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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 82, Issue 222 | www.dailybulletin.ca
Kimberley woman caught in immigration limbo C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kiri Talbot of Kimberley has been notified by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), on November 12 that she has overstayed her work permit and should voluntarily leave the country within 30 days. However, Talbot’s situation is complicated due to her 16-year old stepson and a looming custody hearing on December 15. She is hoping to rally some support in her home community for her problem. “We’ve got to the point where we’re desperate and need any help we can get,” Talbot said. Talbot has been in Canada since 2007, and co-owns two houses in Kimberley. She fell in love with Kimberley on a ski trip and stayed. “As a Brit, I can leave and then come back for CHRIS NEWEL PHOTO
Kimberley’s Light Up festivities were held on Saturday evening. Above, Eric from Kimberley City Bakery serves up cider and roasted chestnuts to Milo.
Cranbrook man charged with assault causing bodily harm FOR THE BULLETIN
On November 19th, 2014, Cranbrook RCMP received a report alleging that a female subject had been held against her will and assaulted at a local residence overnight. Officers immediately responded and a coordinated effort between the general duty and plain clothes officers lead to a very quick arrest of the suspect. The investigation resulted in a 32 year old man being taken into custody and charged with Assault Causing Bodily
Harm, Uttering Threats, Breach of Probation and Fail to Comply with a Recognizance. The victim had been socializing with another individual in Cranbrook when the alleged suspect showed up at the residence. The confinement and assault of the victim occurred over several hours throughout the early morning hours. Subsequent to the arrest a search warrant was obtained at which time investigators and a forensic identification specialist
conducted a examination of the property where the alleged offence took place. 32 year old Christopher Dillon Braun made his first appearance before a Judicial Justice of the Peace and has been remanded to appear in Cranbrook Provincial Court on Monday, November 24th, 2014. The alleged suspect and victim are known to each other and this was not a random attack, S/ Sgt. Dubnyk advises.
Kiri Talbot with step-son Liam.
six months at a time,” she said. She has never had permanent resident status but did apply for it when she married a Ca-
PHOTO COURTESY KIRI TALBOT
nadian in 2011. At that time she applied for permanent residency with her husband as her sponsor. See LIMBO, page 3
Search warrants executed 27-year old Kimberley woman among those charged FOR THE BULLETIN
Members of the Cranbrook and Kimberley RCMP Regional Crime Reduction Unit have been busy over the past month during which time they have executed three search warrants. On October 8, 2014, police executed a search warrant at an apartment in Cranbrook seizing cocaine, marihuana as well as other paraphernalia related to the trafficking of narcotics. Three people were charged as the result of this investigation. Cory Rene Hirt, a 27-year old Kimberley resident, has plead guilty and is currently serving a jail sentence. The two other individuals are still before the courts. On October 30, investigators from the Cranbrook RCMP General Inves-
tigation Section, the Cranbrook/Kimberley Crime Reduction Unit and the Elk Valley General Investigation Section executed a search warrant at a Fernie residence seizing cocaine and paraphernalia related to drug trafficking. That investigation is ongoing. On November 13, police executed a search warrant at a residence in Cranbrook seizing cocaine and drug trafficking paraphernalia. Aaron Blair Childress a 35-year old Cranbrook resident, was arrested and charged in relation to this investigation. Childress has plead guilty and is now serving a jail sentence. S/Sgt. Dubnyk would like to remind the general public to call the police if you note suspicious activity or are aware of any criminal behaviour in your neighbourhood. You can call the Cranbrook RCMP at 250489-3471, Kimberley RCMP at 250427-4811 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800222-TIPS (8477).