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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
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VOL 116 NO. 38
Cash infusion gives collaborative cooperation a boost
TIMOTHY SCHAFER Grand Forks Gazette
Those who are homeless, hungry or unable to obtain decent, safe and affordable housing in the Boundary region now have one place to go for all the help they need. Three organizations have banded together under one roof to begin collaboration
on a permanent facility to provide shelter, meals, clothing and other thrift store items and transition housing units to meet the needs of individuals and families in the Boundary region. Boundary Emergency and Transition Housing Society (BETHS), Habitat for Humanity Boundary (HFHB) and Whispers of
Hope Benevolence Association (Whispers) have combined in the multiagency accommodation project. A $50,000 grant for Habitat for Humanity Boundary Society for the project will get it started, and also provide office space for the three organizations and a Habitat for Humanity ReStore which
will sell used building materials. The cooperation and participation of a broad spectrum of the Boundary area communities in a single project highlights the initiative. Several levels of government and the community are all working together to make this project a reality. It has become the single most
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The midway rides were packed right until the sun went down at the annual Rock Creek and Boundary Fall Fair, as were the rest of the fair grounds in the tiny community on the weekend for the “biggest little country fair around.” For more photos see pages 16-17.
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Job action threatened in CUPE dispute
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The Grand Forks Border Bruins are off to a great start in the KIJHL so far this year. With three straight wins in their first three league games the Bruins are in first place, not only in the Neil Murdoch division, but the
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entire league. In addition, veteran sniper Jackson Purvis leads the league in scoring with nine points in three games, while linemate Connor Gross sits in second with seven points. Bruins’ head coach and general manager Nick Deschenes said the squad is playing well as a team with
everyone contributing. “Everyone’s doing their job,” he said. “From goalie to defence to forwards—we’re getting results from everybody. From winning battles to positioning, everyone’s producing. There’s no secret to it.”
• See BRUINS, Page 20
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Potential job action by CUPE (Canada Union of Public Employees) workers could affect schools in Grand Forks. CUPE’s K-12 bargaining committee is currently meeting with the province, and if a deal cannot be made, it indicated it will pursue job action that would likely shut down schools in the city and throughout B.C. The BCTF (B.C. Teacher’s Federation), which represents teachers throughout the province, have indicated that teachers will not cross any picket lines. CUPE Local 2098 represents 98 employees of School District 51 (Boundary) from Christina Lake to Big White. The list of jobs affected includes bus drivers, custodians, maintenance workers, educational assistants, clerks, lunch and afterschool supervisors. Bargaining dates are set for this week between CUPE’s K-12 bargaining committee and the provincial government, but if the BC Liberal government doesn’t drop its demands for contract concessions, CUPE members will have no choice but to stage a fullscale province-wide strike, said CUPE BC president Mark Hancock. “No one knows the potential impact of job action on parents and students better than our members in the K-12 sector,” said Hancock in a press release. “But the provincial government’s constant and consistent demands that our members actually receive less in a new contract are out of line with what’s happened at other negotiating tables.”
• See CUPE, Page 7
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