Friday, January 2, 2015
VOL. 101 NO. 35
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YEAR IN REVIEW
BNE suspect apprehended July 2 June 24, at approximately 4:40 p.m., the Quesnel RCMP received calls from two separate residents in the Uplands neighbourhood of Quesnel reporting a male entering their homes. In the first instance, two young children were home and the male entered the residence through an unlocked rear door. The suspect was startled when he saw the house was occupied and fled on a bicycle. In the second instance the male was interrupted by the resident coming home and the suspect was seen fleeing the area on a bicycle. Upon police attendance the suspect was no longer in the area. With the assistance of the public, police were able to locate and apprehend the suspect in West Quesnel.
July 4 The man charged with assaulting a police officer is awaiting his next court appearance. Ryan Kozuchar, 23, is in provincial court July 15 to consult with counsel. The alleged incident occurred shortly after 8 p.m. June 21 on the Barkerville Highway when police conducted a traffic stop of a suspected impaired driver. The officer made the legal demand for the driver to provide a sample of his breath as part of the impaired driving investigation. The driver refused to provide the required breath sample and was advised that he was under arrest for refusing to provide a breath sample. At this point, it is alleged that the 67-year-old driver and his 23-year-old male passenger (Kozuchar) became combative and began striking the officer multiple times to the head. The police officer radioed for
emergency backup. A second officer arrived on scene and came to his aid at which point the suspects fled into a residence.
July 9 Council has voted to defeat a controversial secondary suite bylaw. The vote, four against two in favour, squashed land use Bylaws 1734 and 1735 that would have seen secondary suites as a permitted use in any single detached dwelling within the city subject to a building permit authorizing their construction. Voting against was Couns. Sushil Thapar, Laurey-Anne Roodenburg, John Brisco and Mayor Mary Sjostrom. In favour was Coun. Scott Elliott and Mike Cave (Ed Coleman as not in attendance).
July 11 Love the Farmer’s Market? Prove it with a self shot of yourself enjoying your favourite aspect of fresh, farmed and local. The B.C. Association of Farmers’ Markets launched its B.C.-wide It Feels Better at the Farmers’ Market campaign and Farmers’ Market Selfie contest, in efforts to raise public awareness and entice market ‘newbies’ to discover Farmers’ Markets.
July 16 Conservation officers are warning residents to secure wildlife attractants after an increase in bear complaints. From April of this year until July 11 there’s been 229 bear complaints, almost all of them due to unsecured attractants. “Ninety-nine percent of the issue has to do with attractant management,” conservation officer Ryane McIntyre said.
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