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OCTOBER 17, 2014
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Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 728 gather for a photo below the national advertising billboard on the north end of Cranbrook. The members and their families were rallying support for keeping door to door delivery. See more, Page 3.
REFERENDUM 2014
Get the fluoride factoids City of Cranbrook hosting open house and debate ahead of the Nov. 15 referendum on fluoride in the water supply
ARNE PETRYSHEN
Next week residents will have a chance to see both sides of the fluoride debate for themselves before deciding the fate of Cranbrook fluoridation system in the November referendum. The city is hosting an open house detailing the water system and water fluoridation on Thursday Oct. 23 at the Manual Training Centre. Starting at 7 p.m. Canadian health experts on both sides of the fluoride issue will debate the merits and
drawbacks of the fluoridation of the water supply. The debate will be moderated by David Walls, president and CEO of the College of the Rockies. The speakers will be available to meet the public and respond to questions for the remainder of the evening. The speakers are: - Dr. Alastair Nicoll of the BC Dental Association and an area dentist who will discuss the advantages of adding fluoride to the public water system. - Dr. James Beck, Profes-
sor Emeritus for Medical Biophysics at the University of Calgary and co-author of ‘ The Case Against Fluoride’, who is a vocal advocate for removing fluoride from the water system. The referendum comes just over a year after Kevin Millership, a Slocan Valley resident launched a class action lawsuit against the city seeking damages for dental fluorosis. In his lawsuit, Millership alleged that the city has a duty of care for its residents and is negligently harming
members of the suit by adding fluoride to drinking water. In November, 2013, the city confirmed that it was in the process of a settlement. Millership said that he had asked the city to hold a referendum in November 2014, with a process of education and consultation leading up to the referendum. The city began fluoridating the water back in 1968 based on a 1966 referendum.
See FLUORIDE, Page 5
MEANWHILE, IN KIMBERLEY …
Inquiring minds want to know: Why no election signs C A R O LYN G R A N T Daily Bulletin
Where are all the election signs, you may be asking? If you drive through Cranbrook you will see municipal election signs popping up all over, yet Kimberley remains sign-free. Are we just slow to get started? No. In fact, candidates in Kimberley are not allowed, by way of the City sign bylaw, to put up signs until October 20. The bylaw was updated
in 2011 and a time period for temporary signage, including that for an election, was established. Signs were actually put up too early by all candidates in contravention of the bylaw during the 2011 election campaign, but it was pointed out to candidates in the 2014 campaign that the dates had to be honoured. Expect to see signs popping up in Kimberley on October 20, 2014.