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Running in memory: A group of runners takes part in the Forever Young Run, which remembers Joah Atkinson and Brian Collins, two University of Calgary students who were struck and killed in a crosswalk in 2003. The family has spent many summers in the Shuswap area and started the run here to help fund memorial athletic awards at the University of Calgary and Eagle River Secondary. Organizer Tim Atkinson reports that while they are still calculating the proceeds, the run raised an estimated $6,000. Photo by Sarah Kyllo
Abbott opts to retire from political life By Richard Rolke Black Press
George Abbott flatly denies he’s abandoning a government in trouble, The Shuswap MLA’s decision not to run in the May 2013 election comes as the Liberals lag behind the NDP opposition in the polls. “It didn’t play a role at all,” said Abbott, who was first elected in 1996. “The standing in the polls was irrelevant to my personal future.” And Abbott insists the government can remain in power next year. “Given the formidable campaigner she is, Premier Clark has a tremendous opportunity
to turn this around,” he said. Abbott reached a conclusion about his future during August. “The time is right to focus on other interests in my life,” said Abbott, adding that his first project will3 be working with a British professor on educational issues. The former Okanagan College instructor may also do some guest teaching and research. Abbott, who was in civic politics before becoming MLA, says retirement was an easy decision. “The last time I woke up not being in public office, I was 26 years old. That’s a long time ago,” he said, adding that his departure allows for renewal in the constituency and
the party. missed,” said Clark. ll Premier Christy Clark will Abbott placed third in last shuffle her cabinet this weekk year’s campaign to replace g to focus on individuals seeking Gordon Campbell as Liberal re-election and Abbott won’t be leader. education minister. Steve Gunner, the NDP’s d “I loved education. I arrived Shuswap candidate, says Aby when there was a lot of policy bott deserves credit for repreGeorge Abbott work needing to be done, andd senting constituents and his Shuswap MLA he I believe I brought skills to the handling of educational matat table that allowed a lot of that ters. work to be done,” he said. “He has had many years of Abbott has also served in the aboriginal unblemished public service and he has the relations, health, community services and respect of many people he has worked with,” sustainable resource management portfolios. said Gunner, who believes Abbott’s departure “His keen intellect and sharp wit around the cabinet table and in caucus will be greatly See MLA’s on page 2
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Campground goes to second hearing By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A campground proposal for a property off Larch Avenue, across form Finlayson Park, has received mixed reaction from neighbours. The proposal was put forward by Jaltia Management Corp., owned by Sicamous Mayor Darrell Trouton, who wants to establish a selfcontained campground on his property, adjacent to his own Parksville Street residence. Trouton’s application states the campground will be “monitored and managed” to ensure campers will abide by an included list of rules, as well as municipal bylaws relating to noise, dog control, unsightly premises, etc. In order to set up the campground, intended only for self-contained RV units, Trouton has applied to the district for a seasonal temporary use permit (TUP). The permit would allow the campground to operate for up to one year, with the option of a one-year renewal. Due to a conflict of interest, Trouton va-
cated council chamber during a public hearing on the permit held Aug. 22. In elaborating on the proposal, returning district planner Mike Marrs explained the district would be in receipt of a $3,000 irrevocable credit to insuree that facilities are main-tained, and the numberr d of campsites is limited d to 50. He also explained that individual camp-g site services, including water, sewer and powerr would not be provided.. District administra-d tor Heidi Frank read aloud the written public submissions on the application – two letters of opposition penned by Pine Street residents Cal and Kathy Bowman. The Bowmans’ concerns touched base on a number of details about the proposal, including increased traffic and noise, the lack of sewage, campfires and pollution, the proximity of the campground to Parkview Elementary and the “ transient seasonal criminal element.” The Bowmans did express their support for Trouton’s long-term
goal of transforming the property into lots for affordable residential units. A Sherlock Road resident shared the Bowmans’ concern for pollution, and also took issue with potential se-
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curity issues, wondering if there would be 24-hour security keeping an eye on the property. Parksville residents Karen Williams and Ted Holmes were generally in favour of the proposal. Williams suggested a campground code of ethics be adopted after, with concern that the neighbourhood isn’t adversely affected. “I want to congratulate council for looking at some options to bring some economic viability back to our community,” said Williams. “I believe it’s doable but
I strongly believe we need some control and enforcement and the district’s input into any control.” Holmes said the property has been “abused for a number of years,” with snowmobilers and motorbikes, as well as illegal camping. “Drug paraphernalia has been found at that property and people here have been talking about dangers to the kids,” said Holmes. “And here, the applicant is bringing forward a proposal to put some controls on a piece of property that’s not going to develop in this community probably for another 15 years or more…” Dawn Backs, who lives on the corner of Larch and Forest Park St., was particularly concerned about increased traffic resulting from the campground. She argued the roads are already busy with traffic, which would worsen with the addition of RVs driven generally by “someone who has never driven anything bigger than a Honda Civic.”
