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Vol. 61, Issue 182
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Grizzlies’ journey comes to a sad end
Rousselle’s road to recovery After tragic workplace accident, Cranbrook man battles the odds
C AROLYN GR ANT Daily Bulletin
The two grizzly bears who have been cruising around Kimberley and Marysville for well over a week are no more. Conservation Officers captured one bear and were forced to euthanize the other as it was running around in the Marysville Elementary School yard Tuesday morning just as students were beginning to arrive for the day. CO Joe Carravetta says there was no choice in putting one bear down given where they were. “One was captured in a trap by the school but the other was running around. Kids were just starting to show up. The other one was running around not too far from the school. We had to euthanize it. We hate to do it but the safety of the kids has to come first.”
A R N E P E T RYS H E N Townsman Staff
School support staff that issued a strike mandate earlier this year are sitting tight for now. CUPE BC is presently negotiating a new contract for its 27,000 members with the B.C. government. The negotiations come after the education workers passed a strike vote in April. CUPE has said that this week’s bargaining dates are crucial in achieving what it considers a fair and reasonable contract settlement. If negotiations fall apart, CUPE BC president Mark Hancock said in a statement last week, CUPE members will issue a full-scale province-wide strike.
Since losing his left hand and right leg almost four years ago, Mike Rousselle has battled back along a remarkable road to recovery. Since that time, the Cranbrook resident has returned to his job, and has been featured in “Return to Work: The Mike Rousselle Story,” a WorkSafeBC short that can be viewed on YouTube. Rousselle will also be doing presentations for WorkSafeBC. On Nov. 26, 2009, while working on a transformer on a power pole in the Hartley Lake area near Fernie, Rousselle came into contact with a loose live wire above him. Rousselle said he doesn’t remember most of the week surrounding the electrocution. “The pole had a really sloppy jumper wire that goes across,” he said. “When I went up there I either made contact or it came down and contacted me.”
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School support staff continue contract negotiations with the provincial government this week SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
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Mike Rousselle and wife Brett pose with children Boston and Jonas (left). Rousselle lost his left arm and right leg after being electrocuted on the job as a power contractor in 2009.
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