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RCMP and Coldstream Fire Department were called out shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday night to a spot approximately one kilometre in on the Okanagan Rail Trail.
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Each of the males, believed to be local residents, were issues $1,150 tickets for failure to comply with the fire ban.
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The three males, in their late teens or early 20s, claimed their fire was small.
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While RCMP have greater authority, in Coldstream there is zero tolerance and first offences result in a $200 fine.
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