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Vol. 63, Issue 104 Proudly serving Cranbrook and area since 1951 www.dailytownsman.com $ 1 10 INCLUDES G.S.T. < Skapski signs contract Ice goalie inks with New York Rangers | Page 7 An abundance of bruins > Slow down in Kootenay National Park | Page 12 MONDAY JUNE 2, 2014 TownsmanBulletin Like Us @crantownsman Follow Us 290 Wallinger Avenue, Kimberley 250-427-2221 www.caldwellagencies.com Caldwell A gencies The Hometown Experts with a World of Experience ® ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff A flight route from Cranbrook to Spokane is a possibility in the fu- ture, and in fact a char- ter is a possibility now, according to the Cran- brook’s airport manag- er. “I could activate it to- morrow, I just need a little incentive to throw on the table,” Tristan Chernove, airport man- ager at Kootenay Rock- ies International Air- port, said at the May 26 council meeting. Mayor Wayne Stetski had asked what the chances of set- ting up the flight would be. Chernove said Pacif- ic Coastal is licensed to fly charters into the U.S., and Integra Air will fly charters to Spokane and other locations, but the carriers would need more reassurance of passengers before com- mitting to a flight. He said they would have to figure what the commu- nity would be willing to put forward. Chernove also spoke to recent success at the airport, where passen- gers traffic is up 11 per cent over last year. ARNE PETRYSHEN PHOTO The Cranbrook Farmers’ Market kicked off Saturday, May 31, with produce, baked goods and crafts from all over the region. Chris Laskowski and Karen Lonon were stocked up with pepper plants and herbs ready for sale from Kandi Collection in Cranbrook. See more in Tuesday’s Daily Townsman. BARRY COULTER PHOTO A ribbon-cutting ceremony announcing the relaunch of River’s Crossing development (formerly known as Shadow Mountain) was held Friday, May 30, at the adjoining Shadow Mountain Golf Course club house. See full story, Page 3. Left to right: Marty Gunderson, River’s Crossing Project Manager; Darryn Burant, Site Manager; Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski; Brenda Owe, Sales Executive; Munir Virani, CEO Westpoint Capital (new development owners) and Irene Barnes, Sales Executive. Charters to all over: Airport reports growth SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff Koocanusa reservoir should be within five to seven feet of full this summer, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps operates Libby Dam, the energy generating facility that controls the flow from the reservoir into the Kootenay River downstream of Koo- canusa. This week the Corps joined BC Hydro for a series of public meetings, one in Baynes Lake and three in the U.S., to discuss predictions for sum- mer operations of the dam. Both BC Hydro and the Corps were a little reluctant to offer predictions for the season this year, since the past two years have been anything but predict- able in the region. In 2012, above average snow pack and a June full of rainstorms saw wide- spread flooding in the Columbia Basin. BC Hydro and the Corps reached a rare agreement that allowed Koocanu- sa to go a foot above its full level to prevent further flooding downstream in Idaho and Kootenay Lake. Koo- canusa saw record amounts of water flow into it in the month of June 2012. Dam operators are predicting nearly-full season at Koocanusa Unless we have a 3rd consecutive June of record-level rainfall, Koocanusa should sit within seven feet of full this summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says See NEARLY-FULL , Page 4 See AIRPORT , Page 4

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Page 1: Cranbrook Daily Townsman, June 02, 2014

Vol. 63, Issue 104 Proudly serving Cranbrook and area since 1951 www.dailytownsman.com

$110INCLUDES

G.S.T.

< Skapski signs contractIce goalie inks with New York Rangers | Page 7

An abundance of bruins >Slow down in Kootenay National Park | Page 12

MONDAYJUNE 2, 2014

TownsmanBulletin

Like Us

@crantownsman

Follow Us

290 Wallinger Avenue, Kimberley ❘ 250-427-2221 ❘ www.caldwellagencies.com

Caldwell AgenciesThe Hometown Experts with a World of Experience®

ARNE PETRYSHENTownsman Staff

A flight route from Cranbrook to Spokane is a possibility in the fu-ture, and in fact a char-ter is a possibility now, according to the Cran-brook’s airport manag-er.

“I could activate it to-morrow, I just need a little incentive to throw on the table,” Tristan Chernove, airport man-ager at Kootenay Rock-ies International Air-port, said at the May 26 council meeting. Mayor Wayne Stetski had asked what the chances of set-ting up the flight would

be.Chernove said Pacif-

ic Coastal is licensed to fly charters into the U.S., and Integra Air will fly charters to Spokane and other locations, but the carriers would need more reassurance of passengers before com-mitting to a flight. He said they would have to figure what the commu-nity would be willing to put forward.

Chernove also spoke to recent success at the airport, where passen-gers traffic is up 11 per cent over last year.

ARNE PETRYSHEN PHOTO

The Cranbrook Farmers’ Market kicked off Saturday, May 31, with produce, baked goods and crafts from all over the region. Chris Laskowski and Karen Lonon were stocked up with pepper plants and herbs ready for sale from Kandi Collection in Cranbrook. See more in Tuesday’s Daily Townsman.

BARRY COULTER PHOTO

A ribbon-cutting ceremony announcing the relaunch of River’s Crossing development (formerly known as Shadow Mountain)was held Friday, May 30, at the adjoining Shadow Mountain Golf Course club house. See full story, Page 3. Left to right: Marty Gunderson, River’s Crossing Project Manager; Darryn Burant, Site Manager; Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski; Brenda Owe, Sales Executive; Munir Virani, CEO Westpoint Capital (new development owners) and Irene Barnes, Sales Executive.

Charters to all over: Airport

reports growth

SALLY MACDONALDTownsman Staff

Koocanusa reservoir should be within five to seven feet of full this summer, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Corps operates Libby Dam, the energy generating facility that controls the flow from the reservoir into the Kootenay River downstream of Koo-canusa.

This week the Corps joined BC Hydro for a series of public meetings, one in Baynes Lake and three in the U.S., to discuss predictions for sum-mer operations of the dam.

Both BC Hydro and the Corps were

a little reluctant to offer predictions for the season this year, since the past two years have been anything but predict-able in the region.

In 2012, above average snow pack and a June full of rainstorms saw wide-spread flooding in the Columbia Basin.

