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Seedy Sunday’s seedy characters Above: Nancy Rempel checks out Mojave Kaplan’s Certified Organic seeds and home made salves outside the Clinton Memorial Hall where much more Seedy Sunday was going on inside (below). Plants, seeds, books, displays and more heralded the start of the planting season.
Ashcroft Council gave its staff authorization to sign the Annual Operating Agreement with BC Transit and Yellowhead Community Services at the Apr. 14 Council meeting. Administrator Michelle Allen announced that Area I would be joining partners Ashcroft and Clinton, and they had put together a proposal for a six month trial that would adjust the schedule to take in several Area I communities. Allen said the partners met earlier on Monday to review the operations of the bus since November when YCS (Clearwater) took over operations from Mile 0 Taxi & Charters (Lillooet). “It’s more efficient, we feel. It’s starting to grow,” she said. In the six month trial, the bus will stop at Ashcroft Manor, Ashcroft Reserve, Boston Flats, Bonaparte Reserve and 16 Mile on the way to Clinton. On Mondays, trav-
ellers living in Walhachin and Thompson River Estates could prearrange pickup on the way to Kamloops. The bus is still running only on Monday, Wednesday ad Friday. They were making three runs per day between Ashcroft and Clinton. That is now reduced to two, but the bus is spending more time in Clinton to give residents more opportunity to use the bus around town. “Just thinking of where we started with this and where we are now,” said Coun. Helen Kormendy. “It required people to come together to make it work. The inclusion of Area I has energized us.” Mayor Andy Anderson said he hoped to see the bus service continue to grow and become economically viable. Allen said they will also be promoting after hours use of the bus for local groups who want to take it on short trips.
Ashcroft looks for money to study CN crossing Expressing doubts that they will be able to pay for improvements to the CN crossing in Ashcroft, Council decided to look for funding to do the initial inspection and report. “To move forward with any improvements to the crossing will likely be in the $300,000 range,” said Administrator Michelle Allen. She said they can apply to Transport Canada for a grant that would cover 40-50 per cent of the cost, but she has been told informally that any project leading to signal cessation will be refused because of safety issues. Only a report could say how extensive the work needs to be, and that will cost around $10,000. “It may be worth the funds to
find out,” said Coun. Alice Durksen. “It is nice to be able to sleep all night, so I’m not against finding out.” “Is there another way to do this?” asked Coun. Helen Kormendy. “The costs are very high for a tax base that comes from our residents. This is a huge amount of money for us.” She suggested getting MP Mark Strahl involved. Mayor Andy Anderson pointed out that modifying the crossing might not even be possible, “But we need to have the study done just to give people an answer,” Council asked staff to contact the MP’s office and Transport Canada to see if there were any funds available to do the study.
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April 2 at 4:05 pm police were called to a single vehicle accident on Hwy 97C near the tailings pond. Logan Lake RCMP also attended. The driver, a 47 year old Prince George woman, said she lost control of the Oldsmobile sedan while trying to avoid hitting an animal. Neither the woman nor her 42 year old male passenger were seriously injured, but the car had to be towed for repairs. Witnesses later told police that they thought the male had been driving. The man, also from PG, is currently prohibited from driving.
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April 3 at 4:21 am police were advised of a 911 call from a 20 year old man from Kitscoty, Alta at Historic Hat Creek Ranch, who told the dispatcher that he needed a ride to Lillooet for work, and if he didn’t get one, he would burn the ranch down. He was told the RCMP did not provide a taxi service. He called 911 five more times, once saying he needed an ambulance because he had run into a pole and knocked himself out. The man also had earlier dealings with Kamloops Rural RCMP, who stopped because he had built a fire next to the highway just outside of Kamloops. The RCMP gave him a ride to Savona, and someone else had given him a ride to the Hwy 99 junction. He was arrested for threatening to set fire to the ranch, but said he didn’t mean it and never intended to. He complained about dizziness and headaches and was transported by ambulance back to Kamloops for a medical examination.
