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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 2013
Artists raise funds for RCMP car AEDs
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Local artists are collaborating to raise money for life-saving equipment to be installed in police cars in Williams Lake. The event is scheduled to take place June 20 and will pair an art exhibit with live music in the Tourism Discovery Centre. Organizers hope to raise $6,000 to supply some police cars with AEDs (automated external defibrillators) and other medical equipment as police respond to all emergencies including medical ones. Tickets are $10 each and available at the Book Bin on First Avenue. For more information contact 250-305-8195.
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Mikayla Dukelow, 9, carefully eyes her target through the gunsight of a 22 calibre rifle and prepares to pull the trigger at the 42nd Annual BC Forest Service Alexis Creek Trap Shoot on Saturday. She is guided by veteran range master Mike Carlson.
Gun amnesty runs through June Monica Lamb-Yorski Tribune Staff Writer In an effort to reduce the number of firearms in Williams Lake and surrounding communities, the Williams Lake RCMP are participating in a province-wide Gun Amnesty during the month of June. “The amnesty will give residents a safe way to dispose of weapons, imitation weapons and related equipment and ammunition which they are not legally entitled to own, or which they no
longer want,” the Williams Lake RCMP noted in press release. “The amnesty provides the opportunity to reduce the number of firearms in our communities, enhancing public and police officer safety.” Unwanted weapons are a potential hazard. If they are not properly secured, they could be used by children, for example, to devastating consequences. Should these weapons be stolen in a break and enter, they could be used in the commission of a crime, the RCMP said.
People with unwanted weapons, firearms or ammunition, they may not be legally entitled to own, are encouraged to turn them in by calling the RCMP at 250-392-6211 or contacting John Pliszek, Operations Support, at 250-392-8680, to arrange for a police officer to pick up the weapons. People are asked not to deliver weapons to the detachment. “As for local firearms, it’s hard to put a number to guns that could potentially be turned in,” Pilszek said. “We know from our experi-
ence that there are thousands of firearms in this area.” Most are owned by conscientious gun owners but the RCMP regularly come across firearms that are insecurely stored or owned by individuals who do not have valid licensing to own a firearm, he added. During the 2006 Gun Amnesty, in excess of 3,200 guns were turned in to police including 505 handguns, and 725 other unwanted weapons. 96,500 rounds of ammunition, a rocket launcher, and a machine gun.
Final voting results in for Cariboo region
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Final voting results for the ridings in the Cariboo Chilcotin were announced on the BC Elections website Tuesday afternoon. In Cariboo-Chilcotin incumbent Liberal Donna Barnett received 7,679 representing 56.18 per cent. NDP Charlie Wyse garnered 4,740 votes, equalling 34.68 per cent, Green Party can-
didate Dustin Price received 747 votes, representing 5.46 per cent and Independent candidate Gary Young garnered 503, which was 3.68 per cent. Of the 20,926 registered voters in the region, a total of 13,669 voted, which means the voter turnout was 65 per cent. In Cariboo North Liberal can-
didate Coralee Oakes received 5,867 votes, representing 41.4 per cent of the total. Independent incumbent Bob Simpson garnered 5,264 votes or 37.16 per cent, while NDP candidate Duncan Barnett received 3,036 or 21.43 per cent of the votes. The voter turnout percentage was lower in Cariboo North,
with 14,167 of 23,375 registered voters casting their vote. That amount totalled a 60 per cent turnout. In 2009, the voter turnout in Cariboo North was also 60 per cent, while in Cariboo-Chilcotin it was 62.9 per cent. The provincial average voter turnout was 58 per cent in 2013.