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Cat returns home The cat came back - not quite the next day but her family couldn’t be happier. Jeff Cameron, from the Buckerfields on Springfield Road, said their store cat Annie was returned home at around 11 a.m. Wednesday, Apr. 16 after being stolen Apr. 12, and it was as though she’d never been gone. “She was no worse for wear, there were no signs of stress and she was back to her old self, greeting people,” he said. Annie was retrieved from a Thompson River Estates residence last week by Ashcroft RCMP. The cat-napper had been the the Kelowna SPCA earlier in the day looking to replace a family pet that had recently passed away. The SPCA told her they couldn’t release an animal without a proper carrier and sent her to Buckerfields to buy one. While at the store, the woman spotted Annie, who looked similar to the absent pet, and left with her instead of the carrier. This was caught on the store’s surveillance camera as well as by witnesses inside the store and out on the street, who provided Kelowna RCMP with a license plate number from the vehicle she left in.
Hopping down the bunny trail
It was a bright, fun-filled Easter Sunday for most local residents as (Below) Cache Creek held its annual Easter Egg Hunt (with hot dogs and juice) in the park, and (Above) Desert Hills Ranch held its first Easter Egg Hunt for young residents. (Above, left): Liam Woodworth holds a baby bunny at Desert Hills.
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Clinton loses power and water for Easter by Susan Swan Clinton residents had to contend with not only a power outage Easter Sunday morning but also a water outage as well. Although no cause for the power outage has been given (the fourth outage since Apr. 11), it was the power outage that caused the problems with the water system. When the power went out a valve kicked off shutting off the water supply. Since the Village of Clinton water supply is gravity driven residents were able to use water until they had used all that was in the system prior to the power outage. Village staff soon corrected the problem but had to wait until the pressure built up again before the water could be released. Resilient residents found interesting ways of cooking (and making their morning coffee!) until the electricity was restored about 10:30 a.m. Those with gas stoves had no problems and many folks used propane stoves in RVs, etc. or just made a campfire.
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