action towards their recovery,” Bergenske said. Wildsight has partnered with the Sierra
Club BC, the David Suzuki Foundation, Greenpeace and the Wilderness Committee to bring the issue to the courts. The groups have selected four species – Southern mountain caribou, the Pacific humpback whale, the Nechako sturgeon and marbled murrelet – to base the lawsuit on. Those species were selected due to their potential endangerment from the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline.
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