Cranbrook Daily Townsman, March 15, 2013

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Cranbrook, Kimberley hold joint council meeting C AROLYN GR ANT AND SALLY MACDONALD

City Councils from both Kimberley and Cranbrook met at the Kimberley Conference and Athlete Training Centre last Tuesday evening to discuss matters of common interest. This is the first time the two councils have met together in several years. Kimberley Mayor Ron McRae and Cranbrook Mayor Wayne Stetski said it was a productive meeting; an opportunity to discuss matters of common interest. “Because our communities are so closely linked in many different ways, we plan to meet twice a year. We put together an agenda around some of the

common opportunities and common linkages,” said Stetski. The agenda included discussion around economic development, tourism, green energy opportunities and more. “I think it went well,” McRae said. “We were able to talk openly about matters both Councils feel are important. “There were no resolutions because it was the first meeting in quite some time. It was more in the context of things our staffs could explore more fully.”

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Local bishop sees great significance new choice of pope BARRY COULTER

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CATCHING A RIDE: As any parent of a school-aged child knows all too well, we are in the midst of Spring Break. To ease those cries of boredom, Western Financial Place is helping out by holding public skates on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. through next week for $3.25 per person. Pictured above, the Lazar sisters – Danielle, 10 (right), and Karissa, 9 – take a spin on the ice on Thursday, March 14.

Wednesday’s historic events in Rome resonated around the world and in the Kootenays. With the election of Argentine cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the 266th Pontiff, the conclave of cardinals from around the world chose the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first Jesuit to be pope, and the first to choose the name Francis. Bishop John Corriveau of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson, which encompasses the East and West Kootenays and the

Pope Francis I John Corriveau, Bishop of Nelson south Okanagan, said there is great significant in these three points. “As soon as they came out and announced the name of the new pope, I was very

excited,” said Bishop Corriveau. “I think there are a lot of symbolic things in (Wednesday’s) announcement that have great importance and show wonderful things for the future.

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