Last Tuesday (May 27), Squamish RCMP received a report that numerous information guide signs had been ripped out of their wooden stands along a trail adjacent to the Sea to Sky Gondola. Damage was estimated at around $800.
Items stolen
Also on Tuesday (May 27), police received a report that a home in the 41000 block of Rae Road had been broken into sometime between May 23 and 27. Access was gained through a bathroom window that was broken to gain entry. Passports and “a significant amount” of jewelry were stolen.
Tow truck targeted
On Thursday (May 29), police received a report about items having been stolen from a tow truck while it was parked along the road in the 38000 block of Buckley Avenue, sometime between 1:30 and 5 a.m. Stolen were a pair of 12-inch wheels to a dolly, chrome caps, a 20-inch electric cord with four-inch lights with red lenses, a six-inch-long nylon recovery strap and an eight-gallon red gasoline can. The vehicle was not damaged.
Vehicle entered
On Monday (June 2), police received a report of a vehicle having been broken into overnight while parked in the 37000 block of Cleveland Avenue. A passenger-side window was smashed to gain entry and although the vehicle was rummaged through, nothing apparently was stolen.
Laptop, bike stolen
On Monday (June 2), RCMP received a report that a home in the 2000 block of Garibaldi Way had been broken into overnight on Friday (May 30). Entry was gained through an unlocked window. Stolen was an Alienware gaming system, an LG computer monitor, a laptop computer and a black Sims Cliff Cruiser bike.
Fire restrictions imposed
Coastal Fire Centre officials have imposed fire restrictions to help prevent human-caused wildfires.
Beginning on Tuesday (June 3), fires smaller than two metres high and three metres wide are prohibited. Any burning of stubble or grass over an area less than 2,000 square metres is also prohibited, as is the use of burning barrels, officials said in a statement issued on Monday (June 2). The restrictions will remain in effect until Oct. 15.
Donna MacPherson, fire information officer with the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, said Category 3 fires larger than two metres high and three metres wide are normally carried out by professionals by permit. The fire materials are normally piled by machine, she said.
“Typically this is the type of burning that goes ahead only when you’re doing large land clearing, so those are the people who have the experience and equipment there to prevent the spread of those fires,” she said.
Campfires that are a half metre high and a half metre wide or smaller are permitted, as are stoves that use propane or briquets.
For up-to-date information about fire activity in the Coastal Fire Centre, visit www.bcwildfire.ca.