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April 5 at 9:30 am police received a report of possible light plane crash around Barnes Lake after a single engine plane was seen flying low over the lake. The complainant lost sight of it and her husband went out to look for it. He spoke to another neighbour who said that he’d seen it bank and fly away.
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April 6 at 1:20 pm police received a report of a possibly impaired driver in a westbound Lincoln sedan on Hwy 1. The complainant said the vehicle had no plates, was weaving all over the road and stopping randomly. Police located the vehicle in Cache Creek and spoke the the driver who smelled strongly of alcohol. The 30 year old Manitoba woman Failed the roadside sobriety test and was given a 90 day driving prohibition. Her vehicle was impounded for 30 days. She was also issued tickets for not having a valid Drivers License and for failing to display her license plates which had fallen off in an accident earlier in the day near Logan Lake. The same vehicle had been the subject of earlier complaints in Logan Lake and Kamloops.
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April 7 at 8:30 pm police were called to a fight in the parking lot of the River Inn where one 22 year old man lay unconscious with obvious head wounds, and another 24 year old male stood nearby, also with visible injuries. The unconscious man woke up when the ambulance arrived and both were unco-operative with police. Witnesses said the two Ashcroft men were drunk and trying to start a fight. No suspect has been identified yet. The 22 year old required stitches. April 8 at 3 pm police stopped a speeding 2008 Buick Enclave in Cache Creek near the Starhouse Restaurant. The 44 year old Fort St. James man was found to have been a prohibited driver - since 2009. The man said he didn’t fall under any statute, claiming to be protected by international law. Unfortunately for him, he was driving his
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Creek and Dear residents of Ashcroft, Cache surrounding area. of long nights of It is with great sadness and lots ision was made. dec cult deliberation that this diffi ctice to Kamloops, I will be relocating my medical pra e been given a B.C. effective May 28, 2014. I hav colleague’s well great opportunity to take over a established practice. ty to live and work It has been a wonderful opportuni in this great community. ts that your care will I am pleased to advise my patien and Dr. Peedikayil, be taken over by Dr. Govindasamy re to assist you asu if you so choose. It has been a ple r years and I wish fou with your health care for the last . you all the best in the future in the clinic and in Your medical records will remain Peedikayil unless Dr. ad the care of Dr. Govindasamy uired by the req is as , your written authorization B.C., is received of ns geo Sur College of Physicians and sician. to transfer them to another phy be a partner in your Thank you for the opportunity to t wishes to you. medical care and I extend my bes Sincerely, Kitshoff ette Dr. Antoin
vehicle on a public highway in excess of the speed limit. He was charged with driving while prohibited and his vehicle was impounded. April 11 at 10:20 pm police were called to the Ashcroft Reserve after reports of an intoxicated 27 year old man causing a disturbance. He was kicked out of his girlfriend’s residence for his annoying behaviour and was located by police as a passenger on a dune buggy with two other male occupants. The dune buggy failed to stop for police twice, the second time with the men fleeing in different directions on foot and in the vehicle. Police were called back to the Reserve at 11:15 pm after the original subject of the complaint had been injured in a fight. The 46 year old man responsible for the injuries said the 27 year old had taken a run at him, intending to start a fight, and he had to defend himself. The younger man was taken to the hospital with a possible dislocated shoulder, but refused treatment. He was transported to cells in Kamloops and released when sober. April 14 at 9 am police received a call from a third party, who reported that an Ashcroft woman had witnessed a dark-coloured pickup truck dumping garbage illegaly on Evans Rd. around the slough. The matter is under investigation.
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April 15 at 12:37 am police received a call from Chevron staff who were calling for a 41 year old hitchhiker of no fixed address. The man asked the attendant to call police to come and get him because he was intoxicated and had no money and nowhere to stay. Police spoke to the man, who was not intoxicated or causing a disturbance, and told him that they didn’t provide that type of service. Nugget Motel staff leant him a blanket for the night. He was on his way to Calgary the next morning.
