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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Church promotes plantbased diet ‘Forks Over Knives’ on Wednesday BY VALERIE ROSSI Times Staff
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Firefighting crews from Trail, Rossland, Warfield and Montrose battled a fire that damaged three homes in West Trail Monday morning.
Three homes damaged in early-morning fire BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The bottom of Pine Avenue and Spokane Street in downtown Trail was cordoned off to pedestrians and vehicles Monday morning as the fire department continued to investigate an early morning blaze involving three West Trail homes. At approximately 2 a.m. Monday morning, an initial duty crew of two firemen was called to the scene right at the top of Pine, where the avenue turns into Topping Street, confirmed Captain Jason Milne from Kootenay Boundary Regional
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Fire Rescue. “When the first truck arrived one structure was completely consumed,” he said. Two houses located on either side of the burning home were already ignited, which prompted a call to increase the number of crews to battle the flames. “We had to extinguish the two homes which was a challenge,” said Milne. By 7 a.m., 32 firefighters from Rossland, Warfield, Trail and Montrose, had the fire under control.
BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The verbal backlash toward Salmo Mayor Ann Henderson, four councillors and village staff has turned physical and Friday a notice was issued by the village to Salmo and area residents to help identify
the perpetrators. Vandalism to village property has increased and village staff has had tires slashed and “other events,” posing safety concerns and risk of injury, said the mayor. Salmo RCMP have been called to the village hall numerous times
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“Although the fire appears to have started in the middle home, the investigation is underway right now,” said Milne, adding, “we are treating this very seriously.” Milne said it is unknown if the middle home, at 1557 Pine Ave., was occupied, however there were no injuries to the occupants of the other two affected homes or to fire crews. The fire caused extensive damage to both homes, the loss of three vehicles on the properties, and the complete destruction of the middle home. in the last month to escort people off the site. “I am tired of the abuse and the bullying,” explained Henderson.“All sorts of thoughts go through your head because we have all been verbally abused and threats have been made.”
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A Trail church is serving up its beliefs with a the showing of a documentary that advocates a low-fat whole-food, plantbased diet as a means of combating a number of diseases. The Trail SeventhDay Adventist Church is inviting the community to indulge in a free admission evening, when “Forks Over Knives” will be played and discussion and food samples will follow. The documentary calls on a number of health specialists and researchers who claim that degenerative diseases can be controlled or even reversed by rejecting animal-based and processed food. “We can't control a lot of things in life but we can control what we eat,” said church member Val Egulf. “If we can do our part, we have a far better chance of aging gracefully.” See CHURCH, Page 3
The Salmo RCMP did not respond to questions from the Trail Times by press time. The bitter confrontation from a group of residents towards the mayor began after council opted to tender out the village garbage See COUNCIL, Page 2
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