THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2015
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Harrowing earthquake experience Anne Coulter safe in Katmandu after being caught up in Nepal earthquake, avalanche
Culprits admit fault in illegal dumping TREVOR CRAWLEY
Two dump truck loads of pavement were dumped on private property in Marysville, which touched off an RCMP investigation. The property owner, Kerry Murray of Unique Windows and Solariums in Kimberley, contacted police after finding the pavement dumped over an embankment. On Wednesday afternoon, the culprits contacted Murray and confessed to making an “honest mistake” in dumping the pavement. They have admitted fault and are taking steps to clean
up what was dumped, added Murray. “Someone Saturday night came in and dumped two dump truck-loads of asphalt over the bank right by Kyle Creek.” Police were looking for a black dump truck with white lettering that entered the property on Saturday, April 25, between 5 and 6 p.m. After writing about the dumping on Unique Windows and Solariums Facebook page, the post went viral within the community and the culprits eventually Two dump truck loads of pavement were dumped on private came forward. property in Marysville, which touched off an RCMP investigation. AR
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A gathering for the Day of Mourning took place across Canada on Tuesday, April 24, and in Cranbrook, at Rotary Park. The day honours those who have been injured or killed on the job, and this brought awareness to the 173 B.C. workers that died on the job in 2014. Organizers and presenters included various union leaders and members of the East Kootenay Labour Council.
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tremendous noise and the walls started to crumble and the floor was shaking back and forth like we were sand being sifted.” They made it out into the open, but found themselves in the path of the avalanche. “Nima (their guide) yelled and we all ran for cover and made it behind the same teahouse just in time,” Coulter wrote. “I tried to crawl under a bench as stone from the walls were crashing down on top of me but my legs stuck out and that’s when my ankle got injured — not broken but bruised and swollen and sore — good enough to get me on the last helicopter flight on Monday.” Coulter, Campbell and Nima then dug out a friend from Sweden, and started making their way back to the village of Langtang, thinking the larger town would be a better place to be.
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Cranbrook residents Anne Coulter and Jim Campbell are back in contact with friends and family after a harrowing experience in Nepal. Coulter and Campbell were caught up in the earthquake that devastated the Himalayan country Saturday, and were also hit by a subsequent avalanche. Coulter explained in a letter posted on social media that she had just made it back to Katmandu, and was waiting for Campbell to join her. Coulter had injured her ankle in the avalanche, and was airlifted back to the city separately. Coulter wrote of what happened when the avalanche struck. “Jim and I were having a lovely trek up the beautiful Langtang valley and had just arrived at the upper village of Kygin Gompa and were in the process of ordering lunch when the quake hit. There was a
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