“I think that council is going in the right direction promoting this type of activity,” said Backs. “I just think there has to be somewhere in this district a better location.” Williams asked if the fire chief has provided any comment on the proposal. Marrs said he had not. Nor had any other agencies, including the Agricultural Land Commission. Later in the meeting, Marrs explained that the property had been in the Agricultural Land Reserve, and that the Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) agreed to its removal on the condition that the property be used for affordable housing. For this reason, Marrs explained, district staff was recommending that a second public hearing be held after the district receives feedback from the fire chief, the ALC and others. Prior to council agreeing to this recommendation, however, Coun. Don Richardson expressed his support of the plan, stating it would help bring people into town and stimulate growth.
MLA’s long-standing service recognized around region Continued from page 2
creates opportunities in the Shuswap. “George has done the best he can with what he was given. He was a good man in a difficult portfolio. “There’s an appetite for change. The free-enterprise doctrine is not working for everyone in
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the province,” he said. And Abbott has his fans in the Shuswap too. Longtime Sicamous resident and former mayor Lorraine March posted her appreciation on Facebook: “Thank you, George, for your many years of distinguished and
dedicated service to the people of B.C. Your contributions, your achievements, and the honour you have brought to your hometown is deeply appreciated. Happy retirement!” Sicamous resident Terry Sinton posted a simple thanks while
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Carol Arbuthnott, suggested Abbott bring his skills back to the Shuswap. “Thanks George, now come home and get into politics here – you would be a great addition to your hometown government.” Other Liberals retiring this week are Kevin
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Falcon, John Les and Mary McNeil. Eric Foster, VernonMonashee MLA, denies the departures mean the Liberals are floundering. “It’s our job to make sure people know this isn’t the case. The ship isn’t sinking,” he said.
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Disaster aid: Program manager says regulation needs rewording. By Lachlan Labere Eagle Valley News
A representative of Emergency Management BC says the province’s regulation for disaster financial assistance needs rewording to be less ambiguous and more inclusive of non-profit organizations. Last week, the News reported that Emergency Management BC (EMBC) had recently turned down an application from the Eagle Valley Arts Council for disaster relief to help with restoration costs for the Red Barn Arts Centre and the damage incurred in the recent flooding. The application was made through the Disaster Financial Assistance (DFA) program – overseen by EMBC. In an Aug. 17 letter to the volunteer, notfor-profit arts council, Emergency Management BC concludes, “there is no evidence the Eagle Valley Arts Council is a charitable organization, therefore we regret we are unable to provide you with financial assistance.” The letter notes how the arts council charges a fee to member groups and other members of the public for use of the Red Barn. It states an eligible organization is one that, “in the opinion of the minister, provides a benefit or service to the community
at large; has been in ex- ganization….” Management BC has istence for 12 months; Emergency Man- consistently applied and is registered under agement BC recovery this wording with the the Society Act.” and funding programs understanding that “any For Carla Krens, the manager Johanna Mor- organization that is priarts council’s treasurer, row concurs with Krens marily there to serve its the hangup is the word that the regulation’s members is not natural“charitable.” wording can be awk- ly for the benefit of the “My dispute is with ward, except in section community at large.” the fact that since we 8.1. “We wish we could have income of any “We wish that the do more…,” says Morkind through the rental legislation wasn’t writ- row. “It’s not much of the Red Barn, we’re ten that way,” says consolation to tell you disqualified,” says Morrow. “I’ll be quite we are working hard to Krens. change the ’t “I don’t legislation, y see why but that’s income beyond what equates we do. That’s rnon charour elected It’s not much consolation to tell you we itable, MLAs who are working to change the legislation, becausee make those but that’s beyond what we do. That’s the Redd kinds of our elected MLAs who make those kinds Cross