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A year later, police still seeking answers to Rossland murder
A SHINE FOR THE SHOW
Tom Feeney killed on June 5, 2014 BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
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“So free and wild was the Columbia River until man set hand on land.” That's wistful senti-
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ment for lost landscape in the Columbia Basin following 1960s dam construction. But what it meant for Trail, especially in June of '48, was flooding, homelessness and the threat of typhoid fever. The Trail Daily Times front page screamed “Council Declares Emergency” June 1 that year. City council made its state of emergency call the previous evening and within hours, B.C.'s then-Premier Byron Johnson declared an
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City battles swollen Columbia River in June 1948
As the Trail Times continues to celebrate 120 years of reporting local news, we’ve donned white gloves and browsed through historical newspapers, looking to highlight some of the City of Trail’s landmark events.
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Bill Edwards was busy cleaning off every last spot on his wife Bev’s immaculate and rare 2003 Chevrolet Blazer Xtreme in preparation for this weekend’s West Kootenay Car Club’s Smoke N Steel Car Show. The Edwards’ beautiful ride will be one of many classic, restored and pimped out vehicles on display at the seventh annual Cruizn’ the Columbia Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Gyro Park. The Smoke N Steel event isn’t limited to the car show. There will also be dance in the Trail Memorial Centre gym, with music by the Kootenay All Stars featuring Gary Stewart beginning at 8:30 p.m.
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It has been just over a year, but RCMP officers investigating the 2014 homicide of Tom Feeney say it isn't a cold case. Constable Tim Russell from the RCMP Kelowna Major Crimes Office says officers and investigators aren't giving up on finding who is responsible for the death of Feeney in Rossland on June 5, 2014. “The case is still in the investigative state,” he said. “Active investigation is being followedup on a daily basis. There are still a number of investigators that are continuing to follow-up on active leads.” There were numerous items stolen from the 75-year-old's home in what police have said was a robbery that ended in homicide. None of the items have been recovered yet, but Russell says they haven't stopped looking. “The items that had initially been listed on the media conference in the first week (after Feeney was found), none of the items that we are seeking from the property have been recovered, so we are still looking for those,” he said. Although it has been a year since Feeney was discovered, Russell says there is no such thing as a cold case in the RCMP. As long as there is a lead, investigators will follow. “This unit, specifically, has investigations that are in the public's mind, considered historical,” he explained. “There are instances where those do produce new leads and we are able to follow up and bring them to a successful conclusion years later.” See SEVERAL, Page 2
emergency throughout the province. Trail council's action gave power to the city's Chief Constable John Laurie,
enabling him to swear in special constables to help protect lives and property. “Within an hour of the declaration of an emergency he (Constable Laurie) had sworn in 40 constables who were dispatched to the working areas to keep crowds of sightseers back,” wrote the Trail Times reporter, noting, “meanwhile city hall, nerve centre of the gigantic flood relief organization, has been See CITY, Page 3
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