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No charges expected in Nomad incident
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Police say the man at the centre of Wednesday’s standoff at a Cranbrook motel gave himself up peacefully SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff
The man at the centre of Wednesday’s standoff at the Nomad Motel in Cranbrook gave himself up after talking to a police negotiator. Dozens of police, including an Emergency Response Team, surrounded the motel on the highway through Cranbrook from about 12:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on October 30. That was when the man police described as distraught finally came out of the room he had been holed up in during the nine-hour standoff. See NO CHARGES, page 5
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Lindsay Park students held a Halloween Howl this week. They had a great time and manager to fill six bins with donations to the Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank.
LET’S GO SKIING
KAR ready to flip switch on snow guns
Lots of events planned for 2013-2014 season
C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
The crew at Kimberley Alpine Resort are eagerly awaiting the day they turn on the snow guns to begin stockpiling the white stuff for the coming season. VP of Marketing and Sales for Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, the parent company of KAR, says they are just waiting for more consistently cool temperatures before snowmaking begins
but so far, things are shaping up well. “We do have a little snow up top,” Mosteller said. “But we like what is setting up right now. You want the ground to freeze first, so when the snow falls, you get a good base. When the ground is warm it doesn’t pack as well.” Mosteller says the jet stream position bodes well for snow this year, the Farmer’s Almanac and Environment Canada both predict good moisture and lower temperatures for the coming winter. And before the big natural snow arrives, KAR will be making snow.
“We’ll get going as soon as possible no matter what Mother Nature does,” Mosteller said. “We are waiting for consistent, colder temperatures at night. The system is tested and ready. We’ll start building piles, let the snow cure and then start moving it. Opening day this year is scheduled for December 14 and KAR has a number of events planned throughout the year. “There are so many young families in Kimberley right now — we want to focus on things families will enjoy,” Mosteller said. “We have an all new kids trail through
the woods. But we can groom this trail so parents can go down it with their kids.” More night events in the terrain park are also planned. There will also be more parties and bands in the Plaza. “We are looking at a bunch of events to bring the Plaza to life.” New this season will be Ski Dating nights, which will offer apres ski specials for a ski date. There are also a number of race events planned for 2014. Mosteller gives credit to the local racing community BULLETIN FILE PHOTO for pursuing and hostOnly six weeks until the lift starts up at Kimberley Alpine Resort. ing the events. See Page 3