salmon arm observer, march 25, 2016
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March 25, 2016 edition of the Salmon Arm ObserverTRANSCRIPT
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Shuswap Market News
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Asbestos discovered at indoor arena
The SASCU Indoor Memorial Arena has been closed indefinitely due to exposed asbestos.
The complete closure of the building took place March 22 after Interior Health reviewed the situa-tion with the executive of the Salm-on Arm and Shuswap Lake Agri-cultural Association, who own and operate the facility. The association is also commonly known as the Fall Fair association.
Colleen Ingram, the associations
administrator, says the situation be-gan a few weeks ago when one of the tenants using the building went into a storage room and noticed material on the floor that was sus-pected to be asbestos.
The tenant reported this to the as-sociation and the grounds manager had the substance tested. Ingram says the samples came back posi-tive for asbestos approximately two weeks ago.
Health Canada states breathing in asbestos fibres can cause cancer and other respiratory diseases.
At that point, the association con-
tacted a restoration company and taped off affected areas with plas-tic. For part of that time, tenants continued to use the facility.
But following consultation with Interior Health this week, the in-door arena building is now closed to public access and all the user groups, including spring break soc-cer camps, had to be re-located.
While the association was al-ready moving to take appropriate action, we advised them it was best to not use the facility at all. From our point of view, we want to do everything possible to minimize the
risk of exposure to the public, says Juliana Gola team leader with Inte-rior Healths environmental health program.
Gola says Interior Health re-ceived information about the posi-tive test for asbestos from a mem-ber of the public and followed it up. She says the association was already letting user groups know of the situation and was taking the ap-propriate steps.
A meeting with the restoration
See Association on page 3
Backlit kick-flipn Ewan Runciman performs a kick-flip at the skate park as the sun starts to set. With the advent of spring weather, the park has returned to being a popular place for skaters and bikers.
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company assessing the situation was set to take place Wednesday.
We are awaiting a meeting with the restoration company who is going to come up with a remediation plan. Once we have that, then we will have a better idea of what we need to do, says Ingram. At this point we have no idea when we can reopen.
Ingram says the timing is somewhat fortunate, as many of the user groups would be moving to outdoor fields, but there is con-cern about how long repairs might take.
We do have some time before the fair would be an issue, but we have to wait until we have a plan to go forward, says Ingram.
Gola says once the remediation work is complete, Interior Health will follow up to ensure the building is safe for public use.
The Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agricultural Asso-
ciation purchased the building from the city of Salmon Arm some years ago and operates it for use during the an-nual Fall Fair, as well as leasing it for other events and activities.
A number of youth and adult soccer groups, as well as ar-chery, make use of the facility on a regular basis.
Shuswap Youth Soc-cer has worked with the school district to make arrangements for the use of the lower fields near the new dis-trict education support centre for their soc-cer camps, which fea-ture elite, out-of-town coaches for 76 local players.
Kevin Harrison, executive director of Shuswap Youth Soc-cer, says their group has also cancelled all soccer practices for next week and will be working to reschedule all events planned for the indoor facility.
Until the board is 100 per cent convinced there is zero risk of hazardous exposure to our children we will
not be entering the building, he said.
Star McGregor, sec-retary with the associa-tion, says remediation work was done on as-bestos that was dis-covered when the as-sociation renovated its office area some years ago. She says further deterioration in some of the cinder blocks in the building appears to have exposed further areas of the toxic sub-stance.
Association waiting for report
n The SASCU Indoor Memorial Sports Complex has been closed indefi-nitely due to the discovery of asbestos in the facility. The Salmon Arm and Shuswap Lake Agricultural Association, which owns the building, has re-tained a company to determine what remediation work will be required.
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Suspected heist at Bank of Montreal
n An RCMP SUV sits parked on the sidewalk outside the BMO Bank of Montreal on Wednes-day, March 23.
BarB Brouwer/market news
Salmon Arm RCMP were on scene at the Bank of Montreal late Wednesday afternoon for a reported bank robbery.