BC Hydro and the Corps reached a rare agreement that allowed Koocanu-sa to go a foot above its full level to prevent further flooding downstream in Idaho and Kootenay Lake. Koo-canusa saw record amounts of water flow into it in the month of June 2012.

Dam operators are predicting nearly-full season at KoocanusaUnless we have a 3rd consecutive June of record-level rainfall, Koocanusa should sit within seven feet of full this summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says

See NEARLY-FULL , Page 4

See AIRPORT , Page 4

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For the townsmanOn May 28, 2014 the

St. Mary’s Band devel-opment corporation, ?aq’am Community En-terprises (ACE); entered into a business relation-ship with Canfor on the management and de-velopment of the Band’s two forest licenses.  The St. Mary’s Band also en-tered into a Memoran-dum of Understanding (MOU) with Canfor in the area of capacity building and business development.

“I am very excited about the outcomes that have been developed between the two Par-ties,” said the St. Mary’s Band’s Chief Operating Officer Jodi Gravelle.  The relationship build-ing to date shows a very promising outlook for this partnership and I am looking forward to our organization work-ing with Canfor to incor-porate our Communi-

ty’s principles and goals.”

The nature of the new formalized rela-tionship between ACE and Canfor comes in the form of two fiber rental agreements. ACE will be collaborating with Can-for to manage both their renewable and non-re-newable forest licenses. Management of the agreement, which in-cludes the harvest of timber and reforestation responsibilities, will re-sult in increased reve-nue for both ACE and Canfor over the dura-tion of the agreements.

“We see a lot of lead-ership in this area from the Ktunaxa Nation,” stated Thomas Lewis, Vice President Wood-lands for Canfor.  “We share a lot of the same values in forest steward-ship and community values as the St. Mary’s Band.  Today, I see this step of signing these

agreements as solidify-ing a strong relationship in building skills and ex-perience in resource management.”

Key provisions of the MOU between the St. Mary’s Band and Canfor include identifying po-tential operating areas and identifying a collab-orative Forest Steward-

ship Plan (FSP). The MOU also states that each business will re-spectively support and procure each others’ business activities whenever possible, and acknowledges the im-portance of environ-mental stewardship to both the St. Mary’s Indi-an Band and Canfor.

“This is a significant step forward for the Community’s Develop-ment Corporation and achieving our goals in sustainable resource de-velopment throughout the Territory,” said Becky Pelkonen, Direc-tor of Community & Economic Develop-ment for the St. Mary’s Band.  “The Corpora-tion’s mandate is to achieve wealth for the Community within the context of the Commu-nity’s Ktunaxa values

and principles.  This partnership will allow us to continue to act as leaders in this regard.”

“We have experi-enced a great learning curve in working with the St. Mary’s Band,” stated Grant Neville, First Nations and Plan-ning Coordinator, Koo-tenay Region for Canfor.  “It has been very re-warding in all that we’ve learned in this process with the team at the Band.  I am excited to work with everyone fur-

ther in increasing eco-nomic value to both Ca n f o r a n d through?aq’am Com-munity Enterprises.”

The relationship is only a starting point for the two companies, who each hope to prosper economically through-out the area. It is the goal of both Canfor and ACE to continue to sup-port the goals of the St. Mary’s Band through collaborative business activity.

The St. Mary’s Band and Canfor Enter into New Business and

Capacity-building Relationship

Partners formalize forestry relationship

Submitted

Representatives of the St. Mary’s Band development corporation, ?aq’am Community Enterprises (ACE) and Canfor met on May 28 to work out an agreement on management and development of the Band’s two forest licenses.

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Monday, June 2, 2014 Page 3

LocaL NEWSdaily townsman

Larry BeLzac photo

The last week of May Mount Baker High School class of 1964 held its 50th anniversary at the Heritage Inn. Former students from as far away as England and California joined the group here in Cranbrook.

Barry Coulter

There was a buzz of op-timism in the air this week-end, as the Cranbrook de-velopment on the banks of the St. Mary River was re-launched under new man-agement.

The residential devel-opment formerly known as Shadow Mountain had been hit hard by the eco-nomic downturn of 2008/2009, and has been in a state of suspended an-imation for the past few years.

But on Friday, a rib-bon-cutting ceremony was held, announcing that the property now known as River’s Crossing was open for business under new ownership. The sales office is currently in the golf course club house, where the ceremony was held.

Munir Varani — Chief Executive Officer of Ed-monton-based Westpoint Capital which recently purchased the develop-ment — was on hand, as was Norm Chauvette, the CEO of Denille Industries, the Edmonton-based oil and gas company which earlier this year purchased the Shadow Mountain Golf

Course (still known by that name).

Virani told those as-sembled that while the de-velopment has had its share of challenges, West-point Capital has the “ex-perience, skill and know-how to navigate around those challenges.”

The golf course has been in steady operation over the past few years, of course. And on the devel-opment itself, more than 45 lots have been sold, and some 10 houses are actual-ly occupied.

Virani said the process of taking over an existing development is different from starting a develop-ment from scratch.

“There are a lot of exist-ing vested interests,” he said. “A lot of blood, sweat and tears have (already gone into the project), and we have to pay attention to those interests, including the golf course.”

He said there were sev-eral key ingredients to making a project such as this successful. First is fi-nancial stability (“which Westpoint Capital and De-nille Industries can pro-vide, Virani said).

The second is the sup-port of the community, es-pecially the City of Cran-brook.

“Before we even got in-volved, we met with the City and had some very supportive dialogue. One of the reasons we got in-volved was having that support from the City.”

Virani also mentioned the strong team the project had in place: project man-ager Marty Gunderson, site manager Darryn Bu-rant, and the “sales power-house team” of Irene Barnes and Brenda Owe. Relationships with neigh-bouring St. Eugene Resort and New Dawn Develop-ment were also good, he said. And the area had three “star attractions: the world-class golf course, the world-class mountain views and the St. Mary River.

“Where do you get that trifecta of star qualities within a city — Cran-brook?” Virani said. “That’s what’s really got us excited.

“There’s a lot of hard work ahead,” Virani con-tinued. “It’s a sprint, not a marathon. But we’re excit-ed about the project, about

the community and about the team. We’re in it for the long haul.”

