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47th Year No. 51
THURS., DECEMBER 20, 2012 EDITORIAL Page 6
LETTERS Page 7
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Newsstand $1.25 + HST CLASSIFIEDS Pages 16-18
RCMP seek leads in break-in
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winner is ... Young Gazette staff helper William Harrison carefully and diligently selects a winner from the 1,000+ entries in the annual Shop Local contest last week. The winner’s photo appears on page 15. J.R. Rardon
Gazette staff PORT HARDY—RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in finding the perpetrators of a series of breakins and thefts from property in Fort Rupert. Sometime during the night of Nov. 24, individuals broke into the Youth Center, the Big House and a storage container in the Fort Rupert area. The door to the Youth Center was forced open and items were removed and left outside in the rain. The Big House door was damaged to gain entry. The pool table balls were stolen and later recovered along the nearby beach. The locks to a storage container were cut off and multiple items including hand and power tools were stolen. “I think it was just some kids,” said Maurice Wadhams, who had several tools taken from the storage container. “They got some drills and knives, but they left some expensive things.” Wadhams said flare guns taken in the theft were also recovered at the beach, with the flares having been fired. RCMP said the same individuals may also be responsible for vandalism and theft from a nearby grave that happened during the same time. Anybody with any information regarding these crimes, please contact the Port Hardy RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).
CDC issues seafood health alert Gazette staff Vancouver—The BC Centre for Disease Control is warning the public not to consume various shellfish and seafood products from a private distributor in Port Hardy because of the risk
of paralytic shellfish poisoning and botulism. Products sold include: • Frozen clams (butter clams and possibly others) in small and large Ziploc bags; • Jarred clams (butter
clams and possibly others) in 500 ml and 1000ml jars; • Frozen BBQ salmon; and • Canned salmon pieces in clam juice. Other similar products may have also been dis-
tributed. The products were for sale online and through a Buy and Sell ad on www. buyselltrade.ca but may have also been distributed through other mechanisms. There is no identify-
ing packaging or product code on these items. These products may have been distributed throughout the province. To date BCCDC is not aware of the products being made available through retail or restau-
rants. Anyone who may have purchased these products should not consume them, and discard them. Cooking
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