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It’s official: Big Time Out on the move
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For the second time in as many weeks Cumberland council has voted against holding The Big Time Out at Village Park. In a 2-2 vote at a special Tuesday meeting to reconsider a revised application from Cumberland Village Works, council defeated a motion by Coun. Kate Greening to proceed with the Aug. 12 and 13 music festival at its usual location near the downtown core. Last week at an in-camera meeting, council unanimously denied the application to hold the event in the village, siding with a recommendation from the RCMP, who are concerned about security. Mayor Fred Bates, who did not attend Tuesday’s session, had also said BTO organizers failed to submit security and other application details on time. In a revised application, festival artistic director vig Schulman proposed to remove the beer garden from the event. He also proposed to hire supplemental contract security — which would increase the number of people in a security capacity to more than 130 — and to name Bates and the four councillors in the insurance policy, in addition to the village itself. “Please bring The Big Time Out back to Cumberland where it belongs,” an emotional Schul-
The SPCA is overrun with kittens needing good homes. ■ A14
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LOUISA MCLELLAN of Ash Berry Farm in Royston says the stage for The Big Time Out will be in the rear of this photo up a slight rise in the land. See editorial on A21, Bedouin Soundclash interview on B1. PHOTO BY SCOTT STANFIELD man said to a round of applause from about 50 supporters who attended Tuesday’s meeting. Schulman admits, “We did not conform to the timelines that were set out for this year.” Without a beer garden, police acknowledge they “no longer have a say as far as approving the event,” he added. He also noted 600-plus e-mails
had appealed to council to reconsider its original decision. Greening’s motion was subject to the amended security plan. She also requested festival organizers to debrief the community at an October meeting. Coun. Gwyn Sproule, despite seconding the motion, was not impressed with the barrage of e-mails and misinformation that
pointed fingers at council when the blame, she said, should be placed on organizers for missed deadlines. “Council has the potential to be held liable for gross negligence in the eyes of the law, both as a corporate body and as individuals, if it allows The Big Time Out to proceed without RCMP
... see COUNCIL ■ A2
Courtenay council wants shelter search reopened Lindsay Chung Record Staff
Courtenay council will ask the regional district to reopen the search for a site upon which to build a homeless shelter or supportive housing. Picking up where they left off July 18 when three councillors walked out
Ambler breaks deadlock of the meeting, council debated a motion by Coun. Murray Presley to ask the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) to reopen the search for a “more suitable” site than the one purchased on Cliffe Avenue while affirming its
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support for assisting the homeless Tuesday. Not all councillors were present July 18, and the motion didn’t get far when three councillors walked out of the meeting. This time, everyone was present, and Presley’s motion
passed. Couns. Presley, Larry Jangula, Manno Theos and Jon Ambler voted to ask the CVRD to reopen the site search, while Couns. Doug Hillian and Ronna-Rae Leonard and Mayor Greg Phelps voted
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against it. “This is not a case of opposing assistance to the homeless,” said Presley. “We all three councillors fully supported a $500,000commitment through the CVRD to fund assistance to the homeless. “Unfortunately, the main issue has been the
... see SEVERAL ■ A4
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In the awe-inspiring shadow of St. Andrews — the home of golf — Courtenay’s Logan Yanick was instrumental in helping CJGA Team Canada capture the seventh annual Euro Junior Golf Cup in Fife, Scotland. The three-day match play competition was held at the historic Scotscraig, Balbirnie and Drumoig golf courses. CJGA Team Canada consisted of 14 juniors who qualified for the event through a series of six qualifiers on the CJGA Junior Tour.
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