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Vol. 55 No. 17 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com
Property tax to increase by 2.75 per cent
Water woes: Joan Snyder opens her kitchen faucet wide but gets only a few drops in response. Snyder and her neighbours at Cedar Ridge Mobile Home Park have been without water for weeks.
Assessments: Increase offset by decrease in property values. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Sicamous residents will be facing a 2.75 per cent property tax increase with district council having completed a budget focused on the municipality living within its means. Council went public with a completed draft of the 2013 budget last week, and first reading will occur at their regular meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 5 p.m. in council chambers. Mayor Darrell Trouton says council began their budget deliberations facing an 8.9 property tax increase. Regarding the 2.75 per cent, Trouton says this figure takes into account losses relating to dropping assessed property values, so that what Governments need residents are actually fac- to start operating ing is a 1.35 per cent in- within their means crease over last year. and be as efficient “We can change the as possible. And so tax rates as property val- that’s what we’re ues drop, but we can’t re- striving for. cover the assessed values Darrell Trouton from BC Assessment,” Mayor says Trouton. Council also adjusted the tax rate for businesses, dropping it from 2.45 to 2.22. Trouton said council thought the 2.45 was unfair for business. “Residences would have had a lower tax rate and businesses would have had a lot higher tax rate, and we tried to even it out as much as possible without crippling businesses in Sicamous,” he said. Trouton said the budget process was difficult, and that council picked it apart thoroughly. He says the end result is a document that reflects local government attempting to live within its means. “Governments need to start operating within their means and be as efficient as possible,” said Trouton. “And so that’s what we’re striving for.” However, the mayor also described the budget See Council agrees on page 2
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Mobile park owners frustrated without water Unwell well: Health authority pushing for collaborative solution.
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Fat black ants crawl along the backsplash in Joan Snyder’s kitchen, attracted to the unwashed dishes piled on the counter and in the sink because there’s no water available to wash them. The few dribbles that come pouring out of a fully-opened kitchen faucet confirms Snyder’s story – one shared by about seven of her neighbours who sitting in her living room, wanting to convey the frustration residents of Cedar Ridge Mobile Home Park have been living with for weeks. “We have no water at all. We don’t have anything to wash dishes, give the cat, now, as we’re getting into the garden season, we’ve got nothing for our gardens, which I live on for all the summer and it helps me out throughout the winter,” says Snyder, noting there have been issues with the water in the park since she moved in seven years ago. “We’ve been on a boil-water advisory since we moved in
here,” says Doug Desjardins, Snyder’s partner. “Now, for the last three months, we’ve had water intermittently, meaning, you never know when you turn your tap on, you might have water, you might not. So you can’t start the washer, you can’t use the dishwasher, you never know if you can flush your toilet, you never know if you take a shower, half way through you’ve got no water.” Neighbour Debbie Anderson says she has health issues and has been without water for two months. “For the past two months I have not had more than a dribble come out of my tap. Today, I can’t flush my toilet,” said Anderson. Everyone in the room has a similar story, and everyone’s story includes complaints about inaction on the part of the property’s manager to rectify the problem. Cedar Ridge is managed by Edmonton-based Century 21 realtor Tim Hennigar, who empathizes with the residents’ frustration.
