Cranbrook Daily Townsman, May 10, 2013

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Tricks track underway Construction has started on Cranbrook’s Bike Skills Park

Wings Over The Rockies

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Bike riders will soon have a place in Cranbrook to practice their tricks when the Bike Skills Park opens next month. After three years of planning, the Cranbrook Bike Skills Park Society is getting ready to build the tracks in Balment Park, behind Western Financial Place. “We’re getting there,

An osprey soars through the clear spring sky over the spray irrigation fields outside Cranbrook. Photographer Chad St. Pierre snapped this majestic bird as it cruised around its nest. CHAD ST. PIERRE PHOTO (WWW.CHADSPHOTO.CA)

Man charged with harassing criminal justice employee TOW N S M A N S TA F F

A man has been charged for allegedly threatening and harassing a female Criminal Justice Branch employee in Cranbrook. Darryl Bruce McDowell was arrested on April 30 and appeared in Cranbrook Pro-

vincial Court on May 2. According to the B.C. Criminal Justice Branch, McDowell is charged with uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, and criminal harassment, in connection with incidents in or near Cranbrook between August

2011 and September 2012. “The Criminal Justice Branch of the Ministry of Justice today announced that Special Prosecutor Robert Bruneau has approved charges against Darryl Bruce McDowell in connection with allegations that he threatened

and criminally harassed an employee of the Criminal Justice Branch as a result of the employee’s work on behalf of the Branch,” reads a May 9 statement.

See CHARGES , Page 3

we really are. It’s been three years and I can’t wait,” said the society’s Bonnie Hayes. Last weekend, volunteers pitched in to install a water line for the park and build a storage shed. Dirt has been delivered, and on Saturday, May 25, track builder Dustin Greenall will start to put the park together.

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Hot days speed up snow melt The River Forecast Centre says rivers in the East Kootenay will rise quickly in the coming days

SAL LY MACD ON AL D Townsman Staff

Warm temperatures are speeding up snow melt in the East Kootenay, and now the River Forecast Centre has issued a High Streamflow Advisory for the region. On Thursday, May 9,

the B.C. River Forecast Centre said it is watching rivers throughout the Kootenay region, including the Moyie watershed, for minor flooding in low-lying areas this weekend.

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