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Last Tuesday a consultant presented Peachland council with options for the future development of Turner Park, including this plan for a ‘Commons’ open space that could possibly be used for a soccer field. A second option features a regulation sized ball field. For more see Page 5.
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British Columbia’s vaccine passport is now available online DON URQUHART The BC Vaccine Card kicked off Tuesday with a short online registration process generating a QR code and an image showing either ‘vaccinated’ or ‘partially
vaccinated’ depending on whether a person has had one or two vaccinations. This secure QR code can then be used either digitally on a mobile device or in printed format. Once a person arrives at a business requir-
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to download an app called the BC Vaccine Card Verifier app. Starting from Sept. 13, British Columbians will need to provide proof of at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine in order to enter
restaurants, movies, ticketed sporting events and many other non-essential venues. From Oct. 24, only fully vaccinated people will be able to access those same services and venues. British Columbians will still be able to use the paper card they received at vaccination sites until Sept. 26. After that, however, the B.C. Vaccine Card will be the only acceptable form of proof of vaccination. Speaking yesterday Premier John Horgan said the BC Vaccine Card was made to be simple but secure. “We have made the BC Vaccine Card easy for people to get, and easy for businesses to check at a glance. The card is a significant step in getting our economy running on all cylinders, and returning to social events safely with the confidence that those around us are also fully vaccinated,” he said. As of Tuesday, Sept. 8 some 85.1 per cent of eligible people 12 and older in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 77.6 per cent received their second dose. “Getting vaccinated is the proven choice to protect ourselves and the people around us. The requirement for proof of vaccine will make our communities safer and also ensure that events and gatherings are safer for all of us,” said Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer. “I encourage everyone to get their BC Vaccine Card to protect their community, support their local businesses and each other.” The importance of getting the vaccination numbers up was evidenced by the growing infection rate with B.C. reporting 2,425 new cases of COVID-19 over a four-day
period between Sept. 3-7, including five epi-linked cases, for a total of 170,750 cases in the province. Adrian Dix, Minister of Health reiterated that the surge in cases was primarily due to groups of unvaccinated people. “The BC Vaccine Card is a show of confidence. It says in our pandemic — when doing the right thing to stop the spread is the mandate we all share in — that we’re doing the right thing by being vaccinated.” There are 5,465 active cases of COVID-19 in the province of which 255 individuals are in hospital and 126 are in intensive care. In the past 96 hours, 15 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 1,842. The Interior Health region is still leading the case count with 838 new cases and 1,714 total active cases. This compares with the larger population of the Lower Mainland’s Fraser Health unit which has 705 new cases and 1,530 total cases. There are 5,465 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 163,062 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 255 individuals are in hospital and 126 are in intensive care. The remaining people are recovering at home in self-isolation. People can get their BC Vaccine Card online at gov. bc.ca/vaccinecard. Those without access to a computer and/or printer can get their card by calling 1-833-8382323 at the Get Vaccinated call centre to have their printed copy mailed to them. They can also have a trusted friend, family member or support person print their card for them or they can visit a Service BC Centre to get one.
Bulyea FireSmart event PEACHLAND VIEW The Bulyea FireSmart Community will host an information tent at the corner of Bulyea Ave and Topham Place on Sunday, Sept. 12 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Residents who live on Bulyea Ave, Topham Place, York Lane or Stuart Crescent are invited to stop by. A local fire department
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istically speaking though, it’s probably nothing more than the usual pipe dream we cling to here in Canada’s most western province. Maybe it’s an insecurity thing, or maybe we’re just tired of being unappreciated or dare I say, disrespected by the east. To be honest I don’t believe it’s ‘western alienation,’ at least not that of the more serious separatist genre. We’re all grown up now and have largely moved past our funny (or maybe I should say ‘wacky’) provincial politics of the past. The fact that there has been a steady parade of party leaders and other lesser political beings making their way to B.C. is stoking the hope that maybe, just maybe those easterners – if they stay up late enough – might have to wait on the edge of their seats to see which direction B.C. nudges the results. Granted they don’t make it far off the beaten path, and promise gobs of money for lots of things like a George Massey Tunnel replacement, most of which have little or nothing to do with those of us living outside the Lower Mainland. What matters for voters and the raison d’être that federal parties have been stumping extra hard in beautiful B.C. is that there are enough swing ridings that a party’s fate on the national scale could actually be determined here. In fact, pundits are suggesting B.C. may well be the only province with any real three-way race. I don’t know about you, but I’m taking my popcorn popper in for an overhaul before the September 20 election and keeping my fingers crossed that we get a little extra excitement on election night from B.C. playing ‘king maker’ for a change.
