FRIDAY OCTOBER 11, 2013
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TRAIL OF GENGHIS KHAN
TIM COPE AT MCKIM
Fillmmaker Cope visits Kimberley October 25= See LOCAL NEWS page 4
THE BULLETIN PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 81, Issue 199 | www.dailybulletin.ca
Sentencing delayed for carjacker
Nickolas Bullock’s case has been delayed to give counsel more time to prepare SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
The man charged over a carjacking near Creston last October will be waiting until later this year to learn his sentence. Nickolas Bullock was back in Port Coquitlam Provincial Court on Thursday morning where his sentencing hearing continued.
The 27-year-old man has pleaded guilty to robbery, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, flight from a peace officer, and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. However, on October 10, Judge Deirdre Pothecary adjourned the sentencing to allow defense and prosecution to look into matters that would effect her decision. The sentencing hearing was held in Port Coquitlam, but Cranbrook-based Crown prosecutor Andrew Mayes appeared via video link in the case. A video feed to the Port Coquitlam court room was set up from Cranbrook’s court house. See BULLOCK, Page 3
Film shoot leads to police takedown ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
Don’t play around with prop guns in front of a bank. That’s the lesson a couple of high school students have learned after their film shoot quickly became the subject of a full-on police takedown Wednesday morning. After a call came in, Cranbrook RCMP promptly responded to a call about a potential armed robbery at a downtown Cranbrook bank.
It turned out to be group of Mount Baker Secondary students wielding a realistic prop handgun, but the seven officers who responded had to assume it was not a drill. A passerby saw the group with the prop handgun and called it in. Immediately police descended in full force and instructed the students to get on the ground. See FILM, page 3
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Mayor Ron McRae and CBALs Kim Roberts joined the ESL class at the College of the Rockies Kimberley campus to promote Reach a Reader.
Reach a Reader in Kimberley Supporting literacy in the Kootenays C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Bulletin staff were joined by Mayor Ron McRae and Kim Roberts from Kimberley CBAL, and the Kimberley Dynamiters, to promote literacy on Thursday. Mayor McRae visited the ESL class at the the Kimberley COTR campus and also read to Mother Goose students. Later on Thursday, the Dynamiters played ball hockey with local kids who made donations to Reach a Reader. A great time was had by all. Black Press newspapers across the Kootenays, in partnership with CBAL, spent Thursday promoting the importance of literacy, and programs that support it.
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Mayor McRae also stopped by the Mother Goose program at the Blarchmont Early Learning Centre to promote the importance of beginning literacy at a young age.