As of 3:45 p.m. on March 23, the bank, also known as BMO, was closed to the pub-lic. Marked and un-marked police cars were parked on the sidewalk.
Witnesses reported seeing an RCMP dog team out searching the area near the bank.
The Market News was unable to get any additional information by press time.
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The Liberals first budget is getting a fail-ing grade from Mel Ar-nold.
The Conservative MP for North Okana-gan-Shuswap says the federal document in-troduced Tuesday is a disappointment.
Theres nothing about job creation and business investment, he said.
And theres debt load being passed on to families, about $3,200
this year for a family of four.
Debt is expected to increase by $113 billion by 2020/21.
Arnold says the Lib-erals promised a $10 billion deficit during the election but its now $29 billion.
Promise broken. Another promise also broken is not getting back to balanced bud-gets. Theres no plan for that, he said.
The budget includes $120 billion over 10 years for infrastructure with the primary focus
being transit, water, sewer and affordable housing.
I will be working hard to get our share of the dollars into North Okanagan-Shuswap,
said Arnold.My concern is the
money may be fun-nelled into major urban centres. Projects should be based on merit and we have lots of those in this riding.
With the budget now released, the opposition parties will be pushing for changes.
With a majority government, its some-times difficult to get amendments but we need to make people aware of what this is costing them in the long run, said Arnold.
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau has handed down his first budget with a mas-sive deficit of $29.4 billion three times what had been prom-ised during the election campaign as the new Liberal government embarks on a stimulus program.
The budget forecasts more than $100 billion in deficits for the next five years, contrary to Prime Minister Jus-tin Trudeaus election promise to balance the budget in four years.
Morneau billed the budget as a plan to re-vitalize the Canadian economy and deliver a tax break to nine million taxpayers, and a more generous, tax-free child benefit.
Conservative leader Rona Ambrose said the finance ministry reported on budget day that the Liberal inherit-ed a $4 billion surplus.
There was still a surplus in January, and theyve blown through that in the first 100 days, Ambrose said.
What were seeing now is reckless spend-ing without a job cre-ation plan, and no ac-tual plan in the budget to return to a balance.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair took aim at Morneaus move to target additional Em-ployment Insurance coverage to areas of the country hit hard by the slump in oil and com-
modity prices.Right now there are
850,000 people who have lost their jobs who are not even eli-gible for EI, Mulcair said. The budget only takes care of 50,000 of them.
Communities Min-ister Peter Fassbender said he is delighted at the infrastructure spending. With his own government touting its four straight balanced budgets, Fassbender declined to criticize the Trudeau governments bor row-and-spend strategy.
Metro Vancouver mayors hoping for big infrastructure grants for rapid transit ex-pansion may be dis-appointed that much of the future stimulus money will be back-end loaded in a second phase of grants to be handed out after the
next federal election.A $370-million ini-
tial investment for Metro Vancouver tran-sit is included and will assist TransLink in improving bus service and SkyTrain across the region.
The budget also in-dicates Ottawa can contribute up to 50 per cent of future capital funding, instead of the one-third from each senior government that was the practice in the past.
Big ticket items in
the budget include the reduction of middle class tax rates from 22 to 20.5 per cent for the $45,000 to $90,000 income bracket. Only part of that is offset by an increase in the tax rate for income over $200,000 from 29 to 33 per cent.
The budget also in-cludes $8.4 billion for aboriginal communi-ties.
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More people than ever qualify for as-sistance with Medical Services Plan premi-ums next year and its important to remind seniors to ensure they are eligible, Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo says.
A recent survey by B.C. seniors advo-cate Isobel Mackenzie showed just 39 per cent of seniors knew about MSP premium assistance and 66 per cent pay full premi-ums when the number should be fewer than 50 per cent.
Many of our se-niors dont have a lot of disposable income, so this assistance will give them some finan-cial relief, Kyllo said. Our government is able to invest in pri-ority programs such as this because of our disciplined fiscal plan-ning, which has re-sulted in four straight balanced budgets.
