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Brent Bush seeks return to Council C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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During a three-day regional Philippine Consular Services visit to the area, the Philippine Consul General met with a joint session of City of Kimberley and the Kimberley & District Chamber of Commerce. Above are back row, l-r: Greg Bradley, Chamber of Commerce, Don McCormick, Councillor, Chantel Hack, Chamber of Commerce, Kelly Harms, Corporate Officer, Darryl Oakley, Councillor. Front row, l-r: Sophia Bradley, Lourdes Butalid, Filipino-Canadian Association, Neil Ferrer, Consul General, Mayor Ron McRae.
A familiar face from the East Kootenay political scene will be entering the race for a seat on Kimberley City Council. Former Councillor Brent Bush (20082011), and also a candidate in three federal elections in the Kootenay-CoBrent Bush lumbia riding, has announced he will seek a return to Council. Bush believes his political experience, along witwh his political science degree will allow him to bring a sense of balance and clarity to the many issues facing the community. “I understand how important it is to work with the senior levels of government, especially when it comes to project funding from the province and the feds.
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WHISTLER MEETING
Mayor McRae at UBCM this week C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
It’s a busy time in Whistler this week as municipal and provincial politicians gather for the annual Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) convention. While many municipalities send large delegations of staff and Mayor and Council, Kimberley’s delegation is small — just Mayor
Ron McRae. It was decided to save money by not sending staff and while it was left open to Councillors to attend, in the end Councillors decided to save the expense and let the Mayor represent Kimberley. “It is quite costly,” McRae said in a phone interview from Whistler. “Some communities have their entire council plus staff here. That’s thousands of dollars.” There are many workshop opportunities
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and meetings with Ministers that McRae was looking forward to this week. He has already met with government Ministers around the future of the Resort Municipality Initiative. Kimberley is one of 14 municipalities designated a resort community. “We have been assured the Resort Municipality Initiative will be place going forward,” McRae said.
Other issues include urban deer, which is a concern growing among other communities, McRae says. Last year at the UBCM, the government promised a task force on urban deer but that hasn’t materialized yet. “There’s a plan underway to create that task force but it’s not yet a reality,” McRae said.
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