Kimberley Daily Bulletin, August 12, 2014

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TUESDAY AUGUST 12, 2014

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Announcements this week on inquiry, tailings pond regulations, Bennett says.

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Sisters fundraising to assist injured bear cub Bear cub hit by car now in Smithers at animal rescue centre C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

JOHN ALLEN PHOTO

Trina Rasmuson performs her vertical dance off the top of the Spirit Rock Climbing Centre building last Thursday evening in the Platzl. The evening also included a special Kaleidoscope Festival performance by the Kimberley Community Band.

Woman rescued from Lakit Mountain Woman spends night in ravine with Search and Rescue member C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

A woman spent the night in a ravine on Lakit Mountain last Thurs-

day, August 7 before being rescued by helicopter on Friday morning. Kimberley RCMP and Cranbrook Search and Rescue, with an assist from rope experts from Golden SAR were all in on the rescue. Kimberley RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel says that the call came in on Thursday evening. See RESCUE, page 4

Two local sisters, Manuela and Stephanie Hirn, rescued an injured bear cub last Thursday and are hoping to raise funds to pay for its care. The cub has now been flown to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society in Smithers for rehabilitation. The Hirn sisters came across the bear between Kimberley and Marysville at about 10:30 p.m. last Thursday, August 7. Stephanie says they don’t know exactly when the bear cub was hit although they could still smell burned rubber from a car hitting its breaks when they stopped, so they assume not long before they stopped. She says she is “very disappointed” that the car that hit the bear didn’t stop and the driver didn’t report it. She also says there was no sign of the cub’s mother near the scene. “As my sister Manuela and I approached this incident on the highway, Mike Honeyman, wife Kerry Morris and their friends Ben and Pamela Dunn were already stopped, warning traffic

The bear cub is examined at Steeples Veterinary Clinic.

with their hazard lights on. “My sister and I got out of my car, walked over to see it still breathing and only bleeding slightly, and clearly in shock. “At first Mike moved this baby to the side of

the road. But there was no way I could just leave it like that. “So I told them to “put the baby bear in my car, we are taking him to the vet”. “All I remember is looking into my rear view mirror, and seeing two

S. HIRN PHOTO

ears poke up and yes it melted my heart, as he was sitting in the back, and then they disappeared. The bear was sitting up for half the ride, and laying down for half the ride. See CUB, page 3

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Wednesday, August 13th 5:00 - 8:30 pm

Rotary Park, downtown Cranbrook

Farmer’s Market Vendors proudly offering a wide variety of Locally Made, Baked and Grown products, Hot Food, Cool Drinks and more! Live music onstage featuring “Daze of Grace”


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