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VOL 117 NO. 41
Minister promises committee on urban wildlife
Fire Prevention Week Page 8-9
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Boundary Creek Times Reporter
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The number of deer in Grand Forks is up from previous counts according to Grand Forks City Councillor Gary Smith, head of the deer committee. Smith explained the deer count, which is done twice a year, came in on Oct. 1 at 215 animals. Smith said that Cranbrook initiated a deer cull when their numbers got to 97, and that with 215 deer in Grand Forks and the city being much smaller than Cranbrook, “Then we are certainly inundated.” The councillor said he’d met with other communities dealing with the deer issues while at last month’s Union of BC Municipalities convention at Whistler. “We had a scrum with mayors from Invermere, Cranbrook and Oak Bay before meeting with the Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations,” Smith said. “We came up with a common ask; that we get a commitment for a ministry supported committee on urban wildlife.” Smith quoted Minister Steve Thompson as saying, “I get your message and I commit to you that by the middle of November, I will have this committee struck.” “This is very significant,” Smith said, as Grand Forks has been working on the deer issue for eight years. According to the councillor, the benefits of a • See DEER COUNT page A10
Champions honoured Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy honoured eight Champions of Literacy Thursday night at gallery 2. Nominated by the members of the Boundary community, this fourth annual event was an opportunity to honour individuals or organizations who have contributed to life-long learning in the region. Christy Luke, pictured above with Yelena Churchill and literacy coordinator Sheila Dobie, was one of the eight to accept certificates. Also honoured was Sunshine Valley Women’s Institute, Boundary Family and Individual Services Society, Baby’s Best Chance program, Sandy Colclough, Derek Brown, Shayna Jepsen and the Russell family. Della Mallette photo
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Deer inspire exclamations of awe, but some see them as a nuisance. The question of cull will be on the November ballot. Herb Noseworthy photo
The City of Grand Forks noise bylaw will stay as is—for now. At Monday night’s regular meeting, city council defeated fourth and final reading of the amendment to Bylaw #1963-A1, an amendment that would allow industrial operations to run 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “Industry will be required to work with the city to limit noise that disturbs the community during evening and graveyard shifts,” the amendment reads. That’s not good enough, council decided. By a unanimous decision of mayor and coun-
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cil (Coun. Cher Wyers was absent), the amendment is going back to staff for more information. “I can’t support this,” Coun. Neil Krog said in opening the discussion. “I don’t believe there’s enough resources or structure to this.” Defining acceptable decibel levels is one way to do that, council agreed. After some discussion on process—it’s rare a bylaw is defeated at fourth reading, Mayor Taylor admitted—staff confirmed that the amendment will be re-introduced to council with updated wording at a future Committee of the Whole meeting. It then rests for two weeks, and will be given three readings at a regular meeting. The amendment receives fourth and final reading at the next regular meeting thereafter.
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