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The front window ofSears Canada Inc. was broKen Dec. 24 when a 42-year-old man from Surrey was pushed through it during a fight.

The other combatant is un- known and no charges are be- ing contemplated by the Castlegar RCMP.

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Castlegar RCMP are using a suspect's licence number to investigate a Dec. 25 hit and run.

Jonathon Heppner was stopped at Columbia Avenue and 18th Street when he was struck from behind by a vehi- cle which fled the scene.

Heppner recorded the li- cence number of the hit-and- run vehicle and police have discovered it is registered to a Nelson man.

Heppner received minor whiplash and his vehicle sus- tained some $2,000 in dam- age.

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A vehicle was damaged south of Shoreacres bridge Dec. 25, but when police ar- rived the driver was gone.

The registered owner — a 31-year-old Castlegar man — was found a short distance away and was suspected of be- ing impaired at the time.

He denied being the vehi- cle’s driver when the accident occurred.

The investigation contin- ues.

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Richard Esovoloff, 24, of Castlegar was charged Dec. 21 with failing to yield to a pedes- trian when he hit Wayne Chafe, 23, also of Castlegar.

The pedestrian went to the hospital on his own to have minor injuries examined.

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A 45-year-old man from Brachendale, B.C. was charged with impaired driving and refusing a breathalyser Dec. 23 at a Columbia Avenue road check.

The man’s name cannot be released because official charges have not been laid. The man will appear in Castlegar provincial court Feb. 3.

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Ronald Ducharme, 55, of Richmond was passing a vehi- cle on Highway 22 when he lost control of his pick-up on the icy road and rolled into the

Ducharme was taken to the

hospital to check for broken °

ribs. The vehicle was totalled and no charges will be laid by the RCMP.

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Paul Mclssac, 29, of Trail was rounding a corner on Highway 22, lost control of his vehicle and slid into the on- coming lane Dec. 23 and ran into Russell Verigin, 59, of Castlegar.

Both drivers were taken to hospital by ambulance with undetermined injuries.

Damage is estimated at $16,000 and the accident is still under investigation.

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Icy roads caused Arlene Stoochnoff, 31, of Castlegar to lose control of her vehicle on Highway 3, hit a snowbank and roll the car on its side Dec. 21.

There were no injuries and damage is estimated at $1,000.

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Victor Hoodikoff, 18, of Crescent Valley was charged Dec. 17 with driving too fast for road conditions after he lost control of his vehicle on Pass Creek Road and entered a ditch.

Almost $2, 500 damage was incurred and there were no in- junies.

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Anthony Whitelock, 48, of Castlegar was driving on Highway 3A when he lost con- trol of his car and drove into a vehicle parked on the side of the road Dec. 19.

Whitelock was taken to the hospital by a passing motorist before police arrived.

Total damage is estimated at $3, 500 and the investiga- tion is continuing.

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Shelley Blessin, 18, of Castlegar lost control of her vehicle Dec. 20 due to road conditions and struck the Bril- liant Bridge.

There were no injuries and the vehicle received some $2,000 damage.

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Darryl Gulay was parked at Gabriel’s Restaurant Dec. 20 when his vehicle was hit.

There was $500 damage to the vehicle.

Local RCMP have no sus-

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Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER

The court system has left a bad taste in the mouth of a Lasca Creek protester.

Candice Batycki was one of four people to plead guilty to a civil contempt of court charge Dec. 2 in Nelson Supreme Court.

“I don’t have a lot of faith in the legal system,” Batycki said. “My right to peaceful protest is going to be denied me.”

Batycki said by having the charges heard in criminal rather than civil court, the logging company saved itself the expense of hiring its own lawyers.

“A private company is us- ing the courts to silence pro- testers,” Batycki said.

But she also said, “I’m re- lieved we’re not going to be tried criminally. It’s a very clear message the govern- ment will use criminal con- tempt to scare people away from these kind of tactics.”

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charged with violating a court injunction Sept. 24,

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1991 by blocking an Atco Lumber Ltd. logging road at Lasca Creek, northeast of Nelson.

The trial, scheduled for eight days, wrapped up with- in 48 hours. Sentencing will be handed down Jan. 5.

Batycki said the roadblock at Lasca Creek served its purpose.

“The roadblock was suc- cessful. For 21 days we stopped the construction of a logging road which is un- precedented,” she said. “The rhetoric gets more hysterical, well that’s how you know it’s working.”

But she did say the court experience has her thinking twice about such actions.

“T don’t feel it was a waste of time or a waste of energy. I just think you should re- evaluate how you go about it”

Batycki said she is not sure if she would do the same thing again.

“That’s hard to say, maybe a year from now,” she said. “The courts haven't silenced me. I’m going to be a big-

mouth for the wilderness.”

Red inks three-year deal

Neil Rachynski NEWS REPORTER

All lifts — and employees — are operating at the Red Moun-

tain ski hill.

A strike between Red Mountain Resorts Inc. and its 91 unionized employees was averted on Dec. 20 following a con- tract agreement. Red Mountain general manager Hank Cuttell said, “we’re happy with the agreement that we just signed (Dec. 20). “They rescinded strike notice,” Cuttell said. “Their union bargaining committee has endorsed (the agreement) 100 per

cent.”

The employees are with the United Steelworkers of Ameri- ca Local 9174. They had been without a contract since Nov. 1. Spokesperson Enzo Accardo of the steelworkers Local 480, said the bargaining committee recommended the agreement to the

employees.

“It’s a three-year deal. And it was more or less all over mon-

ey,” Accardo said.

The workers had been negotiating the deal since the begin- ning of September. A union employee said members of Local 9174 accepted the offer with a majority vote of some 80 per cent.

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‘A news release issued Dec. 18 states the transfer “removes the downhill ski area from the Nancy Greene Recreation Area.”

Rossland-Trail MLA Ed Conroy said, “by removing it from the Parks department and into the Lands department it allows Lands to make the decisions.

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