is calls.” of calls. definitelyy Krens exJohanna Morrow ia chariplains that the t a b l e application Emergency Management BC aorganizaprocess for tion andd DFA fundthey raise funds. And honest with you. When ing does not require the we raise funds through these files come into applicant to provide a rental, so I don’t see the us, it was frustrating for dollar amount, contrary reason for us being dis- our staff because we to what was reported in qualified.” want to help. But we last week’s story. She Throughout the can’t go beyond what says her estimate for Compensation and our legislation permits the damage to the Red Disaster Financial As- us to do, and when we Barn is between $2,500 sistance Regulation, look at the definition, it and $4,000. the legislation used by clearly means a chari“They’re supposed Emergency Manage- table organization.” to send an evaluator ment BC to determinMorrow says EMBC and tell you how much ing who is eligible for uses Revenue Canada’s they’ll reimburse you aid, the words “chari- definition of charitable, for,” says Krens. Howtable” and “volunteer” as one is not included ever, to date there has are used throughout in the DFA regulation. been no evaluation. as though they are That an organizaMorrow says the arts separate designations tion “needs to provide a council can appeal the for non-profit groups, benefit or service to the decision on the grounds except in Section 8.1 community” is another of eligibility – which where it states, “’chari- vagary of the regula- they are in the process table or volunteer’ or- tion identified by Mor- of doing – and the apganization means a not row. But she says that peal would be reviewed for profit charitable or- since 1995, Emergency by the B.C. Ministry of
Justice, under which EMBC operates. Morrow notes, however, that overturning the EMBC’s decision would mean overturning legislation. Morrow emphasizes that EMBC strives to be consistent in following the provincial regulation which, in her eyes, has room for improvement. “We’d love to have it better worded and we’d love to have it to be more inclusive,” says Morrow. “From our perspective, from those of us who work with the program and deal with communities every day, we know how valuable the arts are to a community and how much it contributes to the health of the community to have a viable arts area and culture. But it doesn’t change the limitations that our program works under.”
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OPINION B.C. Liberals caught in a downward spiral The last one out of the Liberal caucus room better turn off the lights. Veteran Shuswap MLA George Abbott announced Thursday he won’t run again in May 2013. He brings the current number of Liberals bowing out to nine, including the high-profile Kevin Falcon and Bill Barisoff. All of them reference personal commitments for moving on, and that’s likely the case for individuals like Abbott who has been in office since 1996. He deserves credit for his dedication to the public service and his constituents. However, there’s no ignoring the fact that the Liberals are in trouble. The free-fall started under Gordon Campbell and, if anything, the pace has picked up under Christy Clark. Despite her attempt to differentiate herself from her predecessor and promises of more open communication with British Columbians, Clark can’t get a break. Absolutely nothing has helped. The NDP continues to sit at the top of the polls and the B.C. Conservatives are nipping at the Liberals’ traditional free-enterprise base. As a result, there can’t be any doubt that the party’s fortunes have played a role in the rapid-fire retirements underway. Preferably, you leave office on your own terms rather than going down to defeat. It’s almost like history is repeating itself as there are parallels between what is happening to the Liberals and what occurred with the Socreds in their last days in power. Caucus members will continue to jump before spring’s election and Clark may become known as the latest version of Rita Johnston. - Vernon Morning Star
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Separating the oil facts from the manure By Tom Fletcher News Columnist
VICTORIA – I was as surprised as anyone to hear about the plan by this newspaper’s owner, David Black, to begin regulatory work on an oil refinery for Kitimat. I’ll leave it to others to comment on the practicality of that plan, and whether it would make the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project more acceptable to B.C.’s government and population. Black Press news coverage, columns, letters to the editor and other reader comments are not affected by this project, and there has been a range of views expressed already. Whatever the merits of the refinery idea, it has advanced the debate over pipelines and the place of oil in our society. And that’s a good thing, because as someone with a basic knowledge of chemistry and some experience in oil refining, I have noticed a lot of ignorance about the subject. I’d like to address some of the main misconceptions, which have been exploited by some opponents. The first one is oil pollution in general and how it gets into the environment. A global study by the Smithsonian Institution in 1995 calculated the amount of oil making its way into
