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Kootenay fire chief turns himself in over civil suit-related arrest warrant

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FILE – Grand Forks Fire and Rescue Chief James Runciman at the June 16 free appreciation BBQ outside city hall. (Karen McKinley/Black Press Media)

The chief of Grand Forks Fire/Rescue has turned himself in to authorities over an arrest warrant for a civil lawsuit for alleged unfinished renovation work.

James (Jim) Runciman surrendered to the courts in Kelowna on Friday (Dec. 15) over a warrant that was issued Oct. 11 in a civil lawsuit over unfinished contracted and paid-for work by an elderly couple who hired him to renovate their kitchen.

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