River’s Crossing is working closely with the adjoining Shadow Moun-tain Golf Course, and Norm Chauvette, CEO of Denille Industries, said “the goals and interests are aligned to make this the best place in Canada.

“We’re off to a great start,” he said. We’re fully intending to make this the best golf course in the area.

“If we give the people what they want — great customer service and a su-perior project — they’ll come in droves.”

Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski said the re-vitalization of the project was a further sign that local economic indicators were good. City business licenses number about 1,400, and Stetski said a further 52 letters welcom-ing new businesses had been sent out so far. And as Cranbrook is considered the sunniest city in B.C., Stetski said Friday’s cere-mony represented Shadow Mountain coming out of the shadows and into the sunlight.

Ceremony officially announces River’s Crossing to the community

Barry couLter photo

A table-top scale model of the Shadow Mountain Golf Course and River’s Crossing Development on display at the golf course club house.

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Then, last year, after the Corps had predicted a sedate rise of Koo-canusa through spring, the region was hit by a massive rain storm at the end of June.

The storm, which flooded parts of the East Kootenay and southwest Alberta, again saw re-cord amounts of inflow to Koocanusa.

“June 2012 was the record precipitation month for the whole month. And then in three days (in June 2013) we got 70 per cent of that precipitation volume,” said Joel Fenolio, Upper Columbia Senior Water Manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

In one day, Libby Dam saw the highest in-flow peak it has experi-enced since it was built in 1972.

Before the storm hit, the dam was seeing 30,000 cubic feet a sec-ond come in. Over the course of three days, that tripled to 90,000 cubic feet a second.

In a normal spring, the peak inflows are be-tween 50,000 and 60,000 cubic feet a second.

“That was completely unexpected,” said Feno-

lio. “Luckily there wasn’t a lot of snowpack and that storm last year hit above the dam. Bonners Ferry was five feet from flood stage.”

Downstream, Koote-nay Lake didn’t experi-ence flood concerns, ei-ther.

This year, both BC Hydro and the Army Corps are hoping for a more predictable sea-son.

“We are hoping for 2011 again, where we had above average snowpack conditions, not unprecedented pre-cipitation, it just kind of dribbles off. That would be the best scenario at this point,” said Fenolio.

Snowpack in the re-gion that feeds into Koo-canusa is at about 120 per cent of average.

“For the fourth year now, we are seeing above average snow-pack conditions. So we are watching that care-fully,” he said.

The Corps has just finished a week where the maximum amount of water was let go through Libby Dam, an attempt to encourage endangered Kootenay white sturgeon to move

upstream from Bonners Ferry to spawn.

The largest freshwa-ter fish in North Ameri-ca, white sturgeon can grow to 12 feet in length and weigh up to 1,000 pounds in their 100-year life span.

The fish, which don’t begin reproducing until about age 30, have been in decline since the 1950s.

Biologists are trying to entice the fish to spawn upstream of Bon-ners Ferry, where the river bed is covered with gravel, instead of down-stream of Bonners Ferry where the sandy, silty river bed suffocates the eggs.

So far, experiments have failed to see the sturgeon spawn further upstream. But last year the U.S. Fish and Wild-

life Service saw some re-sults, thanks to the max-imum outflow tests that are being repeated this year.

“We did see a higher proportion of tagged spawning sturgeon mi-grate upstream of Bon-ners Ferry, but it doesn’t look like they stayed there very long or that they spawned up there, which is what we want them to do,” said Jason Flory, a fish and wildlife biologist. “But it was enough of a difference to justify doing it again, to see if we could do some-thing maybe a little bit different to give them

that final push up-stream.

“We just finished the first peak to coincide with the local low-eleva-tion snow melt. Then once the higher eleva-tion snow melt starts to come off, we will start the second peak. We will hold the peak power-house flows for about seven days and then it will start to taper off, de-pending on flood con-trol operations.”

Fenolio said that, given the above average snowpack, once the sec-ond peak outflow period ends in June, the Corps may continue to let the

maximum amount out of Libby Dam.

“We are probably going to make a decision on whether we are going to continue releasing powerhouse just to con-trol how fast Libby re-fills.”

The Corps is predict-ing that, bar another June like the last two, Koocanusa will be with-in five to seven feet of full pool around the middle of July.

Koocanusa is consid-ered full at 2,459 feet. The Corps would like to see the reservoir no higher than 2,454 this summer.

Nearly-full season predicted for reservoir

He said the increase could in part be at-tributed to increasingly competitive airfare, an incrementally maturing tourism environment in the East Kootenay and continued refinement of the airport’s multi-media marketing and awareness initia-tives.

The new non-stop flight to Kelowna makes up about one per cent of that growth.

January and March saw the biggest increase with passenger num-bers increasing to 10,556 in 2014 from 9,231 in 2013 in January, and 11,390 from 10,154 in March.

Since January, there has also been a weekly charter to Kearl Lake, north of Fort McMur-ray, operated by Sun-

west Charter to trans-port workers. Integra Air has also provided three golf charters to St. Eugene from Fort Mc-Murray during the first quarter.

Chernove said the airport has also been looking at ways to com-municate with the pub-lic. One of those ways is a website feature that helps people assess the cost of airline travel compared other forms of transportation.

“It’s figuring out how much it’s actually cost-ing in when it comes to mileage on your vehi-cle, fuel, parking, hotels, things like that,” Chern-ove said, adding that he’s heard criticism that if the flights end up costing more than the alternative, it won’t be good for the airport.

“I said, ‘well actually it is good,’ because if people can give me that, I can go back to the air-lines and say ‘you’re missing it by $75, this doesn’t work’ — that’s a good tool.”

Chernove said year end passenger numbers are projected at four per cent above budget.

He also spoke about some of the projects at the airport.

The largest project planned is the airfield electrical infrastructure budgeted at just over $1 million. Chernove said that Transport Canada Airport Capital Assis-tance Program advised that the project won’t proceed in 2014. The program has acknowl-edged that the project is eligible and intend to fund it for 2015 or 2016 verbally.

Another $80,000 has been budgeted for the Concrete Apron Rehab. An assessment of the condition of the con-crete apron has been completed and for-warded to Transport Canada’s program as well. Discussions are underway between the airport and Transport Canada on the eligibili-ty of the apron rehabili-tation. The apron is the area of the airport where airplanes are parked, unloaded, re-loaded, refuelled or boarded.