Hennigar says the park on Sicamous-Solsqua Road was purchased in 2007 and, shortly after, water turbidity standards changed, putting the existing water system out of compliance, resulting in the ongoing boil-water advisory. After that, says Henniger, the well that supplies water to the park began to have “waterquantity problems.” He explained the well is on a private property on the other side of Sicamous-Solsqua Road. “The water line runs up past a couple of acreages to our park, so we have an easement in place, that we would essentially own the well, but provide everyone on the easement with water,” said Henniger. Interior Health eventually stepped in and issued notice to do something about the waterquality issues, and Henniger says steps were taken to see what filtration system would be best suited. “In exploring our options, we were also told by Interior Health that not only did we have to provide chlorinated
water… to our tenants, we also had to provide it to everybody on our easement,” sad Henniger. “We didn’t have a problem with that; however… the problem with that is that our well was giving us problems.” Henniger says the park had issues with sporadic water for some time, so a new well was drilled in late 2010. But that well has since been problematic. Now the desire is to drill a new well, and Henniger says he has already been approved by Interior Health to “fast-track the system, and get a new well put in place.” But, he adds, IH engineering requirements, combined their wanting all current users on the new system, is creating a headache. “We have no problem supplying them with water, just don’t make us responsible for their chlorination and re-running pipelines all the way back down the hill, under the road and to the guy at the bottom, who is adamant he’s not going to contribute a nickel to this thing,” says Henniger. See Property owner on page 2
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District may look to outsource in future By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous may look to contract out municipal work in the future if savings can be achieved. The suggestion to do so came from Coun. Greg Kyllo who, during council’s budget deliberations, was concerned with the $150,000 the district will be spending in-house on meter read-
ing and utility billing. “I think, if we could contract out for fifty-grand, and save $100,000 just on this one item, I think it would be worth consideration…,” said Kyllo. “If we look at a contract situation that’s similar for existing inhouse costs, then we’ve passed the test and it makes sense. But I think, moving forward, we need to look at op-
erational efficiencies and to me, as an outsider looking in, $150,000 for the administration to do the billing just associated with the sewer sounds really high and I think we should have a look at other ways of maybe providing that service to our residents more cost effectively.” Staff explained, however, that water meter reading is already contracted out to
Corix, who has necessary equipment that would not be feasible for the district to purchase. “Sounds like the Royal Bank there Greg,” quipped Coun. Fred Busch to Kyllo’s suggestion. Regardless, district administrator Heidi Frank agreed that contracting out is something staff could look at, though not this year.
“I just want to assure you, moving forward, I am taking a close look. Can we contract, is there a cheaper way to do it…?” asked Frank. “But I think we’re so under the gun this year, that just to maintain the status quo is about all we can do to before we can start implementing new procedures and different procedures. But moving forward, absolutely.”
Council agrees to ownership of curling rink Continued from front
as laying a foundation for the district’s future. This includes staffing changes and training to make municipal operations more efficient, including the creation of new staff positions in finance and public works to help deal with growing demand related to ongoing infrastructure expansion and improvements. “Our water treatment facility, for example, we need staff trained in that area to move forward to make sure that we’re getting a competent system and it’s done right,” said Trouton. “You don’t get the system and
say, ‘OK, how do we run it?’ We have an opportunity now to move people into that area and work with the system as it’s being developed. So, I think it’s a good investment at this time.” Some areas of the budget were beyond council’s control, such as the sewer expansion which is already $750,000 over budget – covered through additional debt borrowing. Trouton says this project was already in motion before the council came onboard, “and it’s pretty hard in the eighth or ninth inning to change the game.” Council did dissect grants in aid (see below),
typically doling out less than what was requested. Trouton noted these grants are not intended to subsidize non-profits or businesses. “We felt that a lot of these are ongoing… I don’t believe that it’s up to the municipality to take taxpayers dollars and give it to non-profit organizations,” said Trouton. “If those taxpayers want to donate to non-profit organizations, or get involved and help in different ways, that’s a lot better than taking taxpayers’ money and saying there you go…” Council did agree to take ownership of the curling rink. Trouton
says this decision was about giving back to community. “I think in today’s realities, people expect the district to take on recreation as a part of the facilities within the district,” he said. “So those are the parts we do have to look at… the health and well-being side of it.” 2013 Grants in aid: • Eagle Valley Grooming Society – $8,000 (requested $20,000) • Shuswap Community Church – $5,000 ($9,600) • Community Banner Project – $500 ($500) • Eagle Valley Com-
munity Support Society – $2,000 (4,000) • Sicamous and District Seniors Centre Society – $2,000 ($4,600) • Shuswap Community Foundation – $250 ($1,000) • Shuswap Lifeboat Society – $3,000 ($5,000) • Eagle Valley Arts Council – $3,000 ($3,500) • Eagle Valley Seniors Meals Society – $1,000 ($2,000) • Sicamous and District Museum and Historical Society – $2,000 ($11,000) • Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #99 – $2,000 (if requested).
