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Poultry abattoir a ‘go’
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100 Mile House now has a second mobile abattoir, but unlike the current red-meat unit, this one is specifically geared for poultry and rabbits. It is temporarily installed at New Cal Rabbit Farm, owned and operated by Margaret Bishop and her husband, Stephen, where it will return regularly. The mobile unit is virtually ready to go, and she says bookings are pouring in, especially from local chicken producers. “We’ve got our mobile processing unit [now], and we are very excited. We do have two [approved] processing dates, for Oct. 4 and 11, and we have birds booked for those two days.” Bishop adds Oct. 4 is fully booked, but (as of Sept. 25) there are still openings for Oct. 11. The mobile abattoir will stay at New Cal for the winter, but she explains it won’t be in operation during the colder months, as it is neither insulated nor winterized. However, Bishop adds there may be additional slaughter dates set for this fall, depending on what it gets for bookings. Bishop says the mobile unit will then potentially be shared with two other docking stations next year – at Tibbles Lake west of Quesnel and at Prince George. Continued on A4
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Volunteer cook Cheryl Stecyk felt comfortable with this frisky lobster at the Rotary Club of 100 Mile House’s annual Lobsterfest at the 100 Mile Community Hall on Sept. 28. Local Rotary president Maureen Pinkney says it was an excellent night, with more than 400 lobsters cooked for 187 people.
Recycling rules resonate at UBCM Cities complain, but CRD signs on for cash incentives Carole Rooney Free Press
While many cities decry the province’s new Packaging and Printed Paper (PPP) regulations, the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) is not nearly as concerned about those impacts. Delegates at the recent
Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention voted unanimously in support of a resolution to extend the Sept. 16 deadline, demanding an extra 90 days to negotiate acceptable terms for passing control of curb-side recycling to Multi Material BC (MMBC). Many fear a related hit to taxpayers, and also worry
recycling services will diminish if they decline MMBC’s offer, if it contracts out the door-to-door pickup of PPP and this disallows items, such as glass jars and bottles. CRD chair Al Richmond says there appears to be more benefits than drawbacks to the new program for the regional district, so the board has
accepted the MMBC incentive to work together with it in PPP recycling. “For our point, they’ve accepted our program at our transfer stations [and landfills] for recycling. “And, they will go ahead and endeavour to look at Continued on A5