There are also plans to redo the apron side-walk at a cost of $15,000 and a parking lot expan-sion at a cost of $20,000. The contract for the parking lot expansion has been awarded to McElhanney Consult-ing Ltd.

Airport reports growthContinued from page 1

Continued from page 1 “We have heard from marina owners that when we fill it right to the top, they lose all their beach space so they prefer us to be in the top 10 feet,” said Fenolio.

Predicted operations are to keep the reservoir at that level until the end of August, when the Corps will begin letting water out of Libby Dam, aiming to be down to 2,449 by the end of Sep-tember.

Meanwhile, BC Hydro will again spend more than usual on de-bris removal in Koo-canusa this year.

“Typically we spend in the range of $75-90,000. This year we are going to be spending $140,000. That is going to facilitate some addi-tional work that results from all of the debris from the last two years when we had those high water levels. It just takes time to clean it up,” said Diane Tammen, East Kootenay community relations manager.

“We got some really good feedback last year. I got lots of calls from people saying how pleased they were with the debris removal.”

Contractor Purcell Services, which has been performing debris removal on Koocanusa for the past 22 years, has already begun that work this spring.

Submitted

Predictions from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are that Koocanusa reservoir will peak at about 2,454 feet this summer, near the end of July.

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Kimberley Daily Bulletin promote recycling.

We use vegetable-based inks, and our newsprint, tin and aluminum waste is recycled.

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Monday, June 2, 2014 Page 5

OpiniOn/EvEntsLetters to the editor

Municipal auditorI would like to commend Kimberley

City Councillor McCormick for putting forward the motion to have the Provin-cial Auditor do an audit of the Flume Project. I feel this is an absolute must for the following reasons:

1) Mayor McRae stated that the flume project would cost up to $4.25 million and they were hoping for federal and pro-vincial grants of one third Federal, one third provincial and one third ($1.41 mil-lion) to be paid by taxpayers of Kimber-ley. This was approved under the Alter-nate Approval Process. As of the May 21, 2014 council meeting the cost of the Flume project has risen to $6.8 million of which $4.76 million has to be born by taxpayers.

2) If reason No. 1 has anything to do with poor planning and execution of a project, what are the chances of the same being true to the cost overruns on the Aquatic Centre, Bootleg Gap that started out with a budget of about $4 million and ended up around $10 million and for that matter, any project the city does, whether it be Capital works or infrastructure maintenance and repair could be subject to cost overruns.

3) I believe the citizens of Kimberley should have peace of mind, knowing the city is carrying out it operations and proj-ects in the most proficient and cost effec-tive manner possible in order for taxpay-ers to get the best value for their tax dollar.

4) The Cost of this Audit would be in-significant if only compared to the cost overruns on the Flume Project.

So I challenge the city, if you feel there is nothing that could be learned from hav-ing a complete, and I repeat, complete audit of city operation, stop worrying about a few dollars for an audit. Approve this request and prove to taxpayers they are getting good value possible for their tax dollars. It would be money well spent.  

This is one project I would be one hundred percent in favor of.

Syd FletcherKimberley

Flume projectWe are long term residents of Kimber-

ley and we love our community. For many years we have worked with others to make Kimberley a better place to be. We have been active in the Chamber, the Bavarian Society, Winter Fest, July Fest, Kimberley Now, Summer Theatre and many other activities.

For the past three years we have been watching with interest as the City moves forward with the flume project. We, like many others, were pleased to learn that the City has at long last obtained some federal and provincial grants totalling over $2 million. However, the recent announce-ment does not alleviate our concerns in regard to the planning and management  of this very major, and very expensive,

project, and as a result, we would like to request that Mayor and Council put the project on hold while a proper final plan is prepared. (an integrated plan) which takes into account all things that can or will be affected by this project.

1. We need to know exactly what we are doing — especially since the life of the project is to be at least 100 years.

2. We started with a $4.25 million proj-ect which the Mayor stated was all inclu-sive, but this spring after a lot of time has passed, it was announced that the cost to completion may $6.8 million. So now we have a project which is just over one third complete but is 60 per cent over budget. What happened to the Mayor and Coun-cil commitment to a maximum of $4.25 million? We believe that they have lost all their credibility.

3. Once the final plans are completed they should be presented to citizens with ample time for public review and discus-sion prior to implementation.

4. The Council needs to be part of the planning process prior to finalization of the plans. Up until now when a Council-lor is asked what is happening, we are told that they don’t know.

5. It is clear that the Mayor and council fumbled the ball when they applied for the grant which should total $4 million for a $6.8 million project. Why did it take two years to find the proper grant program?

6 Bridges need to be a looked at as an important part of the plan. Is it wise to replace a low maintenance steel bridge with a high maintenance wooden bridge?

In conclusion we are asking all con-cerned citizens to express their concerns about the management of this project to the City Council and the Auditor General.

Pat and Shirley RossiKimberley

teachers’ job actionUp to now, I’ve tried to stay out of this

never-ending fiasco, but after reading Ms. Rayburn’s letter (Monday, May 26) that is so full of misrepresentations, I feel I have to respond.

She claims Canadian provinces spend $1,000 more per student than does B.C. Here are the real facts:

B.C. records the second-lowest spend-ing per pupil in Canada, after P.E.I., at $11,832 according to Statistics Canada’s latest figures, for 2010-11.

But B.C. is among a cluster of provinc-es with per pupil funding within spitting distance of the $12,000 mark. It’s spend-ing is only marginally lower than Sas-katchewan, Nova Scotia, Quebec and New Brunswick.

As for devoting $1,000 less per pupil than the national average, the country-wide average — $12,557 in 2010-11 — re-flects per pupil funding that is, not $1,000, but rather $725 than what B.C. spends.

But even that disparity is not terribly relevant. That’s because the national av-erage is totally skewed by out-sized

per-pupil funding in the northern territo-ries, of between $18,000 and $20,000. Among Province, B.C. does not spend substantially less.

The Stats Canada numbers for 2010-11 show, on “average renumeration per educator in public elementary and sec-ondary schools,” B.C. teachers are sec-ond-highest paid among the provinces, and northern territories too, earning an average of $80,582, excluding fringe ben-efits and pension funds.

