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Governments campaign to save corridor CP Rail: Abandoned Armstrong-to-Sicamous line being dismantled.
By Martha Wickett Eagle Valley News
Local governments in the North Okanagan and Shuswap have launched an urgent drive to save the CP Rail line between Sicamous and Armstrong from potentially being chopped up and sold to private investors. A meeting was held in Salmon Arm at the Columbia Shuswap Regional District offices on June 24 to strategize ways to preserve the line as a transportation corridor, initially for hiking and biking and, in the winter, perhaps cross-country skiing or snowshoeing. Sicamous Coun. Fred Busch said members of the CSRD board and Splatsin council, as well as the mayors of Vernon and Armstrong, attended the meeting, which resulted in Sicamous volunteering to draft a resolution to the Union of BC Municipalities. The resolution states that UBCM should become the owner of abandoned rail corridor, and should ask the province to institute a provincewide parcel tax, similar to that levied by the Municipal Finance Authority on property tax notices, to help in their purchase and maintenance. “We’re not the only ones dealing with abandoned railways…,” said Trouton. “This is an opportunity for us to possibly have a rail trail from Sicamous right down to the border. Hopefully it goes through, hopefully we get some support from the province and communities in the province.” A bid to acquire the line between Sicamous and Armstrong became more tenuous when an opportunity was missed during the process that CP Rail had to follow in deregulating the line. When a federally regulated railway, such as CP or CN, announces its intention to discontinue operation of such a line, they must adhere to a formal abandonment process laid out by the Canada Transportation Act (CTA). If no commercial sale of the line to a rail company is completed within the allowed time, CP must offer to sell the line to local governments for a price not more than the net salvage value of the line. However, the deadline for local governments to purchase the SicamousArmstrong line passed without an agreement.
Derailed: Sections of the abandoned CP Rail line between Sicamous and Armstrong are coming out. Above – Workers unbolt the rail joiners along the line in Enderby. Below – rail puller at work in Armstrong. Photo by Peter Van Der Sar The portion of line is now in CP Rail’s real estate group. “There is no formal process once the CTA discontinuance process is complete,” wrote CP spokesperson Salem Woodrow in an email to the News. “CP remains in contact with local municipalities and we are considering our next steps. Any discussions we have are in private.” Why the window of opportunity was missed remains something of a mystery. Although there had been a regional effort to acquire the line during the allowed time frame, once a local government enters into negotiations with CP, the process becomes confidential. However, now that the timeline has expired, comments are still not forthcoming. Purchase price might have been a factor. In August 2012, Sicamous applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency for a decision on the net salvage value of the stretch of line. The lengthy CTA document shows that although Sicamous had not arrived at a net salvage value of its own, CP generally did not agree with Sicamous’ rationale and estimates regarding other aspects of the line’s worth – with CP’s figures higher than those See Group sees on page 2
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District administrator tenders resignation
Vacancy: Mayor says council not in hurry to seek out new CAO. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
The District of Sicamous will be saying goodbye to chief administrative officer Heidi Frank. On Friday, the district put out a news release stating Frank has tendered her resignation. She will be leaving in August to take on the position of CAO with the Town of Oliver, officially starting on the 18th. “This new opportu-
nity would allow me more time with my family outside of work, and as my parents are aging, I think it is important that I am there to take care of them,” states Frank in the release. Frank says she will miss her job in Sicamous and “the incredible people she has had the pleasure of working with.” “I cannot thank you enough for all of the opportunities and experiences you have provided
me during my time with the District of Sicamous,” Frank says of staff and council. Mayor Darrell Trouton says it has been great working with Frank, and that he understands and supports her decision. “I wish her well going forward and I’m happy for her that she gets to move closer to her family and where she grew up,” said Trouton. “That doesn’t happen very often so we’re happy for her to
have that opportunity.” Trouton says council is still digesting the news of Frank’s resignation and isn’t rushing to fill the position. “We’ll look at all the options, but we have such good quality staff right now, good managers in place, everybody works as a team, so we’re not overly stressed about it,” said Trouton. “Not to downplay what Heidi does – I think that just shows what a great job she has done. In ev-
ery department, we feel like we have a really good team… So we definitely don’t have to panic. But we’re going to keep our eyes and ears open and go in the best direction as needed.” Frank was hired by the district in the summer of 2012. She took over the position from interim administrator Doug Ruttan. Prior to working in Sicamous, Frank served as CAO for the Village of Clinton.
