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Another bear spotted near two schools For the Townsman
Residents are asked to keep an eye out for a lone black bear spotted wandering along 12th Street South, between Gordon Terrace and Parkland School early Monday morning. Both the City of Cranbrook and the Conservation Officer Service are aware of Monday’s sighting. It is important for people – especially in the periphery of the City -- to be very diligent with managing their garbage properly and cleaning up any fallen fruit from trees on their properties. Bears will be hungry and looking for easy meals. The public can expect to see a growing number of bears and perhaps an increase in bear issues over the next month, as bears will be foraging for food for the winter. Bears are starting to move closer to communities where food may be more easily accessible. Last week, COS were monitoring a mother bear and cubs around Highland School. Please do not contact City of Cranbrook Bylaw staff or the local branch of the SPCA with wildlife issues. They are only able to deal with domestic animals – not wildlife.
RCMP kept busy with stabbings over weekend For the Townsman
The Cranbrook RCMP is currently looking into two separate stabbings over this past weekend. In the early morning hours of Saturday, September 17, Cranbrook RCMP were called to a residence in the 700 Block of Patterson St. on a report that a stabbing had taken place and that an ambulance was required. Upon arrival, RCMP found a 25-year-old man had been stabbed in the abdomen. The matter is drug-related and not a random act. After stabbing the man, the suspect fled the scene.
See STABBINGS, Page 3
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EVERYTHING’S UNDER CONTROL: The deer of Kimberley keep calm and controlled in the shadow of the animal control van.
Times have changed since 2013 BC NDP leader sees opportunity in East Kootenay; says his populism will serve him in good stead Barry Coulter
Though John Horgan was despondent at the outcome of the last provincial election, 2013 was indeed a long time ago. The leader of the B.C. NDP, who took over from Adrian Dix after the election loss of three and a half years ago, was in Cranbrook Monday, Sept. 19, with the rest of the BC NDP caucus on the party’s September caucus meeting, talking strategy and policy on the eve of another provincial election campaign. And Horgan sees lots of signs at home and abroad that give him optimism for his party’s fortunes in , set for May, 2017. “What’s changed is, the Liberals have had another four years to continue to reduce services to people, while they have been increasing costs to people — although they deny it,” Horgan told the Townsman between caucus events out at St. Eugene Mission. “There’s a long list of government fees and
BC NDP leader John Horgan St. Eugene Mission Monday, Sept. 19. charges that are taxes by another name. “I’ve been talking about affordibility issues across the province, and I think what separates us from 2013 is there was some sense from Ms. Clark that she was going to be new
and different, and time has proven that to be incorrect. She is about the same as the last guy. She spends almost as much time on the fundraising circuit as she does in the Legislature.” One thing that has changed recently is the
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very public rise of an anti-establishment spirit amongst voters. It’s been manifested in the recent Brexit vote in the U.K., and most notoriously in Donald Trump’s rise as U.S. Presidential candidate. Horgan says Bernie Sand-
ers, who challenged Hillary Clinton for Democratic Party candidate from — for the U.S. — a unusual leftwing position, is also indicative of widespread discontent. “Here’s a 74-year-old guy who had all these 20-somethings come out by the thousands to his rallies, because of that message he was delivering, that anti-establishment message. “When I look back through political history, it’s always populist uprisings, left and right — the CCF, NDP and Reform Party in the Canadian context — have been a response to these elites telling us what to do. As much as I bristle and recoil at some of the grotesque things that come out of Donald Trump’s mouth, and the things that he stands for, I understand the frustration. I can see where that discontent with establishment is coming from.
See HORGAN, Page 3