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This summer if you should happen to notice a dramatic increase in the number of military personnel, vehicles, and helicopters in the Greater Trail area don’t be alarmed; they’re on our side. Some 500 reserve soldiers, up to 100 military vehicles, and a squad of
Teachers to vote on full strike
Griffen helicopters will arrive in the area for Exercise Kootenay Cougar as the 39 Canadian Brigade Group makes use of the Trail area for its annual major training event Aug. 18 to 28 An assortment of local municipal politicians, representatives from Teck Metals and BC Hydro, emergency personnel, and numerous local and provincial military personnel were on hand Thursday morning for a briefing on what to expect in August when the Canadian Army’s BC Reserve force
BLACK PRESS/TRAIL TIMES The B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) has upheld an employer bid to cut teacher pay by 10 per cent in response to rotating strikes and refusal to perform some duties outside classroom hours. B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) president Jim Iker
goes through a series of training exercises at six Forward Operating Bases (FOB) around the area. “This is a military skills competition at the platoon level,” said Cpt. Adam McLeod, who will be responsible for running the exercise’s central operations base. “It’s an opportunity for skills development for overseas expeditionary deployment and domestic emergency training.” The exercises will be taking place over the 10-day period at FOB Cougar, situated at the Trail Armouries, FOB Dieppe, north
said Wednesday the pay cut and partial lockout of members is "a punitive action" that is unfair to teachers performing their essential classroom duties. “The government has created the chaos of the partial lock-out as a tactic to put pressure on all of us to capit-
of Warfield, FOB Casino, at the Casino Gun Range, Ft. Sheppard, FOB Batoche, east of Nine Mile Creek near the Pend d’ Oreille, FOB Amiens, west of Nine Mile Creek, and FOB Juno, the operations centre near the Trail airport. Eight 30-person teams will progress through each of the FOB’s being assessed and scored on their training performance. The exercises will focus on the soldiers performance in platoon attack and water crossing, clearance See EVENT, Page 3
ulate to their offers,” added Andy Davidoff, president of the Kootenay Columbia Teachers Union. “It is ironic that it and the LRB are OK with the disruption to what they determined are essential services.” In response, the BCTF will hold another vote Monday
and Tuesday to authorize full-scale strike action, with results tallied Tuesday night. “We are hoping for a strong 'Yes' vote to help effect a settlement by the end of June,” said Davidoff. If approved, this would likely mean a full-scale strike See SD20, Page 4
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