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PROUDLY SERVING KIMBERLEY AND AREA SINCE 1932 | Vol. 82, Issue 102 | www.dailybulletin.ca WATER QUALITY
Boil Water rescinded C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley residents are advised that the Boil Water Notice has been lifted as turbidity in the Mark Creek water supply has lessened considerably in the past few days. Current turbidity readings are at an average of 4.4 NTU. That is still high enough to keep a Water Quality Advisory in effect. That means anyone with a compromised immune system, the very young and the elderly should still be boiling water for drinking, cooking and brushing teeth. Residents should also keep in mind that turbidity can rise again very quickly during the freshet. Last week it was a small slough into the reservoir that increased turbidity, but heavy rains can also increase creek flows and therefore turbidity as well. You can keep up to date with turbidity levels on the city’s website at www.kimberley.ca Turbidity is checked daily during the week.
Lock your bikes Outing turns into bear cub rescue Colleen Bailey goes to get a frightened, orphaned bear cub out of a tree near Lemon Lake (S. Bechtel photo).
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C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Police are reminding bike owners to lock their bikes up as three mountain bikes have been reported stolen in the past few days. Cpl. Chris Newel of the Kimberley RCMP says two bikes were taken from the Townsite area and one near the ski hill. Stolen were a green, Full Suspension 21 sp NORCO mountain bike, Blue Rocky Mountain 6 speed, with front suspension and a Silver and Black CCM Touring Bike. “Bike thefts are often crimes of opportunity and persons may take them to get from one location to another,” Newel said.
Two orphaned cubs — a brother and sister — were found near Cranbrook, fed, nursed and transported to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society ARNE PE TRYSHEN Townsman Staff
When a group of local hikers came across two young bear cubs up the Bull River Road their first instinct was to stay away, as anyone who lives in the Kootenays knows that a mother bear’s instinct to protect her cubs can be extremely dangerous. However the mother did not appear. Stephanie McGregor, her husband and some friends were on the road to Lemon Lake on Sunday, but when they turned back because of road conditions, they came across the two bear cubs. “There were two teeny-tiny baby bears,”
McGregor said. “The smallest bears I’ve ever seen in my life so we pulled over and we just sat in our vehicles. “I thought for sure the mama bear would be coming up right away. We sat there for awhile and she wasn’t coming. I was kind of getting more worried and more worried.” Then, as they were waiting, a group of dirt bikers arrived at the site and asked if the bears were still there. They said they’d seen the cubs there the day before.
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