Another important piece that the BCTF has been misinforming and dis-honest about is that for years they have been saying that there have been cut-backs in education.

This is simply not true. All you have to do, is look at the provincial budgets for the last 14 years or so, and you will see that along with healthcare, education is the only area that avoided getting cut-back. This included the very bad few years following the 2008 crash. 

The BCTF not only want to negotiate for teachers on traditional matters that unions do, such as wages and benefits, they actually want to run the education system in our province. An example of this, is their big issue of negotiating class sizes. This is like me being in the private sector telling my employer what kind of work load that I will do. Most of us know how far we would get with that.

I feel it’s time the wings were clipped on this pampered and privilaged group. They were made this way by many suces-sive governments, particulary of the “so-cialist” variety. Unfortunately, most teachers will never realize this unless they work in the private sector and this not likely to happen.

I feel that more than anything else, the BCTF resembles a political organization and as such are still trying to fight last years election. We all know how much the people of B.C. turned their backs on BCTF’s political views.

Neil MathesonCranbrook

Correction to letter: election case

Brent Bush wishes to correct a state-ment in his letter-to-the-editor published in our May 29th issue.

It is not true to state that “Violations of the Canada Elections Act ... have been confirmed by the Supreme Court of BC.”

The Court ordered a new trial, and, as our original story stated, the ruling ques-tions whether it would make sense to proceed with that new trial against the former MP’s campaign official, who was not accused of any financial impropriety.

Both Mr. Bush and the Townsman re-gret any inconvenience or embarrass-ment to Mr. Venier or any reader arising from the inaccurate statement in Mr. Bush’s letter.

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ONGOING Help Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cranbrook: One way you can help is by donating to our “Blue Bin” located outside to the left of Wal- Mart. This bin is there for any clothing items or soft items. (250)489-3111 or email us at @bigbrothersbigsisters.caDance/Practice: every Saturday. Practice from 7 to 8 PM, dancing until 11 PM. Dance With Me Cranbrook Studio, 206-14 A 13th Street, South, behind Safeway.Volunteers are needed to assist sta� with childminding while parents attend programs at the Kimberley Early Learning Center. Come play!! Weekly or monthly for 2 hours. Diana 250427-0716 CRANBROOK QUILTERS’ GUILD hold their meetings every 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm upstairs in the Seniors’ Hall, 125-17th Ave. S. Everyone welcome. Info: Donna at 250-426-7136.Cranbrook Writer’s Group meet on the 4th Monday of the month at the Arts Council. Engage in writing exercises, constructive critiques & share in information on upcoming literary events & contests. Cbk and District Arts Council, 104, 135-10th Ave S, CBK. info: 250-426-4223 www.cranbrookanddistrictartscouncil.com ICBL-Duplicate Bridge–Senior Center in Cranbrook. Mon & Wed 7pm, Thurs & Fri 1pm at Scout Hall, Marysville. Info: Maggie 250-417-2868.Bibles For Missions Thrift Store, 824 Kootenay St. N., Cranbrook - serving our community to bene� t others - at home and abroad. We turn your donations into helping dollars! Open Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Phone 778-520-1981.East Kootenay Women Executives & Entrepreneurs (EKWEE) meet the � rst Monday of every month at the Heritage Inn, Dining Room Annex, 7:00PM. Join us for of the menu dinner 5:30-7:00. Pay your own tab. Networking, share accomplishments, education. Bev Campbell 778-481-4883Cranbrook and District Arts Council bears for the summer long business ‘Teddy Bear Hide and Seek’ and the August 23rd Teddy Bear Picnic, available at the Gallery, 135-10th Ave. S., Cranbrook. Proceeds to Arts Council projects. Sponsored by Spring Honda.Royal Canadian Legion Branch 24; Friday Meat Draw: 4:30- 6:30, Saturday Meat Draw: 3:30-5:30. Seniors Autobiographical Writing for those aged 60 or wiser at the Kimberley Library. No writing experience necessary. It’s free. Tuesdays 10:00 - Noon. Register: Kim Roberts CBAL Coordinator 250-427-4468 or [email protected] Cellar Thrift Store Open Mon. to Sat., noon to 4:30 p.m. Our revenues support local programs and outreach programs of Cranbrook United Church. Baker Lane Entry at 2 – 12th Ave. S. Cranbrook, B. C. Donations of new or gently used items welcome.

UPCOMING2014 FREE PUBLIC SWIM Wednesday, June 4th, 5:00-6:00pm is sponsored by Mark Creek Lions Club.Legion Branch 24 will be having Barbecue Burgers and Wieners to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day on: June 6th staring at 5:30 for members and invited guests. Info: 250-426-8531Photography Hike-Sat, June 7, Leader Lyle Grisedale 427-5153. Meet at the Higgins St entrance at 9:00 am for a 3 hour meander on nearby trails as we search for photographic opportunities. Consider bringing wide angle, macro and medium telephoto lenses and a tripod. We’ll explore the park through the camera lens. 63rd Annual Redding Rose Bowl, June 7 & 8 at Kimberley Golf Club. Friends, Fun, Food, Golf. 2-Lady Team Eclectic Best Ball. Early bird draw May 23/14. Entries available at www.kimberleygolfclub.com.During Marysville Daze the Marysville Schoolhouse will be open to the public. On Sat.June 7th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. On Sun. June 8th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Everyone welcome.Rotary Way Day Celebration, Saturday June 7th, 11:30-2:30, Rotary Park, Cranbrook. Old fashion family picnic. Fun, games, food! Bring a picnic or purchase there. Fun for the whole family!SPECIAL OLYMPICS GARAGE SALE Sat. June 7, 8:00 am - 2:00pm, 225 11th Ave. S, backlane garage. Kootenay Ice Jersey ra� e- tickets .50cents. Co� ee, doughnuts available.Decadent Dessert Tea & Fashion Show, June 7, 2014 from 2-4pm. Cranbrook United Church, 2-12th Ave. S.Municipal Pension Retirees Assoc, (MPRA) meeting: Mon June 9, 10:45 a.m., Heritage Inn Hotel, 803 Cranbrook St. N. Guest speaker: Kathleen Murphy, Healthy Lifestyle Through Healthy Eatin. No Host Luncheon. 12:00 Noon.Cranbrook & Distric Arts Council Meeting June 11th, Library Manual Training Bldg, 7:00pm. 250-426-4223 [email protected]� ray-Baynes Lake Farmers’ Market, starting Saturday, June 14th and held every Saturday morning throughout the summer at the Baynes Lake Community Centre. Hours: 9:00am to 12:30 pm. For more information, phone 1-250-429-3519SOCIAL ~ Dance to Chapparal at the Cranbrook Seniors HALL, June 14, 7 pm. All are welcome. Refreshments served. Admission 10. Call 250.426.4826 The Friends of the Cranbrook Public Library presents “Leftover Craft Supply Sale.” All crafters are ending up with an overabundance of supplies and are wondering what to do with it. June 14, 2014 at the Manual Training Center adjacent to the Library. For table reservation: Kelly Widmer, 250-426-3638.

