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Thursday, December 8, 2022
Valley RCMP not responsible for man’s death: IIO CITIZEN
Jon Coleman (left) and other members of the Cowichan Tribes-owned Khowutzun Development Corporation are blocking work at the site of the new Cowichan District Hospital on Bell McKinnon Road over union issues. (Robert Barron/Citizen)
Picket line stops work at new hospital halt on Dec. 2 after members of Cowichan The province’s Ministry of Health said talks Tribes-owned Khowutzun Development Cor- continue to try to resolve the situation. Work on the new Cowichan District Hospital poration began picketing the site. Jon Coleman, a Cowichan Tribes member and The picket lines were still in place as of Mon- owner of Duncan-based Jon-co Contracting, on Bell McKinnon Road, the costs for which have increased to $1.45 billion, ground to a day morning, with no work happening at the site. Continued on A16 BY ROBERT BARRON
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The Independent Investigations Office has determined that the RCMP is not responsible for the death of man on Nov. 29 near Lake Cowichan. In a statement, the IIO explained their reasoning. At about 2:25 p.m. on that day, police received a report that a man driving a black Toyota Tacoma was alleged to have committed an armed robbery in Chemainus. Police attempted to stop the Tacoma twice but were unsuccessful. The Tacoma was last seen at about 3 p.m. in Duncan. Two civilian witnesses observed the Tacoma driving at approximately 3:30 p.m. Neither heard any unusual sounds at the time, and neither remained in the area they saw the truck. At about 4 p.m., police located the Tacoma parked on Highway 18 near Lake Cowichan. Officers attempted to get a response from the driver but were unsuccessful. When police approached the truck at about 4:45 p.m., they saw that the man had suffered a self-inflicted injury and was dead. The chief civilian director of the IIO, the independent civilian oversight agency of the police in British Columbia, has reviewed the evidence, including medical information and police records, and determined that police are not responsible for the man’s death. The IIO investigation is now concluded.
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