Kimberley Daily Bulletin, August 10, 2016

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What’s the limit for Jumbo? Province looking at tweaking Jumbo requirement to have seat at RDEK table TRE VOR CR AWLEY

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The Kimbeley Community Band is capping off a very successful summer concert series in the Platzl this Thursday, August 11th, at 7:30. Along with the Band’s usual selection of favourites of all kinds, they’ll be welcoming vocalist Devin Fikus, and members of the Kimberley Pipe Band. Each will be doing three numbers along with the Community Band. There will also be a tribute to the Olympics with the performance of “Mas Que Nada,” Brazil’s other official anthem. The concert will provide another fun and entertaining evening of music from local musicians. There is no admission costs, but the Band is accepting donations to their scholarship fund. Devin Fikus was this year’s winner. If you have any questions, plese give Ian (250-427-8041) or me (250-4276513) a call.

Building permit values up again Year to date permit values are at $7,725,405 C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

One of the indicators of Kimberley’s economic health that Mayor Don McCor-

mick has pointed to is the rising value of building permits in the City in the past two years. That trend is continuing as January to July numbers are stronger than they were in 2015, which was considered a very good year.

So far in 2016, the value of 99 permits issued is $7,725,405. That includes 19 new single family dwellings with a value of $6,348,000. In 2015, there were 114 permits issued for a total value of $6,322,500. In both 2014 and 2013 values were at about $3.6 million.

Council says no to KIJHL travel fund C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor

Mayor and Council of 100 Mile House have put forward a proposal that municipalities with a KIJHL hockey franchise establish a reserve fund to assist teams in travelling to out of province hockey events, specifi-

cally the Western Junior B Championship Keystone Cup. The 100 Mile House Wranglers won the Keystone Cup in Regina this year after defeating the Kimberley Dynamiters for the KIJHL championship. The 100 Mile House Mayor sent out letters to all municipalities with a franchise, including

Kimberley, asking if there was interest in establishing a fund and suggesting a contribution of $500 per year. Council thought the amount would not be burdensome to any community and pooled together would help considerably with expenses for the league champion. While it is true that travel is a

major expense for a KIJHL team even during the regular season, and making the playoffs means travelling further afield, Kimberley Council did not have an appetite for taxpayers supporting a hockey franchise. The City does have a fund for requests for travel assistance on an individual basis.

The provincial government is considering removing a deadline set for January 1, 2017, that would have allowed the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality a seat at the Regional District board table. According to a letter written by Peter Fassbender, the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, the ministry is looking at removing the timeline reference from a legal document called a Letters Patent. However, JGMRM could still get a seat at the RDEK board table the year after the taxable value of the land surpasses $30 million. See JUMBO, page 3

RCMP recover stolen vehicle and property Two suspects arrested

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Early Tuesday morning the Cranbrook RCMP received a complaint of a suspicious vehicle in the Wycliffe area. Police investigates and found the vehicle with two occupants, a man and woman, sleeping inside. Upon further investigation it was determined that the vehicle and a number of items in it were stolen out of Alberta. The items included a number of firearms, one of which was loaded. The man and woman, both from Alberta, were taken into custody without incident and a number of charges are being considered at this time.

Police continue to investigate the incident. “Reports of suspicious vehicles can often lead to other investigations such as this,” Cranbrook RCMP said in a press release. “Calls from the public to the police are always appreciated when something out of place is observed in their neighborhood” The RCMP would also like to remind the public to keep their property out of sight and secure from thieves, to always record serial numbers, make, model, color of your belongings and keep those records in a safe place at home. Good record keeping can greatly assist police with retrieving and returning stolen property to the rightful owners.


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