moving on up
WHL
good ol’ goats
The Cranbrook band is in the quarter-finals.
OIL kings, ice tangle in Cranbrook
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WednesDAY March 27, 2013
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City to apply for trial deer hazing permit City wants 48 hours for a professional to experiment on hazing urban deer C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Kimberley City Council voted unanimously Monday evening to apply for a 48-hour experimental hazing permit. Coun. Darryl Oakley asked Council to approve the application at their regular meeting this week, calling it a baby step in a long process. “This is one piece in our management plan,” Oakley said. “We wanted to get to the place where we can do a short trial hazing.” Oakley says the Urban Deer Committee has been burning the midnight oil this winter and that has included a visit from a professional hazer, who has worked in Banff, Jasper and Waterton. “This is a professional person who does this, it’s very controlled,” Oakley said. “He toured around town and then gave a presentation to Council. His conclusion was that it was worth applying for a hazing permit.” Hazing is not currently legal in British Columbia, though it has long been practiced in the National Parks. “The Ministry may well say it’s illegal and deny us,” Oakley said. “We’re hoping to convince them that this is one piece of our management plan. It’s a trial, under the law it would be an experimental trial certificate. Hopefully they will allow us to try.”
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CRUISING. Kimberley Dance Academy students have just returned from an engagement aboard the Carnival Glory as it cruised the Caribbean. The dancers had a wonderful time and played to full houses on the ship. See more from the trip, page 3.
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City joins Kootenay Car Share C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin
It is not uncommon, with a staff the size of the City of Kimberley’s, that there is not always a vehicle available when one is required. Rather than expand their fleet by adding more vehicles, Kimberley City Council will take the more innovative route of
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joining the Kootenay Car Share’s Kimberley co-op. Council heard a brief presentation on the concept of car-sharing from Craig Hillman from the Car Share Co-op, Kimberley’s co-op currently has an economy car and a four by four truck available. Members pay a $500 fee to join and then have access to the vehicles
when they need them. “Car sharing is joint ownership of vehicles. Everybody who is a member owns part of the vehicles. We don’t try to make any money. “I gave up a big pick-up. I wasn’t using it much. I sold it, bought a membership and have access to a truck whenever I want,” Hillman said.
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The Car Share charges $1.60 an hour for the length of time you borrow the vehicle, plus 53 cents per kilometre, which includes fuel. The City would purchase a corporate membership for $2200, which would allow up to 25 people to sign up for use of the vehicles.
See CAR SHARE, Page 3