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NO WINNERS, ONLY LOSERS IN GARY ALLAIN TRIAL
When a lost temper leads to tragedy
A wind storm for the ages BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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day after the windstorm that nearly paralyzed Chilliwack, city and BC Hydro crews were still working feverishly to remove trees and restore power. “Mother Nature was certainly in a snit,” Mayor Sharon Gaetz said of the storm. “I’ve never seen anything like it and I’ve lived here all my life.” Gaetz said during the day Tuesday there were 23 road closures, 75 trees down blocking roads, and the Chilliwack Fire Department responded to 100 calls in 12 hours. “That is the equivalent of about EB IRST three weeks of calls.” First reported on And on private chilliwacktimes.com property, the damage assessment began as heavy winds throughout the day Tuesday blew over sheds, damaged roofs and knocked down trees across the Fraser Valley and beyond. The day of severe wind got worse over the dinner hour Tuesday as 110,000 BC Hydro customers were without power at the peak of the storm between 5 and 6 p.m. On social media, it seemed everyone had an anecdote to tell about damage or unusual circumstances thanks to the storm. One person shot a video of a transformer fire on Patten Avenue. Images were shared of shattered trees, overturned sheds, roof-damaged barns and trampolines that turned into
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Darcy Garnot’s daughter Kyneesha, son Kadyn and spouse Amy Kingdon hold a photo of the deceased man. BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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dramatic conclusion that day, but no one was left with any sense of satisfaction. “No matter what I do here today, everyone is a loser,” Justice Joel Groves said a few minutes before he sentenced Allain to 30 months in jail for criminal negligence causing death.
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It was April 15, 2012 just after 8 p.m. when Allain struck and killed Darcy Garnot with his pickup truck on First Avenue just east of Young Road, an act of pure rage that illustrated a staggering lack of maturity after a minor altercation a block away. { See TRAGEDY, page A17 }
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ary Allain stepped out of the prisoner’s box in BC Supreme Court last Thursday, turned, took off his blazer and stood facing the family of the man he killed, Darcy Garnot.
Garnot’s common-law spouse Amy Kingdon, son Kadyn, daughter Kyneesha and Amy’s mother-in-law watched as sheriffs emptied Allain’s pockets, placed the 64-year-old’s wrists in cuffs and escorted him out of courtroom 201 to cells at the Chilliwack Law Courts. The case may have come to a
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