New uses for your Driver’s Licence by Tom Fletcher Black Press With one million of its new high-tech drivers’ licences in use, the B.C. government is preparing to use them for access to medical records, applying for student loans and a range of other uses. The new driver’s licence was introduced a year ago, with a digital chip that replaces the existing medical CareCard system. The health ministry estimated that there were more than nine million CareCards in circulation, about twice as many as there are residents of B.C. With digital security similar to bank cards, Andrew Wilkinson, minister of technology, innovation and citizens’ services, said the public appears prepared to use them to apply for prescription renewals, birth, death and marriage certificates, voter registration and criminal records checks. The cards are issued to replace the current driver’s licences, for the same $75 fee. For people who don’t drive, a similar card with only medical identity is available at no charge.
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Fire season off and running KAMLOOPS – Since Friday April 11, the Kamloops Fire Centre has responded to 10 new wildfires, all of which have been human-caused. Of the 32 fires that have occurred in the Centre since April 1, almost all were the result of poorly planned open burning. This serves as a serious reminder to the public to be vigilant with any open fires and to ensure that they have contingency plans in place to extinguish fires that may escape. While crews have responded to wildfires across the southern interior, a 20 hectare fire on Bridge River Rd. meant the evacuation of five homes in the area. The fire was discovered on Apr. 14 and engaged 21 firefighters. Crews are in the mop up stage and the cause of the fire is still under investigation. More than half of the wildfires across British Columbia this season have been located in the Kamloops Fire Centre, and all have been human-caused. Before conducting a burn, check with your local fire department, municipality and regional
district to see if any open burning restrictions or bylaws are in effect. If you are planning to do any large-scale industrial burning or conduct a grass burn over 0.2 hectares (Category 3 fires), you must obtain a burn registration number ahead of time by calling 1 888 7971717. Always check the venting conditions before conducting an open burn. The venting index can be found at: http://www.bcairquality. ca/readings/ventilation-index.html In British Columbia, the Wildfire Act specifies a person’s legal obligations when using fire in or within one kilometre of forest land or grassland. If an outdoor burn escapes and causes a wildfire, the person responsible may be held accountable for damages and fire suppression costs. The Kamloops Fire Centre would like to thank the public for its continued help in preventing wildfires. If you see flames or smoke, call 1 800 663-5555 tollfree or dial *5555 on your cellphone. Submitted
Taking care of Family and Friends Sandra Dowdy, vice president of the Loon Lake Community, Recreational and Agricultural Society (left) , hands Janet Quesnel a cheque for $1,660.41 for the Family and Friends at the Ashcroft hospital’s Long Term Care facility. The money is part of the proceeds from the LLCRAS’ annual Winter Fest fundraiser. The rest of the proceeds are donated to the Clinton health care society and to the Loon Lake Fire Dept.
Get ready to swap - plants It looks like spring has finally arrived and area gardeners are just itching to get into their gardens and yards. Always eager to swap their “extra” plants and more than happy to receive something they don’t have, gardeners look forward to the annual Ashcroft Communities in Bloom Plant Swap. This year’s Plant Swap will be held on Sunday, April 27 in Heritage Park. Because this is a plant swap, the success will depend on the quantity of plants that local residents bring in. With that in mind, the Com-
munities in Bloom committee asks that local residents take a little time to look around in their yards and split as many items as possible. Please try to pot them or place them in boxes – labels are great but not required. Please bring any plants etc. to swap at 9:30. The sale will begin at 10. No Early Birds! Ashcroft Communities in Bloom thankfully accepts donations at the plant swap. All donations are used to assist with local projects. Andrea Walker
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A fun Fun situation Susan McLean (right), vice chair for Ashcroft Elementary School’s Parents Advisory Committee, accepts a $1,000 cheque from Second Time Around manager Ann Bonter (left). The donation will go towards our annual fun fair at AES on May 22, from 4-8 pm. Thank you to Make Children First as well for a $448 donation which will pay for Uncle Chris the clown to perform at the fun fair. The community is invited to come and enjoy the inflatables, games, entertainment, raffles and food. Entry is by donation.
