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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 82, Issue 36 | www.dailybulletin.ca CANADIAN AVALANCHE CENTRE
Avalanche warning issued for weekend
Backcountry users asked to make “conservative” choices C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
The Canadian Avalanche Centre issued a special public avalanche warning for recreational backcountry users who may be intending to enjoy all that new powder this weekend. Every region in the forecast area with the exception of the North Shore Mountains near Vancouver, and the Yukon, is affected by the bulletin, including the entire Kootenay region. The warning extends to Wednesday, February 26, 2014. The problem, says Karl Klassen, Manager of the CAC’s Public Avalanche Warning Service, is a weak layer of snow, the result of an extended dry period in January. “That long drought left the surface of the snowpack in very bad shape,” said Klassen. “Now the new snow is sitting on one of the worst weak layers we’ve seen in a few years. See AVALANCHE, page 5
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A team on a roll. The Selkirk Sr. Girls Basketball Team won their third basketball tournament of the season in Castlegar this past weekend. They defeated teams from Trail, Castelgar and Nakusp en route to their victory. The team competes in the Kootenay Zones tournament this weekend to determine who will qualify for the provincial tournament. If successful at zones, the team will be fundraising to help support their participation in the provincial event being held in Lumby from Mar 5-8, 2014. Back row (L-R): Leigh Anne Isaac (coach), Annie Bird, Freddie Campbell, Baylie Migneault, Alex Nash, Marlo Armstrong, Gord Kamlah (coach). Front row (L-R): Bryn Oakley, Lena Knoll, Rylee Andersen, Jordan Anderson, Brianna Neale.
Kimberley avoids first postal cuts
Cuts begin fall of 2014 C AROLYN GR ANT editor@dailybulletin.ca
When Gerald Berard from the Kimberley local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers visited Kimberley City Council last week, he told them that the suspicion was that
Kimberley would be one of the first communities to lose door to door mail delivery as Canada Post begins to implement cutbacks. On Thursday, Canada Post announced the first cuts to service and Kimberley was not on the list nor was any British Columbia community. Eleven communities will make the tran-
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sition to community mailbox delivery beginning in the fall of 2014. They are some neighbourhoods in Calgary, Alta. (10,450 addresses); Fort McMurray, Alta. (8,450 addresses); some neighbourhoods in Winnipeg, Man. (12,500 addresses); Oakville, Ont. (26,400 addresses); in Ottawa, Ont., neighbourhoods in Kanata (7,900 addresses);
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Rosemère, Que. (3,350 addresses); Lorraine, Que. (2,550 addresses); Bois-des-Filion, Que. (2,750 addresses); Charlemagne, Que. (1,300 addresses); Repentigny, Que. (14,400 addresses) and in Halifax, N.S., neighbourhoods in the Lower Sackville and Bedford areas (9,950 addresses).
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