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Two new downtown toilets are are getting mixed reviews downtown because of their placement in a highly visible location next to the Art Gallery and their lack of aesthetic design.
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Two outdoor toilets are raising a stink before they’re even in use. The toilets were installed in front of the Visitor Centre and Art Gallery building on Oct. 6 and will be ready for public use by Oct. 24 at the latest, but already some people are not happy that they’re there.
“They’re just totally, totally inappropriate,” said Still Water Books and Art owner Ruth McMonagle, whose business is located near the toilets. “They’re embarrassing, they don’t match the style (of the Visitor Centre and Art Gallery), anybody can see who’s going in and out.” Campbell River resident Howard Milner wrote a letter to the editor in Wednesday’s Mirror questioning the aesthetic design
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of the toilets and their location, which is right next to the entry to the Visitor Centre and Art Gallery. However, not everyone is upset. Art Gallery executive director Jeanette Taylor said the building closed its public washroom about a year and a half ago due to abuse. “We had a lot of street people using that washroom,” Taylor said adding that it was probably
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just a few people causing the mess. “But however, whoever those people were, they just did the most appalling gross messes in the washroom.” Taylor and staff in the building often found used needles in the washroom as well. She said she is relieved to finally have a washroom to offer to the public again, as she often referred people to the commuContinued on A3
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A group planning to run a slate of candidates in the upcoming civic election has disbanded. “Fusion is dissolved,” said Walter Jakeway, founder of the group, on Wednesday when he announced his intention to run for mayor. Fusion was going to run seven candidates in the Nov. 19 election, in order to completely fill the council table, but potential candidates dropped out within the last two weeks. Jakeway said one member had to go to Calgary for work, one decided to go back to school and another wasn’t in a position financially to run. Jakeway rounded out the list of candidates. “We had four people and this all happened within the last couple
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