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PROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ROSSLAND, WARFIELD, TRAIL, MONTROSE, FRUITVALE & SALMO
Minister to meet with stakeholders in boundary expansion Coralee Oakes to visit West Kootenay this week BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The provincial official responsible for overseeing changes to municipal boundaries will be visiting the West Kootenay area on Wednesday. As the July 7 deadline for Trail voters to counter-petition the city’s move to expand Trail boundaries through the Alternative Approval Process (AAP), the word last week was Minister Coralee Oakes is planning a visit to the region June 25. The itinerary for Oakes, Minister of Community, Sports and Cultural Development, includes separate meetings with the City of Trail (for a public announcement) and representatives from the Beaver Valley communities before she travels to Castlegar for an appointment, confirmed her media spokesperson. The minister will join Area A director Ali Grieve, along with the mayors of Montrose and Fruitvale for a tour of the proposed boundary expansion area and the Beaver Valley. “The group also seeks clarity on the provincially mandated expan-
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sion process,” Grieve added. The city is planning to host a luncheon for the minister, noted David Perehudoff, Trail’s chief administrative officer (CAO). “She will be with city representatives...to discuss various topics in follow-up to our meeting with her in Victoria last month.” Trail Mayor Dieter Bogs, Coun. Kevin Jolly and the city’s CAO met with Oakes and her staff in Victoria in May. During the meeting, the minister indicated her desire to see the matter of boundary extension concluded this summer ahead of the municipal election in November, said Perehudoff. The minister’s team requested the city to contact owners in the impacted area for a final confirmation of whether or not they support a boundary extension. At the end of May, the city sent out 23 letters, representing 54 taxable properties in the proposed boundary extension area, confirmed Perehudoff. “The letter asked owners to indicate whether or not they supported the city proceeding with the boundary extension and seeking final See CITY, Page 3
FEDERAL ELECTION
Local PC hopeful withdraws Majority of new riding’s potential candidates from Okanagan BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
With only one West Kootenay hopeful remaining in the nomination race for the next federal election, the region’s interests could end up being represented by a candidate out of the Okanagan. Rossland’s Stephen Hill, a Conservative candidate in the 2011 election, officially withdrew as a nominee last week, leaving
Penticton’s Marshall Neufeld and Jason Cox, and Rick deJong from Kelowna to fight for the PC candidacy in the South OkanaganWest Kootenay (SOWK) riding next month. Hill thanked supporters and stated the current nomination conflicts with personal obligations. That leaves Margaret Maximenko, an NDP hopeful from Christina Lake, as the lone representative within 100 km of Greater Trail seeking a candidacy with a federal political party in the upcoming election. The former regional district See TWO, Page 3
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Teachers and supporters of the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union gathered on the Victoria St. Bridge in Trail to picket and, according to the day’s slogan, “Bridge the Gap For a Fair Deal for Teachers and Better Supports For Kids.” Over 40 people showed up holding signs for passing motorists. There was another demonstration held simultaneously on the Columbia Avenue overpass in Castlegar.
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