Garden plants, handmade crafts, canning and baking, and a slew of flea market vendors is what you will find when the Cache Creek Market returns in May for its fourth season. The Market is open to anyone who wants to set up a “farmer or flea”-related stall. The Market runs every Saturday from May until October, from 9 am to 1 pm and vending stalls are $5 per vendor. Opening Day, May 3, is free. The Pony Club will be selling fused glass pendants, and Epicure will be selling spices and other products. Cache Creek and Loon Lake gardeners will be selling their hardened off vegetable plants, flowers and herbs - all grown locally. So come and get your tomato plants! If you have something to sell, bring it to the Market on May 3 before 9 am. Bring a table and chair
or just set it on the ground. Food sales must have the proper permits from Interior Health. Or come by and have a look but be ready to buy because there’ll be plenty to tempt you. The Market is located on the old Esso property next to Chums Restaurant on Hwy 1. It was started to provide a venue for people in Cache Creek and the surrounding area who wanted a place to sell their locally-grown food, craft and flea market items, and being part of a group makes it easier. The Cache Creek Market is funded and operated by the Cache Creek Beautification Society, which also sponsors the Cache Creek Communities in Bloom and the Cache Creek Garden Club. Contact Wendy Coomber at 250-457-9587 if you have any questions about the Market. Submitted
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Make the earth smile - plant a tree I was watching a neighbour cutting down a big old tree in their backyard the other day. It was rotten - and I’m not making a personal judgment here - and needed to be taken down safely. But it made me think, in the 13 years that I’ve lived here, about how many big trees that have come down around my street - and none have been replaced. At the turn of the century (to old folks like me, that means the 1900s) Joyce Kilmer wrote: I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest against the sweet earth’s flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear a nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree. Although, I like Ogden Nash’s version just as well: I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all. Maybe it’s my Ontario roots showing, but I love trees. I really don’t understand some people’s opinion that they are nuisances. Sure, mowing the grass under my apple and pear trees mean that I have to keep ducking under the branches, but I wouldn’t consider cutting them down until they’re dead. I love the blossoms, the leaves, the fruit, the bees (not the wasps) and the birds that inhabit them. If you want to offset your carbon footprint, plant a tree - but avoid nitrogen-based fertilizers. Such fertilizers results in increased emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. Trees provide many environmental, energy and social benefits for us. For the past few years, I’ve been nurturing a mountain ash “bush” in the front yard for eventual shade, bird viewing and aesthetics. Go ahead and hug a tree - it’s good for you. And they hug back.
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The reckless expansion of salmon farms Like many thoughtful British Columbians, I am dumbfounded that the Harper government has given a green light to the expansion of salmon farms along the BC coast. Never mind the multitude of warnings against the perils of open-net farming, its epidemic of sea lice, its dissemination of lethal viruses, its dumping of toxic chemicals. And never mind the wise but disregarded recommendations of the $26 million dollar Cohen Commission, the damning evidence of science, and the widespread public rejection of the industry. You wonder how Justice Bruce Cohen feels after his painstaking inquiry into the collapse of the sockeye salmon in the Fraser River. In his eight recommendations specific to BC, the Judge stated unequivocally that the salmon farms along the migration route in the Discovery Islands were a potential source of disease. He called for removing the promotion of aquaculture from DFO’s mandate, as it contradicted the department’s responsibility to protect wild salmon. He said that DFO should fully implement and fund both the 2005 Wild Salmon Policy and the 1986 Habitat Policy with its “No Net Loss” principle, and that the health of wild salmon should take priority over suitability for aquaculture when choosing locations for farms. Furthermore, DFO should not issue new licences for net-pen salmon farms in the Discovery Islands, or permit increases in production at any existing
