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Bre Robinson gets up close and personal to a male chum at Goldstream Provincial Park.
Salmon spawn hits its peak Charla Huber News staff
This year’s salmon run in the Goldstream River peaked and is starting to taper off. Each week, staff from the Goldstream Hatchery walk the river counting the spawning fish. About three weeks ago the number peaked at 25,000 chum counted in one day.
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Last Wednesday the staff counted about 14,000. With thousands of chum still swimming up stream the hatchery staff will continue the weekly walks for a while. “The coho are still coming,” said hatchery manager Peter McCully explaining they are counted a bit differently. They are counted at a fence and the carcasses are also counted. “It’s a good year for the coho, it’s better than it’s been in a decade,” he said.
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While the chum and coho numbers have been up, McCully is disappointed by the nearly nonexistent chinook. “The chinook came in early and (the numbers) are disappointing,” McCully said. In previous years less than 20 chinooks were counted. McCully has said he fears the chinook are soon to be extinct in the Goldstream River. The official fish count numbers will be released in January. charla@goldstreamgazette.com
James Derek French denied any sexual intentions towards a 14-yearold girl as he defended himself against allegations of sexual assault and sexual interference of a minor in Western Communities Courthouse, on Monday. The trial picked up from where it left off on Aug. 29, when Crown counsel had its opportunity to call witnesses. At that time the alleged victim, who can’t be identified because of her age, testified French made sexual advances on her after she became ill from drinking alcohol with French’s son and other friends at French’s Langford home. Defence lawyer Tom Morino called French to the stand. French denied any sexual intentions towards the girl, stating after she was left to sleep in his bed he only checked on her a few times to see if she was OK. He said he did kiss her on the cheek and at one point propped himself up on the bed next to her with his arm around her, but said he did so only to comfort her. He said as soon as she told him to stop he did and left her alone in the room.
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