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Budget 2016 an-nounced changes to MSP and premium as-sistance effective Jan. 1, 2017 which will help lower-income families, individuals and seniors with the cost of living.
The B.C. govern-ment is investing an additional $70 million annually to enhance premium assistance.
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hancing premium as-sistance in 2017, a single senior earning up to $45,000 may qualify for reduced premiums. A senior couple earning up to $51,000 may qualify for reduced premiums. This translates into a savings of up to $480 per year for a senior couple and $324 per year for a single senior.
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Dramatic workn Isobel Anderson, right, performs a warm up acting exercise with Joanne Leatherdale during seniors theatre at the Shuswap Theatre on Tuesday, March 15. To join, just drop in to Shuswap Theatre for the sessions held at 9 a.m. on Tuesdays.
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10:30 am Sunday WorshipSASCU Rec Center, Rm. 101
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Shepherd of the ValleyLutheran Church (LCC)
Mountain View Baptist Church
For info.: 250 833-56361981 9th Ave. NE (St. Andrews Presbyterian Church)
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Okay, Ill admit that sometimes I might have a habit of putting things off until later and that more often than not, later doesnt seem to happen un-til its almost too late. I dont know how many times Ive started to get things ready to go fishing, only to discover that something I should have done at the end of last season, well, hasnt quite been done yet.
Here is just a short list of some of the things that I meant to do over the course of the winter so I wouldnt have to scramble to get them done before heading out to go fishing this coming sea-son.
I really did want to make sure all my fishing gear was in order. You know, check all my lines, leaders, and tippet to make sure the lines were clean and there were no wind knots in my lead-ers left over from my last fishing trip. When I do get around to cleaning my fly lines, Ill use a solution of slightly warm water and a small amount of dish soap which will ultimately en-able the lines to go through the guides easier. Commer-cially made line wipes are
even better and easier to use.I dont know how many
times I have started to load my electric trolling mo-tor into the vehicle only to suddenly remember that I forgot to charge the bat-teries. A smarter person would have put them onto a trickle charger when they got back from their last fish-ing trip. But not me; I like to do things the hard way. I always use two deep-cycle batteries so when I am gone for several days, I can have one charging at the cabin while I am out fishing with the other. My point is that a battery with no charge isnt much good to you when youre at the lake wanting to head out to do some fishing.
Another thing that I have, upon occasion, neglected to
do when I got back from a fishing trip, is to clean out the cooler and put the ice-packs back in the freezer. Again, on more than one oc-casion Ive gone to put food and drinks in the cooler, only to open it and see my ice-packs sitting there on the bottom of the cooler - at room temperature. And, even worse, the sight of blue-green mould, well it can be a little disgusting. Whats even more disgust-ing is when there are a num-ber of unidentifiable pack-ages in the cooler that were left over from last year.
I have learned, again the hard way, to make sure that I bring along a number of packages of matches, as well as a bundle of newspa-pers and some fire starter. I put some in with the stuff in the cooler, a couple in one of the pockets of my fish-ing vest, a couple more in my tackle box. I even have matches in my first aid kit, which is another thing that you should make sure al-ways gets restocked. Sitting around, listening to a fire crackling in the wood stove is for me one of the more pleasurable parts of going fishing and staying at the
cabin. Trying to find match-es to start a fire is one of the less enjoyable things.
Sometimes the smallest of things can completely screw up even the best planned fishing trip. I know.
Ive learned, again the hard way, to always keep a spare stopper for my boat in my tackle box. Over time the rubber on the stopper can get hard and crack. It only takes a small amount of water leaking into your boat to get everything thats sitting on the bottom wet.
A couple of rolls of toilet paper, flattened down, do not take up very much space but they sure can come in handy. So can garbage bags, soap, mosquito repellent, and some rope all things that I have forgotten to pack at one time or another. They are also the kind of things that get used up.
Yes, in the past I may have been slightly prone to put-ting things off until later, but no longer, no sir, because even a guy like me learns after a while especially when its the hard way.
-This column originally ran in the Shuswap Market News in 2012.
