WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2015
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Western Financial Place and the Kootenay Ice hosted a costume contest Saturday afternoon during the first intermission of the Ice/Seattle WHL game. Young Master Skunk took top spot. As of presstime, Master Skunk’s name was unavailable. Congratulations all the same.
Robin, the Boy Wonder, aka Tom Ross, served as host for the occasion, interviewing all the colourful contestants. Gerry Frederick photos
‘I’m gonna move to Cranbrook hosting the outskirts of town’ mining conference Cranbrook City Council debates the existence of living quarters on a property in the industrial park A R N E P E T RYS H E N
“Slippery slope” was a term in evidence at Monday night’s meeting, as Councillors hashed out the pros and cons of allowing a two-bedroom apartment in the industrial to continue to exist. Cranbrook City Council will be looking for public input on a proposed zoning amendment which permits a dwelling unit at a property on Industrial Road 2. The applicant asked for the amendment to the city’s Light
Industrial Zone M2 after an inspection found it did not comply to current bylaws. A vacant room in the property on 800 Industrial Road 2 had been converted into a two bedroom apartment two years ago after the owner couldn’t find anyone to rent it. Council passed the first two readings after much discussion. The recommendation by staff was to give first and second reading to the zoning amendment bylaw.
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Coun. Ron Popoff said there had been a number of cases like this that have come before council this term. “Where we’re trying to legalize something that was done contrary to bylaws, OCPs or other rules in town,” Popoff said. “I find this to be a bit of a slippery slope, and may be setting again some further precedents with what’s going on in the industrial park and otherwise.”
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The mining industry is gathering in Cranbrook for the next few days as the biennial Minerals South Conference and Trade Show hosted by the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines gets underway. The event will feature three days of seminars from local and regional professionals in the industry, while an educational component will also include elementary students checking out the trade show booths and doing some hands-on activities. Jason Jacob, the president of the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines, notes that even though it’s a conference that happens every two years, it’s
Saturday November 7 at 7:30 pm
a great networking opportunity. “Basically, it’s just for stimulation in the industry, exchanging ideas. The conference is to bring all the brains of the industry together in a smaller conference,” said Jacob. A small sampling of personalities and businesses will be present with keynote addresses featuring Mike Hambalek of Caliper Machines and Hydraulics, Mike Keefer of Keefer Ecological and Cranbrook mayor Lee Pratt. Jacobs adds that there are many facets of the industry that will be on hand.
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