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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 81, Issue 178 | www.dailybulletin.ca BEAR AWARE
Grizzlies in Chapman Camp Tuesday C AROLYN GR ANT
K. MCINTYRE PHOTOS
These photos of the two grizzlies were taken Tuesday evening Chapman Camp. It is obvious that the lure for these bears is fruit trees. Conservation Officers ask Kimberley residents to pick their fruit in the hope that the two bears will leave town on their own.
Conservation Officers are looking for the two grizzly bears reported in Kimberley on Monday evening, says CO Joe Carravetta. Carravetta also confirms that the bears were spotted again on Tuesday evening in the area of 106th and 108th in Chapman Camp. “We know they first showed up on Monday night in a fruit tree,” Carravetta said. “The owner picked the fruit and picked up the branches so the bears moved on. They moved to the 106th and 108th area on the edge of town. They were spotted moving through on Tuesday night.” Carravetta says there are no reports that they got into any
trouble, however there were FaceBook posts on Wednesday morning indicating the grizzlies were in people’s yards. The plan right now, Carravetta says, is to keep an eye on them and protect public safety. “We are not sure if they will continue to stick around. We want them to move out. If they don’t, we may use rubber bullets, or trap them and relocate them.”
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Communities given say over medical marijuana grow ops MP David Wilks explains changes to the federal medical marijuana regulations that will begin in April 2014
SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
Municipalities such as Cranbrook and Kimberley will soon have the ability to control where medical marijuana is grown. Kootenay-Columbia MP David
Wilks spoke to Cranbrook city council on Monday, September 9 about the new regulations for medical marijuana, which will be enacted on April 1, 2014. Since it began in 2001, Health Canada’s medical marijuana pro-
gram has grown to include 30,000 authorized persons. At the moment, individuals are allowed to produce marijuana in their homes. But new regulations announced in June will prohibit that. “Right now, as the legislation
stands, anyone in Canada who can obtain a license to grow medical marijuana can grow it anywhere they want. And there is no notification made to a municipality, to the police or to the fire department.
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