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Council presented with options for the development of Turner Park JOANNE LAYH Possibilities for the future of Turner Park became a little clearer last Tuesday night, when Peachland council were presented with two options that offer distinctly different uses. Last October the District of Peachland approved a land acquisition to preserve public use of Turner Park. The $3.1 million purchase became official on March 30. At last Tuesday’s council meeting Fiona Barton, a consultant with Outland Design Landscape Architecture, presented a project update to Peachland council that included the results of a recent citizen survey as well as two unique visions for the park. Barton presented two options for Turner Park: one that features a regulation size ball diamond and another concept she called “The Commons.” Developing a playground for the Turner Ave neighborhood is a key recommendation of the parks and recreation master plan, recreation program coordinator Ben Stringer said at last Tuesday’s council meeting. Both options for the park would be situated on the 5.55 acre flat upper area off of Turner Ave. The lower sloped three acre portion of the park along Gillam Cres. and Princeton Ave is in the process of being disposed of through sale. The ball diamond option includes a large ball diamond area surrounded by a parking area, a bookable
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event space, a playground and a dog park. The plan to create a dog park and ball field at Sanderson Park was put on hold due to “access and development challenges to the site” and it has been determined that a ball field is no longer considered feasible at Sanderson Park. There is currently a ball park at Cousins Park, which as of 2019, is booked about 15 to 20 per cent of available times, Stringer said. The other option would feature a large ‘Commons’
open space, a dog park, a multi-use court and a playground and would include only on-street parking. Barton said the ‘Commons’ open space could accommodate a soccer field. The options presented took into consideration the results of a recent survey, which received 303 responses from residents. “For the most part, people are not currently visiting your park very often,” said Barton. “It’s currently undeveloped in its current state.”
Barton also said about 26 per cent of people think a ball diamond is something that is important to them and would like to see retained. When asked how important or unimportant the following suggested amenity upgrades are for Turner Park, respondents ranked the following “very important”: • Playground swings – 44.75 per cent; • Off-leash dog exercise area – 44.63 per cent; • Playground slides –
40.28 per cent; • Playground climbing structures, such as monkey bars or climbing nets – 40.2 per cent; • Additional benches and picnic tables – 35.14 per cent; • Opportunities to appreciate nature through increased native tree and shrub plantings – 34.14 per cent; • Further established tobogganing hill – 32.65 per cent; • Playground - natural play materials such as wood
and sand – 30.48 per cent; • Proposed perimeter trail – 30.14 per cent; and • Entry plaza and park signage – 12.54 per cent. The bulk of the survey respondents were residents of the Upper Princeton (43.56 per cent), Trepanier (17.49 per cent), and Lower Princeton (11.55 per cent) neighbourhoods. Although many of the survey respondents were Princeton area residents, 44 per cent said they drive to get to Turner Park, while 38.32 per cent said they walk and another 4.67 per cent said they usually cycle to Turner Park. No respondents reported taking transit or using a personal mobility device, such as a wheelchair, to get there and 11.33 per cent of respondents chose “none of the above.” “We’re kind of split here. Some people thought there was adequate parking available; others thought not,” said Barton. Residents were also split on the value of an off leash dog park. While 44.63 per cent said it was “very important” to them, about 30 per cent said no to the dog park. Coun. Keith Fielding expressed concern about making sure the public is provided with a higher level of detail during the consultation process. “Unless it’s clear to people that the proposed ball diamond would be possibly in place of the one at Cousins Park a lot of people would perhaps give their answers thinking that we’ve already got one so we don’t Continued on Page 7
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Driver extricated from vehicle PEACHLAND VIEW Highway 97 was briefly closed in both directions last Tuesday afternoon following a two-vehicle accident that happened between the entrances to Buchanan Rd. A grey Honda Civic had been travelling southbound on Hwy 97 when it crossed the centre line and struck the rear of a semi-truck. Peachland Fire and Rescue responded to the accident, which happened along the highway around 1 p.m. “There was one person trapped and our crews had to be extricate a single male occupant from the car,” Peachland fire chief Dennis Craig told the View. The highway remained closed for about 30 minutes to allow fire and rescue crews to safely extricate a 17-year-old male driver from the vehicle. The occupant of the car was transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment of what are believed to be minor injuries and the vehicle was towed with extensive damage, said RCMP Cpl Jocelyn Noseworthy. The semi driver is not believed to have sustained any injuries.