SubmittedThe Jaffray-Baynes Lake

Farmers’ Market opens its doors for the 24th season Sat-urday, June 14 at the Baynes Lake Community Center. The hours for the outdoor market will be from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will beheld every Saturday throughout the summer up to

Labour Day Week-end.A wide variety of quality

items that are either home-made, home-baked, home-grown, or home-produced will be offered for sale at each of the 12 markets. There will be gar-den produce, honey, fruit, wooden furniture, toys, garden planters, eggs, knitted items,

children’s clothes, jewelry, quilts, and much more.

The Baynes Lake Commu-nity Hall Society and Folks will also be offering a pancake breakfast every Saturday throughout the summer from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Baynes Lake Hall. Other food concessions will also be offered

at the market.The market is located within

minutes of the Koocanusa Ma-rina, the Kikomun Creek Pro-vincial Park, and the many other marinas, and recreation-al areas of the South Country.

The popular market is a fun place for great buys for every member of the family.

Jaffray-Baynes Lake Farmers’ Market opens June 14

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The people have had enough. They have demanded action, by golly, and the Canadian government is

taking action. Fast, decisive action.The issue? Treatment of veterans.The action? $4 million worth of com-

mercials.That’s right. In re-

sponse to the truly tragic deaths of five Canadian veterans by suicide thus far in 2014, the federal government — no wait, they insist on being called the Harper government, so that’s what we’ll call them — the Harp-er government has come up with com-mercials that proudly proclaim how much is being done to assist soldiers in the transition back to civilian life.

Yup, we’ve got a big problem so let’s throw a commercial at it so people think something is being done.

Surely you have seen the ads. The Harper government bought time during the hockey playoffs for maximum cover-age, so as best inform the public of their heroic efforts on behalf of the real heroes.

Of course critics say that the Harper government leaves it to private agencies such as the Veterans Transition Network and Canada Command to do the real work and that far more funding needs to be provided for soldiers returning from Afghanistan with Post Traumatic Stress

Disorder. The funding needs to go to pro-grams, critics say. Not commercials.

The Harper government has not helped itself with its own Minister for Veterans Affairs Julian Fantino. Fantino has a remarkable ability to come across

as completely unfeeling to-wards veterans. As recently as last week, the wife of a soldier with PTSD tried to approach Fantino as he left the House of Commons. She wanted to talk about providing assistance for caregivers dealing with

loved ones with PTSD. She has had trou-ble getting MPs or the Minister to return her phone calls so she decided to ap-proach Minister Fantino in person.

And right there in front of the TV cam-eras, Fantino refused to speak to her.

Jenifer Migneault later told CBC News, “I’m offended. A man like that is sup-posed to be so proud of my husband’s service? C’mon, that’s a joke. ... We’re the ones who live 24 hours a day with their heroes.”

Last year, Fantino ran afoul of Veteran groups when, attempting to meet with them to explain the closing of some Vet-erans Affairs office, he arrived more than an hour late to the meeting. And in fact he blamed the unrest among veterans on “fear-mongering” by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), one of the

largest unions in the country which rep-resents Veterans Affairs staffers affected by the closures. Oh, and he also got huffy when an elderly veteran had the audacity to shake a finger at him.

“This finger-pointing stuff doesn’t work very well with me,” he was quoted as saying.

So as much as the Harper government likes to tell us, through commercials paid for with our money, what a great job they are doing assisting veterans, they leave in place a Minister who can’t take a fin-ger-shaking from an outraged vet. By the way, after the finger-shaking, Minister Fantino stormed out of the meeting, ap-parently outraged and insulted by the whole thing.

This is not to say the Harper govern-ment does nothing for veterans. There are programs that assist veterans, but five suicides just this year indicate that more needs to be done. Much more.

Five suicides in returning veterans is an outrage. It should not be happening. These people made it out of a situation in which they risked death. Surely, when they get home that risk shouldn’t be there.

More needs to be done. And I don’t mean more commercials telling us what a great job the Harper government is doing.

Carolyn Grant is Editor of the Kimberley Daily Bulletin

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Skapski inks entry-level contract with Rangers

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TRE VOR CR AWLEYSports Editor

Mackenzie Skapski has taken the next step of his hockey career, signing an entry level contract with the New York Rangers on Friday.

The Kootenay Ice goaltender had been working out the details throughout the week with the organization, but made it official be-fore the weekend.

“You play a season and you don’t really know what to expect,” said Skapski. “This is sort of a time where it’s more of a wait-and-see game and there are a lot more negotiations going on, but it just hap-pened to work out for me this year and I’m very thankful for it.”

He was New York’s 170th overall selection in the sixth round of the 2013 NHL Draft.

Skapski played in 53 games with the Ice this

season, good for a 2.70 goals against average and a 0.916 save per-centage.

He tallied 28 wins—one in a shutout—while manning the crease in the regular season. He continued to come up big after regulation, picking up five of his victories in the shootout.

He missed part of the early season with a low-er-body injury, sitting out for 10 games before returning to action, which was a self de-scribed turning point.

“I would say my con-sistency was better this year than it was the year before,” Skapski said. “Obviously, my first 10 games of the season, I had my ups and downs, and then I had my inju-ry, but after, I felt I was very consistent all the way through.”

His second game back from injury, he

made a career-high 51 saves to help the Ice steal a 3-1 win in Prince George against the Cou-gars.

