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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2013
RCMP investigate break-in
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ICE FISHING FUN ON CHIMNEY LAKE LeRae Haynes photo
Parents and kids joined workers from the Child Development Centre and area conservation officers for ice fishing and a barbecue lunch at Chimney Lake last Saturday. Here Pavneet Gill, 7, tries her hand at ice fishing. For more on the story turn to Page A18.
Williams Lake RCMP are asking for information after an attempted break and enter at the government liquor store on Oliver Street early Wednesday. Insp. Warren Brown said at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Jan. 30, police received a report of the attempted break in and when they attended the scene discovered a hole through an outer window. “The culprit had made efforts to enter by smashing out this window, however, was unable to gain entrance,” Brown said. The investigation is continuing and the RCMP is asking if anyone knows anything about the crime or saw anyone suspicious near the liquor store at that time to please call the Williams Lake Detachment at 250-392-6211 or Crime Stoppers.
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Runway funding would fall short: city Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer The city of Williams Lake is turning up the heat in hopes it will get funding to completely resurface the runway at its regional airport. In conversations with representatives of the Airport Capital Assistance Program (ACAP), the city’s been told only 5,000 feet of the 7,000 foot runway is eligible for funding. At its committee of the whole meeting Tuesday, council discussed contacting the region’s MPs Dick Harris and Cathy McLeod to request a meeting. “The MPs should be our first point of contact, as well as the caucus chair for the BC MPs, and if we have to go with the opposition MPs to get movement on this. The 5,000 foot resurfacing doesn’t meet our needs with the runway at the airport,” said Coun. Ivan Bonnell. The cost to overlay the en-
tire runway is estimated to be $7 million, the estimated cost if the city had to overlay the remaining 2,000 feet is estimated at $2.5 million. The last time the runway was resurfaced was in 1997. “Transport Canada criteria for funding is based on current commercial carrier needs, the city has two — Pacific Coastal and Central Mountain Air. Transport Canada has stated that they can only, at this time, support a 5,000 feet overlay based on the needs of the current commercial carriers,“ said Kevin Goldfuss, director of municipal services. “There are concerns with our other customers such as Air – Spray, Conair and BC Ambulance as they require more than 5,000 feet, in fact the larger ones that are required to fight fires will require the whole 7,000 feet.” Lighting is an issue too, said acting chief administrative officer Geoff Goodall. “Our consultant was saying if you shorten the runway to 5,000 feet then we’re going
Terry Payette photo
This photography of a Hercules military transport aircraft landing at the Williams Lake airport was submitted to the Tribune last fall by Terry Payette. to have to alter the lighting system to match it, but Transport Canada in a meeting said, ‘oh no, you can
just paint out the other section,’ so we’re not clear on how that would work.”