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Local air SAR aids Golden operation TREVOR CRAWLEY
A Golden-based wildlife photographer whose vehicle got stuck out in the backcountry was found safe over the weekend thanks to some help from Cranbrook Air Search and Rescue. The photographer, who was reported miss-
ing by family to authorities late on Saturday, was found by a stroke of luck after being spotted near a remote area of Kinbasket Lake by a civilian helicopter pilot who was ferrying passengers from Donald to a backcountry lodge. The Cranbrook Air
SAR was called in on Sunday morning and flew up to Golden in a four-seat Cessna 182 to assist with the search in conjunction with Gold-
en and District SAR, as RCMP patrols were unable to locate the man the night before. With few clues as to his specific last known
whereabouts, the Air SAR crew searched the Blaeberry Valley and Gorman Lake upon recommendation from the man’s wife.
The man was eventually spotted walking along a snow-covered backroad by a civilian helicopter and RCMP, along with Air SAR and
Golden and District SAR were able to meet him on the ground and get him back home.
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Council eyes another deer cull permit TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The City of Cranbrook is pledging to continue it’s partnership with the province and the urban deer management advisory committee as it moves in to 2016, after receiving an annual urban deer management report for the 2015 calendar year on Monday. The city is also continuing to monitor the urban deer population numbers and aggressive deer complaints within
city limits and is not ruling out the possibility of another cull in the fall, according to councillor Tom Shypitka. “As far as deer management is concerned with the City of Cranbrook, we’re allowed so many tools and we try to utilize those tools. We’ve been informed by the public that there is a problem in the city. “Some don’t agree, but most do, so the tools afforded by the province are limited.”
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Astarte Sellars appeared before Cranbrook City Council on March 21st and read Sun Walk, a poem composed by her late husband, ManWoman, as part of a Mayor’s Poetry City Challenge issued by Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi. The Challenge was issued to mark UNESCO World Poetry Day and National Poetry Month. Sun Walk is just one of many of ManWoman’s writings, who was well known locally and abroad for his provocative and spiritually-themed visual art. See “Sun Walk,” Page 7.
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potential purchasers. The zoning change underwent first reading at a regular council meeting on Monday night, as the property is currently zoned ‘Park/ Institutional/Recreation’ with the proposed rezoning
designation being ‘Core Commercial.’ Wayne Staudt, the Chief Administration Officer — in his final council meeting before officially retiring — noted that the proposed changes would have no ef-
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