Coupland family frustrated as Twynstra granted adjournment
Darlene Coupland’s relatives attend court as John Michael Twynstra 47 is granted another adjournment in the fatal intoxicated driving case from July 2003. They say the delay prolongs grieving while Twynstra’s defense cites family illness and travel needs. Court moved to January 12 2004 with possible further provincial leave.
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Darlene Coupland
Wiaroily
Darlene
John Michael Twynstra
Sid Larson
Coupland
Twynstra
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Twynnstra
Randy Pick Suc
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Family pleads for speed as adjournment delays trial
Ed Larson and Coupland's family confront extended delays after a court adjournment in the hit and run and impaired driving case against Twynstra. They express pain, insist on victim impact statements, while Judge Brand weighs the procedurally delayed path to sentencing. Twynstra faces multiple charges including hit and run, impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death, and refusal to blow.
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Larson
D. Brand
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Coupland
Sylvia Takacs
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Route 36 crash kills Lethbridge mother and infant
RCMP may lay charges a week after a Saturday crash that killed Crystal Godlonton 19 and her six month old son Michael when an eastbound pickup ran a stop sign west of Brooks on Highway 36. Godlonton's companion Barry York 20 was injured. the pickup driver, 25, had minor injuries. A joint funeral is set for Thursday at 11 a.m. in Magrath.
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Brooks Rcmp
Lethbridge
Crystal Godlonton
Michael
Brooks
Highway 36
Godlonton
Barry York
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Gordon
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Drive-by shooting injures resident. police seek Cadillac owner
In the early hours on the 600 block of 20 Street NEL, a drive-by fired a single shot through a third floor apartment window. The bullet lodged in a television four feet from the window. no injuries. Constable Delirae Sharpe says the target appeared specific, not public. The incident is being investigated as possibly drip related. Police searched the area and seek tips on an older beige Cadillac, with residents told to contact police with information.
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We Teel
le Show
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Delirae Sharpe
MNPS
Brooks Man Dies in Trans-Canada Roll Over
Brooks RCMP investigate fatal single vehicle crash 20 kilometres west of town on the Trans-Canada Highway Saturday night. A pickup traveling east at 6:53 pm lost control and rolled. Jeffrey Perry, 39, of Brooks died instantly. Tyler Kube, 23, of Brooks was taken to Foothills hospital in Calgary with serious injuries. Alcohol believed a factor. driver not yet determined. Eastbound traffic shut for two hours.
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Jeffrey Perry
Brooks
Tyler Kube
Foothills
Calgary
RCMP
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