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OPINION
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
James Murray
Perennial procrastination doesnt pay
What are the limits of compassion in our society, and specifically B.C.? Can we put a price on it? Does it stop at a certain age?
Right now, young people in care in the province are being virtually cut adrift in our society as soon as they reach the age of 19. Its time enough for them to fend for themselves, our society evidently believes. Its a convenient solution for many of us, but it forgets that there are good reasons, often pro-foundly complex, why these individuals were placed in care as children.
So what? our society seems to say. Its not my problem and I shouldnt have to pay for it.
It is Stephanie Cadieuxs problem, however. The Minister of Children and Family Development, and Surrey-Cloverdale MLA, is well-aware of the chal-lenges of young people aging out of the system, and says her ministry is doing everything it can to increase support for the transition. But whenever the death of a young person formerly receiving govern-ment help is discovered, it seems to serve as a tragic reminder of how the system is failing.
This week we learned of the demise of another teen, Patricia Lee Evoy, 19, who was discovered in a Burnaby apartment March 10, the apparent victim of a drug overdose. She had been on a youth agree-ment to receive financial help, but it expired when she turned 19 in October.
The BC Teachers Federation is now calling for Cadieuxs resignation, after an emergency motion passed by some 700 teachers. The teachers say there are far too many young people like Evoy, and its time the government does more.
While the BCTF call may do a grave disservice to those in government working hard to deal with a complex situation on a case-by-case basis, its hard not to agree that more should be done.
As a society, we can espouse many things, but, ultimately, our level of compassion must be judged by our actions.
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Visitors to our Salmon Arm Industrial Park are often in awe at the scope, diversity and success of the ad-vanced manufacturing established in our com-munity.
The industrial sec-tor is a major part of our local economy, accounting for about 25 per cent of total employment. Industry in Salmon Arm is com-prised of manufactur-ing, high-tech, forestry, mining, construction, and transportation and warehousing, primar-ily clustered in the in-dustrial park.
Salmon Arms dedi-cated industrial park is only five minutes from the Trans-Canada
Highway and includes 81 unique and grow-ing businesses, Shus-wap Regional Airport, and Okanagan College Trades Training Centre with room to grow.
Take a minute to visit the Salmon Arm Economic Develop-ment Society website at www.saeds.ca to check out their indus-trial park directory with links and further information on each of these businesses.
You will be amazed at what you discover about the products and services coming from our community.
Some visitors have even suggested it would be better named the Innovation & Tech-nology Park.
Until mid-2019, the city is offering an In-dustrial Revitalization Tax Exemption Pro-gram in specified areas of the city, including the Salmon Arm Indus-trial Park to support the growth of our existing businesses as well as attract new industry to Salmon Arm.
Eligible develop-ments will receive a five-year, 100 per cent exemption on the municipal portion of property taxes, plus an additional five-year sliding-scale exemp-tion, returning the property to full taxa-tion in year 10.
Eligible projects in-clude new industrial buildings or major ex-
pansions with a value over $300,000.
Find out more about the Industrial Revital-ization Tax Exemp-tion Program at www.salmonarm.ca.
In closing, the City of Salmon Arm is very proud of all our businesses for their contribution to our community and local economy.
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SOUTH SHUSWAPFace to facen Talented sculptor Luke Stalker-Switzer works on one of his creations at a studio in Salmon Arm. He will attend a Meet the Artist event at South Shuswap Arts Centre in the lower level of Carlin Hall from 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 19.
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Province fronts funds for studyIt was a letter Columbia
Shuswap District directors and staff welcomed.
On March 2, Peter Fass-bender, minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Develop-ment, wrote to CSRD chair Rhona Martin to inform her of his decision to fund a gover-nance study in Electoral Area C (South Shuswap) of the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD).
A $50,000 grant will be pro-vided to the regional district to undertake that study.
