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Dangerous driving search finds cache of stolen goods
Sam Waddington speaks during the city councillor all-candidates meeting at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre on Monday. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Burning questions for council candidates Jennifer Feinberg The Progress Most of questions fired out at would-be councillors at the all-candidates’ meeting were on topics ripped from Chilliwack headlines. All 17 council candidates were on stage Monday night, as they vied to make an impression on the large crowd of more than 400 people who showed up at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre. Topics ranged from recognition by Chilliwack of unceded territories, where the Aevitas waste recycling plant should be sited, and whether the risks
of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion were worth it. Here are some of the questions and responses. On Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion the question some were asked was: “In case of a spill municipalities will likely be first responders and possibly saddled with a portion of the cleanup costs, where do you stand on the pipeline expansion and do you think the risks are worth it? Incumbent Chuck Stam cast doubt that municipalities “will be saddled with the cost,” of a spill. Kinder Morgan would be getting a “hefty bill” if that were the case.
“We’ve outlined our concerns,” he said about Chilliwack’s issues, as covered by the FVRD as an intervenor in the NEB hearings. Candidate Dick Harrington said he has concerns about the expansion, and possible leaks. “I don’t think the risks are worth it,” Harrington stated. Candidate Patti MacAhonic answered similarly “not worth it,” adding that events in Burnaby raise even more ques-
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tions. Candidate Gerr y Goosen later tackled the same question in round three, on the environmental risk the pipeline expansion poses, and reminded ever yone the country was “built co on risk” and “We should be taking sh risks to keep movri ing forward.” in On the growing truck traffic in at Lickman, all four candidates expressed the need for improvements to infrastructure to relieve the pressure.
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An investigation into a bizarre chase down Evans Road early Halloween morning has uncovered a cache of stolen goods, and led to multiple charges against two individuals. Chilliwack RCMP were following up on a complaint of dangerous driving when they located a stolen vehicle. That complaint had stemmed from an incident that began in the early hours of Oct. 31. An RCMP member had seen a vehicle pulling a trailer southbound on the Eagle Landing Parkway, drifting across the center line as it went. The officer turned his car around and followed the truck, which veered into oncoming traffic. It then went through the Evans Road roundabout in the wrong direction. The officer turned on the patrol vehicle’s lights and sirens in an attempt to get the truck to pull over. The driver ignored him. The truck sped up on Evans Road, still driving the oncoming lane and forcing another 10 vehicles off the road. Another five were forced to the side on South Sumas Road, at which point the officer decided it was too dangerous to continue. “A suspect has been identified,” RCMP Const. Ashley St. Germaine said at the time. Three days later police searched a property in the 4700 block of Columbia Valley Highway near Cultus Lake. What police found included vehicles, travel trailers, quads, motorcycle, and a transport trailer, along with other property. Police are still trying to determine the rightful owners. Two individuals have been charged: Blake Dunstall, 30, of Chilliwack has been charged with multiple counts of possession of stolen property, multiple counts of driving while disqualified and breach of probation. Dunstall was also charged with flight from a peace officer and dangerous driving stemming from the Oct. 31 incident. Melody Lingenfelter, 33, of Chilliwack, has been charged with multiple counts of possession of stolen property and identity theft.