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APRIL 2, 2014
One Section, 36 pages
District studying clean water sources
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Water, water everywhere, but what will we have to drink?
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mentation is very important in terms of being successful in the search for grants. District of 100 Mile House operaIn February, the District relied on tions director Phil Strain and Dave the Bridge Creek water, with slow Underwood of TRUE Consulting sand filtration, ultraviolet light and presented the draft report of the sodium hypochlorite treatment, as Efficient Use of Clean Water the primary source, and Well #4 Project to council on March 25. by the Red Coach Inn, with hypoThe project study has chlorite treatment only, as been in the works since Feb. the backup supply in times 5, 2013 when the District of high usage (summer received a $265,000 grant or when the Bridge Creek from its Gas Tax application. Water Treatment Plant In June, TRUE Consulting of [WTP] needed to be shut Kamloops was hired to prodown for maintenance). vide the study. Currently, the District The study has two pur- Phil Strain is running a blend of the poses: develop a reliable, two water sources, as per long-term water supply strategy for instruction of Interior Health until District residents and businesses; a backup well is “in sight” because and review and update the District’s there is less chance of getting disinwater conservation plan. fection byproducts, which is when The latter purpose was discussed chlorine reacts with the organics. If briefly during this presentation the disinfection byproducts elevate because there is a plan in place that too high, they could go outside the needs updating and review, and Canada Drinking Water Standards, the key in this portion of the study Strain said, adding the District is was determining a long-term clean well below the level, and it is blendwater supply. ing 17 litres per second (L/s) from However, Strain noted the both the creek and the well. conservation plan and its impleContinued on 3 Ken Alexander
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Kayla Gallaher and fellow Royal Bank of Canada employees performed Katy Perry’s hit song “Roar” at the 11th Annual Bankers’ Variety Show at the 100 Mile Community Hall on March 29. For more on the event, turn to pages 16 and 21.
An investigation into voyeurism is underway after RCMP arrested an employee at the 100 Mile House ambulance station on March 29. A hidden camera was left in the washroom of a local gym. The male suspect, who cannot be named because of a publication ban, has appeared before a Judicial Justice of the Peace (JJP). It seems a discovery made by
Action Fitness proprietors Murray Helmer and Donri Heise led to the arrest. While cleaning a washroom on Saturday afternoon (March 29), Helmer found a suspicious device on the floor that resembled a pen. When they separated the device, “it turned out to have a [storage device] on one end and a video camera on the other end,” Helmer says. Continued on 11