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Airport resumes operations quickly after small plane crashes B A R RY CO U LT E R
Operations at the Canadian Rockies International Airport were able to resume quickly after an incident involving a small aircraft on Thursday morning. Tristen Chernove, man-
aging director at CRIA, confirmed that a small private, pilot-owned aircraft had crashed parallel to the runway in the grass. Chernove said the plane was landing, or possibly doing a ‘touch-and-go’ to
take off again, “and that’s when things didn’t go quite to plan for the pilot.” The pilot was transferred by BC Ambulance to the hospital. “We did have dialogue with the pilot prior to trans-
port, he seemed to be in stable condition,” Chernove said. The aircraft itself is likely a write-off, however. The airport was able to resume operations quite quickly. “It was a multi-agency
response, that on all accounts was very successful,” Chernove said. “Response (came) from Fire Services from Cranbrook, RCMP, BC Ambulance, and our own airport staff and help from some of our great airport
tenants.” The RCMP will handle the initial investigation, and Transport Canada and in turn the Transportation Safety Board, will look at further details and handle that investigation.
New lines drawn for federal electoral boundaries Kootenay-Columbia welcomes Nelson, and all its voters A R N E P E T RYS H E N Townsman Staff
NICOLE KORAN
The Summer Reading Club at the Cranbrook Public Library has come to end for another year. Fisher and Mackenzie did a great job of finishing a reading log during the summer to recieve their medal.
There’s a new four-way stop in town TO W N S M A N S TA F F
The latest step in the ongoing evolution of Cranbrook’s streets is complete. The City of Cranbrook is advising that
the intersection of 9th Avenue South and 1st Street South is now a four-way stop. Signage was installed late Thursday morning, with the per-
manent stop signs along 9th Avenue being installed shortly. At the regular meeting of August 12, 2013 Council approved the installation of the four
way stop following a recommendation made by the Cranbrook In Motion Committee. The intersection has some sightline issues which create safety
concerns. The public is reminded that the four way stopto exercise caution and follow and respect all signage.
New lines have been drawn in the federal electoral districts of B.C., Saskatchewan and Quebec, and there are a number of big changes in the Kootenay-Columbia district, as well as the neighbouring B.C. Southern Interior district. Those changes include Nelson, Kaslo and Salmo becoming a part of Kootenay-Columbia and Penticton joining the South Okanagan-West Kootenay, as it is to be renamed (currently named B.C. Southern Interior). Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks said the result of Kaslo, Salmo and Nelson coming to the district was something he expected. “That doesn’t surprise me,” Wilks said. “I
was hoping that the commission was going to consider my suggestion that I take Nakusp and New Denver, because I have to drive through them anyways from Revelstoke to Kaslo. But they opted not to accept that recommendation.” He noted that it does change the political atmosphere of the district fromt he perspective of an election. “The West Kootenay has in the last couple of elections leaned towards the NDP, and the East Kootenay obviously leans toward the Conservatives,” he said. “We’ll see what the people say in 2015 and I look forward to serving the people of the West Kootenays and I believe it will be a great fit.”
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