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Railway museum setting off in new directions A R NE PE TRYS HEN
The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel is setting off on a new track that directors hope will make a more diversified destination museum for the area. The relaunch will see the museum become the Cran-
brook History Centre. At city council on Monday, Charlotte Murray, executive director of the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, said they aim to increase sustainability while expanding audiences, and increase the value of the museum to
the people of Cranbrook, while being responsible stewards of the collections. “Interest in our trains has been declining, to survive we needed to broaden our appeal,” Murray said. In 2013, the board and director at the time deter-
mined that the organization needed to go in a new direction. They determined that the guiding principals would direct the new direction. “Broadening our audience base is going to be huge,” Murray said. “We will
engage our residents by changing exhibitions which will focus on history, art, culture and nature.” Murray said they will also be creating new programs, such as education programs for students and families, and special events.
“We want to engage our community — we want to bring the residents of Cranbrook into that facility,” she said. “I think for too long we’ve been at arms length and we want the community to know that we are open for business, we are welcoming and that it is indeed for the citizens.”
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Man shot by police near Castlegar was from Yahk FOR THE TOWNSMAN
JULIE BRANNIGAN PHOTO
The Cranbrook Junior Club hosted an inter-club day at the Cranbrook Curling Club on Sunday, Feb. 1, featuring 24 young curlers from Cranbrook, Invermere and Sparwood. See Page 2 for a special photo feature. Pictured above, front row: Yolanda Amsing, Erin Brannigan, Ronan Hong, Nellie Baker, Teah Chao, Hannah Watalla, Aiden Campbell, Anna Steven (Invermere). Middle Row: Tyson Hagen, Kierce Rohrick, Corbin Watalla, Chloe Ericksen, Mikayla VanDer Roest, Emma Thompson, Paige Mitchell. Back row: Sam Gaspar,Greyden Rohrick, Curtis Hawley, Brayden Reedy, Bailey Cibulka, Abby Wells. Missing from photo: Dominic Thomas and Tyler Carpenter of Sparwood.
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a police shooting in Castlegar on Jan. 29, 2015. The man was Waylon Jesse Edey, aged 39, of Yahk. Mr. Edey was shot following an encounter with RCMP officers which occurred during the evening of Jan. 29, near the east end of the Kinnaird Bridge on Highway 3 in Castlegar. He was transported to Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail, but succumbed to his injuries a short time after his arrival at hospital. The BC Coroners Service and the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) continue to investigate this death. The mandate of the IIO is to investigate whether any offences under the Criminal Code may have been committed by the police officers involved. The mandate of the BC Coroners Service in such cases is broader, and the coroner’s investigation may look at the events that led up to the final fatal outcome and whether there are reasonable and practical recommendations that could be made which might prevent future deaths in similar circumstances.