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The Belarko Wildlife Viewing Platform near Bella Coola in Tweedsmuir Park on the Atnarko River recorded 550 bear sightings (lots of repeat bears) and 2,600 visits last year. For more on the fall start up of this unique opportunity to view grizzly bears during their fall fishing season in our region turn to Page A5.
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Alberta man pleads guilty in fatal crash Greg Sabatino Staff Writer Supreme Court Justice Patrice Abrioux will sentence an Alberta man today for the death of Williams Lake’s Kyle Vigeant and the serious injury of Joseph Morey. Kurtis James Roby, 23, of Grande Prairie, pleaded guilty in Williams Lake Supreme Court
Monday two years after a vehicle he was driving on Chimney Lake Road June 24, 2013, crashed and left Vigeant dead and another Williams Lake man, Morey, paralyzed from the waist down. Roby entered guilty pleas to three charges including dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm and failing to stop at the scene of an
accident. He was originally also charged with theft over $5,000 and possession of stolen property over $5,000. On Monday, Justice Abrioux heard a recount of events from Crown Counsel Sabina Thompson following Roby’s guilty plea. Thompson said Roby visited Williams Lake in the spring of 2013 when on June 23, 2013, he
and two friends picked up Vigeant and Morey in what was later discovered to be a stolen Dodge Ram pickup truck, purchased alcohol, then travelled to a campsite at Chimney Lake before deciding to return to Williams Lake at around See FATHER Page A3
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