The purpose of the study is to provide South Shuswap com-munities with information on the current governance system by: identifying all local services and service providers, includ-ing costs and methods of cost recovery; describing any con-current service geographies and how decisions are made in rela-tion to services; and, engaging residents and property owners in the identification of common
interests and concerns.It is anticipated that upon
completion of the study, the CSRD Board would fully con-sider its recommendations, read Fassbenders letter. This could include consider-ation of enhance-ments within the current regional district system such as requesting change to the elec-toral area bound-ary, or by develop-ing a sub-regional service structure in the South Shus-wap, or of potential further study work.
The success of the study will be enhanced by development of a robust process and clear expectations for process partici-pants, he noted.
The study is to be managed by a volunteer community-based committee appointed by
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The study will be guided by the terms of reference devel-oped by the CSRD in conjunction with Ministry of Com-munity, Sport and Cultural Develop-ment staff.
The ministry will follow up with
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I am quite pleased about this, said CSRD chief adminis-trative officer Charles Hamilton with a smile. Some would say we have been working on it for decades.
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Sunnybrae Community Association hosts a fundrais-ing wine and cheese cabaret
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Carlin Hall hosts the monthly coffeehouse on Sat-urday, April 2. Junior per-formers will perform at 7
p.m, The regular coffeehouse will follow. Doors open at 6:30.
The Scottish Country Dancers host a Spring Fling Ceilidh to raise funds for the Sorrento Food Bank from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16 at Sorrento Memorial Hall,
featuring Scottish dancing, a raffle, door prizes and light refreshments. All dances are talked and walked through and no dance experience is needed. Dress is casual. Wear comfy flat shoes and take a non perishable item for the food bank.
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(NC) Herbs have been used to promote good health in different parts of the world for thousands of years. Even today, many herbal products are widely used and studied for the health benefits they deliver. Michelle W. Book, in-house holistic nutritionist at the Canadian Health Food Association (CHFA), encourages Canadians to explore the aisles at their local natural health retailer and speak with a health-care practitioner to discuss how herbal supplements can contribute to our overall wellbeing.
What are the benefits?Some herbal supplements
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A major benefit of herbal supplements is that many of them will provide simultaneous benefits to different systems in our body, says Book. For example, ginger root extract can help with nausea and an upset stomach, but can also help to reduce inflammatory
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The United Na-tions pronounced 2016, The Year of the Pulse. This does not refer to pumping hearts but a type of grain legume including dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas, and lentils. These foods are not only nutrition power-houses, but are one of the most sustainable crops grown, fixing ni-trogen in the soil and requiring little water. According to the Wa-ter Footprint Network, it takes an estimated 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef (based on a three-year old cow)and only 3,000 litres to produce a kilogram of pulses.
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Help with heart healthn Members of the Shuswap Lake Health Care Auxiliary were pleased to present to Shuswap Lake General Hospital with a new $4,520 echo-cardiac probe which was purchased with funds raised by the health care auxiliary. Pictured from the Shuswap Lake Health Care Auxiliary are Edie Swanson, Glenda Lepine, Donna Good, Evelyn Rancourt and Angela Mc-Gonical, an ultra-sonographer at Shus-wap Lake General Hospital. The equip-ment will be used in the diagnosis, man-agement and follow-up for heart patients.
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Columbia Shuswap Regional District directors were not im-pressed that their impassioned plea to the federal finance min-ister received a noncommittal reply.
Given the opportunity to pro-vide comments related to the federal budget, which was re-vealed yesterday, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District chair Rhona Martin sent a letter on behalf of the board on Feb. 22, outlining the need for upgrades to the Trans-Canada Highway.
In response, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau sent a form letter thanking the CSRD for its input, however the letter made no mention of the regional districts request, or the Trans-Canada Highway.
In her letter, Martin pointed out how pleased the board has been with the Ministry of Trans-portation and Infrastructures On the Move 10-year Trans-portation Plan in which the province recognizes the need
for safety and plan to continue four-laning the Trans-Canada Highway from Kamloops to the Alberta border.
And while she supports fed-eral plans to upgrade infrastruc-ture in national parks, Martin asked for financial support for the TCH particularly in the In-terior.
