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Carving down Catamount
Learn how avalanche experts work in the park .................................2
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New place to get your meat open in Golden ..................................10
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Wildsight hosts musicians at Civic Centre .......................................11
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Relic Feddes Polley of the Golden Kicking Horse Alpine Team races down a course below the Catamount chair at the resort on Saturday. GKHAT racers competed against each other this week, but will be in Kimberley next weekend for their first official meet of the season. Joel Tansey/Star Photo
Golden Home Hardware has been sold to Rona Golden skaters find success in Invermere ..................................19
Golden Star Staff reporter@thegoldenstar.net The Golden Home Hardware will remain a hardware store, but has been sold and will be reopening as a Rona. “We’re proud to be adding a new location in Golden to ensure a presence in that
region of British Columbia and improve service to consumers in this community. This store will offer an enhanced shopping experience true to the Rona brand,” said Dave Carr, Vice-President, Retail – Western Canada, at Rona. “Both consumers and contractors in the region will find us to be the prime destina-
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February 6 & 7
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tion for every type of construction and home improvement project.” The new Rona store in Golden, managed by Douglas Birnie, plans to hire new employees in preparation for the spring/summer season, and will retain all 23 employees at the location. New products will be introduced gradually
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