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Airport service review grounded BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
The Trail Regional Airport expansion will not take flight any time soon. The East End Services (EES) Committee held an open meeting at the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary (RDKB) office on Nov. 22, to address a letter that was issued to its participants from the City of Trail in August. A service review was requested in the letter from Trail council, regarding the timeliness, interest and participation of the airport’s regional stakeholders, including Rossland, Trail, Montrose, Fruitvale and regional district areas A and B, in terms of future service enhancements to the facility. The City of Trail finds the lack of congruence and the apparent indifference to the service from several participants an ongoing issue and concern in the context of advancing plans for the regional airport, stated the letter. “In my opinion, there was no need for a service review, the majority of the members were happy with the service and how it was proceeding,” said Ali Grieve, Area A, director. The response by the EES committee to Robert Cacchioni, participant from Trail council, was brief and swift in a 15-minute
meeting that was described as ‘confrontational’ by Cacchioni. “All other participants at the meeting agreed that they wish to maintain the airport with its present services without expanding it,” said Larry Gray, chair of RDKB board of directors. When the question went around the table to ask if there was a desire for any of the participants to remove themselves from the service, “the answer was ‘no,’ and that was consistent around the table,” said Gray. The second reason for the meeting was to address a statement in the letter that, “participants contributing the majority of costs are now being outvoted by the minority financial contributors.” Cacchioni, a Trail councillor, expanded on the comment. “The concern is that, the way the voting structure is set in the EES, particularly the airport, is that the individual communities or areas which represent the minority position, in fact control the vote,” he said. “It is interesting to note, that the motion to expand the airport was defeated four votes to three, but the four who voted against it, actually represent the minority contribution.” Gray strongly refuted that statement. See TRAIL, Page 3
WARFIELD
Parking concerns raised BY ART HARRISON
Times Correspondent
Concerns were raised at the Warfield Council meeting Monday night that are sure to be echoed at similar meetings throughout the Greater Trail area as winter approaches: snow removal on narrow neighbourhood streets that are frequently used by residents as additional parking spaces. Similar to many communities
that were planned and built in the early decades of the 20th Century, many of Warfield’s neighbourhoods were designed when most households would only own a single vehicle and a one-car driveway on most lots would suffice. Now, at a time when many families have two or more vehicles on the road as well as recreational vehicles in some cases, streets can become crowded with cars See MORE, Page 3
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Sherri Bond assembled white ribbons for the international campaign to take action on violence against women. Ribbons are available at FAIR’s offices in East Trail.
Ribbons support commitment to end violence BY SHERI REGNIER Times Staff
Sunday marked the beginning of the International White Ribbon Campaign to end violence against women. The campaign encourages everyone, men in particular, to wear white ribbons from Nov. 25 to Dec. 6, to recognize a commitment to end men’s violence against women. December 6 is a day commemorated in Canada to remember the 14 women who were singled out for their gender, and murdered in
1989 at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal. “In 1991, a group of men initiated the campaign to speak out about violence against women,” said Ann Godderis, Transition House Community Outreach. “The movement has spread around the world, it is not just in Canada.” FAIR is asking residents to wear a white ribbon to symbolize a commitment to never commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women and girls. See SCHOOLS, Page 2
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