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City of Cranbrook faces fluoride lawsuit Kevin Millership of the Slocan Valley has launched an action in Cranbrook to have the fluoride removed from the water system
A r n e P e t rys h e n Townsman Staff
The issue of fluoride in the drinking water is still a controversial one decades after it began in North America.
Cranbrook’s fluoridation began in 1967. The issue came forward in September of 2012, when two residents —Brian Kostiuk and Brad Brehm —
went before Cranbrook council asking for the city to stop adding the fluoride to the municipal water. The issue faded away, but is now being
brought forward again, as a class action lawsuit by Kevin Millership. Millership is a Slocan-based landscaper who in 2003 took the province to court seek-
ing damages for fluorosis he developed as a child from drinking fluoridated water. That case established causation according to documents, but claims
were barred by the Limitations Act, which limits the amount of time people are able to sue. Millership calls the issue of fluoridation in the water “mass medi-
cation.” As of press time, the City of Cranbrook could not be reached for comment on the issue.
See FLUORIDE , Page 4
Kaity Brown photo
The Urban Deer Advisory Commitee of the City of Kimberley is putting up Deer/Fawn awareness signs to remind the public about the potential danger caused by over-protective does with their fawns. Bylaw Enforcement Officer Rich Klekowski will be placing the signs (pictured above) in neighbourhoods around Kimberley when a call is made to the City. This is all part of the City’s ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of human/ deer conflicts. To report an encounter please call the RAPP Hot Line at 1-877-952-7277 or the City at 250427-9659.
IN COURT
Bullock pleads guilty Port Coquitlam man to be sentenced for robbery, dangerous driving, uttering threats in October
S a l ly M ac D o n a l d Townsman Staff
The man charged in relation with a carjacking incident near Creston and police chase in Cranbrook last October has pleaded guilty in the case. Nickolas Bullock appeared in court in Port Coquitlam on Wednesday, July 31, and pleaded guilty to six charges, including four committed in Cranbrook. On October 2, a Creston man called 911 near Yahk to report his car had been stolen. The man had pulled over to help two people stranded on the snowy night on Highway 3. Soon after they got in the vehicle, the male
Annalee Grant/Townsman file photo
RCMP and special investigators pore over the scene of a police shooting in Cranbrook last October. The man charged for fleeing from police in that incident has pleaded guilty in Port Coquitlam court. hitchhiker forced the driver out and took off. Later that same night, a police officer in Cranbrook saw the ve-
hicle entering Cranbrook and tried to pull it over. The driver did not stop, leading to a high-speed pursuit
through Cranbrook that ended in a rural driveway.
See BULLOCK , Page 3
Winds of change blowing weather this way Sally MacDonald Townsman Staff
It looks like we’ll have to kiss the pleasant summer weather goodbye for a few days. Environment Canada issued a warning Wednesday afternoon that a series of rainshowers and thunderstorms are heading our way here in the East Kootenay.
Starting Friday, the East Kootenay will experience a change in the weather, with highs ranging from 19 degrees to 26 degrees and rain in the forecast “After a month-long dry spell the weather pattern across southern British Columbia is about to change,” the weather office said in the statement. “The persistent ridge of high pressure that has steered all
weak summer storms northward into the Gulf Of Alaska will be replaced by a weak low pressure system that will eventually bring showers and thundershowers.” Over the weekend, a low off the coast of Washington
will spread high clouds north-east into B.C. “The circulation around this low is so weak that predicting the location of showers and thundershowers will be a day-to-day challenge,” said the weather office.
“There are many large public events scheduled for the B.C. Day long weekend. Event organizers should be especially aware that lightning, downpours, gusty winds and hail often accompany thunderstorms.
“Campers, boaters and hikers noticing a darkening sky or sudden increases in the wind should seek shelter immediately when thunderstorms are in the forecast.” When there is a lightning storm, head inside as soon as you can hear thunder.
See CHANGE , Page 3