MONDAY JUNE 22, 2015
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BARRY COULTER PHOTOS
Cranbrook chose its youth ambassadors for 2016/2016 at the 50th Sam Steele Sweetheart Pageant Friday evening, June 19, at the Key City Theatre in Cranbrook. Sarah Ferguson (left) is our new Princess of Sam Steele, Kelsey Ackert (right) is Sweetheart of Sam Steele. The two girls will represent Cranbrook throughout the coming year. Congratulations, Sarah and Kelsey, and congratulations to all candidates. See more, Page 2.
Reactions pour in to Jumbo decision T R E VO R C R AWL EY
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Just after 3:45 a.m. Sunday morning, the Kimberley RCMP responded to a report of a distraught man in the 8700 block of Highway 95A. Further information learned by police was that the man may have access to firearms.Additional officers were called in, including a negotiator to assist in setting up a safety perimeter, which included the closure of highway 95A for several hours. At 2:50 p.m Sunday, the man surrendered to police without incident. He was taken into custody and transported to hospital for medical treatment.
Last week, the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort hit a major roadblock when Environment Minister Mary Polak determined the project was not substantially started. That determination means that the Environmental Assessment Certificate expires, and that the proponents must restart the process of going through all the necessary approvals should they wish to continue. In a press release from the Ministry of Environment, Polak made her decision by focusing on the physical activities that had taken place at the project site. In this case, the minister determined that the physical activities undertake on the various compo-
nents did not meet the threshold of a substantially started project. Norm Macdonald, NDP MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke, noted that the decision was a huge victory for Columbia Valley residents. “I’m very, very pleased and relieved,” Macdonald said. “Minister Polak insisted all along that she would make this decision in a fair manner and she’s done that.” Though the proposed project is in an adjacent riding, Bill Bennett, the Liberal MLA for Kootenay East, said that he accepts the decision but hopes that the region doesn’t lose the project.
See JUMBO, Page 3