farms along these Islands until September 2020. That’s six years from now! The provincial government accepted “the intent” of all the Commission’s recommendations. All Judge Cohen’s recommendations have been ignored and the Commission’s website has been “archived.” Meanwhile, Marine Harvest, the biggest salmon farming company in BC and the world, has got itself listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Their press release trumpets a plan to “lead the blue revolution similar to 5,000 years ago when we went from hunting to farming.” In a video of the event, we witness its promoter – the richest man in Norway – smiling and clapping ever so happily. Behind this jubilation remains the fact that wild salmon-counts decline everywhere salmon farms are located (Ford and Myers 2008). Norway, a country that destroyed its own wild salmon due to open-net farms, own 98 per cent of the industry in BC. The Norwegian government itself owns the largest share of Cermaq. And now the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans is conniving to sweep aside all regulatory obstacles to expansion by writing a “stand alone” Aquaculture Act. On Feb. 25, DFO testified to the Senate Committee that the Federal Government intends to remove the most important section of the Canadian Fisheries Act, Section 36, because the
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salmon farming industry asked them to. DFO spokesperson, a Mr. Bevan, said, “I think the first steps that we were asked to take by the industry were to resolve the issue around the use of therapeutants and other treatments. Under section 36, it’s illegal to put into the water any harmful substances, so that was a very critical impediment to further operation of the aquaculture industry, so that’s what we’re currently dealing with.” Let us not forget that the people in charge of wild salmon are the same people that led the North Atlantic cod into commercial extinction. At a conference on aquaculture in Nanaimo in March, Senator Green Raine gave her support to salmon farms and made this profoundly puzzling statement: “At the end of the day, there is no solid evidence that salmon farms here impact wild salmon stocks.” The inevitable conclusion to be drawn from these anomalies is that big money is involved. I ran into a figure somewhere quoting $800 million from salmon farms in yearly revenue for the Federal Government. No doubt that is a lot of money, but is it really worth the extermination of wild salmon, a mainstay of coastal ecology and economy, as well as provisioning people in the interior of BC? It would be more intelligent to remove the obnoxious fish farms to containers on land while giving full supSee SALMON on p. 12 Subscribe to The Journal 1 Year Subscription: $44.10 (GST included) Senior Rate: $37.80 (GST included) Out of area subscriptions pay a $17.85 mailing surcharge The Journal is a politically independent community newspaper. All material contained in this publication is protected by copyright. Reproduction is expressly prohibited by the rights holder. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities.
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The Village of Cache Creek presents another fun Family Movie at the Cache Creek Community Hall. The feature movie this month is the 2011 animated epic adventure movie called The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn! Bring the whole family to see this fun filled adventurous movie on Friday, Apr. 25. Small admission at the door. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the Movie starting at 7 pm. There will be popcorn and goodies available. This great 2011 computer-animated epic adventure film is worth seeing again in the big screen. Here’s a movie sneak peek; the intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor. Thrilling and wildly funny, the Tintin stories chronicle the escapades of the young junior reporter who has a nose for a good story and a talent for attracting trouble, which more often than not imperils his life! The movie is based on The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson.
47th annual Art Show next weekend
Don’t miss the 47th Annual Ashcroft Fine Art Show & Sale presented by the Ashcroft Arts Club from April 25-29 at St Albans Hall, 501 Brink Street, where art lovers will gather to get a taste of what local Artists have to offer. Opening Night is Friday Night, April 25 (Adults only) from 6-9 pm. This year, there are many great artists exhibiting pieces including sculptures, photographs and paintings in water colour, acrylic and oil paint. Admission is by donation. Enjoy beautiful paintings and drawings by many local talented Artists. Saturday to Tuesday from noon to 5 pm - all ages. The show also gives the artists a chance to showcase their work and meet with other artists and people from the See CREATIVE on p. 8
