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Kazamir L. Falconbridge, 52, candidate for election to municipal councillor in Port Clements, has lived there since 2008. An incumbent, he has served two terms on council while also serving the community on the Port Clements Volunteer Fire Department 14 years, 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group 11 years, and BC Ambulance Service nine years. He has two children, nine & 11 and is the Masset Junior Canadian Ranger (JCR) Patrol Leader with nine JCRs currently. Kazamir, a civil and structural engineering technologist from BCIT (1996), is passionate about the safety and well-being of the residents of his community. If elected, he will continue to push for a balanced approach to infrastructure and service improvements while maintaining fiscal prudence.