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Spamalot Correlieu Players present the 56th Annual Cariboo Revue’s Spamalot, April 17 – 20 in Chuck Mobley Theatre. Spamalot is a musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy Grail, featuring the Knights Who Say Ni, killer rabbits, accused witches and other Python touches. Correlieu Players are directed by Shawn Smith and Ashleigh Desbien. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., curtain at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 (adults) and $8 (OAP and students) at the door. Annie Gallant photo
Secondary suites debated at City Council DANIKA HÉBERT Observer Reporter A rezoning application for 136 Leonard Street has become an issue with residents living in Johnson neighbourhood. The owner of the residence, situated in an area which is zoned for single family dwellings, has come to council for approval of the addition of a secondary suite. The matter was discussed at the March 25 public
hearing, which saw verbal and written submission to council. The property’s owner, Ernest Gamache, attended the public hearing and told council his thoughts on the secondary suite. He responded to the advertisement which had described the house already having a newly renovated suite. Gamache said the listing wasn’t correct and that the newly renovated suite should not have appeared in the ad. He also explained having
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a secondary suite would be a positive change for the street and for the neighbourhood since expenses deferred could be used for maintaining and upgrading infrastructure. “I invited the neighbours to come over and look at the renovations,” Gamache said. “It adds value to the property and to the neighbourhood.” In response to the concerns about parking and safety, Gamache said he didn’t see there
being an issue. “Responsible renters will be responsible drivers,” he said. A letter was read, from Susan Maile and Dr. John Maile, who showed concern with safety on the street if the secondary suite is permitted. “We are in firm opposition to the re-zoning application,” the letter read. The letter also spoke to the suite being thought of as affordable housing, saying “[the house] has a price tag of
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$365,000 so the suite will hardly fall into your category of affordable housing.” “Since the occupation of both levels of the house, there have often been extra cars parked on the street, forget problems with snow removal, what about child safety,” the letter continued. The letter also said a parking lot in front of the property is “unsightly apart from the possibility of devaluation of surrounding
house properties.” The residents of 144 Leonard St., Kyle and Debbie Terlesky wrote two letters in response to the rezoning application. “We write this letter to express our concern about the proposed amendment for rezoning 136 Leonard St.,” they said. One of the issues they had was the notice regarding the rezoning being delivered the day before spring break. see PAGE A5
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