Monday, December 2, 2019

Emergency Service Files: December 2019











Our Archive of items for the month of December, from the files of law enforcement and other emergency responders in Northwestern British Columbia.





From the North Coast Review

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RCMP in British Columbia respond to Guardian article, note damage done to relations with Hereditary Chiefs
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP's Facebook post brings heated responses to the Social Media debate chamber
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP calls for complaints commission review of RCMP plans related to Wet'suwet'en activists
City of Prince Rupert/Rescue launches Facebook page highlighting firefighting work and community engagement
Results from RCMP updates only as successful as the Questions asked 
Prince Rupert Ground Search and Rescue gain more community funding towards command centre planning
Community Gambling Funding to lend assistance to Prince Rupert Marine Rescue Society
Prince Rupert RCMP seek assistance of public in Missing persons file
For City Council it's a selective approach when it comes to National attention
Council's take away following Policing report: Prince Rupert remains a safe community
The Amwaal is celebrated as newest patrol vessel joins the Port of Prince Rupert's fleet
Tis the season for the RCMP counterattack program  
Three year sentence handed down following trial from 2017 manslaughter cases

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Prince Rupert/Port Edward/Haida Gwaii/North Coast


Prince Rupert Fire/Rescue Facebook Page

Prince Rupert RCMP Detachment website

December 17 -- Grief Counselling through the holidays (video)
December 16 -- Missing Prince Rupert woman found (video)
December 13 -- RCMP looking for missing Prince Rupert woman
December 13 -- Prince Rupert RCMP looking for missing woman
December 13 -- Prince Rupert RCMP requesting publics's assistance in location a missing Prince Rupert resident
December 13 -- Missing Person: Courtney Dudoward (RCMP statement)
December 13 -- Prince Rupert Fire Rescue responds to gas leak on Third Avenue
December 12 -- Prince Rupert RCMP investigating possible impaired driving incident
December 11 -- Sentencing hearings begin as Prince Rupert man pleads guilty to possession of child pornography
December 5 -- Masset residents receiving extra incentive to get home safe this holiday season
December 5 -- Gitga'at and LNG Canada announce new Marine Emergency Response and Research facility in Hartley Bay
December 3 -- Prince Rupert man who killed foster parents in 2017 receives three year sentence


Terrace/Kitimat

Terrace RCMP Detachment website

December 20 -- New document on the 3 murders in Northwest BC (video)
December 20 -- Christmas Tree Safety (video)
December 20 -- Holiday Safety Precautions to keep your Family and Home Safe
December 19 -- Terrace wants province, LNG Canada to help pay for more police and bylaw officers (audio)
December 18 -- Terrace Search and Rescue building progress (video)
December 17 -- Kitsumkalum family in need after fire destroys family home
December 17 -- Fire destroys family's home in Kitsumkalum
December 17 -- Fire claims Kitsumkalum home
December 17 -- Weekend fire damages home in Gitaus
December 16 -- Terrace RCMP push for designated designate driving plans to reduce drunk driving on the roads  (video)
December 16 -- Fire damages family home ten days before Christmas
December 13 -- Kitimat Cram-a-Cruiser event this weekend at Kyle's No Frills
December 13 -- Terrace RCMP fill four police cars for 9th annual Cram a Cruiser event
December 12 -- Community crams four cruisers with food bank donations (RCMP statement)
December 11 -- Cram the Cruiser Kitimat December 14 2019 (RCMP statement)
December 10 -- Terrace RCMP take more than 200 service calls at the start of December
December 10 -- Terrace RCMP start off December with 200 calls
December 10 -- Impaired driving, assaults among the weekend's calls for service (RCMP statement)
December 9 -- Terrace SAR headquarters in last stretch of fundraising
December 6 -- Kitimat won't be affected by provincial RCMP budget cuts
December 5 -- Terrace RCMP request assistance in locating a man from Kispiox
December 5 -- Terrace RCMP search for wanted man
December 4 -- WANTED: Damien Shanoss
December 4 -- Terrace RCMP looking for Kispiox man
December 4 -- Terrace Police on the lookout for Kispiox man (RCMP statement)
December 2 -- Terrace Mounties recognized for exceptional work

Bulkley Valley/Lakes District 

Smithers RCMP Detachment website

December 24 -- The RCMP sets the record straight on its protest response  (RCMP statement)
December 24 -- Logging truck driver dies near Smithers
December 23 -- One man killed in single vehicle motor vehicle incident   (RCMP statement)
December 23 -- Concerns about the RCMP activity at the Wet'suwet'en pipeline protest (video)
December 20 -- Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP calling for independent review of RCMP action to Gidimt'en
December 18 -- Smithers RCMP ramps up impaired driving enforcement for holiday
December 18 -- Way to go Burns Lake
December 15 -- Witness testimony in RCMP excessive force suit concludes
December 13 -- BV Search and Rescue receives grant from the province
December 11 -- No parole for Giesbrecht until 2031
December 11 -- Houston Rescue truck purchase approved
December 9 -- Northwest petition underway to lengthen sentence for former Burns Lake Mayor (video)
December 9 -- No parole for 12 years for Burns Lake man convicted of second degree murder
December 6 -- Petition started to call on an appeal for former Burns Lake Mayor Sentence
December 5 -- Petition calls for appeal of Luke Strimbold's sentence for sex assault
December 5 -- Luke Strimbold sentenced to two years for sex offences
December 4 -- Strimbold to serve time in jail
December 4 -- Former Burns Lake Mayor sentenced to two years less a day for sex crimes
December 4 -- Former Burns Lake mayor gets two years for sexual assaults against minors
December 3 -- Former Burns Lake Mayor expected to get sentenced tomorrow
December 3 -- Griffin makes second appearance in Smithers court

Ketchikan and Southeast Alaska

December 19 -- Two arrested for ATM theft in Hydaburg
December 13 -- Meth found in package leads to three arrests on Prince of Wales Island
December 12 -- Sitka settles police whistleblower lawsuit for $325,000
December 9 -- Coast Guard aids teenage hiker in weekend rescue
December 9 -- After second dog fatality, state to eliminate problem bear
December 9 -- State troopers' plan to move dispatch to Anchorage draws criticism from Kethikan borough
December 6 -- Fire House to see another live auction 
December 2 -- Police arrest Seward murder suspect in Ketchikan
December 2 -- Electrical fire leaves Ketchikan house uninhabitable

Miscellaneous notes

December 13 -- Cities may need to develop fire department-style agency to deal with social problems, Prince George report suggests


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