Shuswap Your Classified Connection / Vol. 24 No. 5 Friday, February 1, 2013
Market News
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n Michael Danyluk uses his paper spyglass to survey the Downtown Activity Centre gym, the scene of the Early Years Learning Fair and pirate party held last Thursday morning as part of the Literary Aliiance of the Shuswap Society’s Unplug and Play week.
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Dentist travels to Ecuador to help others. Plus South Shuswap Sports
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B.C.’s lieutenantgovernor drops in. Plus Hit and run A17 What’s On A18
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Council asked to take over SLIPP
Shuswap Lake planning : Concerns focus on accountability and communication. By Barb Brouwer
market news staff
Amid concerns about accountability and communication, the Fraser Basin Council has been asked to take over administration of the Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process (SLIPP). SLIPP was launched in response to intense pressures from increased development, pollution entering lakes in the Shuswap watershed, and conflicting
demands on recreation resources. The Thompson Nicola Regional District, Salmon Arm, Sicamous and Columbia Shuswap Regional District electoral areas C, D, E and F agreed to fund a threeyear pilot project with annual allocations of $335,000. The project comes to an end March 31, 2014 and the funding partners met Jan. 9 in Salmon Arm with CSRD chief administrative officer Charles Hamilton to dis-
cuss concerns. The late Ted Bacigalupo, former CSRD chair, Electoral Area C South Shuswap director and SLIPP chair, was an active and enthusiastic champion of the process. The meeting attendees were concerned about too few meetings since his death and a lack of administrative oversight. Minutes from the meeting indicate the funding partners continue to support SLIPP because it addresses funda-
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mental issues that contribute to poor water quality and environmental issues, and is the vehicle bringing many agencies together to co-ordinate jurisdictional responsibilities and activities. The minutes also report support for the technical steering committee and its work, the way SLIPP reduces duplication of service and brings attention to issues relative to Shuswap Lake by provincial and federal agencies, and reduces
bureaucracy – although attendees expressed concern about “authority issues” and “targeting” that have arisen around dock removal. Other concerns were expressed included: • the funding is being used to pay for provincial and federal responsibilities. • there has been poor public communication. Ian McGregor, former section head of Ministry of See Funding on page 3