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Fire damages Columbia Park home
Revelstoke Grizzlies captain Reid Blinkhorn and assistant captain Braeden Monk shake hands after falling to the Sicamous Eagles in seven games. Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
Grizzlies lose heartbreaker in seven to Sicamous ALEX COOPER reporter@revelstoketimesreview.com
A fire seriously damaged a home on Greely Crescent in Columbia Park on Saturday night. All five occupants and the family dog managed to get out safely after the blaze broke out around 8 p.m. Investigators are pointing towards a barbecue stored in the carport area for the winter. For more, see page 4. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review
The look on Reid Blinkhorn’s face said it all. Sitting at the end of the bench, the Grizzlies captain and a veteran of four seasons with the team was struggling to hold back the tears. “It hurts,” said the 20-year-old defenceman following the Revelstoke
Grizzlies 4-0 loss to the Sicamous Eagles in game seven in the early hours of Sunday morning. Fellow veteran defenceman Lucas Hildebrand came to sit beside him. “I don’t know,” Blinkhorn added. “No words can really describe the feeling.” Sicamous, page 11
School to resume Thursday after three-day teachers strike ALEX COOPER reporter@revelstoketimesreview.com
Revelstoke teachers protest in front of RSS on Monday morning. From left: Erin Williams, Amanda Hawthorne, Rob Evans, Kristen Scheiber, Gord Robinson, Shawn Moore, Lori Milmine, Maria Walsh, Jodi Williams and Sandy Adams. Aaron Orlando/Revelstoke Times Review
Revelstoke’s teachers are expected to return to work on Thursday after a province-wide three day strike that began Monday. The B.C. Teachers Federation served notice last Thursday morning that teachers would be going on strike starting Monday morning. The notice came after an eventful week that saw the provincial government introduce legislation last Tuesday, Feb. 28, that seeks to end the stalled bargaining between the teach-
ers and employers. Also on Tuesday, the BCTF received permission from the Labour Relations Board to engage in a limited strike. 27,946 BCTF members voted yes to the strike option out of the 32,209 who voted. The LRB ruling specified that the teachers were not allowed to picket. Instead, the Revelstoke Teachers Association set up what it called information lines outside the schools throughout the strike. Schools in Revelstoke and throughout the province were set remain open
during the strike. Still, Anne Cooper, the Superintendent of the Revelstoke School District, sent a letter home to parents on Thursday asking parents to keep their children at home during the strike for safety reasons. In response to the strike, the Revelstoke Childcare Society set up day programs for students in kindergarten to grade four. The Times Review went to press Monday at noon. This article reflects all developments to that point. Bill 22, dubbed the EduBCTF, page 4
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