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SLIPP opts to move ahead
Shuwap Lake: Despite controversies, deteriorating water quality prompts continuation of process.
By Barb Brouwer
road,” says Paul demenok, cSRd South Shuswap director and newly appointed steering committee SlIPP may not be sliding away, chair. “We were unanimous in after all. support of the program in terms environmentalists were con- of both water-quality monitoring cerned the Shuswap lake Inte- and remediation.” grated Planning Process (SlIPP) “I believe the water-quality would disappear beneath the monitoring program, when comwaves of criticism and contention pleted, will give everyone a very at the end of this final year of a good picture of the conditions three-year pilot project. and the sources of pollution into concerns were heightened with the lake,” he said, noting the inthe recent release of a draft water- formation will form the basis of quality report that reveals the lake future plans and initiatives to reis deteriorating – parmediate and improve ticularly in Salmon water quality. “There Arm Bay. have been detrimental At a SlIPP steerchanges to the waing committee meetter quality in Salmon ing held June 10 in Arm (Bay) due to a Sicamous, members variety of factors.” agreed in principle demenok says data to recommend the indicates agricultural Thompson-nicola, effluent both from Paul Demenok columbia Shuswap surface run-off and and north Okanagan the Salmon River, New Chair regional districts conthe sewage treatment of SLiPP tinue to work together plant, the depth of the on water-quality and bay and lack of water safety issues in the Shuswap wa- circulation are factors. tershed in 2014 and beyond. “I think the people of Salmon The project has faced criticism Arm should be concerned for the on several fronts over the past long-term quality of Salmon Arm two years. chief among them has Bay,” he says. been realizing concrete value for Salmon Arm Mayor nancy the dollars partners contributed, cooper agrees that, as part of the as well as who has anted up the cSRd, the city will continue to be bigger share. involved in the SlIPP process. The committee’s recommendaAs to funding expectations, tion is subject to the completion cooper says she spoke to a memof a new governance model and ber of the Okanagan Basin Water detailed discussions on cost-shar- Board, who advised her grants ing, funding approvals and a com- might be available. prehensive work plan. “There will probably be a tax “I am really happy to see an agreement in principle to move See Salmon arm on page A2 SlIPP, in some form, down the
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Slippery fish
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Cadence Tulak reacts as her fish flips out of her hands onto the weigh scale at the 17th Annual Salmon Arm Kids’ Fishing Derby held Sunday morning on the end of the wharf at Marine Park. The fish was one of five Taluk caught to take first place in the Most Fish category. For more on the derby, see page A20.
Smoking sparks blaze By Barb Brouwer OBSeRVeR STAFF
Salmon Arm Fire chief Brad Shirley is praising the work of his crews and a female ambulance attendant who “bravely removed an occupant from the bedroom” of a home in evergreen Mobile Home Park. Hall 2 and Hall 3 responded to a fire in the park shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 11.
This week It took guts and determination, but Jason Cadeau will get his high school diploma. See A8. Bike, run and paddle – it’s triathlon racing, Salmon Armstyle. Check out page A17.
Shirley says firefighters arrived on scene to discover Bc Ambulance paramedics treating two people and a mattress on fire in one of the bedrooms. “Fire crews upon entry to the mobile home found a mattress on fire in one bedroom and the fire was contained to that room,” he says, noting paramedics were treating the male resident for shortness of breath when they smelled smoke and discovered
a female resident in a bedroom where the fire was located. The residents were both taken to hospital, with one being transferred to Kamloops hospital. Assistant fire chief Rod Macfarlane says the investigation reveals that smoking materials were the likely cause of the fire. Firefighters had removed the mattress from the room immediately on their arrival on scene so damage to the home was minimal.
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