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Detonated bomb blamed for truck fire
Premier touts western growth
Jennifer Smith
Alistair Waters
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Kelowna RCMP confirm a truck that exploded in the driveway of a Rutland home, one month ago today, was the result of a bomb. During the regular Monday morning cop briefing, Kelowna RCMP spokesman Kris Clark revealed the Chevy Silverado truck, which caught fire in the 1300-block of Rutland Road North in the very early hours of Aug. 30, didn’t just catch fire, but exploded in the middle of the residential neighbourhood. The resulting fire destroyed the vehicle and was immediately labelled suspicious by fire crews and RCMP, who have been dealing with a number of bomb cases this year. “A considerable amount of planning and forethought seems to have been used as the device was placed inside the cab of the truck while it was locked and parked in front of the owner’s residence,” said Clark. The owner of the truck is a 22-year-old man who does not have a criminal record, but is known to police. He is not cooperating with the investigation. On Jan. 11, a car bomb blew up a Ford Explorer reportedly owned by Dave Habib whose brother, Dale, is linked to the Kingpin Crew, a disbanded underling Hells Angels chapter. The incident occurred near the parking lot beside Christopher’s Restaurant in the heart of the downtown core. The second incident occurred last month as well, when RCMP arrested an individual with bomb-making materials in his West Kelowna home as he was about to move them to Lake Country. At this point, law enforcement officials have not linked the incidents and say there is no tie between this latest bomb and the multi-hour lock down at Orchard Park Mall last week. That mall bomb threat turned out to be a hoax. “The good thing was 98 per cent of the public did not panic and no, there was not a bad pandemonium, but a keen interest to listen, obey and file out quickly,” said Harry Manak, one of the shoppers who was evacuated from the mall bomb last Thursday. The threat came in after a note was found on a scrap of paper left on a car in the parking lot stating there was a bomb inside the mall. No arrests have been made.
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CULTURE ATTACK…Committing their own yarn bombing on a tree in the Rotary Centre for the
Arts commons area on Saturday were Cool Arts Society members Melanie Mayrcotte, Jordan Lige and Sam Mayer with the help of society supporter Jill Labbe (right) on Saturday as part of the Culture Days festivities that took place in downtown Kelowna.
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark says it’s time for Western Canada to step up and make its “greatest” contribution to Canada— helping its economy by exporting the region’s natural resources. Clark, in an impassioned speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s annual general meeting in Kelowna Monday, said with B.C.’s liquified natural gas reserves and her government’s plan to facilitate the export of LNG to Asia, B.C. is in a strong position to help change this country forever. “We want to step up,” said Clark to a standing ovation. “We all really believe this is our time.” Clark told the Canadian chamber delegates her dream for this country is that all British Columbians and other Canadians who want to work and who can work, have the opportunity to do so. And that is why, she said, skills training has become a focal point for her government. “You cannot create an economy without the people to work in it,” said the premier.
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