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Kimberley Refugee Resettlement Group moving forward C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
Representatives of the Kimberley Refugee Resettlement Group — Graham Smith and Colin Mackenzie — visited the Kimberley Rotary Club on Wednesday to provide an update on their efforts to bring two refugee families to Kimberley. The KRRG was formed in November of 2015 to represent Kimberley in support of the growing crisis in Syria. It is estimated about four million Syrians are outside their own country, mainly in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, and eight million are displaced within Syria. Half of these refugees are children. Smith says that it isn’t likely that any family
On Thursday morning, January 7, 2016 at approximately 8:15 a.m., the Cranbrook RCMP responded to a robbery at the Byng Hotel Liquor Outlet by a suspect who had implied he was armed with a weapon.
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would arrive before the second quarter of this year. These things take time, and there is much to be done beforehand. That work includes finding housing, and furnishing those homes. The families will be arriving with little more than a suitcase and will therefore need everything set up for them. This means fundraising. Smith says that bringing in two families means about $54,000 must be in place. About $20,000 of that will come from the government of Canada. The rest must be raised, either through donation or in-kind. The KRRG has been divided into teams; resettlement planning, fundraising, finance and communications. See Page 3
Byng Liquor Store in Cranbrook robbed FOR THE BULLETIN
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The culprit made off with liquor but was quickly apprehended by officers near the downtown area of Cranbrook. The suspect is being held in custody and will be facing multiple charges including robbery.
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East Kootenay Regional’s New Year’s Baby, Norah Kaufman gives a mighty yawn during a visit to the Cranbrook Daily Townsman. Norah was born at 4:11 a.m. on January 1, 2016, at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital. Norah is pictured with father James Kaufman, mother Summer Lynn Kaufman, and big sister Kylie. Norah K., from all of us at the Townsman/Bulletin, welcome to the world!
Five homes evacuated due to gas line break C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin editor
Five homes were evacuated in Kimberley on Wednesday night after a gas leak, the Kimberley Fire Department reports. Assistant Chief Rick Prasad says that the situation began at
1:40 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon when a gas service line was broken in Lower Blarchmont during an excavation. “Twelve homes lost power and gas,” Prasad said. “Gas was turned off because of the potential for it to migrate into homes. A few people spent the night out.”
In total five homes could be considered to have been evacuated, though no formal reception centre was set up. “Kimberley is pretty great that way,” Prasad said. “Everyone knows everyone and wants to help out. People just went to friends’ houses.” The Kimberley Fire Depart-
ment left the scene at about 11 p.m. and the gas crews were on the scene until the early hours of the morning.