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oceans this way: Big tanker spills accounted for 37 million gallons a year, about five per cent of the total marine oil pollution identified. By far the largest source was oil runoff from land into drains, from oil changes, municipal and industrial wastes and other sources: 363 million gallons. Bilge cleaning and other routine ship maintenance added 137 million gallons, four times the tanker spill average. Air pollution from vehicles and industry-deposited hydrocarbon particles equal to another 97 million gallons; natural seeps added 62 million gallons; offshore drilling discharges accounted for 15 million gallons. So that’s the first thing to understand. It’s not tankers and pipelines doing most of the polluting. It’s you and me. Then there is the propaganda about greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands crude. The facts are clear. The most widely cited source is a graph prepared by Cambridge Energy Research Associates, which shows that 75 per cent of greenhouse gases from all types of crude occur when the gasoline, jet fuel and diesel are burned by the end user. Yes, there are variations in emissions on the remaining quarter. Emissions from mined oil sands crude are
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slightly higher than steam extraction, which is slightly higher than conventionally drilled and pumped crude. The most greenhouse gas-intensive crude used in North America is California heavy crude, which is conventionally drilled. Burning coal produces far more greenhouse gases than oil, as University of Victoria climate scientist Andrew Weaver has calculated. Two U.S. environmental groups, including the one fronted by Robert Redford, have lately been promoting a study that suggests oil sands crude is more corrosive to pipelines. False, says the industry, showing analysis of pipes that have carried diluted bitumen for decades. The Trans-Mountain pipeline has been carrying crude from Alberta to Burnaby and Washington state for more than 60 years. It has periodically carried heavy crude for 40 years, and diluted bitumen for 25 years. Some of that crude is refined in Washington and the gasoline and diesel barged up to supply B.C. gas stations. And of course Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii and all other B.C. islands depend on marine fuel shipments. And let’s not forget the most common heavy oil used in B.C. It’s called asphalt.
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The Eagle Valley Arts Council is welcoming a new member group which will start on Sept. 5. Two energetic and enthusiastic painters and artists, Juanita Etson and Gail Martens, will be running a dropin arts group called Wednesday Arts For Everyone (WAFE). The group will meet at the Red Barn Arts Centre on a drop-in basis every Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. As the name of the group implies, everyone is welcome. The mandate of the group is to, “encourage individual artistic expression in a social setting.” Their main focus
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Arts for everyone: Juanita Etson and Gail Martens are starting up the new arts group, Wednesday Arts for Everyone. Photo submitted is to make the arts fun for everyone by making it a social event as well. So bring your lunch. Etson and Martens hope to encourage people to come out and try their hand at whatever their preference is. Please bring your own supplies. Oil paint, acrylics, pastels, pencil crayons or how about wood carving or sculpting? And the cost will not deter you. Just a loonie per visit will do. Membership is only $10 per year. If you would like more information, call Juanita at
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feeling. Wikipedia describes visual art as the creation of images or objects including painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and other visual media. The broader definition of art includes music, theatre, film and dance and other performing arts as well as literature. If you feel you would like to try your hand at any form of art, please step forward and do it. For arts news, contact Carla Krens at 250-836-4705, or by email at carlakrens@ telus.net.
