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On Wednesday Nov 4, the Kimberley Community Choir joined the Selkirk Secondary School Choir to perform at McKim Theatre. Each choir performed several songs before coming together at the end of the show. The Selkirk choirs are directed by Sven Heyde, the community choir is directed by Laurel Ralston. See more page 3.
Local reaction to Brown baggin’ it Trudeau cabinet
November’s Mayor’s Brown Bag Lunch cancelled due to Remembrance Day C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Kimberley Mayor Don McCormick has been brown bagging it once a month since his election almost a year ago — setting aside an hour and a half the second Wednesday of each month to talk with residents about what’s on their minds. McCormick, and CAO Scott Sommerville take questions and answer them to the best of their abilities right on the spot. The mayor says there is still plenty of enthusiasm at the lunches. “About half of the folks are new each time,” he told Council last week. “People know they will be heard. I continue to be amazed at the discussion. It’s really interesting.” Wednesday, November 11 would have been the regular brown bag lunch, but due to the Remembrance Day holiday, it will not be held. The next Brown Bag Lunch is Wednesday, December 9th from noon-1:30 in the Council Chamber at City Hall.
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Reactions are coming in to the announcement of the 30-member cabinet unveiled by incoming Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday. Three of the new Cabinet ministers are representing ridings 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 Kootenay Columbia riding, says he is impressed with the diversity of the team.
Last shift at Canal Flats C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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See CABINET, page 4 Newly elected Kootenay Columbia MP Wayne
Stetski in front of Parliament in Ottawa.
Today marked the last shift for some 65 workers and nine staff members at the CanFor owned Canal Flats saw mill. CanFor announced the closure on September 9 in Canal Flats, stating that recent downturns in the oil and gas and lumber markets that the mill served, combined with a lack of economically available fibre for the mill, had brought operating losses the company could no longer sustain. At the beginning of 2015, the mill had employed approximately 125 people, but 81 of
those were laid off in May when the mill went to one shift in May. This closure does have an affect on Kimberley and Cranbrook, said Mayor Don McCormick. “Of the people that worked there, only 44 per cent actually lived in Canal Flats,” McCormick told the Bulletin at the time of the layoffs. “It very quietly employed people from Kimberley, about 16 per cent of the workforce.” A further 30 per cent lived in Cranbrook, McCormick said. “It highlights that this is a regional economy and any economic development needs a regional perspective.”