Property owner anxious to proceed with well replacement Continued from front
Interior Health health protection team leader Mike Adams says that while owners of the water system have been asked to come up with a plan to improve the water system, if someone wants to opt out and go
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their own way, there’s nothing stopping them. “If the guy at the mobile home park says, you know what, I’m done waiting for something to happen, I’m going to drill a well and put the mobile home park on a well and fix the issue and take care
of my property, there’s nothing stopping him from doing that,” says Adams. Days after the News met with residents of the mobile park, an IH health officer was at the site and met with the owner “and their consultants,” and Adams
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confirmed options are being looked at to provide clean, potable water to residents. “We want to insure that we’re not just going out there willy nilly and drilling a well and maybe plunking it in the wrong location,” said Adams. “There’s kind of
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two separate issues going on there right now. One, we’ve got an existing water system that needs improvements… The second issue is the mobile home park who happens to be one of the owners who is being impacted, and are looking at their options.”
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Province argues CSRD has role in flooding By Barb Brouwer
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Devastation: Trees, boulders and other debris surrounds a Two Mile residence after the June 23 flooding at Sicamous Creek. File photo priate or practical for local authorities to step back from their responsibility to manage this hazard.” But in briefing notes he provided for CSRD directors, Gary Holte, manager of environment and engineering services, disputed Bond’s claim, noting that according to the regional district’s solicitor, CSRD met its obligation under Section 6 (1) and 6 (2) of the act following debris and flooding events at Swansea Point and Two Mile last summer. “It is not CSRD’s mandate to provide emergency response service for flooding events as it has not established a flood protection service function nor a tax for flood protection,” Holte wrote. “In addition, the CSRD does not have the resources, staff, equipment or expertise necessary to provide site response to flooding events.”
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Holte reminded directors that in 2010, following attempts by the province to “download flood response responsibility, the board approved a policy that clarifies CSRD’s position. But Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton asked for clarity. “In the briefing notes, it’s stated that CSRD doesn’t do flood response, but we should look a bit closer into what CSRD’s involvement is,” he said, recalling emergency management meetings last summer. “There was no discussion in Sicamous that CSRD wasn’t part of it. Cliff (CSRD emergency co-ordinator Cliff Doherty) never said anything. We need more clarity around who is responsible.” In terms of responsibility, CSRD chief executive officer Charles Hamilton said there had been a meeting with Union of British Columbia Municipalities
(UBCM) officials concerning jurisdiction. “We even sought the advice of a lawyer to identify and notify the province and the board passed a resolution (in January) with the North Okanagan Regional District that will go forward jointly at SILGA,” he said. Hamilton noted that if the resolution is endorsed at the Southern Interior Local Government Association’s early May meeting in Salmon Arm, it will go forward to UBCM. Hamilton deemed Bond’s letter curious because, on the one hand, she says she has asked provincial emergency management officials to find new ways to support local authorities, but “it still perpetuates this myth that we have a much larger role.” As to keeping the board updated, Hamilton suggested Bond’s letter and Holte’s backgrounder be sent to all
regional district municipalities, a motion that was then put forward by Area E Rural Sicamous director Rhona Martin. Martin also suggested that immediately following the next municipal election, CSRD hold a workshop to advise on regional district and board responsibilities.