A recent report from the In-surance Corporation of B.C., Quick Statistics, February 2016, shows that the contributing fac-tors in fatal crashes over a five-year average indicate the roads of the Southern Interior region are, by far, the most dangerous in B.C., she wrote.
While acknowledging the remaining roadway to be four-laned is the hardest to build, Martin pointed out from 2005 to 2012, there was an average of 522 collisions and 64 unplanned closures per year.
The letter listed the critical safety, mobility and economic importance of the Trans-Cana-da.
We the board of the Colum-bia Shuswap Regional District,
with the ardent support of our member municipalities City of Salmon Arm, District of Si-camous, City of Revelstoke and Town of Golden earnestly request that the Government of Canada allocate funds in the 2016 budget to fund continued improvements to the Trans-Canada Highway concluded the letter.
While thanking the board for its input, Morneaus letter was not considered a cause for cel-ebration.
As you know, Budget 2016 will be developed in a time of ongoing economic challenges for Canada, responded the minister. Our government re-mains committed to investing in middle-class families and mak-ing sure they have every oppor-tunity to succeed.
District of Sicamous Mayor Terry Rysz was vocal in his opinion on the subject that has long concerned members of the regional district board and area municipalities.
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PROPOSEDElectoral Area F Of cial Community Plan Amendment (Gateway Lakeview Estates) Bylaw No. 830-14
Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Zoning Amendment (Gateway Lakeview Estates) Bylaw No. 825-31Lakes Zoning Amendment (Gateway Lakeview Estates) Bylaw No. 900-12
What is Electoral Area F Of cial Community Plan Amendment (Gateway Lakeview Estates) Bylaw No. 830-14?
Bylaw No. 830-14 proposes to introduce a new OCP designation CD Comprehensive Development within the Secondary Settlement Areas to allow innovative mixtures of land uses such as housing types, higher densities through clustering, commercial uses in keeping with the Settlement Areas, public open space, and infrastructure into Of cial Community Plan Bylaw No. 830 and to redesignate the subject property from RR Rural Residential within a Secondary Settlement Area to CD Comprehensive Development within a Secondary Settlement Area, as shown outlined in bold and cross-hatched on the map below:
What is Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Zoning Amendment (Gateway Lakeview Estates) Bylaw No. 825-31?
Bylaw No. 825-31 proposes to rezone Lot A, Sections 25 & 26, Township 22, Range 12, West of the 6th Meridian, KDYD, Plan KAP76386 from Rural-1 (RU1) to Comprehensive Development 3 (CDF3) in order to facilitate a development consisting of 292 lots, for a variety of residential and resort uses and small scale neighbourhood commercial uses, as shown outlined in bold and cross-hatched on the map below:
The proposed CDF3 zone would have 11 Development Areas (DAs), as shown on the following sketch;
The CDF3 zone development areas, summarized are as follows:Development Area 1 - The permitted principal uses in DA 1 are proposed to be resort residential space, wastewater treatment facility, caretaker residence and the secondary uses would be storage sheds and decks. The minimum parcel size for subdivision into bare land strata lots would be 202.3 m (0.05 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. This area is also where the existing wastewater treatment facility is located, together with a caretaker single family dwelling. The maximum number of lots for resort residential spaces in DA 1 would be 110, which has been revised from 102.Development Area 2 - The permitted principal uses in DA 2 are proposed to be convenience store, retail store, rental shop, of ce, recreation services, restaurant, pub, personal services, public assembly facility, day care, recycling drop-off facility, and public utility. The secondary uses are accessory use and accessory upper oor dwelling unit. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 404.7 m (0.1 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. The maximum number of upper oor dwelling units in DA 2 would be 4. In this development area, a landscape screen of not less than 1.8 m in height formed by a row of shrubs, trees, wooden fence or masonry wall, would be required along parcel lines adjacent to Squilax-Anglemont Road, other zones or development areas.Development Area 3 - The permitted principal use in DA 3 is proposed to be single family dwelling and the secondary uses would be guest suite, vacation rentals and home business. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 202.3 m (0.05 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. The maximum number of lots for single family dwellings in DA 3 would be 85.Development Area 4 - The permitted principal use in DA 4 is proposed to be attached single family dwelling (in a side by side duplex con guration) and the secondary uses would be home business and vacation rentals. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 202.3 m (0.05 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. The maximum number of duplexes in DA 4 would be 22, which would permit a total of 44 dwelling units.Development Area 5 - The permitted principal use in DA 5 is proposed to be single family dwelling and the secondary uses would be guest suite, home business, and vacation rentals. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 404.7 m (0.1 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. The maximum number of lots for single family dwellings in DA 5 would be 20.Development Area 6 - The permitted principal use in DA 6 is proposed to be single family dwelling and the secondary uses would be guest suite, bed and breakfast, home business, and vacation rentals. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 1,214 m (0.3 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. The maximum number of single family dwelling lots in DA 6 would be 26.
