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Friday, December 4, 2015
DUNCAN GETS INTO THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT Seven-year-old Kylie Delaney gets her moment with Santa Claus in City Square during the Duncan Business Improvement Area’s Christmas Kickoff event last Friday evening. In addition to Santa’s visit, revellers enjoyed holiday-related festivities from seasonal music to roasted chestnuts and hayrides. For more photos from the event see page 19. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
70 bags of asbestos illegal mess SARAH SIMPSON CITIZEN
The bright yellow stood out amongst the gravel and grass on the side of the road. The passerby knew it wasn’t part of the natural landscape in Mill Bay, so they called officials.
Brian Duncan, manager of inspections and enforcement for the CVRD was dismayed at what it was. “We found about 70 bags of asbestos waste dumped up by Butterfield Road,” he said on Tuesday afternoon.
The bags could have been dumped late last week or over the Nov. 27-29 weekend, and possibly in the middle of the night. “It’s all in yellow bags warning everybody to stay away from it,” Duncan said. The quantity and location
pointed to an intentional act. This material did not just fall off the back of a truck. “The truck backed up to the bank and it must have taken a couple of guys a good half an hour to dump it all,” Duncan said. “It’s not a pickup truck load.
We’re talking at least the size of a gravel truck if not bigger.” It’s a hard pill to swallow for South End residents who are fighting other environmental battles at present. See GOOD CHANCE, Page 11
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