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Women dies at festival BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
A women died at Shambhala Music Festival Friday but the death was determined to be from natural causes, said Sgt. Darryl Little. The deceased was from Alberta, attending the festival with her husband. The BC Coroners service attended the scene and is conducting an investigation. No further information will be made public to respect the privacy of the family. RCMP Insp. Nick Romanchuk said local detachments were
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It was all about the game of hockey and the snacks in between ice time for Home of Champions players Monday at the Trail Memorial Centre. (Left to right) Everett Webb, Scott McLaren, Nick Scully, Tommy Buckley and Aidan McKay.
Water advisory for Beaver Falls on tap BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
A water quality advisory was issued for 207 rate payers of the Beaver Falls Waterworks District (BFWD) Monday. Affected homes are located in Area A between the outskirts of Montrose to Bluebird corner and the Forsythia subdivision in Fruitvale. The water lines were installed in the late ‘50s and only certain lots remain in the BFWD, most newer homes pull water from municipal sources that are chlorinated. The notice comes after recent water test results indicated low levels of total coliform bacteria, when ideally there should be none. The bacteria is commonly found
in the environment in sources such decaying vegetation or old fecal coliforms. “This is a precautionary measure,” said Shirley Fletcher, BFWD secretary/ treasurer. “We need to warn people because coliforms can affect the health of babies and the elderly.” Water chlorination by a pump operator began Monday and will continue to Wednesday, with at-risk residents advised to take precautions until the end of the week. Residents with immature or compromised immune systems are advised to boil water rapidly for at least one minute or use an alternate safe source. “Our water comes from an aquifer,
an underground source,” said Fletcher, adding, “anything can leach through so until the chlorination is complete the advisory is in effect.” Water testing for total coliform and E. coli counts is conducted at eight sites in the BFWD on a bi-weekly basis. Fletcher is responsible for the testing, which involves visiting a rate payer’s house, and running tap water for five minutes before collecting a sample. An independent laboratory in Kelowna completes bacteriological testing and any adverse results are reported to Interior Health and the BFWD. Once the bacteria is eradicated by chlorination, a normal water notice will be issued. See MONTROSE, Page 3
busy during the fiveday festival although there were no further fatalities reported over the weekend.. As people continued to trickle out of Shambhala grounds Monday, the RCMP were maintaining road stops throughout the West Kootenay. There are multiple drug-related incidents that “we end up having to deal with,” said Romanchuk. “We’ve been busy with a lot of occurrences that are drug related,” he said, adding, “and most of what we are dealing with is hard drugs like LSD.”
House fire ‘electrical in nature’ BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Officials are calling an early morning house fire in Rossland last week “electrical in nature and accidental.” Regional Fire Chief Terry Martin, said the single family dwelling was engulfed in flames when his department responded to a call Aug. 8, just before 1 a.m. Twenty-one firefighters were on the scene and had the fire under control in two hours. There were no injuries to the firefighters or to the six occupants in the residence. Five children and one adult were present in the house and managed to escape the burning building but all family possessions were lost to the blaze. Emergency social services and the Red Cross met with the family Friday to help.
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