ALC approves use of Stomp stomping grounds until 2016 By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Summer Stomp organizers and the District of Sicamous have one less hurdle in preparation, at least until 2017.
With the success of last year’s motorcycle rally, hosted at the district’s dog park, the Summer Stomp Committee began talks with the district about the continuing use of the property until 2016.
As the dog park is part of the agricultural land reserve, the district sought, and has subsequently received the Agricultural Commission’s permission to use the property for the event. After 2016, a
new application to the ALC is required. Sicamous council also supported providing the Stomp with a temporary use permit for the property, for the same time frame. This includes noise
bylaw amendments for this year’s five-day event, with extensions between July 17 and 20th, the latest being Friday, July 18 (6 a.m. to 3 a.m.) and Saturday, July 19 (6 a.m. to 5 a.m.).
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of Sicamous. Trouton, who was not mayor at the time, also said he thinks the Splatsin are in conversations with CP Rail, but are bound by a confidentiality agreement. CSRD director for rural Sicamous, Rhona Martin, spearheaded the June 24 meeting. She said prior to the meeting she was hopeful the leaders could get something moving forward. The trail would benefit the whole region, she
enthused. “It would be great for all of us,” she said, noting such a trail would keep visitors in the Shuswap longer. The Shuswap Trail Alliance is also fully in support. Executive director Phil McIntyrePaul said the message to people now is to lobby leaders up and down the line for their support, so there can be a non-motorized greenway corridor from Sicamous to Osoyoos – and beyond. “Calling all governing leadership within
the Shuswap/North Okanagan region to work together with Secwepemc and provincial leadership, the Shuswap Trail Alliance, community leaders, organizations and sponsoring partners to acquire the Sicamous to Armstrong rail corridor – establishing a continuous hiking/cycling greenway – and link it with the Central Okanagan Rail Trail,” states a June 27 Trail Alliance bulletin. Meanwhile, the initiative to acquire the
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Central Okanagan Rail Trail that stretches between Vernon and Kelowna is moving full steam ahead, now in the 120-day window when local governments have first dibs on the line. It is owned by CN. Brad Clements of the Okanagan Rail Trail Initiative says an impact assessment report points to myriad benefits. States a fact sheet from the report: “The positive socio‐economic impacts of trail systems, and in partic-
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ular rail trails, in North America have been well documented and are, without exception, beneficial, pervasive and accessible for all user groups. The public at large, and not simply users, gain from trails as a public good. The trail is expected to attract 600,000 users per year by the fifth year.” It notes the trail will bring $6.7 million of incremental spending to the Okanagan by year five.
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Council expenses more than $35,000 in 2013 By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
Being a Sicamous politician continues to be a full-time job with part-time pay. The District of Sicamous has released its statement of financial information for the fiscal year ending Dec. 2013. As required by law, this report includes
remuneration totals and expenses for the mayor and council, as well as municipal employees who earn $75,000 or more. According to the report, Mayor Darrell Trouton received $17,448, plus $8,661 in expenses. Coun. Fred Busch was the highest paid councillor, receiving $11,902
plus $7,860 in expenses. Couns. Terry Rysz received $9,925 plus $6,700 in expenses; Don Richardson, $10,882 plus $4,241; Charlotte Hutchinson $10,042 plus $4,584; Joan Thomson $10,762 plus $3,024; and council newcomer Suzanne Carpenter $2,186 and $445. Also in the report is former Coun. Greg
Kyllo, who received $3,347 (no expenses) before being elected as Shuswap MLA. Among district employees, corporate administrative officer Heidi Frank was the highest paid, earning $116,468 plus $12,247 in expenses. Community planner Mike Marrs is next in line at $82,771 plus
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Shuswap agriculture receives strategical support
Sustainability: Report addresses electoral areas and municipalities. By Barb Brouwer Eagle Valley News
