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Wildlife detection systems planned for Hwy 3
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Shane Koyczan is appearing at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook on Monday, March 30.
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As part of B.C. on the Move, the Government of B.C.’s new 10-year transportation plan, a new high-tech wildlife detection system will be piloted in the East Kootenay. The pilot project is part of government’s ongoing investment of $75 million over the next three years in a new Road Safety Improvement Program. This project falls under Improving Highway Safety, one of 12 key priorities under “B.C. on the Move” program. New high-tech wildlife detection systems will be piloted in different parts of the province in order to find an effective technology solution that can reduce the number of wildlife incidents by better warning motorists about the potential for collisions. “Two wildlife detection systems will be installed this summer on Highway 3 between Cranbrook and Sparwood, in the highest wildlife collision areas on the corridor” said Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett. “The success of this new technology will be monitored to determine future locations to expand these systems in the East Kootenay to further ensure driver safety.” B.C. on the Move will also continue the expansion of Highway 3 passing lanes east of Cranbrook to the Alberta border.
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Voice For The Modern Age Poet Shane Koyczan’s message resonates across generations B A R RY CO U LT E R
GERRY FREDERICK PHOTO
SURE SIGNS SPRING IS NEAR: Gerry Frederick photographed this early return of the Blue Herons to their rookery near Casino of the Rockies overlooking the St. Mary river.
Shane Koyczan is at the forefront of today’s spoken word arts movement and poetry as performance. The Penticton artist and writer has reached millions with his message, speaking out against bullying, and celebrating tolerance and the individual. And there is a buzz around his upcoming Cranbrook concert — a stop on his “Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To” tour, March 30 at the Key City Theatre. Following a show in Nelson (March 21), Koyczan is pleased to be playing shows in his own backyard, for a change. “I spent the first 10 years of my career in the States, because I
couldn’t get gigs in Canada,” Koyczan told the Townsman in a phone interview from Penticton. “Nobody wanted to book spoken word. I guess not enough people had faith in that as a performance or that as an art form that could really entertain and enlighten people. “So it’s really nice to be working in my own country for a change.” Most of Canada became of aware of Koyczan in 2010 when he performed his poem “We Are More” at the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. But the tide started to turn for him about two years before that.
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