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Kimberley residents turned out in huge numbers for the 2015 Remembrance Day ceremonies, signalling that the ceremony will go on despite no Legion Branch and now, no cadet squadron. A big debt of gratitude is owed the Kimberley Elks Club who have taken ownership of this day.
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Council not happy with Cranbrook’s five per cent per year increase in costs C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The regular meeting of Kimberley City Council on Monday evening, November 9, 2015, had a lot going on, including a
couple of lively discussions/almost-arguments over the issue of jail cells. The issue before council is this — for five years, rather than upgrade the cells in Kimberley at considerable cost, prisoners of Kimberley RCMP are sent to Cranbrook RCMP cells, where they are housed for a cost. The city of Kimberley signed a contract with the city of Cranbrook for the service, and that contract is now up for
renewal for another five-year term. As explained by RCMP Cpl. Chris Newel, the Kimberley Detachment NCO in Charge, prisoners are the responsibility of a detachment until they make their first court appearance, which must be within 24 hours. After that, should they remain in custody, they are the responsibility of the province. So the number of prisoners Kimberley may be responsible
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for housing in a year is usually less than 40. It’s not a huge amount of money, but some Councillors took exception to the city of Cranbrook building in a five per cent increase to costs each year. Some of that amount is inflation, but some of it — it was learned through discussion between staff of both cities — was to assist Cranbrook in the upgrading of their cells. See CELLS, page 4
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ALR review ALC wants to hear from all concerned property owners at next week’s hearings
C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
As reported in Monday’s Bulletin, the Agricultural Land Commission is doing a boundary review in the RDEK and some property owners have been notified that their properties may be
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