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Liam Wells feels what it’s like to play with the big boys as an operator on a real excavator made available for demonstration at Finning’s open house Friday and Saturday. The event allowed the public to check out several machines on display while offering free hamburgers and hot dogs.
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The RCMP suspect prolific offenders are behind a rash of crime in the Alexis Creek area this month, while they also investigate a bridge fire at the 900 Logging Road that happened Thursday. “We continue to look at enforcement efforts to put these folks before the courts,” said Sgt. Michael Hacker of the Alexis Creek RCMP detachment. “It’s a challenging environment. Most
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of these guys are identified prolific offenders who go out and commit four or five offences a night.” On Oct. 17, RCMP were advised of a fire on the forestry bridge that meets at the junction of the Taseko Lake Road and Yunesit’in (Stone) Reserve. The fire occurred around 7 p.m., Hacker said. Officers are attempting to determine the cause of the fire and while the bridge remains intact, traffic is unable to cross the bridge at this time, Hacker said.
“The main damage was primarily from heat. Any logging companies and motoring public are asked to remain clear of the area while the investigation continues.” Thursday’s bridge vandalism comes in the same month where an Oct. 3 break-and-enter at the Ministry of Forests compound on Stum Lake Road resulted in the theft of three ATVs, three pickup trucks and some power tools. So far most of the power tools and two of the ATVs have been
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recovered. “Two of the pickups were green and one was white,” Hacker said. There are no suspects identified with the break-and-enter, however, Hacker said the same people in Alexis Creek who are responsible for a good percentage of the thefts and property offences are the same individuals responsible for a good percentage of theft and property offences in Williams Lake. Increased theft drives up the cost of insurance for everyone, he added.
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