Having an organization solely for the promotion and preservation of agriculture in the Shuswap is one of three key recommendations Columbia Shuswap Regional District staff will be considering. This is in response to a Shuswap Agricultural Strategy that was presented to the CSRD board of directors at their June 19 meeting. The report, prepared by Sustainability Solutions Group, was presented by Jeremy Murphy, who noted the document contains five themes, 19 recommendations and 40 actions, many of which support each other and are related. Murphy cited three “transformative” and key strategies in realizing a successful agricultural strategy in the Shuswap: • Establishment of an independent, nonpolitical Shuswap agricultural organization, with staff, to represent the region’s agricultural interests; • Initiate an agricultural economic development process including the marketing and branding of Shuswap-grown products; • Provide agricultural education services through Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus. Among the many recommendations is the need to develop a common brand for all agricultural products originating in the
Shuswap, something Murphy said would fit well with Shuswap Tourism’s marketing of the region. The vision for an agricultural economic development process is that it would consider individual farm opportunities as well as longer-term, regionwide approaches. “Focus on the key recommendations,” said Murphy, noting the recommended actions support each other. “Hire staff, build relationships, get funding, begin the economic development process and monitor the progress.” Murphy was adamant in his recommendation that staff be hired specifically to work for the new agricultural association, even if only part-time, in order to move the process forward. The report addresses the municipalities of Salmon Arm and Sicamous and CSRD electoral areas of South Shuswap, Deep Creek/Falkland, Malakwa/Eagle Valley and North Shuswap. CSRD economic development officer Robyn Cyr says she and Economic Development Society manager Lana Fitt began the process by holding an agriculture discussion group in 2011 out of a concern that most people are not aware of the extent or value of agriculture to the Shuswap. Some 40-plus people with a variety of agricultural back-
grounds showed up. “We had a good discussion about where they wanted farming to go… and they definitely wanted to move forward,” Cyr says. The search for funding began with money coming from the Investment Agriculture Foundation and the Salmon Arm Economic Development Society, with the bulk from CSRD’s Economic Development and Development Services. Members of a steering committee formed after the initial meeting heard six proposals before selecting the Sustainability Solutions Group to produce the report. Cyr says that as well as the report being perused by regional district staff, the steering committee will be called back to strategize on how to proceed and develop an implementation plan.
“We need to set timelines and goals,” says Cyr, noting that, once formed, the agricultural organization will have more funding opportunities as a non-profit. “Our plan has always been to work with the agricultural community to realize new opportunities and ensure our agricultural community stays vibrant and sustainable,” she says. “We’ve had a good, solid working group and I hope we can keep them interested in working with us to move it forward. We need the agricultural community to embrace this; we can’t do it alone. We need their expertise and passion.” Retired farmer John McLeod has been involved since the initial meeting and says he thinks the process has shone a light on the need for the Shuswap area to maintain and strengthen the agricul-
DISTRICT OF SICAMOUS PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Sections 98 and 99 of the Community Charter, the Council of the District of Sicamous invites all interested persons to attend a Public Meeting to be held on Wednesday, July 9th, 2014 at 5:00 p.m., (during the Regular Council Meeting) in Council Chambers, District Office, 446 Main Street, Sicamous, when the Council of the District of Sicamous will present its Annual Corporate Report and Financial Statements for the year 2013. Council will receive submissions and questions from the public during this presentation. Copies of the 2013 Annual Corporate Report will be available for public inspection at the meeting. Copies are also available at the District office and on the District’s website at www. sicamous.ca. We look forward to community participation in this annual event. Heidi Frank, Director of Corporate Administration Services District of Sicamous
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tural sector. “Impressed? Yeah. Happy? Yeah,” he says, noting the need for moving the strategy forward. “I am pretty happy with the way the process went and the inclusion of the community. It was really inclusive, not exclusive.”
