Harvest time
mark creek lions
Apple capture
bonfire
Join the Mark Creek Lions for two bonfires at Halloween.
Wildsight’s expanded Apple Capture program.
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october 26, 2012
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The Bulletin
Proudly serving kimberley and area since 1932 | Vol. 79, Issue 207 | www.dailybulletin.ca
Weddings, Maternity, Newborn, Families and everything in between.
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studio by appointment
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provincial court
Cranbrook court delays far from fixed Amount of cases older than a year are 10 per cent higher than provincial average Annalee Gr ant Townsman Staff
The B.C. government has announced sweeping changes to the province’s justice system this week, but Cranbrook’s law courts are unlikely to see delays lessen anytime soon. Samiran Lakshman, president of the B.C. Crown Counsel Association that represents the province’s prosecutors, said Cranbrook is in a unique situation compared to courts elsewhere. There are only two provincial court judges in Cranbrook – Judge Ron Webb and Judge Grant Sheard – and a limited number of Crown counsel, and both are responsible for traveling around the region to satellite courts.
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McKim has two international students from Mexico this year and this week Sabrina, left, discovered the joys of a good old Canadian snowball fight with Bronwyn.
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new board chair
Changing times at Spark Youth Centre CAROLYN GRANT bulletin@cyberlink.ca
The history of the Spark Youth Centre — the longest serving in British Columbia — is that of a continuous struggle for sustainability and a lot of good work on behalf of Kimberley’s youth. It has always been difficult to bring in enough funding to pay staff and utilities on
the building, but every year the Centre manages to keep its doors open and programming for youth alive. However, things are looking very positive right now, says new Board Chair Joshua Lockhart. He feels that the Centre is in a good position. It’s attracting more community support than ever before, and even more importantly, it’s attracting youth. “Executive Director Bev Middlebrook re-
ports more donations from the community than ever before,” he said. “I think there is better budgeting, better management and sprucing up the building has really helped as well. The community is using the space for events and can see what a positive place it is.” Demographics are changing a bit, Lockhart says. “We have had a shift. You would think
that the Centre would mainly have youth aged 14 to 18, but we are seeing a lot of youth from McKim, 11 to 13-year olds, coming after school.” Many of the youth finding their way to the centre after school are definitely in need of support, he says, but not all of them. “It’s quite mixed actually. Some of the youth are just looking for something to do after school.
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