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Public to be further consulted about future of Turner Park Continued from Page 5
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the baby out with the bath water.” Council was told the washrooms are in good condition and would remain
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Both options for the park would be situated on the 5.55 acre flat upper area off of Turner Ave. The lower sloped three acre portion of the park is in the process of being disposed of through sale.
was really pleased to hear it would be possible for a soccer pitch to be accommodated on the site and hoped it could be given more attention during the consultation process. Coun. Terry Condon asked what would happen to the washrooms and wanted to be sure they “don’t throw
where they are. Coun. Pam Cunningham said she would also like to see a basketball court and maybe more pickleball courts “because people are just mad about that game.” “I think we should definitely put what we don’t have so that when you come we have something for
everybody,” said Cunningham. Cunningham said she’s not in favour of dog parks, however. “If you buy a dog, you can’t say, ‘well I hope the city puts up a park so I can exercise my dog,’” said Cunningham. Coun. Patrick Van Minsel said he doesn’t see a necessity for another baseball diamond but he believes Peachland is desperately in need of a dog park. “When we develop this park the uses of the park will also grow. That means we do need some parking,” said Van Minsel, who suggested parallel parking along Turner Ave. “Trust me, when this is developed it will be used.” Mayor Cindy Fortin said Peachland really needs to have amenities for young families in order for the community to continue to grow. Fortin also expressed support for a dog park and a soccer field. After the meeting Van Minsel told the View he was
very disappointed by the quality of the presentation. “The presentation received about Turner Park and the possibilities of the park was disappointing to me. I expected a better report. It seemed to me it was thrown together very quickly. It did not live up to my expectations of a report,
especially if you’re paying a consultant to do that,” said Van Minsel. The next steps in deciding the future of Turner Park will involve preparing the two distinct concept options for community input and feedback. The public consultation process will continue with
an online survey as well as an un-hosted open house at the community centre, after which council will be presented with the results before proceeding to the final concept design. The ultimate goal is to have some budgetary numbers for council by November, said Barton.
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CANADA VOTES The Peachland View asked the five candidates running for the Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola riding in the federal election the following question: “The cost of housing in Canada has risen disproportionately to incomes. What is the best approach to fix this problem?” Below are their responses.
Dan Albas, Conservative Party After many meetings with residents in our riding, most everyone I have spoken with agree this current generation of young people don’t have the same opportunity to get into a home and start a family, as they did at that age. After six years of no federal leadership from Justin Trudeau, we are now at the point where we have a growing housing crisis in many Canadian communities. As the Financial Post recently concluded, after having a look at all of the party’s platforms on housing, “What distinguishes the Conservative platform is its recognition that the primary cause of worsening housing affordability is that supply ‘simply isn’t keeping up’ with demand.” Basically, the problem - using an example - with the
approach of the current Liberal Government is that they have imposed policies such as increasing the mortgage stress test threshold. This by design makes housing less affordable to lower income families, which creates inequality and unfairness. The idea here being to limit demand in the hope that housing prices will decrease if there are fewer buyers. We have all witnessed that this approach has failed. The Conservative approach is to focus on supply…or in this case the lack of supply, as that is the real problem. A Conservative government will see one million homes built in the next three years. How will we accomplish this? Our platform proposes a number of measures. A few examples include deferring the Capital Gains Tax on the sale of a rental property provided the proceeds are reinvested into new rental housing. Another measure is that we will ban foreign buyers from purchasing residential homes for a minimum of two years to ensure that more supply remains available for Canadian families. We will instead allow foreign investors to build rental housing in Canada as we must also increase the supply of rental housing. We would also implement a number of other changes related to the mortgage stress and in other areas that I would be happy to discuss in person with anyone who is interested. Thank you for asking this question.
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Sarah Eves, Liberal Party I am acutely aware of how unaffordable housing is, as I recently helped my son search for accommodation. I have also spoken with business owners that could not expand their work force as there simply was no place for the employees to live locally. From young people struggling to save a down payment, to seniors on fixed incomes, to poor homeless people wondering where they will sleep tonight, the high cost of housing affects us all. Everyone deserves a home. As Liberals, we want everyone to achieve their housing needs and dreams. We are committed to working with all levels of government to make this happen. We have a three-pronged approach to manage the housing crisis. We will (1) increase the supply of houses, (2) decrease demand by placing limits on using houses as investments, instead of a place to live, and (3) protect the rights of home buyers and make saving for and buying a home easier. To increase the supply of houses we will build, preserve or repair 1.4 million homes in four years through a number of programs, including putting $4 billion in a Housing Accelerator Fund to help municipalities get houses constructed faster. We will invest $2 billion into Indigenous housing. To decrease demand related to purchasing houses for investment only, we will ban foreign investment in houses for two years, create an anti-flipping tax, and a one per cent annual tax on non-resident, non-Canadian owned real estate that is vacant or underused. Thirdly, we will make it easier to get a home with rent to own projects, tax free savings home savings accounts, and a ban on blind bidding. In addition, we will stabilize rents by making landlords report rent received before and after renovations. We will impose a surtax on excessive rent to stop renovictions. Housing is not a luxury. It is a necessity. We need to do more and Liberals will do more to make having a place to call home a reality.