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VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal Party deserves credit for releasing its policy book in full on the eve of the formal election campaign. That’s about the only positive thing to be said about it. For those who take the time to read party leader Christy Clark’s 40-page booklet, there are a few nuggets of news. For instance, a re-elected B.C. Liberal government would continue its justice reform agenda by moving traffic ticket disputes out of courtrooms, as they did with impaired driving cases. Most of it consists of glowing descriptions of the government’s 12-year record, and attacks on the NDP of the kind that are not normally seen in a platform. This is consistent with Clark’s style since she was anointed party leader two years ago. The main focus, as re-
vealed in February’s throne speech, is a plan to pay off B.C.’s growing debt and perhaps even get rid of the provincial sales tax with an Alberta-style “prosperity fund” from liquefied natural gas exports. Whether this is from imposing a new export tax on LNG or simply from a windfall of gas royalties is not clear. Clark and her energy minister contradicted each other on that when it was announced, and the platform doesn’t shed any new light. All we have is a big logo on the side of Clark’s campaign bus declaring “DEBT FREE B.C.” As I’ve written before, there is plenty of real evidence of a huge new LNG industry in the making. As for paying off the $60 billion debt that the B.C. Liberals’ pre-election budget predicts will keep growing, cartoonist Adrian Raeside summed it up best: LNG revenues are “Christy Clark’s invisible friend.” Clark finished up last week with stops in Terrace
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and Prince Rupert, promising an LNG windfall for local governments as well. She repeated the platform’s attack line that the NDP are going to wreck the trilliondollar LNG boom with a Quebec-style moratorium on “fracking” to extract gas from deep shale formations. That’s not an outright lie, but it’s almost as speculative as Clark’s notions of a 30-year windfall that could at best barely start during the next four-year term. The NDP are not calling for a moratorium on natural gas production. They’re calling for yet another “review,” one of many vague, wobbly positions that have been adopted by both dominant parties. An earlier premier named Glen Clark became famous for “freezing” things like ferry fares and car insurance rates. Now Christy Clark is “freezing” personal income tax rates for five years, and carbon tax rates too. That implies she’s planning to win this election and the next one,
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All candidates’ voices of value If asked before the recent Sicamous all-candidates forum which party I’ll be voting for, my answer would have been what it is now: not sure. Yes, I am the undecided voter. But having seen and heard from our Shuswap candidates, I now have a sense of how I’d prefer to vote. All of the above. A protest vote? Kind of, but more on that in a bit. In Tom Birch, Chris George, Steve Gunner and Greg Kyllo, Shuswap voters have been given a very impressive mix of perspectives, backgrounds, passions and beliefs from which to choose. While driving home from the forum, I reflected on what I heard and weighed the pros and cons in an attempt to pick one, but could not. Then I decided to drop the baggage attached to each of the political parties represented, and focus on the
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individuals. And that’s when it hit me, that the best person for the job is all four. The notion of having Birch, George, Gunner and Kyllo representing the Shuswap in Victoria struck a chord with me. What a coup for the electorate of our region, to have these political paradigms given equal representation. What a coup it would be for British Columbia. And here’s where ‘all of the above’ becomes a protest vote. Polls indicate British Columbians want change – that whatever good the Liberals have done for the province,
many are keen to send them packing. And of course, opposition candidates have jumped on the “vote-for-change” bandwagon. But so long as we cling to the bitter, competitive nastiness that surrounds our current electoral system, the first-pastthe-post method of king makers, it is unlikely we will ever see any real change in government. History shows power is too persuasive, and those in power too easily whipped by party arrogance and complacency. But history also shows British Columbians are prepared to try a different electoral system, one that results in more fair and equal representation. The Single Transferrable Vote, a system proposed by the B.C. Citizen’s Assembly as the alternative of choice to the existing ‘firstpast-the-post’ system, went to referendum in 2005, and received 57
per cent of the popular vote. Ironically, the Liberal government, which initiated the process behind the STV, also required a 60 per cent majority for the result to be binding. Perhaps the STV was too convoluted. But the point is people wanted change. I’m uncertain recent federal minority governments are a good argument against more politically balanced leadership, as they seemed to suffer more from ego and the pursuit of power taking precedence over the provision of fair and equal representation. Balanced representation cannot be achieved when government is dominated by an insular majority that favours personal attacks over consensus building. But, with the way things are now, voting ‘all of the above’ would likely be a wasted vote. And so I remain undecided.
