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Cranbrook Mayor Lee Pratt welcomed board members and volunteers with the Cranbrook/Kimberley Hospice Society at City Hall on Friday afternoon. Pictured above: Art Borle, Karen Grant, Kristen Boilard, Linda Ainsworth, Lee Pratt, Judy Becker, Brenda Babinski, Dan Davidson and Jeanne Davidson.
Hospice Society welcomes new volunteers TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The Cranbrook/Kimberley Hospice Society welcomed four new volunteers to the organization after a presentation at city hall on Friday afternoon. Cranbrook Mayor Lee Pratt congratulated the four new volunteers, who will be joining the organization to support
and listen to clients and families by being a compassionate presence. Jeanne Davidson, the coordinator of the society, said the new volunteers had just completed training and will be put to work within the program. “Compassionate listening is really what the hospice is all about,” Da-
vidson said. “…The front end is companioning someone with a life-ending disease and they follow that client wherever they are, whether they are at home, a facility or the hospital…they will follow the client through their end-of-life journey.” The society, which
provide their services for free, can be seen at work in Cranbrook and Kimberley, offer client and family care visits, vigil services phone support and bereavement support. Other services include a walk and talk program, where volunteers and clients who have experienced a recent bereavement go
Cull protesters voice opposition TRE VOR CR AWLEY
Protesters voiced their opposition to a recent deer cull in Cranbrook during a rally at City Hall on Friday afternoon. The group, which decried the recent culling of 20 deer conducted over the last six weeks, is urging city council to consider non-lethal options. One of the main sticking points with the cull is that it was a decision made in-camera and not debated publicly, said Rebecca Cayenne, one of the organizers of the protest. “We are a little upset that it was done in secrecy, which cost
us $10,000 funding from the Animal Alliance,” Cayenne said. “We are amazed at the support, and we’d have a lot more people here, but a lot of people are shift-workers and couldn’t come on their lunch, but we appreciate everyone.” Cayenne was referencing the $10,000 in funding that Animal Alliance of Canada has committed to a regional urban deer translocation trial project, which will soon be conducted by VAST Resource. In a recent letter to project stakeholders from Ian Adams, a wildlife biologist with VAST Re-
source, the $10,000 isn’t being pulled from the project, however it is going towards radio collars that will be used in Kimberley and Elkford. Translocation is an option that Cayenne hopes council will consider. “There are quite a few successful translocation projects in the States,” Cayenne said. “We don’t think that it should be done in secrecy, we would like them to actually sit down with us, discuss it, work together and let us know what’s going on.”
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for a walk. Further services include a rainbows program, which is for elementary-aged children who have experienced a recent loss in their lives, either through separation, divorce, death, or a move to a new community. The society has roughly 35 volunteers in
Cranbrook and 10 in Kimberley. In Cranbrook, hospice volunteers can be found at client and family homes, the Green Home and the East Kootenay Regional hospital. In Kimberley, volunteers are also out in the community and at The Pines— the Kimberley Special Care Home.
Youths arrested for break and enter and theft RCMP
In the early morning hours of January 22, Cranbrook RCMP received a report of a break and enter in progress at a residence where a suspicious fire had been reported four days earlier. The quick response by officers led to the arrest of two Cranbrook youths and seizure of offence related property.
One youth was released before a Judicial Justice of the Peace with strict conditions while the other youth has been held in custody and is scheduled to appear in Court on January 25. Cranbrook RCMP have determined both offences are related and the residence was targeted. The investigation is ongoing.
Davidson notes that volunteering with the hospice society can be tough, given the nature of what clients and families are going through, but adds that volunteers can also see the positive things as well. “People are probably their most ‘real’ at their end of life. So it’s most rewarding to be a part of that experience with a client,” Davidson said. “…You’re being with people who are dying, but really, they’re living. They’re living their finest in some ways during that time. “Watching people through their grieving journey is challenging as well, but being able to companion the families and friends through that is rewarding, because you see that growth as they move along.” To get involved with the Hospice Society, or for more information, call Davidson at 250417-2019 or visit their website at www.ckhospice.com.