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New evidence led to stayed charge in Mountie’s trial TRE VOR CR AWLEY
After a trial that had run for seven days, Crown counsel abruptly requested a stay of proceedings for an RCMP officer who was charged with careless use of a firearm. Announced last week, the request capped off a three-year long saga for Richard Drought, a 15-year veteran of the RCMP was involved in a shooting incident in October 2012 on a rural acreage near the College of the Rockies Gold Creek campus. As part of the trial, the Crown had brought forward expert and witness testimony, including that of Nickolas Bullock, who was shot at the conclusion of a high-speed pursuit through Cranbrook.
According to a spokesperson from the Criminal Justice Branch, the stay of proceedings was requested because the likelihood of a conviction was not substantial based on the emergence of new evidence. “There was some differences in the evidence from what the Crown had anticipated in the case, and there was also some additional evidence that became available in relation to the scene of the incident and that combined to the Crown reassessing the prosecution case,” said Neil MacKenzie, Communications Counsel with the Criminal Justice Branch.
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Farmer’s market had best year yet ARNE PETRYSHEN
The Cranbrook Farmers’ Market wrapped up its summer season on Thanksgiving weekend. Organizers said the seventh year of operating the market was a good one. “It was great,” Erna Jensen, from the Cranbrook Farmers’ Market, said. “It just seems to be getting stronger every year. The number of vendors is holding strong and or growing. It’s always great when we’re attracting more and different vendors to the market.” Jensen said there were a quite a few more food vendors this year, as
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well as growers of food. They are also starting to see more vendors making food products, like raw chocolate tiers and pies. There are also a number of meat producers. “Those things are all going well and then the number of market patrons is what’s really exciting,” she said. “It just seems that the market is really such a popular place with Cranbrook folks and people who are visiting the area. It all melds together to make a really great market experience.”
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Virtuoso Natasha Hall, originally from Nelson, now from London, graced the stage with the Symphony of the Kootenays as the Symphony launched its 40th anniversary season with concerts in Nelson (Saturday) and in Cranbrook (Sunday) at the Key City Theatre. Hall, pictured with Music and Artistic Director Jeff Faragher in the background, was guest soloist on Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major. Also on the program were Forsyth’s Jubilee Overture and Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony. See more later this week in the Townsman.
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