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Gerry Frederick captured an image of two windskiers out on Elizabeth Lake in Cranbrook last week. Balmy temperatures are still in place in the Cranbrook area.
Man arrested after high risk incidents on Hwy 3 FOR THE TOWNSMAN
On January 30, 2015, at approximately 5:15 pm, members of Elk Valley and Cranbrook RCMP responded to a series of complaints on Highway 3 involving a black Honda Accord including one of a hit and run. The driver of the Honda collided with a 2002 Toyota Camry in the Galloway area, and fled the scene westbound at a high rate of speed. Cranbrook RCMP received numerous other complaints including speeds up to 160 km/hr and swerving into the oncoming traffic lane. RCMP members
were able to conduct a high risk arrest of the suspect without injury to suspect or officers The suspect, a 30-yearold male from Cranbrook, was brought back to Cranbrook Detachment and he subsequently provided samples in excess of 200 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, or almost three times the legal limit. Cranbrook RCMP are proposing charges of dangerous driving, impaired operation of a motor vehicle and fail to remain at the scene of an accident. If anyone witnessed the suspects driving behaviour, please call the Cranbrook RCMP.
Driver flees after hit and run FOR THE TOWNSMAN
On January 29, at 9:30 pm, Cranbrook RCMP received a report of a hit and run on 7th Avenue at the intersection with 2nd Street South, Cranbrook. A younger male suspect had been operating a silver car southbound on 7th Avenue when he turned into the north-
bound red Mazda, causing damage to the driver’s side of the Mazda. The driver fled east on 2nd Street and then south on 9th Avenue. The suspect vehicle should have light damage to the front bumper of his vehicle. The driver and lone occupant of the Mazda was not injured.
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Salvation Army steps up after building evacuated Empty 11th Ave. office space was being “improperly rented” for living space TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The Salvation Army was able to step in and provide emergency shelter services to roughly 16 people after they were displaced from an unsafe building earlier this week. Emergency services personnel had to remove residents of what was believed to be an unoccupied building on 11th Ave. due to fire safety concerns last Tuesday, according to Wayne Price, the director of Fire and Emergency Services with the city of Cranbrook. The building — which was formerly used as office space before sitting empty for the last 12 months — was being improperly rented out as living space, added Price. “It’s a really difficult situation for us, because our intent is not to put people out on the street, but the alternative was any type of fire in that place — in my view — a fire in that place, we would’ve had multiple casualties,” said Price. There were 16 occupants inside the building, but all 12 that were present at the time of the evacuation were able to find temporary shelter as the
A building on 11th Ave. was evacuated last week. Salvation Army stepped in to help out. While the Salvation Army was able to directly assist with shelter, the organization was also able to liaise with contacts inside the Ministry of Social Development to access provincial resources within the
city. Everyone who was displaced as part of the evacuation was able to find shelter, said Salvation Army Captain Kirk Green. “These people were caught short and that they were — in a sense — victims,” Green said.
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“They had paid their rent in good faith and now they were out on the street, so the ministry went above and beyond... As far as I am aware, not one of the persons that was in that building, is not housed.”
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