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OUT FOR A WINTER STROLL WITH ONE OF EARTH’S CREATURES Emma Jarvis was out with her 17-year-old miniature horse Cutie-Pie for a walk on the streets of Williams Lake Jan. 7. Cutie-Pie boards at the Williams Lake Stampede Grounds, but has an extra abundance of energy that Jarvis said needs to be expended on a regular basis. Monica Lamb-Yorski photo
On Jan. 9 the Cariboo Regional District issued a Water Notice to residents in the Canim Lake area. The Notice applies to the following water supply system: Canim Lake Water System, Operating Permit Number 14-091-00001 and should be considered by all persons using water from the system. This Water Notice is being issued due to a contamination of the system; therefore, all users of the Canim Lake water system are asked to stop using the water for drinking, cooking and bathing immediately, as a safety precaution. The CRD has contacted Interior Health to request their cooperation in investigating this matter. During this time, an alternate water source will be available at the Forest Grove Fire Hall located at 4518 CanimHendrix Lake Road. Personal water jugs may be filled with water at the outside tap at the back of the fire hall. This Notice remains in effect unless and until another public notice is issued. For further information, please contact the CRD’s Environmental Services Department at 1-800-665-1636 or 250-392-3351 or Interior Health Authority at 250395-7676.
B.C. auditor-general out in May
TOM FLETCHER Black Press After shaking up the B.C. government’s financial affairs, Auditor General John Doyle will be replaced by a new financial watchdog when his six-year term expires at the end of May. Rules for the five-member MLA committee that appoints auditors require them to maintain secrecy on who didn’t support Doyle’s reappointment, which required unanimous support. NDP leader Adrian Dix said it’s clear it was one or more B.C. Liberal MLAs who voted against Doyle’s reappointment.
“This is clearly a bad decision, not one that the NDP supports, not one that I support,” Dix said Monday. Opposition MLAs cite Doyle’s reports criticizing the recent buildup of BC Hydro debt and the state of B.C.’s forest inventory in the wake of a devastating pine beetle epidemic as likely reasons why Doyle wasn’t reappointed. Doyle is also leading a court action seeking release of detailed defence lawyer billings for former ministerial aides Dave Basi and Bobby Virk, whose $6 million in legal costs were covered by the province after they pleaded guilty
to breach of trust in the 2002 sale of BC Rail operations. Dix called Monday for Premier Christy Clark to intervene and ask the MLA committee to reconsider its decision to hire a new auditor. A spokesman for the premier quickly ruled that option out. Ben Chin, Clark’s communications director, said Clark has maintained a policy of not interfering in legislative committees, such as a cosmetic pesticide committee that disagreed with her call for a ban. “You can’t send the committee back to work because you don’t like the conclusion they reach,” Chin said. Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric
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Foster, who chairs the selection committee, said there were no “marching orders” given to B.C. Liberal MLAs by the caucus or the premier. Foster refused to comment further, citing strict confidentiality rules around personnel decisions such as the employment of the auditor. The other B.C. Liberal committee members are Chilliwack MLA John Les and Peace River South MLA Blair Lekstrom, both of whom are retiring in May. The NDP members of the committee are Surrey-Whalley MLA Bruce Ralston and Esquimalt-Royal Roads MLA Maurine Karagianis.