Cranbrook Daily Townsman, July 08, 2016

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July 8, 2016

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Members of the widespread Chlopan family gathered from across the country at Joseph Creek Village for a family reunion on Saturday, July 2. Crabrook was a fitting location for the reunion — the Chlopans are one of Cranbrook oldest families — with Nick Chlopan moving here from the original homestead in Mayook. Nick married Maude Owen in Cranbrook, and some of the Owen family were at the reunion too, along with descendents of Nick’s brother Joe. Pictured seated in the second row are some of the descendents of Fred and Rose Chlopan — Nick’s parents — who immigrated here from Poland: Edith Lawton, Etta Cantwell, Maxine Day, Bonnie Harrison and Pat Owen. Brian Chlopan and Owen Chlopan are also pictured seated in the second row.

Canada Post extends Coming back to the Cambrian fossil expert presenting at Cranbrook lockout notice to Monday Renowned History Centre’s latest public lecture, July 21 Trevor Crawley

Canada Post has extended a lockout notice to Monday, July 11, after filing a 72-hour notice earlier this week. MaryAnn Mihychuk, the federal Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, has asked both the crown corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to submit

to binding arbitration. “It is our hope that CUPW will consider submitting to binding arbitration to end the uncertainty,” read a Canada Post release. “Canada Post is extending the current 72-hour notice period to Monday at 12:01 a.m. to provide time for the union to consider this option. “A quick resolution is in the best interest of our employees,

customers and the long-term future of the postal system. CUPW has also filed a complaint with the Canada Industrial Relations Board, accusing Canada Post management of failing to negotiate in good faith and interfering with the union’s right to represent it’s members.

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Barry Coulter

One of Canada’s foremost “rock stars” (pun intended) is coming to Cranbrook this month, with some special information about the deep past under our feet. Dr. Jean Bernard Caron will be speaking at the Royal Alexander Hall, Thursday, July 21, in the third installment of the Cranbrook History Cen-

tre’s public lecture series on the East Kootenay’s fossil heritage and paleontological past. Events begin at 7 p.m. Dr. Caron is the Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto. He is one of Canada’s foremost experts on fossils.

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