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▼ WILD FIRE SEASON STARTS
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Grass fire ignites in Lake Country wooded area Fire spread quickly through dry grass. KEVIN PARNELL
Candidates for the KelownaLake Country riding answered questions in a forum hosted by the Lake Country Chamber of Commerce. ...............................
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School student works of art will be on exhibition at the Lake Country Art Gallery this month, starting Friday. ...........................
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Local businesses like Ashland Kelowna and George Elliot Secondary School made a visible difference in their community by cleaning up their neigbourhoods. ...............................
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Fire crews in Lake Country were in the mop up stage on Thursday afternoon after battling a potentially dangerous grass and brush fire in an area near homes and close to a large wooded area. Dozens of firefighters with eight fire trucks and heavy equipment responded to the blaze just before 2 p.m. Thursday, May 25. Residents also got involved, helping to douse the flames ripping through an interface area with plenty of trees and other fire accelerants in the vicinity. Witnesses said the blaze started in the backyard of a house when a controlled debris fire escaped from the resident’s yard and quickly spread into neighbouring trees, brush and grass. By 4 p.m. fire crews had the blaze in the mop up stage and were put-
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near Jack Seaton Park on Camp Road before it could grow even larger. ting out hot spots while continuing to watch
closely for flareups. Fire officials said it’s
an excellent reminder of how dangerous fires can
be and how dry the region already is as we
head toward the hot summer months.
▼ PROVINCIAL ELECTION
Candidates tackle diverse questions at chamber-hosted meeting KEVIN PARNELL
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LAKE COUNTRY resident Kevin Lashinski wields a shovel as machinery gets set to move in and knock back part of a grass and brush fire
About 80 people showed up at the Creekside Theatre in Lake Country last Wednesday night to hear different ideas from the four men running for the Kelowna-Lake Country seat in the provincial legislature. The four candidates— incumbent MLA Norm
Letnick of the B.C. Liberals as well as Graeme James (Conservatives), Mike Nuyens (NDP) and Gary Adams (Greens)—fielded questions ranging from the economy, small business, health care and agriculture issues. The event was hosted by the Lake Country Chamber of Commerce.
“We were quite happy with it,” said Corrinne Cross, manager of the Lake Country Chamber. “I think we had a lot of good questions that the audience were able to gauge responses on. With the pre-submitted questions and ones submitted at the event we had some questions that we were unable to get to
in the time allotments. “We will e-mail those questions to the candidates,” Cross said, “and put the responses together to be available to anyone wishing to call, stop by or e-mail the chamber office for the responses.” Among the more pertinent conversations to Lake Country was a focus on agriculture and
the Buy B.C. program which Letnick said the government will bring back if re-elected. “Agriculture is a passion of mine,” said Liberal candidate Letnick. “Right now we are about 30 per cent greater since 2001 and the sector is expected to grow in the next three or four years. We will double the buy
local program.” But that assertion drew a response from Conservative candidate James, who said farmers have a tough time in B.C. as compared to other provinces. “We have some of the toughest land use poli-
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