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Suspected drug lab found after stove fire sets off sprinklers Alan Campbell
Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com
Laara, of Laara’s Vacuum’s, goes scream to scream with her scarecrow at the 5th annual Steveston Scarecrow Crawl, which is in full swing across the village. See The Pulse on page 21 for more photos and online at richmond-news.com. Photo by Gord Goble/Special to the News
Mounties were called in to probe a suspected clandestine drug lab after Richmond Fire-Rescue found suspicious activity in the penthouse suite of a City Centre apartment. The fire department was called to the 9100-block of Cook Road, near Garden City Road, in the early hours of Tuesday, Oct. 14 after the apartment’s sprinkler system was set off by something cooking on the stove. A small number of residents were evacuated from the building as fire crews inspected the scene. During their search of the penthouse suite, firefighters discovered what’s being referred to as “suspicious activity,” believed to be part of an illegal drug operation. Most of the residents were able to return to their units once the fire department deemed it was safe. However, one family of two adults and two children, not believed to be the occupants of the penthouse suite, required the assistance of welfare services due to water damage in their apartment from the sprinkler system. Richmond RCMP was still holding the scene as of Tuesday morning while the drug section conducts its investigation.
Big-hearted Norman dies Alan Campbell
Staff Reporter acampbell@richmond-news.com
Known best for possibly the world’s largest “no smoking” sign on his roof, a kind heart and a man with many stories to tell, Norman Wrigglesworth died peacefully, aged 88, last Friday night in his sleep. One of Richmond’s most colourful characters, Second World War veteran Wrigglesworth had been in and out of hospital for the last couple of months
with various health conditions, including pneumonia. Around 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, however, a nurse at Richmond Hospital checked on Wrigglesworth, only to discover he had passed away. His close friend, John O’Sullivan, said the nurse had checked up on a sleeping Wrigglesworth around 11 p.m. “She said he opened his eyes and said quietly, ‘I’m ready to go,’” said O’Sullivan, who’s also the executor of
She said he opened his eyes and said, ‘I’m ready to go.’ - John O’Sullivan Wrigglesworth’s will and estate. “I took a deep breath when the phone went. I kind of knew what the call might be. He was some man and see WILL page 4
Norman Wigglesworth, non-smoking crusader and WWII vet, died Friday after a series of health complaints.
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