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Ktunaxa taking Jumbo fight to Supreme Court T R E VO R C R AW L E Y
The ongoing saga in a dispute between the Ktunaxa Nation and a proposed Jumbo Glacier ski resort is going to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC). On October 5, the Ktunaxa Nation filed an application to the SCOC to appeal an earlier decision from the B.C. Court of Appeal
that ruled in favour of the provincial government. That decision found that B.C.’s approval of a Master Development Agreement for the resort in an area known as Qat’muk did not violate the Ktunaxa Nation’s Charter right to freedom of religion.
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Students from Gordon Terrace Elementary School watch as Debbie Sinclair from the Cranbrook Garden Club demonstrates how to plant the tulip bulbs. The 700 tulip bulbs were planted on Thursday afternoon near the Elko Station.
Tulips planted to mark friendship ARNE PETRYSHEN
Hundreds of tulip bulbs were planted Thursday afternoon to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Tulip Festival. The festival commemorates a unique and special relationship between Canada and Holland that has its roots in the Second World War. The tulip bulbs were being planted by the Cranbrook Garden Club near the Elko Station, with the participation of other groups from the community, as well as students from Gordon Terrace Elementary
School. Debbie Sinclair, from the Cranbrook Garden Club, noted that the 700 bulbs for the new permanent tulip bed came courtesy of Holland. At the planting, there were representatives from the city, like Mayor Lee Pratt, as well as representatives from the Cranbrook Historical Centre, Sunrise Rotary, Cranbrook Garden Club, Royal Canadian Legion, Ladies Auxiliary, Cranbrook schools and the public. The tulips will sprout up in the spring.
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“We’re hoping May,” Sinclair said. The tulips will be red and white. “We’re hoping it will look spectacular.” The tulips will be deerproofed using a combination of chicken wire and a light sprinkling blood meal, which makes the flowers no longer appetizing. The bulbs come from Vesey’s Bulbs on Prince Edward Island. “We’re here to celebrate our friendship with the Dutch people from World War II,” Sinclair said.
In 1945, the Dutch gave Canada 100,000 tulips as a symbol of their appreciation for the role Canadian soldiers played in the was, as well as the hospitality Canada showed. Cranbrook is one of 15 communities in B.C. to get the tulip garden. Across the country, there were only 140 gardens available, and 400 communities applied. Usually the tulips go to Ottawa, but because it is the 70th anniversary, the Dutch decided to provide tulips to communities across Canada.
Hall returns for Brahms BARRY COULTER
The storied Symphony of the Kootenays opens its 2015/16 season — and marks its 40th anniversary — with a brace of concerts this weekend in Nelson and Cranbrook. The Symphony, under the direction of Music and Artistic Director Jeff Faragher, will be presenting works by Malcolm Forsyth, Mozart, and Johannes Brahms. And the Brahms piece will feature a special guest — Natasha Hall — returning to her hometown of Nelson and the East Kootenay as violin soloist.
NATASHA HALL
Hall is currently living in London, England, and playing with the English Chamber Orchestra.
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