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BC hydro
Council looks for direction on dealing with longboards on City streets.
A new electricity transmission line between Invermere and Golden is improving hydro service to the East Kootenay.
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Kimberley/cranbrook RCMP
Personnel changes at detachment CAROLYN GRANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
RCMP Sgt. Laurie Jalbert will return to the Kimberley office after being seconded to Cranbrook for the past ten months as Officer In Charge. The Kimberley Cranbrook Detachment continues to await the arrival of their new commander, Inspector Blake McLeod, who has not yet sold his home at his previous posting. However, rather than have Jalbert continue to try to run two offices, Elk Valley Commander Lorne Craig, will be coming to Cranbrook as Commander in the interim. Jalbert introduced him to
Kimberley City Council Monday evening when she delivered her year end policing report. Craig has been with the RCMP for 21 years and told Council he has served in both small towns and larger urban centres, and worked major crime units. “I have been eight years as Commander of the Elk Valley Detachment,” he said. “I’m no stranger to the issues of a ski town.” Mayor Ron McRae welcomed Craig and commended Jalbert on her excellent service to both communities.
PROVINCIAL COURT
Trial set for Barnett Annalee Gr ant Townsman Staff
Robert Barnett will have a trial by Supreme Court Justice and jury in June after debate with Crown counsel and Justice Thomas Melnick on Monday. It was Barnett’s second appearance in the Cranbrook Law Courts to face charges related to the alleged abduction of a three-year-old boy in November that sparked an Amber Alert. This time Barnett appeared in Supreme Court after opting in December to represent himself, despite suggestions from B.C. provincial court judge Lisa Mrozinski that he seek counsel. Barnett again on Monday reiterated his choice to go ahead without the aid of counsel.
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Kimberley’s Northstar Skaters were in Fernie last weekend for the 1st Annual East Kootenay Invitational Freeskate Competition. Seven Kimberley skaters, including Molly Miller, above, competed. See more on Page 3.
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