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Canal Flats mill officially closes TRE VOR CR AWLEY
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The Grade 4/5 class recently presented a Soldier Collage to Pinewood Elementary School. It was a teamwork project that encouraged students to work individually and as a team. Each student worked on a section of the project and then it was assembled into a beautiful Remembrance Day collage.
The Sheepdogs to tour through Cranbrook Three-time Juno award winners to perform at the Key City Theatre on Feb. 25
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The Sheepdogs made history by being the first unsigned band to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone in 2011. Now, Cranbrook will get a chance to take in one of Canada’s top rock bands when The Sheepdogs make a stop at the Key City Theatre on Feb. 25, 2016. The band, formed out of Saskatchewan, already have three Juno awards to their name from a sweep of categories in 2012, including Single of the Year for ‘I Don’t Know’, Rock Album of the Year for ‘Learn & Burn’ and New Group of the Year. The core of the group consists of lead singer Ewan Currie and bassist
Ryan Gullen, who have known each other since childhood. Drummer Sam Corbett and guitarist Rusty Matyas round out the rest of the act, while Currie’s younger brother, Shamus, has toured with the group since 2012. The ‘Learn & Burn’ album, released in 2012, was the record that shot them to the forefront of the public consciousness—the same year they won their three Juno awards, which they couldn’t personally accept as they were on tour with the legendary John Fogerty. Ewan Currie describes the band’s retro, guitar-driven blues rock style as ‘pure, simple, good-time music,’ influ-
The union is decrying the closing of the Canal Flats sawmill, which will officially close up after nearly 100 years of operation in the Columbia Valley in various forms. According to Doug Singer, the president of the United Steelworkers Local 1-405, the union members actually ran the last log and boards through in late September and have spent their time since then preparing for the facility for closure. “This has been devastating for our members, their families, Canal Flats, surrounding communities and the Local Union,” said Singer. “This closure, including the layoffs in May, affect more than 170 employees and related jobs,
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enced by the heavy riff bombast of Led Zeppelin and the melodies and harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Currie further admits that the The Sheepdogs are inspired
by groups such as Sly and the Family Stone, Humble Pie, Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Allman Brothers. Immediately after the success of ‘Learn and Burn’, The Sheep-
dogs followed up with a self-titled album that has reached platinum status with singles ‘Feeling Good’ and ‘The Way It Is’.
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Water leadership plan in the works ARNE PETRYSHEN
The Sheepdogs are Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Sam Corbett and Rusty Matyas.
which is significant.” Back in May, there are layoffs of roughly 80 employees and in September, the announcement to close the operation was made official by Canfor. A few members from the Canal Flats operation have transferred to jobs in Elko and Radium, but there are others that have few options, especially those who are within 10 years of retirement, added Singer. “It’s going to have a very negative impact on people of Canal Flats and indeed, the entire valley,” Singer said. “Many of the members reside in Canal Flats, Kimberley, Cranbrook and Invermere. These are workers with families and mortgages.”
The City of Cranbrook and the College of the Rockies, as well as other signatory partners are working on a water leadership protocol. The protocol aims for “clean, protected and sustainable water resources.” Mayor Lee Pratt talked about the protocol in council on Nov. 2. “With this protocol it’s a very broad concept right now, and a very broad aspect,” said Pratt. “Coming out of that of course is going to be the Joseph Creek rehabilitation project.” Pratt said what they are looking at is the more organizations they get signed up for it,
the more places they will be able to apply for financing and grant applications. “There’s lots of different organizations out there that have money available for it and when you’re just a municipality you’re kind of limited to what you qualify for, so this gives it a much broader protocol and the chance of getting money or gaining contributions is a lot better,” Pratt said. So far, the suggested signatories are the City of Cranbrook, College of the Rockies, Province of BC, Regional Districts, Ktunaxa Nation Council, Shuswap Nation, BC Metis Nation and School Districts.
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