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Invermere adopts mail-in voting bylaw STEVE HUBRECHT steve@invermerevalleyecho.com Invermere council adopted a bylaw amendment allowing mail-in voting and agreed to submit a grant application for upgrades at Paddy Ryan reservoir at its latest council meeting. The election voting bylaw amendment was unanimously passed by council members, with no discussion, during the Tuesday, February 10th council meeting. The issue of a lack of mail-in voting option for local residents had beeb brought to the fore by Invermere residents John and Joan Rouse prior to this past November’s municipal election, but there was not sufficient time for the amendment to be drafted, approved and adopted before the vote took place. As a consequence, Mr. Rouse and his wife, who were away during the election, were unable to vote and all coun-
cillors had previously agreed a mail-in voting bylaw amendment should be adopted as soon as possible. Another item that came up at the meeting had to do with the district requesting financial aid. Councillors also voted unanimously to submit an application under the Build Canada Fund’s small communities program to upgrade and build an ultraviolet disinfection treatment plant at the Paddy Ryan reservoir (one of the district’s main water sources, along with a groundwater source in Athalmer). The total cost of the project would be about $1.3 million, with the grant application being for two-thirds of that amount and the district responsible for the final third. Invermere councillor Paul Denchuk said that having a second method of water treatment (the UV disinfection would be in addition to chlorine treatment) See A2
LOCAL NEWS Kootenay-Columbia candidates not yet confirmed for all federal parties DAN WALTON dan@invermerevalleyecho.com The federal Green and Conservative parties have nominated their candidates to represent the the riding of Kootenay-Columbia, while the NDP and Liberals are still deciding. Bill Green from Kimberley represented the Green Party in the 2011 federal election, and he’ll be taking another shot at the local riding again this year. “I am really excited to be the Green Party candidate for the 2015 federal election and we are going to run a very strong campaign in the upcoming election,” he told The Valley Echo. The Conservative candidate selection process was open to all members and resulted in the re-nomination by acclamation of current Kootenay-Columbia MP David Wilks. “David Wilks is much more than a back-bencher,” said Dave Reeves, president of the Kootenay-Columbia Conservative Association in a press release, “now serving on several parliamentary committees, including Justice, where his RCMP background is so valuable.” A spokesperson for the Liberal Party said that prospective candidates for the local riding are still being screened, but that the party will be ready with a candidate in every riding in the case of an early snap election. See A12
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