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The Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History has partnered with School District #5, the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and Cranbrook & District Arts Council to research and assemble a series of web pages & exhibits investigating the history of education in the East Kootenay area. See more on Page 7
Youth in custody after ‘knife incident’ ARNE PETRYSHEN
Police responded to an incident involving a student being cut by a knife just after noon on Wednesday, Jan. 7. The investigation by Cranbrook RCMP found that two students had become involved in a physical altercation in a hallway at Mount Baker Secondary School. Staff Sgt Dave Dubnyk said that during the altercation, one student removed a knife from his pocket and swung it striking the other student in the face. “The victim was taken to the East Kootenay Regional Hospital where he was treated for nonlife threatening injuries,” Dubnyk said. “The alleged suspect was located near the school and taken into custody without incident.” The youth is currently in custody and police will be recommending charges of Assault with a Weapon.
Power of the plow Council questions
Reporter Arne Petryshen sees the snowstorm from the other side on a City of Cranbrook “plow-along”
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itting in the seat of the International plow truck you start to feel like you can go anywhere and do anything, as long as anywhere includes snow and anything involves plowing it. Disengage the air brakes, pop it into gear and flick a switch on the centre console to drop the plow blade and off you go, making order out of the chaos that is a road covered in fluffy white flakes of frozen water. As the blade lowers to the ground it makes a satisfying bump that can be felt through the cabin. A shock allows the blades to weather the many bumps that it inevitably hits going down the hundreds of kilometres of streets in Cranbrook.
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crosswalk criteria
City engineering recommends against St. Mary’s School request ARNE PETRYSHEN
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Snowplow driver Chad Girvin
At the Monday night city council meeting, CAO Wayne Staudt explained that the engineering department is recommending against installing a crosswalk at St. Mary’s School. The school’s principal sent a request to council asking for a crosswalk on 4th Street South and 16th Avenue South late last year. Engineering staff noted that the location doesn’t meet the criteria set out by the City of Cranbrook Street Sign and Road Marking Manual or the Pedestrian Crossing Control Manual for British Columbia. At the Nov. 3, 2014 city council meeting, the correspondence from Jerelynn MacNeil, principal of St. Mary’s Catholic Independent School, was referred to the engineering department.
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