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COURTESY KATE FOX
Seated in the front row: Donna Boggs, Margaret Russell, Maureen Rosicky, Noreen Aukman, Evelyn Mandseth, Edith Rose, Margaret Westrup, Marcella Murdoch. Back row: Pixie Leahy, Ileane Sampert, Hilda Koopmans, Ruby Wocknitz, Ann Sakowicz, Vickey Crashley, Diane Greaves, Audrey Bleaney, Inez Hanna, Lies De Boer, Dona Bannink, Karen Baden, Odette Rouse, Betty Wardle, Isobel Bradford, Mary Naso, Evelyn Botterill, Judy Shogren and Karen Wreggett.
CHCA honours volunteers and their careers K ATE FOX
The Cranbrook Health Care Auxiliary held its first Annual Life Members Tea on March 14 at the Heritage Inn.
The Auxiliary wanted to honour and show their appreciation and respect to those members who have helped to make our organization
what it is today. The volunteers have worked hard for years to raise millions of dollars in funding for equipment for the hospital.
Many members of this exclusive club are still active, including 95-year-old Edith Rose, who is the oldest active member and works the
Hospital Information desk twice a month. Evelyn Botterill, who takes care of Jewellery and Antiques and convenes the Tuesday after-
noon shift has been a member for 47 years. Donna Boggs has been a member for 46 years and still works every Saturday morning as co-con-
venor of her shift. All of these ladies are dedicated to their work and have made Cranbrook a much healthier place to live in.
Ktunaxa’s Qat’muk case heads Kimberley gets Junior Women’s to highest court in the country Hockey League expansion team TRE VO R CR AWL EY
The Ktunaxa Nation will have their day in the Supreme Court of Canada with a case that has the potential to set a precedent for worldwide implications for indigenous peoples. The Nation has been involved in dispute with the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort, near Invermere. According to the Ktunaxa, Qat’muk (pronounced GÚT-MOOK), the area around the proposed ski resort, is of significant spiritual importance, where the Grizzly Bear Spirit was
born, goes to heal itself, and returns to the spirit world. Canada’s top court announced Thursday they will hear the Ktunaxa’s appeal of a decision by the B.C. government that approved a Master Development Agreement for the proposed Jumbo resort. The crux of the dispute is that the Ktunaxa Nation believes the B.C. government’s approval of the development plan violated their Charter right to freedom of religion, as the area around the proposed resort has significant
spiritual meaning to local First Nations groups. The eventual ruling will have an impact beyond just the Ktunaxa Nation, according to chair Kathryn Teneese. “We see this as something that is going to be educational in nature as well as setting the standard for how indigenous peoples’ spiritual beliefs are going to be taken into account as part of governments’ decision making processes,” said Teneese.
See QAT’MUK, Page 3
BA RRY COULTER
Kimberley will be the hometown of a new junior hockey team, a women’s team that plays in a league dedicated to providing opportunities for young women to develop into collegiate student-athletes. The Junior Women’s Hockey League announced on Thursday, March 17, that it has approved three new teams for the next season, which will mark the league’s 10-year anniversary. Mikko Makela, former NHL player and longtime Warner Hockey School coach, will coach the team.
Ridley College in St. Catherines, Ont., and the Chicago “Young Americans” (Chicago, IL), will also begin play for 2016-2017. A press release from the league said that Makela knows the JWHL well and will be able to bring elite players to Kimberley. The league quoted the Kimberley Academy as saying they “are thrilled” at the opportunity presented by the JWHL to be joining one of the premier female hockey leagues in North America.
See JWHL, Page 5
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