New garbage truck on the job in Kimberley
The City of Kimberley began their new garbage collection system this week, with the addition of a new automated garbage truck and collection carts.
Residents received guidelines in the collection carts about how to use and place the new carts for collection day. Since the new service began, the City has been inundated with questions, from route changes to the size of the new bins.
In order to avoid attracting bears and other wildlife, residents will still need to securely store their garbage cans until 5a.m. on collection day, and put their bins out no later than 7a.m..
Kimberley to further expand transit service
Kimberley City Council has voted to further expand the transit service for the year 2019.
If the expansion is approved by the Province, in September of 2019, the Monday daytime service will expand to Cranbrook, with three additional trips to match the Tuesday to Friday Daytime Service.
The KC Commuter service to Cranbrook will also expand, adding seven more trips per day, Monday through Friday.
In 2017, the transit service saw over 20,000 annual riders, and approximately 20 riders per day.
House fire in Townsite currently under investigation
On Wednesday, June 13, the Kimberley Fire Department responded to a house fire in Townsite. No injuries were reported, however Fire Chief Rick Prasad says the home suffered extensive damage from both fire and smoke. A Go Fund Me Page has been set up for one of the residents of the home, who was renting at the time and lost many of her belongings to the blaze.
RDEK Wrestles with highway billboard signage
A discussion on a Kimberley-based business’ off-highway billboard advertising sparked a wider debate on the topic during a regional district meeting last week.
After Spirit Rock Climbing Centre requested a sign variance permit to bring their current signs into compliance, the RDEK’s conversation shifted to a broader conversation on the merits of billboard advertising on highways.
They discussed wether billboard advertising was helping or hindering marketing in the community, stating that “cluttered signage” creates a “trashy” look for visitors coming into the valley.