He plans to spend the off-season in his hometown of Abbots-ford, and will head to New York after the 2014 NHL Draft for a pros-pects camp.

But the real test will be in September, when he goes back to the East Coast for the main training camp, where he could have a chance to turn pro in the AHL or the ECHL.

“I’m really looking forward to it, so obvi-ously, it’s opening a new chapter for next year or the year after,” said Skapski. “Like any-thing in hockey, noth-ing is guaranteed, but I’m sure I’ll have a chance at it and hope-fully I can make the jump or return to Koo-tenay.”

Kings move into Stanley Cup final with 5-4 OT victory over Blackhawks

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CHICAGO - Alec Martinez scored at 5:47 of overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chica-go Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals Sunday night.

Martinez’s shot went off Black-hawks defenceman Nick Leddy and over goalie Corey Crawford, stunning the sellout crowd at the United Center and leading to a wild on-ice celebration for Los Angeles. Leddy was disconsolate as the Kings gathered in a big huddle along the boards.

Los Angeles improved to 7-0 in elimination games with its third Game 7 win on the road this post-season. It will host the New

York Rangers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night.

“We never say die ... someone described us as a bunch of cock-roaches that don’t go away,” Mar-tinez said.

Justin Williams and Tyler Tof-foli each had a goal and an assist for the Kings, who once held a 3-1 lead in the series, only to have the defending champion Blackhawks come back to force Game 7. Jeff Carter scored his ninth playoff goal in the first, and Marian Ga-borik had the tying goal midway through the third period.

Patrick Sharp scored two goals for the Blackhawks, who blew a 2-0 lead. Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist, and Patrick Kane

had two more assists.Chicago’s loss means Detroit

remains the last NHL team to win consecutive titles in 1997 and 1998.

The Kings also got 37 saves from Jonathan Quick in another resilient performance for Darryl Sutter’s team. Los Angeles trailed San Jose 3-0 in its first-round se-ries and was down 3-2 to top-seed-ed Anaheim in the second round before rallying each time.

Gaborik, Williams and Mike Richards each improved to 7-0 in Game 7s. Sutter moved to 7-3 in such games, breaking a tie with Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bow-man and Pat Burns for the NHL record for most coaching wins in Game 7s.

Raonic and Bouchard advance at French OpenC ANADIAN PRESS

PARIS - Milos Raonic and Eug-enie Bouchard made history for Canada on Sunday as both pow-ered into the quarter-finals of the French Open.

Eighth-seeded Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., dispatched Spain’s Marcel Granollers 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, while Bouchard cruised past Germany’s Angelique Kerber 6-1, 6-2.

“I’m not surprised to make by first Grand Slam quarter-final but I would not have thought I would

have done it first here on clay,” said Raonic. “I’ve always felt I could play well on clay.

“The key is not making much of a change in my game just for the clay. I’ve been trying to keep what I’ve been doing on the hard-courts.

Raonic will be the first Canadi-an man to play a Grand Slam quarter-final since Mike Belkin at the 1968 Australia Open. He is also the fourth Canadian man in history to reach the last eight at a major: Robert Powell (1908, 1910

and 1912 Wimbledon), William Johnston (1922-23 US Champi-onships) and Belkin.

Bouchard is the first Canadian woman to make the quarter-fi-nals in Paris since Helen Kelesi did it in 1989.

Raonic will face Serbian sec-ond seed Novak Djokovic, a win-ner over France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 6-4, 6-1. Bouchard needed just 52 minutes to defeat Kerber. She’ll face Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarter-fi-nals of the women’s tournament.

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you request it. A child or new friend could become quite con-trolling. Detach some. Tonight: Let the good times roll. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You could be taking on too much, even for you. Allow great-er give-and-take within a rela-tionship. News from a distance will be exhilarating, but think before rushing into action. You might be looking at some long-term ramifications. Tonight: Sort through invitations. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Dive into work, and get as much done as possible. Everyone has his or her limits, and you are no different. Someone might want to be a more active leader and have more control. How do you feel about the situation? What works best for you? Tonight: Re-lax at home. BORN TODAY Former U.S. first lady Martha Washington (1731), philosopher Cornel West (1953), novelist Thomas Hardy (1840) ***

Dear Annie: Thirteen years ago, my son met “Nadia.” She became pregnant and brought my first beautiful grandchild into the world. After they married, I did many things for her and enjoyed her company. They now have another child, a son who is 8. Nadia was fired from her job after breaking some rules -- I don’t know which ones -- and hasn’t worked since. She also doesn’t cook, clean or do laundry. My son does all of these things after a full day at work and then helps the kids with their homework and bedtime routines. I’m a former private investigator. A few years ago, I caught Nadia cheating and dis-covered that the other man lived with his mother and had custody of his child. I didn’t want my grandchildren to have divorced parents, so instead of telling my son, I called this man’s mother. I told her to end things, or I’d inform her ex-daughter-in-law about the affair and she could gain custody of those kids. The affair ended. Last year, I noticed that Nadia was paying a lot of attention to my granddaughter’s horse trainer. A mutual friend told me that Nadia has been sleeping with this man for two years. Nadia texted graphic details to this friend, which she forwarded to me. The friend told my son about the affair, and he sent Nadia packing. But she convinced him that the friend was lying, and he took her back. Annie, I have the proof in those text messages, but I don’t think my son can handle it. Their home life is a disaster. My grandson has stress migraines, and my granddaughter is angry. It upsets me terribly to see my son treat-ed in such a degrading way. Do I share the truth or wait until the children are grown? -- Grandmother in Distress Dear Grandmother: We understand your concern, but you are already overly involved in your son’s messed-up marriage. Please don’t put evidence in front of him, forcing him to confront a situation he is trying to deal with in his own way. The very best thing you can do is encourage your son to get his family into counseling. Explain that it is for the children’s sake. They are truly suffering. Dear Annie: My son and his fiancee mailed wedding invitations, and for some reason, friends and relatives sent back the RSVP cards and included additional guests who were not listed on the invitation. Why do people assume they can do this? My son now has to call each one and tell them they cannot bring extra guests. Should there have been a note in the invitation stating that the wedding venue is small and seating is limited? -- Aggravated Mother Dear Aggravated: No. Your son is handling this correctly by calling. We don’t know whether it is simply colossal nerve, a sense of entitlement, the fact that weddings have become less formal or that TV shows and movies often show invited guests bringing along their friends, but it is not uncommon for people to assume it’s OK to add extra people to the RSVP. It is NOT. Dear Annie: Thanks for printing the letter from “Saddened.” I am so relieved to know I am not the only husband with the same di-lemma. It’s hard for a male to confess he has these feelings and needs without sounding like a nag. I wish there was an answer. Everything the writer said is the same at my home, including my deep love for my very uninterested wife of 44 years. I would show her this column, but it would only start tears. If she would just initiate holding hands or give me an occasional kiss, that would be so cool. I know she truly loves me, but she feels no need for physical intimacy. -- O. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to [email protected], or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndi-cate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syn-dicate Web page at www.creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM

