WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2012
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SOUTHERN CHARM AND DETERMINATION COMBINE: The cast of Cranbrook Community Theatre’s “Steel Magnolias” is excited to bring this much loved story to area audiences. (L to R) Elizabeth Ross, Joanne Wilkinson, Kirsten Kasner (back), Michelle McCue (front), Hannah Van der Roest, and Susan Hanson. ‘Steel Magnolias’ opens Friday, Nov. 16 at the Studio Stage Door in Cranbrook. See more, Page 7.
Cull inhumane, group claims Animal Alliance says ‘indiscriminate killing’ of deer doesn’t fix the issue S A LLY MACDON AL D Townsman Staff
Using clover traps to cull deer is not an effective way to solve Cranbrook’s problems with urban wildlife, according to a national environmental group. City council on Monday, November 5 heard a presentation by Liz White, director of Animal Alliance of Canada, and Barry MacKay, the Canadian representative of Born Free U.S.A. who travelled to Cranbrook from Toronto to ask the city to reconsider its urban deer con-
trol methods. White said that culling deer in clover traps, Cranbrook’s chosen method thus far, is ineffective because it cannot target problem deer, the animals are under stress before they are killed, and more deer will move in to take the place of the deer that have been culled. Last November, Cranbrook culled 25 urban deer – 11 whitetail and 14 mule – using clover traps. It was the first of three East Kootenay communities to carry
out a cull with a license from the B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations. Cranbrook was preparing to cull another 50 deer this winter, but the plan has been placed on hold while legal action against the District of Invermere for its cull is resolved. But White suggested to council that “indiscriminate killing” of deer fails to solve complaints of aggressive deer.
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Destination BC is born New Crown corporation far more than a remake of Tourism BC, task force chair Dave Butler says CAROLYN GRANT Daily Bulletin
What’s in a name? Premier Christy Clark announced this week that a new Crown corporation to market British Columbia as a tourist destination has been created — Destination B.C. But Columbia River - Revelstoke MLA Norm Macdonald (NDP) says that it is simply Tourism BC reborn, by the same BC Liberals who scrapped it three years ago. At the time, Gordon Campbell was Premier and Tourism BC was folded into the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Arts in order to reduce administra-
tive costs, allow for better co-ordination of marketing initiatives and make it easier to ensure the entire province benefits from the 2010 Olympic Games. That certainly didn’t happen, Macdonald says. However, Dave Butler of Cranbrook, who is chair of the Tourism Industry of BC Provincial Destination Marketing Organization Task Force, which worked on developing Destination BC for 15 months, says the new Crown corporation has some significant differences from Tourism BC.
See DESTINATION , Page 4