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Vol. 61, Issue 70
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$2.4 billion worth of buildings within the East Kootenay lie in flood hazard areas, report finds SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
A flood hazard study has found that about 36 per cent of the total assessed value of improvements within the Regional District of East Kootenay, including municipalities, lies in an area prone to flooding. That is equal to $2.4 billion of building infrastructure, according to the report prepared by Vancouver applied earth sciences company BGC Engineering. “The first surprising result is the proportion of infrastructure that is located in areas that have been mapped as potentially subject to flood hazard,” engineer
Kris Holm told the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) board of directors at a committee meeting on Thursday, April 4. “It’s not an estimate of the potential building damage costs that could happen during any particular flood hazard scenario – that would be much lower,” he said. “This is likely an overestimate of the damage that could occur during any particular flood event, although it is perhaps a proxy for the importance of flooding as something to think about in the district.”
See FLOODS, Page 3
Goats on a wire
Get your votes in today to name Cranbrook’s The Good Ol’ Goats as Canada’s best new artists SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
It’s down to the wire as we enter the last day of voting for Cranbrook’s The Good Ol’ Goats in the CBC Music Searchlight contest. The folk-rock band, made up of six Cranbrook students, has made it to the final round in the national competition, and voting closes at 10 p.m. MDT on Thursday, April 11.
Go to www.music. cbc.ca/#/Searchlight. The Goats are up against Corner Brook, Newfoundland band Sherman Downey and the Ambiguous Case. The winner will have a paid gig at the CBC Music Festival in Toronto, a CBC Music video session, and $20,000 worth of musical equipment from Yamaha.
See GOATS , Page 2
PHOTO COURTESY JANE DAVIES
WILD HORSES COULDN’T DRAG THEM AWAY. BUT THE MOUNTIES, ON THE OTHER HAND … Two horses went walkabout in the Highlands neighbourhood of Cranbrook on Tuesday morning. But they hadn’t reckoned on the long arm of the law. See story, Page 5. Above: Corporal Rod Hrehirchuk and Constable Haley Pinfold with those obstreperous freedom-loving equines.
Out of tragedy comes hope The deaths of two young people from cancer has resulted in Canada’s first childhood cancer awareness organization BARRY COULTER
The families of two young people who died last year are hoping that something especially good will arise out of the tragedy. Jacey Uphill of Cranbrook and Ty Sparks of Calgary both passed away last year, after fighting their own battles with cancer. The two bonded while undergoing treatment at a Calgary hospital, and decided they wanted and needed to increase awareness of childhood cancer. And thus 2Believe — Canada’s first childhood cancer
awareness organization — was born. Jacey and Ty conceived of the concept and designed the logo for 2Believe, which at this stage is partnering with the Helping Families Handle Cancer Foundation. Marnette Uphill, Jacey’s aunt, said that despite the harsh realities of their illness and treatments, both Jacey and Ty wanted to be active in their communities about raising awareness of childhood cancer.
See LEGACY , Page 4
Ty Sparks and Jacey Uphill