TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24, 2015
FALL UPDATE
NATURE PARK NEWS
FALL PREVENTION MONTH
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Cranbrook RCMP arrest man wanted by FBI ARNE PETRYSHEN
On Sunday, Cranbrook RCMP arrested a man that was wanted in the U.S by the FBI. Staff Sgt. Hector Lee said an off-duty officer spotted the wanted man near the 2100 block of Cranbrook Street North on Sunday afternoon. The off-duty officer then put in a call to the detachment while he kept his eye on the subject, until police arrived and he was taken into custody without incident. Lee said the man had fled from police a number of times in the past week and a half, so they have been actively looking for him. “He just had immigration warrants put out for being in the country illegally, and he was facing assault charges from a recent incident here,” Lee said. “We’re just liaising with the Canada Border Services Agency
and Immigration to have this fellow on a one-way trip back to the U.S.” The arrest was carried out at 3:15 p.m. on Sunday. Staff Sgt. Lee also provided information on calls to service over the week. From Monday, Nov. 16 at 6 a.m. to Monday, Nov. 23 at 6 a.m. there were 109 calls for service. Cranbrook RCMP handed out four Immediate Roadside Prohibitions. Officers responded to six mental health calls, four of which resulted in apprehension and the subject was brought to the hospital for further assessment. There were seven motor vehicle accidents, and one hit and run. “Which is higher than usual,” Lee said, adding he attributes some of that to the weather last week.
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Fire Smart meeting this Child care positions are not being filled in EK Wednesday JOHN ALLEN PHOTO
Santa arrived in Kimberley’s Platzl for Light Up last Saturday evening to the delight of the hundreds of kids in attendance.
C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
ARNE PETRYSHEN Daily Townsman
Child care in the East Kootenays is lacking according to a delegation that spoke to Cranbrook council last week. Katherine Bonnell and Mary Noble, from the East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment Advisory Committee were in council on Monday to talk about the child care needs in the area. They noted that early learning and child care programs in the East Kootenay region are in desperate need of qualified
early childhood educators and early childhood educator assistants. Bonnell said that there are 18 early childhood educator positions currently vacant in the region, according to the East Kootenay child care resource and referral program, and many of the positions have been available for over a year. Bonnell also noted that the region has the highest number of vacant early childhood positions in the BC Interior. The East Kootenay Child Care Needs Assessment Task Force was formed in 2013, by representatives from East Koo-
tenay Children First, East Kootenay Success By 6, East Kootenay Child Care Resource and Referral and East Kootenay community members who recognized there were unmet child care needs in communities throughout the East Kootenay region. The task force then commissioned a needs assessment project, the results of which reflect the contributions of 12 communities in the Columbia Basin. Bonnell said the results are not positive.
Residents are reminded that those interested in getting to work on fire-smarting their properties and neighbourhoods are invited to a Kimberley Fire Department Open House this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Fire Hall. (Please use the rear entrance on the Mark Creek parking See CHILD CARE, page 4 lot side).
The purpose of the meeting is to pass on information on how to fire smart your property to make it safer from forest fires, and also to find people who may be willing to head up committees to work on entire neighbourhoods. These so-called community champions would help organize FireSmart work in neighbourhoods. See MEETING, p. 4