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Rocky Mountain Print Solutions is branching out and adding another business into the fold, acquiring Murray’s Office Plus in late January. Stephen Wik, the Copier Division Manager for Rocky Mountain Print Solutions, said that Murray’s Office Plus will be retaining its own name into the transition to new ownership. “There’s a lot of people who identify with that name and we want to maintain not just the name, but the character of the business, the character of what Carol’s created is going to be carried on,” Wik said. Carol Murray, who has been running the business for over 20 years, said she felt it was time to look at retirement and wanted to keep the business in local ownership. Her
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The practice of actively recruiting physicians will likely be a long-term, ongoing endeavour, according to the city’s Chief Administrative Officer. At city council on Monday, CAO Wayne Staudt touched on the issue during the administrative update portion of the meeting. Staudt said actively recruiting physicians will be a practice that likely won’t be ending anytime soon. “You can look at this — in my opinion — as an ongoing project,” Staudt said. “There will always be
doctors coming and going — an ongoing recruitment process is something that you can probably expect to go on for many, many years.” Back in early 2014, the city joined forces with a number of other organizations to look for solutions to the doctors shortage in the region. It includes the City, the Cranbrook Chamber of Commerce, the Regional District of East Kootenay, Interior Health Authority and East Kootenay Division of Family Practices.
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Baker basketball teams off to Provincial Championships Carol Murray and Stephen Wik daughter worked with Wik for a few years at Rocky Mountain Print Solutions, and the discussions to sell began out of that relationship.
“We started chatting and it became evident that it was quite a good fit. I was looking to be able to retire because I find the furniture and
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the work is quite strenuous so it’s time to pass it on to younger people,” said Murray.
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High school hoops squads from around the province will be converging on Langley for the upcoming provincial championship next week. Hosted by the Langley Events Centre, the girls provincial tournament, which features 17 teams, will kick off on Wednesday, March 4.
The Mount Baker Secondary School Wild, coached by Al Nutini, will take on W.J. Mouat—a school out of Abbotsford—in the very first game. After the girls tournament wraps up, the boys will take their shot at provincial glory. The MBSS Wild, led by head coach Shaun Penner, will take to the court on March 11.
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