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Details thin at this time of year, but avalanches possible C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
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At the Dynamiter game last Friday night, it was Food Bank Night. The final tally is $1,500 in food and $500 in cash donations donated to the Food Bank by the great fans of the Kimberley Dynamiters. Above, Justin Meier, Stan Salikin and Trevor Van Steinburg.
This early in the year, it is difficult for forecasters at Avalanche Canada to post exact avalanche danger ratings, but that doesn’t mean the danger isn’t there. The problem is that the winter backcountry recreation season has just begun and there are not enough snowpack observations collected as yet. However, according to avalanche.ca it may be early in the season, but there is more than enough snow for avalanches. Avalanche Canada has launched the Mountain Information Network, so that you can submit your observations on snow conditions through your smartphone. If you can take the time to dig a snow pit and observe, all the better. All this information assists in forecasting avalanche danger.
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CKDI City, contractor will negotiate on flume delay costs rolls along C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
The flume rehab project, which was scheduled to be finished by the end of October, is now looking at an end of December finish. Further to that delay, the contractor, CopCan, has submitted a letter to city hall detailing delay costs of $187,019. Earlier this month, City CAO Scott Sommerville said that the City was not inclined to pay those costs. The City has opted to go to the negotiation process outlined in the Phase II contract to settle the request for additional funds. Earlier this year, when there was a danger of the project not proceeding, a
price of $2,882,560 was negotiated with the contractor for the completion of the flume rehab. The latest update on flume work was delivered to Council at their regular meeting this past Monday, November 23. The report noted that the upstream side of the project was done except for the water still being on bypass, which will remain in place until the downstream side is finished as well. Downstream the drop structure (waterfall) and the work on the Wallinger Pond is complete The existing concrete flume structure has been reJOHN ALLEN PHOTO moved and the new concrete flume work is under- The construction crew working on the form work, rebar and concrete had a big day way. Concrete for that was on Monday, working quickly to beat the forecast snowfall. They poured 152 cubic poured on Monday. meters of concrete in about 8 hours.
Cranbrook Kimberley Development Initiative — a good start but work to do, McCormick says C AROLYN GR ANT Bulletin Editor
There has been another meeting of the Cranbrook Kimberley Development Initiative (CKDI) advisory committee to discuss the marketing plan. “This whole initiative started out when we formed the Industrial Advisory Committee last spring,” said Kimberley Mayor Don McCormick. “But it quickly morphed into the CKDI.” The advisory committee is made up of business people from both Kimberley and Cranbrook. The latest meeting, McCormick says, was to take a look at where they were in terms of supporting the initiative with marketing. See CKDI, page 4