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IIO official, firearms expert testify at trial TRE VOR CR AWLEY
A firearms technician, investigating officer and bystander entered their testimony into the court record on Thursday in the
trial of an RCMP officer. Richard Drought is charged with careless use or storage of a firearm following a police incident in October 2012 in Cranbrook.
The case is being heard in Cranbrook Supreme Court in front of Justice Trevor Armstrong. Drought was in pursuit of a stolen SUV from a carjacking near
Yahk that ended on a rural property near the top of Victoria Avenue near the College of the Rockies Gold Creek campus in the evening of Oct. 2, 2012.
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The SUV entered a property, turned around and drove towards a police cruiser that was parked at the entrance.
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CHCA Fashion show raising funds for ICU ARNE PETRYSHEN
Maddy (Gina Martin, right) examines a plateful of the family nemesis — the Fantasia Dip — a symbol of the fraught relationship between her and her mother Ruthie (Melodie Hull), in “Making God Laugh.” Cranbrook Community Theatre’s latest production opens tonight at the Studio Stage Door. See more, Page 5. Barry Coulter photo
City going ahead with forest fire reduction plan A R N E P E T RYS H E N
Council has authorized city staff to enter into a professional services agreement for the completion of a Forest Management Plan
for city-owned forest lands. The agreement is with RW. Gray Consulting Ltd, and is up to a maximum value of $13,500, which will be funded out of the
city’s Fire Hazardous Fuel Fund Reserve. Coun. Norma Blissett was pleased to see the motion come forward. She asked whether the
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area of land between the College of the Rockies and the community forest was also included. “It’s quite overcrowded with Douglas Fir and cer-
tainly is a fire hazard,” Blissett said. “That area really puts Park Royal in danger.”
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The annual Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary Fashion Show is coming up Thursday, Oct. 15 and tickets are still available. The event is one of the auxiliary’s biggest fundraisers of the year and all funds raised will go towards purchasing equipment for the ICU expansion at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital. Odette Rouse, who is with the auxiliary, said the event has been going on for over 30 years and usually brings in around $10,000 at the auction. “We auction all the clothes that the models are wearing and it’s all clothing that came to the thrift store,” Rouse said. “We select the best and we put it up for auction that night.” Tickets are $25 and include appetizers and a refreshment. Rouse said the event usually sells out, but there are still a few tickets left this year. “All of our money goes in the same pot — whatever event we do, the thrift store, the gift shop — it all goes towards buying equipment for the hospital, which profits everybody in town,” Rouse said. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the fashion show and the event starts at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary Thrift Store.