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Candidates tangle in first public debate T R E VO R C R AWL EY
First Nations issues came to the forefront of the federal election on Wednesday night at the Ktunaxa Nation Council, which featured a debate between four of five federal party candidates. Bill Green (Green Party), Wayne Stetski (NDP), Don Johnston (Liberal Party) and incumbent David Wilks (Conservative Party) spent two hours discussing Ab-
original issues in a forum moderated by Joe Pierre. Libertarian candidate Christina Yahn was unable to attend. The format consisted of six issues that the candidates were alerted to beforehand, before opening up the floor to a Q&A period. Each candidate was also allotted a closing statement. The six issues at the centre of the forum included: land claims and resource
revenue sharing, quality of life gap, the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, missing and murdered aboriginal women,
pace and progress of treaties and housing, education and health care. Topics from the floor— asked by First Nations mem-
bers of the audience—issues included childcare for single parents, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the need for action on environ-
mental issues, funding for First Nations students studying off-reserve and more.
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Cougar and bear sightings reported in Cranbrook TRE VOR CR AWLEY
Conservation officers are investigating a cougar sighting near Kinsmen Park that was reported on Monday night. While the sighting was reported to authorities and shared on Facebook by a concerned citizen, COs have been unable to contact the complainant or locate the animal.
“We haven’t planned any capture activity or actioning or anything like that,” said Sgt. Cam Schley, a conservation officer based in Cranbrook. “We’re just treating it as a sighting right now.” The sighting itself details a cougar spotted in the field portion of the park adjacent to Victoria Ave.
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FOR THE TOWNSMAN
Cranbrook’s Ryan Granville Martin, now a Toronto recording artist, performer and producer, is returning to his hometown to perform with Jeremy Fisher in the first concert of the third annual Cranbrook Live Concert series at the Studio Stage Door, Monday, Sept. 28. See more Page 26.
Travelling through time with Ethan Russell BAR RY CO ULTER
To travel with Ethan Russell is to breathe rarified air. And where Russell is travelling, the air is charged with electricity. Ethan Russell, American photographer, au-
Renowned rock photographer takes us to the heart of a musical and cultural revolution
thor and video director — is one of the most renowned photographers of the 1960s and 70s — particularly of the rock era and its most famous, influential musicians.
Russell is the only photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. He was the Stones’ official photographer through
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their most tumultuous and creative period, 1969-72. He has photographed Jim Morrison and the Doors, Janis Joplin, Cream, Eric Clapton, Linda Ronstadt,
Rickie Lee Jones, Rosanne Cash and numerous others. Russell will be at the Key City Theatre with a multi-media presentation of some of the most
astounding photographs of that age, Saturday, Oct. 17. Russell spoke to the Townsman from his home in Marin County, north of San Francisco.
“It’s really a one man show that tells my story,” Russell said. “It’s an evening of stories. But I really tell my story — which is an incredible story, true and unlikely.”
See RUSSELL, Page 24