Connection runs deeper than Internet I was talking to a friend about the recent tragic events in Boston and how something meant to bring the world together, with more than 90 nations present, became something else. The day reminded us that the world has changed. There have been very few events since 9-11 that have stabbed us in the North American heart this deeply. The shootings this past December in Newtown, Con. certainly got deep into our hearts, as did the tsunami in 2004 and the brutal quakes in Haiti
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The thing that I have to fight against is the tendency to shut off that feeling when I see yet another tragic story from places like Syria. I don’t think we have to worry about not aching for Newtown and Boston and now West, Texas (it’s been a bad week). The thing that I have to guard against is the tendency I have to ache for Boston, where three people died, but not for Syria, where 30,000 people have died at the hands of a tyrant. I do live in the safest place on earth, so I can quickly forget. Instead, I want to let
news soak in, for Boston, Newtown, Texas and Syria are all in my backyard. I can connect to those people through prayer to God, who is there with them and, when I can, help them practically in any way that I can afford. When Jesus said that the whole Bible could be summed up into four words, ‘Love God, Love People,’ I think this is a little bit of what he meant. God isn’t numb to our plight, and so I wish never to be either. Bob Evans is a pastor with Sicamous’ Shuswap Community Church.
Did you know, physicians, nurses and treatment specialists from B.C.’s Children’s Hospital travel to more than 162 outreach clinics in 17 communities across B.C. to treat patients where they live?
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Political differences aside, the audience at the recent allcandidates forum in Sicamous seemed united in their appreciation for the calibre of the event. Respect and civility reigned both among the crowd, and among candidates Tom Birch (Conservative), Chris George (Green), Steve Gunner (NDP) and Greg Kyllo (Liberal) at the April 16 forum, held at and hosted by the Sicamous legion and co-ordinated by the Sicamous chamber. Someone in the crowd joked this may have been due to having Shuswap Community Church pastor Bob Evans as moderator. About 50 people attended the event, and offered an intriguing array of questions that touched on a range of issues, including national foreign trade to transportation, funding for private schools and bringing industry to the Shuswap. The first question of the evening related to a proposed Canada-China investment treaty, and whether the candidates felt there has been adequate time for discussion in Parliament, with the provinces and the people of Canada. While each of the candidates seemed to agree there could be more discussion, viewpoints differed from there. Birch said he suspects it’s nowhere near as bad as is being suggested by opponents, but agreed it needs to be carefully reviewed. George and Gunner argued the agreement would jeopardize Canada’s control over its own resources through the legal
framework within the agreement. Kyllo, on the other hand, championed improved trade relations with China, decreasing the province and country’s reliance on the U.S. Another federally-oriented question related to changes in EI and how they will impact seasonal employment. To address this issue, George and Gunner touted the need for stronger relations between the province and the federal government. Birch suggested it would require a partnership of
(P3s) to make them happen, Gunner said, in regard to P3s, that every project would have to be debated on their own merits. As for transportation, he suggested money from the carbon tax might be put to better use, such as improving public transit. Kyllo credited the B.C. government’s push to four-lane the TransCanada Highway as a means of opening up markets for manufacturing and more tourism. Birch was critical of P3s, referring to the Port Mann
It’s almost impossible to survive on EI. What we need to be focusing on is growing the economy, making sure that people have the jobs so that EI, or the need or necessity of sitting on EI, is a thing of the past. Greg Kyllo provinces standing up against Ottawa. Kyllo suggested B.C. needs to lobby more with Ottawa, though his preference was to see people not have to rely on EI. “Nobody wants to see cutbacks in EI, but I think we’re missing the bigger picture and that’s putting people to work,” said Kyllo. “It’s almost impossible to survive on EI. What we need to be focusing on is growing the economy, making sure that people have the jobs so that EI, or the need or necessity of sitting on EI is a thing of the past. We need to keep growing B.C.’s economy.” Asked what transportation issues they would prioritize if elected, and if they supported public-private partnerships
Bridge in particular and the related user fee. “You have the lowest taxes this side of anywhere… But they’re not, because we’ve downloaded everything into user fees…,” said Birch. “That’s taxes that hurt the poor directly. Rich people, user fees are no big deal. It’s a smaller percentage. They’d rather have a user fee than to pay taxes at a percentage rate.” George said the province needs to be looking ahead 20 years and considering more sustainable transportation initiatives. “How many people think that 20 years from now… that gas for your car is going to be any cheaper than it is today?” asked George. “So
