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Good Ol’ Goats getting the good ol’ votes Young Cranbrook band now in Canada’s top four in the CBC Searchlight contest SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Up-and-coming Cranbrook band The Good Ol’ Goats continue to turn heads across the nation, and now they are in the top four new bands in Canada. CBC’s Searchlight contest scans the country to source out the best new bands, and it has
set its sights firmly on The Good Ol’ Goats. On Tuesday, April 2, the local band, made up of Mount Baker Secondary School students, progressed to the semifinals of the Searchlight contest, placing the band in the top four in Canada.
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The Good Ol’ Goats, left to right: Angus MacDonald, Julian Bueckert, Nolan Ackert, Joelle Winkel, Angus Liedtke, Theo Moore.
Bail granted for shooting suspect Victor Gravelle, facing charges of unlawfully discharging a firearm, released on $10,000 bail SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
A 47-year-old man charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm in Cranbrook has been released on $10,000 bail. Victor Russell Gravelle appeared in Cranbrook Provincial Court on Tuesday, April 2, for a bail hearing. The circumstances of the crime as presented in the bail hearing are protected under a publication ban. Gravelle has been in custody since February 24 facing two charges of unlawfully discharging a firearm. Each charge carries a minimum sentence of four years jail. He was originally charged with at-
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tempted murder, but the Crown dropped that charge at Gravelle’s first court appearance on February 27. Gravelle appeared in front of Judge Ron Webb via video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre. Judge Webb agreed that Gravelle could be released from custody pending trial on a $10,000 recognizance, with strict conditions. A member of the Ktunaxa Nation, Gravelle must reside on the Canadian portion of the Tobacco Plains reserve. He can’t leave the reserve without written permission from his bail supervisor.
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THRUSH IN NO RUSH: Our friends the Western Bluebirds are back, taking advantage of the hundreds of nesting boxes placed around our East Kootenay fences. Sialia mexicana will spend breeding season here in its summer range, while feasting on berries and insects, including those bugs that we humans might consider pests. So bon appetit et bonne chance, Sialia mexicana.
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