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It’s hockey playoff season in Kimberley and Dynamiters large and small are headed into big next rounds! Even as Kimberley’s Junior Dynamiters were in preparations for their upcoming KIJHL Conference Final Series, they took time out of their busy schedule to stop by the Marysville arena and surprise the Kimberley Peewee Dynamiters who are headed to the BC Hockey Tier 4 Provincial Championships March 19-23rd. After a fun game of mixed shinny, the players all shook hands and wished each other good luck. Thank you to the big guys for being such great role models for the younger players. The Nitros managed a split in Beaver Valley and return home to the Civic Centre tonight, tied 1-1 in the series.
Spring melt causing Three lost hikers found some basement flooding Kimberley Search and Rescue
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Kimberley RCMP Sgt. Chris Newel says that Kimberley Search and Rescue successfully located three lost hikers this past Saturday, March 18. “On March 18 three hikers lost in the Kimberley Nature Park called for help,” Newel said. “Kimberley RCMP received the call at 11:13 p.m. from one of three hikers, as they were unable to navigate their way back. Police were able to determine they were located somewhere between Forest
Crown and Trickle Creek Golf Course.” Five Kimberley Search and Rescue members, as well as Police Dog Services were dispatched, and located the subjects after a couple of hours, and by 2 a.m. all were safe and sound. The subjects from Edmonton had frequented the area before, but with the heavy snow and darkness took some wrong turns leading them to call for help. See SAR, page 3
Residents must be proactive about basement flooding CAROLYN GRANT Bulletin Editor
The melt is underway, and a few problems are popping up. This past weekend there was a slough on the bank under Halpin Street. City manager of operations Mike Fox says that this is
the same area that sloughed some ten years ago, and it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Transportation as it did slide onto Highway 95A. “We currently have closed Halpin to two way traffic,” Fox said. “We have it as a one way, up only, to keep traffic closest to the more stable part of the road.” As for any threat to stability of houses on that bank, Fox says nothing has changed from what it was before. Again, Highways
would deal with that, he said. As for the melt, city residents are seeing some water in basements, says City CAO Scott Sommerville, and it really is up to property owners to be proactive. “There are no sewer backups, just groundwater in basements,” he said. And that type of flooding is the property owner’s responsibility. See MELT, page 3
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