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The Legendary Eric Burdon and the Animals brought a high energy show of rock, blues and soul to a sold out Key City Theatre Thursday night, April 16. Burdon’s voice was as clear and powerful as almost 50 years ago, when “House of the Rising Sun” became one of the signal hits of the British invasion, and his revue of songs from his career fronting the Animals, War and Greenhorne led to two standing ovations from a raucous crowd. Barry Coulter photo
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Get those bidding paddles ready. The Rotary Radio Auction is fast approaching and organizers are busy gathering donated items from across the community for use in their annual fundraiser. On May 6-7, from 6-8 p.m., Cranbrook radio listeners will have the chance to bid on items and raise money for the Rotary Club. Funds raised will go towards a connection path from Rotary Way to the North Star Rails 2 Trails path as well as to other community-oriented projects. The Rotary Radio Auction is a long-time fundraiser with the goal of raising money to invest back into the community, said organizer Sandy Zeznik.
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Kootenay Columbia MP David Wilks advised Cranbrook council to challenge inter-provincial trade limitations at the April 15 Chamber luncheon. Wilks was the guest speaker at the monthly meeting which brings Cranbrook Chamber members together. A number of city councillors and the mayor were also in attendance. Wilks noted that in 1994, at the conclusion of the North American Free Trade Agreement, Canada had to create an internal trade agreement between all the provinces and territories. “Unfortunately it didn’t work,” he
Man sentenced in UK in Cranbrook child luring case
said. “And it doesn’t work today. It’s a dysfunctional document.” Wilks said it amounts to protectionism between the provinces. He pointed to agreements like the New West Partnership, between B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Quebec and Ontario Trade and Cooperation Agreement of 2009, saying they put up walls around those provinces and inhibit trade. He also pointed to issues like each province having a unique gasoline blend requirements and each province having different professional services requirements.
A 27-year-old British man has been sentenced in the U.K. relating to an internet child luring investigation that involved a Cranbrook youth. In November 2012, a young boy in Cranbrook accessed a well-known Internet website to chat and meet strangers while his parents were not home. The boy subsequently connected with a number of strangers he met on the site using the video camera on his laptop. The young boy was coaxed into showing his genitals online by his “new friends”. When the youths parents got home and discovered what had happened they immediately contacted the Cranbrook RCMP.
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