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NEWSdaily townsman / daily bulletin

To m F l e Tc h e rBlack Press

VICTORIA – The B.C. legislature ad-journed for the sum-mer Thursday with op-position MLAs battling to the end against leg-islation to divide the Agricultural Land Re-serve into two zones.

The government used its majority to cut off debate and pass the bill, despite days of de-mands to withdraw it and complete prom-ised consultation with farmers around the province.

“You’re all a bunch of corrupt liars,” shout-ed NDP agriculture critic Nicholas Simons, before storming out of the chamber as the op-position’s time ran out. Simons returned to withdraw his com-ments so he could vote against the legislation.

Independent MLAs Andrew Weaver and Vikki Huntington

joined NDP critics in denouncing the move to ease restrictions on secondary farmland uses in the North, Koo-tenay and Cariboo zones. Another target of criticism was the move to formalize the six local Agricultural Land Commission panels to make deci-sions on exclusions and permitted uses.

Columbia Riv-er-Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald ac-cused the government of adding social and economic consider-ations to farmland as a pretext to undermine the commission’s inde-pendence.

“We are talking about important agri-cultural areas that will now be open to exclu-sions, that decision being made by a bunch of B.C. Liberal political hacks on criteria that are totally nebulous – to the extent that

there’s even a provi-sion to add whatever else the cabinet wants to add,” Macdonald said. “It could be eco-nomic. It could be so-cial. It could be any-thing.”

Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick pointed to amendments made to the bill in response to criticism that em-phasize that the ALC is independent and its top priority remains to preserve productive farmland.

Letnick used the ex-ample of a Peace River region farmer who was prevented from park-ing gas industry trucks on his land during win-ter to earn extra money.

“We as a govern-ment believe that there’s an opportunity in some parts of the province where there is less pressure on agri-cultural land to give farmers some freedom in making sure they

Insults fly as farmland bill passes

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Powell River-Sunshine Coast MLA Nicholas Simons, the NDP’s agriculture critic.

can be successful on that land,” Letnick said.

Premier Christy Clark said the changes do not affect the

Okanagan, Lower Mainland and Vancou-ver Island zones, which generate 85% of B.C.’s farm income.

“We are making it economic in areas with a shorter growing sea-son, with less produc-tive farmland, to be

able to continue to make land valuable enough that they will pass it down to another family,” Clark said.

conTribuTedThere has been plen-

ty of bear activity in Kootenay National Park lately, prompting clo-sures at the Olive Lake day-use area and the southbound brake check, as well as warn-ings at Redstreak Camp-ground, Cobb Lake Trail, and the Olive Lake northbound brake check.

As many as 10 unique bears — both brown and grizzly — have been spotted wandering along roadways every day.

We are especially concerned because of the number of momma bears with cubs fre-quenting the dandeli-ons and grasses near the highway, and are asking motorists to heed the

posted speed limits and be extra cautious in these areas (near the south end of Kootenay on #93S). The bears are expected to stay in the area in the coming weeks until the snow melts at higher eleva-tions. Motorists are asked to keep their dis-tance and stay in their cars.

Abundance of bears means slow down through Kootenay National Park

A grizzly and her young cubs graze by the highway (above) in Kootenay National Park on Friday, May 23. (Photo by S. Wasylowich/Parks Canada)

T h e F r e e P r e s sThe Elkford East

Community Credit Union (EKC) was tem-porarily closed after an attempted robbery Sat-

urday morning.The RCMP have re-

sponded to the inci-dent.

Counseling services were being arranged

for staff, Elkford EKC CEO Jody Burk wrote on the businesses face-book page.

The update states, “Everyone is ok con-

sidering the circum-stances.”

As of press time, no further details of the incident were avail-able.

Elkford Credit Union hit with attempted robbery Saturday

s u b m i T T e d A regional part-

nership that focuses on developing tools to attract and retain investment in Basin communities will re-ceive a funding boost over the next two years.

With a commit-ment of $275,000 from Columbia Basin Trust, Invest Koote-nay will continue to help member com-munities attract, re-tain and expand the level of investment in their communities, as an economic sus-tainability and devel-opment tool in the region.

Invest Kootenay is a partnership be-tween local govern-ments, economic de-velopment organiza-

Funding to help boost investmentColumbia Basin Trust commits $275,000 over three years to Invest Kootenay

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tions and chambers of commerce. Current member communities include Castlegar, East Shore Kootenay Lake (RDCK Area A), Fernie, Lower Columbia (Trail, Rossland, Warfield, Montrose, Fruitvale, and RDKB Areas A & B) Kimberley, Nelson and RDCK Areas E & F, Rev-elstoke and CSRD Area B, Sparwood and Co-lumbia Valley (Radium Hot Springs, Invermere, Canal Flats and RDEK

Areas F & G).“The contribution

from the Trust makes it possible for Invest Koo-tenay to expand the presence of the Koote-nays on the investment stage,” said Garry Jack-man, Invest Kootenay Co-Chair. “Invest Koo-tenay gives our local business owners a sig-nificant platform that enables investors from near and far to see what the Kootenays have to offer.”

“One of the guiding principles within our Economic Strategic Plan is collaboration,” said Neil Muth, Colum-bia Basin Trust Presi-dent and CEO. “The In-vest Kootenay partner-ship is a great example of regional collabora-tion, in which the part-ners are working to cre-ate opportunities and further economic de-velopment in the Co-lumbia Basin.”