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It’s the people he’s met and the relationships made over his past four years in Sicamous that Sgt. Carl Vinet will miss the most. Vinet put in his final shift at the Sicamous detachment last Thursday. He’s returning to Vancouver Island with his family, where he’ll be taking up a new position with the Nanaimo detachment. Essentially, Vinet will be watching the watchmen as an RCMP professional standards investigator. “There’s a connotation that if members are involved with professional standards that they’re automatically in trouble,” says Vinet. “That’s not how I see it. There’s two sides to every story. There’s also an opportunity to exonerate a member if they haven’t done anything wrong. I’m just going there and gathering the facts and making sure that everybody is treated fairly.” Vinet’s first posting with the force was in Campbell River, where he met his wife. He says he did seven years up north, then came back to the B.C. coast for a three-year stint as detachment commander at Gabriola Island. After that he was detachment manager at Courtenay-Comox. The move to Nanaimo offers yet another opportunity to expand his policing CV. “I’ve been a detachment commander twice, I’ve been a watch commander, I’ve been in charge of the general investigations section, I’ve been in charge of property crime, I was on the drug unit for a while,” says Vinet. “As my career is developing, this is an opportunity to do something completely different within the organization.” Vinet says he and his wife had long been interested in the Shuswap, and when the detachment commander position was vacated by former Sicamous Sgt. Jim Harrison, he ap-
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After serving four years with the Sicamous RCMP detachment, Sgt. Carl Vinet has taken a position with the force in Nanaimo. Photo by Lachlan Labere
plied. Over time Vinet came to identify Sicamous as a “very dynamic little community” with its own unique challenges. One of them being Shuswap Lake. “Even though I’d heard of Shuswap Lake, I had no appreciation for what happens in the summer here with respect to boating and activity and whatnot, so it was definitely something we had to learn and something that we had to deal with to ensure it was safe out there,” says Vinet, who feels that safety on the lake has improved since he’s been onboard. But he’s quick to note this hasn’t been just the result of an RCMP effort, but also partnerships the police have made with other government agencies such as the Conservation office, the Ministry of Environment, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, BC Parks and others. “Everybody has resources issues, but if we’re able to bring them all together, and we have a common goal, a lot of the time we’re able to accomplish more, and I think that was a good example,” says Vinet. “The same with Traffic Services. Even though Sicamous is just a small, sixmember unit, we were able to work with other units like Traffic Services out of Revelstoke
and Golden, because their mandate overlaps ours… There was a lot more communication and we were able to have projects specific to enforcement on the highway.” Asked about the highlights of his career in Sicamous, Vinet explains how he was able to able to garner a solid understanding of how the police need to work closely with the community in order to meet the needs of both. This is where the RCMP’s strategic planning/ community consultation process comes in, where the community identifies its goals to police. “The whole strategic plan, consultation approach that we’ve done here allowed me to build some really good relationships with people in the community, and there’s lots of great people here in Sicamous,” says Vinet. Drug enforcement was one of those priorities identified by the police and the community, and one that’s of personal concern to Vinet. “ Drugs have always been a big issue for me and people were receptive to that and we received information that was very helpful to address certain issues,” says Vinet. “And when you often deal with the drug issue in the community, it also relieves pressure on your property crime because ev-
erything seems to be intertwined.” That said, Vinet notes that policing is “like a roller-coaster ride.” Things can change drastically in a community like Sicamous where two major highways connect. The June 23 flooding events will likely also be a lasting memory for Vinet. He calls them the “biggest evacuation, and matter, he’s had to address in 20 years. “Disaster management 101 was in one week, basically. I’ve gone to the classes and hopefully graduated at the end,” says Vinet. “You hear about other incidents and how they’re being managed, but until such a time as you’ve got both feet in it, you really don’t appreciate how everything needs to be done in a very short period of time.” Despite the suddenness of the June 23 debris flows at Two Mile and Swansea Point – both of which the Sicamous detachment had to contend with – Vinet feels police, and the community, handled the response very well.
With Nanaimo being his seventh posting, what Vinet misses most about the communities he’s served is the people. “Usually, what I end up missing are some of the people that I met, some of the people that I got closer to, people who have helped me or my family in some way… and I can honestly say that, after going to all these different locations, I always have someone to call when I go back,” says Vinet. “The relationship is more than superficial. Over four years, you develop a relationship that is more binding.” Sgt. Dave Dubnyk, who has been serving in Sparwood, B.C., will be taking over from Vinet.
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