Tache Picks Up Tab for Residential Zoning Changes
Spring Fever Hits St. Malo
By Marianne Curtis The RM of Tache is following the recommendation of the LUD of Landmark and allowing residents living along Landmark’s Main Street to revert their zoning back to residential at the municipalities expense. Last month the RM of Tache council was confronted by over a dozen homeowners after it was discovered their properties had been rezoned allegedly without their knowledge. While the rezoning itself raised questions, residents are further outraged to discover the change may have compromised their homeowners insurance coverage. As a result the RM of Tache requested the LUD of Landmark revisit the issue. The LUD recommended that residents wishing to have their property’s zoning reverted back to residential could apply for the change on an individual basis. The RM of Tache accepted this recommendation and is allowing all residents along Landmark’s Main Street with property zoned commercial to change the zoning back to residential.
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Ste. Anne Residents Homeless After Fire By Marianne Curtis
An unusually warm March saw residents throughout the region participating in activities normally reserved for summer including spending a day at the beach. On March 18 it was hot enough for Marc Goulet, Lynne Goulet, Agnes Gosselin, JP Gosselin to work on their tans on the beach in St. Malo but swimming would have to wait – the lake was still frozen.
Book Sales will Help Sprague Seniors
Starting May 2 to May 5 the East Borderland and Community Housing Committee is hosting a used book sale at the Clearspring Centre in Steinbach to help raise money for the proposed senior’s housing project under construction in Sprague. Elsie Laing, chairperson for the East Borderland Community Housing project, said proceeds from the book sale will be added to the funds already raised by the group. Over the past few years the committee has been trying to raise $2.2 million towards a seniors’ housing project planned for Sprague, she explained. This is the fourth book sale the group has organized over the past four years. To ensure the success of the sale, gently used books can be donated by dropping them off at the East Borderland Community Healthcare Center during regular hours or by contacting Elsie at 437-2843. Volunteers are also needed for the event.
Careless smoking has been named the cause of a devastating apartment fire in the Town of Ste. Anne. It left two dozen residents homeless, some without contents insurance. On March 26 the Ste. Anne Fire Department was called to an apartment fire on St. Alphonse Ave in Ste. Anne around 11 pm. Residents from 12 suites were evacuated when the structure went up in flames. There were no injuries but two cats lost their lives. According to fire officials someone put a cigarette in a flower pot with peat moss where it smoldered for five hours before bursting into flames. Ste. Anne Fire Chief Ken Dayment confirmed that the fire started on a second floor balcony and went up from there. “If you are going to butt your cigarette out put it in a metal container and not in a plastic container,” Dayment stated.
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