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■ NEWS:
Up, Up and Away! Interior Health looking into lab operations ....................................2
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Dolphins get ready for regional competition ........................................4
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Dr. Erika talks about intolerance to nuts ..................................11
JORDAN KLASSEN
Golden’s airspace was particularly busy this week as 117 hang gliding and paragliding pilots from across North America and Europe took part in the 19th annual Willi Muller XC Challenge. See the story on page 3 and a full set of photos from the event online at www.thegoldenstar.net. Joel Tansey/Star Photo
MP Wilks announces funding for Town, Sikh Society Joel Tansey reporter@thegoldenstar.net Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks was in Golden early Friday afternoon to announce a pair of federal funding grants for the Town pf Golden and another for the Golden Sikh and Cultural Society. The first grant fell under the federal govern-
ment’s New Building Canada Plan and will be used to fund a nearly $1.4 million project for sewer system improvements. The upgrades will help to reduce energy consumption, increase system capacity and enhance treatment capabilities while reducing odour and greenhouse gas generation. “I’m very passionate about trying to get things for rural Canada and I also know that staff put in
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a ton of work on these applications and it shows today,” Wilks said. “This is obviously something we could have never done on our own and with the help of the federal government and the provincial government we’ll be able to take care of a long-standing issue with our lagoons,” said Town of Golden CAO Jon Wilsgard. Continued on page 3
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