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Social media reports are not true, Kimberley RCMP say
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Mayoral candidates for the 2014 Cranbrook Municipal Election (from left) Lee Pratt, John York and Wayne Stetski are pictured at the beginning of the mayors’ segment of Wednesday night’s All-Candidates Forum at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook. The JCI Kootenays organizing committee says the event was a great success. See more, Page 4.
Learning to live on three dollars a day
Cranbrook woman takes on Welfare Food Challenge to raise awareness for income assistance rates T R E VO R C R AW L E Y
Imagine having a grocery budget of only $21 per week. That’s $3 a day. A local Cranbrook woman recently completed
the Welfare Food Challenge, a public awareness campaign that is looking to increase income assistance rates for low income people and families. Darcy Victor spent the
week of Oct. 16-22 living out the food challenge, budgeting only $21 over seven days for her grocery budget. Needless to say, there were obvious challenges that come with such a tight
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Or would that mean we get older, as our lives are extended another 60 minutes? In any case, it’s that time of year when the clocks are set back an hour to salvage
budget, Victor said. “Basically once the rent and the bills and everything are paid for someone, an able bodied person living on income assistance, that is all that is left per week to purchase food,” said Victor. The main challenge is trying to stretch the grocery budget to cover the week with healthy meal options, which was extremely difficult, added Victor. “The first challenge is looking at the prices in the
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store,” she said. “To actually have to physically sit there and look at the prices—and finding small quantities of food—was challenging. You can’t just buy a cup or two of rice at Safeway or Superstore.” As part of the challenge, she wasn’t allowed to use any resources from the Food Bank, but she managed to purchase food in small quantities from the Salvation Army.
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While social media can be very helpful in spreading information, it can also be a problem in spreading incorrect information. Kimberley RCMP are confirming that they are investigating a suspicious occurrence involving a van but, contrary to stories circulating on social media locally, no one has reported that children have been targeted. Cpl. Chris Newel says that on October 25, 2014 at 5:03 am, the Kimberley RCMP received a report of a suspicious occurrence on the 200 block of Spokane Street. A 23-yearold Kimberley man had been approached by two other men who yelled at him to get in the van. The Kimberley man fled on foot and the two men in a grey panel van drove away. “No further description is available of the two suspects or the van,” Newel said. “Local social media posts have indicated that children have been the target of this suspicious van but police have yet to receive any other reports. Anyone with any information suggesting that children have been targeted should report it immediately to their local police.” Anyone with any information regarding the identity of the suspects is asked to call the Kimberley RCMP or remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).
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