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MLAs spar over Jumbo resort status ANNALEE GR ANT
Newly appointed Minister for Community, Sport and Cultural Development Bill Bennett is defending his impartiality after NDP MLA Norm Macdonald called into question his history with the Jumbo Glacier Resort. As reported in May, the province amended the mountain resort municipality legislation, opening the door for a request from Glacier Resorts Ltd., the company applying to construct the Jumbo Glacier Resort. At the time, Bennett said the changes
were being done to make room for the controversial resort after its master development plan was approved in March. “It’s a fairly straightforward issue now,” he told the Townsman this week. “The only question that’s left now is what form of governance will this resort take and one of the options is for the mountain resort municipality to be created. At this stage the processing of this is technical – not political.”
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Student injured while jaywalking ANNALEE GR ANT
A Mexican exchange student is recovering after a terrifying fall from the median on Cranbrook St. N as she attempted to cross the five-lane highway on Sept. 9. The accident occurred in the afternoon Sunday, about 200 metres from the Cranbrook St N. and Victoria Ave. intersection, across from Boston Pizza. The 14-year-old girl was jaywalking and waiting
to cross on the median when she lost her balance and was clipped by the mirror of a passing vehicle, according to RCMP. The driver of the vehicle braked hard but was unable to change lanes to avoid the girl because of traffic at the time. The girl fell into the vehicle and her hand was pinned underneath the left rear tire.
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READY, AIM… Here are four jolly fellows who are prepared to “run the gauntlet” in a couple of weeks as part of a fundraiser for a young Cranbrook woman battling cancer. Left to right: Rob Stang, Cerry Lamb, Stacey Horgis and Darren Lyon are hoping that the opportunity to sting them with paintballs at a dollar a shot will attract hundreds. Also putting their skin on the line are Dean Uphill, Pete Durning, and other irresistible targets. The “running of the gauntlet” is only part of a paintball fundraising day planned in support of Jacey Uphill. See more, Page 2.
A Clear View campaign reaches goal $1 million funding goal met in only 11 months ANNALEE GR ANT
It’s been one heck of a year for Donna Grainger and the East Kootenay Foundation for Health – actually it’s only been 11 months. Grainger, executive director, and the EKFH launched the A Clear View campaign for a new digital stereotactic mammography machine just 11 short months ago, and the foundation was ecstatic to announce they have completed their goal.
That’s right, the East Kootenay has banded together to raise $1 million in less than a year. “We’re lucky where we live,” Grainger said. The original timeline for the A Clear View campaign was two years. Grainger said they started by compiling compelling stories of breast cancer survival and launching them to the public. The foundation had no idea how many people they would resonate
with and inspire to bring in a donation. As of August, Grainger said they have 800 names of people who have donated. The campaign kicked off with a massive donation of $250,000 from the Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary. That donation was special and a great one to begin with: it was donated as a legacy gift by Ethel Zentner, a breast cancer survivor. This week the campaign was capped off by another
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huge donation – $100,000 from the Lake Windermere District Lions Club to bring the tally to $1 million. “The Auxiliary started it, the Lions finished it and in the middle there were so many,” Grainger said. While the larger donations were wonderful to receive, Grainger said the 798 people in between kept the momentum going.
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