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Vol. 61, Issue 179
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THE WILD DAYS OF AUTUMN: Team Orange gets revved for the next stage of Wild Days, those wildest day of the first fortnight of September, when Mount Baker Wild students don their colours and head to the fields seeking top honours in Wildness. Events taking place Thursday, September 12, included the Bus Pull, the Water Slide, the Human Fly, Tag, the Relay, and ¡TWISTER! See Monday’s Townsman for a special photo feature, dedicated to the Wild spirits in us all.
Man jumps into Kootenay River to escape RCMP; still at large Friday Jason Baker considered missing person; Cranbrook RCMP actively looking
SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
A 40-year-old man is missing after he jumped into the Kootenay River in Wardner to escape from police on Wednesday afternoon. Cranbrook RCMP’s drug task force found two men in possession of a large amount of cocaine on Wednesday,
September 11, next to the Fort Steele Wardner Road, close to Highway 3. The RCMP arrested one man, but the other ran away and jumped into the Kootenay River, according to an RCMP statement. “Additional officers were immediately dispatched from the Cran-
brook area, and Cranbrook and Kimberley Search and Rescue were activated and searched the river, assisted by the RCMP helicopter and a police service dog team,” said Cpl. Dan Moskaluk, media relations for the RCMP’s Southeast Division. The man, identified as 40-year-old Jason
Baker, has not been seen since and is considered a missing person. “The Cranbrook RCMP are actively looking for him, to ensure his safety, and are seeking a warrant for his arrest,” said Cpl. Moskaluk.
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Keep industrial business inside the city, Council says S A LLY MACD ON AL D Townsman Staff
Cranbrook will officially object to plans to allow industrial businesses in the regional district surrounding the city. On Monday, September 9, city council decided it will not recommend approval of the Regional District of East Kootenay’s bylaws that would permit major home-based businesses in Area C around Cranbrook. The Regional District of East Kootenay has been preparing draft regulations for both major and minor homebased businesses in rural areas.
There will be two categories of home based business, depending on where the home is located. Minor home-based business — such as child care or a bed and breakfast — will be allowed throughout the region, but major home-based business — a portable sawmill, woodworking business, trade contracting and metal working — would only be permitted in parts of electoral areas A (around Sparwood) and C (around Cranbrook). In Area C, major home-based business would be approved on a site-by-site basis.
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