Shuswap
SMORGASBORD EVERY Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Your Classified Connection / Vol. 26 No. 22 May 29, 2015
Lunch menu starting at
Shuswap
A3 Pollen or algae?
Ministry to conduct water testing. Plus South Shuswap A8,9 Sports
See our menu at
www.yans.ca
Famous
RESTAURANT
Dine-in & Take-out Chinese Cuisine
250.832.3007 • 880-21st St. NE (Trans Canada Hwy.)
Market News
Inside
$5.75
Hours of operation: Monday to Saturday from 11 am to 9: 30 pm, Sunday 3 pm to 9 pm
Witness saw unlit houseboat
Reinbrecht trial: Date for closing arguments to be determined June 15.
A13
Chase
A17
By Tim Petruk
kamloops this wEEk
Hot wheels
Emergency personnel respond to truck fire. Plus Together Shuswap A18 What’s On A18
Flyers z Askew’s z Canadian Tire* z Coopers* z Destination Kamloops* z Home Hardware* z Jysk* z KMS Tools* z London Drugs* z Marks Work Wear* z No Frills* z Pharmasave* z Red Apple* z Rona* z Superstore* z Safety Mart* z Safeway z Save On Foods z Sears* z Shoppers Drug Mart* z Visions* z Walmart* z Woodsman Equipment* *Limited distribution
Loving ladder ball
Evan BuhlEr/markEt nEws
n Angie Dehnke celebrates scoring seven points for her team in a game of ladder ball at the Seniors Drop-in Centre on Friday, May 22. The object of the game is to hook the ball chain around one of the ladder rungs; blue is three points, red is worth two and the white rung is a single point.
The final witness in the trial of the man accused of recklessly driving his speedboat into a houseboat on Shuswap Lake in 2010 and killing its driver has told a B.C. Supreme Court judge he nearly ran into an unlit houseboat earlier the same night. Leon Reinbrecht’s trial on one count each of criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm is now in the argument stages. The trial began in February. Reinbrecht was charged after his speedboat collided nearly head-on with a houseboat on Magna Bay on July 3, 2010. The crash, which took place following a post-Canada Day fireworks display, killed Ken Brown. Reinbrecht does not deny operating the speedboat, but his lawyers have argued the houseboat was not properly lit prior to the nighttime crash. Taking the stand on Tuesday, Alex McLean testified he nearly struck an unlit houseboat with his powerboat just before the fireworks display began. “It was what I would describe as last light,” McLean said. “It wasn’t completely dark, but it was very, very close to completely dark.” McLean, a natural-resource officer in Golden, said he slowed down to about 16 km/h as he drove his boat into Magna Bay, given the dark conditions and congested boat traffic. “Suddenly, my wife was on the bow and I was See Boater on page 2
OIL, LUBE & FILTER All Makes ~ All Models No Appointment Necessary.
Your Professional Centre
3901 - 11 Ave. NE • 250-832-6066 www.salmonarmgm.com