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Sex crime sentence upheld
Protect our land, say Sto:lo
NEB hears from native groups against pipeline
If opportunity ever presented itself, appellant says he would have sex with kids
BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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or Sto:lo people with links to their ancient traditions, the landscapes that surround them are not just important as sources of food, water and shelter. The trees, the mountains and the rivers are their ancestors. That was part of Albert “Sonny” McHalsie’s message to the National Energy Board (NEB) during the first day of seven days of aboriginal oral traditional evidence into the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. McHalsie is cultural adviser and historian at the Sto:lo Research and Resource Management Centre in Chilliwack. NEB panel members have been hearing from various First Nation bands between the Fraser Canyon and Vancouver starting last week, and the message is solidly anti-pipeline. U.S. bands set to give evidence on Wednesday and Thursday have scheduled a protest at Island 22 in Chilliwack against the pipeline project. The hearings held at the Coast Hotel, which continue Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, are part of the NEB process into Kinder Morgan’s application to twin its 1,150-kilometre Trans Mountain oil pipeline,
Patrons of Reapers Haunted Attraction get their fear fix in the recently rebuilt 20th anniversary version of the haunted house Saturday night.
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BY PAUL J. HENDERSON phenderson@chilliwacktimes.com
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Chilliwack man sentenced to 12 years in prison for an ongoing, violent sexual assault of his toddler stepdaughter has had his appeal rejected by the B.C. Court of Appeal. In a written decision issued on Oct. 16, the court noted that the appellant, K.D.C.—his name cannot be printed due to a publication ban—was called “daddy” by the victim. K.D.C. performed violent, nightly assaults on the girl and videotaped himself in the process. In handing down the original sentence in court in Chilliwack in July, Judge Roger Cutler said the man had a “reprehensible attitude towards the offences” and is at high risk to reoffend. In the written appeal, the court noted that during an interview “the appellant stated that he did not believe he could be rehabilitated and that he would have sex with children again if he had the opportunity.” During sentencing submissions in June, the court heard that the man was raping the girl daily from when
The thrill of being scared keeps both customers and actors coming back to Reapers
BY GREG LAYCHAK glaychak@chilliwacktimes.com
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ary Moran walks through his house past dismembered limbs and blood spattered walls casually announcing the laundry room, the storage area and the grand hall—all of them grotesque versions of common living spaces. Moran’s house is of course the famous local Reapers Haunted Attraction at Fantasy Farms. { See REAPERS, page A27 }
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