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Numerous students took part in Pink Shirt Day at Golden Secondary School on Feb. 24. The event is celebrated across Canada and aims to raise awareness and put an end to bullying. Joel Tansey/Star Photo
Fires destroy RVs in separate incidents around town Kids ran around town for Amazing Race ..................................11
Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net An RV caught fire in the Habart area south of Golden on Feb. 20, destroying the RV and causing minor damage to the vehicle next to it. Nicholson Fire Department received the initial call from a neighbour around 6:30 p.m.
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and responded with all of its main vehicles and 10 crew members. “Once on scene we basically attacked it as an exterior attack…we were just trying to minimize the exposure the fire had to surrounding property,” said Parker Vaile, the Nicholson fire chief. The fire was suppressed quickly, and presented few challenges for the crew, although
there was some initial concern because of some propane tanks in the area. “The residents had basically used it as a storage facility and they had stacks of tires and all that stuff up against it, so it made it a bit of a jungle to get around, but other than that it was pretty straight forward,” Vaile said. Continued on page 3
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