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Traffic patterns School by school report looks at vehicular issues in Cranbrook AN N AL EE GR AN T
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A special candlelight service was held at the United Church in Cranbrook Sunday evening, Dec. 16, in response to the horrific violence in Newtown, Conn., Friday, where 26 children and teachers were killed when a gunman broke into the school. Those in attendence lit candles to go with those commemorating the victims. The special service was hosted by Frank Lewis, Minister of the United Church in Cranbrook, and Yme Woensdregt of Christ Church Anglican. See related stories on Pages 7 and 12.
A first for Interior Health Kelowna General Hospital performs open heart surgery for first time
A N N A LE E GR ANT Townsman Staff
East Kootenay patients will have another option for care after Kelowna General Hospital performed its first ever open heart surgery. The patient, Luke Brockholm of Penticton, is doing well after
the procedure performed by surgeon Dr. Guy Fradet two weeks ago. Brockholm will be just the beginning – the hospital hopes to perform as many as 600 open heart surgeries a year now that the infrastructure is in place.
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“The start of cardiac surgeries is great news for patients such as Luke Brockholm and their families,” said B.C. health minister Margaret MacDiarmid, who traveled to Kelowna last week to celebrate the milestone. “Cardiac patients needing surgery
are now able to get care closer to home, without having to travel to the Lower Mainland, which is very welcome news.” Before Kelowna General began performing the surgery, patients would have to travel to the Lower Mainland. Only three hospitals in
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B.C. offered the procedure, including Royal Columbian Hospital (New Westminster), Royal Jubilee Hospital (Victoria), St. Paul’s Hospital (Vancouver) and Vancouver General Hospital (Vancouver).
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School District 5 has released a comprehensive traffic study conducted in the City of Cranbrook to address concerns at each school and is looking for parent feedback. Doug McPhee, director of instruction/ safety, said the school board has been encouraged after trustee Patricia Whalen and Laurie Middle School principal David Standing successfully lobbied the City of Cranbrook to have school zones at the city’s middle schools reduced back to 30 kilometres and hour. The city was supportive, and dropped the limits. Now McPhee said it’s time to look at a number of safety concerns within the district, and he developed the detailed traffic study that is available on the district’s website. “Theses are some of the things I’ve noticed that need to be addressed,” he said. In the 26-page re-
port, McPhee suggests improvements to all schools in Cranbrook in the district that could improve safety and addresses issues that weren’t around when schools were constructed in Cranbrook.
“Unfortunately that’s a disaster waiting to happen. You can see the frustration on motorists.” Doug McPhee, on the intersection at Baker St. and 14th Ave.
One of the most notable issues in the report is at the intersection of Baker Street and 14th Avenue South where hundreds of Mount Baker Secondary School students cross on a daily basis. that intersection can become extremely busy at lunch hour and before and after school.
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