Please be advised that effective April 1, 2014, residential drop off at the Cache Creek Landfill will be temporarily relocated 500 m past the current location, on the left side of the Forest Service Road. Look for direction signage. For more information, go to www.wastech.ca.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ChurCh DireCtory they drive a truck full of toxic (staLandfill is disaster bilized) fly ash to a facility in AlZION UNITED berta. The fuel it takes to drive Sunday Worship 10:50 am waiting to happen there and back everyday, would 401 Bancroft, Ashcroft, BC • 250-453-9511
Dear Editor The Cache Creek Landfill is got to be one of the best kept potential environmental disaster secrets of all time, or at least one of the best examples of non-stewardship of the ecology. In the past, the fly ash produced from burning waste at the Burnaby Waste to Energy facility was commingled with the regular landfill (not good). Then to guard against toxic leaching, they separated it, and stabilized fly ash, which is treated with lime to lock in the heavy metals, was placed in an area that also was membraned for an extra layer of protection. In the summer of 2012, 1,800 tons was dumped, then later, as the testing was behind the dumping, it tested positive for cadmium and lead inside the membrane. Ironically, in the past up to 35,000 tons was dumped commingled, with no testing outside the membrane. So they come to the conclusion that the testing was faulty, and there’s no worry for us in the future concerning leaching heavy metals (how convenient). So they’ve shut down that part of the landfill, and now, everyday
no doubt produce almost the same amount of electricity as what is produced, producing toxic waste. The remainder of the Cache Creek Landfill is scheduled to close in 2016, at which the whole Landfill will be capped and fenced off for eternity. Conclusion: the Burnaby Waste to Energy Facility, should be renamed the Burnaby Waste to Wasteland Facility. Not unlike the Tar Sands, it has a negative net energy bottom line, meaning it uses more energy than it produces, while producing toxic waste. To all the wonderful people in Cache Creek and Ashcroft, thank you for storing all our crap that we produce in the Fraser Valley, so we can keep all the jobs and economy of the Province, right here in the lower mainland. Hopefully, Wastech will create a budget for future maintenance, security, and possible future leech repair, from commingled ash and anything else that might be in there that no one knows about.
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April 19 - Spectators are welcome at the Sporting Clays Competition, taking place at the Trap range in Cache Creek (above the Campbell Hill Airport) starting at 9:00am. For more information call 250-453-2570. April 25-29 - Ashcroft Art Club Fine Art Show & Sale. 6:009:00pm Friday (adults only), Noon - 5:00pm Sat. to Tues. St. Alban’s Anglican Church Hall, 501 Brink St. Ashcroft. April 26 - Strawberry Tea at Ashcroft - Cache Creek Seniors’ Centre, 1:00 - 3:00pm April 27 - Ashcroft CiB Annual Plant Swap will be at the Heritage Park (aka Millennium Park) at 10 am precisely. April 27 - Mesa Multi Yard Sale. Starts 9:00am (no early birds). Contact Sandy (250-453-2574) or Lee (250-453-2625) May 31: Ashcroft Secondary School Travel Club is holding a Yard and Bake Sale on Sat. May 31 at the high school from 9:00am - 1:00pm. Any donations of items to be sold would be gratefully accepted. Please drop off at the high school Mon. - Fri. 9 - 3; if you need items picked up please call Colleen (250-453-9144) or Deanna (250-453-9794), or e-mail deannahorsting123@msn.com Tues. evenings: Trap shooting now open at 4:30 at the trap range above the airstrip in Cache Creek. Beginners welcome: no shotgun required. For info call 250-453-570. Ashcroft - Cache Creek Seniors’ Group meets on the third Thursday of the month at 1:00pm at the Seniors’ Centre, Village Office, Ashcroft.
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Earth Day Canada strives to make every day Earth day! It’s almost our favourite time of the year – Earth Day is just around the corner on April 22! Each year, we organize an April campaign to help educate and engage people of all ages and backgrounds to lessen their impact on the Earth. A great way to start is integrating easy environmental actions into your day-to-day life – those small changes add up to a larger cumulative impact over time. And not only are these changes good for the
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Ever wondered how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an interest in gathering national support for environmental issues. In 1970, activist John McConnell and Gaylord Nelson separately asked people to join in a grassroots demonstration.
