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Tristan Chernove with his silver medal from the C2 individual pursuit. He later won a bronze in the 1,000 metre time trial and will continue with road races at the Rio Paralympics this week.
Two medals for Cranbrook’s Chernove at Paralympics Chernove hits podium twice on cycling track TRE VOR CR AWLEY
It’s been a whirlwind weekend for Tristen Chernove, who can add some new hardware to an ever-growing trophy case with a silver and bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro velodrome. Chernove captured his first-ever Paralympic medal on Friday afternoon in the 3000-metre C2 Individual Pursuit, finishing with a time of 3.47.41 — just three seconds over the gold medal winner, Liang Guihua of China. “It’s wonderful to be on the podi-
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um,” said Chernove, “but I still have a Thinking of taking a dive into Scouting? Learn all about Kimberley’s Scouting program and register for lot to learn. I didn’t have my best rides this year at Camp Stone on September 15th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. See more page 5. today, which is hard. It’s wonderful to have a silver medal, but this was far from my best ride. But this isn’t the end and I’m going to harness my energies, refocus and get back on the top of my game.” On Sunday, Chernove returned to the podium, capturing a bronze medal in the C1-2-3 1,000-metre time trial. Chernove hit the track with a time of 1:09.583, again just three seconds behind the gold medal winner, Li Zhangyu of China. While Chernove is happy to hit the podium, he says he isn’t riding to performance level and feels there’s more to give. See MEDALS Page 4
Further reflections on labour deal C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
As reported in the Bulletin last Friday, the City of Kimberley and Steelworkers Local 1-405 have reached an agreement and a fouryear collective agreement was ratified last week by members. Mayor Don McCormick says it was a good deal and both sides should be happy.
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“With respect to the final terms, there is reason for both sides to feel good,” he said. The final deal includes the special vacation benefit being grandfathered for all current employees but will not be offered to new employees. There will be a six per cent wage increase over the four year term and some improvement to benefits. One of the more contentious
points was the Job Evaluation System, which will be eliminated. “The new agreement is to put a committee together, with representation from both city and union, and come up with a new approach to evaluating jobs,” McCormick said. The main feeling, now that everything is settled, is relief, the Mayor says. See DEAL, page 3
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