if we’re going to dump billions of dollars into increasing our road infrastructure… wouldn’t it be prudent if we started investing in some rail infrastructure so we can move people from city to city within our province.” Regarding future industry for Sicamous and the Shuswap, Gunner, Birch and George had different answers hinged on a similar theme: putting a focus back on forestry and cultivating an industry where what’s taken from the ground is manufactured locally, as opposed to just shipping raw products out of country and buying back manufactured goods. Kyllo focused on a need to to expand all manufacturing and industry-based jobs. He noted the growth in the mining sector, and the need for skilled labour and industrial education, such as the training provided at the local high-school. In their closing remarks the candidates made one last passionate appeal to the audience. Kyllo stressed his love for the Shuswap and his willingness to “fight hard” to represent the riding. Gunner promised a campaign about solutions over political attacks, appealing to those wanting better of government. Noting how between 1980 and 2001, child poverty levels in B.C. rose from 11 to 16.4 per cent, George said he was running to do better for his children and the province’s children and their future. And Birch promised more accountability and transparency, noting he would publish all of his expenses in office and how he votes, so as to treat constituents with honesty and show their money matters.
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Party politics: skills training in spotlight By Tom Fletcher Black Press
Parties in the May 14 B.C. election have highlighted their commitments to improve post-secondary skills training. The province faces a wave of baby boomer retirements, shortages in trades and industrial jobs, an increase in temporary foreign workers and underemployment of some university graduates. Trades and apprenticeship training is a major point of dispute. The B.C. Liberal-created Industry Trade Authority has increased apprentices from 16,000 in 2001 to 34,000, but the NDP counters that percentage completion rates have declined. Independent Contractors and Businesses Association president Phil Hochstein argues that with many more young people in the apprenticeship system, the number of graduates is at a record level.
Platform highlights: • The B.C. NDP’s biggest commitment is $100 million for a post-secondary student grant program, to be funded by a capital tax on large financial institutions. NDP leader Adrian Dix also promises $40 million new investment for skills training, to “increase apprenticeship training spaces, shorten completion times and improve completion rates.” The NDP notes that while the B.C. Liberal government touts its jobs plan in ads, its February budget projects a $42 million cut to the advanced education ministry over three years. • The B.C. Liberals highlight a $75 million commitment for upgrading training facilities and equipment, on top of the $500 million annual skills training budget. The B.C. Liberals emphasize plans to expand vocational training in high schools,
and encourage partnerships between high schools and employers. Their platform also promises to develop “relevant training programs” for B.C. residents to work in the LNG industry. • The B.C. Conservatives promise to “increase training and apprenticeships in the trades and technical sector,” but don’t specify how. They also promise to increase on-line learning capabilities in colleges and technical institutes, and give qualified B.C. students priority for admission to the province’s post-secondary institutions. • The B.C. Green Party promises to eliminate interest on student debt over five years, “immediately” cut tuition by 20 per cent, create a grant program for low-income students, increase core funding for colleges and universities by $200 million and provide training for laidoff workers.
Kyllo passes on participating in environment candidates forum On April 29th, four local citizens groups are sponsoring a special all-candidates forum on the environment at the 5th Ave. Senior’s Centre in Salmon Arm at 7 p.m. The four groups are Shuswap Naturalists, KAIROS Salmon Arm, Shuswap Water Action Team (SWAT) and the Shuswap Environmental Action Society (SEAS). “Everything, including the economy, is dependent on a healthy environment as we all depend on clean water, clean air, and healthy forests,” explained SEAS president Jim Cooperman, “and thus we need to find out where Shuswap MLA candidates
stand on the environmental issues that are so significant in the upcoming provincial election.” So far three of the four local candidates have confirmed their attendance at the forum. Only the BC Liberal candidate, Greg Kyllo, did not respond to the invitation. Kyllo told the News that he’s already committed to six all-candidates meetings, and that each takes a lot of time to prepare for. “I think we’ve touched on all the major communities and I think the right platform is through the chamber of commerce,” said Kyllo. “There’s just so
many different special interest groups, whether it’s health, tourism, logging, there’s just so many different areas, if we attend one special interest group, it’s going to be pretty hard to turn down all of the other ones that may look at hosting as well.” Key environmental issues that will likely be covered in the forum include watershed management, agricultural pollution, pipelines, fracking, pesticides, the Site C dam, run-of-river independent power projects, forest health, environmental assessments, BC parks and the need for greening the economy.
