Shuswap Market News Friday, April 5, 2013
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Forum airs climate, fracking concerns Kairos Salmon Arm and Shuswap Environmental Action Society will sponsor a public forum on climate change and “fracking,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 in the hall at First United Church. Experts Joe Foy and Eoin Madden from the Vancouver-based Wilderness Committee will speak to the issues. Foy is the Wilderness Committee’s national campaign director and, after completing a postgraduate degree in climate change, Madden is the Wilderness Committee’s climate change campaigner. With deposits of conventional gas and oil dwindling, the industry is keen to develop less accessible deposits of
oil and gas using hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” This involves blasting millions of gallons of fracturing fluids, including sand, water and toxic chemicals, into well bores two miles deep that then deviate horizontally another kilometre underground. The rock is broken up through use of extreme pressures. “It is only in the last decade that a combination of four new technologies has enabled industry to access gas and oil trapped between layers of shale rock,” says Kairos member Ann Morris. “The problem is that this fracking technology has grown so quickly there has been insufficient time to
do the scientific study on its environmental and health impacts, or on the impact of the inevitable accidents.” There is also a concern fracking causes chronic leaks of methane, a potent climate change driver. “Many scientists believe rapid shale gas development will exacerbate global climate change and could tip the world into climate cha-
os,” says SEAS president Jim Cooperman. Foy says climate change is already happening, and at a much faster rate than was expected, but a worstcase scenario can still be avoided if government leaders listen to the World Bank, the UN Energy Agency and a coalition of the world’s largest investors who are calling for urgent action now.
What I value...
Shuswap Youth Soccer Association
It’s Not Too Late!!
ECONOMIC SECURITY
Development of skills-training programs and manufacturing/industry based job creation.
Last-Minute Registrations are still being accepted in most age groups.
Secure Online Registration: www.shuswapsoccer.com Questions? 250-833-5607 or email admin@shuswapsoccer.com A full game/practice schedule is available online.
The current situation... · A shortage of year-round, full-time employment in the Shuswap, resulting in seasonal lay-offs.
· Family separation due to employment being sought away from home causes hardships for many local families.
· Loss of our skilled workforce to outside provinces
city of salmon arm strategic plan
further depleting the opportunity for employment in the Shuswap.
Skills training programs, job creation & expansion of our tourism industry are vital to the growth and prosperity of the Shuswap.
The City is creating its first ever long-term Strategic Plan in 2013. When complete, the plan will be a guide to help City Council and Staff more effectively make decisions around infrastructure planning and implementation, prioritize projects and spending, identify revenue sources and consider taxation over the next 10 to 15 years. Two surveys have been created to gather input from residents and community organizations about projects and initiatives. When Available:
Wednesday March 13, 2013
Deadline for completion:
Wednesday April 10, 2013 - 4:00 pm
Residents’ Survey:
Complete online at www.salmonarm.ca/strategicplan or pick up a paper copy and return to City Hall.
Community Organizations’ Survey:
Organizations will receive survey information via email or mail before March 13, 2013
For more information please visit www.salmonarm.ca/strategicplan or contact Corey Paiement, RPP, Corporate Officer, at (250) 803-4029 or cpaiement@salmonarm.ca.
AUTHORIZED BY TERRY MARRIOTT, FINANCIAL AGENT. 778.489.4734
Community input invited on Strategic Plan that will guide City’s actions and spending for the next 10 to 15 years.
STRONG ECONOMY. SECURE TOMORROW.
GREG KYLLO
Shuswap BC Liberal Candidate
Because you matter! www.gregkyllo.com