the Cariboo Advisor Wednesday, February 22,2012
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Woman critical after crash Angie Mindus Cariboo Advisor Police believe alcohol was a contributing factor in a highway collision between a pick-up and a logging truck which has left a 52-year-old Williams Lake woman in critical condition. “Her injuries are serious and she remains at Royal Inland in Kamloops,” said Sgt. Rick Lebeuf of the Williams Lake RCMP. According to police, the empty logging truck was headed westbound on Highway 20 about eight kilometres from Williams Lake when the eastbound pick-up truck
collided with it at about 12:15 a.m. Monday. LeBeuf said the police have yet to determine the woman’s whereabouts in the time leading up to the crash. “There are a lot of unanswered questions,” LeBeuf said. “But right now her safety takes precedence over the investigation.” Troy Bremner of Westline Harvesting confirmed yesterday it was one of his logging trucks and driver John Haynes involved in the collision as he was headed out to the Farwell Canyon area for a load of logs.
He believes it was Haynes quick actions in swerving enough to avoid a direct collision and in extinguishing a fire in the trapped woman’s truck immediately following the crash that may have saved her life. “It happened so fast, but he remained calm enough the make the right decisions,” Bremner said, a trucking supervisor of 13 trucks who arrived onscene shortly after the crash. “She (the injured woman) was a very lucky lady to be alive.” Bremner said the
collision occurred in an area referred to by truckers as Standard General and likely will result in both vehicles being written off. He is thankful Haynes, who along with another passing driver stayed with the injured woman until help arrived, was uninjured. “He was shook up and worried about the (other) driver, which is a natural reaction,” said Bremner of Haynes, adding the driver is already back at work. “Sometimes it’s better to get back to work (after an accident) because the longer they
A woman was sent to hospital in critical condition following a collision Submitted Photo with a Westline Harvesting log truck 12:15am Feb. 20. are at home they can get nervous driving.” He said this incident was the worst they’ve had all season hauling however you can never know what to expect when you’re in the log truck business.
Woodland Drive inches closer to having services Angie Mindus Cariboo Advisor After years of talk and months of public pressure, city staff and councillors are planning to meet with residents of Woodland Drive to discuss the possibility of providing water and sewer services to the area. “I would like to see action,” said city councillor Sue Zacharias at last week’s Committee of the Whole meeting. “I’d like a clear procedure and I’d like to get moving on it.” According to this week’s City Council meeting agenda, councillors were expected to pass a resolution last night that would direct city staff to engage Woodland Drive residents in a workshop to discuss the options available for water and sewer services. Last week, councillors agreed they were basically starting at square one after a federal/provincial grant application was turned down in January which would have helped shoulder costs of the estimated $3.5 million project. Brian Carruthers, the City’s Chief Administrative Officer who submitted a report to council on the matter, agreed the next step should be a “very frank and upfront discussion with Woodland residents,” as did Councillor Surinderpaul Rathor. “(We) can’t do anything without them knowing ... let them tell us what they can do,” said Rathor, who has
voiced support for residents in an area which he once referred to as having one of the largest residential tax bases in the city. Situated within the city limits, the affluent subdivision of Woodland Drive has certainly been a bone of contention for years regarding its water, or lack thereof. Despite being in the city, the area’s residents have each supplied their own water and sewer services since the subdivision’s creation in the 1980s. In recent years however, the water supply has dwindled or in some cases completely dried up, leaving residents to ask the City
for help. Resident Martin Sills has been a vocal supporter of services for the area, himself being plagued by ongoing water troubles. He said the problems not only affect current residents, it also impedes owners from building on or selling vacant lots. “I am very pleased that after decades of discussion, that this current council has the will and the foresight to finally put this longstanding issue to rest once and for all so the Woodland residents can finally move forward,” Sill said. At the Feb. 14 meeting, city staff presented councilors with a
report outlining several options for providing services to Woodland, the costs associated with the project as well as the cost implications and considerations for Woodland Drive residents. The report also reviewed the steps taken in the 1990s when the City expanded its boundaries to include 279 lots on South Lakeside Drive when those residents were in need of water and sewer. At that time the overall construction costs were about $8M, with residents shouldering $1.4M of the cost, the city contributing $2M while a grant for $4.55M covered 57
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