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A very successful Kaleidoscope Fest was held last week. One of the more popular events was DaVINci night where budding artists tried their hand at producing masterpieces.
A very good summer for tourism Numbers are up and that’s good news C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
If you have noticed that Kimberley seems busier this summer, you are not mistaken. Kimberley is having a very good summer in terms of tourism, says Jesse Ferguson of Tourism Kimberley. “It’s been really busy,” Ferguson said. “From what we are tracking we are noticing a big increase. Last summer was a good year too, but this year, just in terms of people walking through the door of the Visitors’ Centre,
we are seeing a 25 per cent increase. The hotel spend so far this summer — that’s how much money is spent on hotels — is 16.6 per cent up.” There are many things you can attribute the growth to, Ferguson says, some Tourism Kimberley can control, and others they can’t. “First and foremost we’ve been promoting our new Kimberley branding plan for four years now. When we started the plan, we knew it would take time. We are starting to see it pay off.” Another factor is the American dollar, but not in the way you Inquiries about mountain bik- might think. See TOURISM, page 4 ing continue to rise.
CITY LABOUR NEGOTIATIONS
Still distance on key issues C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
With negotiations stalled, and mediation having failed, the City of Kimberley and the United Steelworkers are now headed to a membership vote on the last offer. There has been some movement, but key issues continue to trouble the Union, said a USW press release. One of the those is the S.E.S. Job Evaluation System. The City considers it a failed experiment
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Centre positions run through the S.E.S. system, which would result in significantly higher wage costs to run the aquatic centre. “As a substitute to the job evaluation system, the City has offered a wage grid based off of the results of the job evaluation system, and has offered to meet with the Union to discuss a rate of pay for any new or significantly revised jobs,”said the city release. See LABOUR, page 3
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