FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2015
RECYCLE
WILDSIGHT PRESENTS
BIKE AND GEAR SWAP
GO WILD!
Slide show and film night. See LOCAL NEWS page 5
This weekend at KIS. See LOCAL NEWS page 3
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Federal budget; hits and misses Naturally, the Conservative MP and NDP candidate do not agree on the budget TRE VOR CR AWLEY Townsman Staff
The Harper government unveiled their budget on Tuesday—a 518-page document that includes a $1.4 billion surplus as well as other targeted spending initiatives. Announced at the House of Commons in Ottawa, Finance minister Joe Oliver presented the 2015 federal budget that features spending in areas such as defence and security, transit, and
marking Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017. Balancing the budget was a key priority for Oliver—a priority shared by Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks. “Well, it was a promise we had given to Canadians in the 2011 election platform, that we would balance the budget by the time the next election came along, and we did that.” The budget will have far-reaching implications even into the Kootenay region, said Wilks. For starters, the budget will reduce the small business tax rate from 11 per cent to 9 per cent by 2019. See BUDGET, page 4
The buzz around town
Mosquito treatment has begun in Kimberley C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
As the weather warms up and we head outside, you may have already noticed a few mosquitos flying around. Not to worry about those, says Curtis Fediuk of DG Regan and Associates, who handle Kimberley’s mosquito control, the big ones you see now are remnants of last year’s crop and won’t bite. They are however, looking for standing water in which to lay the next generation of stingers. Fediuk is in town now, beginning treatment of ponds with Vectobac, a non-toxic anti-larval
application. Vectobac is a preferred treatment because it doesn’t harm any other life in the aquatic habitat. It’s time to start thinking about mosquitos in your yard and property, Fediuk says. While DG Regan treats ponds on city and private land around town, mainly up on the ski hill, property owners can do a lot to prevent the next hatch from taking place in their yards. “The mosquitos that hatch with the snow melt are coming now and our program is up and running,” Fediuk said. See MOSQUITO, page 3
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It’s difficult not to indulge in extensive hyperbole about Tuesday night’s concert by New York bluesman, Guy Davis, at Studio 64, says reviewer Mike Redfern (see review page 3). Brought to Kimberley by the Arts Council/ Center 64 as part of the Spring Concert series, Davis last visited the East Kootenay 12 years ago.
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