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The great nation we call home
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uly 1 is Canada’s 147th birthday and for most of the past 147 years, it has been respectful of other countries and of its wide variety of people, who come from widely disparate backgrounds and traditions. There are some significant exceptions, however, which must be stated up front. Canada has done a generally poor job in maintaining good relations with the aboriginal people who were here before any immigrants arrived. For the first 100 years of our independence, there were ongoing efforts to assimilate them, take away their land, unique cultures and heritage, and subjugate them. It is only in recent years that more Canadians have started to appreciate the unique perspective that First Nations people bring to this country. Here in B.C., where we have a wide variety of very different First Nations groups, most of whom have no treaties, First Nations issues are front and centre, as was demonstrated on Thursday by a Supreme Court of Canada decision on aboriginal title, brought forward by the Tsilhqot’in Nation. The other blot on our history comes in the treatment of Asians, particularly the Japanese during the Second World War. While there have been apologies and financial settlements, that aspect of our history is a shameful one, as were the discriminatory tactics used to keep out prospective immigrants from China and India. What Canada does do well, however, is to learn from our mistakes. This country has always been a grouping of different people. In 1867, it was the aboriginal people, those of French and British backgrounds. Since then, people came to help populate our wideopen spaces from all over the world. At first, most came from Europe and the United States. There were also early settlers of Chinese and Japanese backgrounds. In the past 50 years, the doors have been opened wider for people from all over. Together, these diverse peoples have forged a country respectful of religions, traditions and cultures; committed to fight injustices; economically strong and well-positioned — and one of the best places in the world to live. Happy Birthday, Canada. -The Langley Times
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Pipeline future after Tsilhqot’in decision By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – The Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark decision on aboriginal title held by the Tsilhqot’in Nation leaves many questions to be answered. Perhaps the biggest is this: Will British Columbia exist as we know it today by the end of this century? Or will it devolve into dozens of semi-autonomous regions, through treaties or similar court actions, as the only Canadian province that never completed historic treaties? The Tsilhqot’in decision appears to uphold the key finding of the 2007 trial, that 1,700 square kilometres of the Nemiah Valley west of Williams Lake are essentially owned by the people who occupied it hundreds if not thousands of years ago. It’s not quite ownership. Federal and provincial jurisdiction still applies, and
their authority varies with the strength of the aboriginal title claim. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin ruled that the province overstepped its authority by issuing logging permits in the valley in 1983. McLachlin noted that lawyers for B.C. first argued that the logging was to control mountain pine beetle, then dropped that argument in its first appeal. She also upheld the decision of the trial judge, David Vickers, who rejected B.C.’s position that the economic value of the timber to the province overrode the thenvaguely defined aboriginal title. Here’s McLachlin’s definition: “The nature of aboriginal title is that it confers on the group that holds it the exclusive right to decide how land is used and the right to benefit from those uses, subject to the restriction that the uses must be consistent with the group
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nature of the interest and the enjoyment of the land by future generations.” Another big question: Is there any future for B.C.’s 20-year-old treaty process, or will this precedent-setting case send more First Nations to court. One of the unique advantages that has emerged from the handful of modern treaties in B.C. is that aboriginal communities have more options in land ownership. By voluntary agreement, they can convert land to feesimple ownership, making it available for mortgage or sale. Modern treaty holders also get out from under the federal Indian Act, which remains in force despite this latest decision. One of the big questions asked in the days after the Tsilhqot’in decision was this: Is the Northern Gateway pipeline project dead? None of the aboriginal communities along the pipeline route has this kind of declared aboriginal title.
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Few if any would have a similar strength of claim as the Tsilhqot’in, who fought a small war to defend their territory from a wave of gold seekers in the 1860s. One that does is the Haida Nation, whose occupation of a beautiful group of islands was long defended militarily, and never challenged by any other aboriginal group. Among others, the Haida Nation was represented in the Tsilhqot’in case as interveners. Council of the Haida Nation president Peter Lantin said after the decision that his team is preparing its own aboriginal title case for trial. Few doubt that this assertion of title will be successful, either by negotiation or court ruling. But there is a unique aspect to the Haida claim that would set another precedent. They claim title to the ocean around Haida Gwaii, a challenge to anyone wishing to sail tankers through.
