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Trash and recycle plan pitched by the CVRD “When a tote system’s used, recycling (volume) rates skyrocket. People new $1.8currently recycling will million increase their recycling trash-andby about 30%, and those recyclables recyclables will come out pick-up plan of the trash — with less is being pitched by the trash going to Rebanco. CVRD for its regional “Totes are a popular areas. tool for homeowners. The The drive, explained easier you make it for recycling and waste people, the more they’ll manager Bob McDonald, participate.” could see mechanically About $700,000 would armed trucks hoist 17,000 be saved when CVRD easy-roll, curbside totes, contracts with haulers BFI holding recyclables and courtesy CVRD and Sun Coast expire in garbage, from homes by Regional staffers Jason Adair and Lau- June, he added. June. ra Nessman with easy-roll totes touted Pickup for 12,500-odd Commercial pickup and for the CVRD’s proposed $1.8-million homes would see three organics options could be trash-and-recycling system. dual-compartment trucks added later, he explained. bought, through bids, to The tote-and-truck sysreplace the CVRD’s current Àeet. tem would follow a formal alternative apTwo more drivers would also be hired. proval process to borrow the $1.8 million. “We’re planning to amortize these trucks That AAP process stipulates if 10% of and totes over 10 to 15 years, but private CVRD voters reject the proposed system, a contracts have a standard ¿ve-year limit,” referendum about borrowing the cash could he said, noting the CVRD board would be called by the Cowichan Valley Regional have Àexible control of the system. District board. For now, the CVRD is touting — through The CVRD’s in-house tote and truck sys- open houses — awareness about its tem excludes municipal services in Duncan, recycling-trash plan, and the AAP process, North Cowichan, and on Cowichan Tribes before the formal AAP process starts this lands. fall. Folks would keep their current contracts “It’s a form they sign and submit from our with private haulers unless they and their of¿ce or online. The board’s very sensitive area director — in say, Cobble Hill or to the AAP, and wants to go out to people so Shawnigan Lake — decide to opt in to they know exactly what we’re proposing.” the region’s tote-truck plan, McDonald The AAP would usher a public informaexplained. tion drive early next year. Homeowners would see yearly savings of “We don’t expect any area directors to $1 to $11. go backward. Most people are very happy “Half the region just has CVRD recycling with existing levels of collection service; if services, and they’re on their own for anything they’re considering more service garbage pickup; the other half has CVRD in future.” trash and recycling. It depends what level of Open houses happen Aug. 29, 7 to 9 p.m., service the director wants.” Cowichan Lake Sports Arena, MultipurHe had no savings numbers yet about pose Room; Sept. 5, 7 to 9 p.m., Eagles’ how the tote-can plan would reduce the Hall, Duncan; Sept. 11, 7 to 9 p.m., Kerry CVRD’s annual $3-million tab to ship trash Park Recreation Centre, Denis McLean to Washington State’s Rebanco land¿ll. Room; and Sept. 17, 7 to 9 p.m., North “But it should reduce that cost,” McDonOyster Community Hall, Upper Room, ald told the News Leader Pictorial. Ladysmith. Peter W. Rusland
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Backstage tour is conducted by Kathleen da Roza, who explains the making of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Chemainus Theatre’s 20th-anniversary celebration last Friday.
Earthquake tremors hit local water mains
Jolted: Thirty to 40 monthly quakes in the region possibly behind damage in Cowichan Peter W. Rusland
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ne or more earthquake tremors early this week are believed to have damaged local water mains and interior sprinkler systems, local leaders and repair crews say. Sybille Sanderson, of Cowichan Valley Regional District’s emergency preparedness program, said effects from a 5.2-level shaker off To¿no on Aug. 19 may have been felt in Cowichan. “They’re going on all the time,” she said of 30 to 40 monthly tremblers — reported on Earthquakes Canada’s website — impacting the Paci¿c Northwest in varying degrees. She also cited a 1.4-level shaker Aug. 20 east/northeast of Cowichan. “They’re in our corner of the world.” That corner includes Duncan Street where works crews ¿xed a couple of water-main breaks Tuesday. Sprinklers inside one building at Beverly Corners were still under repair Thursday at press time. City Councillor Sharon Jackson is well aware of how continuous tremors can hurt Duncan’s aging water
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Taped area of Beverly Corners mall lot after this week’s quake damaged piping and indoor sprinklers. system. “We’re slowly replacing miles of water mains. “If there’s any seismic activity at all, it pops little breaks in our system.” At press time, of¿cials from North Cowichan were unavailable for comment about the impact of any recent quake shakes in the municipality.
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