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Two subjects arrested after deer traps damaged
One of the charged is DevinKazakoff, Invermere Deer Protection Soc.
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Kimberley’s 2014 cull of 30 mule deer is effectively over as four of the five clover traps
being used were vandalized and damaged on February 27. Kimberley RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel says two suspects were arrested at about 2:30 a.m.
February 27 after being observed damaging traps in Marysville. “The suspects fled on foot to a vehicle,” Newel said. “A vehicle description was obtained and
within a short time Cranbrook RCMP members located the vehicle on a side road south of Kimberley. Two males were taken into custody. A search of the vehicle located several items police believe were used to damage the traps. A search by a police dog located netting from the traps hidden in the bush near where the subjects were arrested.” Devin Kazakoff, a founder of the Invermere Deer Protection Society, is one of the two men charged. Kazakoff and another man, Lucky Gene Sikora, appeared before a Judicial Justice of the Peace in Cranbrook on Thursday, Feb. 27 on
charges of mischief, and disguising the face with intent to commit an offence. They were released for court in Cranbrook May 20th, with a $1000 bail under a number of strict conditions which include, not to enter the City of Kimberley, not to be within 500 meters of a Ministry of Forests or Ministry of Environment office or facility within the Province of BC, not to be with in 500 meters of any lawful deer trap facility, report to a bail supervisor and abide by a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Mayor Ron McRae said with only one trap left, the cull is over. “We can’t do an effective cull without suffi-
cient traps. In effect the cull is done. The permit will run out and we will not seek an extension.” McRae said that with the traps damaged in Cranbrook after a break in to the government yard in February, he didn’t believe there were any other traps left. He did not say how many deer had been culled before the traps were damaged. The investigation into the damaged traps is continuing with the assistance of Conservation Officer Services. If anybody has further information with respect to the damage they are asked to contact the Kimberley RCMP. With a file from Sally Macdonald
SCHOOL DISTRICT 6
Teachers to take strike vote this week
School closures not imminent, KTA says
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
ZOE FERGUSON PHOTO
Kimberley Gymnastics Club athletes are having a successful season. Above Katelyn Johnson, Ana Mousseau, Emery Hoko, Akaisha Duggan. See more Page 4.
Members of the Kimberley Teachers Association, along with BCTF members from across the province will be taking a strike vote this week. However, says Sally Struthers of the KTA, this
does not mean imminent school closures. “We want to reassure parents that we consider job actions and timing very carefully,” Struthers said. “We want to negotiate a deal at the table, that’s our goal. We will work very hard to get a negotiated settlement.” Teachers are disappointed, Struthers said, in the provincial governments decision to appeal a January 27 Supreme Court ruling that found the government
had acted in bad faith. “We were happy to hear the ruling from Justice Griffin. We think the government should abide by it.” The ruling ordered the province to pay $2 million in damages for stripping teachers of their collective bargaining rights and failing to reinstate them when ordered by the court. It ordered a return to the negotiated collective agreement. See VOTE, page 3
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