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Canfor cuts shift at Canal Flats mill C AROLYN GR AN T
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Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson made a stop in the Heavy Duty Mechanics department of the College of the Rockies on Friday afternoon. Wilkinson (far left) was joined by other COTR officials, including Dianne Teslak, Vice President of Finance, David Walls, COTR president and CEO, and Spencer Mellor, an instructor with the Heavy Duty/Commercial Transport Mechanics program. See more, Page 3.
Hundreds of calls keep fire crews busy A R N E P E T RYS H E N
Cranbrook fire crews responded to 679 calls in the fourth quarter of 2014. At council on Monday, Feb. 2, the summary on activities of the Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services Department was included in the administration update. The summary covers the Sept. 1, 2014 - Dec. 31, 2014 quarter end report and is a compilation of the activities of the Fire & Emergency Services Department. In total crews responded to 679 fire and emergency calls.
Fire crews respond to 679 calls in 4th quarter 2014
Of those 679 calls, 36 were fire related, while 295 were calls as first responders. The crews responded to 88 rescue or motor vehicle accidents. Another 27 calls were public hazard calls while 13 were public service calls. The fire crews performed 219 activations, tests and repairs of the fire alarm. There was also on airport emergency standby. The crews performed 117 fire inspections and public
education sessions. Coun. Ron Popoff noted that he’d spoken to Fire Chief Wayne Price who told him the fire inspection and public education category likely didn’t include the Grade 3 school tours of the fire hall and the education promotion program the crews put on. “Every Grade 3 class in the area gets a site visit and tour, and a fire safety promotion session,” Popoff said. “That is a lot of children.” He noted that Grade 3
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was the grade in particular since at that age the students have a much better retention of the safety measures than younger students. “They bring home the message to the families and inspect their homes for fire prevention and safety. I think just just an incredible program,” Popoff said. Kindergarten students also go on tours and are allowed to blow the fire truck horn. The report also included the dispatch numbers for
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the larger region. Cranbrook had the most calls at 679, then Fernie with 150, followed by the City — which includes the chlorine plant, Public Works and other city utilities— with 128. Kimberley had 90 calls, Invermere had 50 and Windermere had 42. The list keeps going down: Castlegar, 41; Sparwood, 38; Elkford, 35; Radium Hot Springs, 35; Jaffray, 34; Canal Flats, 30; Fairmont, 28; Panorama, 26; Baynes Lake, 13; Edgewater, 11; City/bylaw after hours complaints, 4.
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The Canal Flats saw mill will begin operating on one shift as of May 4, 2015, Canfor has confirmed. Corinne Stavness from the corporate head office in Toronto says that due to a lack of economically available fibre in the region, the saw mill will go from two shifts to one. “This reduction will affect 81 Canal Flats-based employees, all of whom will be offered positions elsewhere in the company,” Stavness said. “The Canfor executive and management teams recognize that this decision will involve great personal cost to employees at our Canal Flats mill. Unfortunately, the available fibre supply in the region is not sufficient to support the processing capacity and we must make this reduction. “Canfor is actively hiring at our other facilities in British Columbia and it is our hope that all 81 Canal Flats employees affected in this shift reduction will accept positions at other Canfor divisions. As a company, we are committed to a fair and transparent process to place our employees in new jobs. “Moving to one shift will also result in a change in the mill’s operating hours to an eight-hour shift, Monday to Friday.”
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