Millions of people participated, and today Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated with events on both dates. The most common practice of celebration is to plant new trees for Earth Day. Earth Day Canada (EDC), a national
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April • Week 4 ARIES - Aries, your self-confidence and enthusiasm have made you a natural leader. This week belongs to you, and others will rely on your leadership skills. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 A unique experience has inspired you to make a difference, Taurus. If you want to volunteer, there are many organizations that need help. Find the right fit for you. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Change is right around the corner, Gemini. Take the time to listen to what the stars are trying to tell you so you can make the best decisions. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You are very good at bringing together people, Cancer. Use this ability to create a social forum this week. Encourage those closest to you to exchange ideas. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Don’t let others make decisions for you, Leo. This week take control of your life and be more assertive regarding the goals you want to accomplish. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, technology is foremost on your mind this week. Focus on ways that technology can better your life and advance your career. Seek the advice of others. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, seek guidance from friends and family when faced with a puzzling problem. Different perspectives can shed light on the problem and make it easier to solve. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, give ample thought to what you really want out of a particular relationship or situation. You might have to make big changes, but such changes are worth the effort.
Thar’s gold in them pans Ashcroft Elementary Grade 6 students Allie Aie (second from left) and Alison Spooner learn to goldpan with Yukon Dan, a champion goldpanner and educator at the Kamloops Exploration Group Convention and Trade Show on Tuesday, April 9, in Kamloops.
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Sandy Scofield wraps up Dessert Concert Season community. Choose your favourites, and support local Artists from the area. Refreshments will be served. Local Artists paintings, photography and exhibits can also be purchased. Should you become the proud owner of one of these works of art you must pick it up at the close of the show on Tuesday. CURRENT from p. 5
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Time to start thinking about Strawberry Teas Summer seems to be in the air with Ashcroft-Cache Creek Seniors all this beautiful sunshine. I Muriel Scallon guess some of you will be getberry Tea in the Centre on ting the gardens ready and Apr. 26 from 1-3 pm. Hope planting the early veggies. to see you there and be able The Seniors are thinking to say “Hello” again. We “Strawberry Tea.” also have crafts and books The Ashcroft-Cache for sale. Creek Seniors Association Another bus trip is being is holding its annual Straw- planed for the Anglemont
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MOE satisfied, but fly ash safety questioned EXPROPRIATION NOTICE TO:
Council of the Village of Clinton P.O. Box 309, 1423 Cariboo Highway Clinton, British Columbia V0K 1K0 AND TO: Registrar, Kamloops Land Title Office Suite 114-455 Columbia Street Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 6K4 TAKE NOTICE THAT: 1. The Village of Clinton (“the Village”), having its offices at 1423 Cariboo Highway, Clinton, B.C. V0K 1K0, Tel. 250-459-2261 (the “Expropriating Authority”) intends to expropriate land or an interest in land in respect of which Joseph Edward Nelson Smith (the “Owner”) is the registered owner, the particulars of which are as follows: Legal Description: Parcel C, Plan KAP201B, District Lot 2, Lillooet Land District Civic Address: 7456 Old Cemetery Road, Clinton, British Columbia V0K 1K0 2. The nature of the interest in the land intended to be expropriated is fee simple. 3. The work of purpose for which the interest in the land is required is to maintain the site as an historical cemetery, in accordance with the Owner’s wishes when he gave the land to the Village’s pioneer families in1911. 4. The approving authority with respect to this expropriation is the Council of the Village of Clinton, having its offices at 1423 Cariboo Highway, Clinton, B.C. V0K 1K0, Tel. 250-459-2261. 5. Where an owner is eligible under section10 of the Expropriation Act to request an inquiry, the minister and the expropriating authority must be served with a Notice of Request for Inquiry (Form 2), a copy of which is attached hereto, within 30 days after the date this Expropriation Notice is served on the owner. 6. Where less than an entire parcel is affected by the expropriation and a fee simple interest is intended to be expropriated, a copy of a reference or explanatory plan must be attached to this Expropriation Notice and the application to file the notice in the Land Title Office must be accompanied by a plan package that complies with section 67(s) of the Land Title Act. DATED at Clinton, British Columbia this 28th day of March, 2014. Tom Dall Chief Administrative Officer
