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Airshow will bring in exotic aircraft ARNE PETRYSHEN
As plans for next year’s airshow fly into view, the show is shaping up to be an exciting one with many exotic aircrafts coming to Cranbrook. Some of those slated are the CF-18 Hornet, a B1-B
Lancer and a C-17 Galaxy — one of the biggest military transport planes in the world. Thomas Murphy, air operations director for the Canadian Rockies International Airshow, was in council Monday to talk about the mar-
vels of flight featured in the show. The show is a two day event planned for Aug. 5 and 6, 2016 at the Canadian Rockies International Airport. “It is going to feature a wide variety of military and civilian air-
crafts from both Canada and the United States,” Murphy said. There will be a twilight show on the Friday evening, and then a traditional show on Saturday show which includes both flying demonstrations and
static displays of aircrafts and helicopters. The airshow will include many aircraft such as the T-33, the Canadian Forces C-17 and the CF-18 Hornet. “The twilight show, as you can see form some of these pictures,
we have one of the best backdrops in the world, we have the Canadian Rockies obviously to be our backdrop,” Murphy said. “The twilight show is neat because you get to see the airplanes, near nighttime. You get to see things like the afterburner. You get to see the sunlight reflecting on the aircraft.” He said it is a really neat show for the spectators as they get to see things they wouldn’t
normally be able to see. Canadian Rockies International Airshow is a not-for-profit committee made up entirely of volunteers, including Murphy. “It was formed with the purpose of organizing and managing this airshow starting in the 2016 season and recurring biannually every two year after that,” he said.
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B.C. SPCA celebrates millionth adoption TRE VOR CR AWL EY
TREVOR CRAWLEY
Students from Steeples Elementary School and Gordon Terrace Elementary School got the chance to get out of the classroom and tour exhibitions at the Minerals South Conference and Trade Show hosted by the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines. The show, running over Nov. 3-5 at the Heritage Inn, is featuring presentations and speakers from personalities involved in the mining and exploration industries. The kids were able to check out some rock and geology displays and do some gold panning—and got to keep any precious nuggets discovered. Pictured above: Volunteer Jordon Aasland teaches a group of students from Steeples Elementary School the proper gold-panning technique.
Locals react to Liberal cabinet team TREVOR CRAWLEY
Reactions are pouring into the announcement of the 30-member cabinet unveiled by incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday. Three of the new Cabinet ministers are representing rid-
ings in B.C.—Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould (Vancouver Granville), Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan (Vancouver South) and Carla Qualtrough (Delta). Don Johnston, the Liberal Party candidate for the Koote-
nay Columbia riding, says he is impressed with the diversity of the team. “Although there are lots of people who are new to the cabinet that are also new to the political world, they’re also incredibly accomplished indi-
viduals in their other lives before they came into the political realm, so I think it’s one of the most talented, ambitious cabinets that I’ve seen in my lifetime,” Johnston said.
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The B.C. SPCA is about to hit a milestone later this month. The organization is coming up to it’s one millionth adoption in a few weeks and is planning to celebrate by calling for photos of people with their adopted pets to post on the B.C. SPCA Facebook page. Anyone can post photos of their pets to the page and those who do will automatically be entered into a contest to win an iPad Air, donated by Telus. At the local B.C. SPCA East Kootenay branch, based just outside Cranbrook, pet adoptions are continuing at a brisk pace, according to manager
Brenna Baker. “Last month in October, we adopted out a total of 58 cats and kittens in one month and four dogs, and one rabbit,” she said. “So it’s been good. We’re still getting way more surrender and stray animals than what we’re adopting out. “Last month, we took in over 89 animals in the month of October, so we get a lot more than what we adopt out.” Baker notes that even though intake is high, the SPCA is always available to take in animals, either with wait lists or transfers to the Lower Mainland.
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