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KIMBERLEY SEARCH AND RESCUE
Search on for missing man C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF KIMBERLEY
Mayor Ron McRae, President and CEO of Teck, Don Lindsay, Michel de Spot, EcoSmart, Minister of Energy Bill Bennett, Neil Muth of Columbia Basin Trust and Jared Donald of Conergy break ground on the Sun Mine.
Sun Mine construction set to begin Kimberley poised to become the largest generator of solar power in Western Canada C A R O LYN G R A N T Bulletin Editor
It was an appropriately sunny morning on Monday, July 7, as dignitaries and guests gathered at the Kimberley Conference Centre to celebrate the official launch of the Sun Mine project. It has been almost
three years since a majority of Kimberley citizens authorized through referendum the borrowing of $2 million to construct the Sun Mine. In that time the City and its partners secured funding, negotiated ownership, undertook due diligence and pre-feasibility studies and completed 17 agreements with eight different organizations. Many of those partners spoke on Monday of their delight that all these partnerships came together so well and their optimism about the solar project, which will be the largest solar facility in
western Canada. First to speak was Coun. Marty Williams of Aq’Am, the St. Mary Band. Williams welcomed all to Ktunaxa territory and said he was pleased to see a project take advantage of solar power after “life support systems have been so abused and mismanaged”. Williams acknowledged the role of the province of British Columbia, represented by Minister of Energy Bill Bennett, and encouraged the province to open the doors for more opportunities in CAROLYN GRANT PHOTO Mayor Ron McRae, in suitably sunny attire, solar energy.
addresses the crowd at the conference centre.
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Kimberley Search and Rescue members, assisted by numerous search and rescue teams around the East Kootenay were still actively searching ground and water in the St. Mary River area on Monday for Alex Brown, 23, is missing in the 23-year old Alex St. Mary River area. Brown. Brown, pictured right, is not a resident of The search is still onKimberley but was visit- going,” said Kimberley ing family, who live in Search and Rescue’s town. Peter Reid, reached on Kimberley RCMP Monday afternoon. “I Cpl. Chris Newel says can tell you we are that Brown was reported searching in the St. Mary to have jumped into the area. We are looking in St. Mary River on Satur- that area in and out of day, July 5 shortly after 7 the water. We are looking p.m. for one person. “Police were notified “As usual, we are reby a friend who observed maining positive and Alex jump into the St working diligently to loMary River approxi- cate this person. We are mately 15 kilometres up- hoping and praying for stream from Marysville the family.” near Kimberley,” Newel Kimberley Search said. “Alex surfaced after and Rescue has 12 memjumping in, but then dis- bers in on the search, appeared from sight. Cranbrook 5, Fernie 5, “Search and Rescue Sparwood 4, Invermere teams began searching 3, Elkford 2, and Reid the river Saturday night, said KSAR was awaiting they continued through a team from Golden Sunday with teams from Monday afternoon for a Kimberley, Cranbrook, shoreline search. Fernie, Sparwood, CoAlex is 5’5’’, 130 lumbia Valley and Nel- pounds with shoulder son. Over 35 volunteers length blonde hair and have been involved in moustache. He was the search. A helicopter wearing brown shorts at was utilized both Satur- the time. day and Sunday, on If anybody has furMonday an aircraft with ther information please two spotters flew the contact the Kimberley river from Koocanusa to RCMP. St Mary’s Lake.”