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A community open house has yielded more questions than answers for residents about the safety of the drinking water supply in Shawnigan Lake and the activities of the area’s industrial neighbours. Thursday night’s meeting featured representatives from the Ministries of Environment and Energy and Mines who presented the results of provincial sampling related to the South Island Aggregates (otherwise known as Cobble Hill Holdings) site on Stebbings Road. The official word was the testing, conducted on May 13, “found no exceedances of concern for provincial drinking water guidelines and aquatic life guidelines.” “Some of the groundwater results showed elevated levels of some parameters which are known to be naturally elevated on Vancouver Island, such as arsenic. Some soil sampling results showed isolated and infrequent locations marginally exceeding provincial contaminated sites regulations for lead and zinc,” said the MOE’s infor-
Right after the fire engines, the big crowd lining Jubilee and Kenneth Streets in downtown Duncan is treated to a display of bicycle prowess by the skillful riders from Experience Cycle as the Grande Parade gets underway for another year. For more photos from this event, see page 18 and cowichanvalleycitizen.com [LEXI BAINAS/CITIZEN]
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