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On set in Cranbrook A break from the debates
A short film is being made in the environs of Cranbrook and Kimberley by a locally-raised filmmaker
Liberal leadership candidate Martha Hall Findlay makes stop in Cranbrook, Kimberley BARRY COULTER
SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
A Cranbrook-raised filmmaker has returned to the East Kootenay to produce his first short film, a modern take on the legend of the Mad Trapper. Kaio Kathriner grew up in Cranbrook, graduated from Mount Baker Secondary, and moved to Vancouver to attend film school at Capilano University. He has a blossoming career in the film industry and has worked on films, television series, music videos and commercials. Now Kathriner is back in town to film a story in the Perry Creek back country. “It is a 20-minute short film. It’s a personal project of mine that I have had in mind for a long time. It is loosely based on the story of the Mad Trapper from the 1930s up in the Northwest Territories,” he said. “There was a lull in the industry in 2013 so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to take three months off and write, produce and shoot this movie out
PHOTOS COURTESY KAIO KATHRINER
Cranbrook’s Nathan Berry as the Mad Trapper treks through the Perry Creek back country in a scene from Kaio Kathriner’s upcoming short film. here in Cranbrook.” Albert Johnson, aka the Mad Trapper, was a recluse living in the Northwest Territories in the 1930s. Accused of tampering with the nearby First Nations’ traps, RCMP took out a
search warrant on Johnson’s cabin. However, when they tried to enter the cabin, he opened fire on them, injuring one. The Mounties returned a week later and blew up the cabin, but Johnson continued to
shoot from a dugout beneath the cabin. The RCMP retreated, and Johnson took off. Over the next few weeks, Johnson fled through the bitter winter wilderness with the Mounties on his tail. At
one point, he shot and killed an RCMP constable. The search party caught up with Johnson on February 17, 1932, and the Mad Trapper was shot and killed.
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One of the considered front-running candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada leadership made a whirlwind trip to Cranbrook and Kimberley Sunday. Martha Hall Findlay, a politician, lawyer and businesswoman, met with supporters and interested members of the public for a luncheon in Cranbrook and supper in Kimberley. Hall Findlay shared some thoughts on the current leadership race, which features several high-profile candidates, including herself, former astronaut Marc Garneau, and Justin Trudeau. A lot hinges on the outcome of the contest, Hall Findlay said, after a luncheon at the Prestige Inn. “I firmly believe that at this point in the Liberal Party’s lifetime we don’t have any chances left,” she said. Though she didn’t cite Trudeau by name, Hall Findlay has made news tangling with the Montreal MP. “There are no silver bullets, we’ve done the silver bullet thing — and this is not a personal comment, but this cannot be about celebrity, it has to be about sub-
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Martha Hall Findlay
stance. It has to be about experience, it has to be about the package of things that somebody brings to the table in order to understand the challenges facing many Canadians. “I think the fortunes of the Liberal Party will depend on who wins the leadership.” The fact that the race is generating such publicity and an amount of controversy is a good thing, however. “It is good to have a profile,” Hall Findlay said. “It’s great that people are starting to pay attention to this. There are nine candidates, all of whom bring great things to the table. That is all good for the party.”
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