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Kathryn McDonald, People’s Party
Joan Phillip, New Democratic Party
Brennan Wauters, Green Party
Great question! Like many other “issues” that we face these days, this one can often be tracked down to its root cause. Sadly, there is a finite amount of resources available to satisfy the needs of a growing number of basic needs. How long have any of you been voting in this country? How many times have we switched from party to party hoping for the best? Mulroney, Cretien, Harper, Trudeau … have any of them ever really had your backs? If you dig deep enough, you’ll find that politicians are bought and paid for by some very large corporations. Just like the guy or gal who goes to play bingo and has six cards on the table, the owners of your government - the big corporations - they have three cards on the table in this election. They don’t care whether it is the NDP, Liberals, or Conservatives that win… so long as one of them wins. Those corporations own and control them. They always have. This year is a bit different. The globalists over played their hands on the COVID crisis. They did not count on the fact that 92 per cent of the population would reject vaccine mandates, passports, and lockdowns. Since the People’s Party of Canada is not for sale, no one can force us to do the wrong things. The PPC will put an end to the universal graft that is bankrupting your treasury. More resources will be available across the board to take care of the things that are most dear to your hearts. Housing prices go up because the cost of everything else is rising. Once those things don’t need to rise in price, we won’t have this kind of pressure. It can only start if you finally realize that you will have to choose between US and Them!
The cost of housing in Canada has risen disproportionately to incomes. What is the best approach to fix this problem? To begin, housing is a human right and a public good. Every Canadian deserves a place to call home. We have thousands of Canadians who struggle to pay their rent every month, some are facing evictions now, and tens of thousands more who are homeless. The problem is particularly bad in the Okanagan, which is becoming a place where a young family will never be able to buy a home. Even just this year, hundreds of students in our riding are struggling to find a place to live that they can afford, and some simply cannot. Is this the kind of community we want to live in? In one of the richest countries in the world, the current housing crisis is unacceptable. We need public policy that balances housing affordability with market forces. In Canada, for decades, we had cooperative housing, geared to income, and the federal government under consecutive Conservative and Liberal government gutted this model that worked very well. For far too long we were one of the only G7 countries that didn’t have a federal housing strategy, and we’ve seen transfers to the provinces cut year after year for housing. An NDP government would be committed to investing in housing for all. After six years in government, the Liberal plan is simply inadequate compared to the scale of the housing crisis Canadians are facing. We need to take urgent action now towards an ambitious plan to build affordable places to live in every community across the country. That’s why a New Democrat government will create at least 500,000 units of quality, affordable housing in the next ten years, with half of that done within five years. This will be achieved with the right mix of effective measures that work in partnership with provinces and municipalities, build capacity for social, community, and affordable housing providers, to provide rental support for co-ops, and meet environmental energy efficiency goals. This ambitious plan will create thousands of jobs in communities all across the country, jump-starting the economic recovery, and helping Canadians get the affordable housing they need.
To best approach fixing the housing problem is Canada requires some context. The pandemic has intensified homelessness and pressures to cover the cost of housing at all levels. So, for immediate action the Green Party of Canada proposes establishing a national moratorium on evictions – until the pandemic is over and for a reasonable time after – in cooperation with provincial governments: Implementing a national residential arrears assistance program to protect people at risk of eviction due to accumulated rent arrears; Redefining “affordable housing” using a better, updated formula; and enhancing the Canada Housing Benefit. For the long-term other policies must be implemented, such as a guaranteed livable income. A variety of other incentives to keep housing within the income means includes taxing property speculation, incentivising the landlord relationship to renters so that long term rentals are beneficial to both landlord and tenant, and prioritizing business development in rural and unpopulated areas of Canada; this means for example making high-speed internet easily and reasonably priced for companies and organizations in rural and remote areas of Canada so that people can live with equal amenities as Canadians in population dense cities.
ELECTION DAY IS SEPTEMBER 20 Please remember to vote at your polling place on Sept. 20 OR During advanced polling from Sept. 10 – 13 OR At an Elections Canada office from now through Sept. 14
Virtual All-Candidates Forum Wednesday, September 15, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
The Peachland Chamber is joining with the Kelowna Chamber and the Greater Westside Board of Trade in hosting an All-Candidates Forum for all registered candidates in the Central OkanaganSimilkameen-Nicola electoral district. This virtual event is open to the membership and others who have an interest in getting to know their local candidates. There is no cost to attend, but pre-registration is required by visiting peachlandchamber.com and clicking the pre-register link.
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