Kimberley Daily Bulletin, July 04, 2014

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FRIDAY JULY 4, 2014

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The junior golfers have bragging rights. See LOCAL NEWS page 5

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THE FLUME AND THE SUN MINE

City to host information session Wednesday, July 23 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Centennial Centre C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

The City of Kimberley is currently working on two big projects — the Mark Creek flume rehabilitation and the Sun Mine. There have been questions aplenty surrounding both projects and on Wednesday, July 23, City staff, Mayor and Council will make an effort to answer as many of them as possible when they host an open house at Centennial Hall.

Mayor Ron McRae said it was decided that an open house format would best serve as a way to get information out rather than a town hall format, where he would make a formal presentation and then take questions. Instead, those interested in learning more about either project will be able to look at what McRae says is “everything we have on both these two major projects”, and then ask questions of staff and Council. “Staff has been involved in both projects,” McRae said. “And this is a good opportunity to engage staff on both. We invite you to come in, look around and have a chat with myself, Council and City staff.”

911 calls to be answered in Vancouver

The Regional District of East Kootenay will sign a contract in November with a Vancouver based communications centre that will pick up 911 calls and refer them to fire, ambulance or police SALLY MACDONALD Townsman Staff

BRITTNEY KWASNEY PHOTO

Grad 2014 had a lot of highlights, one of them being a journey to the top of the mountain, symbolic of their achievement. Once at the top, the grads had a mountain top photo op. See more, page 3.

911 calls made from the East Kootenay will soon be sent to a call answer service in the Lower Mainland, rather than Kelowna. On November 18, the Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK), along with eight other regional districts in the interior of B.C., is moving the answering service from the RCMP’s communications centre in Kelowna to E-Comm, the emergency communication centre in the

Lower Mainland. But the change shouldn’t have much impact on the way 911 calls are dealt with in the region, said Dan McNeill, manager of building and protective services with the RDEK. “On the surface, nothing changes,” said McNeill. At the moment, when a 911 call is placed in the East Kootenay, it goes to the communications centre in Kelowna, and from November 18 to E-Comm in Vancouver. The centre then determines whether the emergency should be referred to fire, ambulance or police. If it is a fire emergency, the communications centre refers the call to Cranbrook Fire and Emergency Services, which accepts all emergency calls for the East Kootenay and contacts the relevant emergency responder. If it is an ambulance that is needed, the communications centre transfers the call to the B.C. Ambulance centre in Kamloops, which will contact the local branch. See 911, page 5


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