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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 81, Issue 235 | www.dailybulletin.ca CITY WORKS
Digging out from the big snow Just another day at the office for Kimberley’s snow crews C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
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JUST ONE OF THE GUYS. Aden Black sat in the dressing room and skated warm up with the Dynamiters as the Subway Seventh Player last week. Any kid can sign up for a chance to be the Seventh Player at Kimberley’s Subway.
While the enormous dump of snow on Monday would have brought many municipalities to a standstill, it was just another day at the office for Kimberley’s snow removal team. A very long, busy day, but not that unusual. During the event itself, the City’s Operations Department worked on keeping major routes clear, as well as school bus routes and steep hills. On Monday, the snow was so heavy the school buses did not proceed up to the high school but collected students at the bottom of the stairs on Wallinger Avenue. Now that the snow has stopped, crews move to side streets and finally, back alleys. Then snow removal will take place. “Our city crews really do have it down to a fine science in terms of minor and major snow falls,” said Mayor Ron McRae. “The one we just had was a really strong indicator of the efficiency and effectiveness of our crews.” See SNOW, page 3
SENSIBLE BC
Provincial pot petition goes up in smoke Locally, marijuana petition is within 100 signatures of required number; provincially not as many C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
Today, December 5, was the final deadline for Sensible BC to collect enough signa-
tures — 400,000 province wide — to force a referendum on the decriminalization of marijuana. It does appear that those efforts will come up short. Last week, Sensible BC was reporting only having half the required number of signatures. Sensible BC spokesman Dana Larsen told CTV News that while canvassers have seen some success in rural areas, connecting with people in Metro Vancouver and
Victoria has been their biggest challenge. “We’re looking at just over half the signatures we need, it’s been a challenge,” Larsen said. Locally the petition has been driven by Ashlee Taylor, who worked tirelessly since September getting the petition to as many doors in Kimberley and area as possible. This riding came within 100 signatures of meeting the goal of ten per cent of eligible voters. She was scrambling yesterday to get
those signatures just to say she got 10 per cent. Other ridings did not do nearly as well “It truly was an amazing experience,” Taylor said. “I wish it would have been more organized on the larger side of Sensible BC, but once everyone got in place and up and running, things ran really smoothly. If we would have had everyone in place from the very beginning, myself included, then it would have been a very easy task”
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