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Vol. 63, Issue 47
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De Assumpcao murder trial delayed EK snow SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
A Marysville woman charged with murder over the March 2013 death of Jordon Lomsnes will be waiting longer for a trial. Claudia De Assumpcao
(originally from Brazil), 38, has been charged with second degree murder and arson after Lomsnes, 47, died under suspicious circumstances on March 8, 2013 in Marysville. Last November, De As-
sumpcao’s lawyer, Buffy Blakley, entered a guilty plea on her behalf and chose to have the case heard by a Supreme Court judge. On Monday, March 10, lawyers for counsel and defense were scheduled to set
a date for that trial. However, De Assumpcao’s new lawyer, Marilyn Sanford, told Justice Thomas Melnick via teleconference that she will be making an application to have the case transferred back to provin-
cial court. That application will be heard in Cranbrook Supreme Court on April 10. De Assumpcao has been remanded in custody at Alouette Correctional Centre awaiting trial.
pack at 98% of normal
Avalanche danger is considerable, report says C AROLYN GR ANT Daily Bulletin
CRAIG LINDSAY PHOTO
The Mount Baker Wild senior girls basketball team had a tough run during the provincial championship in Vancouver, but captured a team award at the end of the tournament, being voted the most sportsmanlike. See more on Page 7.
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations River Forecast Centre released its latest information on snow packs this week. The information is up to date as of March 1, 2014 and shows quite a range in terms of snow accumulation in different regions. The East Kootenay snowpack is at 98 per cent of normal. Snowpacks in the Upper Fraser are well above normal at 130 per cent, while Vancouver Island and the South Coast are very low at 53 per cent of normal. Given the time of year, significant wet weather is required over the next one to two months to recover the snow pack to normal levels in those regions, the report says. The East Kootenay should have a normal runoff year with the snow pack at almost 100 per cent of normal.
See RIVER , Page 3
B.C. teachers on board for three-step strike plan TOWNSMAN STAFF
B.C. public school teachers have voted 89 per cent to give their union authority for strike action in three stages. Shelley Balfour, president
of the Cranbrook and District Teachers Association, said she is pleased that local teachers got behind the job action. “We are over the moon
with the voting results,” said Balfour. “My membership is very active in the voting. I am very proud of everyone for taking a stand.” B.C. Teachers’ Federation
president Jim Iker said there is no set schedule on when work-to-rule action would begin. “There will be no job action tomorrow, there will be
no job action next week,” Iker said after the vote results were in Thursday evening. “It will depend entirely on what is happening at the negotiating table and whether
or not the government and the employers’ association are prepared to be fair and reasonable.”
See TEACHERS, Page 3