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The BC Conservatives are a party of mavericks. We respect and encourage each MLA’s contribution. We forge together how we will achieve the party vision so that it meets the local needs of our constituents. My party amplifies my voice for the Shuswap rather than silencing it and they will help me to achieve what is in the best interest of this riding.
I cannot imagine a better party to back me up as I partner with the people of the Shuswap. About Tom Birch (Conservative): A project manager for a forestry software company, Birch lives in Salmon Arm. He has worked for a number of companies in the forest industry, and also has worked in Africa for a non-profit. He graduated from Trinity Western with a degree in communications.
I think that I can make a difference as an individual working within an established political party because I know that my ideas carry weight. The Green Party adheres to the principle of using evidence-based policy making and the principle of participatory democracy. These principles guide how we develop policy within the party. My ideas carry no more and no less weight than anyone else’s within the party, but if my ideas are based in the
real world, using the best evidence from the scientific community, they will be heard and respected when it comes time to examine our platform. About Chris George (Green): An entrepreneur, George has had a varied career managing restaurants and retail outlets. George also was a financial planner and technology consultant to small businesses. He is currently a student at Thompson Rivers University.
New Democrats are committed to inclusion. Our leader has shown that he values the opinions of each elected member. This means that every person in caucus has a voice. I understand that the role of MLA is to represent the views of Shuswap residents and to advocate for local communities within government. This responsibility must always be the priority. This is the basis of democracy.
People are telling me that it is time for a change, and New Democrats will bring a new government with better ideas. It is important that the Shuswap be part of that government. About Steve Gunner (NDP): A farmer, Gunner is president of North Okanagan Poultry Processing Incorporated in Armstrong, which raises pasture-raised organically fed chicken and turkeys. He is also manager of the Armstrong Curling Club in the fall and winter.
The Shuswap deserves an energetic and resourceful MLA who will strive for results. I am that candidate. I will tackle the tough issues in caucus, ensuring the needs of the Shuswap are not overlooked in Victoria. I will work diligently to introduce private members’ bills, keeping the welfare of the Shuswap at heart. The BC Liberals are ready to resume the duties and responsibilities of providing sound governance for all
British Columbians, and I look forward to the opportunity to represent the Shuswap. About Greg Kyllo (Liberal): A Sicamous councillor, Kyllo is the president of Twin Anchors Marine Group, which operates luxury vacation houseboats, as well as TA Structures, a new venture in portable housing. He has lived in Sicamous for 35 years and studied at Okanagan College.
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Apt/Condo for Rent 2 BDRM. APT. in Sicamous. NP, NS. $650/mo. plus DD. 250-804-3485. LGE 1 & 2 BDRM. BRIGHT apts. In suite storage, green space, live-in manager. Cable incl. Sicamous, 250-836-4516.
Homes for Rent 2 BDRM. HOUSE with fenced yard & lge. shop in Malakwa. House avail. immed. for $500/mo. Shop avail. in Aug. (Private use only) if wanted. Call for details 250-286-1150, leave. msg. 3BDRM home in Sicamous, 3 car garage, close to school, NP, NS, $1200/mo + util. (250)804-3485 4 BDRM. 2.5 BATHS, house located in a rural setting. C/w washer/dryer. 250-836-4556. 4bdrm home, $800 + utils. Also 3bdrm home $700 + utils. 2bdrm $600.+utils. All in Malakwa area. 250-836-2907, 250-309-0975 SM. 2 BDRM. TRAILER ON private lot with garden area. $500/mo. plus utilities. Ph. 250-836-2082.
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