Residents Of Stoney Creek Seek Tougher Stance On Drinking Following Youth Beating

Sunday, March 20, 2011 05:57 PM

Stoney Creek, B.C.- Between 70 and 80 people attended a meeting at the band office on the Stoney Creek Reserve today. The meeting was to protest recent acts of violence on the Saik’uz and seek ways to stop it.

38 recommendations came forward in a wide ranging meeting that seeks to stop the amount of liquor and to a lesser degree, drugs that have become prevalent on the reserve.

The meeting follows on the heels of the beating of 18 year old Brandon Fleur who was beaten with a baseball bat and kicked following a house party on Friday night.

He remains in hospital in serious condition after suffering severe blows to the head.

A spokesman says Fleur is now showing some initial signs that have resulted in a decision that he will not need to be flown to Vancouver for further treatment.

He was allegedly beaten by four youths aged 19 and younger following a party at Stoney Creek.

Included in the recommendations is a call for increased RCMP patrols from the detachment at Vanderhoof, a second recommendation calls on the community to move to restrict the amount of alcohol coming into the area .

A further meeting will be held tomorrow to begin to move on the recommendations.

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Posted by: supertech on March 20 2011 11:19 PM

I think they should authorize a few of their own to be the police force on the reserve because it's damn sure the RCMP aren't any good to them out that far. I recall years ago when a young girl was hit by a car and died on that road and the guily party was never charged with anything. Sad

Posted by: Andyfreeze on March 21 2011 8:41 AM

Problem with that idea supertech,is that they don't police their own band members all that well, particularly young people,and I have seen it first hand.
That is mostly because of the animosity they feel from their own people if they try to do the right thing.
Better to bring in someone from outside the community.
They also need to run the bad ones right off the rez.
Everyone knows who they are,but rarely is anything ever done about them.
This is a problem on many reserves,not just Stoney Creek.
A huge leadership issue at play here.
The chief and council have the power to change things...providing they choose to use it.