 !['From the rural side of it, [there's] a lot of disappointment because it's a fund that we've tried to utilize throughout the years and we've been very successful...and now it's gone,' said David Wilks, mayor of Sparwood, B.C. at the UBCM Convention in Vancouver. A bald man poses in front of a sign that reads 'UBCM'.](https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5296179,1772244787097/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1197%2C5482%2C3083%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29) The chair of the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District is criticizing the province after the cost of a Cranbrook hospital expansion rose by about $17 million, increasing the burden on local property taxpayers. The province says it's looking into what is driving the cost increases.
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