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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Steven Heywood/News staff
Zachary Waterman, two-and-a-half, from Victoria looks like he’s ready to make all the stops behind the wheel of a double decker tour bus. Panorama Recreation Centre hosted the Touch a Truck fundraiser on Sunday for Team 4 Hope, a supporter of neuroblastoma research. For more event photos, turn to page three.
Inlet group wants sewage dumping stopped Steven Heywood News staff
A federal exemption is allowing the dumping of raw human sewage to take place in Saanich Inlet and a local protection group wants that revoked. Ian Cameron of the Saanich Inlet Protection Society (SIPS) says they have launched
an online petition and enlisted the help of federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May to have the government remove the inlet from the dumping exemption. Cameron said most inlets on B.C.’s coast do not allow the dumping of sewage from pleasure crafts within three nautical miles of shore. For narrow inlets, he said that means most are off limits to dumping. The exemptions, he
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explained, were put in place for more north coast bodies of water where their length makes it impractical to ban dumping. “These (exemptions) were brought in last year,” Cameron said. “The Saanich Inlet was included in that but it’s not a good idea, as the inlet is not a good place for selfflushing.” A 1996 provincial environment ministry
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report states Saanich Inlet has sluggish water circulation at best, due to a sill at its mouth that prevents strong currents during the tides. It also states human activity around the inlet had caused excessive amounts of fecal contamination. PLEASE SEE: Petition available at, page 6
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