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DECEMBER 16, 2013
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Vol. 61, Issue 243
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Councillor says some business still not happy A R N E P E T RYS H E N Townsman Staff
Coun Denise Pallesen brought concerns from some members of the business community in council on Dec. 9. Pallesen said the complainants felt the city still hasn’t fixed some of the difficulties for new businesses entering the community. “It’s still not fair for the folks who are wanting to grow our economy,” Pallesen said. “I guess there is still concern out there in our business community and for those that are coming in or wanting
to come into our community,” she said, adding that she doesn’t mean for the city to make it easier, just in more coherent, easy-to-follow forms listing the steps and variables. “There has to be be a way for us to say, ‘you want to do a building, this is what you have to do.’” Pallesen also brought up a comment that the city should consider financing development cost charges over a longer time, and called for more creativity on the part of the city.
See COUNCILLOR , Page 4
Local gov’ts support residents in Columbia River Treaty review S A LLY MAC DON AL D Townsman Staff
Local governments have had their say on the future of the Columbia River Treaty. Last week, local governments in B.C.’s Columbia Basin formally submitted recommendations for the treaty, which is up for renewal and termination in 2024. The Columbia River Treaty is a water management agreement between the United States and Canada signed in 1961 and ratified in 1964. The Treaty optimizes flood management and power gen-
eration, requiring coordinated operations of reservoirs and water flows for the Columbia River and Kootenay River on both sides of the border. Both B.C. and the U.S are in the process of developing recommendations on the future of the Treaty because 2014 is the earliest opportunity that either country can give notice to terminate substantial portions of the Treaty, which would take effect in 10 years.
See BASIN, Page 4
SALLY MACDONALD PHOTO
Damara Young, 8, and Mike Stephen of Gerick Sports are pictured building a bike at the Prestige Inn, at an event hosted by urban design consulting company Urban Systems Thursday, Dec. 12. Eleven local kids will get a brand new bike for Christmas as a result of the event, which brought together Urban Systems staff, Cranbrook city councillors, city staff and Big Brothers Big Sisters children, volunteers and staff to build the bikes, in collaboration with Gerick Sports. See more, Page 2.
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