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Town News 09/28/06
I have no had a chance to update this section of the website on a regular bases. To find news around town the best thing to do would be goto www.brooksbulletin.com . Or check out the Medicine hat newspaper which also reports on thing around Brooks. For the most up to date chatter on the goings around Brooks Alberta I would suggest checking out the Chat forum. While it is a forum for all Canadians the majority of the users are from Brooks and area.
Town News 03/24/06
News Around town (March 24th, 2006). The City of Brooks council is looking into building a new hockey rink in Brooks. Brooks currently has two rinks located at the Lakeside Leisure center but both arenas are getting to be quite old. The roof is cracking, and it just meets the fire and safety codes, the seating and atmosphere of the rinks are quite dated. To bring the building up to "snuff", it would cost and estimated 3.8 million dollars. The City council is unsure of where to located the new rink, The Engineering consultants did not reccommend that the existing rinks be upgraded, but a new better site with adequate parking be used. Currently there are not enough parking spots for the arena and many people have to park quite a distance and walk or park in the residential areas which surround the current arena. Many Brooks Alberta residence are complaining that the parking problem was ignored when the Lakeside Leisure center was first upgraded and now a new building has to be built.
Town News 03/15/06
There has been a lot of talk around Brooks about the Cassils Mall construction. Cassils mall has been purchased by Safeway and the Mall is being demolished for a new commercial building that will be half Safeway and half Canadian Tire. This will make the two chains in Brooks both full sized stores. Since the success of Wal-Mart many other major chains have been considering moving to Brooks because of its strong economy. There will also be a Starbucks located in the new and improved Safeway. This is the first time the Starbucks franchise has attempted business in Brooks Alberta. Many coffee drinkers are excisted.
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Brooks & Area News 03/10/06
There was a drug bust in Brooks in the Prins Trailor Park, located just outside of the Brooks City limits. In the early hours of March 6, Brooks RCMP with the assistance of the Calgary RCMP Emergency Response Team (ERT) executed a search warrant on a trailer in Prin's Trailer Court, which is located on Highway 542 just outside of Brooks. A total of four people were arrested and detained. A search of the residence reportedly revealed crack cocaine, a quantity of substance believed to be cocaine, an undisclosed amount of cash, a replica handgun, drug paraphenalia and an assortment of weapons. The street value of the drugs removed from the streets of the community is estimated to be $8,000.
The Brooks Bandits AdvanceThe Brooks Bandits won in overtime in 6 games to take out the Canmore Eagles. The Bandits now move onto the next round. Mark Nelson scored the game winner and now the Brooks Bandits get a few days rest until they find out who they will be playing in the next round of the playoffs. The next game will be on Saturday, but it will not be in Brooks.
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