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Students and staff gathered in the Parkland Middle School lobby on Pink Shirt Day, Wednesday, February 26, to take a stand against bullying and to promote tolerance and understanding. Schools and organizations around Cranbrook and the country marked Anti-Bullying Day this week. See more on Page 2.
Anti-cull group’s blitz New hunter/angler threatens local tourism group formed in B.C. Media campaign would target potential visitors to Kimberley C AROLYN GR ANT Kimberley Daily Bulletin
“Do you want to bring your kids to the deer-killing capital of B.C. for spring break?” That’s the message the Animal Alliance of Canada is promising to bring to Calgary newspapers if the City of Kimberley gives any indication that there will be more deer culls. The City is currently culling 30 deer from Kimberley’s urban deer population (see related story, page 5). The Bulletin reached Liz
White from the Animal Alliance in Toronto on Thursday. White confirmed that a campaign is being put together to impact tourism in the Kootenays. However, she says the campaign won’t start yet as she has heard that the City of Kimberley voted not to invest any more money into deer culls and will invest $2,500 this year in education on wildlife conflict. City CAO Scott Sommerville confirmed that the vote took place.
“During budget deliberations at our Committee of the Whole Meeting on Tuesday, February 25, Council recommended that staff not budget for future culls,” he said. “In place of the funding that would have gone towards culls, $2,500 will be put towards educational programs. The first piece of education will be to inform schoolchildren of how to avoid conflict with deer during fawning and rutting seasons.
First Canadian chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers has several East Kootenay directors S A LLY MACD ON AL D Townsman Staff
A newly formed B.C. hunters group will be introducing itself to Cranbrook at an open house on March 8. The B.C. chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is the first Canadian branch of the U.S.-based organization, which already has 14 chapters. Backcountry Hunters and Anglers represents conservation and wild land issues, and each chapter shares
mutual interests in natural fish and wildlife habitat. Four of the seven volunteer members of the B.C. chapter’s board of directors are from the East Kootenay. Chair Bill Hanlon and treasurer Sam Medcalf are from Sparwood; secretary Aden Stewart is from Cranbrook; and director Corey Phelps is from Creston.
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