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The Big Chill
Jaffray firefighters took part in ice rescue training last weekend on Tie Lake. Here volunteer firefighters break through the ice and fall into the frigid waters. Despite the special suits to keep them dry, diving in was still quite the wake-up call! See Page 15 for more. PHOTO BY LOREE DUCZEK, RDEK
THE WEATHER THAT WAS, 2012
To everything there is a season B.C. flooding that hit Kimberley, Wasa named Canada’s third biggest weather story of 2012
SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
It was a memorable year in weather. 2012 started with a snowy winter, leading into a mild April, followed by record rainfalls and flooding in June, a blessedly dry summer, and more rain in the autumn. Environment Canada meteorologists issued a wrap-up of the year in weather this week, and B.C.’s flood-
ing was named the third top weather event for the country. “I’ve looked at over 100 weather events in Canada and boiled it down to ten top stories. Number three in the national roll call of weather in 2012 was the B.C. flooding, which I called larger, longer and lethal,” said David Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada. Kimberley and Wasa
were both hit by flooding last year. In late April, Morrison subdivision in Kimberley was under water as Lois, Kimberley and Mark Creeks flooded, causing a state of emergency and home evacuations. Two months later, in late June, Wasa was under water as the lake rose at a rate of one inch per hour.
See LOCAL, Page 4
One of Calgary’s most wanted among those nabbed in Cranbrook raid ANNALEE GRANT Townsman Staff
The Cranbrook RCMP detachment have nabbed one of Calgary’s most wanted in a drug bust on January 11. Robert Bach, 35, who is wanted on charges of robbery in Alberta, appeared in Cranbrook Provincial Court on January 16 where he pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine. He was sentenced to one month in custody – to be served at a B.C. institution. The possession charges stem from a search warrant executed by the Cranbrook RCMP detachment on January 11 at 8th Street North in Cranbrook. Once inside the residence, the members arrested three
POSTMEDIA NEWS/MONTREAL GAZETTE
Robert Andrew Bach
males and one female after locating 68 tablets of ecstasy, a
15-gram bag of cocaine and five smaller bags of cocaine. Each smaller bag contained about a half gram of cocaine. RCMP also seized evidence that supported a charge of trafficking and a set of brass knuckles. Under the Criminal Code, brass knuckles are considered a prohibited weapon. Cpl. Chris Newel of the Kimberley/Cranbrook detachment said cocaine is typically sold in half-gram to one-gram portions, and the seizure is considered a major one for the combined detachments. “Drugs are a concern to everyone in the community,” he said.
See RCMP , Page 4