THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2013
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LITTLE MOUNTAIN CLEAN-UP
RDN asks for help Directors want province to deal with the mess
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NEIL HORNER
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Any plumber can tell you that water flows downhill and Parksville city councillor Mark Lefebvre knows it too. That’s why he vowed to give any help he can to efforts to clean up the illegal dump site at Little Mountain. “We are fully supportive,” Lefebvre said. “The laws of gravity flow downhill and we are at the bottom of the hill, so we will support you in any way we can.” Lefebvre made the comments in response to a presentation made by Megan Olsen at Tuesday night’s committee of the whole meeting of the Regional District of Nanaimo. In her remarks, Olsen detailed the pile of garbage at the foot of the cliff at Little Mountain. “It’s hard to tell from the top how horrible it is, but it’s about 100 feet wide and 200 feet long of dense debris,” she said. “At the bottom it’s thick with broken glass.” Olsen said she has been making some headway in her efforts to prevent more dumping from taking place, noting that Telus has agreed to install floodlights at their tower facility at the parking lot at the top of the mountain and possibly put a camera facing the parking lot, in order to identify people who dump in future. As well, she noted the RCMP have agreed to have Citizens On Patrol swing by the site on their rounds. The big problem though, is the cleanup. She noted that a local resident attempted to do a cleanup two years ago, hauling nine loads out with a helicopter. See TRUCKING COMPANY, page A7
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SISTER SMOOCH: Samantha Luksay gives her sister Ally a kiss at a Mother Goose event at Arrowview Elementary School. Mom Erin said this is a frequent occurrence.
QB wins national award JOHN HARDING
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The Town of Qualicum Beach has won a national award for its neighbourhood development. Mayor Teunis Westbroek was in Windsor, Ont. Wednesday to receive a Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Sustainable Communities Award. The town won the award for its plans regarding the village neighbourhood, trails, waterfront master plan, electric vehicle charging stations and its youth and family retention/attraction strategy. “This award demonstrates that Qualicum Beach is a recognized leader in community planning, thanks to the great feedback we receive from residents,” Westbroek said via e-
mail Wednesday afternoon. “I would like to acknowledge the great work in developing the town’s Sustainability Plan, which is really the culmination of decades of stewardship by councils, residents and staff in protecting the character and feel of our community.” According to the FCM, the awards recognize innovation and excellence in municipal sustainable development across Canada in six categories: brownfields, energy, neighbourhood development, transportation, waste and water. “The communities we celebrate tonight completely debunk the idea that environmental sustainability and economic development are mutually exclusive,” said the FCM’s Raymond Louie.
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