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Family escapes as cabin explodes
Boy blown out of second story window when cabin explodes C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
A family vacation at a mountain cabin ended in near tragedy on Wednesday, August 13, after a propane explosion destroyed a cabin. Cpl. Ayers of the Columbia Valley Detachment says both members from his detachment and the Kimberley Detachment of the RCMP attended the scene at Whitetail Lake, at kilometre 26 on the Finlay Creek Forest Service Road. “Some time after 4 in the morning on August 13 one of the rental cabins at Whitetail exploded,” Ayers told the Bulletin. “The roof blew off and the cabin is demolished.” Ayers says two families from
Britain had rented what he described as a duplex type cabin. He says in spite of the severity of the explosion, all eight people were accounted for. “One boy, 10 to 12 years old, was flown to Calgary with lacerations, but not life-threatening,” Ayers said. Ayers says the boy was actually blown out the second floor window when the cabin exploded. He was found by neighbouring tourists from another cabin. “It was just very, very fortunate that he survived, that everyone got out,” Ayers said. “It could have been tragic.” He says that police are fairly certain that propane was the cause of the explosion. “We can’t prove it — there’s nothing left of the cabin — but we are confident that it was a propane explosion.”
Rescued bear cub euthanized C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor S. HENRY PHOTO
WIRED FOR SOUND. Volunteer Lloyd “Fritz” Fulton , at the Kimberley Underground Mining Railway, gets miked up to do a live mining show for a Shaw Cable special on the railway. The special airs August 16.
Bountiful polygamy charges approved Winston Blackmore and James Oler face charges TRE VOR CR AWLEY Daily Townsman
A special prosecutor with the Criminal Justice Branch approved criminal charges against four individuals as-
sociated with Bountiful on Wednesday. Peter Wilson approved the charges, which allege polygamy and the unlawful removal of children under the age of 16 years from Canada with the intention that an act committed outside Canada would be an offence against section 151 (sexual interference) or 152 (invitation to sexual touching) of
the Criminal Code. Winston Blackmore and James Oler both face charges of polygamy, while Oler also faces a charge for the alleged unlawful removal of a child from Canada. Additionally, Brandon Blackmore and Emily Crossfield each face a charge for alleged unlawful removal of a child from Canada. The charges were sworn
in Cranbrook while first appearance is anticipated to be on Oct. 9th, 2014, in Creston. The new charges come on the revelation of new evidence after the RCMP received a large volume of documentation seized by U.S. authorities after investigations into members of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints in Arizona, Texas and Utah. See CHARGES, page 3
The story of the bear cub, rescued and sent to the Norther Lights Wildlife Society after being hit by a car between Kimberley and Marysville has come to a sad end. The bear had to be euthanized after it was discovered that his injuries were severe. The bear was rescued by two local sisters, Stephanie and Manuela Hirn, when he was found on the highway last Thursday. Stephanie told the Bulletin that she received word from the Wildlife Society on Thursday, August 14. “Unfortunately this story turned sad. Here is what the Northern Lights Wildlife Society said:
S. HIRN
Unfortunately the bear cub had to be euthanized. “The beautiful little bear that arrived here yesterday from Cranbrook had to be euthanized. See CUB, page 4