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The College of the Rockies has its first Provincial Championship. The Avalanche Women’s Team took Gold in Abbottsford on Saturday, in a thrilling come from behind victory over the top-ranked Vancouver Island University. The Men’s team finished the championship tournament in fourth place. See more in Sports, Page 6. Above: The Lady Avalanche with the trophy following their victory.
Soup final set in Stone Eagle released from rehab after wing injury Chef Rusty Cox will meet Chef Graham Barnes in title match-up of the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge
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After months of rehab, a bald eagle captured out by Fort Steele was able to spread her wings and return to the wilderness. Back in September, a local couple out for a walk on the west side of the Kootenay River noticed the eagle after their dog took off after it. Now, after rehabbing since September down in the Lower Mainland, the eagle was flown back up to Cranbrook
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and released close to where it was captured. Rebekah Quennell and Mike Weitzel captured the bird of prey during a walk out along the west side of the Kootenay River in late September, after spending a couple hours chasing it from both sides of the riverbank. ““We were just hanging out on the beach and noticed the dog was going after something out on a log in the river and we
went over there and he was trying to get an eagle,” Weitzel said. “We couldn’t figure out why the eagle wasn’t flying away because it was jumping in the water to get away from the dog.” They eventually split up to cover both sides, as the eagle kept swimming across back and forth a few times, unable to fly away because of its injured wing.
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The finalists for the Kootenay Granite Stone Soup Challenge have been set. Chef Rusty Cox of The Heidout Restaurant and Brewhouse will meet Chef Graham Barnes of Max’s Place in the title matchup of the event. Cox earned his berth in the finals after winning a close 28-25 vote against Carmen Alaric, the resident chef of the Salvation Army in the semifinals on Friday. Chef Cox won the vote with his
creation of a beef and pork with butternut squash, with Chef Alaric challenged with a cream of broccoli and cheddar soup. Nearly every chef in the competition knew that it’s difficult to come in with a plan, as the Salvation Army fridges and pantries may not have the correct ingredients for a soup planned in advance. For Chef Cox, it was a matter of keeping in mind the clientele needs.
See CHEFS, Page 4