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Colwood bans bows Bylaw officers to get body armour for safety reasons Kyle Wells News staff
Colwood city council voted at a recent council meeting to ban the use of all firearms and bows within the city’s limits. The issue came up after a complaint over a resident using a bow in a residential area. The bylaw bans the use of all types of bows and firearms, including pellet and paintball guns, in all areas of Colwood. The ban also applies to the use of practice tips with bows. “This makes it completely illegal,” bylaw enforcement manager Kevin Atkinson said. “Bylaw will still use common sense, in the sense of enforcing the bylaw. … But somebody’s in a built up residential area … and they’re discharging a paintball gun in their back yard, they’ll be given a ticket immediately.” Under the bylaw a fine of at least $225 can be issued for offenses. Council also passed a motion to spend $3,531 from exisitng funds to purchase three concealable spike/ballistic combination body armour protective vests for bylaw officers. The purchase comes as part of the adoption of a Force Options Response Policy, which was determined necessary after a risk assessment. The policy lays out how bylaw officers are to deal with violent or threatening situations. Earlier this year a bylaw officer in Alberta was killed while investigating a complaint. Atkinson said that case highlights the need for protection and a policy. “Nothing has happened, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t happen,” Atkinson said. “That’s all, we’re just trying to make sure we have the tools to make sure that we are safe so we can go home at the end of our shift.” PLEASE SEE: Vests designed to protect, Page A4
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Stuart Stark, heritage consultant, left, and Archaeological Society of B.C. members Tom Brown and Pete Dady, unearth a ‘bucket’ found underneath the concrete floor of Colwood’s Dairy and Cheese House.
There’s a hole in the bucket Kyle Wells News staff
Conservation efforts at Colwood’s Dairy and Cheese House unearthed some unexpected finds as the building is prepped for moving. Heritage consultant Stuart Stark approached Colwood city council at its Oct. 22 meeting to report on the project. Developers of 468 Landmark – a
two-building, 100-unit project planned for Goldstream Avenue – are moving the historic Colwood Dairy building because it is in the way of the first phase of the project. The 150-year-old building will be moved to the front of the property, where it will be visible from the road and accessible to the public. As volunteers from the Archaeological Society of British Columbia began to remove the concrete floor they discov-
ered the original 1852 brick floor underneath it. The floor is built of bricks produced on the farm itself. “This is incredibly rare,” said Stark. “The rarity of this I cannot (over) emphasize to you.” The volunteers continued to reveal the brick floor and as they did discovered a metal bucket buried in the ground. PLEASE SEE: Dairy’s original floor revealed, Page A4
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