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Times Colonist July 16, 2024 Jeff Bell jbell(at)timescolonist.com Driftwood mammoth sculpture set ablaze at Colwood beach. The Colwood Fire Department was called after the driftwood mammoth statue at Royal Bay Beach was set on fire on Monday. A man was arrested Monday morning after a driftwood sculpture of mammoths on Colwood’s Royal Bay Beach was destroyed by arson. West Shore RCMP made the arrest after finding the man nearby. Colwood Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Greg Chow said the sculpture of an adult and a baby mammoth was commissioned several years ago by an area developer. “Unfortunately, somebody set it ablaze this morning,” he said Monday. 

N.B. 'RCMP' is Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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