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Development Area 7 - The permitted principal uses in DA 7 are proposed to be passive recreation, open space and public utility.Development Area 8 - The permitted principal uses in DA 8 are proposed to be outdoor recreational vehicle/boat on trailer/boat trailer storage, public utility, maintenance shop, and ef uent ground dispersal area. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 1.0 ha. (2.47 ac). In this development area, a landscape screen of not less than 1.8 m in height formed by a row of shrubs, trees, wooden fence or masonry wall, would be required along parcel lines adjacent to Squilax-Anglemont Road, other zones or development areas.Development Area 9 - The permitted principal uses in DA 9 are proposed to be open space and passive recreation. Development Area 10 - The permitted uses in DA 10 are proposed to be open space. This area has been earmarked by DFO as an important habitat feature and should not be disturbed in any way.Development Area 11 - The permitted principal use in DA 11 is proposed to be single family dwelling and the secondary uses would be guest suite, vacation rentals and home business. The minimum parcel size for new subdivision would be 202.3 m (0.05 ac) with community utilities and 1 ha in all other cases. The maximum number of lots for single family dwellings in DA 3 would be 3.The overall density of dwelling units and resort residential spaces for the development would be 10.0 per ha (4.05 per ac), for a total of no more than 292. Some additional de nitions are also proposed to be added to the Zoning Bylaw, and some existing de nitions are proposed to be modi ed.
What is Lakes Zoning Amendment (Gateway Lakeview Estates) Bylaw No. 900-12?Bylaw No. 900-12 proposes to amend Lakes Zoning Bylaw No. 900 by adding a site speci c density to the Foreshore Multi-Family 2 FM2 zone for the foreshore adjacent to the subject property that would allow a 20 slip group moorage facility and 35 private mooring buoysWhen?Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 6:00 PMWhere?Scotch Creek/Lee Creek Community Hall/Fire Hall, 3852 Squilax-Anglemont Road, Scotch Creek, BC.Who should attend?Anyone who believes that their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw amendments shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the Bylaws at the Public Hearing.How can I nd out more about this rezoning amendment? A copy of the proposed bylaws and relevant background documents may be inspected at the CSRD of ces, 555 Harbourfront Drive NE, Salmon Arm, BC between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM., beginning Friday March 4, 2016 and ending Wednesday, March 30, 2016 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory holidays).How do I send a written submission? Written submissions will be received in the Regional District Of ces until 4 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 or may be submitted until the close of the public hearing. Written submissions received will be available to the public and the applicant.
Email submissions may be sent to: [email protected] Who can I speak to about this application?Dan Passmore, Senior PlannerT: [email protected]
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Members from these clubs came together to honour Kilby for his dedication, mentorship, and vision over the last 16 years. Probus clubs are international and are sponsored by Ro-tary or an existing club in the area
In the Shuswap there are three Probus clubs, two in Salmon Arm and one in Sorrento. The clubs meet monthly, have a featured speaker and are made up of many sub-groups such as golf, bridge, dining, outdoor ac-tivities, book group etc. They are non-profit and non-fund-raising.
