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Credit: pa/dominic lipinski SIR – I fear that my cousin, Professor Stephen Powis, national medical director of NHS England (Letters, February 19), is being disingenuous when he implies that NHS cancer treatment has been satisfactory during the pandemic. The statistics he cites do not reflect the misery that thousands of patients have suffered as a result of their treatments being postponed. I should know. My own treatment for prostate cancer was delayed by six months and wasn’t completed until nine months after diagnosis. The specialist hospital that provided my care was largely mothballe...

Military exercise helping restore Lower Kootenay Band wetlands SHARE ON: Troops, trucks and explosions in the Creston Valley? This is only a drill. On February 20th, soldiers primarily from 44 Engineer Squadron based in Trail and Cranbrook will be honing their skills while also pitching in with wetland restoration on Lower Kootenay Band (LKB) territory. Major Nils French said military personnel will blast holes in such a way that allows for water to flow back, creating wetland over time albeit in a more dramatic manner. “It gives a more natural dispersion when the soil is spread,” said Fr...

Army engineer training exercise upcoming near Creston

Published: 8:00 AM February 2, 2021    Wimbish and Debden residents have helped fund a temporary Covid-19 quarantine centre in their twin community in Tang Ting, Nepal. - Credit: Tang Ting Twinning Association Wimbish and Debden residents have helped fund a temporary Covid-19 quarantine centre in their twin community in Nepal. Villagers in Tang Ting needed financial help to buy beds, mattresses, blankets and pillows for returnees who had lost their jobs in the Middle East and Malaysia due to the pandemic and who were required to quarantine for two weeks in an area of the local school. Tin...

Posted: January 27, 2021 Local reservists taking part in winter exercise Cranbrook’s local soldiers from 44 Engineer Squadron will be taking part in Exercise Alpine Sapper, a winter training exercise near Trail, from Jan. 29-31. This exercise is designed to enhance the soldiers’ capabilities to operate in cold weather environments.  Skills they will apply will include constructing defences and shelters, patrolling in winter conditions, day and night navigation, and radio communications. Training exercises are essential to ensure our soldiers are prepared when called upon to respond to a...