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Students missing basics of sex education By Martha Wickett Eagle Valley News
Parental warning: Cathi Johnston is worried students are getting too much misinformation from the Internet.. Photo by Lachlan Labere says. “That’s what turns kids off. If they ask, give them a simple answer, and they’ll tell you if they want more… Just be open to them, or ask them what they think about something.” She emphasizes listening. “Talk with them, not to them. That’s what they need, to listen to them. They have a lot on their plate around sexuality now, and they’re just trying to sort it out. If you don’t know, say you don’t know.” It’s how you talk to kids, not what you say, she says. “You want that open door,” she adds, noting that humour is useful. Johnston says despite what the media tells people, everybody is not “doing it.” “I think they want to know a lot of it (what they see on the Internet) is inappropriate. When you say to them it’s not appropriate, they sigh with relief,” she says. Superintendent of schools Glen Borthistle
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said the program cut came down to finances because the district has lost 3,000 students over the past 12 years. “We’re down to the point now where we’re looking at very good things that need to be taken off the table.” School board chair Bobbi Johnson says classroom teachers will be provided training and she realizes it will be near impossible to replace Johnston with all her knowledge. Johnston doesn’t see how classroom teachers can be expected to teach about sexual health. “It’s not just curriculum, you have to be aware of your audience and have very clear boundaries when you’re teaching it. Those are things you pick up. How to answer questions. I took a whole course on that. “You don’t know
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“In the academic classes the questions have become more inappropriate over the years… The high achievers, their exposure to the media is really reflected in the questions they’re asking.” A few years ago sexuality was something everyone was concerned about, she says. Now parents are so busy that the concern isn’t so strong anymore. Johnston says it’s important for parents to talk to their children at a younger age, calling body parts by their proper terms. “Don’t make it a big deal. It should just be part of the conversation from when they’re little. That’s what kids hate, when parents want to give them ‘the talk.’ If you talk to them from when they’re little, there’s no need for ‘the talk.’” If children ask a question, give them the answer. “But don’t go on and on and on about it,” she
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why kids are asking certain questions. I’ve had kids who’ve reported abuse because I’ve been in the class. I’ve had kids come to me after, ‘this is what happened to me.’ There will be kids in the class who have been abused, you have to be very, very careful.” She notes that a teacher also has to watch their language around sexuality as some students in each class will be homosexual. “You have to be aware of all those things when you’re talking to them.” She stresses that young people can’t be left to learn about sexual health from the Internet. “I can’t emphasize enough how I am appalled by the grossness of what kids are seeing. It’s not us, it’s our society, and no one’s there to help them make their way through it,” she says. “Sex is scary for a lot of kids. We talk about that in Grade 11. “Sex is a way of expressing love, it shouldn’t be made dirty… What they’re getting isn’t a healthy image of sexuality.” A couple of websites she recommends are: www.sexualityandu. ca and www.pornisnotrealsexed.com.
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Sicamous’ Fruit World has further expanded its seasonal offerings to include smoothies, Greek food, fries and other freshly made food served right on the premises. The Mighty Melon is the latest offering by Fruit World proprietor Ryan Airey. The Melon is a now static mobile food wagon parked adjacent to the fruit stand, complete with a covered seating area that includes picnic tables painted like watermelons. Fruit juices and smoothies will be a standard at the Melon, as will baking, French fries and other savoury eats. The menu itself has been put together by Airey’s partner, Fiona Vandergucht. The Greek food is being provided by Vasso Rowbottom, who will also be working the wagon. “We’ve got quite a wide variety of recipes we’ve submitted to try a lot of different things,” says Airey. “Of course, with the size of the facility, we’re only going to have a few of them available at any one time. People will always be able to depend on coming here and getting a hot sandwich, wrap or something else with something deep fried on the side, a salad, or some naan bread with tzatziki.” There are a couple of things you won’t find at the Mighty Melon, or Fruit World for that matter. One thing Airey steers clear of is genetically modified crops/ foods. He even went out of his way to source an oil for the fryer that is GMO free. Another
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a matter of good produce and good prices… but the atmosphere was poor, the selection of everything was poor – we had the basics, and the basics were good and they were at a really fair price.” Initially this was good enough, Airey continued. But as he began to expand his product line, he learned more about what people were looking for and how to better accommodate them. “In the last few
years, I’ve gotten to take what we do a lot more seriously and understand what exactly the service we provide to people is…,” says Airey. “So we’re focusing a lot more on local products, displaying products directly, picking the winners and putting them out in a way that people can see they’re a winner and not hiding them in a small spot on the shelf. That’s really an ongoing thing. “There’s so much we can add to the store
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