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Belgium may be a boring country, but it still seems extreme for a Belgian politician to say that the country is now living through its dark-est days since the end of the Second World War. Can any country really be so lucky that the worst thing that has happened to it in the past 70 years is a couple of bombs that killed 34 people?
That may sound a bit uncharitable, but re-spect for the innocent people killed by ter-rorists does not require us to take leave of our senses. What is happen-ing now is the media feeding frenzy that has become almost a statu-tory requirement after every terrorist attack in the West.
And people do let themselves get wound up by the media-gen-erated panic. Last night at dinner a young man, staying with us over-night in London before taking a morning flight to the United States, openly debated with himself about whether he should cancel his (non-refundable) ticket or not. It was a ticket
from London to Chi-cago that went nowhere near mainland Europe at all.
This story will domi-nate the Belgian media for weeks, and the rest of the Western media for the remainder of this week. Even non-West-ern media will play it for a day or two. Almost nothing new or useful will be said, and then the frenzy will die down until next time.
This is a very stupid way of behaving, but you will notice that I am a part of it. No mat-ter what I say about the bombs in Brussels, the fact that I am writing at length about them in a column that appears all over the world contrib-utes to the delusion that they are not only a nasty event but also an impor-tant one.
It is the sheer vol-ume of coverage that determines an events perceived importance, not what is actually said about it. But if we in the media are compelled to write about an event like the Belgian bombs anyway, what can we truthfully say about it that will not feed the panic?
The first thing, after every terrorist attack, is to stress that the media coverage of the attack is its primary purpose indeed, almost its only purpose. Its obvi-ous and its trite, but if you dont actually say it people forget it. Like the health warning on cigarette packets, it
should be part of every story on terrorism.
Secondly, we have to put the alleged threat of such terrorist attacks into perspective. People rarely do this for them-selves, because once events are beyond the range of their daily ex-perience most people cannot distinguish be-tween what is truly dan-gerous and what is only dramatic and frighten-ing.
It really does help to remind people that ter-rorism is a statistically insignificant risk that they are in much greater danger of dying from a fall in the bath than of dying in a terrorist at-tack even if that ap-proach conflicts with the journalists natural urge to emphasize the importance of whatever they are writing about.
And finally, a little dispassionate analysis quickly deflates the no-tion that terrorism is an existential threat (as British prime minister David Cameron once said). For example, the recent terrorist attacks in Europe have been largely confined to French-speaking coun-tries.
Muslim immigrants in France and Belgium mostly come from Arab countries, and especial-ly from North Africa, where French is the second language. Radi-cal Islamism is much weaker in the rest of the Muslim world, so Ger-many (whose Muslims are mostly Turkish) and
Britain (where they are mostly of South Asian origin) generate fewer Islamist extremists than the Francophone coun-tries, and face fewer ter-rorist attacks.
Frances and Bel-giums Muslim citizens are also less integrated into the wider com-munity. French hous-ing policy has dumped most of the immigrants in high-rise, low-in-come developments at the edge of the cities, often beyond the end of the metro lines. Unem-ployed, poorly educated and culturally isolated, their young men are more easily recruited into extremist groups.
The point of this sort of analysis is to cut the problem down to size. There is no terrorist army in Belgium, just a bunch of young men making it up as they go along. For example, the Brussels attacks hap-pened four days after the arrest of Salah Ab-deslam, the sole sur-vivor of the gang who carried out the attacks on the Bataclan arena and the Stade de France in Paris last November.
Back in Brussels after failing to use his suicide vest in the Paris attack, Abdeslam was a psy-chological wreck, and his Islamist colleagues undoubtedly expected that once in police cus-tody he would sing like a canary. So they de-cided to launch another attack and go to glory before the police kicked in their doors.
Prime Minister Charles Michel issued the usual ritual incan-tation about Belgians being determined to defend our freedom, but Belgiums freedom is not at risk. Terrorists are not an existential threat. They are a lethal nuisance, but no more than a nuisance.
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