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The Ashcroft Canadians played a hard game against the Lillooet Pistons on Jan. 11 at Drylands Arena. The Atoms team came out playing hard and fast, scoring the first goal of the game, but just couldn’t hold on to the lead. They fought hard but came up short, losing 13-7.
Anderson seeks PC nomination in new riding Ashcroft could provide the region’s next Member of Parliament if local resident and retired mayor Andy Anderson is successful in seeking the Conservative nomination in the new MissionMatsqui-Fraser Canyon riding. The new riding replaces the former Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon held by MP Mark Strahl and before him, his father Chuck Strahl. Anderson says the idea of running federally came to him while he was promoting Ashcroft Terminal - Ashcroft’s inland port - as Mayor. He made many contacts and learned much about national as well as international infrastructure and trade. One of his goals, he says, is to make the benefits that come out of the Asia-
Pacific Gateway accessible to all communities, especially those situated along water routes or train tracks. He also wants to see federal infrastructure grants become more accessible to small, rural communities. “I’ve made a lot of connections through working with Ashcroft Terminal,” he says. “The riding includes a lot of rural communities. It’s a new riding, and a new opportunity for a rural voice.” Morley H. Anderson is better known as Andy Anderson to his friends and colleagues. He is a businessman, community volunteer and regional advocate and he recently retired as the Mayor of Ashcroft after serving for 10 years.
Andy Anderson enters federal politics
Anderson moved to Ashcroft as an eight year old in 1965. He took his See ANDERSON on p. 9
Ashcroft Council is mulling over the future of solid waste in BC as part of a provincial initiative. Environment Minister Mary Polak in October rejected a proposed ban on waste export from Metro Vancouver but tasked Surrey-Panorama MLA Marvin Hunt, the former chair of Metro’s waste committee, to conduct a threemonth review and make further recommendations. A committee made up of councillors from Ashcroft, Cache Creek, the Ashcroft Indian Band and MLA Jackie Tegart has met to hear presentations from Belkorp Environmental Services regarding their proposed Material Recycling and Recovery Facilities and to speak with MLA Hunt, who asked the committee to provide him with a rural perspective. The Bonaparte Indian Band was invited to be part of the committee but declined. “We want to ensure that we maintain an industry here,” said Ashcroft Mayor Jack Jeyes, rather than the decline that MV proposes, he added. Coun. Alf Trill said the committee meetings have been positive and informative. Recycling can make a lot of money. “We need to work with Belkorp, Cache Creek and TNRD to get a MRRF placed here,” he said. Coun. Al Mertens agreed: “There’s money to be made in recovering material from the waste stream. We don’t generate a lot of garbage,” he said, adding that it seemed as though MV wanted to keep all others away from their garbage and the $108 tipping fee they charged. “We could be selling ourselves as experts in the field of solid waste disposal,” he said. “I can’t see us getting a MRRF, but have to try. The issue is, what we can do?” According to Jeyes, MLA Hunt told the committee that the Cache Creek Landfill was a provincial asset. “Garbage is a commodity and governed by the Free Trade Agreement,” he said, explaining further that Belkorp representatives had suggested that it was possible that Cache Creek could receive waste from the northern regional districts, and that would put them in a good position for a Material Recycling and Recovery Facility. But the regional districts would have to be convinced. to send it. Council will work with the committee to form a response for MLA Hunt.
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