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Thursday, May 16• 2013
Vol. 8 • Issue 21
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Conroy takes Kootenay West riding TIMOTHY SCHAFER Rossland News
With the spring freshet pouring down from the mountains across Kootenay West landslides are a very real threat. And on Tuesday night after the polls closed across the province in the B.C. General
Election, that threat was realized. NDP incumbent Katrine Conroy took the Kootenay West riding in a landslide, with 62.99 per cent (10,606 votes) of the votes cast, more than twice what Liberal candidate Jim Postnikoff received (21.33 per cent, 3,592 votes), and far more
Report shelves prospect of public transit to Red Mtn.
than the total of the other three candidates combined. Independent candidate Joseph Hughes of Nakusp finished respectably with 13.30 per cent of the vote (2,239) and fellow independent candidate Glen Byle of Trail collected 2.38 per cent (400 votes).
• See ELECTION, Page 10
Independents show well TIMOTHY SCHAFER Rossland News
With half of the slate of candidates in the election from the independent spectrum, it was a test for Kootenay West to see if the riding was ready for such a voice.
• See INDEPENDENT, Page 10
TILING AWAY TIME
TIMOTHY SCHAFER Rossland News
Public transit service to Red Mountain is on an uphill climb after cash cost considerations detailed in a recent report stalled the prospect of a service. Called Service Options for Red Mountain Resort, the report delivered by BC Transit to the East End Services (EES) committee and the West Kootenay E Transit committee (WKTC)—the local governing S OSU H bodies overseeing and contributing to the service— L IFUACRE T looked at the question of extending public transit to U A BE + 75 an area that was in need of service for only four months of the year. And it found that the best option available was to expand the Kootenay Boundary Transit service with the purchase of a community bus, a solution that could cost over $120,000, with local shares in the cost totalling $56,900. Public transit to Red Mountain Resort (RMR) has been a want coming out of Rossland for a number MARIECLAUDE of years, said the city’s regional district director Kathy Wallace, and the question of cost will be con250-512-1153 sidered in a debate that could begin next month. “I’m not sure how viable it is financially,” she said. The situation at RMR is unique, said Wallace. 1st Trail Real Estate 1993 Columbia Ave. Rossland There are no staff accommodations at the resort, meaning all employees must commute. In the winYourter, Horoscope For the Week the resort operates from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., meanwithing Michael O’Connor inside ideal arrive times for bus service at RMR would Horoscope the West Kootenay Advertiser be between 8-8:30 a.m., and the ideal leave time For the Week would be 3:45 p.m. with Michael O’Connor • See TRANSIT, Page 4 inside the West Kootenay Advertiser
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Ronald, left, and Alice Mah lay in more tile in the soon-to-be open Ying’s Café on Columbia Street. The restaurant will feature a sushi bar, as well as Japanese, Chinese and Thai cuisine.