Trevor Crawley 🇨🇦

Of course, no one responded to my further queries about why the data was so wildly different.

Anyway...

I've reached out to Health Canada to see what role, if any, the federal government can play to sort this out.

I also got wildly different data from BC & AB re: the number of BC patients accessing health care in AB.
Per BC Ministry of Health, 1,793 patients accessed AB health care in 21/22
Per AB Ministry of Health, 21,643 BC residents received "insured hospital services" in AB in 21/22.

Then B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix chalked those challenges up to internal AB political decisions.
Then (also current) AB Health Minister Adriana LaGrange wouldn't do an interview.
An AB ministry statement didn't adequately address the issues beyond PR-speak.
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The challenges of Kootenay-based patients face when accessing health care services in Alberta has been a long running issue, and the excuses are many.
I tried to get to the bottom of it a few years ago.

Restoring East Kootenay-based patients access to Alberta's health care system and addressing illegal dumping & vehicle abandonment in rural areas were two priority issues identified in a meeting of local, regional, provincial and federal elected representatives.
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Task

What a tour de force.

In 10-plus years of covering Cranbrook city council, that has been the longest meeting I've sat in on.

BASEBALL

"We are going to go for at least another hour..." - one Cranbrook city councillor, during a vote to extend the meeting.

Meeting is adjourned to another night.

oh ho ho ho noooooooooo.

I'm just a sucker for punishment.

Don't judge me.

There was a real contentious development proposal that has a lot of community profile sooooooo....

Go baseball

Third reading passes, with Councillor Wayne Stetski as the lone vote against. Councillor Wes Graham recused himself as he lives in the area.

Over half a dozen speakers through the public hearing, 45 minutes and counting. All opposed to the OCP/zoning amendments.

someone start hucking wrenches

First two speakers are up, both opposed to OCP/zoning amendments.
Overflow public hearing attendance being remotely piped into city hall from the Manual Training school adjacent to the library.

It's time for Cranbrook city council. Agenda items include Q3 crime stats, 2026 Budget survey results, and more.

Public hearing about to start for contentious apartment development in the Wildstone golf resort.
cranbrooktownsman.com/2025/10/08/p...

I would like to file a complaint with whomever scheduled a Cranbrook city council meeting on the same night as Game 7.

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I thought this was a bit until I watched the video...

that's fair.

To play devil's advocate (heh), this is exactly the type of detail that needs to get into the story.

The window is wide open. Gotta push the chips in.

It also puts the franchise on notice for the next two years.

Go big or go home.

B.C. implements January deer hunt around Cranbrook due to wildlife disease The province is implementing a hunt for deer around Cranbrook to collect more samples for Chronic Wasting Disease

Some news on the Chronic Wasting Disease front:
B.C. is implementing a hunt around Cranbrook in January 2026, where licensed hunters can harvest another deer.
Intent is to collect more samples for testing to determine disease prevalence.
www.cranbrooktownsman.com/local-news/b...

Quite the transition from "don't be evil" to "defend the establishment"

Hundreds walk for truth and reconciliation ʔaq̓am event marks history and transformation of the former St. Eugene residential school

File from yesterday's event marking National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
www.cranbrooktownsman.com/local-news/h...

Always a profound experience to participate in the walk for truth and reconciliation in ʔaq̓am.
The St. Eugene resort itself is a former residential school site that closed in 1970.
It was purchased by the Ktunaxa Nation over 25 years ago & transformed into what it is today.

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'Blindsided': Rustad kicks Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko out of B.C. Conservatives The news of the Surrey—Cloverdale MLA’s ousting follows Rustad’s leadership review

File from colleague Mark Page yesterday.

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad kicked Surrey—Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko out of the party on Monday afternoon, reportedly accusing her of organizing against him.

www.cranbrooktownsman.com/news/breakin...