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Smoke billowed billowed out out from from behind behind the the White White Hat Hat Cleaners Cleaners dry dry cleaning cleaning shop shop around Smoke around noon noon Monday. Monday. Firefighters Firefighters attended attended aa service service vehicle parked parked behind behind the the business business which which was was the the scene scene of of a a spectacular spectacular fire fire itself vehicle itself June June 22. 22. Monday’s Monday’s fire fire gutted gutted the the white white service service van and and took took aa few few minutes minutes to to fully fully extinguish. extinguish. van
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Instead, the the 23-year-old 23-year-old CampCampInstead, bell River man was jailed 45 days bell River man was jailed 45 days mainly for for public public protection, protection, Judge Judge mainly Douglas Cowling Cowling ruled ruled Monday Monday in in Douglas provincial court. court. provincial The judge judge sympathized sympathized with with The Steinthorson’s predicament and said Steinthorson’s predicament and said isn’t the the young young man’s man’s fault fault there’s there’s itit isn’t
little support support for little for him him in-between in-between the mental health and the mental health and legal legal systems. systems. However, he However, he couldn’t couldn’t ignore ignore Steinthorson’s recent Steinthorson’s recent past. past. In In the the last two two years, years, he’s last he’s accumulated accumulated sevseveral charges charges for eral for assault assault and and breachbreaching court orders. ing court orders. “Mr. Steinthorson Steinthorson (is) “Mr. (is) aa very very
frightening frightening individual individual when when he’s he’s unmedicated and using unmedicated and using poly-subpoly-substances, stances,”” Crown Crown prosecutor prosecutor AdriAdrienne Venturini told enne Venturini told the the court. court. Steinthorson Steinthorson has has been been diagnosed diagnosed as as aa paranoid paranoid schizophrenic schizophrenic who who has has addiction addiction issues. issues. On On June June 20, 20,
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Campbell Campbell River’s River’s Tim Tim Benoit Benoit isis facing facing extra extra charges charges from from BC BC Hydro Hydro for for his his opposition opposition to to smart smart meters. meters. Benoit Benoit is is one one of of roughly roughly 60,000 60,000 British Columbians British Columbians resisting resisting the the new new wireless wireless devices devices and, and, in in return, return, is is being being slapped slapped with with aa $35 $35 monthly monthly fee, or $420 a year, on top fee, or $420 a year, on top of of his his regregular ular Hydro Hydro bill. bill. Benoit Benoit recently recently received received aa letter letter in in the the mail mail from from Hydro Hydro stating stating he he and and his his wife wife needed needed to to make make aa decision decision by Dec. 1 as to whether by Dec. 1 as to whether they they wanted wanted aa smart smart meter, meter, aa smart smart meter meter with with the the radio radio turned turned off, off, or or to to keep keep their their analog analog meter. meter. “We “We made made aa choice choice to to keep keep our our analog analog meter, meter, which which works works perfectly perfectly well well and and investigated investigated many many of of the the issues issues around around the the smart smart meter meter proprogram gram both both pro pro and and con, con,”” Benoit Benoit said. said. “But “But now now Hydro Hydro wants wants us us to to pay pay $35 $35 aa month month above above our our regular regular bill bill for for them them to to ensure ensure their their (our) (our) grid grid works works as as planned. planned.”” The power The power corporation corporation said said in in aa letter letter sent sent to to all all smart smart meter meter holdouts holdouts that that the the $35 $35 fee fee to to keep keep an an old old meter, meter,
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