Cache Creek Council will request that the Ministry of Environment conduct additional testing of the fly ash that is comingled with waste in the landfill and that they include groundwater monitoring wells as a closure requirement. The Ministry presented the latest report on the fly ash in the monofill at the Cache Creek Landfill last week at meetings in Cache Creek and Ashcroft. The report by Stantec (Burnaby WTE Facility Fly Ash Review, Feb. 5, 2014) concluded that the fly ash which tested positive for cadmium in July/Aug. 2012 was likely caused by a faulty testing process and not because the WESPHix process failed to bind the metal to the ash. The test results caused the Ministry of Environment to slap a letter of non-compliance on the landfill operators, Wastech and the Village of Cache Creek, for allowing toxic material to be deposited in the municipal landfill. All further truckloads of the flyash were taken to toxic waste facility in Alberta. “The report seems to be satisfactory to the Ministry of Environment,” said Mayor John Ranta at the Apr. 14 Council meeting, but it’s not satisfactory to the people of Cache Creek.” The 222 page review looked at data already collected by previous reports, talked to laboratories, scientists and staff at the Burnaby incinerator, and cluded that since it could find no other documented problems with the WES-PHix process, and since the lab doing the testing had not followed the required procedures, then the bad results were likely to be the result of bad testing. “We can’t say definitely
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that the leachate wasn’t contaminated,” asked why they would choose a landfill said Doug Whiticar of Stantec as he with a dry reputation presented the study, “but it’s not likely. “I don’t know why the location was We feel the fly ash can resume going to chosen,” said Roethel. The process is the monofil.” used to bind metals to fly ash in many He added that optional supple- less dry landfills around the world. mental testing could be done in or- “Rain generates leachate which also der to be sure that the chemical make- has to be treated and disposed of.” up of the material is not leachable, and One of Wastech’s employees stated to determine whether any amendments that at least one in 10 truckoads of fly are needed. Cache Creek Council has ash arrived at the landfill soaked to the asked for that testing to be done. point of being a “slurry”. Metro Vancouver has been deposit“I share Mr. Culos’s perspective,” ing fly ash at the landfill since 2000, but said Ranta, pointing to over 100,000 only in a separate monofill since July tonnes of comingled flyash exposed to 2010. Before that, it was comingled moisture. with the rest of the garbage. Ranta also asked if the MOE was At the Cache Creek meeting, May- satisfied enough to rescind its letter of or Ranta questioned the review saying non-compliance. the fly ash was accepted at the landfill Sr. Environmental Protection Offibased on the Ministry’s approval of the cer Carol Danyluk said they would inWES-PHix process. spect the site and look at the data, but “So, is the basis on which we ac- since the data was based on questioncepted the fly ash wrong?” able lab tests, they could issue a formal He noted that in one part of the re- notice that the data that the non-comview, it stated that the WES-PHix pro- pliance was based on was in error. cess is permanent, and yet in another part it indicates that it can be unstable. “If it’s done properly, it should be permanent,” said consultant Dr. Frank Roethel. Ermes Culos asked if that port to the resurgence would still be true after it was Salmon from p. 4 of wild salmon stocks, exposed to an acidic environcreatures able to fend ment. Roethel said it could be for themselves without daily “managepossible, but not likely. ment,” if only free from contamination, and “We were told it was safe which have the pleasing habit, from time imwhen it came here,” said Don memorial, of swimming upriver to deliver Hillyard. “First it was put on themselves into our hands. top of the soil. Then it was burBy what twist of logic can we justify the ied. Then it had its own monodestruction of this natural gift? fill. Now it doesn’t come here It is to be remembered that the governat all. How safe is it”? ment of BC is the landlord of fish farms. LiMetro Vancouver was cences of occupation can be denied or rerepresented by Paul Hendervoked at any time. Therefore, if, like me, son, who explained that they you are concerned about the fate of wild salwere in the process of looking mon, at least write your MLA and Christie for a new site to deposit the fly Clark and let them know how you feel. ash, and so far Wastech hadn’t For a more complete analysis of the curindicated any interest. rent salmon situation, see alexandramortonCulos asked if exposure to typepad.com, or refer to her website. rain made a difference with the WES-PHix process. Roethel Van Andruss replied that it didn’t, so Culos Moha, BC
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