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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Orcas win medals at V.I. Regionals P. 13
Vanessa Eastman (left) and Cynthia Barry of Duncan are ready to cheer on their parents at the finish line of the Cedar 12K Sunday, Feb. 8 at North Cedar Intermediate School. The race was the third in the 2015 Frontrunners Island Race Series and was hosted by Bastion Running Club. Jeremy Clegg of Nanaimo won the race with a time of 39:57, while Kimberley Doerksen of Gibsons was the first female finisher — and 14th overall — with a time of 44:50. This year’s race attracted 382 participants. For more photos and results, please see next week’s paper. LINDSAY CHUNG
Ladysmith man charged with manslaughter Staff Writer THE CHRONICLE
Fifty-year-old Trevor George Meers of Ladysmith has been charged and is in custody following the death of a 55-year-old woman in Ladysmith on Tuesday, Feb. 3. The woman, who is not being identified at this time while investigators work to complete next-of-kin notification, died following an altercation at Campers Corner RV Park on the Trans-Canada Highway at the
south end of Ladysmith. RCMP reported in a press release sent out Feb. 5. Police officers and BC Ambulance Service paraMeers has been remanded into custody pending his medics had received a 9-1-1 call just before midnight next court appearance, which is set for Tuesday, Feb. on Feb. 3 reporting a physical altercation between a 10 via video conference. group of people at the residence. “As this matter is now before the courts, no fur“Despite the efforts of first responders, the woman ther details will be released,” Island District RCMP died at the scene,” the RCMP stated at the time. “In- spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan stated in the press revestigators are treating her death as an apparent ho- lease. micide.” On Feb. 4, police stated in a press release that Meers Meers has now been charged with one count of was known to the deceased woman, and there was manslaughter in relation to the woman’s death, the no evidence to suggest there is any risk to the public.
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