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Vol. 61, Issue 234
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Winter announces arrival with blizzard Cranbrook and Kimberley try to dig out after a snowstorm walloped the two cities Monday S A L LY M AC D O N A L D Townsman Staff
Cranbrook and Kimberley’s dry patch ended with a pounding on Monday, Dec. 2, as piles of snow blanketed the two cities. According to Environment Canada, the monitoring station at the airport reported that 18 centimetres fell before 11 a.m. on Monday, and 15 centimetres of that accumulation fell between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. In Kimberley, 30 centimetres was reported in Chapman Chap and more than 35 centimetres at the ski hill and Townsite. The snowstorm caused multiple motor vehicle incidents around town, including a serious accident near Lumberton, south of Cranbrook. Sgt. Don Erichsen of East Kootenay Traffic Services said the accident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday. An eastbound passenger vehicle lost control on a corner, crossed the centre line and spun 180 degrees, into the path of a logging truck which collided with the vehicle. The female driver was the only one injured. She was taken to East Kootenay Regional
Hospital w ith non-life-threatening injuries. The accident was caused by a combination of conditions and inadequate tires. The passenger vehicle did not have winter tires, Sgt. Erichsen said. Highway 3/95 was closed through Lumberton for close to two hours after the accident. Meanwhile, the snowstorm brought down power lines, causing outages to large swathes of Cranbrook. Power was lost at St. Mary’s Catholic School, where parents were asked to pick up their children mid-morning. Amy Woodland Elementary also lost power for two hours but classes carried on, with parents given the option of picking up their child. Cranbrook Public Works was having trouble keeping up on Monday as the weather conditions were making the heavy snow even worse. “Because the snow continues to come down and because the temperature is warm, the snow that’s coming down is melting and creating ice where the tires impact snow on the roads. So we are
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High winds Monday morning blew down a tree into the powerlines. The tree on 15th Avenue was Cranbrook’s biggest Rocky Mountain Juniper. having to go back over areas multiple times,” said Director of Public Works Joe McGowan. The city had all hands on deck with four plow trucks, one grader and two loaders circulating Cranbrook. Unfortunately, one plow was out of action due to a failed hydraulic hose which could not be fixed because of the power outage. City plows are hard at work, following a protocol of high priority roads first.
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