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There was a large RCMP presence on Sherman Road in North Cowichan on Saturday afternoon.to help after getting a call of a man barricading in a home in a busy residential neighbourhood.
“It’s usually a very quiet neighbourhood here, so to see that contingent of police, it’s like, woah. That’s really unusual,” said Alan Holt, another neighbour who was told by police to stay in the front of his home during the incident.“I am about to be on the six o’clock news” She called 911 and fled the property in her car. Not long after, she was called by a family member concerned about a social media post her husband had just put up.
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