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THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015
Hottest July on record
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Exhibits matched deposits
“We are pretty rural out here but at least we know with Ford Mountain they are contained. Who knows what kind of criminals are up at this VisionQuest.”
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ocal drought and hot weather conditions continued with 14 high temperature records last month making it the hottest July in Chilliwack history. High maximum temperatures were recorded on July 2 (34.6 C), July 5 (36.5 C) and July 18 (34.7 C). The average temperature of 28.43 C for the entire month was more than four degrees higher than the 30-year average, according to Roger Pannett, volunteer weather observer for Environment Canada. Six high minimum temperatures were also recorded and five high mean temperatures. The period from late June into early July included 12 consecutive hot days with temperatures in excess of 30 C, the longest heat wave in 26 years. The hot July followed a hot June, which was also the driest June in the 120 years records have been kept in Chilliwack. Pannett said the Pacific Ocean “warm blob” lingering near the B.C. coast led to July being the seventh consecutive month of abnormally warm temperatures. Predominantly dry conditions remain, although last month did see 52 millimetres (mm) of rain, which is above average for July. Much of that fell on July 24 when Pannett recorded 25.5 mm, more than double the all-time record for the day of 11.9 mm in 1899. Slightly cooler weather over the weekend helped fire crews battling the massive Wood Lake wildfire 20 kilometres Harrison Hot Springs. The Wood Lake wildfire was 40 per cent contained by Monday and was just over 1,325 hectares in size.
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RCMP theft and breach of trust trial wraps up
-Jodie Crawford
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THE LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY Remote Chilliwack River Valley treatment facility is a much cheaper alternative than prison . . . but some are questioning the price to public safety
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there are pedophiles and sexual offenders there and they have a tendency of wandering away,’” Crawford said. “Who the hell is up there?” s the high summer sun begins The “there” in question is Visionto dip lower in the sky and the Quest at The Creek, a treatment facility crisp evenings of fall set in, for prolific offenders, located on a 32.5Jodie Crawford and her husacre site way up Chilliwack Lake Road. band Roy Wilson like to go camping and Crawford and valley residents aren’t hunting in the Chilliwack River Valley. Part 1: Lack of security the only ones asking just what type of It was on one of those trips in Octocauses concern offenders are housed at The Creek, ber 2014 when a visitor stopped at and what is being done about assuring their camp near the Riverside RecrePart 2: Stopping the the community they will be protected ation site at about the 30-kilometre revolving door from the “clients” who so frequently mark—not far from the couple’s home make a run for it. just south of Tamihi Rapids in the Elected officials and senior staff at valley. the City of Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley Regional The man got out of his GMC SUV to have a chat District (FVRD) are extremely concerned about public about a nearby drug and alcohol facility, a place they didn’t even know existed. { See VISIONQUEST, page A17 } “He said we ‘need to turn our music down because
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he circumstantial evidence against a former exhibit custodian charged with stealing $2,800 from the Chilliwack RCMP detachment is enough to convict her of theft and breach of trust. That was the argument made by Crown counsel Louisa Winn Tuesday morning in final submissions after the three-week B.C. Supreme Court trial of Jaime Tiller. “This is a simple case about a person who stole three cash exhibits and deposited them for her own benefit,” Winn told the jury of nine women and three men. “ T h o s e t h re e c a s h e x h i b i t s matched exactly the three deposits Jaime Tiller made.” During the trial, Sgt. Kurt Bosnell testified that in one instance in 2011, Tiller deposited 42 $20 bills, 12 $10 bills and eight $5 bills, for a total of $1,000. “The denominations matched precisely to that stolen exhibit,” Bosnell said. Two other stolen exhibits—one of $1,000 and one of $800—also were made up of denominations matching precisely amounts deposited into bank accounts by Tiller. Tiller was first charged with theft of close to $40,000 connected to 19 RCMP exhibits, but Crown amended the charge in June to the three files for a total of $2,800 in missing money. Crown decided it could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt Tiller was responsible for the 16 other
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