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Sun Mine information Council votes to release as much financial information as possible C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley residents will soon have more information on the Sun Mine Project as City Council voted Monday to release as much information as is legally possible. Coun. Darryl Oakley made the motion, saying that he understands under the Community Charter that some information cannot be released. “I just want to release what can be released. I get asked so often about the Sun Mine project. It has been going on for some time.” “I suspect within two or three weeks we will be able to release the whole thing,” said Mayor Ron McRae, just prior to Council voting unanimously to support Oakley’s motion. Kimberley voters approved the borrowing of up to $2 million for the Sun Mine in a referendum held at the time of the last election in 2011.
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Kimberley was more than well represented at the Volunteer Appreciation Awards at St. Eugene Golf Resort on Tuesday night, with the Farquhar family of Myra, Helen, Grant, Haylie and Brayden receiving the Volunteer Family of the Year award and the Kimberley Arts Council being named Volunteer Group of the Year. See more, page A4.
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Four years since Mayook double homicide RCMP are still seeking tips in the May 2010 murder case as family of Leanne MacFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor wait for answers Townsman Staff
It has been four years since Leanne Mac-
Farlane and Jeffrey Taylor were killed in a house just outside Cranbrook in what police call a horrendous case of mistaken identity. MacFarlane, 43, and Taylor, 42, had been living in the rental house beside the Highway 3/93 rest stop in Mayook for three months on May 29, 2010. That morning, the couple were shot in their home. MacFarlane died at the scene; Taylor died of his injuries later that day. Po-
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lice quickly determined it was a case of mistaken identity. No arrests have ever been made, and Cpl. Jason Smart with the Southeast District Major Crimes Unit said the RCMP is still very much investigating the case. “We are still actively investigating this matter. It’s not something we have ever stopped investigating; we will continue on with this until we get some kind of resolu-
tion,” said Cpl. Smart. Major Crimes is based in Kelowna, but investigates serious crimes throughout the B.C.’s southern interior. Cpl. Smart heads a team of investigators that regularly travels to Cranbrook to pursue tips on the case. “We are still getting tips and we are still following up and we have a team dedicated to solving this,” he said. See HOMICIDE, page A5