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6 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, December 26, 200 Continued from page 1 The city has about 17 large snow plows and six smaller units used to plow sidewalks. They can also call in a reserve of about 25 contractors during instances like last week‘s big snow dump, putting a total of 50 vehicles on the road, Hewitson said. Despite the extra plows, the city still received about 300 calls about snow removal over the weekend, Anderson said. "Mostly they were questions about when the plow was coming or comâ€" plaints about the plow leaving snow in front of the driveway," he said. front of the driveway," he said. But in a snowstorm as heavy as last week‘s, it‘s not always possible to hit every residential road, Hewitson said. "Our priorities are regional roads, bus routes and arterial routes," he said. "Basically our main focus is the major roads." Since the snow kept falling heavily for more than 12 hours, the major routes had to be plowed a couple of times, which kept resources off lesserâ€" travelled routes. "We can‘t allow snow to accumulate on main roads," Hewitson said. "But even though it was such a heavy snowâ€" storm, all the streets wereâ€"plowed withâ€" in a 24â€"hour period." City has up to 50 trucks at its disposal Some were plowed even sooner, Hewitson added. The province manâ€" dates that all roads must be plowed in a day and Waterloo frequently exceeds those requirements, he said. Now it‘s all about waiting, as the city gets ready for the next big storm. Waterloo regional police homicide detectives have charged a Kitchener man in connection with the death of Hugh Hunter Brown as well as in conâ€" nection with an incident on December 17, 2007 where a 35â€"yearâ€"old Kitchener man was assaulted on Kenneth Avenue in the City of Kitchener. Last Tuesday, police received inforâ€" mation through the course of the investigation that led police to Prospect Avenue in Kitchener and a suspect was arrested at approximately 3:15 p.m., without incident in the area of Weber Street and Wilfred Avenue in Kitchener. Homicide detectives have charged a 22â€"yearâ€"old man from Kitchener with firstâ€"degree murder and assault. > _ Police make arrest in death of Kitchener grandfather Trevor La Pierre made his first appearance in Kitchener Provincial Court on Dec. 19. "On behalf of the members of the Waterloo Regional Police Service, 1 would like to extend our sincere appreâ€" ciation to all citizens who have worked in partnership with our investigative team to ensure community safety. A connected community is a safe comâ€" munity, and we are grateful for the continued support of our policing efforts," said Chief Matt Torigian. Brown was a wellâ€"known figure in the community, from his days at Bell Canada and for his charitable work as a former president of the Rotary Club. He has family living in Waterloo. The 74â€"yearâ€"old was delivering Christmas cards to his neighbours when he was attacked and killed Dec. 15.