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CITY COUNCIL
Neighbours opposed to emergency, transitional housing ARNE PETRYSHEN Townsman Staff
Union, B.C. government reach tentative deal to end teachers strike; school likely to begin Monday TRE VOR CR AWLEY Townsman Staff
The teachers’ union and the B.C. government have reached a tentative settlement that could see schools reopen across the province as early as next week after a three-month long strike. The BC Teachers’ Federation and the B.C. Public Schools Employers’ Association reached an agreement in the early hours of Tuesday morning after negotiating a marathon session in the sixth day of talks involving veteran mediator Vince Ready in Richmond. The deal must go to a ratification vote by BCTF members on Thursday, with the province-wide results likely coming through on Friday. “We’re all pretty excited,” said Lynn Hauptman, superintendent for School District No. 5. “I know when I came into work this morning and stopped and chatted with the folks on the picket line, we were all cheering. I had a brief email conversation with our union president—it’s the
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same thing there. “…We’re just so excited for our students and their parents to have the children back in school. We hope it’s on Monday, but we’re still not sure.” Specific details regarding the new agreement between the two sides have yet to be made public as of press time. The announcement, which came in at roughly 4 a.m. on Tuesday, was well-received by Shelley Balfour, president of the Cranbrook District Teachers’ Association. “I am very excited for the parents, the children, the teachers and the support workers in B.C,” she said. “This is a great day. I anticipate that we will be back to school early next week and we can’t all hardly wait to get there. “I visited the teachers on the line this morning and the reaction has all been very positive. Everybody wants to be back to work.”
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Melodie Hull performs a monologue from the play “Talking With …”, one of more than 80 plays that Cranbrook Community Theatre has performed at the Studio Stage Door over the past 40 years. Last week, CCT celebrated the 40th anniversary of its role as stewards of the the Cranbrook heritage building. See more, Page 2.
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Jenn & Steve McGovern of Cranbrook, a girl Erin & Daryl Steffler of Invermere, a girl Shawna Soper & Edson Palmer of Cranbrook, a boy Jill & Brandon Yademuk of Cranbrook, a girl Elizabeth Mentague & Chase Klassen of Cranbrook, a girl Aja & Travis of Cranbrook, a boy
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Shawnna & Jon Shingar of Cranbrook, a boy Tanya & Ian Tamasi of Kimberley, a girl Alannah McDonald & Jared Howe of Cranbrook, a boy Molly & Derek Van Leusden of Cranbrook, a boy Chelsey Cox & Michael Belanger of Sparwood, a boy Alice Duley & Andrew Gilmore of Kimberley, a girl Kristina Schotts & Shane Welch of Cranbrook, a boy
The city has received a petition opposing the use of a residential home as emergency and transitional housing and asks the city to withhold a business license until its authors can address council. At Monday night’s council meeting, mayor and councillors discussed the petition. Mayor Wayne Stetski noted that there were 19 signatures which represented 27 people on the petition. Attached to the petition was the Ktunaxa Nation Social Sector poster which talks about turning the building at 202 13th Avenue into Scotty’s House, a 20 bed residential facility. The poster states that it would serve as a community living home share, as well as emergency and transitional housing. Coun. Angus Davis said he understood the concern, but had a story to tell relating to the matter. “I attended a facility in Maple Ridge a number of years ago. It housed about 40 people and none of these people were people that were on the high list of society.” He said the facility was in a residential neighbourhood.
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