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IH CEO tours EK Regional Dr. Robert Halpenny talks ICU construction, physician recruitment and retention TRE VOR CR AWLEY Townsman Staff
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Anika Chatterson has found a way to keep busy until school classes resume. Here she is with Glenda Johnson and Alison Finstad, clearing a creek at Dipper Lake in Kimberley Nature Park
SD6 Board calls for collective bargaining Binding arbitration is not collective bargaining, Board says C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Though students are not in the classroom as the labour dispute continues, the School District No. 6 Board met this past Tuesday at Nicholson Elementary. The ongoing strike/lockout was much under discussion at the meeting, says Board Chair Jim Jenkinson, including the teachers’ vote this
week to support sending the dispute to binding arbitration. The Board is not in favour of that move. “Our Board and the BC School Trustees Assoc. (as well as the BC Teachers Federation) support free, fair collective bargaining,” Jenkinson said. “The recent BCTF offer to BC Public School Employers Association to seek third-party binding arbitration is not collective bargaining. Our Board believes that if the labour dispute is resolved through binding arbitration this could have the same negative effect as the government legislating teachers back to work. Achieving a negotiated set-
“Trustees are as frustrated as the public that the BCTF and BCPSEA have failed to reach an agreement” Jim Jenkinson, SD6 tlement now will allow all stakeholders to re-focus together on the long-term issues in public education.” The Board passed a motion at the meeting to draft a letter to end
the labour dispute immediately, using all dispute resolution mechanisms; including mediation and around the clock bargaining with a total medial blackout. The letter will be addressed to the BCTF, BCPSEA and the Ministry of Education. “Trustees are as frustrated as the public that the BCTF and BCPSEA have failed to reach an agreement after many months of negotiations,” Jenkinson said. “The parties responsible for bargaining need to do whatever it takes to get an agreement. “We all agreed that our students should be back in classrooms now.”
On time and on budget. That’s the message from Interior Health Authority CEO Dr. Robert H a l penny regarding the E a s t Dr. Robert Halpenny Kootenay Regional Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit expansion. The $20 million dollar project won’t open until 2016, but Halpenny is encouraged by the progress. “It’s nice to see the new site being built here,” said Halpenny. See IH, page 3
Be on the lookout Back country users, watch for vehicle BULLETIN STAFF
Back country users are asked to assist the Cranbrook RCMP by being on the lookout for a vehicle associated to a missing person. The vehicle, a 1990 Pontiac 6000 Station wagon with BC license plate number 240 NXW, was last seen August 30th, 2014. If you come across this vehicle while travelling the back country, please contact the Cranbrook RCMP at 250-489-3471 or call 911.