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Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Volume 94 - No. 49
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BURNS LAKE
LAKES DISTRICT NEWS
Regional district considers closing re-use sheds The role of re-use
Food bank struggling to survive The Lakes District Food Bank faces a reduction of 40 per cent in financial donations. To make matters worse, the food bank has seen an increase of 10 per cent in the number of clients.
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Pipelines get B.C. certificates
sheds has become “archaic,” says RDBN FLAVIO NIENOW Janine Dougall, director of environmental services for the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN), submitted a memorandum to the RDBN’s board of directors on Oct. 15, 2014 titled Re-Use Shed Use and Salvaging. The purpose of the memorandum was to bring forward information regarding the condition of the re-use sheds at RDBN’s solid waste management facilities and to recommend actions to the board of directors. The memorandum stated, “it has become apparent that the public has not been following posted rules regarding proper disposal of materials at transfer stations.” “Members of the public continue to disregard signage, dumping garbage in the woodpile, ashes in the compost pile and choosing not to use the recycling facilities available on site for materials such as cardboard and paper,” read the memorandum. “Additionally, the state of most re-use sheds is abysmal. The public do not follow posted re-use shed rules, placing mattresses, electronics, small appliances, and broken items in the re-use area.” ...see RE-USE
Winter games torch The 2015 Canada Winter Games torch made a stop in Burns Lake on Dec. 1. The community gathered at the Lakeside Multiplex to take pictures with the torch.
Provincial environmental assessment certificates have been approved for B.C.’s flagship Liquified Natural Gas export project at the Port of Prince Rupert and two other pipelines.
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Burns Lake resident receives support Burns Lake resident Shirley Lindroos recently dropped off her seven-year-old dog named Babe at Bakers Acres Kennels so that she could receive medical treatment out of town.
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Phone: 250.692.1700 • Fax: 250.692.1750 • Toll Free: 1.866.692.1943 545 Highway 16 West • PO Box 5000, Burns Lake, BC • V0J 1E0 Email: lksdist@cnc.bc.ca • Website: www.cnc.bc.ca/lakesdistrict